About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

11/19/2023

2 Chronicles 2:1-18 Solomon selects Workers to Build the Temple of the Lord God

 

Solomon selects Workers to Build the Temple of the Lord God

2 Chronicles 2:1-18                     2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

Solomon [was] determined to build a [temple] for the Name of the Lord & a [royal palace] for his kingdom. Solomon [selected] 70,000 men to [carry] burdens & 80,000 to [cut stones] on the [mountains] & 3,600 to [supervise] them.

And Solomon sent to Huram [a.k.a. Hiram, Tyre’s] king, saying, Deal with me, [like] you dealt with David, my father & did send him cedars to build a house to [live] in.

[Look,] I build a [temple] to the Name of the Lord, my God, to dedicate it to Him, to burn sweet incense before Him & for the continual [showbread,] for the morning & evening burnt offerings & on Sabbaths & for New Moons & solemn feasts of the Lord our God. 

This is [a rule for] Israel forever. And the house [that] I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. But who is able to build [the Lord God] a house, seeing that heaven & the heaven of heavens can’t contain Him? 

Who am I, that I should build [God] a house, [much less] to burn [a] sacrifice before Him? Therefore, send me now a [skillful] man to work in gold, silver, brass, iron & [with] purple, crimson & blue [cloth.] 

[Also with] skill to [engrave, along] with the [skillful] men [who] are with me in Judah & Jerusalem, whom my father, David, [provided.] Also, send me cedar trees, fir trees & album trees out of Lebanon. For I know your servants are [skillful woodcutters] in Lebanon. 

[Look,] my servants shall be with your servants to prepare timber in abundance [for] me. For the house [I’m] about to build shall be wonderful & [large.] 

[Look,] I will give your servants, the [woodcutters] 20,000 measures [a.k.a. kor, cor, or ephah] of [ground] wheat, 20,000 measures of barley, 20,000 baths of wine & 20,000 baths of oil. 

Then, Huram, [Tyre’s] king answered in writing & sent [it] to Solomon, Because the Lord [has] loved His people, He has made you king over them.

[Also,] Huram said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, [Who] made heaven & earth & [has] given king David a wise son [endowed] with [being able to manage very carefully] & [is] understanding, that might build [a temple] for the Lord & a [royal] house for his kingdom. 

And now, I have sent a [skillful] man, [endowed] with understanding of Huram, my father’s [foreman.] [Huram Abi is] the son of a woman [from Dan’s] daughters & his father was a man of Tyre. [He’s] skillful to work in gold, silver, brass, iron, stone & timber, in purple, blue, crimson & fine linen. 

Also, to [engrave all types of engraving] & to [figure] out every [tool given] to him, with your [skillful] men & the [skillful] men of my lord, David, your father. Therefore, now let him send to his servants the wheat, barley, oil & wine, which my lord has spoken of. 

And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need. And we will bring it to you [on rafts] by sea to Joppa [a.k.a. Jopho] & you shall carry it up to Jerusalem. 

And Solomon [counted] all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, [like when] his father, David, had [counted] them. And there were 153,600found. And [Solomon appointed] 70,000 of them to [carry] burdens, 80,000 to be [stone cutters] in the [mountains] & 3,600 to [supervise] the people [at] work.