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.

11/20/2023

2 Chronicles 3:1-17 Solomon Begins Building the Lord’s House in Jerusalem

 

Solomon Begins Building the Lord’s House in Jerusalem

2 Chronicles 3:1-17                    2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

Then, Solomon began to build the [Lord’s] house in Jerusalem in Mount Moriah. Where the Lord appeared to his father, David & the place [where] David had prepared  the threshing floor of Ornan, the Jebusite. 

[1 Chronicles 21:17-18 And David said to God, Isn’t it I, [who] commanded the people to be numbered? It is even I, [who] sinned & [have] indeed done evil. But as for these sheep, [Israelites,] what have they done? 

I pray You, O Lord God, let Your hand be on me & on my father’s house & not on Your people, that they should be plagued. Then, the Angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up & [put] up an altar to the Lord in the threshing floor of Ornan, the Jebusite.] 

And [Solomon] began to build [on] the 2nd day of the 2nd month, in the 4th year [he ruled.] Now, Solomon instructed these things for building the [God’s] house. The length was 60 cubits & 20 cubits [wide.] 

The length & [width] of the [covered] porch in front of the [temple were] 20 cubits [by] 20 cubits & [its] height was 120 [cubits.] He overlaid it [inside] with pure gold. The [larger room] he [paneled] with fir [trees,] which he overlaid with fine gold & [decorated with] palm trees & chains. 

And [Solomon decorated] the [temple] with precious stones for beauty. The gold was [from] Parvaim. He also overlaid the house, the beams, the posts, the walls & doors [of it] & the [carved] cherubim [angelic figures] on the walls with gold. 

And he made the Most Holy [Place, in the temple] 20 cubits [long by] 20 cubits [wide] & he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to 600 talents. The weight of the nails was 50 shekels of gold. [Solomon] overlaid the upper [rooms] with gold.

And in the Most Holy [Place,] he made 2 cherubim & overlaid them with gold. The wings of the cherubims were 20 cubits long [total for the 2 angelic figures, as they stood side by side.] 

[Each] wing of [the 2 cherubs] was 5 cubits. [The 2 cherub's wings touched each other in the middle & touched a temple wall with their outer wing, as] they stood on their feet & [were faced] inward. The wings of [both] cherubs spread 20 cubits, [wing tip to wing tip.] 

Solomon  made the veil of blue, purple & crimson & fine linen & [formed the] cherubims [in there.] [For the front of] the [temple,] he made two 35 cubit high pillars. The [capitals] on top of each of them was 5 cubits.

And he made chains [like what was] in the oracle & put them on the [tops] of the pillars. [He] made 100 pomegranates & put them on the chains. He [put] up the pillars in front of the temple, 1 on the right [side & named it:] Jachin & put the other [pillar] on the left & [named it:] Boaz.