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.

11/25/2023

2 Chronicles 8:1-18 Solomon Continues Building

 

Solomon Continues Building

2 Chronicles 8:1-18                       2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

It [happened] at the end of 20 years, [when] Solomon had built the house of the Lord & his own [palace, that] the cities which Huram, [a.k.a. Hiram,] had restored to Solomon, [he rebuilt] them. 

And Solomon caused the children [people] of Israel to [live] there. And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah & [seized] it. And he built Tadmor in the wilderness & all the [storage] cities [that] he built in Hamath. 

[Solomon] also [rebuilt] Upper Beth Horon & Lower Beth Horon, [as] fenced cities with walls, gates & bars. 

[Also,] Baalath & all the [storage] cities that Solomon had & all the chariot cities & the cities [for] the horsemen & all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon & through all the land [within] his dominion. 

As for all the people [who] were left of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites & Jebusites, [who weren’t] of Israel, but their children, who were left after them in the land of Israel, whom the [people] of Israel [didn’t destroy,] 

Solomon [made them] pay tribute, [a.k.a. forced laborers,] until this day. Solomon [didn’t] make the [people] of Israel [forced laborers,] for his work, but they were men of war, [leaders] of his captains, captains of his chariots & horsemen. 

And these were [leaders] of king Solomon’s officers, even 250, [were supervisors] over the people. And Solomon brought [Pharaoh’s] daughter up out of the city of David & [into] the house he built for her. 

For [Solomon] said, My wife shall not [live] in [David’s] house, [Israel’s] [previous] king, because the places where the Ark of the Lord have come are holy. Then, Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord, on the altar he built [for] the Lord, [in front of] the porch.

[Offerings were made] everyday, according to the rate [commanded by] Moses: [daily,] on Sabbaths, New Moons & on solemn feasts, 3 times a year: even in the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks & the Feast of the Tabernacles. 

[Solomon continued to appoint] the priests to their service & the Levites, to their [duties,] to praise & minister before the priests, [to assist them in their] everyday [duties] required, according to the order of David, his father.

Also, the [gatekeepers [were assigned] to [each] gate [as] David, the man of God, [had] commanded. And the priests & the Levites [didn’t] depart from the [king’s command on] any matter [about] the [dedicated] treasures.

Now, all the work of Solomon was prepared [until] the day the foundation of the [Lord’s] house [was layed,] until it was finished & [completed.] Then, Solomon went to Ezion Geber & to Eloth, at the seaside in the land of Edom. 

And Huram, [a.k.a. Hiram,] sent [Solomon] ships & servants [who] had knowledge of the sea & they went with [Solomon’s] servants to Ophir & took [from there] 450 talents of gold & brought them to king Solomon.

[1 Kings 9:27 And Hiram sent his servants in the navy, shipmen [who] had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.]