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Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my
cup of blessing.
You guard all that is mine.
The land you have given me is a pleasant
land.
What a wonderful inheritance!
I will bless the Lord who guides me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
I know the Lord is always with me.
I will not be shaken, for he is right
beside me.
No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice.*
My body rests in safety.
For you will not leave my soul among
the dead*
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or allow your holy one* to rot in the
grave.
You will show me the way of life,
granting me the joy of your presence
and the pleasures of living with you
forever.*
16:title Hebrew miktam. This may be a literary or musical
16:9 Greek version reads and my tongue shouts his
term.
16:10b Or
praises. Compare Acts 2:26. 16:10a Hebrew in Sheol.
16:11 Greek version reads You have shown me
your Holy One.
the way of life, / and you will fill me with the joy of your presence.
Compare Acts 2:28.
PROVERBS 19:20‑21
20 Get all the advice and instruction you can,
so you will be wise the rest of your life.
21 You can make many plans,
but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.
YOU JUST HAVE TO ASK || C
an you imagine God coming to you as he did to
Solomon and telling you he would give you anything you asked for? What would you
say? Would you have asked for a superpower like flying or being invisible? For many it
would have been wealth. Solomon asked for wisdom and knowledge to lead the people
well. So God gave it to him . . . along with much more. Incredible insight is available to
us in God’s Word. We only need to ask God for the wisdom to understand it.
J u ly 2 1
2 CHRONICLES 4:1–6:11
Solomon* also made a bronze altar 30 feet
long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.* 2 Then he
cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from
rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 71/2 feet deep
and about 45 feet in circumference.* 3 It was
encircled just below its rim by two rows of fig
ures that resembled oxen. There were about
six oxen per foot* all the way around, and they
were cast as part of the basin.
4 The Sea was placed on a base of twelve
bronze oxen, all facing outward. Three faced
north, three faced west, three faced south,
and three faced east, and the Sea rested on
them. 5 The walls of the Sea were about three
inches* thick, and its rim flared out like a cup
and resembled a water lily blossom. It could
hold about 16,500 gallons* of water.
6 He also made ten smaller basins for wash
ing the utensils for the burnt offerings. He set
five on the south side and five on the north.
But the priests washed themselves in the Sea.
7 He then cast ten gold l ampstands accord
ing to the specifications that had been given,
and he put them in the Temple. Five were
placed against the south wall, and five were
placed against the north wall.
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8 He also built ten tables and placed them in
the Temple, five along the south wall and five
along the north wall. Then he molded 100 gold
basins.
9 He then built a courtyard for the priests,
and also the large outer courtyard. He made
doors for the courtyard entrances and over
laid them with bronze. 10 The great bronze
basin called the Sea was placed near the
southeast corner of the Temple.
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Hu
ram-
abi also made the necessary
washbasins, shovels, and bowls.
So at last Huram-abi completed everything
King Solomon had assigned him to make for
the Temple of God:
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the two pillars;
the two b
owl-shaped capitals on top of the
pillars;
the two networks of interwoven chains
that decorated the capitals;
the 400 pomegranates that hung from
the chains on the capitals (two rows
of pomegranates for each of the chain
networks that decorated the capitals on
top of the pillars);
the water carts holding the basins;
the Sea and the twelve oxen under it;
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