2 Chronicles, Return to the Lord (2 Chronicles 1:1-36:23)

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2 Chronicles, Return to the Lord

2 Chronicles 1:1-36:23

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2 Chronicles 1:1-36:23

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This song belongs to the 2 Chronicles collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

Bible book: 2 Chronicles
Collection: 2 Chronicles
Musical styles: Country & Americana

Second Chronicles remembers The house of the Lord And the kings who either sought him Or turned away The ark came home The singers rose The cloud came down Where the mercy flowed Solomon prayed The fire fell And all the people bowed Where the glory dwelled Open the doors again Let the house remember Fire came down But we wandered into ash Open the doors again, let the people tremble When we seek your face, you bring us back The crown grew proud, the kingdom broke Gold left the temple under Egypt's yoke Some kings cried out, some hardened their hands But mercy still waited over Judah's land Open the doors again, let the house remember Fire came down, but we wandered into ash Open the doors again, let the people tremble When we seek your face, you bring us back Singers march before the sword, praise went first into the war A hidden child, a broken throne, a holy house left cold as stone Pride reached in where priests should stand Locked doors shook beneath God's hand Then Hezekiah turned the key And worship rose in unity Open the doors again Let the house remember Fire came down But we wandered into ash Open the doors again Let the people tremble From exile roads You bring us back Manasseh prayed from chains and dust Josiah wept when the scroll was read The city fell But hope still spoke Return, rebuild Come home again

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Named in this songSolomon Egypt Hezekiah Manasseh Josiah

About the passage

2 Chronicles 1: A king asks for wisdom before he builds

Solomon's reign opens with a deliberate return to inherited worship. Before describing chariots, precious metals, or trade, the Book of 2 Chronicles places the new king at Gibeon beside the tabernacle and altar associated with Moses and Bezaleel. There Solomon receives the startling invitation to ask, and his answer is measured by the people he must govern. He calls them God's people and asks for wisdom and knowledge adequate to that responsibility. God grants the request and adds the riches and honour Solomon did not make his object. The chapter then moves quickly into the visible enlargement of the reign: chariot cities, horsemen, abundant silver and gold, cedar, and commerce reaching beyond Israel. Material splendour comes last, after the source and purpose of the king's wisdom have already been named.

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2 Chronicles 2: A house for the Name, not a container for God

The temple begins as both a theological claim and a massive practical undertaking. Solomon tells Huram that the house must be great because Israel's God is great, then immediately refuses the idea that any house could contain him. Its purpose is service before God, not confinement of God. That distinction sits beside requests for a craftsman who can move across metals, textiles, carving, and timber, along with crews experienced in Lebanon's forests. Huram answers with praise, personnel, and a shipping plan that still leaves Solomon responsible for moving the timber inland from Joppa. The chapter closes by identifying the resident foreign population assigned to the burden-bearing, cutting, and oversight behind the project. The great house is presented through worship, skill, food supplies, transport, and human labour all at once.

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2 Chronicles 3: Gold rises on ground marked by mercy

The temple takes visible form on a site already loaded with memory. Before giving dimensions, the Book of 2 Chronicles identifies Mount Moriah and Ornan's threshing floor, the place connected with David's accepted sacrifice. From there the chapter moves through measurements, gold, precious stones, carved palms and cherubim, the square most holy place, immense winged figures, a coloured veil, and the paired pillars at the entrance. The splendour is ordered rather than vague. Inner rooms, boundaries, surfaces, and approaches each receive their own treatment. At the same time, several measurements remain difficult when compared with other biblical accounts, and the chapter itself does not solve every architectural question. What is secure is enough: Solomon builds with deliberate magnificence, the most restricted space receives extraordinary attention, and even the entrance is marked by named, ornamented pillars.

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