WEBVTT - 2 Chronicles 4

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<v Speaker 1>I'm John Stangey, and today we're in Second Chronicles, chapter four,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll be reading from the English Standard version. He

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<v Speaker 1>made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long and twenty

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<v Speaker 1>cubits wide and ten cubits high. Then he made the

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<v Speaker 1>sea of cast metal. It was round ten cubits from

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<v Speaker 1>brim to brim and five cubits high, and a line

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<v Speaker 1>of thirty cubits measured its circumference. Under it were figures

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<v Speaker 1>of gourds for ten cubits compassing the sea all around.

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<v Speaker 1>The gourds were in two rows cast with it. When

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<v Speaker 1>it was cast, it stood on twelve oxen, three facing north,

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<v Speaker 1>three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east.

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<v Speaker 1>The sea was set on them, and all their rear

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<v Speaker 1>parts were inward. Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its

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<v Speaker 1>brim was made like the brim of a cup, like

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<v Speaker 1>the flower of a lily. It held three thousand baths.

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<v Speaker 1>He also made ten basins in which to wash, and

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<v Speaker 1>set five on the south side and five on the

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<v Speaker 1>north side. In these they were to rinse off what

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<v Speaker 1>was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was

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<v Speaker 1>for the priests to wash in. And he made ten

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<v Speaker 1>golden lamp stands as prescribed and set them in the temple,

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<v Speaker 1>five on the south side and five on the north.

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<v Speaker 1>He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple,

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<v Speaker 1>five on the south side and five on the north.

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<v Speaker 1>And he made a hundred basins of gold. He made

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<v Speaker 1>the court of the priests and the great court, and

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<v Speaker 1>doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.

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<v Speaker 1>And he set the sea at the southeast corner of

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<v Speaker 1>the house. Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and

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<v Speaker 1>the basins. So Hiram finished the work that he did

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<v Speaker 1>for King Solomon on the House of God. The two pillars,

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<v Speaker 1>the bulls and the two capitals on the top of

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<v Speaker 1>the pillars, and the two lattice works to cover the

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<v Speaker 1>two bulls of the capitals that were on the top

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<v Speaker 1>of the pillars, and the four hundred pomegranates for the

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<v Speaker 1>two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework to

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<v Speaker 1>cover the two bulls of the capitals that were on

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<v Speaker 1>the pillars. He made the stands also, and the basins

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<v Speaker 1>on the stands, and the one sea and the twelve

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<v Speaker 1>oxen underneath it. The pots, the shovels, the forks, and

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<v Speaker 1>all the equipment for these hrram Abi made of burnished

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<v Speaker 1>bronze for King Solomon, for the house of the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>in the plane of the Jordan. The King cast them

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<v Speaker 1>in the clay ground between Sucketh and Zaredah. Solomon made

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<v Speaker 1>all these things in great quantities, for the weight of

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<v Speaker 1>the bronze was not sought. So Solomon made all the

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<v Speaker 1>vessels that were in the House of God, the golden altar,

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<v Speaker 1>the tables for the bread of the presence, the lamp

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<v Speaker 1>stands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before

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<v Speaker 1>the inner sanctuary as prescribed, the flowers, the lamps and

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<v Speaker 1>the tongs of purest gold, the snuffers, basins, dishes for

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<v Speaker 1>incense and fire pans of pure gold, and the sockets

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<v Speaker 1>of the temple for the inner doors to the most

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<v Speaker 1>Holy Place, and for the doors of the nave of

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<v Speaker 1>the temple were of gold. Let's pray, Lord, we thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for your word, and we thank you for the

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<v Speaker 1>privilege of being able to look at it together today,

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<v Speaker 1>and we thank you, Lord that as we look at

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<v Speaker 1>this portion of Scripture, we could see that one of

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<v Speaker 1>the things that you were doing for the people of

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<v Speaker 1>Israel is that you were using this temple to illustrate

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<v Speaker 1>the reality of your presence with them. And Lord, so

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<v Speaker 1>often we tend to think of you as being a

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<v Speaker 1>distance away, as being far off. But Lord, you make

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<v Speaker 1>it abundantly clear in the midst of your word that

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<v Speaker 1>you are close to your people. You also made that

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<v Speaker 1>abundantly clear when you came to this earth and took

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<v Speaker 1>on flesh in your son Jesus Christ. And Lord, we

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<v Speaker 1>pray that throughout the course of today and every day,

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<v Speaker 1>that we would be highly conscious of the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>you are present with us, that you are present with

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<v Speaker 1>all believers who are your children. You're not a distance

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<v Speaker 1>from us, Lord, You're right here with us, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>grateful for every reminder that you give to us of

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<v Speaker 1>that reality. Lord, we thank you for this day. We

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for all the realities that you make abundantly

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<v Speaker 1>clear to us and your word, and we thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for your love. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.