Today is the 20th day of July. Welcome to the daily audio Bible. I am Brian, it is great

to be here. Great to be here with you today as we gather again and take another step forward

together. And our step forward today, like right now, right here in the Old Testament

leads us into new territory. There's not a whole lot for us to talk about. We're migrating

between first Chronicles. And now we will begin the second Chronicles. But we're not moving

into an entirely new era or completely different genre of writing. We're just moving from one

page to the next, first and second Chronicles, as well as the books of kings, first and second

kings, and the books of Samuel, first and second Samuel. These were like all one contiguous

document at one point in time. They were broken apart for the ease of locating things and

finding things. So we're not moving into a new story. We're continuing the one we were already

in. We'll simply now be transitioning between David's reign and his son Solomon's reign,

and the generations that follow Solomon. A similar thing happens when we migrate between

first and second kings. So let's move into it. Today, second Chronicles,

Chapter 1, 2 and 3.

Solomon, son of David, took firm control of his kingdom. For the Lord his God was with him and made him very powerful.

Solomon called together all the leaders of Israel, the generals and captains of the army, the judges,

and all the political and clan leaders. Then he led the entire assembly to the place of worship in

Gibbian, for God's tabernacle was located there. This was the tabernacle that Moses, the Lord's servant,

had made in the wilderness. David had already moved the Ark of God from

Kiri at the Aram to the tent he had prepared for it in Jerusalem. But the bronze altar made by

Bezalel son of Uri and grandson of her was there at Gibbian in front of the tabernacle of the Lord.

So Solomon and the people gathered in front of it to consult the Lord. There in front of the

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