Quotes about Israel
Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
— 2 Chronicles 2:17
At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
— 2 Chronicles 5:2
So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.
— 2 Chronicles 5:3
When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,
— 2 Chronicles 5:4
There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
— 2 Chronicles 5:6
And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
— 2 Chronicles 6:3
and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
— 2 Chronicles 6:4
‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.
— 2 Chronicles 6:5
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
— 2 Chronicles 6:6
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
— 2 Chronicles 6:7
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
— 2 Chronicles 6:10
And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
— 2 Chronicles 6:11