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2 Chronicles 8:11

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And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the Lord hath come.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 8:9

    But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

  2. 2 Chronicles 8:10

    And these were the chief of king Solomon’s officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

  3. 2 Chronicles 8:12

    Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch,

  4. 2 Chronicles 8:13

    Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

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