David
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1062-1023
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Once established king in Jerusalem, 1055, 2 Sam. 2. 11; 5. 3-5; 1 Chr. 29. 27, wanted to build temple, 2 Sam. 7. 1, 2, began to prepare, 1 Chr. 22. 5; 29. 2.
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Solomon
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1022-983
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Began to build temple in fourth year of his reign, 1019, 1 Kgs. 6. 1; 2 Chr. 3. 2, finishing it in eleventh year of his reign, 1012, 1 Kgs. 6. 38.
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Rehoboam
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983-966
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Shishak, king of Egypt, removed the temple treasures, 1 Kgs. 14. 25, 26; 2 Chr. 12. 9.
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Abijam
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965-963
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Asa
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963-922
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Renewed the altar before the porch, 2 Chr. 15. 8. Brought treasures he and his father had dedicated into the temple, 1 Kgs. 15. 15; 2 Chr. 15. 18.
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Gave temple treasures to Benhadad, king of Syria, when threatened by Baasha, king of Israel, 1 Kgs. 15. 18, 19; 2 Chr. 16. 2.
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Jehoshaphat
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922-897
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Prayed in the temple, before the new court, 2 Chr. 20. 5.
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Jehoram
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905-893
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Ahaziah
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894-893
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Athaliah
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893-886
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Joash hidden in a temple bedchamber, 2 Kgs. 11. 2, 3; 2 Chr. 22. 11, 12.
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Athaliah’s sons broke into the temple and its dedicated things, 2 Chr. 24. 7.
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Joash
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886-847
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Jehoiada covenanted in the temple to make Joash king, 2 Kgs. 11. 4; 2 Chr. 23. 3. Joash anointed king by the side of one of the pillars, 2 Kgs. 11. 12-14; 2 Chr. 23. 13. Athaliah slain beyond the ranges, 2 Kgs. 11. 15; 2 Chr. 23. 14. Repaired the temple, 2 Kgs. 12. 4-15; 2 Chr. 24. 4-14.
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Gave to Hazael, king of Syria the hallowed things and the temple treasures, collected by previous generations, 2 Kgs. 12. 17, 18. Zechariah stoned in the court, between the porch and the altar, 2 Chr. 24. 21; Matt. 23. 35.
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Amaziah
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846-818
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Jehoash, king of Israel, took gold, silver, and vessels from the temple to Samaria, 2 Kgs. 14. 13, 14; 2 Chr. 25. 23, 24.
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Uzziah
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806-755
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When he went to burn incense, priests resisted him, and God smote him with leprosy, 2 Chr. 26. 16-20.
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Jotham
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854-739
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Did not enter the temple in the way that his father did 2 Chr. 27. 2. Built temple’s higher gate, 2 Kgs. 15. 35; 2 Chr. 27. 3.
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Ahaz
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739-723
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Paid temple money to Tilgath-Pilneser, king of Assyria, 2 Chr. 28. 21. Cut in pieces temple vessels and shut its doors, 2 Chr. 28. 24. Replaced altar of burnt offering with the copy of a Syrian altar, 2 Kgs. 16. 10-16. Defaced the bases, removed their lavers; took the sea off the oxen, 2 Kgs. 16. 17. Gave to the Assyrians the temple’s covered place for the Sabbath, 2 Kgs. 16. 18.
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Hezekiah
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725-696
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Opened and repaired temple doors, 2 Chr. 29. 3, 7. Cleansed the house, the altar, and the table of showbread, returning all the vessels Ahaz had cast away; restarted the burning of burnt offerings and incense and the lighting of the lamps, 2 Chr. 29. 5, 7, 16-19. Stored the priests’ tithes in the temple, 2 Chr. 31. 4-14. Prayed in the temple, 2 Kgs. 19. 1, 14-19. Went up to the Lord’s house after he was healed, 2 Kgs. 20. 5. Restored the Passover, 2 Chr. 30.
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Gave silver and gold off the temple doors and pillars to Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, 2 Kgs. 18. 15-17.
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Manasseh
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696-641
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Removed the idol and altars he had made in the temple mount, 2 Chr. 33. 15. Reopened the temple doors, 2 Chr. 33. 16.
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Built altars in the temple and its courts, 2 Kgs. 21. 4, 5; 2 Chr. 33. 4, 5. Set a graven image in the temple, 2 Kgs. 21. 7; 2 Chr. 33. 7.
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Amon
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641-639
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Josiah
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639-608
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Cleansed the temple from idols, 2 Kgs. 23. 4, 6. Broke the sodomites’ house, next to the temple, 2 Kgs. 23. 7. Repaired the temple; found the Law in it, 2 Kgs. 22. 3-5; 2 Chr. 34. 8-15. Read the Law at the temple; covenanted with the Lord by a pillar, 2 Kgs. 23. 1-3. The Levites returned the ark to its place in the temple, 2 Chr. 35. 3.
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God said He would cast off the house, 2 Kgs. 23. 27.
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Jehoahaz
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608
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Jehoiakim
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608-597
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Jehoiachin
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597
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Temple’s treasures and internal golden vessels cut in pieces and carried to Babylon, 597, 2 Kgs. 24. 8-16.
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Zedekiah
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597-586
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Priests polluted temple, 2 Chr. 36. 14; Nebuzaradan burnt the temple, broke the large brass pieces, taking them and remaining smaller vessels to Babylon, 586, 2 Kgs. 25. 8, 9, 13-17; Jer. 52. 12, 13, 17-23.
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