Proverbs 24:4 Cross References - NSB

⁴ Knowledge fills the rooms with all precious and pleasant riches.

²² The supplies Solomon needed each day were one hundred and fifty bushels of fine flour and three hundred bushels of meal. ²³ Also needed were ten stall-fed cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fowl (cuckoo). ²⁴ Solomon ruled over all the land west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah on the Euphrates as far west as the city of Gaza. All the kings west of the Euphrates were subject to him. He was at peace with all the neighboring countries. ²⁵ As long as he lived, the people throughout Judah and Israel lived in safety. Each family had its own grapevines and fig trees. ²⁶ Solomon had forty thousand stalls for his chariot horses and twelve thousand cavalry horses. ²⁷ His twelve governors supplied the food King Solomon needed for all who ate in the palace. They always supplied everything needed, each one in the month assigned. ²⁸ Each governor also supplied his share of barley and straw as needed for the chariot horses and the work animals.

²⁵ These were all the commanders in charge of King David’s property: for the royal treasuries, Azmaveth, son of Adiel for the goods in the fields, cities, villages, and watchtowers- Jonathan, son of Uzziah ²⁶ for the farm workers in the fields, Ezri, son of Chelub ²⁷ for the vineyards, Shimei from Ramah for storing wine that came from the vineyards- Zabdi from Shepham ²⁸ for the olive and fig trees in the foothills, Baal Hanan from Gedor for storing olive oil- Joash ²⁹ for the herds grazing in Sharon, Shitrai from Sharon for the herds in the valleys- Shaphat, son of Adlai ³⁰ for the camels, Obil, a descendant of Ishmael for the donkeys, Jehdeiah from Meronoth ³¹ for the flocks, Jaziz from Hagar

² »I have made every effort to prepare materials for the Temple: gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, precious stones and gems, stones for mosaics, and quantities of marble. ³ »Over and above all this that I have provided, I have given silver and gold from my personal property because of my love for God’s Temple. ⁴ »I have given one hundred and fifteen tons of the finest gold and two hundred and sixty five tons of pure silver for decorating the walls of the Temple ⁵ and for all the objects which the skilled workers are to make. Now who else is willing to give a generous offering to Jehovah?« ⁶ Then the heads of the clans, the officials of the tribes, the commanders of the army, and the administrators of the royal property volunteered to give. ⁷ They gave the following for the work on the Temple: one hundred and ninety tons of gold, three hundred and eighty tons of silver, six hundred and seventy five tons of bronze, and three thousand seven hundred and fifty tons of iron. ⁸ Those who had precious stones gave them to the Temple treasury, which was administered by Jehiel of the Levite clan of Gershon. ⁹ The people gave willingly to Jehovah and were happy that so much had been given. King David also was extremely happy.

¹⁸ Solomon made so many of these products that no one tried to determine how much the copper weighed. ¹⁹ Solomon made all the furnishings for God’s Temple: the gold altar, the gold tables on which the bread of the presence was placed, ²⁰ lamp stands and lamps of pure gold (to burn as directed in front of the inner room), ²¹ flowers, lamps, pure gold tongs, ²² snuffers, basins, dishes, incense burners of pure gold, the gold entrance to the temple, the gold doors of the most holy place, and the gold doors of the Temple.

⁴ He did what Jehovah considered right, as his father Amaziah had done. ⁵ He dedicated his life to serving God in the days of Zechariah. Zechariah taught him to respect God. As long as he dedicated his life to serve God, Jehovah gave him success. ⁶ Uzziah went to wage war against the Philistines. He tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines. ⁷ God helped him when he attacked the Philistines, the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal, and the Meunites. ⁸ The Ammonites paid taxes to Uzziah. His fame spread to the border of Egypt because he became very powerful. ⁹ Uzziah strengthened the fortifications of Jerusalem. He built towers at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and where the wall turned. ¹⁰ He also built fortified towers in the open country and dug many cisterns, because he had large herds of livestock in the western foothills and plains. Because he loved farming, he encouraged the people to plant vineyards in the hill country and to farm the fertile land. ¹¹ He had a large army ready for battle. Its records were kept by his secretaries Jeiel and Maaseiah under the supervision of Hananiah, a member of the king’s staff.

³⁹ The children of Israel and the children of Levi are to take the lifted offering of the grain and wine and oil into the rooms where the vessels of the holy place are. This is together with the priests and the gatekeepers and the makers of music. We will not give up caring for the House of our God.

⁵ Had made a great room ready for him. This is where they once kept the meal offerings, the perfume, the vessels and the tenths of the grain and wine and oil. They were given by order to the Levites and the music-makers and the gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests. ⁶ I was not at Jerusalem all this time in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, king of Babylon. I went to the king; and after some days, I got the king to let me go. ⁷ I went to Jerusalem. It was clear to me what evil Eliashib had done for Tobiah by making ready for him a room in the buildings of the house of God. ⁸ It was evil in my eyes so I had all Tobiah's things removed from the room. ⁹ Then I gave orders, and they made the rooms clean. I put the vessels of the House of God, along with the meal offerings and the perfume, back in the rooms. ¹⁰ I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support. So the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field. ¹¹ Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said: »Why has the house of God been given up?« I got them together and put them in their places. ¹² All Judah came with the tenth part of the grain and wine and oil and put it into the storehouses. ¹³ I made controllers over the storehouses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah. They were taken to be honest men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.

²¹ »I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth. I will fill their treasuries.

⁶ There is treasure in the house of the righteous. The earnings of the wicked bring trouble.

¹⁵ There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips that speak knowledge are more precious than jewels.

²⁰ The wise have wealth and luxury but a fool spends all he gets.

²³ Be diligent to know the state of your flocks and attend to your herds. ²⁴ Riches are not forever: and a crown does not endure for every generation. ²⁵ The hay appears and the tender grass shows itself. Herbs of the mountains are gathered. ²⁶ The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats bring the price of the field. ²⁷ You will have enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidservants.

⁵² And he said to them: »Every scribe (journalist) (writer) who has been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like a man that is a householder, who brings out of his treasure things new and old.«