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2 Crônicas 1

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1E Salomão filho de Davi foi estabelecido em seu reino; e o SENHOR seu Deus foi com ele, e lhe engrandeceu muito.

2E chamou Salomão a todo Israel, comandantes, líderes de centenas, e juízes, e a todos os príncipes de todo Israel, cabeças de famílias.

3E foi Salomão, e com ele toda esta congregação, ao alto que havia em Gibeão; porque ali estava o tabernáculo do testemunho de Deus, que Moisés servo do SENHOR havia feito no deserto.

4Mas Davi havia trazido a arca de Deus de Quriate-Jearim ao lugar que ele lhe havia preparado; porque ele lhe havia estendido uma tenda em Jerusalém.

5Assim o altar de bronze que havia feito Bezalel filho de Uri filho de Hur, estava ali diante do tabernáculo do SENHOR, ao qual Salomão foi a consultar com aquela congregação.

6Subiu, pois, Salomão ali diante do SENHOR, ao altar de bronze que estava no tabernáculo do testemunho, e ofereceu sobre ele mil holocaustos.

7E aquela noite apareceu Deus a Salomão, e disse-lhe: Pede o que queres que eu te dê.

8E Salomão disse a Deus: Tu fizeste com Davi meu pai grande misericórdia, e a mim me puseste por rei em seu lugar.

9Confirme-se, pois, agora, ó SENHOR Deus, tua palavra dada a Davi meu pai; porque tu me puseste por rei sobre um povo em multidão como o pó da terra.

10Dá-me agora sabedoria e conhecimento, para sair e entrar diante deste povo: porque quem poderá julgar este teu povo tão grande?

11E disse Deus a Salomão: Porquanto isto foi em teu coração, que não pediste riquezas, riqueza, ou glória, nem a alma dos que te querem mal, nem pediste muitos dias, mas sim que pediste para ti sabedoria e conhecimento para julgar meu povo, sobre o qual te constituí por rei.

12Sabedoria e conhecimento te são dados; e também te darei riquezas, bens, e glória, que nunca houve nos reis que foram antes de ti, nem depois de ti haverá tais.

13E voltou Salomão a Jerusalém do alto que estava em Gibeão, de ante o tabernáculo do testemunho; e reinou sobre Israel.

14E juntou Salomão carros e cavaleiros; e teve mil e quatrocentos carros, e doze mil cavaleiros, os quais pôs nas cidades dos carros, e com o rei em Jerusalém.

15E pôs o rei prata e ouro em Jerusalém como pedras, e cedro como sicômoros que nascem nos campos em abundância.

16E traziam cavalos do Egito e de Coa para Salomão; pois os mercadores do rei [os] compravam de Coa por [um certo] preço.

17E subiam, e tiravam do Egito, um carro por seiscentas peças de prata, e um cavalo por cento e cinquenta: e assim se tiravam por meio deles para todos os reis dos Heteus, e para os reis da Síria.

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Summary

Solomon establishes himself as king and goes to worship before the tabernacle at Gibeon. God appears to him at night and offers to grant whatever he asks; Solomon asks for wisdom to govern, and God also gives him abundant riches and honor.

Explanation

Solomon's request is remarkable because, given the chance to ask for anything — wealth, long life, victory over enemies — he chooses wisdom to serve well the people entrusted to him. This selfless request pleases God so much that he grants not only what was asked, but also everything Solomon did not ask for. This is a recurring spiritual principle in the Bible: seeking first what serves God's purpose, rather than merely personal benefits, tends to result in even greater blessings than one would have asked for alone. This beginning marks the height of Israel's united monarchy, before the divisions and crises that would come later in the book.

Fun facts

  • The tabernacle at Gibeon was the same portable sanctuary built by Moses in the wilderness, still in use alongside the ark of the covenant, which was already in Jerusalem — showing a phase of religious transition before the permanent temple was built.
  • The trade in horses and chariots mentioned at the end of the chapter, between Egypt and the Hittite and Syrian kingdoms, shows Solomon acting as an international trade intermediary, a sophisticated economic practice for the time.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. 2 Crônicas 1:1As soon as he takes the throne, Solomon is “strengthened in his kingdom” with God at his side — the Chronicler opens the book making it clear right away where his success comes from.
  2. 2 Crônicas 1:2Solomon summons everyone who holds authority in Israel — military commanders, judges, family leaders — to go with him to Gibeon. It is a national pilgrimage, not just a trip for the king.
  3. 2 Crônicas 1:3The “tabernacle of the congregation” was the tent Moses had built in the wilderness, still in use at Gibeon centuries later. Solomon goes there because it is the official sanctuary of that moment, before the temple exists.
  4. 2 Crônicas 1:4The ark of the covenant was already in Jerusalem, in a tent David had prepared, separate from the tabernacle at Gibeon. In other words, before the temple, Israel’s worship was split between two places.
  5. 2 Crônicas 1:5The bronze altar used for sacrifices remained at Gibeon, next to the old tabernacle — it is there, not in Jerusalem, that Solomon goes to offer his sacrifices in the next verse.
  6. 2 Crônicas 1:6A thousand burnt offerings at once is a gigantic offering — a way for Solomon to open his reign with a gesture of devotion whose scale no one could ignore.
  7. 2 Crônicas 1:7That same night after this enormous sacrifice, God appears to Solomon and makes an open invitation: ask for whatever he wants. That invitation draws out the famous response in the next verse.
  8. 2 Crônicas 1:8Before asking for anything, Solomon starts by thanking God for what He has already done for David, his father, and for himself in setting him on the throne.
  9. 2 Crônicas 1:9Solomon asks God to fulfill the promise made to David, noting that he now rules over an enormous people — this is the backdrop that justifies the request for wisdom that follows.
  10. 2 Crônicas 1:10Solomon defines what “wisdom” means to him: not abstract knowledge, but the practical ability to judge such a large people well.
  11. 2 Crônicas 1:11God gives Solomon the chance to ask for anything, and he chooses wisdom to judge the people instead of riches, fame, or revenge against enemies. Precisely because he does not ask for those things, God guarantees he will gain them anyway, as a bonus.
  12. 2 Crônicas 1:12God not only grants what Solomon asked for, He also throws in riches and honor on a scale no other king would have before or after him.
  13. 2 Crônicas 1:13Solomon returns from Gibeon to Jerusalem after this encounter with God, and from this point on the text begins describing his reign in full swing.
  14. 2 Crônicas 1:14Fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen show the military strength Solomon builds up — but Deuteronomy had already warned the king of Israel not to accumulate that kind of army.
  15. 2 Crônicas 1:15Gold and silver become as common in Jerusalem as stone, and cedar as common as wild fig trees — the text exaggerates on purpose to show the kingdom’s wealth at its peak.
  16. 2 Crônicas 1:16Solomon imports horses from Egypt and resells chariots to neighboring kings, a quite profitable middleman business. It’s worth noting that the law of Moses, in Deuteronomy, had already warned the king of Israel not to accumulate horses from Egypt of all places — a detail this text doesn’t comment on, only records.
  17. 2 Crônicas 1:17The price of importing each chariot from Egypt was high, but Solomon profits by reselling them to Hittite and Syrian kings — the same middleman trade scheme as the previous verse.

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