Graphic Bible · Scene 2 of 16

Low morning sun lights workers setting a first limestone block at the cleared site, wooden levers ropes and hand tools, beginning foundations. Uncrowned workmen only, no calendar or finished temple.
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2 Chronicles 3:2

The Work Begins

The House Takes Shape · 2 Chronicles 3

Story guide: Workers set stone blocks as construction begins in the second month of Solomon’s fourth year.

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2He began to build in the second month, on the second day, in the fourth year of his reign.

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