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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
2 Chronicles 3 is the third chapter of the Second Book of Chronicles the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or of the second part of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible . The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BC. This chapter belongs to the section focusing on the kingship of Solomon ( 2 Chronicles 1 to 9 ). The focus of this chapter is the construction of the temple in Jerusalem .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Redirect to: Solomon's Temple#Construction To a section : This is a redirect from a topic that does not have its own page to a section of a page on the subject.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “redirect from a topic that does not have its own page to a section of a page on the subject”. Today it says “third chapter of the second book of chronicles the old testament of the christian bible or of the second part o”. Read the current article and compare.
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redirect from a topic that does not have its own page to a section of a page on the subject
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third chapter of the second book of chronicles the old testament of the christian bible or of the second part o
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