2 Chronicles Overview Second Chronicles picks up right where the previous book leaves off: as King David’s reign is ending and Solomon, his son, assumes

Read 2 Chronicles 2 Preparations for Building the Temple 2 Solomon gave orders to build a temple for the Name of the Lord and a royal

Read 2 Chronicles 3 Solomon Builds the Temple 3 Then Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the

Read 2 Chronicles 4 The Temple’s Furnishings 4 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. 2 He made the

Read 2 Chronicles 5 5 When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his

Read 2 Chronicles 6 6 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; 2 I have built a magnificent temple

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Read 2 Chronicles 7 The Dedication of the Temple 7 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the

Read 2 Chronicles 8 Solomon’s Other Activities 8 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his own

Read 2 Chronicles 9 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 9 When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, she came to Jerusalem to test

Read 2 Chronicles 10 Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam 10 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. 2 When Jeroboam son

Read 2 Chronicles 11 11 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mustered Judah and Benjamin—a hundred and eighty thousand able young men—to go to war against

Read 2 Chronicles 12 Shishak Attacks Jerusalem 12 After Rehoboam’s position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel with him

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Read 2 Chronicles 13 Abijah King of Judah 13 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king of Judah, 2 and he reigned

Read 2 Chronicles 14 14 And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. Asa his son succeeded him as king,

Read 2 Chronicles 15 Asa’s Religious Reforms 15 The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded, 2 and he went out to meet Asa

Read 2 Chronicles 16 Asa’s Last Years 16 In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and

Read 2 Chronicles 17 Jehoshaphat King of Judah 17 Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king and strengthened himself against Israel. 2 He stationed troops in all

Read 2 Chronicles 18 Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab 18 Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honor, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage. 2 Some years

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Read 2 Chronicles 19 19 When Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned safely to his palace in Jerusalem, 2 Jehu the seer, the son of Hanani, went out

Read 2 Chronicles 20 Jehoshaphat Defeats Moab and Ammon 20 After this, the Moabites and Ammonites with some of the Meunitescame to wage war against Jehoshaphat.

Read 2 Chronicles 21 21 Then Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Jehoram his son succeeded

Read 2 Chronicles 22 Ahaziah King of Judah 22 The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram’s youngest son, king in his place, since the raiders, who

Read 2 Chronicles 23 23 In the seventh year Jehoiada showed his strength. He made a covenant with the commanders of units of a hundred: Azariah

Read 2 Chronicles 24 Joash Repairs the Temple 24 Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His

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Read 2 Chronicles 25 Amaziah King of Judah 25 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His

Read 2 Chronicles 26 Uzziah King of Judah 26 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king

Read 2 Chronicles 27 Jotham King of Judah 27 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His

Read 2 Chronicles 28 Ahaz King of Judah 28 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike

Read 2 Chronicles 29 Hezekiah Purifies the Temple 29 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His

Read 2 Chronicles 30 Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover 30 Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting

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Read 2 Chronicles 31 31 When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones

Read 2 Chronicles 32 Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem 32 After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid

Read 2 Chronicles 33 Manasseh Reigns in Judah 33 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

Read 2 Chronicles 34 Josiah Reigns in Judah 34 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Read 2 Chronicles 35 Josiah Keeps the Passover 35 Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem. And they slaughtered the Passover lamb on the

Read 2 Chronicles 36 Judah’s Decline 36 The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place

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