2 Chronicles
How each chapter begins
- 2 Chronicles 1
Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly…
- 2 Chronicles 2
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
- 2 Chronicles 3
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his…
- 2 Chronicles 4
He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
- 2 Chronicles 5
So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items…
- 2 Chronicles 6
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;
- 2 Chronicles 7
When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and…
- 2 Chronicles 8
Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,
- 2 Chronicles 9
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived…
- 2 Chronicles 10
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
- 2 Chronicles 11
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight…
- 2 Chronicles 12
After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 13
In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,
- 2 Chronicles 14
Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in…
- 2 Chronicles 15
Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
- 2 Chronicles 16
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent…
- 2 Chronicles 17
Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 18
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
- 2 Chronicles 19
When Jehoshaphat king of Judah had returned safely to his home in Jerusalem,
- 2 Chronicles 20
After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
- 2 Chronicles 21
And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in…
- 2 Chronicles 22
Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had…
- 2 Chronicles 23
Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with…
- 2 Chronicles 24
Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah…
- 2 Chronicles 25
Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name…
- 2 Chronicles 26
All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Chronicles 27
Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was…
- 2 Chronicles 28
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father…
- 2 Chronicles 29
Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s…
- 2 Chronicles 30
Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting…
- 2 Chronicles 31
When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars…
- 2 Chronicles 32
After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the…
- 2 Chronicles 33
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
- 2 Chronicles 34
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
- 2 Chronicles 35
Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth…
- 2 Chronicles 36
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.