The Histories · Old Testament
2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles is book 14 of 66 and belongs to the Histories in the Old Testament. It has 36 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 264 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- 2 Chronicles 1: 2 Chronicles 1: Solomon asks for wisdom at Gibeon
Solomon the son of David is strengthened in his kingdom, and the narrator says the Lord his God is with him and magnifies him. Solomon speaks to all… - 2 Chronicles 2: 2 Chronicles 2: Solomon's letter to Huram of Tyre
Solomon determines to build a house for the name of the Lord and a house for his kingdom. He counts out seventy thousand burden bearers, eighty… - 2 Chronicles 3: 2 Chronicles 3: building the house on mount Moriah
Solomon begins to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to David, in the place David prepared in the… - 2 Chronicles 4: 2 Chronicles 4: the brasen altar, the sea and the vessels
Solomon makes an altar of brass twenty cubits long, twenty broad and ten high, and a molten sea ten cubits from brim to brim, five high and thirty… - 2 Chronicles 5: 2 Chronicles 5: the ark brought in and the cloud fills the house
All the work Solomon made for the house is finished, and he brings in what David had dedicated, silver, gold and instruments, into the treasures of… - 2 Chronicles 6: 2 Chronicles 6: Solomon's blessing and prayer of dedication
Solomon says the Lord has said he would dwell in thick darkness, but that he has built him a house of habitation. He turns and blesses the standing… - 2 Chronicles 7: 2 Chronicles 7: fire from heaven and the Lord's answer by night
When Solomon ends his prayer, fire comes down from heaven and consumes the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord fills the… - 2 Chronicles 8: 2 Chronicles 8: Solomon's cities, labour, worship and ships
At the end of twenty years spent building the house of the Lord and his own house, Solomon builds the cities Huram had restored to him and settles… - 2 Chronicles 9: 2 Chronicles 9: the queen of Sheba, Solomon's wealth and his death
The queen of Sheba hears of Solomon's fame and comes to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, bringing a great company, camels with spices, gold… - 2 Chronicles 10: 2 Chronicles 10: Rehoboam at Shechem and the division of the kingdom
Rehoboam goes to Shechem, where all Israel has come to make him king. Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who fled from Solomon to Egypt, hears of it and… - 2 Chronicles 11: 2 Chronicles 11: Shemaiah stops the war and Rehoboam fortifies Judah
Back in Jerusalem, Rehoboam gathers a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors from Judah and Benjamin to fight Israel and recover the kingdom… - 2 Chronicles 12: 2 Chronicles 12: Shishak's invasion and Rehoboam's humbling
Once Rehoboam has established the kingdom and strengthened himself, he forsakes the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him. In his fifth year… - 2 Chronicles 13: 2 Chronicles 13: Abijah's speech on mount Zemaraim and Jeroboam's defeat
Abijah begins to reign over Judah in Jeroboam's eighteenth year and reigns three years; his mother is Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There… - 2 Chronicles 14: 2 Chronicles 14: Asa's reforms and the defeat of Zerah the Ethiopian
Abijah is buried in the city of David and Asa reigns; in his days the land is quiet ten years. The narrator says Asa does what is good and right in… - 2 Chronicles 15: 2 Chronicles 15: Azariah's word and Asa's covenant at Jerusalem
The Spirit of God comes on Azariah the son of Oded, who meets Asa and tells him and all Judah and Benjamin that the Lord is with them while they are… - 2 Chronicles 16: 2 Chronicles 16: Asa's treaty with Ben-hadad, Hanani's rebuke and Asa's death
In Asa's thirty sixth year Baasha king of Israel comes up against Judah and builds Ramah to stop anyone going out or coming in to Asa. Asa takes… - 2 Chronicles 17: 2 Chronicles 17: Jehoshaphat sends teachers and grows strong
Jehoshaphat succeeds Asa, strengthens himself against Israel, and places forces in the fenced cities of Judah and garrisons in Judah and in the… - 2 Chronicles 18: 2 Chronicles 18: Micaiah's vision and the death of Ahab at Ramoth-gilead
Jehoshaphat, rich and honoured, joins affinity with Ahab. Some years later he goes down to Samaria, where Ahab feasts him and persuades him to go up… - 2 Chronicles 19: 2 Chronicles 19: Jehu's rebuke and Jehoshaphat's judges
Jehoshaphat returns to his house in Jerusalem in peace. Jehu the son of Hanani the seer goes out to meet him and asks whether he should help the… - 2 Chronicles 20: 2 Chronicles 20: Jehoshaphat's prayer and the valley of Berachah
Moab, Ammon and others come against Jehoshaphat, and messengers report a great multitude at Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. The king fears, seeks… - 2 Chronicles 21: 2 Chronicles 21: Jehoram kills his brothers and dies of disease
Jehoshaphat dies and is buried in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigns. Six brothers are named, and their father had given them silver… - 2 Chronicles 22: 2 Chronicles 22: Ahaziah's death and Athaliah's seizure of the throne
The inhabitants of Jerusalem make Ahaziah, the youngest son, king, because the raiders who came with the Arabians had killed all the elder sons. He… - 2 Chronicles 23: 2 Chronicles 23: Jehoiada crowns Joash and Athaliah is killed
In the seventh year Jehoiada takes five named captains of hundreds into covenant. They gather Levites and heads of families from all Judah to… - 2 Chronicles 24: 2 Chronicles 24: Joash repairs the house and stones Zechariah
Joash is seven at accession and reigns forty years; his mother is Zibiah of Beer-sheba. He does right all the days of Jehoiada the priest, who… - 2 Chronicles 25: 2 Chronicles 25: Amaziah, the hired army and the gods of Seir
Amaziah is twenty-five at accession and reigns twenty-nine years; his mother is Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. He does right, but not with a perfect heart… - 2 Chronicles 26: 2 Chronicles 26: Uzziah's strength and his leprosy in the temple
All the people of Judah make Uzziah king at sixteen in place of Amaziah, and he builds Eloth and restores it to Judah. He reigns fifty-two years; his… - 2 Chronicles 27: 2 Chronicles 27: Jotham's building and the tribute of Ammon
Jotham is twenty-five at accession and reigns sixteen years in Jerusalem; his mother is Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. He does right in the sight of… - 2 Chronicles 28: 2 Chronicles 28: Ahaz's idolatry, the captives sent home and the doors shut
Ahaz is twenty at accession and reigns sixteen years, and he does not do right like David. He makes images for Baalim, burns his children in the fire… - 2 Chronicles 29: 2 Chronicles 29: Hezekiah opens the doors and cleanses the house
Hezekiah is twenty-five at accession and reigns twenty-nine years, and he does right as David did. In the first month of his first year he opens and… - 2 Chronicles 30: 2 Chronicles 30: the passover kept in the second month
Hezekiah sends to all Israel and Judah and writes to Ephraim and Manasseh, calling them to keep the passover at Jerusalem. The king, princes and… - 2 Chronicles 31: 2 Chronicles 31: tithes laid in heaps and Hezekiah's provision for the priests
When the feast is over, all Israel present go out and break the images, cut down the groves and throw down the high places and altars in Judah… - 2 Chronicles 32: 2 Chronicles 32: Sennacherib's threat and Hezekiah's later years
After these things Sennacherib king of Assyria enters Judah and camps against its fenced cities. Seeing that he intends to attack Jerusalem, Hezekiah… - 2 Chronicles 33: 2 Chronicles 33: Manasseh's idolatry, captivity and return, and Amon
Manasseh is twelve at accession and reigns fifty-five years, doing evil like the nations the Lord cast out. He rebuilds the high places Hezekiah… - 2 Chronicles 34: 2 Chronicles 34: Josiah's purge, the book found and Huldah's word
Josiah is eight at accession and reigns thirty-one years, walking in David's ways without turning aside. In his eighth year he begins to seek the God… - 2 Chronicles 35: 2 Chronicles 35: Josiah's passover and his death at Megiddo
Josiah keeps a passover in Jerusalem, killed on the fourteenth day of the first month. He sets the priests in their charges and tells the Levites who… - 2 Chronicles 36: 2 Chronicles 36: the last kings, the burning of the house and Cyrus's proclamation
The people of the land make Jehoahaz the son of Josiah king; he is twenty-three and reigns three months. The king of Egypt deposes him, fines the…
