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All 365 verses in 2 Chronicles, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 1:1

  Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.

• 2 Chronicles 1:3

  And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

• 2 Chronicles 1:4

  Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 1:5

  But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there.

• 2 Chronicles 1:6

  Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.

• 2 Chronicles 1:7

  That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

• 2 Chronicles 1:8

  Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.

• 2 Chronicles 1:9

  Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

• 2 Chronicles 1:11

  God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—

• 2 Chronicles 2:1

  Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

• 2 Chronicles 2:4

  Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.

• 2 Chronicles 2:5

  The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

• 2 Chronicles 2:11

  Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”

• 2 Chronicles 2:12

  And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

• 2 Chronicles 3:1

  Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

• 2 Chronicles 3:3

  The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.

• 2 Chronicles 4:11

  Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:

• 2 Chronicles 4:16

  and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.

• 2 Chronicles 4:19

  Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

• 2 Chronicles 5:1

  So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.

• 2 Chronicles 5:2

  At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

• 2 Chronicles 5:7

  Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

• 2 Chronicles 5:10

  There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.

• 2 Chronicles 5:13

  The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud

• 2 Chronicles 5:14

  so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

• 2 Chronicles 6:1

  Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;

• 2 Chronicles 6:4

  and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,

• 2 Chronicles 6:7

  Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 6:8

  But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

• 2 Chronicles 6:10

  Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 6:11

  And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”

• 2 Chronicles 6:12

  Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

• 2 Chronicles 6:14

  and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

• 2 Chronicles 6:16

  Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’

• 2 Chronicles 6:17

  And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.

• 2 Chronicles 6:18

  But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

• 2 Chronicles 6:19

  Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.

• 2 Chronicles 6:40

  Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

• 2 Chronicles 6:41

  Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.

• 2 Chronicles 6:42

  O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”

• 2 Chronicles 7:1

  When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

• 2 Chronicles 7:2

  The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.

• 2 Chronicles 7:3

  When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”

• 2 Chronicles 7:4

  Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 7:5

  And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

• 2 Chronicles 7:6

  The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

• 2 Chronicles 7:7

  Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not contain all these offerings.

• 2 Chronicles 7:10

  On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 7:11

  When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,

• 2 Chronicles 7:12

  the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

• 2 Chronicles 7:21

  And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

• 2 Chronicles 7:22

  And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”

• 2 Chronicles 8:1

  Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,

• 2 Chronicles 8:11

  Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”

• 2 Chronicles 8:12

  At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.

• 2 Chronicles 8:14

  In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

• 2 Chronicles 8:16

  Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

• 2 Chronicles 9:4

  the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

• 2 Chronicles 9:8

  Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”

• 2 Chronicles 9:11

  The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)

• 2 Chronicles 9:23

  All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

• 2 Chronicles 10:15

  So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

• 2 Chronicles 11:2

  But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:

• 2 Chronicles 11:4

  that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

• 2 Chronicles 11:14

  For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 11:16

  Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 12:1

  After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 12:2

  In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem

• 2 Chronicles 12:5

  Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”

• 2 Chronicles 12:6

  So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

• 2 Chronicles 12:7

  When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

• 2 Chronicles 12:9

  So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.

• 2 Chronicles 12:11

  And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

• 2 Chronicles 12:12

  Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 12:13

  Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

• 2 Chronicles 12:14

  And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 13:5

  Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?

• 2 Chronicles 13:8

  And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

• 2 Chronicles 13:9

  But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.

• 2 Chronicles 13:10

  But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

• 2 Chronicles 13:11

  Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.

• 2 Chronicles 13:12

  Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”

• 2 Chronicles 13:14

  When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,

• 2 Chronicles 13:15

  and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 13:16

  So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.

• 2 Chronicles 13:18

  Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 13:20

  Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.

• 2 Chronicles 14:2

  And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.

• 2 Chronicles 14:4

  He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.

• 2 Chronicles 14:6

  Because the land was at peace, Asa built fortified cities in Judah. In those days no one made war with him, because the LORD had given him rest.

• 2 Chronicles 14:7

  So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

• 2 Chronicles 14:11

  Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”

• 2 Chronicles 14:12

  So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.

• 2 Chronicles 14:13

  Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder

• 2 Chronicles 14:14

  and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.

• 2 Chronicles 15:1

  Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.

• 2 Chronicles 15:2

  So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

• 2 Chronicles 15:3

  For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.

• 2 Chronicles 15:4

  But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.

• 2 Chronicles 15:6

  Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.

• 2 Chronicles 15:8

  When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.

• 2 Chronicles 15:9

  And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

• 2 Chronicles 15:11

  At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.

• 2 Chronicles 15:12

  Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

• 2 Chronicles 15:13

  And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

• 2 Chronicles 15:14

  They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.

• 2 Chronicles 15:15

  And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.

• 2 Chronicles 15:18

  And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold articles that he and his father had dedicated.

• 2 Chronicles 16:2

  So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:

• 2 Chronicles 16:7

  At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.

• 2 Chronicles 16:8

  Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.

• 2 Chronicles 16:9

  For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”

• 2 Chronicles 16:12

  In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.

• 2 Chronicles 17:3

  Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,

• 2 Chronicles 17:4

  but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 17:5

  So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought him tribute, so that he had an abundance of riches and honor.

• 2 Chronicles 17:6

  And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 17:9

  They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.

• 2 Chronicles 17:10

  And the dread of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

• 2 Chronicles 17:16

  and next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer for the LORD, and with him 200,000 mighty men of valor.

• 2 Chronicles 18:4

  But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”

• 2 Chronicles 18:5

  So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

• 2 Chronicles 18:6

  But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”

• 2 Chronicles 18:7

  The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

• 2 Chronicles 18:10

  Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”

• 2 Chronicles 18:11

  And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

• 2 Chronicles 18:13

  But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”

• 2 Chronicles 18:15

  But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

• 2 Chronicles 18:16

  So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

• 2 Chronicles 18:18

  Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left.

• 2 Chronicles 18:19

  And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.

• 2 Chronicles 18:20

  Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 18:21

  And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

• 2 Chronicles 18:22

  So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”

• 2 Chronicles 18:23

  Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”

• 2 Chronicles 18:27

  But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”

• 2 Chronicles 18:31

  When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.

• 2 Chronicles 19:2

  Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

• 2 Chronicles 19:3

  However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”

• 2 Chronicles 19:4

  Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 19:6

  Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment.

• 2 Chronicles 19:7

  And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”

• 2 Chronicles 19:8

  Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 19:9

  He commanded them, saying, “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 19:10

  For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.

• 2 Chronicles 19:11

  Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”

• 2 Chronicles 20:3

  Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 20:4

  So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.

• 2 Chronicles 20:5

  Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the LORD in front of the new courtyard

• 2 Chronicles 20:6

  and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.

• 2 Chronicles 20:7

  Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?

• 2 Chronicles 20:12

  Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

• 2 Chronicles 20:13

  Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 20:14

  Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph’s descendants, as he stood in the midst of the assembly.

• 2 Chronicles 20:15

  And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God.

• 2 Chronicles 20:17

  You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”

• 2 Chronicles 20:18

  Then Jehoshaphat bowed facedown, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.

• 2 Chronicles 20:19

  And the Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, shouting in a very loud voice.

• 2 Chronicles 20:20

  Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”

• 2 Chronicles 20:21

  Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.”

• 2 Chronicles 20:22

  The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.

• 2 Chronicles 20:26

  On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.

• 2 Chronicles 20:27

  Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.

• 2 Chronicles 20:28

  So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.

• 2 Chronicles 20:29

  And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 20:30

  Then Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.

• 2 Chronicles 20:32

  And Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn away from it; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 20:33

  The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 20:37

  Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.

• 2 Chronicles 21:6

  And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 21:7

  Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

• 2 Chronicles 21:10

  So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 21:12

  Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,

• 2 Chronicles 21:14

  So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.

• 2 Chronicles 21:16

  Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.

• 2 Chronicles 21:18

  After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.

• 2 Chronicles 22:4

  And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.

• 2 Chronicles 22:7

  Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.

• 2 Chronicles 22:9

  Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.

• 2 Chronicles 22:12

  And Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

• 2 Chronicles 23:3

  the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. “Behold, the king’s son!” said Jehoiada. “He must reign, just as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David.

• 2 Chronicles 23:5

  a third shall be at the royal palace, and a third at the Foundation Gate, while all the others are in the courtyards of the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 23:6

  No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 23:9

  Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields of King David that were in the house of God.

• 2 Chronicles 23:11

  Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”

• 2 Chronicles 23:12

  When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went out to them in the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 23:14

  And Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, saying, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”

• 2 Chronicles 23:16

  Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.

• 2 Chronicles 23:18

  Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.

• 2 Chronicles 23:19

  He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.

• 2 Chronicles 23:20

  He also took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,

• 2 Chronicles 24:2

  And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

• 2 Chronicles 24:4

  Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 24:5

  So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.

• 2 Chronicles 24:6

  So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”

• 2 Chronicles 24:7

  For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.

• 2 Chronicles 24:8

  At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 24:9

  And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.

• 2 Chronicles 24:12

  Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 24:13

  So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.

• 2 Chronicles 24:14

  When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 24:16

  And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.

• 2 Chronicles 24:18

  They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.

• 2 Chronicles 24:19

  Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them; but they would not listen.

• 2 Chronicles 24:20

  Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”

• 2 Chronicles 24:21

  But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 24:22

  Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”

• 2 Chronicles 24:24

  Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.

• 2 Chronicles 24:27

  The accounts of the sons of Joash, as well as the many pronouncements about him and about the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.

• 2 Chronicles 25:2

  And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

• 2 Chronicles 25:4

  Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”

• 2 Chronicles 25:7

  But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites.

• 2 Chronicles 25:8

  Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”

• 2 Chronicles 25:9

  Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”

• 2 Chronicles 25:15

  Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”

• 2 Chronicles 25:16

  While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

• 2 Chronicles 25:20

  But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.

• 2 Chronicles 25:24

  He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of God with Obed-edom and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.

• 2 Chronicles 25:27

  From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.

• 2 Chronicles 26:4

  And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

• 2 Chronicles 26:5

  He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.

• 2 Chronicles 26:7

  God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.

• 2 Chronicles 26:16

  But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

• 2 Chronicles 26:17

  Then Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him.

• 2 Chronicles 26:18

  They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”

• 2 Chronicles 26:19

  Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.

• 2 Chronicles 26:20

  When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.

• 2 Chronicles 26:21

  So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.

• 2 Chronicles 27:2

  And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

• 2 Chronicles 27:3

  Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.

• 2 Chronicles 27:6

  So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

• 2 Chronicles 28:1

  Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 28:3

  Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

• 2 Chronicles 28:5

  So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.

• 2 Chronicles 28:6

  For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 28:9

  But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.

• 2 Chronicles 28:10

  And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?

• 2 Chronicles 28:11

  Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you.”

• 2 Chronicles 28:13

  “You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”

• 2 Chronicles 28:19

  For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 28:21

  Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

• 2 Chronicles 28:22

  In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 28:24

  Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 28:25

  In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 29:2

  And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.

• 2 Chronicles 29:3

  In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 29:5

  “Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.

• 2 Chronicles 29:6

  For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.

• 2 Chronicles 29:7

  They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 29:8

  Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you can see with your own eyes.

• 2 Chronicles 29:10

  Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.

• 2 Chronicles 29:11

  Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense.”

• 2 Chronicles 29:15

  When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 29:16

  So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.

• 2 Chronicles 29:17

  They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.

• 2 Chronicles 29:18

  Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.

• 2 Chronicles 29:19

  Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD.”

• 2 Chronicles 29:20

  Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 29:21

  They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 29:25

  Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.

• 2 Chronicles 29:27

  And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 29:30

  Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped.

• 2 Chronicles 29:31

  Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.

• 2 Chronicles 29:32

  The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 29:35

  Furthermore, the burnt offerings were abundant, along with the fat of the peace offerings and the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. So the service of the house of the LORD was established.

• 2 Chronicles 29:36

  Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.

• 2 Chronicles 30:1

  Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 30:5

  So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it as a nation as prescribed.

• 2 Chronicles 30:6

  So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.

• 2 Chronicles 30:7

  Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.

• 2 Chronicles 30:8

  Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.

• 2 Chronicles 30:9

  For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

• 2 Chronicles 30:12

  Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 30:15

  And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 30:16

  They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.

• 2 Chronicles 30:17

  Since there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 30:18

  A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone

• 2 Chronicles 30:19

  who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”

• 2 Chronicles 30:20

  And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

• 2 Chronicles 30:21

  The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 30:22

  And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 31:2

  Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.

• 2 Chronicles 31:3

  The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 31:4

  Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 31:6

  And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.

• 2 Chronicles 31:8

  When Hezekiah and his officials came and viewed the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 31:10

  and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”

• 2 Chronicles 31:11

  Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.

• 2 Chronicles 31:13

  Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.

• 2 Chronicles 31:14

  Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions to the LORD and the consecrated gifts.

• 2 Chronicles 31:16

  In addition, they distributed portions to the males registered by genealogy who were three years of age or older—to all who would enter the house of the LORD for their daily duties for service in the responsibilities of their divisions—

• 2 Chronicles 31:20

  So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

• 2 Chronicles 31:21

  He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.

• 2 Chronicles 32:8

  With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 32:11

  Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’

• 2 Chronicles 32:14

  Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?

• 2 Chronicles 32:15

  So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”

• 2 Chronicles 32:16

  And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.

• 2 Chronicles 32:17

  He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”

• 2 Chronicles 32:19

  They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.

• 2 Chronicles 32:21

  and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

• 2 Chronicles 32:22

  So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all the others, and He gave them rest on every side.

• 2 Chronicles 32:23

  Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.

• 2 Chronicles 32:24

  In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.

• 2 Chronicles 32:26

  Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.

• 2 Chronicles 32:29

  He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.

• 2 Chronicles 32:31

  And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

• 2 Chronicles 33:2

  And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

• 2 Chronicles 33:4

  Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”

• 2 Chronicles 33:5

  In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.

• 2 Chronicles 33:6

  He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

• 2 Chronicles 33:7

  Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.

• 2 Chronicles 33:9

  So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

• 2 Chronicles 33:10

  And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

• 2 Chronicles 33:11

  So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

• 2 Chronicles 33:12

  And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 33:13

  And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

• 2 Chronicles 33:15

  He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.

• 2 Chronicles 33:16

  Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 33:17

  Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

• 2 Chronicles 33:18

  As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 33:19

  His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.

• 2 Chronicles 33:22

  And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,

• 2 Chronicles 33:23

  but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

• 2 Chronicles 34:2

  And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

• 2 Chronicles 34:3

  In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.

• 2 Chronicles 34:8

  Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

• 2 Chronicles 34:9

  So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites at the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 34:10

  They put it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work of the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 34:14

  While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD written by Moses.

• 2 Chronicles 34:15

  And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.

• 2 Chronicles 34:17

  They have paid out the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have put it into the hands of the supervisors and workers.”

• 2 Chronicles 34:21

  “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”

• 2 Chronicles 34:23

  And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you

• 2 Chronicles 34:24

  that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,

• 2 Chronicles 34:26

  But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,

• 2 Chronicles 34:27

  because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 34:30

  And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 34:31

  So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.

• 2 Chronicles 34:32

  Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 34:33

  And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 35:1

  Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.

• 2 Chronicles 35:2

  He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 35:3

  To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 35:6

  Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”

• 2 Chronicles 35:8

  His officials also contributed willingly to the people and priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the administrators of the house of God, gave the priests 2,600 Passover offerings and 300 bulls.

• 2 Chronicles 35:12

  They set aside the burnt offerings to be given to the divisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as is written in the Book of Moses; and they did the same with the bulls.

• 2 Chronicles 35:16

  So on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.

• 2 Chronicles 35:21

  But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty. God told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”

• 2 Chronicles 35:22

  Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.

• 2 Chronicles 35:26

  As for the rest of the acts of Josiah, along with his deeds of loving devotion according to what is written in the Law of the LORD—

• 2 Chronicles 36:5

  Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

• 2 Chronicles 36:7

  Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.

• 2 Chronicles 36:9

  Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 36:10

  In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 36:12

  And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 36:13

  He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 36:14

  Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 36:15

  Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

• 2 Chronicles 36:16

  But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

• 2 Chronicles 36:18

  who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.

• 2 Chronicles 36:19

  Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

• 2 Chronicles 36:21

  So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.

• 2 Chronicles 36:22

  In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:

• 2 Chronicles 36:23

  “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”

Events the dataset lists God as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

1. c. 4004 BC
   Creation of all thingsGenesis 1:1–2:3
2. c. 4004 BC
   Creation of Adam and EveGenesis 2:4–25 · at Eden
3. c. 4004 BC
   The FallGenesis 3:1–24 · at Eden
4. c. 3875 BC
   God curses CainGenesis 4:11–16 · at Eden, Nod
5. c. 2468 BC
   God decides to destroy every living thingGenesis 6:1–7
6. c. 2400 BC
   God instructs Noah to build the arkGenesis 6:8–7:5
7. c. 2347 BC
   God makes a covenant with NoahGenesis 8:20–9:17
8. c. 1921 BC
   Abrahamic CovenantGenesis 12:1–3
9. c. 1897 BC
   Sodom DestroyedGenesis 18:20–19:29 · at Sodom, Gomorrah
10. c. 1491 BC
    Ten Commandments GivenExodus 19:1–20:17 · at Mount Sinai
11. no date
    The Holy Spirit is promisedActs 1:4–5 · at Olivet
12. no date
    Jesus ascends to HeavenActs 1:6–11 · at Olivet

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.