Category Archives: 2 Chronicles

King Rehoboam 1-2 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem where all Israel had gathered to inaugurate him as king. Jeroboam was then in Egypt, where he had taken asylum from King Solomon; when he got the report of Solomon’s death, he came back. 3-4 Summoned by Israel, Jeroboam and all Israel went to Rehoboam and said, “Your […]

1 When Rehoboam got back to Jerusalem he called up the men of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 of their best soldiers, to go to war against Israel and recover the kingdom. 2-4 At the same time the word ofGodcame to Shemaiah, a holy man, “Tell this to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king […]

1 By the time Rehoboam had secured his kingdom and was strong again, he, and all Israel with him, had virtually abandonedGodand his ways. 2-4 In Rehoboam’s fifth year, because he and the people were unfaithful toGod, Shishak king of Egypt invaded as far as Jerusalem. He came with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand […]

King Abijah 1-2 In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Jeroboam, Abijah took over the throne of Judah. He ruled in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. 2-3 War broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam. Abijah started out with 400,000 of his best soldiers; Jeroboam countered with […]

King Asa 1 Abijah died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Asa became the next king. For ten years into Asa’s reign the country was at peace. 2-6 Asa was a good king. He did things right inGod’s eyes. He cleaned house: got rid of the pagan altars […]

1-6 Then Azariah son of Obed, moved by the Spirit of God, went out to meet Asa. He said, “Listen carefully, Asa, and listen Judah and Benjamin:Godwill stick with you as long as you stick with him. If you look for him he will let himself be found; but if you leave him he’ll leave […]

1 But in the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel attacked. He started it by building a fort at Ramah and closing the border between Israel and Judah to keep Asa king of Judah from leaving or entering. 2-3 Asa took silver and gold from the treasuries of The Temple ofGodand the […]

Jehoshaphat of Judah 1-6 Asa’s son Jehoshaphat was the next king; he started out by working on his defense system against Israel. He put troops in all the fortress cities of Judah and deployed garrisons throughout Judah and in the towns of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.Godwas on Jehoshaphat’s side because he stuck […]

1-3 But even though Jehoshaphat was very rich and much honored, he made a marriage alliance with Ahab of Israel. Some time later he paid a visit to Ahab at Samaria. Ahab celebrated his visit with a feast—a huge barbecue with all the lamb and beef you could eat. But Ahab had a hidden agenda; […]

1-3 But Jehoshaphat king of Judah got home safe and sound. Jehu, son of Hanani the seer, confronted King Jehoshaphat: “You have no business helping evil, cozying up toGod-haters. Because you did this,Godis good and angry with you. But you’re not all bad—you made a clean sweep of the polluting sex-and-religion shrines; and you were […]