The Old Testament Book of 2 Chronicles
And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my
God saith, that will I speak.
2 Chron 18:13 KJV
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* CHAP * COMMENTS
* 1 * Solomon offers sacrifice to God. God appears to Solomon & tells him
to ask what he should give to Solomon. Solomon requests wisdom &
knowledge. The request pleases God and he grants Solomon's wish.
Economic conditions under Solomon are explained.
* 2 * Solomon decides to build a house for the Lord. Solomon requests Huram
King of Tyre to send cedar & a skilled workman. Huram agrees. Solomon
numbers the strangers in the land and sets them to work.
* 3 * Now these are the things that Solomon was instructed for the building
of the temple, the size of the temple, the cherubims, the veil, the 2
two pillars (Jachin on the right and Boaz on the left),
* 4 * the brazen alter, the brass lavenders, the lavers, the candlesticks,
the tables,the gold basins,the court of the priests, temple vessels.
* 5 * Work on the temple is finished. Levites bring ark. Nothing in ark but
tablets Moses put in at Horeb. As the priests praise God, the temple
is filled with the glory of the Lord.
* 6 * Solomon blesses the congregation, praises God for fullfilling His
promise to David; and leads the congregation in prayer.
* 7 * When Solomon finished praying, fire came from heaven & consumed the
sacrifice. Solomon kept the feast 7 days. The Lord appeared to
Solomon by night and said, " If you will walk before me, as David
your father walked, and do as I have commanded thee, then I will
establish the throne of thy kingdom.
* 8 * Solomon built the cities that Huram had restored to him. He made the
strangers in the land pay tribute, but he did not make the children
of Israel servants for his work. Solomon offered burnt offerings
unto the Lord according to the commandment of Moses.
* 9 * The quen of Sheba came to prove Solomon with hard questions. And she
said, it was a true report which I heard in my own land of thy acts
and thy wisdom. And King Solomon passed all the kings of the earth
in riches and wisdom. And Solomon slept with his fathers and was
buried in the city of David his father.
* 10 * Jereboam & Israel went to King Rehoboam and said, your father made
our yoke grievious. Ease that yoke & we will serve thee. Rehoboam
asked for 3 days to answer them. He asked advice of the old men -who
said, Be kind to this people and they will be your servants forever.
He asked advice of the young men that were brought up with him. They
said, Tell them my father made your yoke heavy but I will add to it.
Israel, except for Judah, rebelled against the House of David.
* 11 * Rehoboam prepares to do battle to restore the kingdom. The Lord has
Shemaiah tell Rehoboam that they are not to fight. The split in the
kingdom was from God. The priests and Levites from Israel return to
Judah because Jereboam and his sons had kept them from executing the
priest's office unto the Lord. Rehoboam had 18 wives & 60 concubines.
For three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
* 12 * Rehoboam and Israel forsook the law of the Lord. Therefore, in the 5th
year, Shishak of Egypt came against Jerusalem. Because the king & the
princes humbled themselves, the lord did not destroy him altogether.
Rehoboam reigned 17 years in Jerusalem. And he did evil because he
prepared not his heart to seek the Lord. Rehoboam was buried in the
city of David, and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
* 13 * Abijah reigned 3 years in Jerusalem and there was war between Abijah
and Jeroboam. Abijah spoke to Israel saying, Have you not cast out
the priests of the Lord? But for us, the Lord is our God. We have
not forsaken Him. God is with us -- for our captain. Do not fight
against God. You will not prosper. When Jeroboam set an ambush for
the men of Judah, they cried unto the Lord. God smote Jeroboam and
all Israel before Judah. Abijah waxed mighty and married 14 wives.
Jeroboam did not recover strength. The Lord struck him and he died.
* 14 * Abijah was buried in the city of David. Asa his son reigned in his
stead. Asa commanded Juday to seek the Lord God of their fathers,
and to do the law and the commandments. When Zerah, the Ethiopian,
came against him with 1 million men, Asa prayed to the Lord. Lord,
it is nothing with thee to help with many or with them that have no
power. O Lord, thou art our God; Let not man prevail against thee.
So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa.
* 15 * The Spirit of the Lord came upon Azariah, the son of Oded. He met Asa
and said -- The Lord is with you, while you be with him; and if ye
seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will
forsake you. They entered a covenant with God -- that any who would
not seek God would be put to death.
* 16 * In the 36th year of Asa's reign, Baasha, King of Israel, came against
Judah. Asa sent silver and gold to Benhadad, King of Syria, to come
against Israel. Hanani, the seer, told Asa, " Because you depended
the King of Syria instead of God, the host of Syria has escaped thy
hand. Were not the Ethipians and the Lubims a huge host? The eyes
of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show
himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward
him. You have done foolishly. Asa died in the 41st year of his
reign and was buried in the city of David.
* 17 * Jehoshaphat reigned in place of his father, Asa. The Lord was with
Jehoshaphat because he sought to the Lord God of his father. The
fear of the Lord fell on all the Lands about Juday so they made no
war against Jehoshaphat.
* 18 * Ahab, King of Israel, asked Jehoshaphat to go to Ramothgilead with
him. Jehoshaphat asked that they seek the word of the Lord. Ahab
gathered 400 prophets that said Go. But Jehoshaphat asked for a
prophet of the Lord. Ahab said there was one -- Micaiah -- but he
always prophecied evil against Ahab. Micaiah told them to go up and
prosper. But the king said that he wanted truth. Micaiah said that
he saw a lying spirit in the mouth of Ahab's prophets. Ahab had
Micaiah thrown in prison. During the battle Ahab was slain.
* 19 * Hanani the seer met Jehoshaphat and asked him, should you help the
ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? Nevertheless you have
prepared your heart to seek God. Jehoshaphat set judges throughout
the land. He said. Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man,
but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgement. Thus shall ye do
in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
* 20 * A great multitude of the children of Moab and of Ammon and of others
came against Judah. Jehoshaphat feared and proclaimed a fast. He
prayed. O Lord God of our Fathers, are you not a God in heaven.
Don't you rule over the kingdoms of the heathen. Is there not power
and might in your hand so that none is able to withstand thee. Will
you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company.
Neither know we what to do: but our eyes are up on thee. The Spirit
of the Lord came upon Jahaziel. The Lord said, "Be not afraid nor
dismayed by reason of this great multitude. The battle is not yours,
but God's. Ye shall not need to fight in this battle:
set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord."
Jehoshaphat said,"Believe in the Lord your God, so shall
ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper." He
appointed singers to say, "Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth
for ever." When Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness,
looked unto the multitude. There were dead bodies fallen to the
earth, and none escaped. The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of
those countries, when they had heard that the Lord fought against
the enemies of Israel.
* 21 * Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and Jehoram his first born son
reigned in his stead. Jehoram slew all his brethren with the sword.
He married Ahab's daughter. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. The
Edomites and Libna Rivolted. He received a letter from Elijah that
told him he would have a disease of the bowels. It was by this
disease that he died. He departed without being desired.
* 22 * Ahaziah, his youngest son reigned in his stead. He did evil in the
sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab. His mother was his
counsellor to do wickedly. The destruction of Ahaziah was of God.
When Jehu was executing judgement upon the house of Ahab, he found
Ahaziah and slew him. Athaliah, Ahaziah's mother, destroyed the
royal seed of the house of Judah. Jehoshabeath, the wife of Jehoiada
the priest (she was also Ahaziah's sister) hid Joash from Athaliah.
* 23 * After seven years, Jehoida, the Levites, and all of Judah made Joash
the king. When Athaliah heard the noise of the people, she came to
the House of the Lord. When she saw the king, she cried treason.
She was slain by the King's House. The people made a covenant to
be the Lord's people. They brake down the house of Baal; and slew
Mattan the priest of Baal.
* 24 * Joash began to reign when he was 7 years old. Joash did right all the
days of Jehoida Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord. A
chest was set at the gate of the House of the Lord. The people cast
into the chest. Workmen were paid from the chest. When the work
was done, the remaining money was used to make vessels for the
temple. When Jehoida died, they left the House of God and served
idols and groves. The Spirit of the Lord came on Zechariah the son
of Jehoida the priest; but they stoned him at the kings commandment.
Joash's servants conspired against him and slew him.
* 25 * Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. He did right in the eyes of
the Lord, but not with a perfect heart. He slew the servants that
had killed his father. He went to battle and smote the children of
Seir. He brought back the gods of the children of Seir and set them
up to be his gods which angered the LORD. He went to battle with
Joash king of ISRAEL and was defeated. He was killed by a
conspiracy and was buried with his fathers.
* 26 * Uzziah was made king in place of Amaziah his father when he was 16.
He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. God helped him
against the Philistines
Uzziah was made king in place of Amaziah his father when he was 16.
He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. As long as he
sought the Lord, God made him to prosper. He loved husbandry and
had much cattle. When he became strong, his heart was lifted up to
his destruction. He went in the temple of the Lord to burn incense
upon the alter of incense. Azariah & 80 other valient priests of
the Lord withstood Uzziah. Uzziah was wroth, but the Lord smote him
with leprosy. Uzziah was a leper untl the day of his death. Jotham
his son was over the king's house. When Uzziah died, Jotham his son
reigned in his stead.
* 27 * Jotham began to reign when he was 25. He reigned 16 years. He did
right in the sight of the Lord. Yet the people did corruptly. Jotham
became mighty because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.
When Jothom died, Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
* 28 * Ahaz began to reign when he was 25. He reigned 16 years but he walked
in the ways of the Kings of Israel. He burnt his children in the
fire. Therefore, God delivered him unto the king of Syria and to the
King of Israel. The army of Israel carried away much spoil and many
captives. A prophet of the Lord said that God was angry with Judah
and allowed you to triumph over your brethren. Have you no sins?
Release your brethren lest the fierce anger of the Lord is upon you.
They were returned to Jericho, the city of Palm trees. King Ahaz
requested the help of the King of Assyria. Ahaz gave a portion to
Tilgathpilneser - King of Assria -- but received no help from him.
* 29 * Hezekiah began to reign when he was 25 and he reigned for 29 years.
He did right in the sight of the Lord. He called the Levites to
sanctify both themselves & the House of the Lord. The Levites
sanctified the temple in 8 days. At the King's decree they made a
sin offering for all Israel. They sang praise unto the Lord.
Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced.
* 30 * Hezekiah sent to all Israel & Judah to come to Jerusalem to keep the
Passover. But they laughed at the posts. Nevertheless, some humbled
themselves and came to Jerusalem. In Judah, God gave them one heart
to do the will of the king. Hezekiah prayed for those that were
unclean and the Lord healed the people.
* 31 * When they left the assembly for the passover, they brake down the
images, alters, and grovews throughout Judah and Benjamin -- and in
Ephraim & Manasseh also. Hezekiah did good, right, and truth before
the Lord his God. He sought God with all his heart and prospered.
* 32 * The king of Assyria came into Judah and camped against the cities.
Hezekiah said to his captains of war. Don't let the King of Assyria
or his multitudes dismay you. With him there is an arm of flesh, but
with us is the Lord our God. The King of Assyria said, Who was there
among all the gods of the other nations that could deliver out of my
hand. Hezekiah & Isaiah prayed to God. God sent an angel that cut
off all the mighty men of valor of Assyria. When the King of Assyria
returned with shame into his own land, into the land of his god--
those of his own family killed him. When Hezekiah slept with his
fathers, Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
* 33 * Manasseh was 12 years old when he began to reign and ye reigned 55
years. He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He built alters for
all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
He caused Judah to do worse than the heathen the Lord had destroyed
before the Children of Israel. The Lord brought Assyria upon them.
Manasseh was carried away to Babylon. There he prayed to God and
God heard him and brought him again to Jerusalem. Manasseh took away
the strange gods. When Manasseh died, Amon his son reigned in his
place. He was 22 when he began to reign and he reigned 2 years. He
did evil in the sight of the Lord. His servants killed him. Josiah
his son became king.
* 34 * Josiah was 8 years old when he became king. He reigned 31 years. He
did right in the sight of the Lord. He broke down the alters and
the graves & beat the images into powder. He sent men to repair the
House of the Lord his God. The book of the law given by Moses was
found. As it was read before the king, Josiah rent his clothes. He
sent them to inquire of the Lord concerning the words of the book.
God said that he would bring evil the the place because they had
forsaken Him, but Josiah would go to his grave in peace because he
had humbled himself. All his days they departed not from folloing
the Lord.
* 35 * Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord. There was no passover like to
that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet. Josiah went
to fight Necho King of Egypt and was slain. Jeremiah lamented for
Josiah.
* 36 * Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, was made king when he was 23 years old. He
reigned 3 months. The King of Egypt make Eliakim his brother king.
His brothers name was changed to Jehoiakim. Jehoahaz was taken to
Egypt. Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he began to reign. He reigned
11 years and did evil in the Lord's eyes. Nebchadnezzar carried him
in fetters to Babylon. Jehoiachin, his son, was 8 years old when he
began to reign. He reigned 11 years and did evil in the Lord's eyes.
Zedekiah was 21 when he began to reign. He reigned 11 years in
Jerusalem and did evil in the sight of the Lord. He rebelled against
Nebuchadnezar. Nebuchadnezar carried those that escaped the sword to
Babylon until the kingdom of Persia when Cyrus said that God had
charged him to build God a house in Judah.
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