2 Chronicles 1:1; 2 Chronicles 1:3; 2 Chronicles 1:4; 2 Chronicles 1:7; 2 Chronicles 1:8; 2 Chronicles 1:9; 2 Chronicles 1:11; 2 Chronicles 2:4; 2 Chronicles 2:5; 2 Chronicles 2:12; 2 Chronicles 3:3; 2 Chronicles 4:11; 2 Chronicles 4:19; 2 Chronicles 5:1; 2 Chronicles 5:14; 2 Chronicles 6:4; 2 Chronicles 6:7; 2 Chronicles 6:10; 2 Chronicles 6:14; 2 Chronicles 6:16; 2 Chronicles 6:17; 2 Chronicles 6:18; 2 Chronicles 6:19; 2 Chronicles 6:40; 2 Chronicles 6:41; 2 Chronicles 6:42; 2 Chronicles 7:5; 2 Chronicles 7:19; 2 Chronicles 7:22; 2 Chronicles 8:14; 2 Chronicles 9:8; 2 Chronicles 9:23; 2 Chronicles 10:15; 2 Chronicles 11:2; 2 Chronicles 11:16; 2 Chronicles 13:5; 2 Chronicles 13:8; 2 Chronicles 13:9; 2 Chronicles 13:10; 2 Chronicles 13:11; 2 Chronicles 13:12; 2 Chronicles 13:15; 2 Chronicles 13:16; 2 Chronicles 13:18; 2 Chronicles 14:2; 2 Chronicles 14:4; 2 Chronicles 14:7; 2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Chronicles 15:1; 2 Chronicles 15:3; 2 Chronicles 15:4; 2 Chronicles 15:6; 2 Chronicles 15:9; 2 Chronicles 15:12; 2 Chronicles 15:13; 2 Chronicles 15:18; 2 Chronicles 16:7; 2 Chronicles 17:4; 2 Chronicles 18:5; 2 Chronicles 18:13; 2 Chronicles 18:31; 2 Chronicles 19:3; 2 Chronicles 19:4; 2 Chronicles 19:7; 2 Chronicles 20:6; 2 Chronicles 20:7; 2 Chronicles 20:12; 2 Chronicles 20:15; 2 Chronicles 20:19; 2 Chronicles 20:20; 2 Chronicles 20:29; 2 Chronicles 20:30; 2 Chronicles 20:33; 2 Chronicles 21:10; 2 Chronicles 21:12; 2 Chronicles 22:7; 2 Chronicles 22:12; 2 Chronicles 23:3; 2 Chronicles 23:9; 2 Chronicles 24:5; 2 Chronicles 24:7; 2 Chronicles 24:9; 2 Chronicles 24:13; 2 Chronicles 24:16; 2 Chronicles 24:18; 2 Chronicles 24:20; 2 Chronicles 24:24; 2 Chronicles 24:27; 2 Chronicles 25:7; 2 Chronicles 25:8; 2 Chronicles 25:9; 2 Chronicles 25:14; 2 Chronicles 25:15; 2 Chronicles 25:16; 2 Chronicles 25:20; 2 Chronicles 25:24; 2 Chronicles 26:5; 2 Chronicles 26:7; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 2 Chronicles 26:18; 2 Chronicles 27:6; 2 Chronicles 28:5; 2 Chronicles 28:6; 2 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 28:10; 2 Chronicles 28:23; 2 Chronicles 28:24; 2 Chronicles 28:25; 2 Chronicles 29:5; 2 Chronicles 29:6; 2 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 29:10; 2 Chronicles 29:36; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 30:5; 2 Chronicles 30:6; 2 Chronicles 30:7; 2 Chronicles 30:8; 2 Chronicles 30:9; 2 Chronicles 30:12; 2 Chronicles 30:16; 2 Chronicles 30:19; 2 Chronicles 30:22; 2 Chronicles 31:6; 2 Chronicles 31:13; 2 Chronicles 31:14; 2 Chronicles 31:20; 2 Chronicles 31:21; 2 Chronicles 32:8; 2 Chronicles 32:11; 2 Chronicles 32:13; 2 Chronicles 32:14; 2 Chronicles 32:15; 2 Chronicles 32:16; 2 Chronicles 32:17; 2 Chronicles 32:19; 2 Chronicles 32:21; 2 Chronicles 32:29; 2 Chronicles 32:31; 2 Chronicles 33:7; 2 Chronicles 33:12; 2 Chronicles 33:13; 2 Chronicles 33:15; 2 Chronicles 33:16; 2 Chronicles 33:17; 2 Chronicles 33:18; 2 Chronicles 34:3; 2 Chronicles 34:8; 2 Chronicles 34:9; 2 Chronicles 34:23; 2 Chronicles 34:25; 2 Chronicles 34:26; 2 Chronicles 34:27; 2 Chronicles 34:32; 2 Chronicles 34:33; 2 Chronicles 35:3; 2 Chronicles 35:8; 2 Chronicles 35:21; 2 Chronicles 35:22; 2 Chronicles 36:5; 2 Chronicles 36:12; 2 Chronicles 36:13; 2 Chronicles 36:15; 2 Chronicles 36:16; 2 Chronicles 36:18; 2 Chronicles 36:19; 2 Chronicles 36:23

2 Chronicles 1:1

1 Solomon son of David established himself firmly over his kingdom, for the LORD his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.

2 Chronicles 1:3

3 and Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon, for God’s tent of meeting was there, which Moses the LORD’s servant had made in the wilderness.

2 Chronicles 1:4

4 Now David had brought up 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 1:7

7 That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”

2 Chronicles 1:8

8 Solomon answered God, “You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place.

2 Chronicles 1:9

9 Now, LORD God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth.

2 Chronicles 1:11

11 God said to Solomon, “Since this is your heart’s desire and you have not asked for wealth, possessions or honor, nor for the death of your enemies, and since you have not asked for a long life but for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom I have made you king,

2 Chronicles 2:4

4 Now I am about to build a temple for the Name of the LORD my God and to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense before him, for setting out the consecrated bread regularly, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening and on the Sabbaths, at the New Moons and at the appointed festivals of the LORD our God. This is a lasting ordinance for Israel.

2 Chronicles 2:5

5 “The temple I am going to build will be great, because our God is greater than all other gods.

2 Chronicles 2:12

12 And Hiram added: “Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth! He has given King David a wise son, endowed with intelligence and discernment, who will build a temple for the LORD and a palace for himself.

2 Chronicles 3:3

3 The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide (using the cubit of the old standard).

2 Chronicles 4:11

11 And Huram also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of God:

2 Chronicles 4:19

19 Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in God’s temple: the golden altar; the tables on which was the bread of the Presence;

2 Chronicles 5:1

1 When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the LORD was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 5:14

14 and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the temple of God.

2 Chronicles 6:4

4 Then he said: “Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his hands has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David. For he said,

2 Chronicles 6:7

7 “My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:10

10 “The LORD has kept the promise he made. I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:14

14 He said: “LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.

2 Chronicles 6:16

16 “Now, LORD, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me according to my law, as you have done.’

2 Chronicles 6:17

17 And now, LORD, the God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David come true.

2 Chronicles 6:18

18 “But will God really dwell on earth with humans? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!

2 Chronicles 6:19

19 Yet, LORD my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence.

2 Chronicles 6:40

40 “Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

2 Chronicles 6:41

41 “Now arise, LORD God, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. May your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.

2 Chronicles 6:42

42 LORD God, do not reject your anointed one. Remember the great love promised to David your servant.”

2 Chronicles 7:5

5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God.

2 Chronicles 7:19

19 “But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them,

2 Chronicles 7:22

22 People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why he brought all this disaster on them.’ ”

2 Chronicles 8:14

14 In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered.

2 Chronicles 9:8

8 Praise be to the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the LORD your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness.”

2 Chronicles 9:23

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

2 Chronicles 10:15

15 So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from God, to fulfill the word the LORD had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

2 Chronicles 11:2

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

2 Chronicles 11:16

16 Those from every tribe of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the LORD, the God of Israel, followed the Levites to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 13:5

5 Don’t you 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

8 “And now you plan to resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made to be your gods.

2 Chronicles 13:9

9 But didn’t you drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make priests of your own as the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may become a priest of what are not gods.

2 Chronicles 13:10

10 “As for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him. The priests who serve the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites assist them.

2 Chronicles 13:11

11 Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the LORD our God. But you have forsaken him.

2 Chronicles 13:12

12 God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you. People of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”

2 Chronicles 13:15

15 and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

2 Chronicles 13:16

16 The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.

2 Chronicles 13:18

18 The Israelites were subdued on that occasion, and the people of Judah were victorious because they relied on the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 14:2

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

2 Chronicles 14:4

4 He commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his laws and commands.

2 Chronicles 14:7

7 “Let us build up these towns,” he said to Judah, “and put walls around them, with towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the LORD our God; we sought him and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

2 Chronicles 14:11

11 Then Asa called to the LORD his God and said, “LORD, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. LORD, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.”

2 Chronicles 15:1

1 The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.

2 Chronicles 15:3

3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law.

2 Chronicles 15:4

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

6 One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.

2 Chronicles 15:9

9 Then he assembled all Judah and Benjamin and the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who had settled among them, for large numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

2 Chronicles 15:12

12 They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.

2 Chronicles 15:13

13 All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

2 Chronicles 15:18

18 He brought into the temple of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.

2 Chronicles 16:7

7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him: “Because you 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 17:4

4 but sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel.

2 Chronicles 18:5

5 So the king of Israel brought together the prophets—four hundred men—and asked them, “Shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I not?” “Go,” they answered, “for God will give it into the king’s hand.”

2 Chronicles 18:13

13 But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I can tell him only what my God says.”

2 Chronicles 18:31

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

2 Chronicles 19:3

3 There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God.”

2 Chronicles 19:4

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

2 Chronicles 19:7

7 Now let the fear of the LORD be on you. Judge carefully, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”

2 Chronicles 20:6

6 and said: “LORD, the God of our ancestors, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.

2 Chronicles 20:7

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

12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

2 Chronicles 20:15

15 He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the LORD says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.

2 Chronicles 20:19

19 Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the LORD, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.

2 Chronicles 20:20

20 Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the LORD your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.”

2 Chronicles 20:29

29 The fear of God came on all the surrounding kingdoms when they heard how the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.

2 Chronicles 20:30

30 And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.

2 Chronicles 20:33

33 The high places, however, were not removed, and the people still had not set their hearts on the God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 21:10

10 To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah. Libnah revolted at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his ancestors.

2 Chronicles 21:12

12 Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet, which said: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 22:7

7 Through Ahaziah’s visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall. 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 22:12

12 He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

2 Chronicles 23:3

3 the whole assembly made a covenant with the king at the temple of God. Jehoiada said to them, “The king’s son shall reign, as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David.

2 Chronicles 23:9

9 Then he gave the commanders of units of a hundred the spears and the large and small shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of God.

2 Chronicles 24:5

5 He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go to the towns of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the temple of your God. Do it now.” But the Levites did not act at once.

2 Chronicles 24:7

7 Now the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the temple of God and had used even its sacred objects for the Baals.

2 Chronicles 24:9

9 A proclamation was then issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they should bring to the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God had required of Israel in the wilderness.

2 Chronicles 24:13

13 The men in charge of the work were diligent, and the repairs progressed under them. They rebuilt the temple of God according to its original design and reinforced it.

2 Chronicles 24:16

16 He was buried with the kings in the City of David, because of the good he had done in Israel for God and his temple.

2 Chronicles 24:18

18 They abandoned the temple of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols. Because of their guilt, God’s anger came on Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 24:20

20 Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you disobey the LORD’s commands? You will not prosper. Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.’ ”

2 Chronicles 24:24

24 Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hands a much larger army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash.

2 Chronicles 24:27

27 The account of his sons, the many prophecies about him, and the record of the restoration of the temple of God are written in the annotations on the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.

2 Chronicles 25:7

7 But a man of God came to him and said, “Your Majesty, these troops from Israel must not march with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the people of Ephraim.

2 Chronicles 25:8

8 Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow.”

2 Chronicles 25:9

9 Amaziah asked the man of God, “But what about the hundred talents I paid for these Israelite troops?” The man of God replied, “The LORD can give you much more than that.”

2 Chronicles 25:14

14 When Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down to them and burned sacrifices to them.

2 Chronicles 25:15

15 The anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you consult this people’s gods, which could not save their own people from your hand?”

2 Chronicles 25:16

16 While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you an adviser to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

2 Chronicles 25:20

20 Amaziah, however, would not listen, for God so worked that he might deliver them into the hands of Jehoash, because they sought the gods of Edom.

2 Chronicles 25:24

24 He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the temple of God that had been in the care of Obed-Edom, together with the palace treasures and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.

2 Chronicles 26:5

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

2 Chronicles 26:7

7 God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal and against the Meunites.

2 Chronicles 26:16

16 But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 26:18

18 They confronted King Uzziah and said, “It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the LORD God.”

2 Chronicles 27:6

6 Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 28:5

5 Therefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hands of the king of Aram. The Arameans defeated him and took many of his people as prisoners and brought them to Damascus. He was also given into the hands of the king of Israel, who inflicted heavy casualties on him.

2 Chronicles 28:6

6 In one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed a hundred and twenty thousand soldiers in Judah—because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 28:9

9 But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because the LORD, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches to heaven.

2 Chronicles 28:10

10 And now you intend to make the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem your slaves. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the LORD your God?

2 Chronicles 28:23

23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him; for he thought, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they were his downfall and the downfall of all Israel.

2 Chronicles 28:24

24 Ahaz gathered together the furnishings from the temple of God and cut them in pieces. He shut the doors of the LORD’s temple and set up altars at every street corner in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 28:25

25 In every town in Judah he built high places to burn sacrifices to other gods and aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of his ancestors.

2 Chronicles 29:5

5 and said: “Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the LORD, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary.

2 Chronicles 29:6

6 Our parents were unfaithful; they did evil in the eyes of the LORD our God and forsook him. They turned their faces away from the LORD’s dwelling place and turned their backs on him.

2 Chronicles 29:7

7 They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense or present any burnt offerings at the sanctuary to the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 29:10

10 Now I intend to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us.

2 Chronicles 29:36

36 Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had brought about for his people, because it was done so quickly.

2 Chronicles 30:1

1 Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting them to come to the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 30:5

5 They decided to send a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, calling the people to come to Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel. It had not been celebrated in large numbers according to what was written.

2 Chronicles 30:6

6 At the king’s command, couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and from his officials, which read: “People of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that he may return to you who are left, who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.

2 Chronicles 30:7

7 Do not be like your parents and your fellow Israelites, who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see.

2 Chronicles 30:8

8 Do not be stiff-necked, as your ancestors were; submit to the LORD. 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

9 If you return to the LORD, then your fellow Israelites and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will return to this land, for the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.”

2 Chronicles 30:12

12 Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 30:16

16 Then they took up their regular positions as prescribed in the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them by the Levites.

2 Chronicles 30:19

19 who sets their heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of their ancestors—even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.”

2 Chronicles 30:22

22 Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the LORD. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 31:6

6 The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the LORD their God, and they piled them in heaps.

2 Chronicles 31:13

13 Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah were assistants of Konaniah and Shimei his brother. All these served by appointment of King Hezekiah and Azariah the official in charge of the temple of God.

2 Chronicles 31:14

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

2 Chronicles 31:20

20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 31:21

21 In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.

2 Chronicles 32:8

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.” And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said.

2 Chronicles 32:11

11 When Hezekiah says, ‘The LORD our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria,’ he is misleading you, to let you die of hunger and thirst.

2 Chronicles 32:13

13 “Do you not know what I and my predecessors have done to all the peoples of the other lands? Were the gods of those nations ever able to deliver their land from my hand?

2 Chronicles 32:14

14 Who of all the gods of these nations that my predecessors destroyed has been able to save his people from me? How then can your god deliver you from my hand?

2 Chronicles 32:15

15 Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and 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 the hand of my predecessors. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!”

2 Chronicles 32:16

16 Sennacherib’s officers spoke further against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah.

2 Chronicles 32:17

17 The king also wrote letters ridiculing the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying this against him: “Just as the gods of the peoples of the other lands did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.”

2 Chronicles 32:19

19 They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world—the work of human hands.

2 Chronicles 32:21

21 And the LORD sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.

2 Chronicles 32:29

29 He built villages and acquired great numbers of flocks and herds, for God had given him very great riches.

2 Chronicles 32:31

31 But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart.

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7 He took the image he had made and put it in God’s temple, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.

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12 In his distress he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

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13 And when he prayed to him, the LORD was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

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15 He got rid of the foreign gods and removed the image from the temple of the LORD, as well as all the altars he had built on the temple hill and in Jerusalem; and he threw them out of the city.

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

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17 The people, however, continued to sacrifice at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

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18 The other events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the seers spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, are written in the annals of the kings of Israel.

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3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David. In his twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of high places, Asherah poles and idols.

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8 In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, to purify the land and the temple, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah and Maaseiah the ruler of the city, with Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the temple of the LORD his God.

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9 They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the temple of God, which the Levites who were the gatekeepers had collected from the people of Manasseh, Ephraim and the entire remnant of Israel and from all the people of Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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23 She said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me,

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25 Because they have forsaken me and burned incense to other gods and aroused my anger by all that their hands have made, my anger will be poured out on this place and will not be quenched.’

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26 Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard:

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27 Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he spoke against this place and its people, and because you humbled yourself before me and tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the LORD.

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32 Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin pledge themselves to it; the people of Jerusalem did this in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.

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33 Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the territory belonging to the Israelites, and he had all who were present in Israel serve the LORD their God. As long as he lived, they did not fail to follow the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

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3 He said to the Levites, who instructed all Israel and who had been consecrated to the LORD: “Put the sacred ark in the temple that Solomon son of David king of Israel built. It is not to be carried about on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel.

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8 His officials also contributed voluntarily to the people and the priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah and Jehiel, the officials in charge of God’s temple, gave the priests twenty-six hundred Passover offerings and three hundred cattle.

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21 But Necho sent messengers to him, saying, “What quarrel is there, king of Judah, between you and me? It is not you I am attacking at this time, but the house with which I am at war. God has told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or he will destroy you.”

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22 Josiah, however, would not turn away from him, but disguised himself to engage him in battle. He would not listen to what Necho had said at God’s command but went to fight him on the plain of Megiddo.

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

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12 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the LORD.

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13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath in God’s name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the LORD, the God of Israel.

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15 The LORD, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place.

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16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the LORD was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.

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18 He carried to Babylon all the articles from the temple of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the LORD’s temple and the treasures of the king and his officials.

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19 They set fire to God’s temple and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed everything of value there.

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