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

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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.
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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.
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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,
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2 Chronicles 1:13

13 Then Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting. And he reigned over Israel.
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2 Chronicles 9:30

30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
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2 Chronicles 9:31

31 Then he rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king.
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2 Chronicles 10:1

1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
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2 Chronicles 10:17

17 But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam still ruled over them.
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2 Chronicles 11:22

22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maakah as crown prince among his brothers, in order to make him king.
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2 Chronicles 12:13

13 King Rehoboam established himself firmly in Jerusalem and continued as king. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.
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2 Chronicles 12:16

16 Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Abijah his son succeeded him as king.
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2 Chronicles 13:1

1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king of Judah,
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2 Chronicles 13:2

2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah, a daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
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2 Chronicles 14:1

1 And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. Asa his son succeeded him as king, and in his days the country was at peace for ten years.
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2 Chronicles 16:13

13 Then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died and rested with his ancestors.
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2 Chronicles 17:1

1 Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king and strengthened himself against Israel.
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2 Chronicles 17:7

7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah to teach in the towns of Judah.
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2 Chronicles 20:31

31 So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
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2 Chronicles 21:1

1 Then Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Jehoram his son succeeded him as king.
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2 Chronicles 21:5

5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
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2 Chronicles 21:8

8 In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.
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2 Chronicles 21:20

20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He passed away, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
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2 Chronicles 22:1

1 The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram’s youngest son, king in his place, since the raiders, who came with the Arabs into the camp, had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
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2 Chronicles 22:2

2 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri.
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2 Chronicles 22:12

12 He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
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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.
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2 Chronicles 23:11

11 Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him; they presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”
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2 Chronicles 24:1

1 Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
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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.
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2 Chronicles 25:1

1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 26:1

1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
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2 Chronicles 26:3

3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 26:23

23 Uzziah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in a cemetery that belonged to the kings, for people said, “He had leprosy.” And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.
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2 Chronicles 27:1

1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.
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2 Chronicles 27:8

8 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
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2 Chronicles 27:9

9 Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.
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2 Chronicles 28:1

1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 28:27

27 Ahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son succeeded him as king.
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2 Chronicles 29:1

1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.
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2 Chronicles 29:3

3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the temple of the LORD and repaired them.
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2 Chronicles 32:33

33 Hezekiah rested with his ancestors and was buried on the hill where the tombs of David’s descendants are. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem honored him when he died. And Manasseh his son succeeded him as king.
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2 Chronicles 33:1

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
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2 Chronicles 33:20

20 Manasseh rested with his ancestors and was buried in his palace. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.
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2 Chronicles 33:21

21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.
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2 Chronicles 33:25

25 Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.
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2 Chronicles 34:1

1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
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2 Chronicles 34:3

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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2 Chronicles 34:8

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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2 Chronicles 36:1

1 And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
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2 Chronicles 36:2

2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
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2 Chronicles 36:4

4 The king of Egypt made Eliakim, a brother of Jehoahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Necho took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
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2 Chronicles 36:5

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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2 Chronicles 36:8

8 The other events of Jehoiakim’s reign, the detestable things he did and all that was found against him, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.
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2 Chronicles 36:9

9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 36:10

10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, together with articles of value from the temple of the LORD, and he made Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 36:11

11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
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2 Chronicles 36:20

20 He carried into exile to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
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