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Chronicles 1:1
And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the
LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
2 Chronicles 1:3
So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place
that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of
God, which Moses the servant of the .LORD
had made in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles 1:5
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur,
had made, he put before the tabernacle of the .LORD
: and Solomon and the
congregation sought unto it.
2 Chronicles 1:6
And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the .LORD
, which
was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt
offerings upon it.
2 Chronicles 1:9
Now, O .LORD
God, let thy promise unto David my father be established:
for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in
multitude.
2 Chronicles 2:1
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the .LORD
, and
an house for his kingdom.
2 Chronicles 2:4
Behold, I build an house to the name of the .LORD
my God, to dedicate it
to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual
shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the
sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the .LORD
our
God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
2 Chronicles 2:11
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to
Solomon, Because the .LORD
hath loved his people, he hath made thee king
over them.
2 Chronicles 2:12
Huram said moreover, Blessed be the .LORD
God of Israel, that made heaven
and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with
prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the .LORD
, and
an house for his kingdom.
2 Chronicles 2:14
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of
Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in
stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in
crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every
device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the
cunning men of my .LORD
David thy father.
2 Chronicles 2:15
Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my
.LORD
hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
2 Chronicles 3:1
Then Solomon began to build the house of the .LORD
at Jerusalem in mount
Moriah, where the .LORD
appeared unto David his father, in the place that
David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 Chronicles 4:16
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their
instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of
the .LORD
of bright brass.
2 Chronicles 5:1
Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the .LORD
was
finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father
had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments,
put he among the treasures of the house of God.
2 Chronicles 5:2
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the
tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto
Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the .LORD
out of the
city of David, which is Zion.
2 Chronicles 5:7
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the .LORD
unto his
place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under
the wings of the cherubims:
2 Chronicles 5:10
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein
at Horeb, when the .LORD
made a covenant with the children of Israel,
when they came out of Egypt.
2 Chronicles 5:13
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make
one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the .LORD
; and when they
lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of
musick, and praised the .LORD
, saying, For he is good; for his mercy
endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the
house of the .LORD
;
2 Chronicles 5:14
So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud:
for the glory of the .LORD
had filled the house of God.
2 Chronicles 6:1
Then said Solomon, The .LORD
hath said that he would dwell in the thick
darkness.
2 Chronicles 6:4
And he said, Blessed be the .LORD
God of Israel, who hath with his hands
fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
2 Chronicles 6:7
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the
name of the .LORD
God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:8
But the .LORD
said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart
to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine
heart:
2 Chronicles 6:10
The .LORD
therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am
risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of
Israel, as the .LORD
promised, and have built the house for the name of
the .LORD
God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:11
And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the .LORD
, that
he made with the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:12
And he stood before the altar of the .LORD
in the presence of all the
congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
2 Chronicles 6:14
And said, O .LORD
God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven,
nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy
servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
2 Chronicles 6:16
Now therefore, O .LORD
God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my
father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail
thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy
children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked
before me.
2 Chronicles 6:17
Now then, O .LORD
God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou
hast spoken unto thy servant David.
2 Chronicles 6:19
Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his
supplication, O .LORD
my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer
which thy servant prayeth before thee:
2 Chronicles 6:41
Now therefore arise, O .LORD
God, into thy resting place, thou, and the
ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O .LORD
God, be clothed with
salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
2 Chronicles 6:42
O .LORD
God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the
mercies of David thy servant.
2 Chronicles 7:1
Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from
heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the
glory of the .LORD
filled the house.
2 Chronicles 7:2
And the priests could not enter into the house of the .LORD
, because the
glory of the .LORD
had filled the .LORD
's house.
2 Chronicles 7:3
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the
glory of the .LORD
upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces
to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the .LORD
,
saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Chronicles 7:4
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 7:6
And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with
instruments of musick of the .LORD
, which David the king had made to
praise the .LORD
, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised
by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all
Israel stood.
2 Chronicles 7:7
Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the
house of the .LORD
: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of
the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was
not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the
fat.
2 Chronicles 7:10
And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the
people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness
that the .LORD
had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his
people.
2 Chronicles 7:11
Thus Solomon finished the house of the .LORD
, and the king's house: and
all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the .LORD
, and
in his own house, he prosperously effected.
2 Chronicles 7:12
And the .LORD
appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have
heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of
sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 7:21
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one
that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the .LORD
done thus
unto this land, and unto this house?
2 Chronicles 7:22
And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the .LORD
God of their
fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid
hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath
he brought all this evil upon them.
2 Chronicles 8:1
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had
built the house of the .LORD
, and his own house,
2 Chronicles 8:11
And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David
unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not
dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy,
whereunto the ark of the .LORD
hath come.
2 Chronicles 8:12
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the .LORD
on the altar of the
.LORD
, which he had built before the porch,
2 Chronicles 8:16
Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation
of the house of the .LORD
, and until it was finished. So the house of the
.LORD
was perfected.
2 Chronicles 9:4
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the
attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and
their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the
.LORD
; there was no more spirit in her.
2 Chronicles 9:8
Blessed be the .LORD
thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his
throne, to be king for the .LORD
thy God: because thy God loved Israel,
to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do
judgment and justice.
2 Chronicles 9:11
And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the .LORD
,
and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and
there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
2 Chronicles 10:15
So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God,
that the .LORD
might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of
Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
2 Chronicles 11:2
But the word of the .LORD
came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
2 Chronicles 11:4
Thus saith the .LORD
, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your
brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me.
And they obeyed the words of the .LORD
, and returned from going against
Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 11:14
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to
Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from
executing the priest's office unto the .LORD
:
2 Chronicles 11:16
And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts
to seek the .LORD
God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the
.LORD
God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 12:1
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had
strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the .LORD
, and all Israel
with him.
2 Chronicles 12:2
And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak
king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed
against the .LORD
,
2 Chronicles 12:5
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah,
that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said
unto them, Thus saith the .LORD
, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have
I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles 12:6
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and
they said, The .LORD
is righteous.
2 Chronicles 12:7
And when the .LORD
saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the .LORD
came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will
not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath
shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles 12:9
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the
treasures of the house of the .LORD
, and the treasures of the king's
house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which
Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 12:11
And when the king entered into the house of the .LORD
, the guard came and
fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
2 Chronicles 12:12
And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the .LORD
turned from him, that
he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
2 Chronicles 12:13
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for
Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the .LORD
had chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's
name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
2 Chronicles 12:14
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 13:5
Ought ye not to know that the .LORD
God of Israel gave the kingdom over
Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of
salt?
2 Chronicles 13:6
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David,
is risen up, and hath rebelled against his .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 13:8
And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the .LORD
in the hand of the
sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with your
golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
2 Chronicles 13:9
Have ye not cast out the priests of the .LORD
, the sons of Aaron, and the
Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of
other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young
bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no
gods.
2 Chronicles 13:10
But as for us, the .LORD
is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and
the priests, which minister unto the .LORD
, are the sons of Aaron, and
the Levites wait upon their business:
2 Chronicles 13:11
And they burn unto the .LORD
every morning and every evening burnt
sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon
the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to
burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the .LORD
our God; but ye
have forsaken him.
2 Chronicles 13:12
And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests
with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel,
fight ye not against the .LORD
God of your fathers; for ye shall not
prosper.
2 Chronicles 13:14
And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind:
and they cried unto the .LORD
, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
2 Chronicles 13:18
Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the
children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the .LORD
God of
their fathers.
2 Chronicles 13:20
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and
the .LORD
struck him, and he died.
2 Chronicles 14:2
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the .LORD
his
God:
2 Chronicles 14:4
And commanded Judah to seek the .LORD
God of their fathers, and to do the
law and the commandment.
2 Chronicles 14:6
And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had
no war in those years; because the .LORD
had given him rest.
2 Chronicles 14:7
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about
them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before
us; because we have sought the .LORD
our God, we have sought him, and he
hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
2 Chronicles 14:11
And Asa cried unto the .LORD
his God, and said, .LORD
, it is nothing with
thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help
us, O .LORD
our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against
this multitude. O .LORD
, thou art our God; let no man prevail against
thee.
2 Chronicles 14:12
So the .LORD
smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the
Ethiopians fled.
2 Chronicles 14:13
And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and
the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves;
for they were destroyed before the .LORD
, and before his host; and they
carried away very much spoil.
2 Chronicles 14:14
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the
.LORD
came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was
exceeding much spoil in them.
2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all
Judah and Benjamin; The .LORD
is with you, while ye be with him; and if
ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will
forsake you.
2 Chronicles 15:4
But when they in their trouble did turn unto the .LORD
God of Israel, and
sought him, he was found of them.
2 Chronicles 15:8
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he
took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of
Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount
Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the .LORD
, that was before the porch of
the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 15:9
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out
of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of
Israel in abundance, when they saw that the .LORD
his God was with him.
2 Chronicles 15:11
And they offered unto the .LORD
the same time, of the spoil which they
had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
2 Chronicles 15:12
And they entered into a covenant to seek the .LORD
God of their fathers
with all their heart and with all their soul;
2 Chronicles 15:13
That whosoever would not seek the .LORD
God of Israel should be put to
death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
2 Chronicles 15:14
And they sware unto the .LORD
with a loud voice, and with shouting, and
with trumpets, and with cornets.
2 Chronicles 15:15
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their
heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them:
and the .LORD
gave them rest round about.
2 Chronicles 16:2
Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house
of the .LORD
and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria,
that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
2 Chronicles 16:7
And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said
unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied
on the .LORD
thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped
out of thine hand.
2 Chronicles 16:8
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many
chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the .LORD
, he
delivered them into thine hand.
2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the .LORD
run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to
shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward
him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou
shalt have wars.
2 Chronicles 16:12
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his
feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he
sought not to the .LORD
, but to the physicians.
2 Chronicles 17:3
And the .LORD
was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways
of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
2 Chronicles 17:4
But sought to the .LORD
God of his father, and walked in his
commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
2 Chronicles 17:5
Therefore the .LORD
stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah
brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in
abundance.
2 Chronicles 17:6
And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the .LORD
: moreover he took
away the high places and groves out of Judah.
2 Chronicles 17:9
And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the .LORD
with
them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the
people.
2 Chronicles 17:10
And the fear of the .LORD
fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that
were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
2 Chronicles 17:16
And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered
himself unto the .LORD
; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of
valour.
2 Chronicles 18:4
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at
the word of the .LORD
to day.
2 Chronicles 18:6
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the .LORD
besides,
that we might enquire of him?
2 Chronicles 18:7
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by
whom we may enquire of the .LORD
: but I hate him; for he never prophesied
good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And
Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
2 Chronicles 18:10
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said,
Thus saith the .LORD
, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be
consumed.
2 Chronicles 18:11
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and
prosper: for the .LORD
shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
2 Chronicles 18:13
And Micaiah said, As the .LORD
liveth, even what my God saith, that will
I speak.
2 Chronicles 18:15
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou
say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the .LORD
?
2 Chronicles 18:16
Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as
sheep that have no shepherd: and the .LORD
said, These have no master;
let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
2 Chronicles 18:18
Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the .LORD
; I saw the .LORD
sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his
right hand and on his left.
2 Chronicles 18:19
And the .LORD
said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go
up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and
another saying after that manner.
2 Chronicles 18:20
Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the .LORD
, and said, I
will entice him. And the .LORD
said unto him, Wherewith?
2 Chronicles 18:21
And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all
his prophets. And the .LORD
said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt
also prevail: go out, and do even so.
2 Chronicles 18:22
Now therefore, behold, the .LORD
hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of
these thy prophets, and the .LORD
hath spoken evil against thee.
2 Chronicles 18:23
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the
cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the .LORD
from me to speak
unto thee?
2 Chronicles 18:27
And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the
.LORD
spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
2 Chronicles 18:31
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat,
that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about
him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the .LORD
helped him; and
God moved them to depart from him.
2 Chronicles 19:2
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to
king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that
hate the .LORD
? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 19:4
And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the
people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the
.LORD
God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 19:6
And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man,
but for the .LORD
, who is with you in the judgment.
2 Chronicles 19:7
Wherefore now let the fear of the .LORD
be upon you; take heed and do it:
for there is no iniquity with the .LORD
our God, nor respect of persons,
nor taking of gifts.
2 Chronicles 19:8
Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the
priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of
the .LORD
, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 19:9
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the .LORD
,
faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
2 Chronicles 19:10
And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in
your cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment,
statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not
against the .LORD
, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren:
this do, and ye shall not trespass.
2 Chronicles 19:11
And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the
.LORD
; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah,
for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before
you. Deal courageously, and the .LORD
shall be with the good.
2 Chronicles 20:3
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the .LORD
, and proclaimed
a fast throughout all Judah.
2 Chronicles 20:4
And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the .LORD
: even
out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 20:5
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the
house of the .LORD
, before the new court,
2 Chronicles 20:6
And said, O .LORD
God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and
rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand
is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
2 Chronicles 20:13
And all Judah stood before the .LORD
, with their little ones, their
wives, and their children.
2 Chronicles 20:14
Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of
Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the
Spirit of the .LORD
in the midst of the congregation;
2 Chronicles 20:15
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the .LORD
unto you, Be not afraid nor
dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours,
but God's.
2 Chronicles 20:17
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye
still, and see the salvation of the .LORD
with you, O Judah and
Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for
the .LORD
will be with you.
2 Chronicles 20:18
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the .LORD
, worshipping
the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 20:19
And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children
of the Korhites, stood up to praise the .LORD
God of Israel with a loud
voice on high.
2 Chronicles 20:20
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness
of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O
Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the .LORD
your God, so
shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
2 Chronicles 20:21
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the
.LORD
, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out
before the army, and to say, Praise the .LORD
; for his mercy endureth for
ever.
2 Chronicles 20:22
And when they began to sing and to praise, the .LORD
set ambushments
against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come
against Judah; and they were smitten.
2 Chronicles 20:26
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of
Berachah; for there they blessed the .LORD
: therefore the name of the
same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
2 Chronicles 20:27
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in
the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the .LORD
had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
2 Chronicles 20:28
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto
the house of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 20:29
And 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.
2 Chronicles 20:32
And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it,
doing that which was right in the sight of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 20:37
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the
.LORD
hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were
not able to go to Tarshish.
2 Chronicles 21:6
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house
of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that
which was evil in the eyes of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 21:7
Howbeit the .LORD
would not destroy the house of David, because of the
covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light
to him and to his sons for ever.
2 Chronicles 21:10
So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The
same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had
forsaken the .LORD
God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 21:12
And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus
saith the .LORD
God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in
the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of
Judah,
2 Chronicles 21:14
Behold, with a great plague will the .LORD
smite thy people, and thy
children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
2 Chronicles 21:16
Moreover the .LORD
stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the
Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
2 Chronicles 21:18
And after all this the .LORD
smote him in his bowels with an incurable
disease.
2 Chronicles 22:4
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the .LORD
like the house of Ahab:
for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his
destruction.
2 Chronicles 22:7
And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when
he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi,
whom the .LORD
had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
2 Chronicles 22:9
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,)
and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him:
Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the .LORD
with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still
the kingdom.
2 Chronicles 23:3
And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of
God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the
.LORD
hath said of the sons of David.
2 Chronicles 23:5
And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the
gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the
house of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 23:6
But let none come into the house of the .LORD
, save the priests, and they
that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but
all the people shall keep the watch of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 23:12
Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the
king, she came to the people into the house of the .LORD
:
2 Chronicles 23:14
Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were
set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and
whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest
said, Slay her not in the house of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 23:16
And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people,
and between the king, that they should be the .LORD
's people.
2 Chronicles 23:18
Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the .LORD
by the hand
of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of
the .LORD
, to offer the burnt offerings of the .LORD
, as it is written in
the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by
David.
2 Chronicles 23:19
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the .LORD
, that none
which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
2 Chronicles 23:20
And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors
of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king
from the house of the .LORD
: and they came through the high gate into the
king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
2 Chronicles 24:2
And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the .LORD
all the days
of Jehoiada the priest.
2 Chronicles 24:4
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the
house of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 24:6
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast
thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of
Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the
servant of the .LORD
, and of the congregation of Israel, for the
tabernacle of witness?
2 Chronicles 24:7
For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of
God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the .LORD
did they
bestow upon Baalim.
2 Chronicles 24:8
And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at
the gate of the house of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 24:9
And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to
the .LORD
the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel
in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles 24:12
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service
of the house of the .LORD
, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the
house of the .LORD
, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the
house of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 24:14
And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before
the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the
.LORD
, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and
vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the
house of the .LORD
continually all the days of Jehoiada.
2 Chronicles 24:18
And they left the house of the .LORD
God of their fathers, and served
groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their
trespass.
2 Chronicles 24:19
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the .LORD
; and
they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
2 Chronicles 24:20
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the
priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith
God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the .LORD
, that ye cannot
prosper? because ye have forsaken the .LORD
, he hath also forsaken you.
2 Chronicles 24:21
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the
commandment of the king in the court of the house of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 24:22
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his
father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The
.LORD
look upon it, and require it.
2 Chronicles 24:24
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the
.LORD
delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had
forsaken the .LORD
God of their fathers. So they executed judgment
against Joash.
2 Chronicles 25:2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the .LORD
, but not with a
perfect heart.
2 Chronicles 25:4
But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in
the book of Moses, where the .LORD
commanded, saying, The fathers shall
not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the
fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
2 Chronicles 25:7
But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of
Israel go with thee; for the .LORD
is not with Israel, to wit, with all
the children of Ephraim.
2 Chronicles 25:9
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred
talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God
answered, The .LORD
is able to give thee much more than this.
2 Chronicles 25:15
Wherefore the anger of the .LORD
was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent
unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the
gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of
thine hand?
2 Chronicles 25:27
Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the .LORD
they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish:
but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
2 Chronicles 26:4
And he did that which was right in the sight of the .LORD
, according to
all that his father Amaziah did.
2 Chronicles 26:5
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the
visions of God: and as long as he sought the .LORD
, God made him to
prosper.
2 Chronicles 26:16
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for
he transgressed against the .LORD
his God, and went into the temple of
the .LORD
to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
2 Chronicles 26:17
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests
of the .LORD
, that were valiant men:
2 Chronicles 26:18
And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth
not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the .LORD
, but to the priests
the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the
sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine
honour from the .LORD
God.
2 Chronicles 26:19
Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and
while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his
forehead before the priests in the house of the .LORD
, from beside the
incense altar.
2 Chronicles 26:20
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and,
behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from
thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the .LORD
had smitten
him.
2 Chronicles 26:21
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in
a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the
.LORD
: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people
of the land.
2 Chronicles 27:2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the .LORD
, according to
all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple
of the .LORD
. And the people did yet corruptly.
2 Chronicles 27:3
He built the high gate of the house of the .LORD
, and on the wall of
Ophel he built much.
2 Chronicles 27:6
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the .LORD
his God.
2 Chronicles 28:1
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of
the .LORD
, like David his father:
2 Chronicles 28:3
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt
his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the
.LORD
had cast out before the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 28:5
Wherefore the .LORD
his God delivered him into the hand of the king of
Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them
captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into
the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
2 Chronicles 28:6
For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty
thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had
forsaken the .LORD
God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 28:9
But a prophet of the .LORD
was there, whose name was Oded: and he went
out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold,
because the .LORD
God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath
delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that
reacheth up unto heaven.
2 Chronicles 28:10
And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for
bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with
you, sins against the .LORD
your God?
2 Chronicles 28:11
Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have
taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the .LORD
is upon
you.
2 Chronicles 28:13
And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for
whereas we have offended against the .LORD
already, ye intend to add more
to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is
fierce wrath against Israel.
2 Chronicles 28:19
For the .LORD
brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he
made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 28:21
For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the .LORD
, and out of
the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of
Assyria: but he helped him not.
2 Chronicles 28:22
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the
.LORD
: this is that king Ahaz.
2 Chronicles 28:24
And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in
pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the
house of the .LORD
, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 28:25
And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense
unto other gods, and provoked to anger the .LORD
God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 29:2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the .LORD
, according to
all that David his father had done.
2 Chronicles 29:3
He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors
of the house of the .LORD
, and repaired them.
2 Chronicles 29:5
And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and
sanctify the house of the .LORD
God of your fathers, and carry forth the
filthiness out of the holy place.
2 Chronicles 29:6
For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the
eyes of the .LORD
our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away
their faces from the habitation of the .LORD
, and turned their backs.
2 Chronicles 29:8
Wherefore the wrath of the .LORD
was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he
hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye
see with your eyes.
2 Chronicles 29:10
Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the .LORD
God of Israel,
that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
2 Chronicles 29:11
My sons, be not now negligent: for the .LORD
hath chosen you to stand
before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn
incense.
2 Chronicles 29:15
And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came,
according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the .LORD
, to
cleanse the house of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 29:16
And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the .LORD
, to
cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the
temple of the .LORD
into the court of the house of the .LORD
. And the
Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
2 Chronicles 29:17
Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on
the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the .LORD
: so they
sanctified the house of the .LORD
in eight days; and in the sixteenth day
of the first month they made an end.
2 Chronicles 29:18
Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all
the house of the .LORD
, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the
vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
2 Chronicles 29:19
Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in
his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they
are before the altar of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 29:20
Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city,
and went up to the house of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 29:21
And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and
seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the
sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron
to offer them on the altar of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 29:25
And he set the Levites in the house of the .LORD
with cymbals, with
psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and
of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the
commandment of the .LORD
by his prophets.
2 Chronicles 29:27
And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And
when the burnt offering began, the song of the .LORD
began also with the
trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
2 Chronicles 29:30
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing
praise unto the .LORD
with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And
they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and
worshipped.
2 Chronicles 29:31
Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto
the .LORD
, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the
house of the .LORD
. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank
offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
2 Chronicles 29:32
And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought,
was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs:
all these were for a burnt offering to the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 29:35
And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the
peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So
the service of the house of the .LORD
was set in order.
2 Chronicles 30:1
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to
Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the .LORD
at
Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the .LORD
God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 30:5
So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel,
from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover
unto the .LORD
God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a
long time in such sort as it was written.
2 Chronicles 30:6
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes
throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the
king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the .LORD
God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you,
that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
2 Chronicles 30:7
And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which
trespassed against the .LORD
God of their fathers, who therefore gave
them up to desolation, as ye see.
2 Chronicles 30:8
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves
unto the .LORD
, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified
for ever: and serve the .LORD
your God, that the fierceness of his wrath
may turn away from you.
2 Chronicles 30:9
For if ye turn again unto the .LORD
, your brethren and your children
shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they
shall come again into this land: for the .LORD
your God is gracious and
merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto
him.
2 Chronicles 30:12
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the
commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 30:15
Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month:
and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves,
and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 30:17
For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified:
therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for
every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 30:18
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh,
Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the
passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them,
saying, The good .LORD
pardon every one
2 Chronicles 30:19
That prepareth his heart to seek God, the .LORD
God of his fathers,
though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the
sanctuary.
2 Chronicles 30:20
And the .LORD
hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
2 Chronicles 30:21
And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast
of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and
the priests praised the .LORD
day by day, singing with loud instruments
unto the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 30:22
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good
knowledge of the .LORD
: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days,
offering peace offerings, and making confession to the .LORD
God of their
fathers.
2 Chronicles 31:2
And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after
their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and
Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to
give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 31:3
He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt
offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the
burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set
feasts, as it is written in the law of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 31:4
Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the
portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in
the law of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 31:6
And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the
cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and
the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the .LORD
their God,
and laid them by heaps.
2 Chronicles 31:8
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed
the .LORD
, and his people Israel.
2 Chronicles 31:10
And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and
said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of
the .LORD
, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the .LORD
hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
2 Chronicles 31:11
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the .LORD
;
and they prepared them,
2 Chronicles 31:14
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was
over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the
.LORD
, and the most holy things.
2 Chronicles 31:16
Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even
unto every one that entereth into the house of the .LORD
, his daily
portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
2 Chronicles 31:20
And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was
good and right and truth before the .LORD
his God.
2 Chronicles 32:8
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the .LORD
our God to help us,
and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the
words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
2 Chronicles 32:11
Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine
and by thirst, saying, The .LORD
our God shall deliver us out of the hand
of the king of Assyria?
2 Chronicles 32:16
And his servants spake yet more against the .LORD
God, and against his
servant Hezekiah.
2 Chronicles 32:17
He wrote also letters to rail on the .LORD
God of Israel, and to speak
against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not
delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of
Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.
2 Chronicles 32:21
And the .LORD
sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour,
and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he
returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into
the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him
there with the sword.
2 Chronicles 32:22
Thus the .LORD
saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the
hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other,
and guided them on every side.
2 Chronicles 32:23
And many brought gifts unto the .LORD
to Jerusalem, and presents to
Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all
nations from thenceforth.
2 Chronicles 32:24
In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the .LORD
:
and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
2 Chronicles 32:26
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart,
both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the .LORD
came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
2 Chronicles 33:2
But did that which was evil in the sight of the .LORD
, like unto the
abominations of the heathen, whom the .LORD
had cast out before the
children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 33:4
Also he built altars in the house of the .LORD
, whereof the .LORD
had
said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
2 Chronicles 33:5
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the
house of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 33:6
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the
son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used
witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he
wrought much evil in the sight of the .LORD
, to provoke him to anger.
2 Chronicles 33:9
So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to
do worse than the heathen, whom the .LORD
had destroyed before the
children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 33:10
And the .LORD
spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not
hearken.
2 Chronicles 33:11
Wherefore the .LORD
brought upon them the captains of the host of the
king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him
with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 33:12
And when he was in affliction, he besought the .LORD
his God, and humbled
himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
2 Chronicles 33:13
And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his
supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then
Manasseh knew that the .LORD
he was God.
2 Chronicles 33:15
And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the
.LORD
, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of
the .LORD
, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
2 Chronicles 33:16
And he repaired the altar of the .LORD
, and sacrificed thereon peace
offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the .LORD
God
of Israel.
2 Chronicles 33:17
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto
the .LORD
their God only.
2 Chronicles 33:18
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and
the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the .LORD
God of
Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
2 Chronicles 33:22
But he did that which was evil in the sight of the .LORD
, as did Manasseh
his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which
Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
2 Chronicles 33:23
And humbled not himself before the .LORD
, as Manasseh his father had
humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
2 Chronicles 34:2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the .LORD
, and walked in
the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand,
nor to the left.
2 Chronicles 34:8
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land,
and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the
governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair
the house of the .LORD
his God.
2 Chronicles 34:10
And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the
house of the .LORD
, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the
house of the .LORD
, to repair and amend the house:
2 Chronicles 34:14
And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of
the .LORD
, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the .LORD
given
by Moses.
2 Chronicles 34:15
And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the
book of the law in the house of the .LORD
. And Hilkiah delivered the book
to Shaphan.
2 Chronicles 34:17
And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of
the .LORD
, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to
the hand of the workmen.
2 Chronicles 34:21
Go, enquire of the .LORD
for me, and for them that are left in Israel and
in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is
the wrath of the .LORD
that is poured out upon us, because our fathers
have not kept the word of the .LORD
, to do after all that is written in
this book.
2 Chronicles 34:23
And she answered them, Thus saith the .LORD
God of Israel, Tell ye the
man that sent you to me,
2 Chronicles 34:24
Thus saith the .LORD
, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon
the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the
book which they have read before the king of Judah:
2 Chronicles 34:26
And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the .LORD
, so
shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the .LORD
God of Israel concerning the
words which thou hast heard;
2 Chronicles 34:27
Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before
God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the
inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy
clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the
.LORD
.
2 Chronicles 34:30
And the king went up into the house of the .LORD
, and all the men of
Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the
Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears
all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of
the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 34:31
And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the .LORD
, to
walk after the .LORD
, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies,
and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform
the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
2 Chronicles 34:33
And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that
pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in
Israel to serve, even to serve the .LORD
their God. And all his days they
departed not from following the .LORD
, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 35:1
Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the .LORD
in Jerusalem: and they
killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 Chronicles 35:2
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the
service of the house of the .LORD
,
2 Chronicles 35:3
And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto
the .LORD
, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David
king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders:
serve now the .LORD
your God, and his people Israel,
2 Chronicles 35:6
So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your
brethren, that they may do according to the word of the .LORD
by the hand
of Moses.
2 Chronicles 35:12
And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to
the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the .LORD
, as
it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
2 Chronicles 35:16
So all the service of the .LORD
was prepared the same day, to keep the
passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the .LORD
,
according to the commandment of king Josiah.
2 Chronicles 35:26
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that
which was written in the law of the .LORD
,
2 Chronicles 36:5
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the
sight of the .LORD
his God.
2 Chronicles 36:7
Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the .LORD
to
Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:9
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil
in the sight of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 36:10
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him
to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the .LORD
, and made
Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:12
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the .LORD
his God, and
humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth
of the .LORD
.
2 Chronicles 36:13
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear
by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning
unto the .LORD
God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 36:14
Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very
much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house
of the .LORD
which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:15
And the .LORD
God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising
up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on
his dwelling place:
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and
misused his prophets, until the wrath of the .LORD
arose against his
people, till there was no remedy.
2 Chronicles 36:18
And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the
treasures of the house of the .LORD
, and the treasures of the king, and
of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:21
To fulfil the word of the .LORD
by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land
had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept
sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
2 Chronicles 36:22
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the .LORD
spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the .LORD
stirred
up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
2 Chronicles 36:23
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the
.LORD
God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an
house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his
people? The .LORD
his God be with him, and let him go up.
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