2 Chronicles

Hezekiah invites all to celebrate Passover           verse 1- 3

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 to the LORD God of Israel

For the king had taken counsel – and his princes

and … Read More

Hezekiah pleases the LORD                                verse 1- 2 

Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old

and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem

      and his mother’s name was Abijah

the daughter of Zechariah

and he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD

      according to all that David his father had done… Read More

Ahaz did evil in the sight of the LORD               verse 1- 4

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

FOR he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel

and made … Read More

Jotham reigns as king                                          verse 1

Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign

and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem

      his mother’s name also was Jerushah

the daughter of Zadok

Jotham does what is right in sight of the LORD verse 2

And he did that which was right in the sight of the … Read More

Uzziah made king                                        verse 1- 2 

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah – who was sixteen years old

and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah

      he built Eloth – and restored it … Read More

Amaziah served without a perfect heart              verse 1- 4

Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign

and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem

      and his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem

and he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD

      BUT not with a PERFECT heart

Now it came … Read More

King Joash did well under Jehoiada the priest    verse 1- 3 

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign

and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem

      his mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba

And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD

all the days of Jehoiada the priest

and Jehoiada took for … Read More

Jehoiada the priest gathers support for Joash    verse 1- 3 

And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself

and took the captains of hundreds

Azariah the son of Jeroham – Ishmael the son of Jehohanan

Azariah the son of Obed – Maaseiah the son of Adaiah

      Elishaphat the son of Zichri

into covenant with him

And they went about in … Read More

Ahaziah new king                                                verse 1 

And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king

            in his stead – for the band of men that came with the Arabians

to the camp had slain all the eldest

So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned 

Athaliah his mother counseled Ahaziah              verse 2- 4 

Forty and two years … Read More

Jehoram king of Judah                                       verse 1

Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers

and was buried with his fathers in the city of David

and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead

Jehoram kills his siblings                                    verse 2- 4

And he had brethren – the sons of Jehoshaphat

Azariah – Jehiel – Zechariah – Azariah –Michael – Shephatiah

all these were … Read More