GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 27

2 Chronicles 33:7

    He (Manasseh) 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."

 

2 Chronicles 33:11-13  

So the LORD brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon. In his distress he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. 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.

 

2 Chronicles 33:16-17  

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

 

2 Chronicles 33:18-19  

      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. His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself--all these are written in the records of the seers.

(see all 2 Chronicles 33)

 

2 Chronicles 34:3  

    In the eighth year of his (Josiah's) 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.

 

2 Chronicles 34:8-9  

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

    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.

(2 Chronicles 34 continued tomorrow) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 26

2 Chronicles 31:6

The people of Israel and 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 31:13-14  

Jeheil, 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.

    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 31:20-21  

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

(see all 2 Chronicles 31)

 

2 Chronicles 32:7-8  

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him. 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  

"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 32:16-17  

    Sennacherib's officers spoke further against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah. The king also wrote letters ridiculing the LORD, the God of Israel, 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  

Then 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 32:29  

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

 

2 Chronicles 32:31  

But when the 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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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 25

2 Chronicles 30:1

    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  

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 30:6-9  

    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. 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. 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. 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  

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  

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 30:18-19  

Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, "May the LORD, who is good, pardon everyone 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  

    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 30:27  

The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 24

2 Chronicles 28:5-6

    Therefore the LORD his God delivered him (Ahaz) 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. In one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed a hundred and twenty thousand soldiers in Jerusalem--because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

 

2 Chronicles 28:9-11  

    But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went 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. 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? Now listen to me! Send back your fellow Israelites you have taken as prisoners, for the LORD's fierce anger rests on you."

 

2 Chronicles 28:24-25    

     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. 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.

(see all 2 Chronicles 28)

 

2 Chronicles 29:4-7  

    He (Hezekiah) brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side 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. 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. They also shut the doors and 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  

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

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 23

2 Chronicles 25:7-9

    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. 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."

    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 25:16  

    While he was still speaking, the king said to him, "Have we appointed you an advisor 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  

    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  

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.

(see all 2 Chronicles 25)

 

2 Chronicles 26:5  

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  

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

 

2 Chronicles 26:16-18  

    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. Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the LORD followed him in. 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."

(see all 2 Chronicles 26)

 

2 Chronicles 27:6  

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

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 22

2 Chronicles 24:7  (continued)

    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 24:8-9  

    At the king's command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the LORD. 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  

    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 24:15-16  

    Now Jehoiada was old and full of years, and he died at the age of a hundred and thirty. 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 24:17-18  

    After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. 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  

    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  

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  

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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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Chronicles - Part 21

2 Chronicles 21:10

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 

    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."

(see all 2 Chronicles 21)

 

2 Chronicles 22:7  

    Through Ahaziah's visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah's downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jeher son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.

 

2 Chronicles 22:10-12  

    When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah. But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah's sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him. He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

(see all 2 Chronicles 22)

 

2 Chronicles 23:2-3  

They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites and the heads of Israelite families from all the towns. When they came to Jerusalem, 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  

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.

(see all 2 Chronicles 23)

 

2 Chronicles 24:4-5  

    Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the LORD. 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 continues tomorrow) 

    

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