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.

(see all 2 Chronicles 32) 

    

(parentheses are mine) 

 

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