2 Chronicles

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

Army coming against Jehoshaphat                               verse 1- 2 

It came to pass after this also – that the children of Moab

children of Ammon and with them other

beside the Ammonites

came against Jehoshaphat to battle

Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat

saying

There come a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on

this side Syria

And BEHOLD … Read More

Jehu the prophet confronts Jehoshaphat            verse 1- 3

And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah

returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem

and Jehu the son of Hanani the seer

went out to meet him

            and said to king Jehoshaphat

Should you help the ungodly and love them that hate the LORD?

            THEREFORE is wrath on you from before … Read More

Ahab wants Jehoshaphat to join him                  verse 1- 3 

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance

and joined affinity with Ahab

And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria

and Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance

      and for the people that he had with him

      and persuaded him to go up with him … Read More

       Jehoshaphat strengthens Judah                          verse 1- 2

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead

and strengthened himself against Israel

      and he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah

                  and set garrisons in the land of Judah

                              and in the cities of Ephraim

                                          which Asa his father had taken 

Jehoshaphat honors the LORD                           verse 3- 6 

And the LORD… Read More