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2 Chronicles 1
Solomon visits the tabernacle at Gibeon and offers a thousand burnt offerings. God grants Solomon a wish and Solomon asks God for wisdom. God grants his wish and because he does not asks for wealth or honor, God grants these also.
PEOPLE: Solomon - יהוה YHVH God
PLACES: Kingdom of Israel - Gibeon - Kiriath-Jearim - Jerusalem - Egypt - Syria
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2 Chronicles 2
Hiram of Tyre, a political ally of David's, sends an embassy to Solomon. Solomon and Hiram enter into a trade agreement so that Solomon can obtain the necessary raw materials to build a temple.
PEOPLE: Solomon - יהוה YHVH God - Hiram I
PLACES: Tyre, Lebanon - Israel - Jerusalem - Judah - Jaffa
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2 Chronicles 3
Solomon begins construction of the Temple in Jerusalem, based on specific plans given to King David, by God.
PLACES: Jerusalem - Mount Moriah - Parvaim
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Solomon and Hiram forge all the metal for the temple, including a brass altar, the menorah and all the utensils.
PEOPLE: Solomon - Hiram I - יהוה YHVH God
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2 Chronicles 5
The temple is finished and the Israelites gather for its dedication. The ark of the covenant is brought into the temple. Sacrifices and music are part of the celebration.
PEOPLE: Solomon - יהוה YHVH - Levites - Asaph - Heman - Jeduthun
PLACES: Israel - Jerusalem - Zion
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2 Chronicles 6
At the dedication of the new temple, Solomon blesses the congregation and asks God to hear all prayers spoken in the temple and forgive the sins of Israel.
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At the dedication of the temple the Glory of the Lord fills the temple. God promises to hear the prayers from the temple and to extend mercy to those who repent of their idolatry.
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RELATED ARTICLES: Sacrifice - Solomon's Temple - Kohen - David - Mitzvah - Idolatry
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In the twenty years following the completion of the temple, King Solomon builds cities, fortifies his army and marries a daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh.
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PLACES: Hamath-zobah - Tadmor - Bethoron - Baalath - Jerusalem - Lebanon - Ezion-Geber - Eloth - Edom - Ophir
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2 Chronicles 9
The Queen of Sheba visits Solomon and brings gifts including gold and rare jewels to decorate the temple, and asks Solomon a number of riddles. When Solomon gives her "all her desire, whatsoever she asked", she leaves satisfied.
PEOPLE: Queen of Sheba – Solomon – יהוה YHVH God
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RELATED ARTICLES: Talent – Hiram I – Shekel – Philistines – Book of Nathan the Prophet – Prophecy of Ahijah – Iddo – Jeroboam
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Jeroboam and the people promise their loyalty to Rehoboam in return for lesser burdens. The older men counsel Rehoboam to agree, but the king seeks advice from younger men who advise him to tax the people even more, which he does.
PEOPLE: Rehoboam – Israelites – Jeroboam – יהוה YHVH God – Ahijah the Shilonite – Hadoram
PLACES: Shechem – Egypt – Tribe of Judah
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2 Chronicles 11
Rehoboam organizes his armies to go to war against the new kingdom of Israel. However, he is advised by Shamariah against fighting his brethren. He builds elaborate defenses and strongholds, along with fortified cities.
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RELATED ARTICLES: Solomon - Kohen - Demon - David - Abihail - Eliab - Jesse - Absalom
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Rehoboam forsakes God's law and God sends Shishaq to besiege Jerusalem.
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PLACES: Kingdom of Israel - Egypt - Jerusalem - Kingdom of Judah
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Abijah wages a major battle against King Jeroboam. Abijah addresses the armies of Israel, urging them to submit and to let the Kingdom of Israel be whole again, but his plea falls on deaf ears. Jeroboam is defeated.
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2 Chronicles 14
Asa son of Abijah becomes King of Judah. He is zealous in rooting all idolatry out of the land. He asks God for help against an invasion by Zerah the Ethiopian and with divine intervention, the Ethiopian forces are defeated.
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RELATED ARTICLES: David - Tribe of Benjamin
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Asa purges the land of former religious worships; all the sites of non-Judaic worship are destroyed and the nation enters into a covenant together.
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PLACES: Kingdom of Judah - Kingdom of Israel - Mount Ephraim - Jerusalem - Kidron
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King Baasha of Israel attackes the Kingdom of Judah. Asa sends Ben-Hadad, King of Damascus, gold and silver from the Temple in exchange for canceling his peace treaty with Baasha. Hanani the Seer, a prophet, admonishes Asa for relying on the King of Syria as opposed to Divine help in defeating Baasha.
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Jehoshaphat fortifies his kingdom against Israel, destroys images of Baal, and sends out priests to instruct the people in the Law. The kingdom enjoys a great measure of peace and prosperity.
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PLACES: Kingdom of Israel – Kingdom of Judah – Jerusalem
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2 Chronicles 18
Jehoshaphat and Ahab enter a pact to take back Ramoth-gilead from Aram. Jehoshaphat asks for consultation with the prophet Micaiah, whom Ahab hates. Micaiah predicts failure. The king of Israel dies in the battle.
PEOPLE: Jehoshaphat - Ahab - יהוה YHVH God - Micaiah - Zedekiah - Amon - Joash - Spirit of the Lord
PLACES: Samaria - Ramoth-Gilead - Kingdom of Israel - Kingdom of Judah - Syria
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2 Chronicles 19
Jehu the prophet tells Jehoshaphat that the wrath of God is upon him but the Lord has found good in the king, as he has removed the Asherah poles from the land and set his heart to seek God.
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PLACES: Kingdom of Judah – Jerusalem – Beersheba – Mount Ephraim
RELATED ARTICLES: Hanani – Asherah pole – Kohen – Torah – Mitzvah – Ishmael
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Moabites and Ammonites invade Judah. Jehoshaphat asks God for help and God gives Judah the victory. The people praise God, but later fall into apostasy.
PEOPLE: Children of Moab - Children of Ammon - Jehoshaphat - יהוה YHVH God - Jahaziel - Spirit of the Lord - Ahaziah - Eliezer
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2 Chronicles 21
Jehoram becomes king of Judah. He kills all his brothers, marries a daughter of Ahab and follows their gods. The prophet Elijah warns him that God will punish him. Subsequently, Jehoram's reign is plagued with war and disease.
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PLACES: Jerusalem - Kingdom of Judah - Kingdom of Israel - Edom - Libnah
RELATED ARTICLES: David - Ahab - Asa
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Ahaziah becomes king of Judah. He joins Jehoram, king of Israel, in an unsuccessful expedition against Hazael, king of the Arameans. Jehoram is wounded in the battle, and when Ahaziah visits him, he is caught up in the revolt of Jehu and is killed.
PEOPLE: Ahaziah - יהוה YHVH God - Jehoram - Hazael - Jehu - Athaliah - Jehoshabeath - Joash - Jehoiada
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Jehoiada the priest makes a covenant with the LORD and stages a revolt to dethrone and kill the Queen Athaliah.
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PLACES: Kingdom of Judah – Jerusalem
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Joash worships God while the High Priest Jehoiada lives, but after the death of Jehoiada, Joash is led into supporting other gods. Zechariah, the son and successor of the High Priest, is put to death. Subsequently, Judah is invaded by the Aramean army.
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2 Chronicles 25
Amaziah employs a mercenary army of 100,000 Israelite soldiers, but is commanded by a prophet to send them back, much to their annoyance. His obedience is followed by victory over Edom. He begins to worship idols taken from the Edomites, which leads to his defeat by the king of Israel. A conspiracy arises which takes his life.
PEOPLE: Amaziah - יהוה YHVH God - Jehoash of Israel - Obed-edom
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2 Chronicles 26
Uzziah takes the throne at the age of sixteen. Under the influence of a prophet named Zechariah, he is faithful to Yahweh. He becomes extremely prosperous and powerful. But then, his pride leads to his downfall. He is suddenly struck with tzaraath while in the act of offering incense. The government is turned over to his son Jotham.
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Jotham takes the throne at the age of twenty-five. He builds the Upper Gate of the Temple of Jerusalem, and extends the "wall of Ophel". He is victorious over the Ammonites, resulting in the Ammonites paying him tribute.
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PLACES: Jerusalem - Kingdom of Judah
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2 Chronicles 28
Ahaz of Judah introduces many pagan and idolatrous customs including sacrificing his own son. He ignores the remonstrances and warnings of the prophets and appeals to Tiglath-Pileser III, the king of Assyria, for help against his enemies.
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King Hezekiah restores the temple and all its fixtures and reinstates the priests and the order of sacrifice.
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PLACES: Jerusalem - Kingdom of Judah - Kidron
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Hezekiah reinstates the Passover and invites all the people from Israel and Judah to come to Jerusalem. Some mock the idea, but many take part in the biggest celebration since Solomon's time.
PEOPLE: Hezekiah - יהוה YHVH God - Levites
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2 Chronicles 31
Religious reform continues in Judah. Hezekiah commands the congregation to tithe and the people respond abundantly.
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PLACES: Kingdom of Judah - Jerusalem
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2 Chronicles 32
Sennacherib, King of Assyria, raids Jerusalem. Hezekiah fortifies the city and turns off the water. He encourages the people and tells them to trust God while Sennacherib rails against God. God sends an angel to defeat Sennacherib.
PEOPLE: Sennacherib - Hezekiah - יהוה YHVH God - Isaiah - Manasseh
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Manasseh reverses the religious reforms of Hezekiah and is taken captive to Babylon. His imprisonment brings him to repentance. God hears his cry, and he is restored to his kingdom. Amon succeeds Manasseh and continues his father's practice of idolatry. He is assassinated by his servants, who conspire against him.
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Josiah reinstitutes the worship of God and destroys the religious artifacts of other gods. Hilkiah finds a book of Moses that was lost for many years. The prophetess Huldah says that Judah has forsaken God and will be destroyed.
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PLACES: Jerusalem - Kingdom of Judah
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2 Chronicles 35
Josiah reinstitutes the Passover celebrations and returned the Ark of the Covenant to the Temple. Necho king of Egypt comes up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates River and King Josiah is fatally wounded by an Egyptian archer. He is brought back to Jerusalem to die.
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PLACES: Jerusalem - Kingdom of Judah - Kingdom of Israel - Egypt - Euphrates - Megiddo
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2 Chronicles 36
The kings of Judah fall away from God. The people of Judah are taken captive and held prisoner in Babylon, and the temple in Jerusalem and the palaces of Judah are burned. The Persian King Cyrus is moved by God to rebuild the temple.
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