2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles in full in the Berean Standard Bible (36 chapters): read it chapter by chapter and compare translations.
Chapters of 2 Chronicles
- 1Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and…
- 2Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
- 3Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared…
- 4He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
- 5So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in…
- 6Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;
- 7When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the…
- 8Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,
- 9Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions…
- 10Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
- 11When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to…
- 12After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
- 13In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,
- 14Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his…
- 15Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
- 16In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to…
- 17Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.
- 18Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
- 19When Jehoshaphat king of Judah had returned safely to his home in Jerusalem,
- 20After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
- 21And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram…
- 22Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders…
- 23Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of…
- 24Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was…
- 25Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His…
- 26All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
- 27Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s…
- 28Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David…
- 29Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His…
- 30Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh…
- 31When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred…
- 32After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to…
- 33Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
- 34Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
- 35Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the…
- 36Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.