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The Bible · Old Testament · 36 chapters

2 Chronicles

From Solomon’s temple to the exile, told through the kings of Judah. It highlights the kings who sought God and brought reform, and ends with the Persian king Cyrus allowing the exiles to go home.

Author
Unknown, traditionally Ezra
Written
After the exile, about 450 to 400 BC

Chapters

  1. 12 Chronicles 1God gives Solomon wisdom and wealth at Gibeon.
  2. 22 Chronicles 2Solomon prepares to build the temple and asks King Huram of Tyre for help.
  3. 32 Chronicles 3Solomon builds the temple on Mount Moriah.
  4. 42 Chronicles 4The temple furnishings are made.
  5. 52 Chronicles 5The ark is brought into the temple, the singers praise God, and the glory cloud fills the house.
  6. 62 Chronicles 6Solomon prays at the dedication of the temple, asking God to hear his people when they pray toward it.
  7. 72 Chronicles 7Fire falls from heaven. God promises: “If my people humble themselves and pray and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear and heal their land.”
  8. 82 Chronicles 8Solomon’s building projects and the ordering of worship.
  9. 92 Chronicles 9The Queen of Sheba visits. Solomon’s wealth and death.
  10. 102 Chronicles 10Rehoboam’s harsh answer divides the kingdom.
  11. 112 Chronicles 11Rehoboam strengthens Judah, and faithful priests and Levites move south.
  12. 122 Chronicles 12Rehoboam abandons God’s law, and Egypt attacks Jerusalem. The leaders humble themselves, and God limits the judgment.
  13. 132 Chronicles 13Abijah of Judah defeats Jeroboam’s larger army because Judah relies on the Lord.
  14. 142 Chronicles 14Asa removes idols and relies on God to defeat a vast Cushite army.
  15. 152 Chronicles 15The prophet Azariah encourages Asa, and Judah seeks the Lord with all its heart.
  16. 162 Chronicles 16Late in life Asa relies on Aram rather than God, and does not seek the Lord in his illness.
  17. 172 Chronicles 17Jehoshaphat seeks God and sends teachers of the law throughout Judah.
  18. 182 Chronicles 18Jehoshaphat allies with Ahab. Micaiah alone speaks the truth, and Ahab dies in battle.
  19. 192 Chronicles 19A prophet rebukes Jehoshaphat, who appoints judges to rule justly.
  20. 202 Chronicles 20A great army attacks. Jehoshaphat prays, “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” Judah sends singers ahead, and God defeats the enemy.
  21. 212 Chronicles 21Jehoram of Judah does evil, and a letter from Elijah warns him of judgment.
  22. 222 Chronicles 22Ahaziah’s short reign, and Athaliah seizes power. Baby Joash is hidden in the temple.
  23. 232 Chronicles 23The priest Jehoiada crowns Joash, Athaliah is killed, and the covenant is renewed.
  24. 242 Chronicles 24Joash restores the temple, but after Jehoiada dies he turns away and has Jehoiada’s son Zechariah stoned.
  25. 252 Chronicles 25Amaziah obeys God partly, then worships Edom’s gods and is defeated by Israel.
  26. 262 Chronicles 26Uzziah is blessed while he seeks God, but pride leads him to burn incense in the temple, and he is struck with a skin disease.
  27. 272 Chronicles 27Jotham grows powerful because he walks steadily before the Lord.
  28. 282 Chronicles 28Ahaz is wicked and is defeated. A prophet persuades Israel to release Judah’s captives.
  29. 292 Chronicles 29Hezekiah reopens and purifies the temple and restores worship.
  30. 302 Chronicles 30Hezekiah invites all Israel, even the north, to a great Passover, and there is joy in Jerusalem like none since Solomon.
  31. 312 Chronicles 31The people destroy idols and give generously to support the priests and Levites.
  32. 322 Chronicles 32Sennacherib of Assyria invades. Hezekiah says, “With us is the Lord our God to help us,” and God delivers Jerusalem.
  33. 332 Chronicles 33Manasseh leads Judah into great evil, but when taken captive to Babylon he humbles himself, and God restores him.
  34. 342 Chronicles 34Josiah seeks God from his youth. The Book of the Law is found, and the prophet Huldah confirms God’s word. Josiah renews the covenant.
  35. 352 Chronicles 35Josiah celebrates a great Passover, then dies fighting Pharaoh Neco.
  36. 362 Chronicles 36Judah’s last kings, the fall of Jerusalem, and the exile. The book ends with King Cyrus of Persia allowing the exiles to return and rebuild the temple.