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  Book of 2 Chronicles - Bible Survey
2 Chronicles records the history of the Southern Kingdom of Judah, from the reign of Solomon to the conclusion of the Babylonian exile.
Since 2 Chronicles takes a priestly perspective, the Northern Kingdom of Israel is rarely mentioned because of her false worship and refusal to acknowledge the Temple of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles concludes with the final destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple.
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 Apologetics Press - Are There Lost Books of the Bible?
The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah is cited in 1 Kings 14:29; 15:7; 15:23; 22:45; 2 Kings 8:23; 12:19; 14:18; 15:6; 15:36; 16:19; 20:20; 21:17; 21:25; 23:28; and 24:5.
The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel is mentioned in 1 Kings 14:19; 15:31; 16:5; 16:14; 16:20; 16:27; 22:39; 2 Kings 1:18; 10:34; 13:8; 13:12; 14:15; 14:28; 15:11; 15:15; 15:21; 15:26; and 15:31.
In 2 Chronicles 35:25, it is recorded that Jeremiah composed a lament at the death of Josiah, who was the last unconquered king of Judah, and wrote it “in the Laments.” The book of Lamentations was the work of Jeremiah that mourned the destruction of Jerusalem, which occurred not long after the death of Josiah.
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 Chronicles, Books of (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
The time of the composition of the Chronicles was, there is every ground to conclude, subsequent to the Babylonian Exile, probably between 450 and 435 B.C. The contents of this twofold book, both as to matter and form, correspond closely with this idea.
The sources whence the chronicler compiled his work were public records, registers, and genealogical tables belonging to the Jews.
There are in Chronicles, and the books of Samuel and Kings, forty parallels, often verbal, proving that the writer both knew and used these records (1 Chr.
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 Love The Lord 2nd Chronicles Lesson 2
II Chronicles 2:15 "Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:" Probably, the need for the food was immediate in their land.
II Chronicles 2:17 "And Solomon numbered all the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred." These strangers were there working on the building projects.
II Chronicles 2:18 "And he set threescore and ten thousand of them [to be] bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand [to be] hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work." This is a repetition of the first verses of this lesson.
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 Books of Chronicles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The time of the composition of the Chronicles is believed to have been subsequent to the Babylonian Captivity, probably between 450 and 435 B.C. The contents of this twofold book, both as to matter and form, correspond closely with this idea.
The Chronicles are an epitome of the sacred history from the days of Adam down to the return from Babylonian Exile, a period of about 3,500 years.
The Chronicles, on the other hand, were written much later, after the restitution of the Jewish community in Palestine, at a time when the kingdoms were beginning to be regarded as the nostalgic, rosy-coloured past, something to be at least partially imitated, not something to be avoided.
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 2 Chronicles
The book of 2 Chronicles begins with the rule of King Solomon, then tells the history of the two separate kingdoms of Judah and Israel down to the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. King Solomon is honored as the ideal king of Israel.
This part of 2 Chronicles is the history of Judah down to the time of Jerusalem's fall and destruction.
According to 2 Chronicles, the people of Israel were sinful and turned their backs on the Lord, and so their history did not deserve to be told.
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 2 Chronicles
So close was David's relationship to Jeruselam that, even though he did not himself erect the temple, in the Chronicler's eyes he became the idealized patron of worship and the supreme symbol of Israel's role as God's holy priesthood.
When Ezra and Nehemiah were detached, they (unlike Chronicles) underwent interpolation in a matter of some importance; this scattered interpolation reflects the interest of the Priest as distinct from the Levite.
It was the centrality of the Temple in Chronicles that preserved it from disappearing during the interval when Ezra and Nehemiah were canonized and Chronicles was not.
www.earlyjewishwritings.com /2chronicles.html   (678 words)

  
 Second Chronicles
All this is in keeping with the Chronicler's purpose of stressing the supreme importance of the temple and its worship.
Judah's kings in Chronicles are judged by their attitude toward the temple and its cult.
At the end of the fifth century B.C., during the Chronicler's own time, "the people of the land" were the descendants of the people of all the tribes (including Judah) who had not gone into exile.
biblia.com /jesusbible/chronicles2.htm   (1907 words)

  
 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
"A Synopsis of 2 Chronicles," Correlated with Primus Vannutelli, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
Mitchell, Christine, "The Ironic Death of Josiah in 2 Chronicles," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2006.
www.textweek.com /history/2chronicles.htm   (462 words)

  
 USCCB - NAB - 2 Chronicles 36
According to 2 Kings 24:1-6 Jehoiakim revolted after being Nebuchadnezzar's vassal for three years; he died in Jerusalem before the Babylonian king could reach the city.
[10] His brother Zedekiah: Zedekiah was actually the brother of Jehoiakim and the uncle of Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:17; Jeremiah 37:1), though scarcely older than his nephew (2 Kings 24:8, 18; 2 Chron 36:9, 11).
Thus, 1 and 2 Chronicles became the last part of the Hebrew Bible.
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 BGCT: DSM: Olt Testament Text: Lecture 23: 1 & 2 Chronilcles
There is a sense in which I, II Chronicles provide a theological overview of the chosen people, beginning with Adam and continuing down to the Babylonian Exile (ca.
After students have had an opportunity to respond, explain that I, II Chronicles provide an edited view of Israel's history, accentuating the positive aspects of the Golden Age when David and Solomon were rulers.
The division of I, II Chronicles was made by the translators of the Septuagint.
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 Bible Basics - II Chronicles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Chronicles once existed as a single composition, but was divided into two parts with the Greek translation around 150 B.C..
The books of Chronicles do not state by whom they were written, or when, however the book records events as early as the Cyrus decree of 538 B.C..
Chronicles and Ezra were probably one consecutive historical composition.
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 BibleGateway.com - Passage Lookup: 2 Chronicles 27-28
2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done, but unlike him he did not enter the temple of the LORD.
2 He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and also made cast idols for worshiping the Baals.
2 Chronicles 28:19 That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chron.
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 Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible [Second Chronicles: Introduction].
Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible [Second Chronicles: Introduction].
That monarchy of the house of David, as it was prior in time, so it was superior in worth and dignity to all those four celebrated ones of which Nebuchadnezzar dreamed.
Put all these together, and the truth of that word of God will appear, Those that honour me I will honour, but those that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
www.apostolic-churches.net /bible/mhc/MHC14000.HTM   (283 words)

  
 2 Chronicles: God's King in God's House
As I Chronicles was all about King David, 2 Chronicles is all about the house of David.
Both I and 2 Chronicles center on the temple, distinguishing these two books from the parallel historical passages recorded in Kings and Samuel.
In one place in 2 Chronicles it says that silver was counted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
www.pbc.org /dp/stedman/adventure/0214.html   (4195 words)

  
 Old Testament Women-2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 22:2, 2 Chronicles 22:10-12, 2 Chronicles 23:12-15
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly.
Now when Athaliah, Ahaziah's mother, saw that her son was dead, she set about to destroy all the royal family of the house of Judah.
www.alabaster-jars.com /bw-2chronicles.html   (340 words)

  
 The Book of Second Chronicles in the Old Testament with cross-reference Scripture links.
Second Chronicles holds a key verse for today's society in Chapter 7:14, "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land".
See First Chronicles to learn more about the author and time of this Old Testament Bible book.
May the Words come alive in their hearts as they yield themselves to what it is You have for them.
2chronicles.jesusanswers.com   (390 words)

  
 2 Chronicles Commentary and Study Guide
2 Chronicles focuses less on examples of Solomon's wisdom and more on the details of having the Temple built on Mount Moriah on land that David, his father, had purchased from Araunah the Jebusite where the angel had stopped the plague, and David had worshipped.
2 Chronicles adds to 1 Kings that Solomon didn't want his unnamed but apparently favorite wife - Pharaoh's daughter - to stay in the palace of David.
Unlike Solomon, his 2 favorite wives were relatives, descended from King David's father Jesse.
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 2 Chronicles 21:2 He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah,
2 Chronicles 21:2 JPS: And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariahu, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
2 Chronicles 21:2 YLT: And he hath brethren, sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these 'are' sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel,
OT History: 2 Chronicles 21:2 He had brothers the sons of Jehoshaphat: (top)
bible.cc /2_chronicles/21-2.htm   (348 words)

  
 Amazon.com: 2 Chronicles: Books: Martin J. Selman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
His theme is straightforward--the promises of God revealed in the Davidic covenant are as trustworthy and as effective as the God who first uttered them.In two volumes Martin Selman provides an excellent interpretation of these sorely neglected yet profound books of the Old Testament.
This volume on 2 Chronicles continues to build on the groundwork laid by its companion in 1 Chronicles.
Despite the break between 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles, the account of Solomon Basically continues the story of David.
www.amazon.com /2-Chronicles-Martin-J-Selman/dp/0877842469   (982 words)

  
 2 Chronicles- Old Testament history including Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
2 Chronicles contains the story of the kings of Israel.
2 Chronicles describes the great temple (house of God) that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles describes the kings of both these countries and their work.
www.easyenglish.info /bible-outline/2-chronicles-summary.htm   (230 words)

  
 2 Chronicles 5
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2 Solomon then summoned the leaders of all the tribes and families of Israel to assemble in Jerusalem.
They were to bring the Ark of the LORD's covenant from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion, to its new place in the Temple.
www.allaboutgod.com /truth/2-chronicles-5.htm   (507 words)

  
 Clarke's Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29
Every part of the Divine service is arranged, and Hezekiah and all the people rejoice, 31-36.
He did that which was right] See the note on 2 Kings xviii.
He hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment] He probably refers here chiefly to that dreadful defeat by the Israelites in which a hundred and twenty thousand were slain, and two hundred thousand taken prisoners; see the preceding chapter, chap.
www.godrules.net /library/clarke/clarke2chr29.htm   (880 words)

  
 Daily Bible Study - By The Book - 2 Chronicles
After he was made king over Israel after the death of his father David, what did Solomon ask God to give him?
This extremely pivotal event in Bible History resulted in 2 kingdoms - 10 tribes forming a northern kingdom of "Israel," while the remaining 2 tribes formed the southern kingdom of "Judah." (see Kings of Israel and Judah)
Who defeated the southern kingdom of Judah, destroyed their capital city of Jerusalem, sacked and burned The Temple, and carried the people of Judah off into exile?
www.keyway.ca /htm2002/chron2.htm   (232 words)

  
 Matthew Henry Commentary - 2 Chronicles - Preface
Matthew Henry Commentary - 2 Chronicles - Preface
Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
This book begins with the reign of Solomon and the building of the temple, and continues the history of the kings of Judah thenceforward to the captivity and so concludes with the fall of that illustrious monarchy and the destruction of the temple.
www.apostolic-churches.net /bible/mhc/preface/2_chronicles.html   (374 words)

  
 2 Chronicles 7
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2 The priests could not even enter the Temple of the LORD because the glorious presence of the LORD filled it.
2: Hebrew Then on the twenty-seventh day of the seventh month.
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 2 Chronicles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
2 Chronicles 5:7-8 - Pentecost and Sinai Datafile
2 Chronicles 5:13-14 - Pentecost and Sinai Datafile, Solomon's Temple Datafile
2 Chronicles 7:1-3 - Temple Events Datafile, Solomon's Temple Datafile, Temple of the Spirit Lesson
www.spring.arbor.edu /Brix?pageID=2033   (215 words)

  
 2 Chronicles . The Holy Bible: King James Version. Bartleby.com
Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. The Bible > King James Version > 2 Chronicles
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord.
This book covers the same period as 2 Kings but the emphasis is on Judah, the southern kingdom, and its rulers.
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