Micaiah’s courage
Micaiah prophesies Ahab’s death in the coming battle against Aram and is gaoled for his efforts, but he was right: …
Category Archives: 2 Chronicles
The Elders’ complicity
Ahab kills Naboth and gets rebuked by God (through Elijah), then forms an alliance with Jehoshaphat to recover Ramoth-gilead from …
Abijam’s not-so-faithful reign
Israel and Judah stay split, but both fall away from God, fall into war and are invaded by Egypt and …
Judah followed Rehoboam into sin
Israel and Judah stay split, but both fall away from God, fall into war and are invaded by Egypt and …
Impressed by his wealth and wisdom
Solomon’s military and administrative achievements, and a visit from the Queen of Sheba: 2 Chronicles 8:1–18; 1 Kings 9:15–10:13; 2 …
The Temple: God’s promise and a warning
The Temple is dedicated to God, and He replies; Solomon hands over land to the King of Tyre: 1 Kings …
Solomon’s final words over the Temple
The Ark moves into the Temple and so does God: 1 Kings 8; Chronicles 5–6 (with verses sorted into chronological order …
Gold, bronze and cedar for the Temple and palace
Solomon builds himself a new palace and furnishes the Temple with the work of master craftsman Huram: 1 Kings 7:1–51; …
Obedience is better than fancy buildings
Solomon demonstrates his wisdom in judging disputes, then builds the Temple: 1 Kings 3:16–28; 1 Kings 5:1–18; 2 Chronicles 2:1–18; …
1000 burnt offerings
Solomon becomes king, deals with Adonijah, Joab and Shimei, then asks for wisdom in a dream: 1 Chronicles 29:23–25; 2 Chronicles …
Even Nebuchadnezzar knew Judah didn’t serve God
The Temple is destroyed, Nebuchadnezzar installs Gedaliah as governor of Judah and instructs his captain to find Jeremiah and offer him safety …
King Zedekiah is a rotten fig
Judgement for Jerusalem’s remaining elite, with a special focus on false prophets: Jeremiah 24, 23, 29 Jeremiah had some courage. Jerusalem would still …
Zedekiah rules over not much
Jehoiachin deported in chains after a siege of Jerusalem; he’s replaced by his uncle, Zedekiah: 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Kings 24:10–17; …
Power shift from Egypt to Babylon
Jehoiakim taken by Nebuchadnezzar and replaced with Jehoiachin (the second exile); Jeremiah prophesies against Jehoiachin: 2 Kings 24:5–7; 2 Chronicles 36:6–8; 2 Kings 24:8–9; 2 …
The price of meddling in other people’s wars
Jeremiah prophesies over the Philistines and Moab; Josiah dies in battle and is succeeded by Jehoahaz, who Egypt captures and …
Josiah repents and God relents
Josiah repents, restores the Temple, rediscovers the Law and gains a reprieve from Jerusalem’s forthcoming calamity: 2 Kings 23:1–20; 2 Chronicles 34:29–33; 2 Kings …
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