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2 Chronicles · read by Carter Conlon
148 verses, in order. Only the verses Carter read aloud are shown.
2 Chronicles 1
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Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.Read from NKJV · A Prayer That Promises Joy
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That night God appeared to Solomon and said, "Ask, and I will give it to you!"Read from NKJV · A Prayer That Promises Joy
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Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?"Read from NKJV · A Prayer That Promises Joy
2 Chronicles 3
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Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.Read from KJV · Forever Dwelling in the Presence of God
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The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.Read from KJV · Everyone's Work Will Be Tried by Fire
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He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.Read from KJV · Everyone's Work Will Be Tried by Fire
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He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.Read from KJV · Everyone's Work Will Be Tried by Fire
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He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.Read from KJV · Everyone's Work Will Be Tried by Fire
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Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.Read from KJV · Everyone's Work Will Be Tried by Fire
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The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.Read from KJV · Everyone's Work Will Be Tried by Fire
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In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.Read from KJV · Everyone's Work Will Be Tried by Fire
2 Chronicles 5
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There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.Read from NKJV · The Will of God for the Weak
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The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: "For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever." And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloudRead from KJV · The Willingness That Precedes the Glory
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so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.Read from KJV · The Willingness That Precedes the Glory
2 Chronicles 6
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Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.Read from KJV · House of Prayer [Or Den of Thieves]
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Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,Read from KJV · House of Prayer [Or Den of Thieves]
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Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.Read from KJV · House of Prayer [Or Den of Thieves]
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May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.Read from KJV · The Violent Overthrow of God's House
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Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.Read from KJV · The Violent Overthrow of God's House
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When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,Read from KJV · The Violent Overthrow of God's House
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then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.Read from KJV · The Violent Overthrow of God's House
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When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,Read from KJV · House of Prayer [Or Den of Thieves]
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When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,Read from KJV · The Violent Overthrow of God's House
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then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.Read from KJV · The Violent Overthrow of God's House
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When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,Read from KJV · House of Prayer [Or Den of Thieves]
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then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—Read from KJV · House of Prayer [Or Den of Thieves]
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be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—Read from KJV · The Violent Overthrow of God's House
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so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.Read from KJV · The Violent Overthrow of God's House
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When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,Read from KJV · The Violent Overthrow of God's House
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When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, 'We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,'Read from KJV · House of Prayer [Or Den of Thieves]
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then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.Read from KJV · House of Prayer [Or Den of Thieves]
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Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.Read from KJV · The Violent Overthrow of God's House
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O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David."Read from KJV · The Violent Overthrow of God's House
2 Chronicles 7
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When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.Read from NKJV · Cry Out for the Children
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The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.Read from KJV · House of Prayer [Or Den of Thieves]
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When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: "For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever."Read from NKJV · Cry Out for the Children
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When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,Read from KJV · A Call for Intercessors
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If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,Read from KJV · The Violent Overthrow of God's House
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and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.Read from KJV · A Call for Intercessors
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Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.Read from NASB1995 · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 3
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For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.Read from NKJV · Mark 11, A Call For Prayer
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And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, 'You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.'Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
2 Chronicles 9
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Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.Read from KJV · The Candlestick - Sardis (The Congregation of the Dead)
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And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.Read from KJV · The Candlestick - Sardis (The Congregation of the Dead)
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the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.Read from KJV · The Candlestick - Sardis (The Congregation of the Dead)
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He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
2 Chronicles 12
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After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
2 Chronicles 14
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Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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He also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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Because the land was at peace, Asa built fortified cities in Judah. In those days no one made war with him, because the LORD had given him rest.Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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So he said to the people of Judah, "Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side." So they built and prospered.Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.Read from KJV · I Once Longed for New Things to Obey
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Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: "O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You."Read from KJV · I Once Longed for New Things to Obey
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So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunderRead from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen and carried off many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.Read from KJV · I Once Longed for New Things to Obey
2 Chronicles 15
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So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.Read from ESV · In the Day When I Cried
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For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.Read from KJV · I Once Longed for New Things to Obey
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But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.Read from NKJV · In the Day When I Cried
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In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.Read from NKJV · In the Day When I Cried
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Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.Read from NKJV · In the Day When I Cried
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But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded."Read from NKJV · In the Day When I Cried
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When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD's temple.Read from KJV · I Once Longed for New Things to Obey
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And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.Read from NKJV · In the Day When I Cried
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And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.Read from NASB1995 · 2014 a Warning
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And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.Read from NKJV · In the Day When I Cried
2 Chronicles 16
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In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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"Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me."Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work.Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, "Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war."Read from KJV · 2014 a Warning
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Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.Read from KJV · I Once Longed for New Things to Obey
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Now the rest of the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.Read from NKJV · In the Day When I Cried
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In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.Read from KJV · I Once Longed for New Things to Obey
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And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.Read from NKJV · In the Day When I Cried
2 Chronicles 18
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So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, "Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?" "Go up," they replied, "and God will deliver it into the hand of the king."Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?"Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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The king of Israel answered, "There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah." "The king should not say that!" Jehoshaphat replied.Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, "Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once."Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, "This is what the LORD says: 'With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.'"Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king."Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, "Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably."Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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But Micaiah said, "As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me."Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, "Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?" "Go up and triumph," Micaiah replied, "for they will be given into your hand."Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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But the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?"Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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So Micaiah declared: "I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.'"Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?"Read from ESV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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Micaiah continued, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left.Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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And the LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one suggested this, and another that.Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will entice him.' 'By what means?' asked the LORD.Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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And he replied, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' 'You will surely entice him and prevail,' said the LORD. 'Go and do it.'Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
2 Chronicles 19
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Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.Read from KJV · Don't Be Dismayed, God Will Not Fail You
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Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!"Read from KJV · The Watchtower in the Wilderness
2 Chronicles 20
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After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.Read from KJV · Don't Be Dismayed, God Will Not Fail You
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Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, "A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar" (that is, En-gedi).Read from KJV · Don't Be Dismayed, God Will Not Fail You
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Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.Read from NKJV · Don't Be Dismayed, God Will Not Fail You
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Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.Read from ESV · Don't Be Dismayed, God Will Not Fail You
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Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph's descendants, as he stood in the midst of the assembly.Read from KJV · Don't Be Dismayed, God Will Not Fail You
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You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.'"Read from KJV · The Watchtower in the Wilderness
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Then Jehoshaphat bowed facedown, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.Read from KJV · The Watchtower in the Wilderness
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And the Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, shouting in a very loud voice.Read from KJV · The Watchtower in the Wilderness
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When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.Read from KJV · The Watchtower in the Wilderness
2 Chronicles 26
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Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.Read from KJV · Evicting Uzziah
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And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.Read from KJV · Evicting Uzziah
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But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.Read from KJV · Evicting Uzziah
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They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, "Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God."Read from KJV · Evicting Uzziah
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Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.Read from KJV · Evicting Uzziah
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When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.Read from KJV · Evicting Uzziah
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So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.Read from KJV · Evicting Uzziah
2 Chronicles 32
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In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.Read from KJV · Many of God's People Are Coming Home
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But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.Read from KJV · Many of God's People Are Coming Home
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Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.Read from KJV · Many of God's People Are Coming Home
2 Chronicles 34
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Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.Read from KJV · Loving the Appearing of Christ
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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.Read from KJV · Loving the Appearing of Christ
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In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.Read from KJV · Loving the Appearing of Christ
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Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.Read from KJV · Loving the Appearing of Christ
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Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.Read from KJV · Loving the Appearing of Christ
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He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.Read from KJV · Loving the Appearing of Christ
2 Chronicles 36
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Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.Read from ESV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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"This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: 'The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.'"Read from NKJV · God Is With Us - Let's Rise And Build!