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2 Chronicles · read by Charles Anderson
37 verses, in order. Only the verses Charles read aloud are shown.
2 Chronicles 6
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And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them allRead from KJV · Prayer Mysteries
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and said: "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,Read from KJV · Prayer Mysteries
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'Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.Read from KJV · Prayer Mysteries
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But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'Read from NASB1995 · Prayer Mysteries
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Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.Read from ESV · Prayer Mysteries
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But the LORD said to my father David, 'Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.Read from KJV · Prayer Mysteries
2 Chronicles 28
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Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, "Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me." But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
2 Chronicles 29
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Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.Read from ESV · Problems of Youth
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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
2 Chronicles 30
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who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary."Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
2 Chronicles 32
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He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: "Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand."Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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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 · Problems of Youth
2 Chronicles 33
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Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.Read from ESV · Problems of Youth
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And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.Read from ESV · Problems of Youth
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He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, "In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth
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And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.Read from KJV · Problems of Youth