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2 Chronicles · read by David Ravenhill
59 verses, in order. Only the verses David read aloud are shown.
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 NASB1995 · The Presence of God - Part 1
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 NASB1995 · Open Doors
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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 NASB1995 · Open Doors
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 NKJV · Cleansing the Temple
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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 NASB1995 · Open Doors
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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 ESV · Open Doors
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"Listen to me, O Levites," he said. "Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.Read from NASB1995 · An Old Testament Revival - Part 1
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Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you can see with your own eyes.Read from NASB1995 · Cleansing the Temple
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For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.Read from ESV · An Old Testament Revival - Part 1
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Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.Read from NASB1995 · The Beginning of Revival
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Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense."Read from NASB1995 · Cleanse the Temple
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When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.Read from NASB1995 · Capital City Church - Part 2
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They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.Read from NASB1995 · Cleansing the Temple
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Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD."Read from NASB1995 · Cleansing the Temple
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Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king's seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.Read from NASB1995 · Cleansing the Temple
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The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.Read from NASB1995 · Open Doors
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Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped.Read from NASB1995 · Capital City Church - Part 2
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Furthermore, the burnt offerings were abundant, along with the fat of the peace offerings and the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. So the service of the house of the LORD was established.Read from NASB1995 · Church of Vidor Saturday
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Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.Read from NASB1995 · Cleanse the Temple
2 Chronicles 30
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Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.Read from NASB1995 · Capital City Church - Part 2
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So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: "Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.Read from NASB1995 · Capital City Church - Part 2
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Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.Read from NASB1995 · Capital City Church - Part 2
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For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him."Read from NASB1995 · Capital City Church - Part 2
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And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.Read from NASB1995 · Church of Vidor Saturday
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Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.Read from NASB1995 · An Old Testament Revival - Part 1
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Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.Read from ESV · An Old Testament Revival - Part 1
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So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.Read from NASB1995 · An Old Testament Revival - Part 1
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Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.Read from NASB1995 · An Old Testament Revival - Part 1
2 Chronicles 31
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As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.Read from NASB1995 · Capital City Church - Part 2
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So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.Read from NKJV · Maranathan Fellowship 7-28-85
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He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.Read from NASB1995 · Maranathan Fellowship 7-28-85
2 Chronicles 32
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After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.Read from NASB1995 · Maranathan Fellowship 7-28-85
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When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,Read from NASB1995 · Hezekiah- Resisting the Enemy
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he consulted with his leaders and commanders about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.Read from NASB1995 · Acts of Faithfulness
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Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?" they said.Read from NASB1995 · Maranathan Fellowship 7-28-85
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Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.Read from NASB1995 · Maranathan Fellowship 7-28-85
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Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,Read from NASB1995 · Maranathan Fellowship 7-28-85
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"Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.Read from NASB1995 · Acts of Faithfulness
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With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles." So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.Read from NASB1995 · Glad Tidings Spring Convention B2
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Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:Read from NASB1995 · Glad Tidings Spring Convention B2
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"This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?Read from NASB1995 · Glad Tidings Spring Convention B2
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Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, 'The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?'Read from NASB1995 · Acts of Faithfulness
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Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices'?Read from NASB1995 · Acts of Faithfulness
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Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?Read from NASB1995 · Glad Tidings Spring Convention B2
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Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?Read from NASB1995 · Hezekiah- Resisting the Enemy
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So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!"Read from NASB1995 · Resisting the Enemy
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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 NASB1995 · An Old Testament Revival - Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · The Habitation of God
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In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,Read from NASB1995 · Glad Tidings Spring Convention B2
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and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.Read from NASB1995 · Resisting the Enemy
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So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all the others, and He gave them rest on every side.Read from NASB1995 · Acts of Faithfulness
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 NASB1995 · Haggai
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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 NASB1995 · Haggai
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Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever."Read from NASB1995 · Haggai
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In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.Read from NASB1995 · Haggai
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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 NASB1995 · Haggai
2 Chronicles 36
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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 NASB1995 · Haggai
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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 NASB1995 · Haggai
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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 NASB1995 · Haggai