In The Word Read: 2 Chronicles 15-16 Azariah the Prophet Warns Asa 15 Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded, 2 and 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. And […]
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When The Lord God Is On Your Side
In The Word Read: 2 Chronicles 13-14 Abijah Succeeds Rehoboam 13 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah. 2 He reigned in Jerusalem for three years; and his mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3 Abijah began the battle with an […]
Don’t Forsake Him
In The Word Read: 2 Chronicles 11-12 Rehoboam Reigns over Judah and Builds Cities 11 Now when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam. 2 But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, […]
Consequences Both Good And Bad
In The Word Read: 2 Chronicles 9-10 Visit of the Queen of Sheba 9 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with riddles. She had a very large entourage, with camels carrying balsam oil and a large amount of gold and precious stones; and […]
Passionately Seek His Presence
In The Word Read: 2 Chronicles 7-8 The Shekinah Glory 7 Now 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 house. 2 And the priests could not enter the house of the Lord because the glory of the Lord […]
Prayer
In The Word Read: 2 Chronicles 6:12-42 Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication 12 Then he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 13 For Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it […]
His Plans And His Presence
In The Word Read: 2 Chronicles 5:2-6:11 2 Then Solomon assembled at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord up from the city of David, which is Zion. 3 All the […]
Order, Detail & Action
In The Word Read: 2 Chronicles 3:1-5:1 The Temple Construction in Jerusalem 3 Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 He began to build […]
What Would You Ask For?
In The Word Read: 2 Chronicles 1-2 Solomon Worships at Gibeon 1 Now Solomon the son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and exalted him greatly. 2 And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands, of hundreds, and to the judges and to every […]
I Will Give Thanks
In The Word Read: Psalm 137-138 An Experience of the Captivity. 137 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. 2 Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. 3 For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors, jubilation, saying, “Sing for us one […]