2 Chronicles

Treated in 72 passages across the library.

The history of Judah from Solomon to the exile, told with the temple and true worship at its centre. It records Solomon's dedication of the temple and God's promise, "If my people... shall humble themselves, and pray... then will I hear from heaven," and the revivals under Asa, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah and Josiah. It closes with Cyrus' decree allowing the exiles to return.

Open Word Bible

  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    Obedience cites 2 Chron 25: 2

    …look to our ends in obedience; it is possible the action may be right, and not the heart. 2 Chron 25: 2. Amaziah did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.…

  2. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Man's Chief End cites 2 Chron 11:15

    …how many, who call themselves ministers, instead of bringing glory to God, dishonour him. 2 Chron 11:15. Their lives, as well as their doctrines, are heterodox; they are not free from the sins…

  3. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Sanctification cites 2 Chron. xxxi. 21

    …“count God’s commandments concerning all things to be right, and hate every false way.” (2 Chron. xxxi. 21; Psalm cxix. 104.) (6) Genuine sanctification will show itself in habitual respect to…

  4. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    March cites 2 Chronicles 31:21

    …they always please the Lord. March 15 “He did it with all his heart and prospered.” (2 Chronicles 31:21) This is no unusual occurrence; it is the general rule of the moral universe that those…

  5. Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde · Ochorus Originals

    Preparing the Messenger cites 2 Chronicles 14:11

    …our God; for we rely on thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude” (2 Chronicles 14:11, ASV). Out of such prayer, Hyde went on, “when strength comes and one rests in the word…

  6. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Means of Grace cites 2 Chron. 20:2

    …the children of Moab, Ammon, and mount Seir: — and everyone helped to destroy another.” (2 Chron. 20:2) Such was the salvation which the children of Judah saw. But how does all this prove…