2 Chronicles Bible Commentary

Beyond Today Bible Commentary: 2 Chronicles

Jehoshaphat begins his reign by fortifying the border cities with Israel to increase security—all the while looking to God. And God blesses him immensely for zealously seeking and obeying Him. The king institutes major reforms in this vein. Perhaps his most remarkable action is to send out teachers to instruct the nation in God's laws!

Table of Contents

2 Chronicles 1:1-13 and Related

1 minute
Solomon requests wisdom

2 Chronicles 1:14-17 and Related

1 minute
The Queen of Sheba praises Solomon's wisdom, Solomon's wealth and economic power

2 Chronicles 2 and Related

1 minute
Agreement with Hiram for temple construction

2 Chronicles 3:1-14 and Related

1 minute
Solomon builds the temple

2 Chronicles 3:15-17 and Related

1 minute
Solomon's other buildings, Huram, bronze pillars

2 Chronicles 4:1-5:1 and Related

1 minute
Temple furnishings

2 Chronicles 5:2-6:11 and Related

1 minute
The ark and glory enter, Solomon's speech

2 Chronicles 6:12-42 and Related

1 minute
Solomon's prayer of dedication

2 Chronicles 7:1-10 and Related

1 minute
Temple dedication completed

2 Chronicles 7:11-22 and Related

2 minutes
God appears to Solomon a second time

2 Chronicles 8 and Related

4 minutes
Gift exchange between Solomon and Hiram, Solomon's other works

2 Chronicles 9:1-28 and Related

1 minute
The Queen of Sheba praises Solomon's wisdom, Solomon's wealth and economic power

2 Chronicles 9:29-31 and Related

1 minute
Initial rebellion of Jeroboam, Ahijah's prophecy to Jeroboam, death of Solomon

2 Chronicles 10:1-11:4 and Related

1 minute
Rehoboam loses the northern tribes to Jeroboam

2 Chronicles 11:5-12, 18-23 and Related

1 minute
Ahijah prophesies judgment on Jeroboam, Reho-boam fortifies his kingdom, family of Rehoboam

2 Chronicles 11:13-17 and Related

1 minute
Jeroboam's idolatry

2 Chronicles 12 and Related

2 minutes
Reign of Rehoboam, Egypt attacks Judah

2 Chronicles 13 and Related

1 minute
Abijam king of Judah

2 Chronicles 14:1-8 and Related

1 minute
Asa king of Judah, death of Jeroboam, Asa's reign, Nadab and Baasha, kings of Israel

2 Chronicles 14:9-15:19 and Related

2 minutes
Ethiopian army vanquished, Asa's reforms

2 Chronicles 16:1-10 and Related

2 minutes
Asa's treaty with Syria against Baasha, messages from Hanani to Asa and Baasha

2 Chronicles 16:11-14 and Related

1 minute
Elah, Zimri, Omri and Ahab, kings of Israel, disease and death of Asa

2 Chronicles 17 and Related

2 minutes
Jehoshaphat king of Judah

2 Chronicles 18:1-27 and Related

1 minute
Micaiah's warning

2 Chronicles 18:28-19:11 and Related

1 minute
Death of Ahab, Ahaziah king of Israel, Jehoshaphat rebuked, Jehoshaphat's reforms

2 Chronicles 20:1-30

1 minute
Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites vanquished

2 Chronicles 20:31-33 and Related

1 minute
Jehoshaphat king of Judah

2 Chronicles 20:34-37 and Related

3 minutes
Jehoshaphat allies with Ahaziah, judgment on Ahaziah

2 Chronicles 21:1-18 and Related

1 minute
Death of Jehoshaphat, rule of Jehoram over Judah

2 Chronicles 21:19-22:6 and Related

1 minute
Death of Ben-Hadad, King Jehoram of Israel stricken by God and dies, Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehu anointed king over Israel

2 Chronicles 22:7-9 and Related

1 minute
Jehu kills Joram, Ahaziah and Jezebel

2 Chronicles 22:10-12 and Related

1 minute
Reign of Jehu over Israel, wicked Queen Athaliah

2 Chronicles 23 and Related

2 minutes
Joash king of Judah, death of Athaliah

2 Chronicles 33:21-34:7 and Related

1 minute
Reign of Amon over Judah and further apostasy, Josiah king of Judah

2 Chronicles 24:1-5 and Related

1 minute
Early reign of Joash, Jehoiada serving as priest

2 Chronicles 24:6-14 and Related

1 minute
Death of Jehu, Jehoahaz king of Israel, King Joash of Judah repairs the temple

2 Chronicles 24:15-27 and Related

5 minutes
Jehoiada dies, Joash's apostasy, death of Joash, Israel oppressed by Syria, death of Jehoahaz, Jehoash (Joash) king of Israel, death of Elisha...

2 Chronicles 25:1-24 and Related

1 minute
Amaziah king of Judah, wins war against Edom, loses war against Israel

2 Chronicles 25:25-28 and Related

1 minute
Death of Jehoash of Israel, Jeroboam II king of Israel, death of Amaziah, Uzziah (Azariah) king of Judah

2 Chronicles 26:1-15 and Related

1 minute
King Uzziah (Azariah) of Judah does right before God

2 Chronicles 26:16-21 and Related

3 minutes
King Uzziah of Judah usurps priestly duty and God strikes him with leprosy, King Menahem of Israel pays tribute to Assyria, death of Menahem, Pekahiah...

2 Chronicles 26:22-23 and Related

1 minute
Isaiah's vision and calling, Pekah kills Pekahiah of Israel and usurps throne, death of Uzziah, Jotham king of Judah

2 Chronicles 27:1-8 and Related

1 minute
Reign of Jotham of Judah

2 Chronicles 27:9 and Related

1 minute
2nd Syro-Ephraimite war continues, Assyria intervenes against Syria-Israel, 1st Assyrian deportation of Israel, Hoshea kills Pekah and usurps throne...

2 Chronicles 28:1-25 and Related

1 minute
Ahaz king of Judah, 1st Syro-Ephraimite war, Israel returns Jewish captives, Assyria won't help Judah, Ahaz's apostasy

2 Chronicles 28:26-27 and Related

1 minute
Death of Ahaz, Oracles against Philistia and Moab

2 Chronicles 29 and Related

1 minute
Hezekiah reigns in Judah, cleanses temple and restores temple worship

2 Chronicles 30:1-31:1 and Related

5 minutes
Hezekiah's Passover and eradication of paganism, destruction of high places and the bronze serpent

2 Chronicles 32:1-19, 26, 30 and Related

1 minute
Sennacherib’s invasion and conquest of Judah’s cities, Micah’s warning of coming destruction on Jerusalem, Hezekiah humbles himself, Assyrian...

2 Chronicles 31:2-21

2 minutes
Hezekiah reorganizes the Levitical system

2 Chronicles 32:20-23 and Related

1 minute
God assures deliverance through Isaiah, Sennacherib’s threat, Hezekiah prays and presents threatening letter before God, further assurance from God...

2 Chronicles 32:24 and Related

1 minute
Hezekiah’s sickness, sign of the sundial, Hezekiah’s life extended

2 Chronicles 32:25, 27-29, 31 and Related

1 minute
Hezekiah’s wealth, Babylonian envoys, Hezekiah’s pride of heart and God’s wrath looming over Judah

2 Chronicles 32:32–33:20 and Related

1 minute
Death of Hezekiah; reign of Manasseh over Judah, his apostasy, captivity, repentance and death

2 Chronicles 34:8-28 and Related

1 minute
The finding of the Book of the Law

2 Chronicles 34:29-33 and Related

3 minutes
Josiah commands the restoration of proper worship

2 Chronicles 35:1-19 and Related

2 minutes
Josiah's great Passover

2 Chronicles 35:20-36:5 and Related

1 minute
Judah's coming punishment, death of Josiah, reign of Jehoahaz over Judah, reign of Jehoiakim over Judah, message concerning Shallum (Jehoahaz) and...

2 Chronicles 36:6-8 and Related

1 minute
Prophecies against Egypt and Philistia, Babylon quashes Jehoiakim's rebellion, Jehoiakim's death

2 Chronicles 36:9 and Related

9 minutes
Reign of Jehoiachin (Jeconiah-Coniah), message to Coniah, woe to shepherds, branch of righteousness, false prophets

2 Chronicles 36:10-16

1 minute
Nebuchadnezzar besieges Judah, Jeconiah and the nobles carried captive, Zedekiah king of Judah, sign of the fig baskets

2 Chronicles 36:13 and Related

1 minute
Zedekiah rebels against Babylon, two harlot sisters, Oholah (Samaria) and Oholibah (Jerusalem), judged

2 Chronicles 36:17-21 and Related

1 minute
Destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, killing of important officials, final deportations, land to enjoy its Sabbaths

Bible Commentary: 2 Chronicles 36:22-23 and Related

16 minutes
Decree of Cyrus, return of temple articles, first Jewish return to the Promised Land