2 Chronicles (KJV)
36 chapters · 822 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of 2 Chronicles
Second Chronicles follows Judah's kings from Solomon to the exile, with sustained attention to the temple and to seasons of reform and revival. It calls the restored community to faithful worship and reliance on God.
- Genre
- Historical narrative
- Author
- Anonymous; traditionally attributed to Ezra
- First audience
- The post-exilic community in Judah
How to read it: Read for the Chronicler's emphases on temple, worship, and repentance, recognizing this is a purposeful theological history.
It opens: “And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.” (2 Chronicles 1:1)
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Key verses in 2 Chronicles
The verses of 2 Chronicles that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.