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2 Chronicles

The Second Book of the Chronicles

2 Chronicles in the King James Version has 36 chapters and 822 verses. 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)

Chapters at a glance

  1. Chapter 1And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and…
  2. Chapter 2And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
  3. Chapter 3Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto…
  4. Chapter 4Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof…
  5. Chapter 5Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the…
  6. Chapter 6Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
  7. Chapter 7Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering…
  8. Chapter 8And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own…
  9. Chapter 9And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at…
  10. Chapter 10And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
  11. Chapter 11And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and…
  12. Chapter 12And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the…
  13. Chapter 13Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
  14. Chapter 14So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his…
  15. Chapter 15And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
  16. Chapter 16In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built…
  17. Chapter 17And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
  18. Chapter 18Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
  19. Chapter 19And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
  20. Chapter 20It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other…
  21. Chapter 21Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram…
  22. Chapter 22And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that…
  23. Chapter 23And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of…
  24. Chapter 24Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name…
  25. Chapter 25Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in…
  26. Chapter 26Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his…
  27. Chapter 27Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His…
  28. Chapter 28Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not…
  29. Chapter 29Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in…
  30. Chapter 30And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should…
  31. Chapter 31Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the…
  32. Chapter 32After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah…
  33. Chapter 33Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
  34. Chapter 34Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
  35. Chapter 35Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth…
  36. Chapter 36Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in…