2 CHRONICLES
Author and date:
See the introduction to 1 Chronicles.
Theme:
Events in the histories of the kings of Judah from Solomon to the fall of Jerusalem. This book covers the same time period as the two books of Kings together – 384 years. This book may be compared with those. However, 2 Chronicles contains the history of the kingdom of Judah and ignores the northern kingdom of Israel, except as it relates to Judah. It seems the writer’s purpose (and the Holy Spirit’s purpose) was to show God’s faithfulness to the covenant He made with David concerning David’s dynasty (1 Chron 17:11-14). About half of the contents of 2 Chronicles is not found in the two books of Kings.
Contents:
Solomon’s reign 1:1—9:31
Solomon asks God for wisdom 1:7-12
Solomon prepares to build the temple 2:1-18
Solomon builds the temple 3:1—5:1
The Levites bring the ark to the temple 5:2-14
God’s glory fills the temple 5:13-14
Solomon’s words to the people 6:1-11
Solomon’s prayer about the temple 6:12-42
The dedication of the temple 7:1-10
God appears to Solomon in a vision 7:11-22
Solomon’s other activities 8:1-18
Solomon and the queen of Sheba 9:1-9
Solomon’s wealth 9:10-28
Solomon’s death 9:29-31
King Rehoboam 10:1—12:16
The kingdom splits in two 10:1—11:4
Egypt invades Judah 12:1-12
King Abijah 13:1—14:1
King Asa 14:2—16:14
Asa’s reforms 15:1-18
Asa’s last years 16:1-14
King Jehoshaphat 17:1—21:1
Jehoshaphat joins hands with Ahab 18:1-3
The prophecy of Micaiah 18:4-27
The prophecy fulfilled 18:28-34
A prophet rebukes Jehoshaphat 19:1-3
The war with Moab and Ammon,
Jehoshaphat’s prayer 20:1-12
Jehoshaphat defeats Moab and Ammon 20:15-30
Final years of Jehoshaphat 20:31—21:1
King Jehoram 21:1-20
A letter from Elijah 21:12-15
King Ahaziah 22:1-9
Wicked queen Athaliah 22:10—23:15
The rescue of Joash 22:11-12
The reforms of Jehoiada the priest 23:16-21
King Joash, his reforms, his fall into bad ways, his death 24:1-27
King Amaziah 25:1-28
King Uzziah 26:1-23
Uzziah sins, becomes a leper 26:16-20
King Jotham 27:1-9
King Ahaz 28:1-27
King Hezekiah 29:1—32:33
Hezekiah cleanses and repairs the temple 29:3-19
Temple worship reestablished 29:20-36
Hezekiah’s celebration of the Passover 30:1-27
Destruction of idols 31:1
Contributions for temple worship 31:2-21
Hezekiah and Isaiah pray, the Assyrians are defeated 32:20-23
Hezekiah falls into the sin of pride 32:24-26
Other activities of Hezekiah, his death 32:27-33
Wicked king Manasseh 33:1-20
Manasseh’s repentance and reforms 33:12-20
King Amon 33:21-24
King Josiah 34:1—35:27
Josiah’s reforms 34:3—35:19
The book of the law of God is found 34:14-33
Josiah’s celebration of the Passover 35:1-19
Josiah’s death 35:20-27
King Jehoahaz 36:2-4
King Jehoiakim 36:5-8
King Jehoiachin 36:9-10
King Zedekiah 36:11-14
Jerusalem is destroyed, the people are exiled to Babylon 36:15-21
Emperor Cyrus orders the rebuilding of the temple
at Jerusalem 36:22-23