2nd Chronicles2nd Chronicles

A History of God’s People in A History of God’s People in WorshipWorship

Purpose of the Books of Purpose of the Books of ChroniclesChronicles

To set forth a record of the priestly To set forth a record of the priestly worship of God’s people from David worship of God’s people from David to the exileto the exile

To give the fulfillment of the To give the fulfillment of the promises of the Mosaic Law promises of the Mosaic Law regarding faithfulness and regarding faithfulness and unfaithfulness to the covenantunfaithfulness to the covenant

To show the importance of the To show the importance of the Scriptures in providing the rule of Scriptures in providing the rule of faith for God’s peoplefaith for God’s people

Kings Chronicles

Prophetic Perspective: Judgments

Priestly Perspective: Hope

Wars are prominent Temple is prominent

History of the thrones Continuity of the Davidic line

Record of both Israel & Judah

Mostly Judah

Morality Redemption

1 Adam (Genealogies)

1st Chronicles

10 Reign of David

1 Reign of Solomon

United Kingdom 1 Reign of Solomon

12 Jeroboam

1st Kings

17 Elijah & Ahab

1 Elijah & Ahaziah

2 Elisha

17 Fall of Samaria

Divided Kingdom

18 Hezekiah Judah Alone

2nd Kings

25 Babylonian Captivity

10 Focus on the Southern Kingdom of Judah and the Temple to the Captivity

Exile

2nd Chronicles

36:22 Return from Babylon

1 Chronicles 1-9

1 Chronicles 10-29

2 Chronicles 1-9

2 Chronicles 10-28

2 Chronicles 29-36

The United Kingdom Divided Kingdom

Reunited Kingdom

King David King Solomon Kings of Judah

Genealogies of Israel

Preparation for the Temple

Construction of the Temple

Temple forgotten

Temple restored & destroyed

Temple

David’sCity

Temple

2 Chronicles 7:1-22 Chronicles 7:1-2 11 Now when Solomon had finished Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.LORD filled the house.

22 And the priests could not enter into And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD's glory of the LORD filled the LORD's house.house.

ASSYRIA

EGYPT

Solomon’sKingdom

RehoboamRehoboam

Kingly SuccessionKingly SuccessionA Divided KingdomA Divided Kingdom

JUDAH

ISRAEL

Shechem

Penuel

Bethel

Dan

Samaria

AsaAsaPeriod of ReformationPeriod of Reformation

And Asa did good and right in the sight of the LORD his God, 3 for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherim, 4 and commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers and to observe the law and the commandment. (2 Chronicles 14:2-4).

AsaAsa

Ethiopian InvasionEthiopian Invasion

Now Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and he came to Mareshah. 10 So Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up in battle formation in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. (2 Chronicles 14:9-10).

Period of ReformationPeriod of Reformation

AsaAsa

Ethiopian InvasionEthiopian Invasion

11 Then Asa called to the LORD his God, and said, "LORD, there is no one besides Thee to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in Thee, and in Thy name have come against this multitude. O LORD, Thou art our God; let not man prevail against Thee." (2 Chronicles 14:11).

Period of ReformationPeriod of Reformation

AsaAsa

Ethiopian InvasionEthiopian Invasion

So the LORD routed the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. (2 Chronicles 14:12).

Period of ReformationPeriod of Reformation

AsaAsa

Ethiopian InvasionEthiopian Invasion

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who resided with them, for many defected to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. (2 Chronicles 15:9).

Period of ReformationPeriod of Reformation

Blessings of ReformationBlessings of Reformation

AsaAsa

Ethiopian InvasionEthiopian Invasion

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, "Because you have relied on the king of Aram and have not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Aram has escaped out of your hand.” (2 Chronicles 16:7).

Period of ReformationPeriod of Reformation

Blessings of ReformationBlessings of Reformation

Assistance from Aram against BashanAssistance from Aram against Bashan

Ethbaal(Itto-Baal)

OMRI

SIDON ISRAEL

AhabJezebel

Ahaziah Joram Athaliah

Ahaziah

Joash

JUDAH

ASA

Jehoshaphat

Jehoram

He was hidden with them in the house of the Lord six years while Athaliah reigned over the land (1 Chronicles 22:12).

UzziahUzziah

Right in the sight of the LordRight in the sight of the Lord ProsperityProsperity PridePride LeprosyLeprosy

JothamJothamRight in the sight of the Lord, but he Right in the sight of the Lord, but he

did not enter the templedid not enter the temple

AhazAhazHe did not do right in the sight of the He did not do right in the sight of the

LordLordDefeat and the hands of Aram and Defeat and the hands of Aram and

IsraelIsraelAssyriaAssyria

Assyria

EGYPT

Jerusalem

Aram

Israel

HezekiahHezekiah

Restoration of the TempleRestoration of the TemplePassover ObservancePassover Observance

2 Chronicles 30:1Now Hezekiah sent to all Israel

and Judah and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to the LORD God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 30:6 And the couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the command of the king, saying, "O sons of Israel, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that He may return to those of you who escaped and are left from the hand of the kings of Assyria.

HezekiahHezekiah

Restoration of the TempleRestoration of the TemplePassover ObservancePassover Observance

ManasehManaseh

AmonAmon

IdolatryIdolatryBabylonBabylon

Restoration of worshipersRestoration of worshipersSennacherib’s InvasionSennacherib’s Invasion

2 Chronicles 34:1-22 Chronicles 34:1-2 1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

2 And he did right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of his father David and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

2 Chronicles 34:3-42 Chronicles 34:3-4 3 For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, the carved images, and the molten images.

4 And they tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars that were high above them he chopped down; also the Asherim, the carved images, and the molten images he broke in pieces and ground to powder and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

2 Chronicles 34:6-72 Chronicles 34:6-7 6 And in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, even as far as Naphtali, in their surrounding ruins, 7 he also tore down the altars and beat the Asherim and the carved images into powder, and chopped down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Assyria

Babylon

Medes

Scythians

Carchemish

EGYPT

Megiddo

Josiah

ZedekiahJoahaz Eliakim(Jehoiakim)

Jeconiah(Jehoiachin)

AmosAmos

The Prophet of Social JusticeThe Prophet of Social Justice

610 600 590 580 570 560 550 540 530

Kings of Judah

Obadiah?

Jeremiah

Daniel

Ezekiel

Zephaniah

Habakkuk

Joel? Jerusalem & Temple Destroyed

ReturnfromExile

Babylonian Captivity

Medes

Persians

Lydians

Babylon