From Nehemiah 4-6 After building the wall, Nehemiah finds out the rich of Israel had been oppressing the poor. He calls them in, instructs them to stop and warns them of the LORD’s judgment. The [ Read More … ]
From Ezra 8-10 Ezra has a long and dangerous journey ahead of him. He is offered protection from the Persians, but he has told them the LORD is with those who seek him and is [ Read More … ]
From Ezra 1-3 Introduction The book of Ezra begins where 2 Chronicles ends. As prophesied by Isaiah (Isa. 44:28), the Persian King Cyrus had sent exiles led by Zerubbabel back to Jerusalem in 538 B.C. [ Read More … ]
From 2 Chronicles 32-34 Manasseh led Judah and Jerusalem astray. He undid all the reforms of Hezekiah. Established places of worship for foreign god’s. Particularly the Egyptian ‘host of heaven’. He even burned his own [ Read More … ]
From 2 Chronicles 25-27 Amaziah is early on depicted as a good and trusting king. He trusted in the LORD and won over his enemies. But afterward he abandoned God. His example shows that God’s [ Read More … ]
From 2 Chronicles 18-20 Jehoshaphat and Ahab, kings of Judah and Israel hears the prophecies of four hundred prophets. They all give them a message they want to hear. Jehoshaphat wants to hear something something [ Read More … ]
From 2 Chronicles 9-12 After Solomons death, his son Rehoboam was approached by the representative of the people of Israel. They felt burdened the harsh labour imposed on them and asked that it be lightened. [ Read More … ]
From 2 Chronicles 2-5 Solomon begins to build the house of the LORD. The temple. At the start of the passage we find out the temple will be built on a place that has special [ Read More … ]
From 2 Chronicles 1 Solomon’s first act as king after establishing his kingdom is to call all Israel together and go to Gibeon where the tent of meeting is. There they offer a thousand burnt [ Read More … ]
From 1 Chronicles 25-27 Today we look at a dry set of records which detail the leaders of the tribes of Israel under David’s rule. In among the record is an off the cuff reference [ Read More … ]