December 20, 2022 Ezra 1 Cyrus’s Proclamation 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah,…
December 19, 2022 2 Chronicles 36:11-23 Zedekiah Rules in Judah 11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 He did evil in the…
December 15, 2022 2 Chronicles 36:1-10 Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, then Jehoiachin Rule 36 Then the people of the land took [a]Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his…
December 14, 2022 2 Chronicles 35:20-27 Josiah Dies in Battle 20 After all this, when Josiah had set the [d]temple in order, Neco king of Egypt came up to make war at Carchemish…
December 13, 2022 2 Chronicles 35:1-19 The Passover Observed Again 35 Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover animals on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 He set the priests in…
December 12, 2022 2 Chronicles 34:14-33 Hilkiah Discovers Lost Book of the Law 14 When they were bringing out the money which had been brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the…
December 9, 2022 2 Chronicles 34 1-13 Josiah Succeeds Amon in Judah 34 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2 He did right in the sight…
December 8, 2022 2 Chronicles 33:10-25 Manasseh’s Idolatry Rebuked 10 The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. 11 Therefore the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria…
December 7, 2022 2 Chronicles 33:1-9 Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah in Judah 33 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 He did evil in…
December 6, 2022 2 Chronicles 32:20-33 Hezekiah’s Prayer Is Answered 20 But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed about this and cried out to heaven. 21 And the Lord sent…