Month: February 2026

Hezekiah Rules in Judah, 2 Chronicles Chapter 29

Hezekiah was twenty-nine years old when he became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his ancestor David had done

In the very first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah reopened the doors of the Temple of the Lord and repaired them. He summoned the priests and Levites to meet him at the courtyard east of the Temple. He said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Purify yourselves and purify the Temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove all the defiled things from the sanctuary. Our ancestors were unfaithful and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord our God. They abandoned the Lord and His dwelling place; they turned their backs on Him. They also shut the doors of the Temple’s entry room, and they snuffed our the lamps. They stopped burning incense and presenting burnt offerings at the sanctuary of the God of Israel. (vv. 1-7, NLT)

Jotham Rules in Judah, 2 Chronicles Chapter 28

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years. His mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Jadok.

Jotham did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight. He did everything his father, Uzziah had done, except that Jotham did not sin by entering the Temple of the Lord. But the people continued in their corrupt ways. (vv. 1-2, NLT)

King Jotham became very powerful because he was careful to live in obedience to the Lord his God.

The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, including all his wars and other activities, are recorded in The Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. He was twenty-five years old when he became king and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. When Jotham died, he was buried in the City of David. And his son, Ahaz became the next king. (vv. 6-9, NLT)

Uzziah’s Sin and Punishment, 2 Chronicles, Chapter 26

But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the Lord by entering the sanctuary of the Lord’s Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar. Azariah the high priest came after him with eighty other priests of the Lord, all brave men. They confronted Uzziah and said, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is the work of the priests alone, the descendants of Aaron who are set apart for this work. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have sinned. The Lord will not honor you for this!”

Uzziah, who was holding an incense burner, became furious. But he as he was standing there raging before the priest at the incense altar in the Lord’s Temple, leprosy suddenly broke out on his forehead. When the Azariah the high priest and al the other priests saw the leprosy, they rushed him out. And the king himself was eager to get out because the Lord had struck him. So King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house, for the was excluded from the Temple of the Lord. His son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land. (vv. 16-21, NLT)

Uzziah Rules in Judah, 2 Chronicles Chapter 26

All the people of Judah had crowned Amaziah’s sixteen-year-old son, Uzziah as king in place of his father. After his father’s death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath and restored it to Judah.

Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem. He did was was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his father, Amaziah had done. Uzziah sought God during the days of Zechariah, who taught him to fear God. And as long as the king sought guidance from the Lord, God gave him success. (vv. 1-3, NLT)

Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows and sling stones. And he built structures in the walls of Jerusalem, designed by experts to protect those who shot arrows and hurled sling stones. His fame spread far and wide, for the Lord gave him marvelous help, and he became very powerful. (v. 11-15, NLT)

Amaziah Rules Judah, Chronicles Chapter 25

Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem. Amazaiah did what was pleasing to the Lord’s sight, but not whoehartedly.

When Amaziah was well established as king, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father [Joash]. However, he did not kill the children of the assassins, for he obeyed the command of the Lord as written by Moses in the Book of the Law: “Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor children for the sins of their parents. Those deserving to die must be put to death for their own crimes.” (vv. 1-4, NLT)

When King Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought with him idols taken from the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed in front of them, and offer sacrifices to them! This made the Lord very angry, and he set a prophet to ask, “Why do you turn to gods who could not even save their own people from you?”

But the king interrupted him and said, “Sine when have I made you the king’s counselor? Be quiet before I have you killed!”

So the prophet stopped with his warning: “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have refused to accept my counsel.” (vv 14-16, NLT)

Jehoiadia’s Reforms Refused, 2 Chronicles, Chapter 24

But after Jehoiadia’s death, the leaders of Judah came and bowed before King Joash and persuaded him to listen to their advice. They decided to abandon the Temple of the Lord the God of their ancestors, and they worshiped Asherah pole and idols instead! Because of this sin, divine anger fell on Judah and Jerusalem. Yet the Lord sent prophets to bring then back to Him. The prophets warned them, but still the people would not listen.

Then the Spirit of God came to Zechariah, and King Joash order that they stone him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s Temple. This was how King Joash paid Jehoida for his loyalty-killing his son. Zechariah’s last words as he died there were: “May the Lord see what they are doing and avenge my death!” (vv. 17-22, NLT)

Joash Repairs the Temple, 2 Chronicles Chapter 24

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother was Zibiah from Beersheba. Joash did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight throughout the lifetime of Jehoidada the priest. Jehoiada chose two wives for Joash, and he had sons and daughters. As one point Joash decided to repair and restore the Temple of the Lord. He summoned the priests and Levites and gave them these instructions: “Go to all the towns of Judah and collect the required annual offerings so that we can repair the Temple of your God. Do not delay!” But the Levites did not act immediately. (vv. 1-5 NLT)

Over the years the followers of the wicked Athaliah had broken into the Temple of God, and they had used all the dedicated things from the Temple of the Lord to worship the image of Baal.

So the king ordered a chest to be made and set outside the gate leading to. the Temple of the Lord. Then a proclamation was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem, telling the people to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, the servant of God, had required of the Israelites in the wilderness. This pleased all the leaders and the people, and they gladly brought their money and filled the chest with it. (vv. 7-10, NLT)