Discovery Box| (1.00) | 2Ch 33:10 |
| The Lord confronted 1 Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 33:16 |
| He erected the altar of the Lord and offered on it peace offerings and thank offerings. He told the people of 1 Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 33:18 |
| The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the prophets 1 spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are recorded 2 in the Annals of the Kings of Israel. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 33:19 |
| The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the Lord responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself. 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 33:22 |
| He did evil in the sight of 1 the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped 2 them. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:4 |
| He ordered the altars of the Baals to be torn down, 1 and broke the incense altars that were above them. He smashed the Asherah poles, idols and images, crushed them up and sprinkled the dust over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:10 |
| They handed it over to the construction foremen 1 assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn paid the temple workers to restore and repair it. 2 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:11 |
| They gave money to the craftsmen and builders to buy chiseled stone and wood for the braces and rafters of the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into disrepair. 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:12 |
| The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam (descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians, |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:13 |
| supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. 1 Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:16 |
| Shaphan brought the scroll to the king and reported, 1 “Your servants are doing everything assigned to them. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:17 |
| They melted down the silver in the Lord’s temple 1 and handed it over to the supervisors of the construction foremen.” |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:19 |
| When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:21 |
| “Go, seek an oracle from 1 the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about 2 the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, 3 because our ancestors 4 have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!” 5 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:23 |
| and she said to them: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Say this to the man who sent you to me: |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:24 |
| “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which they read before the king of Judah. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:25 |
| This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices 1 to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made. 2 My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!’” |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:26 |
| Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard: |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:27 |
| ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit 1 and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:28 |
| ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. 1 You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king. |
