Discovery Box| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:29 |
| The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem. 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:30 |
| The king went up to the Lord’s temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the Levites. All the people were there, from the oldest to the youngest. He read aloud all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the Lord’s temple. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:31 |
| The king stood by his pillar 1 and renewed 2 the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow 3 the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, 4 by carrying out the terms 5 of this covenant recorded on this scroll. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:32 |
| He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. 1 The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 34:33 |
| Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged 1 all who were in Israel to worship the Lord their God. Throughout the rest of his reign 2 they did not turn aside from following the Lord God of their ancestors. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 35:2 |
| He appointed the priests to fulfill their duties and encouraged them to carry out their service in the Lord’s temple. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 35:3 |
| He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the Lord, “Place the holy ark in the temple which King Solomon son of David of Israel built. Don’t carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel! |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 35:6 |
| Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your countrymen to do what the Lord commanded through Moses.” 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 35:10 |
| Preparations were made, 1 and the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions as prescribed by the king. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 35:16 |
| So all the preparations for the Lord’s service were made that day, as the Passover was observed and the burnt sacrifices were offered on the altar of the Lord, as prescribed by King Josiah. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 35:22 |
| But Josiah did not turn back from him; 1 he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously 2 the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo. 3 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 36:12 |
| He did evil in the sight of 1 the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, the Lord’s spokesman. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 36:15 |
| The Lord God of their ancestors 1 continually warned them through his messengers, 2 for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 36:16 |
| But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, 1 and ridiculed his prophets. 2 Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. 3 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 36:21 |
| This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. 1 The land experienced 2 its sabbatical years; 3 it remained desolate for seventy years, 4 as prophesied. 5 |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 36:22 |
| In the first year of the reign of 1 King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, 2 the Lord moved 3 King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom. |
| (1.00) | 2Ch 36:23 |
| It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem 1 in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” 2 |
| (1.00) | Ezr 1:1 |
| 1 In the first 2 year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the Lord’s message 3 spoken through 4 Jeremiah, 5 the Lord stirred the mind 6 of King Cyrus of Persia. He disseminated 7 a proclamation 8 throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict 9 the following: |
| (1.00) | Ezr 1:2 |
| “Thus says King Cyrus of Persia: “‘The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has instructed me to build a temple 1 for him in Jerusalem, 2 which is in Judah. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 2:62 |
| They 1 searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them. 2 They were therefore excluded 3 from the priesthood. |
