Discovery Box| (0.60) | 2Ch 26:3 |
| Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. 1 His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem. |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 26:11 |
| Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official. |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 26:20 |
| When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at 1 him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king 2 himself wanted to leave quickly because the Lord had afflicted him. |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 26:23 |
| Uzziah passed away 1 and was buried near his ancestors 2 in a cemetery 3 belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) 4 His son Jotham replaced him as king. |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 28:1 |
| Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 1 He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. 2 |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 28:3 |
| He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, 1 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 2 whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites. |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 28:5 |
| The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians 1 defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. 2 He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him. 3 |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 28:12 |
| So some of 1 the Ephraimite family leaders, Azariah son of Jehochanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jechizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai confronted 2 those returning from the battle. |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 28:26 |
| The rest of the events of Ahaz’s reign, including his accomplishments from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 1 |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 28:27 |
| Ahaz passed away 1 and was buried in the City of David; 2 they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king. |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 29:1 |
| Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 1 His mother was Abijah, 2 the daughter of Zechariah. |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 29:7 |
| They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel. |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 29:15 |
| They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the Lord’s temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word 1 of the Lord. |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 29:19 |
| We have prepared and consecrated all the items that King Ahaz removed during his reign when he acted unfaithfully. They are in front of the altar of the Lord.” |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 29:24 |
| Then the priests slaughtered them. They offered their blood as a sin offering on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had decreed 1 that the burnt sacrifice and sin offering were for all Israel. |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 29:27 |
| Hezekiah ordered the burnt sacrifice to be offered on the altar. As they began to offer the sacrifice, they also began to sing to the Lord, accompanied by the trumpets and the musical instruments of King David of Israel. |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 29:35 |
| There was a large number of burnt sacrifices, as well as fat from the peace offerings and drink offerings that accompanied the burnt sacrifices. So the service of the Lord’s temple was reinstituted. 1 |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 30:8 |
| Now, don’t be stubborn 1 like your fathers! Submit 2 to the Lord and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the Lord your God so that he might relent from his raging anger. 3 |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 30:17 |
| Because many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites slaughtered 1 the Passover lambs of all who were ceremonially unclean and could not consecrate their sacrifice to the Lord. 2 |
| (0.60) | 2Ch 30:21 |
| The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the Lord every day with all their might. 1 |
