Sermon on 2 Chronicles
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 1:1-17
I Chronicles brought us up unto the death of David, and II Chronicles begins with the reign of Saul and it covers the remaining history of the kings of Judah. Now this is the chronicles of the kings of Judah.
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 2:1-18
Now Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out [or counted out] seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men to cut trees out of the forest, and three thousand six hundred men to oversee them (2Ch 2:1-2).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 3:1-17
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign (2Ch 3:1-2).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 4:1-14
Moreover he made an altar of brass, that was thirty feet long, and thirty feet wide, and it was fifteen feet high (2Ch 4:1).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 5:1-14
And all of the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 6:1-42
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness (2Ch 6:1).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 7:1-22
And when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house (2Ch 7:1).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 8:1-18
Now it came to pass at the end of twenty years, that Solomon had built both the house of the LORD, and his own palace (2Ch 8:1),
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 9:1-31
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with difficult questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance,
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 10:1-19
The children of Israel have been brought out of Egypt by Moses. Through the leadership of Joshua they were brought into the land that God had promised to their fathers, Abraham and Jacob. For a period of time in the land they were ruled by judges.
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 12:1-16
It came to pass [chapter twelve], when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him (2Ch 12:1).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 13:1-22
And he reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam (2Ch 13:2).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 14:1-15
The land was quiet for ten years. Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: he took away the altars of the strange gods, the high places, he broke down the images, and cut down the groves: and he commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment (2Ch 14:1-4).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 15:1-19
The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: and he went out to meet Asa, and he said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you (2Ch 15:1-2).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 16:1-14
In the thirty-sixth year of his reign, Baasha who was now the king of Israel started to fortify the city of Ramah, north of Jerusalem, in order that he might cut off all of the trade that is coming into Judah or all of the trade that would go out (2Ch 16:1).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 17:1-19
At his death his son Jehoshaphat took over the throne. Jehoshaphat was a very good king and God strengthened him.
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 18:1-34
Now Jehoshaphat had these riches and honor in abundance, and [for some reason,] he joined affinity with Ahab (2Ch 18:1).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 19:1-11
We are dealing at the present time in this area of scripture with the reign of Jehoshaphat, king over Judah. For the most part, Jehoshaphat was a good king. He did develop many spiritual reforms.
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 20:1-37
Now in chapter 20, it records how that at this time three nations had gathered together to fight against Judah. The nation of Moab and Ammon, and those of Mount Seir, which would have been the Edomites.
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 21:1-20
Now Jehoshaphat died, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. And he had brothers who were also sons of Jehoshaphat [and it names several of the brothers].
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 22:1-12
Now the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son (2Ch 22:1)
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 23:1-21
And so chapter 23, Joash, this one son that escaped the sword of Athaliah, escaped the assassination attempts. When he was seven years old the priest Jehoiada called together the captains of the people of Judah and the chief men.
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 24:1-27
In verse 15 of chapter 24, find Jehoiada, the priest that exercised such a good influence, died in a ripe old age of a hundred and thirty years.
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 25:1-28
Amaziah [the son of Joash] began to reign, he was twenty-five years old when he began to reign. He reigned for twenty-nine years. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a complete heart. It came to pass, when the kingdom was established (2Ch 25:1-3)
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 26:1-23
Chapter 26 we find the beginning of the reign of Uzziah. Now he was only sixteen years old when he began to reign and he had one of the longest reigns outside of Manasseh, the longest reign of any king in Israel. He reigned for some fifty-one years. Uzziah was a good king. Uzziah was a popular king. Uzziah became a powerful king.
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 27:1-9
Twenty-five years old when he began to reign, reigned for sixteen years. He did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, just like his father Uzziah: however he didn't enter into the temple. But the people under him began to do corruptly (2Ch 27:1-2).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 28:1-27
We are now moving into the final stages of the deterioration of this nation prior to its destruction. Ahaz is now the king.
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 29:1-36
Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years (2Ch 29:1)
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 30:1-27
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and to Judah, they wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, [this is up in the northern] that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto Jehovah God of Israel.
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 31:1-21
Now when all this was finished, all of Israel and those that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and they broke the images in pieces, they cut down the groves, they threw down the high places, the altars from Judah, Benjamin, in Ephraim and in Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities (2Ch 31:1).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 32:1-33
Sennacherib, the king of Assyria was coming against them, he entered into Judah, and he encamped against the fenced cities, he thought to win them for himself. And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, he took counsel with the princes and with his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him (2Ch 32:1-3).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 33:1-25
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, he reigned for fifty-five years (2Ch 33:1)
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 34:1-33
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, [which means he was sixteen years old] he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images (2Ch 34:3).
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 35:1-27
The death of Josiah is declared in the latter part of chapter 35. And what had happened is that the king of Egypt had come into the land and was fighting up in the area of Megiddo and Josiah went up against him.
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 36:1-23
He was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for only three months in Jerusalem. And the king of Egypt came up, conquered him, and took him back as a captive to Egypt and made Eliakim his brother the king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, he reigned eleven years: he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God. And against him came Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon (2Ch 36:2-6).