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2 Chronicles 20-26 May4-10 Answers...

4/ 2 Chronicles 20

The word from the Lord was “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but whose?

2 Chron 20:15 He said: "Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the LORD says to you: 'Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's. NIV

How long did it take to collect the plunder?

Chron 20:25 So Jehoshaphat and his men went to carry off their plunder, and they found among them a great amount of equipment and clothing and also articles of value-more than they could take away. There was so much plunder that it took three days to collect it. 

What happened to the ships that Jehoshaphat had made?

2 Chron 20:37 Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because you have made an alliance with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy what you have made." The ships were wrecked and were not able to set sail to trade. NIV

5\2 Chronicles 21

Why was Jehoram given the kingdom?

2 Chron 21:3 Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and articles of value, as well as fortified cities in Judah, but he had given the kingdom to Jehoram because he was his firstborn son. NIV

What did King Jehoram do to his brothers?

2 Chron 21:4 When Jehoram established himself firmly over his father's kingdom, he put all his brothers to the sword along with some of the princes of Israel. NIV

What disease did the wicked King Jehoram die of?

2 Chron 21:18 After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels. 19 In the course of time, at the end of the second year, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great pain. His people made no fire in his honor, as they had for his fathers. NIV

6\2 Chronicles 22

Who encouraged King Ahaziah to do wrong?

2 Chron 22:3 He too walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him in doing wrong. NIV

Who was anointed by the Lord to destroy the house of Ahab?

2 Chron 22:7 Through Ahaziah's visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah's downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. NIV

Who hid Joash from Athaliah?

2 Chron 22:11 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah's sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him.NIV

7\2 Chronicles 23 

Who was allowed to enter the temple of the Lord?

2 Chron 23:6 No one is to enter the temple of the LORD except the priests and Levites on duty; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the other men are to guard what the LORD has assigned to them. NIV

Who was the priest of Baal?

2 Chron 23:17 All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. NIV

Why was the city quiet?

2 Chron 23:21 and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword.NIV

8\2 Chronicles 24

How old was Joash when he became king?

2 Chron 24:1 Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother's name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. NIV

Were the officials and the people glad to give contributions?

2 Chron 24:10 All the officials and all the people brought their contributions gladly, dropping them into the chest until it was full. NIV

What did they do to Zechariah?

2 Chron 24:20 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, "This is what God says: 'Why do you disobey the LORD's commands? You will not prosper. Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.'" 21 But they plotted against him, and by order of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD's temple. NIV

9\2 Chronicles 25

Did Amaziah do what was right in the eyes of the Lord wholeheartedly?

2 Chron 25:25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly. 

What did Amaziah do with the gods of the Edomites?

2 Chron 25:14 When Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down to them and burned sacrifices to them.NIV

Did Amaziah die of natural causes?

2 Chron 25:27 From the time that Amaziah turned away from following the LORD, they conspired against him in Jerusalem and he fled to Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there. NIV

10\2 Chronicles 26

Who was sixteen who was crowned king?

2 Chron 26:1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.NIV

What happened after Uzziah became proud?

2 Chron 26:16 But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. NIV

How long did Uzziah have leprosy?

2 Chron 26:21 King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house 

2 Chronicles 27-33 May11-17 Answers

11\2 Chronicles 27

What was Jotham’s mothers name?

2 Chron 27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother's name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. NIV

Why did King Jotham grow to be powerful?

2 Chron 27:6 Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the LORD his God. 

Who became king after Jotham?

2 Chron 27:9 Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king. NIV

12\2 Chronicles 28

Who was the prophet of the Lord?

2 Chron 28:9 But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, "Because the LORD, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches to heaven.NIV

When King Ahaz was in trouble, did he become more unfaithful?

2 Chron 28:22 In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD. NIV

What did King Ahaz do with the doors of the Lord’s temple?

2 Chron 28:24 Ahaz gathered together the furnishings from the temple of God and took them away. He shut the doors of the LORD's temple and set up altars at every street corner in Jerusalem. NIV

13\2 Chronicles 29

How old was Hezekiah when he became king?

2 Chron 29:1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. What did King Hezekiah do with the doors of the temple of the Lord?

2 Chron 29:3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the temple of the LORD and repaired them. NIV

Who commanded instruments in the temple of the Lord?

2 Chron 29:25 He stationed the Levites in the temple of the LORD with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David and Gad the king's seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the LORD through his prophets.NIV

14\2 Chronicles 30 

Who did Hezekiah invite to come to the temple?

2 Chron 30:1 Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting them to come to the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel. NIV

What did some of the people do to the couriers?

2 Chron 30:10 The couriers went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and ridiculed them. 11 Nevertheless, some men of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and went to Jerusalem. 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the LORD. NIV

Did God hear the prayers of the priests and the Levites?

2 Chron 30:27 The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place. NIV

15\2 Chronicles 31

What did the Israelites do before they returned to their own towns?

2 Chron 31:1 When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property. 

What caused Hezekiah to praise the Lord and bless his people Israel?

2 Chron 31:6 The men of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the LORD their God, and they piled them in heaps. 7 They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month. 8 When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and blessed his people Israel. NIV

Why did King Hezekiah prosper?

2 Chron 31:21 In everything that he undertook in the service of God's temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered. 

16\ 2 Chronicles 32

Who invaded Judah?

2 Chron 32:1 After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself. 

Who killed Sennacherib?

2 Chron 32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the leaders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons cut him down with the sword. NIV

What saved Hezekiah from the wrath of God?

2 Chron 32:24 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the LORD, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign. 25 But Hezekiah's heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the LORD's wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem. 26 Then Hezekiah repented of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the LORD's wrath did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah. 

17\2 Chronicles 33

How old was Manasseh when he became king?

2 Chron 33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. NIV

What was put in Manasseh’s nose?

2 Chron 33:11 So the LORD brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon. NIV

Amon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, but did not _______ himself before the Lord.

2 Chron 33:22 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped and offered sacrifices to all the idols Manasseh had made. 23 But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble himself before the LORD; Amon increased his guilt. 









 

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