Category: Daily Reading

Ezra 1–2 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he issued a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,…

2 Chronicles 34–36 1 And Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he was king for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was correct in the eyes of the Lord, and he walked in the ways of David his father and did not turn either to the right…

2 Chronicles 32–33 1 After these things and these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came to Judah and encamped against the fortified cities thinking that he would break through them for himself. 2 When Hezekiah observed that Sennacherib had come and that he turned to war against Jerusalem, 3 he consulted with his…

2 Chronicles 28–29 1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he was king in Jerusalem for sixteen years. And he did not do what was correct in the eyes of the Lord as David his father. 2 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and he…

2 Chronicles 23–24 1 Then in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders over hundreds: Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zikri. 2 And they went throughout Judah and gathered…

2 Chronicles 19–20 1 But Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned to his palace in Jerusalem in peace. 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and he said to King Jehoshaphat, “How do you help those who are wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this,…

2 Chronicles 17–18 1 Then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and he grew strong against Israel. 2 He put an army in all the fortified cities of Judah and set military garrisons in the land of Judah, even in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured. 3 Now the Lord…