2 Chronicles: the book was written
byEzra
The book has a total of 36
chapters, 822 verses and 26,069 words.
It gives a chronological account of
the different Kings that ruled in Israel and then. After the death of King
Solomon, the united Kingdom of Israel was divided into two with Rehoboam, a hardworking
servant of King Solomon taking 10 tribes and retained the name Israel and
Rehoboam the son of King Solomon, took
Judah and Benjamin.
This occurrence even corroborates
what King Solomon said (Because to every purpose there is time and judgment,
therefore the misery of man is great upon him. For he knoweth not that which
shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? Ecclesiastes 8: 6 and 7)
In the land of Judah, the following
were the name of Kings that ruled: Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehosaphat, Jehoram,
Ahaziah, Jehoash, Amaziah, Uzziah, Jotham, Aham, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon,
Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah
In the land of Israel, the
following were the name of Kings that ruled: Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, Zimri,
Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah, Jehoram, Jehu, Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, Zechariah,
Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, HOshea
WHAT
WE LEARN
1. One
thing was common whenever a King fears and honours God the covenant of peace
and rest was given to him by God
2. Sometimes
a present King serve the Lord whole heartedly but the immediate King goes into
great sin
3. Sometimes
a present King disobeys the Lord whole heartedly but the immediate King goes
into great obedience
4. A
king disobeys God and live long; another disobeys God and lives a short life.
The King that lived long have the opportunity to repent, the King that died
early die in rebellion to God
5. God
always send warning before destruction
6. Some
King serves the Lord while a Priest was alive but after the demise of the
Priest the King backslides.
7. Some
King serve the Lord but not with a perfect heart
8. Sin
is punished and Righteousness is rewarded
9. The
King that opens their treasury to the enemy lost it to the enemy
10. The
Kings that trusted in other Kings were destroyed and reprimanded by God for
putting their trust in man
11. Israel
descended from Grace to grass
OUR
TAKE AWAY
1. Serve
God faithfully and He will give us His covenant of peace and rest.
2. We
should not compare others to ourselves because we are individually answerable
to God
3. No
matter how long God postpone his judgment on our sinful behaviour one day our
hen will come to roost and God’s judgment will be passed on all sinners.
4. Never
allow the enemy to infiltrate your God given space lest you lose the space to
the enemy
5. Never
put your trust in man (Psalm 118 : 7 and 8)
6. Israel
sudden descend from Grace to grass shows that anyone can descend once we look
away from God
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