In The Word: 2 Chronicles 30:18-27 - "Spiritual Healing Comes First - Part 2"

2 Chronicles 30:18-27 New International Version 18 Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the Lord, who is good, pardon e…

In The Word: 2 Chronicles 30:3-12 - "Spiritual Healing Comes First"

2 Chronicles 30:1-12 King James Version 30 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel. 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, a…

In The Word: 2 Chronicles 30:1-8 - "Spiritual Healing Comes First"

2 Chronicles 30:1-8New International VersionHezekiah Celebrates the Passover 30 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. 2 The k…

In the Word: 2 Chronicles 30:1-3 - "Spiritual Healing Comes First"

2 Chronicles 30:1-3 New International Version Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover 30 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. 2 Th…

In The Word: 2 Chronicles 29:29-36 - "A Good Response - Part 2"

2 Chronicles 29:29-36 New International Version 29 When the offerings were finished, the king and everyone present with him knelt down and worshiped. 30 King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with g…

In The Word: 2 Chronicles 29:27-30 - "A Good Response - Part 2"

2 Chronicles 29:27-30 New International Version 27 Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. As the offering began, singing to the Lord began also, accompanied by trumpets and the instruments of David king of Israel. 28 The whole assembly bowed in worship, while the mus…

In the Word: 2 Chronicles 29:20-26 - "A Good Response"

2 Chronicles 29:20-26 New International Version 20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials together and went up to the temple of the Lord. 21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs and seven male goats as a sin offering[a] for the kingdom, for the sanctuary…

In The Word: 2 Chronicles 29:4-11 - "How To Rebuild What's Been Ruined"

2 Chronicles 29:4-11 New International Version 4 He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side 5 and said: “Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the s…

In The Word: 2 Chronicles 28:20-27 - "How To Ruin A Good Thing - Part 2"

2 Chronicles 28:20-27New International Version 20 Tiglath-Pileser[a] king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help. 21 Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace and from the officials and presented them to the king of Assyria, but tha…

in The Word: 2 Chronicles 28:16-22 - "How To Ruin A Good Thing - Part 2"

2 Chronicles 28:16-22 New International Version 16 At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings[a] of Assyria for help. 17 The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away prisoners, 18 while the Philistines had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and …