2 Chronicles 20:37   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 20)

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.

2 Chronicles 21:12   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 21)

Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet, which said: "This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: 'You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 21:13   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 21)

But you have followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and you have led Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, members of your own family, men who were better than you.

2 Chronicles 21:14   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 21)

So now the Lord is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives and everything that is yours, with a heavy blow.

2 Chronicles 21:15   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 21)

You yourself will be very ill with a lingering disease of the bowels, until the disease causes your bowels to come out.' "

2 Chronicles 21:17   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 21)

They attacked Judah, invaded it and carried off all the goods found in the king's palace, together with his sons and wives. Not a son was left to him except Ahaziah, the youngest.

2 Chronicles 22:1   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 22)

The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram's youngest son, king in his place, since the raiders, who came with the Arabs into the camp, had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.

2 Chronicles 23:4   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 23)

Now this is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who are going on duty on the Sabbath are to keep watch at the doors,

2 Chronicles 23:5   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 23)

a third of you at the royal palace and a third at the Foundation Gate, and all the others are to be in the courtyards of the temple of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 24:5   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 24)

He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, "Go to the towns of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the temple of your God. Do it now." But the Levites did not act at once.

2 Chronicles 24:6   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 24)

Therefore the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, "Why haven't you required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the Lord and by the assembly of Israel for the tent of the covenant law?"

2 Chronicles 24:20   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 24)

Then the Spirit of God came on 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.' "

2 Chronicles 24:22   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 24)

King Joash did not remember the kindness Zechariah's father Jehoiada had shown him but killed his son, who said as he lay dying, "May the Lord see this and call you to account."

2 Chronicles 25:7   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 25)

But a man of God came to him and said, "Your Majesty, these troops from Israel must not march with you, for the Lord is not with Israel-not with any of the people of Ephraim.

2 Chronicles 25:8   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 25)

Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow."

2 Chronicles 25:9   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 25)

Amaziah asked the man of God, "But what about the hundred talents I paid for these Israelite troops?" The man of God replied, "The Lord can give you much more than that."

2 Chronicles 25:15   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 25)

The anger of the Lord burned against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, "Why do you consult this people's gods, which could not save their own people from your hand?"

2 Chronicles 25:16   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 25)

While he was still speaking, the king said to him, "Have we appointed you an adviser to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?" So the prophet stopped but said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel."

2 Chronicles 25:18   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 25)

But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: "A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, 'Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot.

2 Chronicles 25:19   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 25)

You say to yourself that you have defeated Edom, and now you are arrogant and proud. But stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?"

2 Chronicles 26:18   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 26)

They confronted King Uzziah and said, "It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the Lord God."

2 Chronicles 28:9   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 28)

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 ancestors, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches to heaven.

2 Chronicles 28:10   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 28)

And now you intend to make the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem your slaves. But aren't you also guilty of sins against the Lord your God?

2 Chronicles 28:11   (Read all of 2 Chronicles 28)

Now listen to me! Send back your fellow Israelites you have taken as prisoners, for the Lord's fierce anger rests on you."