12/09/2011

Annotated Outline of 2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles
  1. Reign of Solomon: forty years (1 Ki. 2:12-4:31; 1 Chr. 23:1; 29:23)  (1:1-17)
    1. Solomon established as king  (1:1)
    2. Solomon offers $325,000 worth of sacrifices at Gibeon where the old tabernacle was (1 Chr. 21:28-29; 1 Ki. 3:4)  (1:2-6)
    3. Solomon prays for wisdom (1 Ki. 3:5)  (1:7-10)
    4. God pleased: wisdom given (1 Ki. 3:10-15)  (1:11-12)
    5. Solomon's glory and riches (1 Ki. 9:10-10:29)  (1:13-17)
  2. Preparations for building the temple (1 Ki. 5)  (2:1-18)
    1. The workers: 153,600 men, all foreigners (2 Chr. 2:17-18; 8:7-10)  (2:1-2)
    2. Request of Hiram for cedar (1 Ki. 5; cp. 1 Chr. 14:1)  (2:3-10)
    3. Hiram grants Solomon's request (1 Ki. 5:7-12)  (2:11-16)
    4. Number of foreigners in Israel: 153,600 workers on the temple (2 Chr. 2:2; 8:7-10)  (2:17-18)
  3. Building the temple (1 Ki. 6)  (3:1-17)
    1. Date and place (Gen. 22:2; 2 Sam. 24:18; 1 Chr. 21:18)  (3:1-2)
    2. Temple dimensions: 41' 8" x 125' x 62' 6" high, including the porch  (3:3-4)
    3. Internal decorations of the temple (1 Ki. 6:14-36)  (3:5-7)
    4. The Holy of Holies (1 Ki. 6:19-36)  (3:8)
    5. The upper chambers  (3:9)
    6. Cherubim for the Holy of Holies (1 Ki. 6:33-38)  (3:10-13)
    7. Veil between the Holy and the Most Holy Place  (3:14)
    8. The two front pillars (1 Ki. 7:15-22)  (3:15-17)
  4. The brazen altar for the outer court before the temple entrance, 41' 8" square, 20' 10" high (1 Ki. 7)  (4:1-22)
    1. The brazen molten sea, 20' 10" across, 10' 5" high, 62' 6" around  (4:2-5)
    2. Ten lavers of brass on wheels (1 Ki. 7:38-40)  (4:6)
    3. Ten gold candlesticks, ten tables and one hundred gold basons  (4:7-8)
    4. The courts and doors of the temple  (4:9-10)
    5. Summary of the metal work of Hiram and where cast  (4:11-22)
  5. The temple completed  (5:1-14)
    1. Dedication of the temple (2 Chr. 5:2-7:11; 1 Ki. 8)  (5:2-3)
      1. Assembly of Israel's leaders  (5:2-3)
    2. The ark brought into the temple from Zion  (5:4-10)
    3. The glory of God appears (1 Ki. 8:1-11)  (5:11-14)
  6. Sermon of Solomon (1 Ki. 8:12-21; see Eccl. 1:1)  (6:1-42)
    1. The speaker's platform of brass 10' 5" square, 6' 3" high  (6:12-13)
    2. The dedication prayer (1 Ki. 8:22-53)  (6:14-15)
      1. A. God's faithfulness acknowledged  (6:14-15)
    3. B. Plea for continued faithfulness (1 Ki. 8:25)  (6:16-17)
    4. C. God's omnipresence (1 Ki. 8:27)  (6:18)
    5. D. Plea for answers to prayers uttered toward the temple (1 Ki. 8:28)  (6:19-21)
    6. E. Plea for just judgment (1 Ki. 8:31)  (6:22-23)
    7. F. Plea for forgiveness and restoration from captivity (1 Ki. 8:33)  (6:24-25)
    8. G. Plea for forgiveness and rain from heaven (1 Ki. 8:35)  (6:26-27)
    9. H. Plea for help in plague, war and sickness (1 Ki. 8:37)  (6:28-31)
    10. Plea for blessings on Gentiles seeking Israel's God (1 Ki. 8:41)  (6:32-33)
    11. J. Plea for help in war when no sin is committed  (6:34-35)
    12. K. Plea for help in war because of sin (1 Ki. 8:44,46)  (6:36-39)
    13. L. Plea for God's continual presence and blessing  (6:40-42)
  7. Divine acceptance of Solomon's prayer and sacrifices (Lev. 9:24, refs.)  (7:1-22)
    1. Solomon sacrifices $9,550,000 worth of animals to God (1 Ki. 8:62-64)  (7:4-7)
    2. Great feast of Israel (1 Ki. 8:65-66)  (7:8-11)
    3. Second appearance of God to Solomon (cp. 2 Chr. 1:7)  (7:12-16)
      1. God promises to answer all the prayer of 2 Chr. 6:14  (7:12-16)
    4. The Davidic Covenant of 2 Sam. 7:1-17; 1 Chr. 17:3-15 confirmed to Solomon (1 Ki. 9:1-9)  (7:17-18)
    5. Warning of judgment on people and temple (1 Ki. 9:6-9; Lev. 26; Dt. 28)  (7:19-22)
  8. Energy and fame of Solomon (1 Ki. 9:10-29)  (8:1-18)
    1. God's temple and his own palace finished (1 Ki. 9:1)  (8:1)
    2. Hiram gives back to Solomon his gift of twenty cities and Solomon rebuilds them for Israel (1 Ki. 9:11-13)  (8:2)
    3. Solomon conquers Hamath-zobah and builds cities  (8:3-6)
    4. Solomon makes all foreigners pay tribute and work (2 Chr. 2:1-2,17-18)  (8:7-9)
    5. Solomon had 250 chief officers over all Israel  (8:10)
    6. Solomon's reverence for sacred places and things  (8:11)
    7. Solomon's faithfulness in worship (cp. 1 Ki. 11:4)  (8:12-13)
    8. Solomon continues the religious policies (1 Chr. 23:2-26:28)  (8:14-16)
    9. Solomon's navy (1 Ki. 9:26): first navy of Israel (1 Ki. 22:48)  (8:17-18)
  9. Solomon's wisdom: queen of Sheba (1 Ki. 10:1-9)  (9:1-31)
    1. Solomon's riches (2 Chr. 9:9-11; 1 Ki. 10:9-29)  (9:13-27)
    2. Death of Solomon: accession of Rehoboam (1 Ki. 11:41-43)  (9:28-31)
  10. Reign of Rehoboam: 17 years (1 Ki. 12:1-24; 14:21-31)  (10:1-19)
    1. Accession and folly (1 Ki. 12:1-12)  (10:1-11)
    2. Fourth division of the kingdom: fourteenth civil strife (1 Ki. 12:16-24)  (10:12-19)
  11. Judah mobilized: civil war averted (1 Ki.12:21)  (11:1-23)
    1. Rehoboam's fortifications  (11:5-12)
    2. Priests and Levites in all Israel join Rehoboam because of Jeroboam's sins (1 Ki. 12:25-33)  (11:13-15)
    3. All the godly of the ten tribes also join Rehoboam because of Jeroboam's sins  (11:16)
    4. Rehoboam serves God only three years (2 Chr. 12:1; 1 Ki. 14:21)  (11:17)
    5. Rehoboam's family: seventy-eight wives and concubines and eighty-eight sons and daughters  (11:18-23)
  12. Rehoboam's apostasy (2 Chr. 11:17; 1 Ki. 14:21-24)  (12:1-16)
    1. Egyptian invasion of Judah (1 Ki. 14:25)  (12:2-4)
      1. All fortified cities fall except Jerusalem  (12:2-4)
    2. Shemaiah the prophet preaches: Rehoboam humbles himself  (12:5-6)
    3. Because of Rehoboam's repentance God spares him  (12:7-12)
    4. Length of Rehoboam's reign (1 Ki. 14:21)  (12:13-14)
    5. Death of Rehoboam: accession of Abijah (1 Ki. 14:31)  (12:15-16)
  13. Reign of Abijah (Abijam): 3 years (1 Ki. 15:1)  (13:1-22)
    1. Accession and reign  (13:1-2)
    2. War with Jeroboam: sermon of Abijah (1 Ki. 15:6)  (13:3-12)
    3. Abijah's victory: 500,000 of Israel slain  (13:13-20)
    4. Abijah's family: fourteen wives, thirty-eight sons and daughters  (13:21-22)
  14. Reign of Asa: forty-one years (1 Ki. 15:8)  (14:1-15)
    1. Accession and character: ten years of peace  (14:1-5)
    2. Asa's building program (1 Ki. 15:22)  (14:6-7)
    3. Asa's army: 580,000 men  (14:8)
    4. One million soldiers and three hundred chariots invade Judah  (14:9-10)
    5. Asa cries to God for help and God gives him victory  (14:11-15)
  15. God's message to Asa by Azariah the prophet  (15:1-19)
    1. Religious revival under Asa  (15:8)
      1. Obeys the prophet and puts away idolatry in Judah and renews God's worship  (15:8)
    2. Many of the ten tribes join Asa and covenant to serve God (cp. 2 Chr. 11:13-17)  (15:9-15)
    3. Asa removes his own mother as queen because of her idolatry  (15:16)
    4. Asa rededicates the temple vessels of his father: twenty-five years of peace (2 Chr. 15:1)  (15:17-19)
  16. War with Baasha: league with Syria (1 Ki. 15:16-22)  (16:1-14)
    1. Asa rebuked by the prophet Hanani for relying on Syria  (16:7-9)
    2. Asa rejects God's message and oppresses the people  (16:10-11)
    3. Sickness and death: again fails to trust in God  (16:12-14)
  17. Reign of Jehoshaphat: twenty-five years (1 Ki. 15:24; 22:2-50)  (17:1-18:34)
    1. Accession and character  (17:1-6)
    2. First revival under Jehoshaphat (cp. 2 Chr. 19:4-11)  (17:7-9)
    3. Jehoshaphat's growing power and prosperity  (17:10-13)
    4. Jehoshaphat's army: 1,160,000 men besides those in the fenced cities of Judah  (17:14-19)
    5. Alliance with Ahab to war against Syria (1 Ki. 22:1)  (18:1-3)
    6. Lying prophets of Ahab (1 Ki. 22:6-12)  (18:4-5)
    7. Jehoshaphat, unimpressed, asks for a true prophet: Micaiah sent for (1 Ki. 22:7)  (18:6-8)
    8. False prophets continue to prophecy lies (1 Ki. 22:10)  (18:9-11)
    9. Micaiah the prophet is advised to agree with the false prophets of Ahab (1 Ki. 22:13)  (18:12-13)
    10. Micaiah's ironic prophecy of Ahab's success: is rebuked by Ahab (1 Ki. 22:15)  (18:14-15)
    11. Micaiah's true prophecy (1 Ki. 22:17)  (18:16)
    12. Ahab also displeased with the true prophecy (2 Chr. 18:14-15; 1 Ki. 22:18)  (18:17)
    13. Micaiah's vision of the lying spirit in Ahab's prophets (1 Ki. 22:19-23)  (18:18-22)
    14. Clash of true and false prophets (1 Ki. 22:24-25; cp. Ex. 7:11,22; 8:7,18; Jer. 28)  (18:23-24)
    15. Micaiah sent back to prison (1 Ki. 22:26-27)  (18:25-26)
    16. Final prophecy of Micaiah to Ahab (1 Ki. 22:28)  (18:27)
    17. Battle of Ramoth-gilead: defeat and death of Ahab (1 Ki. 22:29-39)  (18:28-34)
  18. Jehu rebukes Jehoshaphat for his alliance with Ahab  (19:1-11)
    1. Second revival under Jehoshaphat (cp. 2 Chr. 17:7-9)  (19:4-11)
  19. Invasion of Judah by Moab, Ammon, and Edom  (20:1-37)
    1. Prayer and fasting for help from God  (20:1-4)
    2. Jehoshaphat's prayer  (20:5-13)
    3. God's answer by Jahaziel the prophet  (20:14-17)
    4. Worship of God for the prophecy of Jahaziel  (20:18-19)
    5. Jehoshaphat exhorts Judah to have faith in God and His prophets and to praise Jehovah  (20:20-21)
    6. Prophecy of 2 Chr. 20:15-17 fulfilled: miraculous defeat of Judah's enemies  (20:22-25)
    7. Great rejoicing in Judah because of God's help  (20:26-28)
    8. The fear of God falls upon other nations  (20:29-30)
    9. Jehoshaphat's reign and character (1 Ki. 22:41-47)  (20:31-34)
    10. Jehoshaphat's business venture with Ahaziah, king of Israel (1 Ki. 22:47-49): navy destroyed by God  (20:35-37)
  20. Reign of Jehoram: 8 years (2 Ki. 8:16-24)  (21:1-20)
    1. Death of Jehoshaphat: accession and character of Jehoram  (21:1-7)
    2. Revolt of Edom (2 Ki. 8:20)  (21:8-9)
    3. Revolt of Libnah (2 Ki. 8:22)  (21:10)
    4. Jehoram's apostasy  (21:11)
    5. Prophecy of Elijah of the sickness and death of Jehoram: eleventh miracle of Elijah (1 Ki. 22:50)  (21:12-15)
    6. Invasion of Judah by the Arabians and Philistines  (21:16-17)
    7. Jehoram's incurable disease and death (2 Ki. 8:24): prophecy of 2 Chr. 21:15 fulfilled  (21:18-20)
  21. Reign of Ahaziah: one year (2 Ki. 8:24-26)  (22:1-12)
    1. Accession and character  (22:1-4)
    2. Ahaziah assists Jehoram, king of Israel, against Syria (2 Ki. 8:28)  (22:5)
    3. Ahaziah visits Jehoram, king of Israel, in his sickness (2 Ki. 8:29)  (22:6)
    4. Ahaziah and sons slain (2 Ki. 9:27; 10:18)  (22:7-9)
    5. Reign of Athaliah: six years (2 Ki. 11)  (22:10-12)
      1. Accession and character  (22:10-12)
  22. Rebellion of Jehoiada, the priest (2 Ki. 11:1-12)  (23:1-21)
    1. Execution of Athaliah (2 Ki. 11:13-16)  (23:12-15)
    2. Revival of religion under Jehoiada the priest (2 Ki. 11:17-21)  (23:16-21)
  23. Reign of Joash (Jehoash): 40 years (2 Ki. 12)  (24:1-27)
    1. Accession and character  (24:1-3)
    2. Revival of religion under Joash  (24:4-7)
      1. The faithless priests (2 Ki. 12:4-8)  (24:4-7)
    3. The temple repaired (2 Ki. 12:9-16)  (24:8-14)
    4. Death of Jehoiada  (24:15-16)
    5. Apostasy of Joash and Judah  (24:17-19)
    6. Slaying of Zechariah by Joash  (24:20-22)
    7. Syrian conquest of Judah (2 Ki. 12:17-18)  (24:23-24)
    8. Death of Joash (2 Ki. 12:19-21)  (24:25-27)
  24. Reign of Amaziah: 29 years (2 Ki. 14:1-22)  (25:1-28)
    1. Accession and character  (25:1-4)
    2. Mobilization of Judah: three hundred thousand men to war against Edom (2 Ki. 14:7,10)  (25:5)
    3. One hundred thousand Israelites hired to help conquer Edom  (25:6)
    4. Amaziah is rebuked by God for hiring the Israelites  (25:7-9)
    5. Amaziah obeys God and sends the Israelites home ( 2 Chr. 25:13)  (25:10)
    6. Amaziah's victory over Edom (2 Ki. 14:7)  (25:11-12)
    7. Israelites in anger spoil many cities of Judah (2 Chr. 25:10)  (25:13)
    8. Amaziah worship the gods of Edom and is rebuked by God  (25:14-16)
    9. Amaziah, flushed with victory over Edom, makes war on Israel (2 Ki. 14:8-11)  (25:17-19)
    10. Amaziah is defeated because of worshipping the gods of Edom (2 Chr. 25:14-16; 2 Ki. 14:12-14)  (25:20-24)
    11. Death of Amaziah (2 Ki. 14:15-20)  (25:25-28)
  25. Reign of Uzziah (Azariah): fifty-two years (2 Ki. 15:1-7)  (26:1-23)
    1. Accession and character  (26:1-4)
    2. Uzziah's victories over the Philistines, Arabians, and Ammonites  (26:5-8)
    3. Uzziah's building program (2 Chr. 26:5)  (26:9-10)
    4. Uzziah's army: 310,100 men  (26:11-15)
    5. Uzziah's sin and punishment (2 Ki. 15:4-5)  (26:16-21)
    6. Death of Uzziah (2 Ki. 15:6-7)  (26:22-23)
  26. Reign of Jotham: sixteen years (2 Ki. 15:32-38)  (27:1-9)
    1. Accession and character  (27:1-2)
    2. Jotham's building program  (27:3-4)
    3. Jotham's victory over Ammon  (27:5-6)
    4. Death of Jotham (2 Ki. 15:36-38)  (27:7-9)
  27. Reign of Ahaz: sixteen years (2 Ki. 16)  (28:1-27)
    1. Accession and character  (28:1-4)
    2. Ahaz conquered by Syria and Israel (2 Ki. 16:5-8)  (28:5-8)
    3. Oded the prophet rebukes Israel for taking 200,000 of Judah to be slaves  (28:9-11)
    4. Israel permits the 200,000 captives to go home  (28:12-15)
    5. Ahaz seeks help from Assyria (2 Chr. 28:20; 2 Ki. 16:7-8)  (28:16)
    6. Ahaz defeated by Edom and Philistia  (28:17-19)
    7. Assyria oppresses Ahaz and Judah (2 Chr. 28:16; 2 Ki. 16:18)  (28:20-21)
    8. Ahaz persists in the sins that caused his defeats (2 Ki. 16:9-18)  (28:22-25)
    9. Death of Ahaz (2 Ki. 16:19)  (28:26-27)
  28. Reign of Hezekiah: 29 years (2 Ki. 18:1-20:21; Isa. 36-39)  (29:1-36)
    1. Accession and character  (29:1-2)
    2. Revival of religion under Hezekiah.  (29:3)
      1. Temple repaired  (29:3)
    3. Hezekiah commands the Levites to sanctify themselves and the temple and restore the worship of God  (29:4-11)
    4. The temple is cleansed and preparation for worship completed (2 Ki. 18:4-7)  (29:12-19)
    5. Temple worship fully restored  (29:20-36)
  29. The Passover restored by Hezekiah  (30:1-27)
    1. A. Preparations  (30:1-14)
    2. B. The Passover kept  (30:15-17)
    3. Israel pardoned and healed by the prayer of Hezekiah  (30:18-20)
    4. Feast of unleavened bread restored by Hezekiah  (30:21-22)
    5. "Other Seven Days" of feast kept unto the Lord  (30:23-27)
  30. Idolatry destroyed in all Israel  (31:1-21)
    1. The Davidic order of the ministry is restored (1 Chr. 23:2-26:28)  (31:2)
    2. Daily sacrifices restored  (31:3)
    3. Tithing for ministers restored (Lev. 27:26-34; Num. 18:24-28)  (31:4-10)
    4. Storehouses and officers for the abundance of tithes  (31:11-15)
    5. Tithes paid to all ministers and families from three years old and older  (31:16-21)
  31. Sennacherib, king of Assyria, invades Judah (2 Ki. 18:13-19:37; Isa. 36-37)  (32:1-33)
    1. Hezekiah prepares to defend Jerusalem  (32:1-6)
    2. Hezekiah assures Judah of God's help  (32:7-8)
    3. Sennacherib seeks to terrify Judah (2 Ki. 18:17)  (32:9-16)
    4. Sennacherib insults God (2 Ki. 18:22,33-35)  (32:17-19)
    5. Hezekiah and Isaiah's prayer to God (2 Ki. 19)  (32:20)
    6. God's angel destroys the army of Assyria (2 Ki. 19:35; Isa. 37:36-38)  (32:21)
    7. Hezekiah's prosperity  (32:22-23)
    8. Hezekiah's sickness and recovery (2 Ki. 20; Isa. 38)  (32:24-26)
    9. Hezekiah's public works and prosperity  (32:27-30)
    10. Hezekiah's folly (2 Ki. 20:12-19; Isa. 39)  (32:31)
    11. Death of Hezekiah (2 Ki. 20:20-21)  (32:32-33)
  32. Reign of Manasseh: fifty-five years (2 Ki. 21:1-18)  (33:1-25)
    1. Accession and character  (33:1-2)
    2. Sixteen sins of Manasseh (2 Ki. 21:1-9)  (33:3-10)
    3. Captivity of Manasseh to Babylon  (33:11)
    4. Manasseh turns to God and is restored to his kingdom  (33:12-13)
    5. Manasseh's defense preparations  (33:14)
    6. Religious revival under Manasseh  (33:15-19)
    7. Death of Manasseh (2 Ki. 21:16-18)  (33:20)
    8. Reign of Amon: two years (2 Ki. 21:19-26)  (33:21-23)
      1. Accession and character  (33:21-23)
    9. Death of Amon (2 Ki. 21:23-26)  (33:24-25)
  33. Reign of Josiah: thirty-one years (2 Ki. 22:1-23:30)  (34:1-33)
    1. Accession and character  (34:1-2)
    2. Religious revival under Josiah  (34:3-7)
      1. Idolatry destroyed  (34:3-7)
    3. Josiah repairs the temple (2 Ki. 22:3-7)  (34:8-14)
    4. The law discovered (2 Ki. 22:8-10)  (34:15-17)
    5. Sin discovered by the law (2 Ki. 22:11-14)  (34:18-21)
    6. Prophecy of judgment by Huldah the prophetess (2 Ki. 22:15-20)  (34:22-28)
    7. The law read to the people (2 Ki. 23:1-2)  (34:29-30)
    8. Josiah makes a covenant with God and the people (2 Ki. 23:3)  (34:31-32)
    9. Josiah's further reformations (2 Ki. 23:4-20)  (34:33)
  34. The Passover is kept (2 Ki. 23:21-27)  (35:1-27)
    1. Josiah keeps the feast of Unleavened Bread  (35:17-19)
    2. Josiah wars against Necho, king of Egypt, and is slain (2 Ki. 23:28-30)  (35:20-24)
    3. Lamentation for Josiah  (35:25-27)
  35. Reign of Jehoahaz: three months (2 Ki. 23:31-33)  (36:1-23)
    1. His accession  (36:1-2)
    2. Jehoahaz defeated: taken captive to Egypt (2 Ki. 23:33)  (36:3-4)
    3. Reign of Jehoiakim: 11 years (2 Ki. 23:34-24:7)  (36:5)
      1. Accession and character  (36:5)
    4. Jehoiakim taken by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon  (36:6-8)
    5. Reign of Jehoiachin: three months and ten days (2 Ki. 24:6-16)  (36:9)
      1. Accession and character  (36:9)
    6. Jehoiachin taken by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon (2 Ki. 24:11-16)  (36:10)
    7. Reign of Zedekiah: eleven years (2 Ki. 24:17-25:30)  (36:11-12)
      1. Accession and character  (36:11-12)
    8. Zedekiah rebels against Nebuchadnezzar (2 Ki. 24:20)  (36:13)
    9. Final captivity to Babylon: eight sins for which Judah was taken captive (cp. 2 Ki. 17)  (36:14-21)
    10. Restoration of Israel from Babylon: decree of Cyrus, fulfilling Isa. 44:28; 45:1-4,13; cp. Ezra 1)  (36:22-23)

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