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Ezra 1

Cyrus the Great allows Israelites to return to Jerusalem to build God’s temple.

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2 Chronicles 35

Josiah keeps Passover. Josiah battles Egypt against God’s warning & dies.

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2 Chronicles 34

Josiah follows God. Law of Moses discovered. Prophetess declares ruin. God honors Josiah.

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2 Chronicles 33

Manasseh is evil, gets captured by Babylon causing him to repent. Amon becomes king, gets assassinated.

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2 Chronicles 32

Assyria attacks Judah & mocks God. Hezekiah prays, God kills Assyrian king.

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2 Chronicles 31

Judah destroys its idols. Judah gives offerings to God. Offerings distributed to priests.

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2 Chronicles 29

King Hezekiah reopens God’s temple. Judah worships God and offers sacrifices

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2 Chronicles 28

King Ahaz sacrifices his sons to other gods. Judah gets defeated. Ahaz closes God’s temple.

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2 Chronicles 26

Uzziah becomes Judah’s king, seeks God and prospers. Uzziah grows proud & contracts a disease.

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2 Chronicles 25

Judah’s King Amaziah gets raided and worships pagan gods. Judah loses to Israel. Amaziah dies.

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2 Chronicles 24

Joash repairs God’s temple. Priest Jehoiada dies. Joash abandons God, so God abandons Judah.

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2 Chronicles 23

Judah crowns Joash, and kills Athaliah. Judah celebrates, peace is restored.

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2 Chronicles 22

Ahaziah becomes king. Jehu kills Ahaziah. Athaliah takes throne while Joash remains hidden.

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2 Chronicles 21

Jehoram takes throne, kills brothers. God punishes Jehoram with bowel disease.

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2 Chronicles 19

Jehu challenges Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat reforms Judah with judges.

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2 Chronicles 18

God sends lying spirit to prophets, inspiring Ahab to declare war. Ahab dies in battle.

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