Curtis L Foreman
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Curtis L Foreman
highlighted 2 Chronicles 28:11 NLT
Listen to me and return these prisoners you have taken, for they are your own relatives. Watch out, because now the LORD’s fierce anger has been turned against you!”
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 28:10 NLT
And now you are planning to make slaves of these people from Judah and Jerusalem. What about your own sins against the LORD your God?
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 28:9 NLT
But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there in Samaria when the army of Israel returned home. He went out to meet them and said, “The LORD, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah and let you defeat them. But you have gone too far, killing them without mercy, and all heaven is disturbed.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 28:6 NLT
In a single day Pekah son of Remaliah, Israel’s king, killed 120,000 of Judah’s troops, all of them experienced warriors, because they had abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 28:1 NLT
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. He did not do what was pleasing in the sight of the LORD, as his ancestor David had done.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 27:6 NLT
King Jotham became powerful because he was careful to live in obedience to the LORD his God.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 27:2 NLT
Jotham did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight. He did everything his father, Uzziah, had done, except that Jotham did not sin by entering the Temple of the LORD. But the people continued in their corrupt ways.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 27:1 NLT
Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 26:21 NLT
So King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house, for he was excluded from the Temple of the LORD. His son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land.
Jul 31
Curtis L Foreman
highlighted 2 Chronicles 26:16 NLT
But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the LORD his God by entering the sanctuary of the LORD’s Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 26:15 NLT
And he built structures on the walls of Jerusalem, designed by experts to protect those who shot arrows and hurled large stones from the towers and the corners of the wall. His fame spread far and wide, for the LORD gave him marvelous help, and he became very powerful.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 26:5 NLT
Uzziah sought God during the days of Zechariah, who taught him to fear God. And as long as the king sought guidance from the LORD, God gave him success.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 26:3 NLT
Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 26:1 NLT
All the people of Judah had crowned Amaziah’s sixteen-year-old son, Uzziah, as king in place of his father.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 25:19-20 NLT
“You are saying, ‘I have defeated Edom,’ and you are very proud of it. But my advice is to stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and the people of Judah?” But Amaziah refused to listen, for God was determined to destroy him for turning to the gods of Edom.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 25:15 NLT
This made the LORD very angry, and he sent a prophet to ask, “Why do you turn to gods who could not even save their own people from you?”
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 25:14 NLT
When King Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought with him idols taken from the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down in front of them, and offered sacrifices to them!
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 25:11-12 NLT
Then Amaziah summoned his courage and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where they killed 10,000 Edomite troops from Seir. They captured another 10,000 and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them off, dashing them to pieces on the rocks below.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 25:2 NLT
Amaziah did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight, but not wholeheartedly.
Jul 31
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 24:24 NLT
Although the Arameans attacked with only a small army, the LORD helped them conquer the much larger army of Judah. The people of Judah had abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, so judgment was carried out against Joash.
Jul 31