Day 138: Ezra 1-4
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 138, is Ezra 1-4: A new day dawns: King Cyrus of Persia sends some exiles home in 538 BC.
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Day 137: 2 Chronicles 35-36
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 137, is 2 Chronicles 35-36: Josiah institutes religious reforms, but the wickedness of his successors leads to the fall of Jerusalem and exile to Babylon in 586 BC.
Online text: 2 Chronicles 35-36
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Day 136: 2 Chronicles 32-34
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 136, is 2 Chronicles 32-34: King Sennacherib of Assyria invades Judah in 701 BC. After the deaths of kings of Judah, Hezekiah (d. 697 BC) and Manessah (d. 642 BC), faithful Josiah takes the throne.
Online text: 2 Chronicles 32-34
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Day 135: 2 Chronicles 29-31
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 135, is 2 Chronicles 29-31: Hezekiah (king of Judah 715-697 BC) makes religious reforms: reopening the Temple, reinstituting Passover, reorganizing priests, and requiring people to tithe (hmmm…)
Online text: 2 Chronicles 29-31
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Day 134: 2 Chronicles 25-28
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 134, is 2 Chronicles 25-28: Amaziah; Uzziah; Jothan; Ahaz. You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the kings of Judah.
Online text: 2 Chronicles 25-28
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Day 133: 2 Chronicles 21-24
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 133, is 2 Chronicles 21-24: Jehoram (king of Judah 848-841 BC) is a wicked king; after a violent interregnum, Joash (835-796) starts well but ends badly.
Online text: 2 Chronicles 21-24
Athaliah, worst grandmother ever, as depicted in Antoine Dufour’s Vie des femmes célèbres, c. 1505
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Day 132: 2 Chronicles 17-20
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 132, is 2 Chronicles 17-20: Jehoshaphat (king of Judah 873-848 BC) teaches people the Law and continues religious reforms. God fights for Judah against her enemies.
Online text: 2 Chronicles 17-20
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Day 131: 2 Chronicles 12-16
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 131, is 2 Chronicles 12-16: Rehoboam, king of Judah 930-913 BC, gets off to a good start but subsequent disobedience results in defeat by the Egyptians.
Online text: 2 Chronicles 12-16
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Day 130: 2 Chronicles 8-11
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 130, is 2 Chronicles 8-11: Solomon’s building projects continue, impressing the Queen of Sheba, but it isn’t enough to prevent the kingdom dividing after his death in 930 BC.
Online text: 2 Chronicles 8-11
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Day 129: 2 Chronicles 5-7
The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 129, is 2 Chronicles 5-7: The Ark comes to the Temple
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