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A House of Prayer: The Message of 2 Chronicles is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of 2 Chronicles continues the narrative of 1 Chronicles with the reign of Solomon, the most glorious period in the whole history of Israel, and focuses especially on the construction and dedication of the temple as the place where God was to be worshipped in the way he had appointed. Following the division of the kingdom, the Chronicler concentrates almost exclusively on the history of...

God’s response to Jehoshaphat’s prayer was immediate and startling. A voice was heard crying from the body of the assembly: ‘Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel … a Levite and descendant of Asaph, as he stood in the assembly’ (20:14). Although Jahaziel had an honourable lineage that entitled him to serve in the temple, there was nothing that distinguished him from the other Levites. He was standing with everyone else as Jehoshaphat prayed. He was not a great
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