Day 118: 1 Chronicles 1-2

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 118, is 1 Chronicles 1-2: First Chronicles begins with a lengthy genealogy; here, from Adam to the patriarchs

Online text: 1 Chronicles 1-2

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Day 117: 2 Kings 24-25

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 117, is 2 Kings 24-25: Jerusalem falls to Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Temple is destroyed, and leading citizens are deported to Babylon.

Online text: 2 Kings 24-25

Map of Jewish exiles in Babylon in 587 BC (Holman Bible Atlas)

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Day 116: 2 Kings 22-23

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 116, is 2 Kings 22-23: Josiah becomes 16th king of Judah: repairs the Temple, discovers the Torah, institutes religious reforms, tears down shrines and reinstitutes the Passover.

Online text: 2 Kings 22-23

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Day 115: 2 Kings 19-21

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 115, is 2 Kings 19-21: Hezekiah, a faithful king of Judah, prays to the Lord and is promised deliverance. But his reign is followed by Manasseh and Amon, terrible kings. 

Online text: 2 Kings 19-21

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Day 114: 2 Kings 17-18

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 114, is 2 Kings 17-18: Assyrians destroy Samaria in Israel and exile its people, then threaten Judah also

Online text: 2 Kings 17-18

Fall of Samaria (Israel) and deportation of the Israelites (732 BC). Holman Bible Atlas

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Day 113: 2 Kings 14-16

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 113, is 2 Kings 14-16: Kings, kings, and more kings: four in Judah, six in Israel

Online text: 2 Kings 14-16

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Day 112: 2 Kings 11-13

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 112, is 2 Kings 11-13: Joash (Judah’s eighth king) tries to repair the Temple

Online text: 2 Kings 11-13

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Day 111: 2 Kings 9-10

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 111, is 2 Kings 9-10: Jehu becomes Israel’s tenth king and kills a lot of people; the bloodiest king in the Old Testament

Online text: 2 Kings 9-10

The entrance of Jehu in Jezreel, by Edward Henry Corbould (1866)

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Day 110: 2 Kings 6-8

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 110, is 2 Kings 6-8: More from Elisha: a floating ax head and a blinded army

Online text: 2 Kings 6-8

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Day 109: 2 Kings 4-5

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 109, is 2 Kings 4-5: Elisha’s miracles: gets oil for a widow; raises a dead child; purifies some soup; feeds 100 hungry guys; heals Naaman of leprosy

Online text: 2 Kings 4-5

The Shunammite woman falls at Elisha’s feet, by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1649)

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