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Curtis L Foreman
highlighted 2 Chronicles 34:3 NLT
During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images.
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 34:2 NLT
He did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight and followed the example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 34:1 NLT
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:25 NLT
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah the next king.
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:20-23 NLT
When Manasseh died, he was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the next king. Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, just as his father, Manasseh, had done. He worshiped and sacrificed to all the idols his father had made. But unlike his father, he did not humble himself before the LORD. Instead, Amon sinned even more.
Aug 5
Curtis L Foreman
highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:16 NLT
Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thanksgiving offerings on it. He also encouraged the people of Judah to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:15 NLT
Manasseh also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the LORD’s Temple. He tore down all the altars he had built on the hill where the Temple stood and all the altars that were in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:13 NLT
And when he prayed, the LORD listened to him and was moved by his request. So the LORD brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh finally realized that the LORD alone is God!
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:12 NLT
But while in deep distress, Manasseh sought the LORD his God and sincerely humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:11 NLT
So the LORD sent the commanders of the Assyrian armies, and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:9 NLT
But Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem to do even more evil than the pagan nations that the LORD had destroyed when the people of Israel entered the land.
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:8 NLT
If the Israelites will be careful to obey my commands—all the laws, decrees, and regulations given through Moses—I will not send them into exile from this land that I set aside for your ancestors.”
Aug 5
Curtis L Foreman
highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:7 NLT
Manasseh even took a carved idol he had made and set it up in God’s Temple, the very place where God had told David and his son Solomon: “My name will be honored forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem—the city I have chosen from among all the tribes of Israel.
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:6 NLT
Manasseh also sacrificed his own sons in the fire in the valley of Ben-Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the LORD’s sight, arousing his anger.
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:4 NLT
He built pagan altars in the Temple of the LORD, the place where the LORD had said, “My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:2 NLT
He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, following the detestable practices of the pagan nations that the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.
Aug 5
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highlighted 2 Chronicles 33:1 NLT
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
Aug 5
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highlighted Matthew 4:17 NLT
From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”
Aug 4
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highlighted Matthew 4:16 NLT
the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined.”
Aug 4
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highlighted Matthew 4:13-15 NLT
He went first to Nazareth, then left there and moved to Capernaum, beside the Sea of Galilee, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. This fulfilled what God said through the prophet Isaiah: “In the land of Zebulun and of Naphtali, beside the sea, beyond the Jordan River, in Galilee where so many Gentiles live,
Aug 4