🏔️ 2 Chronicles 28

2 Chronicles 28 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, like David his father,” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “So the armed men left the captives and the plunder before the princes and all the assembly.” 2 Chronicles 28 opens with these words: “Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which was right in Yahweh’s…” The line to keep is 2 Chronicles 28:10: “Now you intend to degrade the children of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves for yourselves. Aren’t there even with you trespasses of your own…” Carry the word “intend” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is 2 Chronicles 28:10: “Now you intend to degrade the children of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves for yourselves. Aren’t there even with you trespasses of your own against Yahweh your God?” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in 2 Chronicles 28? Then try this: Read “Now you intend to degrade the children of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves for yourselves.…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.