July 23 (2 Chronicles 13–15; Psalm 20; Matthew 25)

Through the ESV Bible in a Year with Jackie Hill Perry

Crossway

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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❖ Follow along with today's reading: www.esv.org/2Chronicles13–15;Psalm20;Matthew25 ❖ The English Standard Version (ESV) is an 'essentially literal' translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Created by a team of more than 100 leading evangelical scholars and pastors, the ESV Bible emphasizes 'word-for-word' accuracy, literary excellence, and depth of meaning. ❖ To learn more about the ESV and other audio resources, please visit www.ESV.org

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0:00.0	A reading from the book of Second Chronicles.
0:05.0	In the 18th year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.
0:09.8	He reigned for three years in Jerusalem.
0:12.1	His mother's name was Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibia.
0:15.7	Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
0:18.7	Abijah went out to battle, having an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men, and Jeroboam. Abijah went out to battle, having an army of valiant men of war,
0:22.2	400,000 chosen men, and Jeroboam drew up his line of battle against him, with 800,000 chosen
0:28.3	mighty warriors. Then Abijah stood up on Mount Zimmerram, that is in the hill country of Ephraim,
0:34.1	and said, Hear me, O Jeroboam, and all Israel, ought you not to know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt. Yet Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon, the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his Lord. And certain worthless scoundrels gathered about him and defied Rehoboam,
0:55.2	the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and irresolute, and could not withstand them.
1:00.3	And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord and the hand of the sons of David,
1:05.1	because you are a great multitude and have with you the golden cast that Jeroboam made you for
1:09.6	gods.
1:15.2	Have you not driven out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites,
1:18.2	and made priests for yourselves like the peoples of other lands?
1:21.2	Whoever comes for ordination with a young bull,
1:24.4	or seven rams becomes a priest of what are not gods.
1:29.3	But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests ministering to the Lord who are sons of Aaron and Levites for their service. They offer to the
1:34.3	Lord every morning, and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread
1:40.0	on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every
1:45.1	evening. For we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken him. Behold, God is with us
1:51.5	at our head, and his priests with their battle trumpets to sound a call to battle against you,
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