2 Chronicles

A paragraph of introduction text relating to this route.

Estimated walking time
8 Hours
Estimated running time
2.5 Hours
Estimated cycling time
1.5 Hours

Chapter 1; Verses 1 to 13

Solomon Requests Wisdom

Dringhouses Library

"Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people"

Chapter 1; Verses 14 to 17

Solomon's Military and Commercial Activity

The Fox & Roman Pub

"The King made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycomore..."

Chapter 2; Verses 1 to 2

Preparations for Building the Temple

The Bluefin Fish & Chip Shop

"Solomon conscripted seventy thousand labourers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hill country,..."

Chapter 2; Verses 3 to 18

Alliance with Huram of Tyre

The Horseshoe

"The house that I am about to build will be great, for our God is greater than other Gods."

Chapter 3; Verses 1 to 17

Solomon Builds the Temple

Old Moor Lane

"Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah,..."

Chapter 4; Verses 1 to 22

Furnishings of the Temple

Tesco Extra - 24 Hour Superstore

"So Solomon made all the things that were in the house of God; the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence,..."

Chapter 5; Verses 1 to 18

The Ark Brought into the Temple

Dringhouses Cemetery

"Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house,..."

Chapter 6; Verses 1 to 11

Dedication of the Temple

Cemetery Store Shed

"The Lord has said that he would reside in thick darkness. I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to reside in forever."

Chapter 6; Verses 12 to 42

Solomon's Prayer of Dedication

Pedestrian Underpass

"But will God indeed reside with mortals on Earth?"

Chapter 7; Verses 1 to 11

Solomon Dedicates the Temple

The Pipes

"When Solomon had ended his prayer, fire came down from the heaven and ..."

Chapter 7; Verses 12 to 22

God's Second Appearance to Solomon

The Sun

"... I made a covenant with your father David saying, "You shall never lack a successor to rule over Israel."

Chapter 8; Verses 1 to 17

Various Activities of Solomon

Mercury

"Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter from the city of David to the house that he had built for her,..."

Chapter 9; Verses 1 to 12

Visit of the Queen of Sheba

Venus

"The report was true that I heard in my own land of your accomplishments and of your wisdom,..."

Chapter 9; Verses 13 to 28

Solomon's Great Wealth

Planet Earth

"... once every three years the ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, apes, and peacocks."

Chapter 9; Verses 29 to 31

The Death of Solomon

Mars

"Solomon slept with his ancestors and was buried in the city of his father David; and his son Rehoboam succeeded him."

Chapter 10; Verses 1 to 19

The Revolt Against Rehoboam

"In the beginning when God Created the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep..."

Junction with Copmanthorpe Lane

"My little finger is thicker than my father's loins,... I will add to your yoke."

Chapter 11; Verses 1 to 12

Judah & Benjamin Fortified

Brunswick Organic Nursery

"Rehoboam resided in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defence in Judah."

Chapter 11; Verses 13 to 17

The Priests & Levites Support Rehoboam

Brunswick Gazebo

"They Strengthened the Kingdom of Judah, and for three years they made Rehoboam son of Solomon secure."

Chapter 11; Verses 18 to 23

Rehoboam's Marriages

Cycle Track Sign & Concrete Seat

"... (he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters)."

Chapter 12; Verses 1 to 12

Egypt Attacks Judah

Footpath to Acaster Malbis

"... King Shishak of Egypt came up against Jerusalem with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand cavalry."

Chapter 12; Verses 13 to 15

The Death of Rehoboam

Jupiter

"He did evil for he did not set his heart to seek the LORD."

Chapter 13; Verses 1 to 22

Abijah Reigns Over Judah

Bridge over the Acaster Malbis Road

"Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the descendants of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves..."

Chapter 14; Verses 1 to 8

Asa Reigns

Fisherman Over the Ouse

"He took away the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars, hewed down the sacred poles,..."

Chapter 14; Verses 9 to 15

Ethiopian Invasion Repulsed

Footpath down to Naburn/Fulford

"Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots,..."

Chapter 15; Verses 1 to 19

The Prophesy of Azariah

Saturn

"King Asa even removed his mother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah."

Chapter 16; Verses 1 to 10

Alliance with Aram Condemned

Bridge over the Naburn Road

"Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the stocks, in prison for he was in a rage with him because of this."

Chapter 16; Verses 11 to 14

Asa's Disease and Death

Cassini Huygen Satellite

"In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet, and his disease became severe; ..."

Chapter 17; Verses 1 to 19

Jehoshaphat's Reign

Naburn Station House

"His son Jehoshaphat succeeded him, and strengthened himself against Israel."

Chapter 18; Verses 1 to 27

Micaiah Predicts Failure

Naburn Station Cafe-Shed

"I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd; and the Lord said, "These have no master;..."

Chapter 18; Verses 28 to 34

Defeat and Death of Ahab

Concrete Castle

"The battle grew hot that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening; then at sunset he died."