The Bible by David Alley

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 34, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 33, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 32, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 31, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 30, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 29, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 28, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 27, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 27 we have a very short chapter about King Jotham. Its says very little other than that he followed in the ways of the Lord and did a few things. One question remains, If Jotham followed in the ways of the Lord, why did he only reign sixteen years? This means he died at 41. We don...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 26, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 26 we meed Uzziah, who was one of the good kings. Uzziah has increasing success, and gradually he starts to regain the land that was originally thiers, and surrounding nations begin to pay tribute as during the time of David. Because he puts the Lord first things begin to work out...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 25, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 25 Amaziah followed the Lord, but Not with a perfect heart - That’s pretty much summarizes most believers. It is worth nothing that there is a difference between having a perfect heart, and perfect deeds. You can have a heart after the Lord, but not do things perfectly as David di...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 24, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 24 we discuss King Joash and consider what he did in repairing the temple, and the Jehoash tablet. The big influence on Joash’s life is Jehoiada. Jehoiada lives twice as long as most people at his own time. David lived 70, Solomon maybe from 56 to 60, Others like Rehoboam 59 etc....

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 23, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 23 Jehoida initiates a coup to put Joash on the throne. Usually a coup is to take power, but in this case it was to re-establish the rightful power. This was a brave move for a priest. Scripture says he “strengthened himself” and in other versions “showed his strength,” or “took c...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 22, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 22 we find in the World English Bible translation an interesting numerical quirk. It seems Ahaziah’s father Jehoram died at 40 years of age, so how could Ahaziah be 42 when he became king? The answer is that this is a textual variation incorrectly translated. Many other translatio...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 20, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 20 Judah is attacked by an army coming from the desert, the area near the dead sea and south and west of there. Jehoshaphat calls the nation to prayer. It’s not often that a political leader calls a nation to prayer. This is what the King of England during the Dunkirk excavations...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 19, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 19 we cover Jehoshaphat, one of the good kings. And yet his life is a mixture. This mixture of serving God and also serving self is common, and hardly anyone in scripture is exceptionally one-eye for the Lord. Perhaps Daniel, or maybe Mary & Joseph. But it is rare. We too are...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 18, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 18 the nation of Israel and Judah start to cooperate, but the Chronicler is down on this point, that the two nations worked together. IN the NT we are encouraged to work together, so why is it a big issue here? First, in gospel times, we are all serving Christ, nowhere are we enco...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 17, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 17 During the reign of Asa, and Jehoshaphat, a huge number of kings were turned over in the Northern nation of Israel. There were about seven kings while only 2 reigned in the south. But eventually Ahab comes to be king up north bringing some stability there, and for the first tim...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 16, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 16 it says that Baasha attacks in the 36th year of Asa. But, according to 1 Kings 15 - Baasha rules from the 3rd to the 25th year of Asa, so he was dead 11 years by this point. The conclusion that seems most sensible and which historic church commentators like James Ussher and man...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 15, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 15 King Asa gets a warning from the Lord’s prophet. The warning and encouragement for Asa comes on the tail of the great victory over Zerah the Cushite (Possibly Pharaoh Osorkon II). It is often after great victories and advances that we fall back. This happens from low level thin...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 14, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 14 Asa becomes king and begins to put back in place things which have slipped in Judah. We know that if we stop having our prayer times it's hard to restart them, but easy to stop them. Or it's easy to slip into being on your phone all day, but hard to discipline yourself. And so...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 13, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 13 we discuss King Abijah, a short lived king of Judah. It says that Abijah followed the ways of Rehoboam and was not fully devoted to the Lord. Despite the fact that Abijah may have been half hearted in his personal walk with the Lord, he knows that Judah has the true way of wors...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 12, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 12 we are talking about someone who follows God, but acts without wisdom, and now he abandons the Lord. This is what a lack of wisdom will do to you, and in fact the essence of the foolishness is to abandon the Lord. We are talking about King Rehoboam There are many who grow up in...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 11, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 11 we find out why Jews come from all the tribes, not just the tribe of Judah. The northern nation of Israel had decided to replace temple worship with golden calf worship to try to keep people from going to Jerusalem. It was a political decision, but got not only the Lord angry,...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 10, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 2 Chronicles 10 Rehoboam becomes King of Judah. For someone who had for a father the wisest man on Earth, it seemed to do him no good. Rehoboam’s shocking lack of wisdom destroys a kingdom in three days, which has been preserved for 40 years by wisdom. Solomon’s wisdom of course came from the...

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 9, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.