Chronicles: The Second Book of - Hardcover

by King James (Author)

This keepsake edition of The Second Book of Chronicles was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style and the most important book in the English language it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.

The Second Book of Chronicles is concerned with the Kingdom of Judah with occasional references to the second kingdom of Israel. In the last chapter Judah is destroyed and the people taken into exile in Babylon and in the final verses the Persian king Cyrus the Great conquers the Neo-Babylonian Empire and authorizes the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem and the return of the exiles.