Mature Believer
A Kingdom Retold.
1 and 2 Chronicles: the same history, retold.
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Why this plan
The same monarchy history, retold with the temple at its centre. It opens with genealogies reaching back to Adam and ends with Cyrus' decree to return and rebuild.
Best read after A Kingdom Divided, as part of one continuous history.
What you'll read
One stream, read in order.
1–2 Chronicles
1 Chronicles → 2 Chronicles
Week by week
The plan for the next 14 weeks.
Every reading, in the order the app gives them.
Week 11 Chronicles 1 – 1 Chronicles 4
- Day 11 Chronicles 1
- Day 21 Chronicles 2:1–28
- Day 31 Chronicles 2:29–55
- Day 41 Chronicles 3
- Day 51 Chronicles 4
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 21 Chronicles 5 – 1 Chronicles 8
- Day 61 Chronicles 5
- Day 71 Chronicles 6:1–48
- Day 81 Chronicles 6:49–81
- Day 91 Chronicles 7
- Day 101 Chronicles 8
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 31 Chronicles 9 – 1 Chronicles 13
- Day 111 Chronicles 9
- Day 121 Chronicles 10
- Day 131 Chronicles 11
- Day 141 Chronicles 12
- Day 151 Chronicles 13
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 41 Chronicles 14 – 1 Chronicles 18
- Day 161 Chronicles 14
- Day 171 Chronicles 15
- Day 181 Chronicles 16
- Day 191 Chronicles 17
- Day 201 Chronicles 18
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 51 Chronicles 19 – 1 Chronicles 23
- Day 211 Chronicles 19
- Day 221 Chronicles 20
- Day 231 Chronicles 21
- Day 241 Chronicles 22
- Day 251 Chronicles 23
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 61 Chronicles 24 – 1 Chronicles 28
- Day 261 Chronicles 24
- Day 271 Chronicles 25
- Day 281 Chronicles 26
- Day 291 Chronicles 27
- Day 301 Chronicles 28
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 71 Chronicles 29 – 2 Chronicles 4
- Day 311 Chronicles 29
- Day 322 Chronicles 1
- Day 332 Chronicles 2
- Day 342 Chronicles 3
- Day 352 Chronicles 4
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 82 Chronicles 5 – 2 Chronicles 9
- Day 362 Chronicles 5
- Day 372 Chronicles 6
- Day 382 Chronicles 7
- Day 392 Chronicles 8
- Day 402 Chronicles 9
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 92 Chronicles 10 – 2 Chronicles 14
- Day 412 Chronicles 10
- Day 422 Chronicles 11
- Day 432 Chronicles 12
- Day 442 Chronicles 13
- Day 452 Chronicles 14
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 102 Chronicles 15 – 2 Chronicles 19
- Day 462 Chronicles 15
- Day 472 Chronicles 16
- Day 482 Chronicles 17
- Day 492 Chronicles 18
- Day 502 Chronicles 19
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 112 Chronicles 20 – 2 Chronicles 24
- Day 512 Chronicles 20
- Day 522 Chronicles 21
- Day 532 Chronicles 22
- Day 542 Chronicles 23
- Day 552 Chronicles 24
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 122 Chronicles 25 – 2 Chronicles 29
- Day 562 Chronicles 25
- Day 572 Chronicles 26
- Day 582 Chronicles 27
- Day 592 Chronicles 28
- Day 602 Chronicles 29
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 132 Chronicles 30 – 2 Chronicles 34
- Day 612 Chronicles 30
- Day 622 Chronicles 31
- Day 632 Chronicles 32
- Day 642 Chronicles 33
- Day 652 Chronicles 34
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 142 Chronicles 35 – 2 Chronicles 36
- Day 662 Chronicles 35
- Day 672 Chronicles 36
- Rest dayReflect on the plan you've just finished
Weekly rhythm
Five days to read. One to reflect.
Each reading day has one reading per stream. On your rest day, look back over the week. You choose your rest day in the app: Saturday, Sunday or the whole weekend. Your place only moves on when you mark a reading done, so a missed day never leaves you behind.
How to read
Read, Reflect, Respond.
The same three steps every day, in any plan. Fifteen to thirty minutes is plenty.
- 1
Read
Read slowly and on purpose, with a pen in hand. Mark the words and verses that stand out, the big words to look up, the repeated ideas, and the connecting words like therefore and because.
- 2
Reflect
Ask why you marked what you did. What did it mean to the people it was first written to? What does it mean for you today? What does it show you about God?
- 3
Respond
Turn it into prayer: thanksgiving, praise, repentance, or asking for help, using the words you marked. Optionally, write down one thing to carry into the day.
Optional, in the app
Add a companion reading.
Alongside this plan, you can add a short daily reading. Turn on any of them, or alternate the Psalm and Proverb from day to day.
Psalm of the Day
One psalm a day, working through the whole Psalter.
Proverb of the Day
One chapter of Proverbs a day, cycling every 31 days.
Gospel of the Day
This plan doesn't include a Gospel, so Gospel of the Day keeps you reading the words and works of Jesus alongside it, one Gospel at a time.
Companion readings need a free account in the Standfirm app.
When you finish
Carry on with Return and Rebuild.
The history continues where this plan leaves off. Or choose any other plan in this stage.