Bible Studies for Life By Jeffery M. Leonard, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Religion, Samford University Give Thanks — Anyway! 2 Chronicles 20:10–12, 14–17, 20–22, 29–30 The rise of the Davidic monarchy and the development of Israel into a small empire in Canaan and the Levant coincided with a decline in the empires to the nation’s east and west. In the west,…