Trump set to read Scripture from the Oval Office during 'America Reads the Bible' event starting Sunday

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Organizer of "America Reads the Bible" Bunni Pounds tells Fox News Digital the president will read the passage because it has long been used as a prayer for the nation in times of hardship. FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump will read from 2 Chronicles 7 during a nationwide Bible-reading event this week, a passage organizers say was deliberately reserved for the president because of its decades-long role as a call to prayer in America. Trump is set to read 2 Chronicles 7:11–22 from the Oval Office during the 6 p.m. ET hour on Tuesday as part of "America Reads the Bible," a weeklong event marking 250 years of the Bible in America and featuring nearly 500 participants reading Scripture from Genesis to Revelation. Organizers said Trump’s section was not assigned at random. The event’s online schedule shows the 2 Chronicles 7:11–22 reading was reserved