2 Tawarikh 9:9

9:9 She gave the king 120 talents ¹  of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. ² 

2 Tawarikh 12:5

12:5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’” ³ 

2 Tawarikh 18:5

18:5 So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” ⁴  They said, “Attack! God ⁵  will hand it over to the king.”

2 Tawarikh 34:27

34:27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit ⁶  and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.

2 Tawarikh 35:8

35:8 His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God’s temple, supplied 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle.

2 Tawarikh 36:17

36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered ⁷  their young men in their temple. ⁸  He did not spare ⁹  young men or women, or even the old and aging. God ¹⁰  handed everyone over to him.

2 Tawarikh 36:22

Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Go Home

36:22 In the first year of the reign of ¹¹  King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, ¹²  the Lord moved ¹³  King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.

[9:9]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold was 8,076 lbs. (3,672 kg).

[9:9]  ² tn Heb “there has not been like those spices which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

[12:5]  ³ tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”

[18:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “Should we go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”

[18:5]  ⁵ tn Though Jehoshaphat had requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, yÿhvah, “Yahweh”), the Israelite prophets stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title הָאֱלֹהִים (ha’elohim, “the God”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the 400 are genuine prophets of the Lord.

[34:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”

[36:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “killed with the sword.”

[36:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”

[36:17]  ⁹ tn Or “show compassion to.”

[36:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[36:22]  ¹¹ tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[36:22]  ¹² tn Heb “to complete the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

[36:22]  sn Regarding the promise he delivered through Jeremiah see Jer 29:10.

[36:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”