2 Tawarikh 1:14

Solomon’s Wealth

1:14 Solomon accumulated ¹  chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. ² 

2 Tawarikh 5:13

5:13 The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing: ³  “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!” Then a cloud filled the Lord’s temple. ⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 6:10

6:10 The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel

2 Tawarikh 16:14

16:14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. ⁵  They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him. ⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 18:9

18:9 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their royal robes, at the threshing floor at ⁷  the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

2 Tawarikh 20:21

20:21 He met ⁸  with the people and appointed musicians to play before the Lord and praise his majestic splendor. As they marched ahead of the warriors they said: “Give thanks to the Lord, for his loyal love endures.” ⁹ 

2 Tawarikh 21:12

21:12 Jehoram ¹⁰  received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You ¹¹  have not followed in the footsteps ¹²  of your father Jehoshaphat and of ¹³  King Asa of Judah,

2 Tawarikh 22:11

22:11 So Jehoshabeath, ¹⁴  the daughter of King Jehoram, ¹⁵  took Ahaziah’s son Joash and sneaked him away ¹⁶  from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah so she could not execute him.

2 Tawarikh 32:12

32:12 Hezekiah is the one who eliminated ¹⁷  the Lord’s ¹⁸  high places and altars and then told Judah and Jerusalem, “At one altar you must worship and offer sacrifices.”

2 Tawarikh 35:21

35:21 Necho ¹⁹  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? ²⁰  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. ²¹  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” ²² 

2 Tawarikh 35:24

35:24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, ²³  where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; ²⁴  all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.

2 Tawarikh 36:22

Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Go Home

36:22 In the first year of the reign of ²⁵  King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, ²⁶  the Lord moved ²⁷  King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.

[1:14]  ¹ tn Or “gathered.”

[1:14]  ² tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”

[1:14]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:13]  ³ tn Heb “like one were the trumpeters and the musicians, causing one voice to be heard, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, and while raising a voice with trumpets and with cymbals and with instruments of music, and while praising the Lord.”

[5:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the house was filled with a cloud, the house of the Lord.”

[16:14]  ⁵ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[16:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”

[18:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “at,” which in this case probably means “near.”

[20:21]  ⁸ tn Or “consulted.”

[20:21]  ⁹ tn Or “is eternal.”

[21:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[21:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Because you…” In the Hebrew text this lengthy sentence is completed in vv. 14-15. Because of its length and complexity (and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences), the translation has divided it up into several English sentences.

[21:12]  ¹² tn Heb “walked in the ways.”

[21:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the ways of.”

[22:11]  ¹⁴ sn Jehoshabeath is a variant spelling of the name Jehosheba (2 Kgs 11:2).

[22:11]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the king”; the referent (King Jehoram, see later in this verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:11]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “stole.”

[32:12]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Did not he, Hezekiah, eliminate…?” This rhetorical question presupposes a positive reply (“yes, he did”) and so has been translated here as a positive statement.

[32:12]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

[35:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

[35:21]  ²² tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”

[35:24]  ²³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[35:24]  ²⁴ tn Heb “fathers.”

[36:22]  ²⁵ tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[36:22]  ²⁶ 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]  ²⁷ tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”