2 Tawarikh 1:9

1:9 Now, Lord God, may your promise ¹  to my father David be realized, ²  for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.

2 Tawarikh 2:11

2:11 King Huram ³  of Tyre sent this letter to Solomon: “Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you their king.”

2 Tawarikh 5:7

5:7 The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its assigned ⁴  place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs.

2 Tawarikh 6:12

6:12 He stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

2 Tawarikh 7:21

7:21 As for this temple, which was once majestic, ⁵  everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’

2 Tawarikh 15:11

15:11 At that time ⁶  they sacrificed to the Lord some of the plunder they had brought back, including 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep. ⁷ 

2 Tawarikh 16:8

16:8 Did not the Cushites and Libyans have a huge army with chariots and a very large number of horsemen? But when you relied on the Lord, he handed them over to you!

2 Tawarikh 16:12

16:12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. ⁸  Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. ⁹ 

2 Tawarikh 18:10-11

18:10 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed!’” 18:11 All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king!”

2 Tawarikh 18:27

18:27 Micaiah said, “If you really do return safely, then the Lord has not spoken through me!” Then he added, “Take note, ¹⁰  all you people.”

2 Tawarikh 20:14

20:14 Then in the midst of the assembly, the Lord’s Spirit came upon Jachaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph.

2 Tawarikh 20:22

20:22 When they began to shout and praise, the Lord suddenly attacked ¹¹  the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir ¹²  who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

2 Tawarikh 20:26-27

20:26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where ¹³  they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah ¹⁴  to this very day. 20:27 Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat leading them; the Lord had given them reason to rejoice over their enemies.

2 Tawarikh 21:6

21:6 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. ¹⁵  He did evil in the sight of ¹⁶  the Lord.

2 Tawarikh 23:3

23:3 and the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the temple of God. Jehoiada ¹⁷  said to them, “The king’s son will rule, just as the Lord promised David’s descendants.

2 Tawarikh 25:9

25:9 Amaziah asked the prophet: ¹⁸  “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet ¹⁹  replied, “The Lord is capable of giving you more than that.”

2 Tawarikh 28:6

28:6 In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. ²⁰ 

2 Tawarikh 29:7

29:7 They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

2 Tawarikh 31:6

31:6 The Israelites and people of Judah ²¹  who lived in the cities of Judah also contributed a tenth of their cattle and sheep, as well as a tenth of the holy items consecrated to the Lord their God. They brought them and placed them in many heaps. ²² 

2 Tawarikh 33:22

33:22 He did evil in the sight of ²³  the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped ²⁴  them.

2 Tawarikh 34:15

34:15 Hilkiah informed Shaphan the scribe, “I found the law scroll in the Lord’s temple.” Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan.

2 Tawarikh 36:9

Jehoiachin’s Reign

36:9 Jehoiachin was eighteen ²⁵  years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. ²⁶  He did evil in the sight of ²⁷  the Lord.

[1:9]  ¹ tn Heb “you word.”

[1:9]  ² tn Or “be firm, established.”

[2:11]  ³ tn Heb “Huram” (also in v. 12). Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.

[5:7]  ⁴ tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[7:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “and this house which was high/elevated.” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”

[15:11]  ⁶ tn Or “In that day.”

[15:11]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (tso’n) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but their is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other.

[16:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “became sick in his feet.”

[16:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “unto upwards [i.e., very severe [was] his sickness, and even in his sickness he did not seek the Lord, only the healers.

[18:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Listen.”

[20:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “set ambushers against.” This is probably idiomatic here for launching a surprise attack.

[20:22]  ¹² tn Heb “the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir.”

[20:26]  ¹³ tn Heb “for there.”

[20:26]  ¹⁴ sn The name Berachah, which means “blessing” in Hebrew, is derived from the verbal root “to praise [or “to bless”],” which appears earlier in the verse.

[21:6]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife.”

[21:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[23:3]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada the priest, cf. v. 8) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:9]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “said to the man of God.”

[25:9]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “man of God.”

[28:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 9, 25).

[31:6]  ²¹ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel and Judah.”

[31:6]  ²² tn Heb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.

[33:22]  ²³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[33:22]  ²⁴ tn Or “served.”

[36:9]  ²⁵ tc The Hebrew text reads “eight,” but some ancient textual witnesses, as well as the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:8, have “eighteen.”

[36:9]  ²⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[36:9]  ²⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”