2 Tawarikh 2:12

2:12 Huram also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. ¹ 

2 Tawarikh 5:10

5:10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. ²  (It was there that ³  the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)

2 Tawarikh 6:14

6:14 and prayed: ⁴  “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty ⁵  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 6:24

6:24 “If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy ⁷  because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, ⁸  and pray for your help ⁹  before you in this temple,

2 Tawarikh 7:8

7:8 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival for seven days. This great assembly included people from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south. ¹⁰ 

2 Tawarikh 7:10

7:10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon ¹¹  sent the people home. They left ¹²  happy and contented ¹³  because of the good the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

2 Tawarikh 9:8

9:8 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored ¹⁴  you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! ¹⁵  Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, ¹⁶  he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.” ¹⁷ 

2 Tawarikh 13:12

13:12 Now look, God is with us as our leader. His priests are ready to blow the trumpets to signal the attack against you. ¹⁸  You Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, ¹⁹  for you will not win!”

2 Tawarikh 16:3

16:3 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ²⁰  See, I have sent you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ²¹ 

2 Tawarikh 18:16

18:16 Micaiah ²²  replied, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”

2 Tawarikh 18:31

18:31 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “He must be the king of Israel!” So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. The Lord helped him; God lured them away from him.

2 Tawarikh 18:33

18:33 Now an archer shot an arrow at random ²³  and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ²⁴  ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, ²⁵  for I am wounded.”

2 Tawarikh 21:13

21:13 but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. ²⁶  You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, ²⁷  who were better than you.

2 Tawarikh 28:3

28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, ²⁸  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ²⁹  whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.

2 Tawarikh 28:5

28:5 The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians ³⁰  defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. ³¹  He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him. ³² 

2 Tawarikh 31:5

31:5 When the edict was issued, ³³  the Israelites freely contributed ³⁴  the initial portion of their grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a tenth of everything, which added up to a huge amount.

2 Tawarikh 32:17

32:17 He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: ³⁵  “The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.” ³⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 33:7

33:7 He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. ³⁷ 

2 Tawarikh 34:21

34:21 “Go, seek an oracle from ³⁸  the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about ³⁹  the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, ⁴⁰  because our ancestors ⁴¹  have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!” ⁴² 

[2:12]  ¹ tn Heb “who has given to David a wise son [who] knows discernment and insight, who will build a house for the Lord and house for his kingship.”

[5:10]  ² sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).

[5:10]  ³ tn Heb “in Horeb where.”

[6:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “said.”

[6:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.”

[6:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[6:24]  ⁷ tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

[6:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[6:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

[7:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Solomon held the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel was with him, a very great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the wadi of Egypt.”

[7:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:10]  ¹² tn The words “they left” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “good of heart.”

[9:8]  ¹⁴ tn Or “delighted in.”

[9:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “as king for the Lord your God.”

[9:8]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to make him stand permanently.”

[9:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

[13:12]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and his priests and the trumpets of the war alarm [are ready] to sound out against you.”

[13:12]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 18).

[16:3]  ²⁰ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

[16:3]  ²¹ tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

[18:16]  ²² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:33]  ²³ tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).

[18:33]  ²⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:33]  ²⁵ tn Heb “camp.”

[21:13]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and you walked in the way of the kings of Israel and caused Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery, like the house of Ahab causes to commit adultery.”

[21:13]  ²⁷ tn Heb “the house of your father.”

[28:3]  ²⁸ sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

[28:3]  ²⁹ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[28:5]  ³⁰ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[28:5]  ³¹ tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”

[28:5]  ³² tn Heb “who struck him down with a great striking.”

[31:5]  ³³ tn Heb “and when the word spread out.”

[31:5]  ³⁴ tn Heb “the sons of Israel multiplied.”

[32:17]  ³⁵ tn Heb “and speaking against him, saying.”

[32:17]  ³⁶ tn Heb “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.”

[33:7]  ³⁷ tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name permanently” (or perhaps “forever”).

[34:21]  ³⁸ tn Or “inquire of.”

[34:21]  ³⁹ tn Heb “concerning.”

[34:21]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “for great is the anger of the Lord which has been ignited against us.”

[34:21]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 32, 33).

[34:21]  ⁴² tn Heb “by doing according to all that is written on this scroll.”