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 9:4

9:4 the food in his banquet hall, ²  his servants and attendants ³  in their robes, his cupbearers in their robes, and his burnt sacrifices which he presented in the Lord’s temple, ⁴  she was amazed. ⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 9:9

9:9 She gave the king 120 talents ⁶  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. ⁷ 

2 Tawarikh 10:14

10:14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; ⁸  I will make them even heavier. ⁹  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ¹⁰ 

2 Tawarikh 18:7

18:7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ¹¹  But I despise ¹²  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always ¹³  disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹⁴  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”

2 Tawarikh 32:15

32:15 Now don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how ¹⁵  can your gods rescue ¹⁶  you from my power?’”

2 Tawarikh 34:12

34:12 The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam (descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians,

[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.”

[9:4]  ² tn Heb “the food on his table.”

[9:4]  ³ tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”

[9:4]  ⁴ tc The Hebrew text has here, “and his upper room [by] which he was going up to the house of the Lord.” But עֲלִיָּתוֹ (’aliyyato, “his upper room”) should be emended to עֹלָתוֹ, (’olato, “his burnt sacrifice[s]”). See the parallel account in 1 Kgs 10:5.

[9:4]  ⁵ tn Or “it took her breath away”; Heb “there was no breath still in her.”

[9:9]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ tn Heb “there has not been like those spices which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

[10:14]  ⁸ tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew mss and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.”

[10:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”

[10:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.

[18:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[18:7]  ¹² tn Or “hate.”

[18:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “all his days.”

[18:7]  ¹⁴ tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[32:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “how much less.”

[32:15]  ¹⁶ tn The verb is plural, suggesting that the preceding אֱלֹהֵיכֶם (’elohekhem) be translated “your gods,” rather than “your God.”