2 Tawarikh 5:2

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

5:2 Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders – all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families – in Jerusalem, ¹  so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David ²  (that is, Zion). ³ 

2 Tawarikh 6:34

6:34 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, ⁴  and they direct their prayers to you toward this chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, ⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 10:18

10:18 King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, ⁶  the supervisor of the work crews, out after them, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. ⁷ 

2 Tawarikh 20:6

20:6 He prayed: “O Lord God of our ancestors, ⁸  you are the God who lives in heaven ⁹  and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.

2 Tawarikh 23:14

23:14 Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, and ordered them, “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. ¹⁰  Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple. ¹¹ 

2 Tawarikh 24:12

24:12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen ¹²  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord’s temple.

2 Tawarikh 25:23

25:23 King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. ¹³ 

2 Tawarikh 26:21

26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ¹⁴  afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

2 Tawarikh 29:21

29:21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. ¹⁵  The king ¹⁶  told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord.

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 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 Tawarikh 36:22

Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Go Home

36:22 In the first year of the reign of ¹⁹  King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, ²⁰  the Lord moved ²¹  King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.

[5:2]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

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

[5:2]  ³ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David (it is Zion).”

[6:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”

[6:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “toward this city which you have chosen and the house which I built for your name.”

[10:18]  ⁶ sn In the parallel account in 1 Kgs 12:18 this name appears as “Adoniram.”

[10:18]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[20:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 33).

[20:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “are you not God in heaven?” The rhetorical question expects the answer “yes,” resulting in the positive statement “you are the God who lives in heaven” employed in the translation.

[23:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “ranks.”

[23:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the Lord.’”

[24:12]  ¹² tn Heb “doers of the work.”

[25:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “400 cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the distance would have been about 600 feet (180 m).

[26:21]  ¹⁴ tn The precise meaning of בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhafshiyt, “house of [?]”) is uncertain. NASB, NIV, NRSV all have “in a separate house”; NEB has “in his own house…relieved of all duties.” For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.

[29:21]  ¹⁵ sn Perhaps these terms refer metonymically to the royal court, the priests and Levites, and the people, respectively.

[29:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[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.

[36:22]  ¹⁹ tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[36:22]  ²⁰ 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]  ²¹ tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”