2 Tawarikh 6:30

6:30 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ¹  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives. ²  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ³ 

2 Tawarikh 10:16

10:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David – no share in the son of Jesse! ⁴  Return to your homes, O Israel! ⁵  Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” ⁶  So all Israel returned to their homes. ⁷ 

2 Tawarikh 20:7

20:7 Our God, you drove out ⁸  the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it as a permanent possession ⁹  to the descendants of your friend ¹⁰  Abraham.

2 Tawarikh 20:15

20:15 He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah, ¹¹  residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic ¹²  because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.

2 Tawarikh 20:20

20:20 Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: “Listen to me, you people of Judah ¹³  and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe! ¹⁴  Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”

2 Tawarikh 22:1

Ahaziah’s Reign

22:1 The residents of Jerusalem ¹⁵  made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. ¹⁶  So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

2 Tawarikh 22:7

22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. ¹⁷  When Ahaziah ¹⁸  arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned ¹⁹  to wipe out Ahab’s family. ²⁰ 

2 Tawarikh 24:11

24:11 Whenever the Levites brought the chest to the royal accountant and they saw there was a lot of silver, the royal scribe and the accountant of the high priest emptied the chest and then took it back to its place. They went through this routine every day and collected a large amount of silver.

2 Tawarikh 26:21

26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ²¹  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 31:10

31:10 Azariah, the head priest from the family of Zadok, said to him, “Since the contributions began arriving in the Lord’s temple, we have had plenty to eat and have a large quantity left over. For the Lord has blessed his people, and this large amount remains.”

2 Tawarikh 32:33

32:33 Hezekiah passed away ²²  and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor. ²³  His son Manasseh replaced him as king.

2 Tawarikh 34:27-28

34:27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit ²⁴  and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord. 34:28 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. ²⁵  You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.

2 Tawarikh 35:12

35:12 They reserved the burnt offerings and the cattle for the family divisions of the people to present to the Lord, as prescribed in the scroll of Moses. ²⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 35:18

35:18 A Passover like this had not been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had observed a Passover like the one celebrated by Josiah, the priests, the Levites, all the people of Judah and Israel who were there, and the residents of Jerusalem.

2 Tawarikh 35:21

35:21 Necho ²⁷  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? ²⁸  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. ²⁹  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” ³⁰ 

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, ³¹  where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; ³²  all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.

[6:30]  ¹ tn The words “their sin” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for clarification.

[6:30]  ² tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 28-30a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

[6:30]  ³ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

[10:16]  ⁴ sn The people’s point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.

[10:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “each one to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[10:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”

[10:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “went to their tents.”

[20:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “did you not drive out?” This is another rhetorical question which expects a positive response; see the note on the word “heaven” in the previous verse.

[20:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “permanently.”

[20:7]  ¹⁰ tn Or perhaps “your covenantal partner.” See Isa 41:8.

[20:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah. Unlike the previous instance in v. 13 where infants, wives, and children are mentioned separately, this reference appears to include them all.

[20:15]  ¹² tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”

[20:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “O Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “Judah” in v. 15.

[20:20]  ¹⁴ tn There is a wordplay in the Hebrew text. The Hiphil verb form הַאֲמִינוּ (ha’aminu, “trust”) and the Niphal form תֵאָמֵנוּ (te’amenu, “you will be safe”) come from the same verbal root (אָמַן, ’aman).

[22:1]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[22:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.”

[22:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”

[22:7]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “anointed.”

[22:7]  ²⁰ tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”

[26:21]  ²¹ 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.

[32:33]  ²² tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[32:33]  ²³ tn Heb “and honor they did to him in his death, all Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.”

[34:27]  ²⁴ tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”

[34:28]  ²⁵ tn Heb “Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”

[35:12]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and they put aside the burnt offering[s] to give them to the divisions of the house of the fathers for the sons of the people to bring near to the Lord as it is written in the scroll of Moses – and the same with the cattle.”

[35:21]  ²⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:21]  ²⁸ tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

[35:21]  ²⁹ tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

[35:21]  ³⁰ tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”

[35:24]  ³¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[35:24]  ³² tn Heb “fathers.”