2 Tawarikh 8:6

8:6 and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, ¹  and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. ²  He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, ³  Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. ⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 9:8

9:8 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored ⁵  you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! ⁶  Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, ⁷  he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.” ⁸ 

2 Tawarikh 12:5

12:5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’” ⁹ 

2 Tawarikh 17:7

17:7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah.

2 Tawarikh 18:9

18:9 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their royal robes, at the threshing floor at ¹⁰  the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

2 Tawarikh 19:11

19:11 You will report to Amariah the chief priest in all matters pertaining to the Lord’s law, and to Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in all matters pertaining to the king. ¹¹  The Levites will serve as officials before you. Confidently carry out your duties! ¹²  May the Lord be with those who do well!”

2 Tawarikh 34:8

34:8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. ¹³  He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the Lord his God.

2 Tawarikh 34:22

34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king ¹⁴  went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, ¹⁵  the supervisor of the wardrobe. ¹⁶  (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh ¹⁷  district.) They stated their business, ¹⁸ 

2 Tawarikh 35:8

35:8 His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God’s temple, supplied 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle.

[8:6]  ¹ tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name is unexpected in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

[8:6]  ² tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”

[8:6]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”

[9:8]  ⁵ tn Or “delighted in.”

[9:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “as king for the Lord your God.”

[9:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “to make him stand permanently.”

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

[12:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”

[18:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “at,” which in this case probably means “near.”

[19:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and look, Amariah the chief priest is over you with respect to every matter of the Lord, and Zebadiah…with respect to every matter of the king.”

[19:11]  ¹² tn Heb “Be strong and act!”

[34:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “to purify the land and the house.”

[34:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”

[34:22]  ¹⁵ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”

[34:22]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”

[34:22]  ¹⁷ tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.

[34:22]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”