2 Chronicles 5:9

5:9 The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ¹  They have remained there to this very day.

2 Chronicles 7:11

The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning

7:11 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the Lord’s temple and his royal palace, ² 

2 Chronicles 9:20

9:20 All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time. ³ 

2 Chronicles 11:17

11:17 They supported ⁴  the kingdom of Judah and were loyal to ⁵  Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years; they followed the edicts of ⁶  David and Solomon for three years.

2 Chronicles 18:26

18:26 Say, ‘This is what the king says: “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water ⁷  until I return safely.”’”

2 Chronicles 18:29-30

18:29 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and then enter ⁸  the battle; but you wear your royal attire.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and they entered the battle. 18:30 Now the king of Syria had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high ranking officers; ⁹  fight only the king of Israel!”

2 Chronicles 21:7

21:7 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty ¹⁰  because of the promise ¹¹  he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty. ¹² 

2 Chronicles 24:22

24:22 King Joash disregarded ¹³  the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s ¹⁴  son. As Zechariah ¹⁵  was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!” ¹⁶ 

2 Chronicles 36:14

36:14 All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. ¹⁷  They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

¹ tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”

² tn Heb “and all that entered the heart of Solomon to do in the house of the Lord and in his house he successfully accomplished.”

³ tn Heb “there was no silver, it was not regarded as anything in the days of Solomon.”

⁴ tn Or “strengthened.”

⁵ tn Or “strengthened.”

⁶ tn Heb “they walked in the way of.”

⁵ tn Heb “the bread of affliction and the water of affliction.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew verbal forms could be imperatives (“Disguise yourself and enter”), but this would make no sense in light of the immediately following context. The forms are better interpreted as infinitives absolute functioning as cohortatives (see IBHS 594 §35.5.2a). Some prefer to emend the forms to imperfects.

⁷ tn Heb “small or great.”

⁸ tn Heb “house.”

⁹ tn Or “covenant.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “which he made to David, just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” Here “lamp” is metaphorical, symbolizing the Davidic dynasty.

⁹ tn Heb “did not remember.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.

¹⁰ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”