2 Tawarikh 6:14

6:14 and prayed: ¹  “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty ²  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ³ 

2 Tawarikh 11:21

11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. ⁴  He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

2 Tawarikh 30:22

30:22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, ⁵  who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. ⁶  They feasted for the seven days of the festival, ⁷  and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors.

2 Tawarikh 31:2

The People Contribute to the Temple

31:2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks ⁸  – to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “said.”

² tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.”

³ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

⁴ sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. After the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (2 Sam 21:10-14; 1 Kgs 11:3).

⁵ tn Heb “and Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites.” On the meaning of the idiom “speak to the heart of” here, see HALOT 210 s.v. II דבר 8.d.

⁶ tn Heb “who demonstrated skill [with] good skill for the Lord.”

⁷ tn Heb “and they ate [during] the appointed time [for] seven days.” מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “appointed time”) is probably an adverbial accusative of time referring to the festival. However, some understand it as metonymically referring to the food eaten during the festival. See BDB 417 s.v.

⁸ tn Heb “and Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each in accordance with his service for the priests and for the Levites.”

⁹ tn Heb “in the gates of the encampments of the Lord.”