2 Tawarikh 2:3

2:3 Solomon sent a message to King Huram ¹  of Tyre: ²  “Help me ³  as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs ⁴  for the construction of his palace. ⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 9:8

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

2 Tawarikh 11:23

11:23 He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities. ¹⁰  He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them. ¹¹ 

2 Tawarikh 19:2

19:2 the prophet ¹²  Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; ¹³  he said to King Jehoshaphat, “Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the Lord? ¹⁴  Because you have done this the Lord is angry with you! ¹⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 20:12

20:12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.” ¹⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 21:13

21:13 but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. ¹⁷  You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, ¹⁸  who were better than you.

2 Tawarikh 24:5

24:5 He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.

2 Tawarikh 24:24

24:24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army, ¹⁹  for the people of Judah ²⁰  had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians ²¹  gave Joash what he deserved. ²² 

2 Tawarikh 28:1

Ahaz’s Reign

28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ²³  He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. ²⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 33:8

33:8 I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, ²⁵  provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law, the rules and regulations given to Moses.”

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “Huram.” Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.

[2:3]  ² map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[2:3]  ³ tn The words “help me” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

[2:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “cedars.” The word “logs” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[2:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “to build for him a house to live in it.”

[9:8]  ⁶ tn Or “delighted in.”

[9:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “as king for the Lord your God.”

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

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

[11:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he was discerning and broke up from all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities.”

[11:23]  ¹¹ tn “and he asked for a multitude of wives.”

[19:2]  ¹² tn Or “seer.”

[19:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “went out to his face.”

[19:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and love those who hate the Lord?”

[19:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and because of this upon you is anger from before the Lord.”

[20:12]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “for [or “indeed”] upon you are our eyes.”

[21:13]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and you walked in the way of the kings of Israel and caused Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery, like the house of Ahab causes to commit adultery.”

[21:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the house of your father.”

[24:24]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the Lord gave into their hand an army [that was] very large.”

[24:24]  ²⁰ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:24]  ²¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:24]  ²² tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”

[28:1]  ²³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[28:1]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father.”

[33:8]  ²⁵ tn Heb “I will not again make the feet of Israel wander from the land which I established for their fathers.”