2 Tawarikh 36:22

Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Go Home

36:22 In the first year of the reign of ¹  King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, ²  the Lord moved ³  King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.

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 ⁴  – to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary. ⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 32:16

32:16 Sennacherib’s ⁶  servants further insulted ⁷  the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.

2 Tawarikh 36:21

36:21 This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. ⁸  The land experienced ⁹  its sabbatical years; ¹⁰  it remained desolate for seventy years, ¹¹  as prophesied. ¹² 

2 Tawarikh 6:17

6:17 Now, O Lord God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant David be realized. ¹³ 

2 Tawarikh 5:13

5:13 The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing: ¹⁴  “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!” Then a cloud filled the Lord’s temple. ¹⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 30:22

30:22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, ¹⁶  who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. ¹⁷  They feasted for the seven days of the festival, ¹⁸  and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors.

2 Tawarikh 6:1

6:1 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

2 Tawarikh 31:7

31:7 In the third month they began piling their contributions in heaps ¹⁹  and finished in the seventh month.

2 Tawarikh 29:31

29:31 Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves ²⁰  to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings ²¹  to the Lord’s temple.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and whoever desired to do so ²²  brought burnt sacrifices.

2 Tawarikh 10:15

10:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events ²³  so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made ²⁴  through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

2 Tawarikh 24:27

24:27 The list of Joash’s ²⁵  sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. ²⁶  His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

2 Tawarikh 33:18

33:18 The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the prophets ²⁷  spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are recorded ²⁸  in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

2 Tawarikh 6:4

6:4 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled ²⁹  what he promised ³⁰  my father David.

2 Tawarikh 6:10

6:10 The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel

2 Tawarikh 7:3

7:3 When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the Lord’s splendor over the temple, they got on their knees with their faces downward toward the pavement. They worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, ³¹  “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!”

2 Tawarikh 15:8

15:8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. ³²  He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the Lord in front of the porch of the Lord’s temple. ³³ 

2 Tawarikh 20:21

20:21 He met ³⁴  with the people and appointed musicians to play before the Lord and praise his majestic splendor. As they marched ahead of the warriors they said: “Give thanks to the Lord, for his loyal love endures.” ³⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 7:6

7:6 The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the Lord. ³⁶  (These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the Lord and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying, “Certainly his loyal love endures.”) ³⁷  Opposite the Levites, ³⁸  the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there.

[36:22]  ¹ tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[36:22]  ² tn Heb “to complete the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

[36:22]  sn Regarding the promise he delivered through Jeremiah see Jer 29:10.

[36:22]  ³ tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”

[31:2]  ⁴ 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.”

[31:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the gates of the encampments of the Lord.”

[32:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[32:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “spoke against.”

[36:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

[36:21]  ⁹ tn Or “accepted.”

[36:21]  ¹⁰ sn According to Lev 25:4, the land was to remain uncultivated every seventh year. Lev 26:33-35 warns that the land would experience a succession of such sabbatical rests if the people disobeyed God, for he would send them away into exile.

[36:21]  ¹¹ sn Concerning the seventy years see Jer 25:11.

[36:21]  ¹² tn Heb “all the days of the desolation it rested to fulfill the seventy years.”

[36:21]  sn Cyrus’ edict (see vv. 22-23) occurred about fifty years after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 b.c., which is most naturally understood as the beginning point of the “days of desolation” mentioned in v. 21. The number “seventy” is probably used in a metaphorical sense, indicating a typical lifetime and suggesting a thorough or complete judgment that would not be lifted until an entirely new generation emerged.

[6:17]  ¹³ tn Or “prove to be reliable.”

[5:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “like one were the trumpeters and the musicians, causing one voice to be heard, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, and while raising a voice with trumpets and with cymbals and with instruments of music, and while praising the Lord.”

[5:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and the house was filled with a cloud, the house of the Lord.”

[30:22]  ¹⁶ 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.

[30:22]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “who demonstrated skill [with] good skill for the Lord.”

[30:22]  ¹⁸ 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.

[31:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “they began the heaps, to establish.”

[29:31]  ²⁰ tn Heb “filled your hand.”

[29:31]  ²¹ tn Or “tokens of thanks.”

[29:31]  ²² tn Heb “and all who were willing of heart.”

[10:15]  ²³ tn Heb “because this turn of events was from God.”

[10:15]  ²⁴ tn Heb “so that the Lord might bring to pass his word which he spoke.”

[24:27]  ²⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:27]  ²⁶ tn Heb “And his sons and the abundance of the oracle[s] against him, and the founding of the house of God, look are they not written on the writing of the scroll of the kings?”

[33:18]  ²⁷ tn Or “seers.”

[33:18]  ²⁸ tn Heb “look, they are.”

[6:4]  ²⁹ tn The Hebrew text reads, “fulfilled by his hand,” but the phrase “by his hand” is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[6:4]  ³⁰ tn The Hebrew text reads, “promised by his mouth,” but the phrase “by his mouth” is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[7:3]  ³¹ tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[15:8]  ³² tn Heb “strengthened himself.”

[15:8]  ³³ tn Heb “the porch of the Lord.”

[20:21]  ³⁴ tn Or “consulted.”

[20:21]  ³⁵ tn Or “is eternal.”

[7:6]  ³⁶ tn Heb “and the priests were standing at their posts, and the Levites with the instruments of music of the Lord.”

[7:6]  ³⁷ tn Heb “which David the king made to give thanks to the Lord, for lasting is his loyal love, when David praised by them.”

[7:6]  ³⁸ tn Heb “opposite them”; the referent (the Levites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.