2 Tawarikh 3:10

3:10 In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold.

2 Tawarikh 4:3

4:3 Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches ¹  all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”

2 Tawarikh 5:12

5:12 All the Levites who were musicians, including Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives, wore linen. They played cymbals and stringed instruments as they stood east of the altar. They were accompanied by 120 priests who blew trumpets.

2 Tawarikh 8:5

8:5 He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates, ² 

2 Tawarikh 8:9

8:9 Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; ³  the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. ⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 11:16

11:16 Those among all the Israelite tribes who were determined to worship the Lord God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem ⁵  to sacrifice to the Lord God of their ancestors. ⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 12:3

12:3 He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

2 Tawarikh 13:2

13:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ⁷  His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. ⁸ 

There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

2 Tawarikh 13:5

13:5 Don’t you realize that the Lord God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal agreement? ⁹ 

2 Tawarikh 13:7

13:7 Lawless good-for-nothing men ¹⁰  gathered around him and conspired ¹¹  against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man ¹²  and could not resist them.

2 Tawarikh 15:11

15:11 At that time ¹³  they sacrificed to the Lord some of the plunder they had brought back, including 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep. ¹⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 18:10

18:10 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed!’”

2 Tawarikh 20:14

20:14 Then in the midst of the assembly, the Lord’s Spirit came upon Jachaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph.

2 Tawarikh 21:7

21:7 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty ¹⁵  because of the promise ¹⁶  he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty. ¹⁷ 

2 Tawarikh 21:10

21:10 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. ¹⁸  At that same time Libnah also rebelled and freed themselves from Judah’s control ¹⁹  because Jehoram ²⁰  rejected the Lord God of his ancestors.

2 Tawarikh 22:8

22:8 While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab’s family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them.

2 Tawarikh 23:4

23:4 This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors.

2 Tawarikh 24:21-22

24:21 They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple. 24:22 King Joash disregarded ²¹  the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s ²²  son. As Zechariah ²³  was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!” ²⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 25:10

25:10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. ²⁵  They were very angry at Judah and returned home incensed.

2 Tawarikh 28:6

28:6 In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. ²⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 28:27

28:27 Ahaz passed away ²⁷  and was buried in the City of David; ²⁸  they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.

2 Tawarikh 29:32

29:32 The assembly brought a total of 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs as burnt sacrifices to the Lord, ²⁹ 

2 Tawarikh 30:27

30:27 The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The Lord responded favorably to them ³⁰  as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.

2 Tawarikh 31:13

31:13 Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah worked under the supervision of Konaniah and his brother Shimei, as directed by King Hezekiah and Azariah, the supervisor of God’s temple.

2 Tawarikh 31:15

31:15 In the cities of the priests, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him in making disbursements to their fellow priests ³¹  according to their divisions, regardless of age. ³² 

2 Tawarikh 31:17

31:17 They made disbursements to the priests listed in the genealogical records by their families, and to the Levites twenty years old and up, according to their duties as assigned to their divisions,

2 Tawarikh 32:7

32:7 “Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic ³³  because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him. ³⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 32:27

32:27 Hezekiah was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made storehouses for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, and all his other valuable possessions. ³⁵ 

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 ³⁶  spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are recorded ³⁷  in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

2 Tawarikh 34:14

34:14 When they took out the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple, Hilkiah the priest found the law scroll the Lord had given to Moses.

2 Tawarikh 35:25

35:25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.

[4:3]  ¹ tn Heb “ten every cubit.”

[8:5]  ² tn Heb “and he built…[as] cities of fortification, [with] walls, doors, and a bar.”

[8:9]  ³ tn Heb “and from the sons of Israel which Solomon did not assign to the laborers for his work.”

[8:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “officers of his chariots and his horses.”

[11:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “and after them from all the tribes of Israel, the ones giving their heart[s] to seek the Lord God of Israel came [to] Jerusalem.”

[11:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “fathers.”

[13:2]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:2]  ⁸ tn The parallel text in 1 Kgs 15:1 identifies his mother as “Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom” [=Absalom, 2 Chr 11:20). Although most English versions identify the mother’s father as Uriel of Gibeah, a number of English versions substitute the name “Maacah” here for the mother (e.g., NIV, NCV, CEV, NLT).

[13:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “Do you not know that the Lord God of Israel has given kingship to David over Israel permanently, to him and to his sons [by] a covenant of salt?”

[13:5]  sn For other references to a “covenant of salt,” see Lev 2:13 and Num 18:19.

[13:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “empty men, sons of wickedness.”

[13:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “strengthened themselves.”

[13:7]  ¹² tn Heb “a young man and tender of heart.”

[15:11]  ¹³ tn Or “In that day.”

[15:11]  ¹⁴ tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (tso’n) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but their is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other.

[21:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “house.”

[21:7]  ¹⁶ tn Or “covenant.”

[21:7]  ¹⁷ 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.

[21:10]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah until this day.”

[21:10]  ¹⁹ tn Or “from Jehoram’s control”; Heb “from under his hand.” The pronominal suffix may refer to Judah in general or, more specifically, to Jehoram.

[21:10]  ²⁰ tn Heb “he.” This pronoun could refer to Judah, but the context focuses on Jehoram’s misdeeds. See especially v. 11.

[24:22]  ²¹ tn Heb “did not remember.”

[24:22]  ²² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:22]  ²³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:22]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.

[25:10]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and Amaziah separated them, the troops who came to him from Ephraim, to go to their place.”

[28:6]  ²⁶ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 9, 25).

[28:27]  ²⁷ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[28:27]  ²⁸ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[29:32]  ²⁹ tn Heb “and the number of burnt sacrifices which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, two hundred lambs; for a burnt sacrifice to the Lord were all these.”

[30:27]  ³⁰ tn Heb “and it was heard with their voice.” BDB 1034 s.v. שָׁמַע Niph.4 interprets this to mean “hearing was granted to their voice.” It is possible that the name יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the Lord”) has been accidentally omitted.

[31:15]  ³¹ tn Heb “to their brothers.”

[31:15]  ³² tn Heb “like great, like small” (i.e., old and young alike).

[32:7]  ³³ tn Or perhaps, “and don’t be discouraged.”

[32:7]  ³⁴ tn Heb “for with us [is] a greater [one] than with him.”

[32:27]  ³⁵ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “and shields and all the desirable items.” The present translation assumes an emendation of מָגִנִּים (maginnim, “shields”) to מִגְדָּנִים (migdanim, “precious items”). See v. 23.

[33:18]  ³⁶ tn Or “seers.”

[33:18]  ³⁷ tn Heb “look, they are.”