2 Tawarikh 1:14

Solomon’s Wealth

1:14 Solomon accumulated ¹  chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. ² 

2 Tawarikh 6:5

6:5 He told David, ³  ‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. ⁴  Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.

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 6:34

6:34 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, ⁵  and they direct their prayers to you toward this chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, ⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 6:37-38

6:37 When your people ⁷  come to their senses ⁸  in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray ⁹ , we have done evil!’ 6:38 When they return to you with all their heart and being ¹⁰  in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, ¹¹ 

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, ¹²  “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!”

2 Tawarikh 7:22

7:22 Others will then answer, ¹³  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, ¹⁴  who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ¹⁵  That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’”

2 Tawarikh 8:6

8:6 and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, ¹⁶  and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. ¹⁷  He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, ¹⁸  Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. ¹⁹ 

2 Tawarikh 10:16

10:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David – no share in the son of Jesse! ²⁰  Return to your homes, O Israel! ²¹  Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” ²²  So all Israel returned to their homes. ²³ 

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. ²⁴  He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them. ²⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 12:5

12:5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’” ²⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 13:8

13:8 Now you are declaring that you will resist the Lord’s rule through the Davidic dynasty. ²⁷  You have a huge army, ²⁸  and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

2 Tawarikh 15:8

15:8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. ²⁹  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. ³⁰ 

2 Tawarikh 16:9

16:9 Certainly ³¹  the Lord watches the whole earth carefully ³²  and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. ³³  You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.

2 Tawarikh 16:14

16:14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. ³⁴  They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him. ³⁵ 

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. ³⁶  You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, ³⁷  who were better than you.

2 Tawarikh 23:8

23:8 The Levites and all the men of Judah ³⁸  did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath. Jehoiada the priest did not release his divisions from their duties.

2 Tawarikh 26:11

26:11 Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official.

2 Tawarikh 26:19

26:19 Uzziah, who had an incense censer in his hand, became angry. While he was ranting and raving ³⁹  at the priests, a skin disease ⁴⁰  appeared on his forehead right there in front of the priests in the Lord’s temple near the incense altar.

2 Tawarikh 28:23

28:23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him. ⁴¹  He reasoned, ⁴²  “Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they caused him and all Israel to stumble.

2 Tawarikh 29:25

29:25 King Hezekiah ⁴³  stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, ⁴⁴  and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.)

2 Tawarikh 30:1

Hezekiah Observes the Passover

30:1 Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem ⁴⁵  and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.

2 Tawarikh 33:7

33:7 He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. ⁴⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 33:14

33:14 After this Manasseh ⁴⁷  built up the outer wall of the City of David ⁴⁸  on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

2 Tawarikh 35:15

35:15 The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. ⁴⁹  The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

2 Tawarikh 36:22

Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Go Home

36:22 In the first year of the reign of ⁵⁰  King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, ⁵¹  the Lord moved ⁵²  King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.

[1:14]  ¹ tn Or “gathered.”

[1:14]  ² tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”

[1:14]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:5]  ³ tn Heb “saying.”

[6:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.” Here “name” is used by metonymy for the Lord himself, and thus the expression “to be there” refers to his taking up residence there (hence the translation, “a temple in which to live”). In this case the temple is referred to as a “house” where the Lord himself can reside.

[6:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”

[6:34]  ⁶ tn Heb “toward this city which you have chosen and the house which I built for your name.”

[6:37]  ⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (God’s people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:37]  ⁸ tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”

[6:37]  ⁹ tn Or “done wrong.”

[6:38]  ¹⁰ tn Or “soul.”

[6:38]  ¹¹ tn Heb “your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your honor”).

[7:3]  ¹² tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “and they will say.”

[7:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “fathers.”

[7:22]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

[8:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name is unexpected in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

[8:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”

[8:6]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”

[10:16]  ²⁰ sn The people’s point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.

[10:16]  ²¹ tn Heb “each one to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[10:16]  ²² tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”

[10:16]  ²³ tn Heb “went to their tents.”

[11:23]  ²⁴ 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]  ²⁵ tn “and he asked for a multitude of wives.”

[12:5]  ²⁶ tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”

[13:8]  ²⁷ tn Heb “the kingdom of the Lord by the hand of the sons of David.”

[13:8]  ²⁸ tn Or “horde”; or “multitude.”

[15:8]  ²⁹ tn Heb “strengthened himself.”

[15:8]  ³⁰ tn Heb “the porch of the Lord.”

[16:9]  ³¹ tn Or “for.”

[16:9]  ³² tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord move quickly through all the earth.”

[16:9]  ³³ tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”

[16:14]  ³⁴ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[16:14]  ³⁵ tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”

[21:13]  ³⁶ 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]  ³⁷ tn Heb “the house of your father.”

[23:8]  ³⁸ tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.

[26:19]  ³⁹ tn Heb “angry.”

[26:19]  ⁴⁰ tn Traditionally “leprosy,” but this was probably a skin disorder of some type, not leprosy (technically known today as Hansen’s disease). See 2 Kgs 5:1.

[28:23]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “the gods of Damascus, the ones who had defeated him.” The words “he thought” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The perspective is that of Ahaz, not the narrator! Another option is that “the kings” has been accidentally omitted after “gods of.” See v. 23b.

[28:23]  ⁴² tn Heb “said.”

[29:25]  ⁴³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (King Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:25]  ⁴⁴ tn Or “seer.”

[30:1]  ⁴⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[33:7]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name permanently” (or perhaps “forever”).

[33:14]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:14]  ⁴⁸ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[35:15]  ⁴⁹ tn Or “seer.”

[36:22]  ⁵⁰ tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[36:22]  ⁵¹ 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]  ⁵² tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”