2 Tawarikh 2:2

2:2 (2:1) Solomon had ¹  70,000 common laborers ²  and 80,000 stonecutters ³  in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors. ⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 2:11

2:11 King Huram ⁵  of Tyre sent this letter to Solomon: “Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you their king.”

2 Tawarikh 3:14

3:14 He made the curtain out of violet, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim.

2 Tawarikh 13:15

13:15 and the men of Judah gave ⁶  the battle cry. As the men of Judah gave the battle cry, the Lord struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

2 Tawarikh 18:21

18:21 He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord ⁷  said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. ⁸  Go out and do as you have proposed.’

2 Tawarikh 18:30

18:30 Now the king of Syria had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high ranking officers; ⁹  fight only the king of Israel!”

2 Tawarikh 19:4

Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges

19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. ¹⁰  He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow ¹¹  the Lord God of their ancestors. ¹² 

2 Tawarikh 23:7

23:7 The Levites must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever tries to enter the temple ¹³  must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.” ¹⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 29:8

29:8 The Lord was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn, ¹⁵  as you can see with your own eyes.

2 Tawarikh 30:10

30:10 The messengers journeyed from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but people mocked and ridiculed them. ¹⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 31:4

31:4 He ordered ¹⁷  the people living in Jerusalem ¹⁸  to contribute the portion prescribed for the priests and Levites so they might be obedient ¹⁹  to the law of the Lord.

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.

[2:2]  ¹ tn Heb “counted,” perhaps “conscripted” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[2:2]  ² tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

[2:2]  ³ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

[2:2]  ⁴ tc The parallel text of MT in 1 Kgs 5:16 has “thirty-six hundred,” but some Greek mss there read “thirty-six hundred” in agreement with 2 Chr 2:2, 18.

[2:2]  tn Heb “and 3,600 supervisors over them.”

[2:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “Huram” (also in v. 12). 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.

[13:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “shouted out.”

[18:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:21]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the Lord is assuring the spirit of success on his mission. However, in a commissioning context (note the following imperatives) such as this, it is more likely that the imperfects are injunctive, in which case one could translate, “Deceive, and also overpower.”

[18:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “small or great.”

[19:4]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and turned them back to.”

[19:4]  ¹² tn Heb “fathers.”

[23:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “house.”

[23:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and be with the king in his coming out and in his going out.”

[29:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and he made them [an object] of dread and devastation and hissing.”

[30:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and they were mocking them and ridiculing them.”

[31:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “said to.”

[31:4]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[31:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “might hold firmly.”