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 20:21

20:21 He met ⁶  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.” ⁷ 

2 Tawarikh 20:37

20:37 Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, “Because ⁸  you made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will shatter what you have made.” The ships were wrecked and unable to go to sea. ⁹ 

2 Tawarikh 24:25

24:25 When they withdrew, they left Joash ¹⁰  badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to ¹¹  the son ¹²  of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus ¹³  he died and was buried in the City of David, ¹⁴  but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Tawarikh 30:18

30:18 The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law. ¹⁵  For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the Lord, who is good, forgive ¹⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 30:21

30:21 The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the Lord every day with all their might. ¹⁷ 

2 Tawarikh 31:19

31:19 As for the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the outskirts of all their cities, ¹⁸  men were assigned ¹⁹  to disburse portions to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed in the genealogical records.

2 Tawarikh 34:31

34:31 The king stood by his pillar ²⁰  and renewed ²¹  the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow ²²  the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, ²³  by carrying out the terms ²⁴  of this covenant recorded on this scroll.

[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.”

[20:21]  ⁶ tn Or “consulted.”

[20:21]  ⁷ tn Or “is eternal.”

[20:37]  ⁸ tn Heb “when.”

[20:37]  ⁹ tn Heb “to go to Tarshish.”

[24:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”

[24:25]  ¹² tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.

[24:25]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he died.”

[24:25]  ¹⁴ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[30:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “without what is written.”

[30:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “make atonement for.”

[30:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and they were praising the Lord day by day, the Levites and the priests with instruments of strength to the Lord.” The phrase בִּכְלֵי־עֹז (bikhley-’oz, “with instruments of strength”) might refer to loud sounding musical instruments (NASB “with loud instruments”; NEB “with unrestrained fervour”). The present translation assumes an emendation to בְּכָל־עֹז (bÿkhol-’oz, “with all strength”); see 1 Chr 13:8, as well as HALOT 805 s.v. I עֹז and BDB 739 s.v. עֹז).

[31:19]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the priests in the fields of the pastureland of their cities in every city and city.”

[31:19]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “designated by names.”

[34:31]  ²⁰ tc This assumes an emendation to עַמּוּדוֹ (’ammudo), see 23:13. The MT reads “at his place.”

[34:31]  ²¹ tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made” or “agreed to.”

[34:31]  ²² tn Heb “walk after.”

[34:31]  ²³ tn Or “soul.”

[34:31]  ²⁴ tn Heb “words.”