2 Tawarikh 2:6

2:6 Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky ¹  and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him. ² 

2 Tawarikh 2:8

2:8 Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum ³  trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept ⁴  at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants

2 Tawarikh 16:3

16:3 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ⁵  See, I have sent you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 18:7

18:7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ⁷  But I despise ⁸  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always ⁹  disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹⁰  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”

[2:6]  ¹ tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[2:6]  ² tn Heb “Who retains strength to build for him a house, for the heavens and the heavens of heavens do not contain him? And who am I that I should build for him a house, except to sacrifice before him?”

[2:8]  ³ tn This is probably a variant name for almug trees; see 9:10-11 and the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 10:11-12; cf. NLT. One or the other probably arose through metathesis of letters.

[2:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “know.”

[16:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

[16:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

[18:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[18:7]  ⁸ tn Or “hate.”

[18:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “all his days.”

[18:7]  ¹⁰ tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.