2 Tawarikh 2:7

2:7 “Now send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as purple, crimson, and violet colored fabrics, and who knows how to engrave. He will work with my skilled craftsmen here in Jerusalem ¹  and Judah, whom my father David provided.

2 Tawarikh 5:2

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

5:2 Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders – all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families – in Jerusalem, ²  so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David ³  (that is, Zion). ⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 8:18

8:18 Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon’s men to Ophir, ⁵  and took from there 450 talents ⁶  of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.

2 Tawarikh 18:2

18:2 and after several years ⁷  went down to visit ⁸  Ahab in Samaria. ⁹  Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle to honor Jehoshaphat and those who came with him. ¹⁰  He persuaded him to join in an attack ¹¹  against Ramoth Gilead.

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 ¹²  and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.

2 Tawarikh 32:12

32:12 Hezekiah is the one who eliminated ¹³  the Lord’s ¹⁴  high places and altars and then told Judah and Jerusalem, “At one altar you must worship and offer sacrifices.”

2 Tawarikh 32:21

32:21 The Lord sent a messenger ¹⁵  and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib ¹⁶  returned home humiliated. ¹⁷  When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons ¹⁸  struck him down with the sword.

2 Tawarikh 34:22

34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king ¹⁹  went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, ²⁰  the supervisor of the wardrobe. ²¹  (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh ²²  district.) They stated their business, ²³ 

2 Tawarikh 34:33

34:33 Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged ²⁴  all who were in Israel to worship the Lord their God. Throughout the rest of his reign ²⁵  they did not turn aside from following the Lord God of their ancestors.

2 Tawarikh 36:22-23

Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Go Home

36:22 In the first year of the reign of ²⁶  King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, ²⁷  the Lord moved ²⁸  King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom. 36:23 It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem ²⁹  in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” ³⁰ 

[2:7]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:2]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:2]  ³ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[5:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David (it is Zion).”

[8:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “and Huram sent to him by the hand of his servants, ships, and servants [who] know the sea, and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir.”

[8:18]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold was 30,285 lbs. (13,770 kg).

[18:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “at the end of years.”

[18:2]  ⁸ tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[18:2]  ⁹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[18:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and Ahab slaughtered for him sheep and cattle in abundance, and for the people who were with him.”

[18:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to go up.”

[30:1]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[32:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “Did not he, Hezekiah, eliminate…?” This rhetorical question presupposes a positive reply (“yes, he did”) and so has been translated here as a positive statement.

[32:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:21]  ¹⁵ tn Or “an angel.”

[32:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”

[32:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”

[34:22]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”

[34:22]  ²⁰ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”

[34:22]  ²¹ tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”

[34:22]  ²² tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.

[34:22]  ²³ tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”

[34:33]  ²⁴ tn Or “caused, forced.”

[34:33]  ²⁵ tn Heb “all his days.”

[36:22]  ²⁶ tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[36:22]  ²⁷ 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]  ²⁸ tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”

[36:23]  ²⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[36:23]  ³⁰ tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the Lord his God [be] with him so that he may go up.”