2 Tawarikh 5:9

5:9 The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ¹  They have remained there to this very day.

2 Tawarikh 7:8

7:8 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival for seven days. This great assembly included people from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south. ² 

2 Tawarikh 8:8

8:8 Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews and they continue in that role to this very day. ³ 

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, ⁴  and took from there 450 talents ⁵  of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.

2 Tawarikh 9:6

9:6 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! ⁶  Your wisdom surpasses what was reported to me.

2 Tawarikh 9:29

Solomon’s Reign Ends

9:29 The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded ⁷  in the Annals of Nathan the Prophet, the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and the Vision of Iddo the Seer pertaining to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

2 Tawarikh 12:15

12:15 The events of Rehoboam’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded ⁸  in the Annals of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that include genealogical records.

2 Tawarikh 13:13

13:13 Now Jeroboam had sent some men to ambush the Judahite army from behind. ⁹  The main army was in front of the Judahite army; ¹⁰  the ambushers were behind it.

2 Tawarikh 14:13

14:13 and Asa and his army chased them as far as Gerar. The Cushites were wiped out; ¹¹  they were shattered before the Lord and his army. The men of Judah ¹²  carried off a huge amount of plunder.

2 Tawarikh 15:16

15:16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother ¹³  from her position as queen mother ¹⁴  because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

2 Tawarikh 25:13

25:13 Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle ¹⁵  raided ¹⁶  the cities of Judah from Samaria ¹⁷  to Beth Horon. They killed ¹⁸  3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder.

2 Tawarikh 25:23

25:23 King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. ¹⁹ 

2 Tawarikh 26:21

26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ²⁰  afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

2 Tawarikh 29:17

29:17 On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the Lord’s temple. ²¹  For eight more days they consecrated the Lord’s temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished.

2 Tawarikh 30:5

30:5 So they sent an edict ²²  throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people ²³  to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law. ²⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 33:14

33:14 After this Manasseh ²⁵  built up the outer wall of the City of David ²⁶  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 35:14

35:14 Afterward they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering burnt sacrifices and fat portions until evening. The Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

2 Tawarikh 35:25

35:25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.

2 Tawarikh 36:21

36:21 This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. ²⁷  The land experienced ²⁸  its sabbatical years; ²⁹  it remained desolate for seventy years, ³⁰  as prophesied. ³¹ 

[5:9]  ¹ tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”

[7:8]  ² tn Heb “Solomon held the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel was with him, a very great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the wadi of Egypt.”

[8:8]  ³ tn Heb “from their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel did not wipe out, and Solomon raised them up for a work crew to this day.”

[8:18]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ 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).

[9:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”

[9:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Solomon, the former and the latter, are they not written?”

[12:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “As for the events of Rehoboam, the former and the latter, are they not written?”

[13:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “and Jeroboam had caused to circle around an ambush to come from behind them.”

[13:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Judah.”

[14:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and there fell from the Cushites so that there was not to them preservation of life.”

[14:13]  ¹² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses “father” and “mother” for grandparents and even more remote ancestors.

[15:16]  ¹⁴ tn The Hebrew term גְּבִירָה (gÿvirah) can denote “queen” or “queen mother” depending on the context. Here the latter is indicated, since Maacah was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah.

[25:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “had sent back from going with him to the battle.”

[25:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “stripped.”

[25:13]  ¹⁷ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[25:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “struck down.”

[25:23]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “400 cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the distance would have been about 600 feet (180 m).

[26:21]  ²⁰ tn The precise meaning of בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhafshiyt, “house of [?]”) is uncertain. NASB, NIV, NRSV all have “in a separate house”; NEB has “in his own house…relieved of all duties.” For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.

[29:17]  ²¹ tn Heb “porch of the Lord.”

[30:5]  ²² tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”

[30:5]  ²³ tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[30:5]  ²⁴ tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”

[33:14]  ²⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:14]  ²⁶ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[36:21]  ²⁷ tn Heb “to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

[36:21]  ²⁸ tn Or “accepted.”

[36:21]  ²⁹ sn According to Lev 25:4, the land was to remain uncultivated every seventh year. Lev 26:33-35 warns that the land would experience a succession of such sabbatical rests if the people disobeyed God, for he would send them away into exile.

[36:21]  ³⁰ sn Concerning the seventy years see Jer 25:11.

[36:21]  ³¹ tn Heb “all the days of the desolation it rested to fulfill the seventy years.”

[36:21]  sn Cyrus’ edict (see vv. 22-23) occurred about fifty years after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 b.c., which is most naturally understood as the beginning point of the “days of desolation” mentioned in v. 21. The number “seventy” is probably used in a metaphorical sense, indicating a typical lifetime and suggesting a thorough or complete judgment that would not be lifted until an entirely new generation emerged.