2 Chronicles 1:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

1:1 Solomon son of David solidified his royal authority, ¹  for ²  the Lord his God was with him and magnified him greatly.

2 Chronicles 1:4

1:4 (Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem. ³ 

2 Chronicles 1:9

1:9 Now, Lord God, may your promise ⁴  to my father David be realized, ⁵  for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.

2 Chronicles 4:11

4:11 Huram Abi ⁶  made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 6:18

6:18 “God does not really live with humankind on the earth! ⁸  Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

2 Chronicles 6:40

6:40 “Now, my God, may you be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place. ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 6:42

6:42 O Lord God, do not reject your chosen ones! ¹⁰  Remember the faithful promises you made to your servant David!”

2 Chronicles 7:5

7:5 King Solomon sacrificed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the people dedicated God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 7:19

7:19 “But if you people ¹¹  ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, ¹²  and decide to serve and worship other gods, ¹³ 

2 Chronicles 9:23

9:23 All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. ¹⁴ 

2 Chronicles 28:10

28:10 And now you are planning ¹⁵  to enslave ¹⁶  the people ¹⁷  of Judah and Jerusalem. Yet are you not also guilty before the Lord your God?

2 Chronicles 29:5

29:5 He said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors! ¹⁸  Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean!

2 Chronicles 29:7

29:7 They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 31:14

31:14 Kore son of Imnah, a Levite and the guard on the east side, was in charge of the voluntary offerings made to God and disbursed the contributions made to the Lord and the consecrated items.

2 Chronicles 31:20

31:20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful.

2 Chronicles 32:29

32:29 He built royal cities ¹⁹  and owned a large number of sheep and cattle, for God gave him a huge amount of possessions.

2 Chronicles 36:12

36:12 He did evil in the sight of ²⁰  the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, the Lord’s spokesman.

2 Chronicles 36:19

36:19 They burned down the Lord’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. ²¹  They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.

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¹ tn Heb “and Solomon son of David strengthened himself over his kingdom.”

² tn The disjunctive clause (note the vav [ו] + subject pattern) probably has a causal nuance here.

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ tn Heb “you word.”

⁵ tn Or “be firm, established.”

⁶ tn Heb “Huram,” but here this refers to Huram Abi (2 Chr 2:13). The complete name has been used in the translation to avoid possible confusion with King Huram of Tyre.

⁷ tn Heb “Huram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of God.”

⁸ tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live with mankind on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which is reflected in the translation “God does not really live with mankind on the earth.”

⁹ tn Heb “May your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.”

¹⁰ tc Heb “do not turn away the face of your anointed ones.” Many medieval Hebrew mss, as well as the ancient versions, read the singular, “your anointed,” which would probably refer to Solomon specifically, rather than the people.

¹¹ tn The Hebrew pronoun is plural, suggesting that Solomon and all Israel (or perhaps Solomon and his successors) are in view. To convey this to the English reader, the translation “you people” has been employed.

¹² tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

¹³ tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and all the kings of the earth were seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “to enslave as male servants and female servants.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “sons.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “fathers.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “and cities he made for himself.”

²⁰ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

²¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.