2 Chronicles 1:11

1:11 God said to Solomon, “Because you desire this,¹ and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies,² and because you did not ask for long life,³ but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,

2 Chronicles 10:10

10:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam⁴ had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’⁵ – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father!⁶

2 Chronicles 13:9

13:9 But you banished⁷ the Lord’s priests, Aaron’s descendants, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests just as the surrounding nations do! Anyone who comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of these fake gods!⁸

2 Chronicles 13:11

13:11 They offer burnt sacrifices to the Lord every morning and every evening, along with fragrant incense. They arrange the Bread of the Presence on a ritually clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. Certainly⁹ we are observing the Lord our God’s regulations, but you have rejected him.

2 Chronicles 14:11

14:11 Asa prayed¹⁰ to the Lord his God: “O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered.¹¹ Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army.¹² O Lord our God, don’t let men prevail against you!”¹³

2 Chronicles 15:2

15:2 He met¹⁴ Asa and told him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him.¹⁵ If you seek him, he will respond to you,¹⁶ but if you reject him, he will reject you.

2 Chronicles 20:15

20:15 He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah,¹⁷ residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic¹⁸ because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.

2 Chronicles 21:13

21:13 but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel.¹⁹ You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family,²⁰ who were better than you.

2 Chronicles 24:5

24:5 He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.

2 Chronicles 24:25

24:25 When they withdrew, they left Joash²¹ badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to²² the son²³ of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus²⁴ he died and was buried in the City of David,²⁵ but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 25:16

25:16 While he was speaking, Amaziah²⁶ said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!”²⁷ So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided²⁸ to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”

2 Chronicles 28:23

28:23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him.²⁹ He reasoned,³⁰ “Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they caused him and all Israel to stumble.

2 Chronicles 29:34

29:34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals,³¹ so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.)³²

2 Chronicles 35:21

35:21 Necho³³ sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah?³⁴ I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war.³⁵ God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.”³⁶

¹tn Heb “because this was in your heart.”

²tn Heb “the life of those who hate you.”

³tn Heb “many days.”

⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

⁶tn Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view is that it refers to the little finger (so NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). As the following statement makes clear, Rehoboam’s point is that he is more harsh and demanding than his father.

⁷tn In the Hebrew text this is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Did you not banish?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you did,” the force of which is reflected in the translation “But you banished.”

⁸tn Heb “whoever comes to fill his hand with a bull of a son of cattle, and seven rams, and he is a priest to no-gods.”

⁹tn Or “for.”

¹⁰tn Heb “called out.”

¹¹tn Heb “there is not with you to help between many with regard to [the one] without strength.”

¹²tn Heb “and in your name we have come against this multitude.”

¹³tn Heb “let not man retain [strength] with you.”

¹⁴tn Heb “went out before.”

¹⁵tn Heb “when you are with him.”

¹⁶tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

¹⁷tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah. Unlike the previous instance in v. 13 where infants, wives, and children are mentioned separately, this reference appears to include them all.

¹⁸tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”

¹⁹tn Heb “and you walked in the way of the kings of Israel and caused Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery, like the house of Ahab causes to commit adultery.”

²⁰tn Heb “the house of your father.”

²¹tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²²tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”

²³tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.

²⁴tn Heb “and he died.”

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

²⁶tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁷tn Heb “Stop yourself! Why should they strike you down?”

²⁸tn The verb יָעַץ (ya’ats, “has decided”) is from the same root as יוֹעֵץ (yo’ets, “counselor”) in v. 16 and עֵצָה (’etsah, “advice”) later in v. 16. The wordplay highlights the appropriate nature of the divine punishment. Amaziah rejected the counsel of God’s prophet; now he would be the victim of God’s “counsel.”

²⁹tn Heb “the gods of Damascus, the ones who had defeated him.” The words “he thought” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The perspective is that of Ahaz, not the narrator! Another option is that “the kings” has been accidentally omitted after “gods of.” See v. 23b.

³⁰tn Heb “said.”

³¹tn Heb “the burnt sacrifices.”

³²tn Heb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”

³³tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³⁴tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

³⁵tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

³⁶tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”