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 2:12

2:12 Huram also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself.⁴

2 Chronicles 6:10

6:10 The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel

2 Chronicles 6:16

6:16 Now, O Lord God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel,⁵ provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’⁶

2 Chronicles 7:6-7

7:6 The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the Lord.⁷ (These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the Lord and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying, “Certainly his loyal love endures.”)⁸ Opposite the Levites,⁹ the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there. 7:7 Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple. He offered burnt sacrifices, grain offerings,¹⁰ and the fat from the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar that Solomon had made was too small to hold all these offerings.¹¹

2 Chronicles 9:8

9:8 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored¹² you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf!¹³ Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them,¹⁴ he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.”¹⁵

2 Chronicles 10:10

10:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam¹⁶ 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’¹⁷ – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father!¹⁸

2 Chronicles 14:7

14:7 He said to the people of Judah:¹⁹ “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates.²⁰ The land remains ours because we have followed²¹ the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.”²² So they built the cities²³ and prospered.

2 Chronicles 24:6

24:6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest,²⁴ and said to him, “Why have you not made²⁵ the Levites collect²⁶ from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the Lord’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?”²⁷

2 Chronicles 31:16

31:16 They made disbursements to all the males three years old and up who were listed in the genealogical records – to all who would enter the Lord’s temple to serve on a daily basis and fulfill their duties as assigned to their divisions.²⁸

2 Chronicles 33:7

33:7 He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.²⁹

2 Chronicles 33:14

33:14 After this Manasseh³⁰ built up the outer wall of the City of David³¹ 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 Chronicles 35:15

35:15 The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet.³² The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

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

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

³tn Heb “many days.”

⁴tn Heb “who has given to David a wise son [who] knows discernment and insight, who will build a house for the Lord and house for his kingship.”

⁵tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

⁶tn Heb “guard their way by walking in my law as you have walked before me.”

⁷tn Heb “and the priests were standing at their posts, and the Levites with the instruments of music of the Lord.”

⁸tn Heb “which David the king made to give thanks to the Lord, for lasting is his loyal love, when David praised by them.”

⁹tn Heb “opposite them”; the referent (the Levites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰tc The Hebrew text omits reference to the grain offerings at this point, but note that they are included both in the list in the second half of the verse (see note on “offerings” at the end of this verse) and in the parallel account in 1 Kgs 8:64. The construction וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָה (vÿ’et-hamminkhah; vav [ו] + accusative sign + noun with article; “grain offerings”) was probably omitted accidentally by homoioarcton. Note the וְאֶת (vÿ’et) that immediately follows.

¹¹tn Heb “to hold the burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.” Because this is redundant, the translation employs a summary phrase: “all these offerings.”

¹²tn Or “delighted in.”

¹³tn Heb “as king for the Lord your God.”

¹⁴tn Heb “to make him stand permanently.”

¹⁵tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

¹⁶tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

¹⁸tn 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.

¹⁹tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah.

²⁰tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”

²¹tn Heb “sought.”

²²tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”

²³tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

²⁴tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied.

²⁵tn Heb “sought.”

²⁶tn Heb “bring.”

²⁷tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”

²⁸tn Heb “in addition enrolling them by males from a son of three years and upwards, to everyone who enters the house of the Lord for a matter of a day in its day, for their service by their duties according to their divisions.”

²⁹tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name permanently” (or perhaps “forever”).

³⁰tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³¹sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

³²tn Or “seer.”