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 8:14

8:14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon⁷ appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks,⁸ and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates.⁹ This was what David the man of God had ordered.¹⁰

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. Certainly¹¹ we are observing the Lord our God’s regulations, but you have rejected him.

2 Chronicles 14:7

14:7 He said to the people of Judah:¹² “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates.¹³ The land remains ours because we have followed¹⁴ the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.”¹⁵ So they built the cities¹⁶ and prospered.

2 Chronicles 15:9

15:9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers¹⁷ from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live¹⁸ when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

2 Chronicles 16:7

16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet¹⁹ visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.

2 Chronicles 20:15

20:15 He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah,²⁰ residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic²¹ because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.

2 Chronicles 20:20

20:20 Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: “Listen to me, you people of Judah²² and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe!²³ Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”

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 24:24

24:24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army,²⁴ for the people of Judah²⁵ had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians²⁶ gave Joash what he deserved.²⁷

2 Chronicles 24:27

24:27 The list of Joash’s²⁸ sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings.²⁹ His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 25:24

25:24 He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in God’s temple that were in the care of Obed-Edom, the riches in the royal palace, and some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria.

2 Chronicles 26:18

26:18 They confronted³⁰ King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not proper for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to the Lord. That is the responsibility of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have disobeyed³¹ and the Lord God will not honor you!”

2 Chronicles 30:5-6

30:5 So they sent an edict³² throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people³³ 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.³⁴ 30:6 Messengers³⁵ delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.

This royal edict read:³⁶ “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return³⁷ to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria.³⁸

2 Chronicles 30:9

30:9 For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The Lord your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you³⁹ if you return to him.”

2 Chronicles 31:6

31:6 The Israelites and people of Judah⁴⁰ who lived in the cities of Judah also contributed a tenth of their cattle and sheep, as well as a tenth of the holy items consecrated to the Lord their God. They brought them and placed them in many heaps.⁴¹

2 Chronicles 32:15

32:15 Now don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how⁴² can your gods rescue⁴³ you from my power?’”

2 Chronicles 32:21

32:21 The Lord sent a messenger⁴⁴ and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib⁴⁵ returned home humiliated.⁴⁶ When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons⁴⁷ struck him down with the sword.

2 Chronicles 34:3

34:3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor⁴⁸ David. In his twelfth year he began ridding⁴⁹ Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

2 Chronicles 34:8-9

34:8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple.⁵⁰ He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the Lord his God. 34:9 They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the silver that had been brought to God’s temple. The Levites who guarded the door had collected it from the people of⁵¹ Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of⁵² Judah and Benjamin and the residents of⁵³ Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:27

34:27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit⁵⁴ and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.

2 Chronicles 35:3

35:3 He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the Lord, “Place the holy ark in the temple which King Solomon son of David of Israel built. Don’t carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel!

2 Chronicles 36:18

36:18 He carried away to Babylon all the items in God’s temple, whether large or small, as well as what was in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king and his officials.

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 “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”

⁹tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”

¹⁰tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”

¹¹tn Or “for.”

¹²tn 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.

¹³tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”

¹⁴tn Heb “sought.”

¹⁵tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”

¹⁶tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

¹⁷tn Or “resident aliens.”

¹⁸tn Heb “had fallen upon him.”

¹⁹tn Heb “the seer.”

²⁰tn 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.

²¹tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”

²²tn Heb “O Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “Judah” in v. 15.

²³tn There is a wordplay in the Hebrew text. The Hiphil verb form הַאֲמִינוּ (ha’aminu, “trust”) and the Niphal form תֵאָמֵנוּ (te’amenu, “you will be safe”) come from the same verbal root (אָמַן, ’aman).

²⁴tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the Lord gave into their hand an army [that was] very large.”

²⁵tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

²⁷tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”

²⁸tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁹tn Heb “And his sons and the abundance of the oracle[s] against him, and the founding of the house of God, look are they not written on the writing of the scroll of the kings?”

³⁰tn Heb “stood against.”

³¹tn Or “been unfaithful.”

³²tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”

³³tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³⁴tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”

³⁵tn Heb “the runners.”

³⁶tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”

³⁷tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

³⁸tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”

³⁹tn Heb “turn [his] face from you.”

⁴⁰tn Heb “and the sons of Israel and Judah.”

⁴¹tn Heb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.

⁴²tn Heb “how much less.”

⁴³tn The verb is plural, suggesting that the preceding אֱלֹהֵיכֶם (’elohekhem) be translated “your gods,” rather than “your God.”

⁴⁴tn Or “an angel.”

⁴⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴⁶tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”

⁴⁷tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”

⁴⁸tn Heb “father.”

⁴⁹tn Heb “purifying.”

⁵⁰tn Heb “to purify the land and the house.”

⁵¹tn Heb “from Manasseh and Ephraim.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Manasseh and Ephraim” here by metonymy for the people of Manasseh and Ephraim.

⁵²tn Heb “all Judah and Benjamin.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Judah and Benjamin” here by metonymy for the people of Judah and Benjamin.

⁵³tc The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the reading, “and the residents of.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “and they returned.”

⁵⁴tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”