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 6:26

6:26 “The time will come when⁴ the skies⁵ are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people⁶ sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you,⁷ and turn away from their sin because you punish⁸ them,

2 Chronicles 6:33

6:33 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners.⁹ Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation,¹⁰ obey¹¹ you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you.¹²

2 Chronicles 6:36

6:36 “The time will come when your people¹³ will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry at them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their land, whether far away or close by.

2 Chronicles 10:10

10:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam¹⁴ 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’¹⁵ – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father!¹⁶

2 Chronicles 10:16

10:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David – no share in the son of Jesse!¹⁷ Return to your homes, O Israel!¹⁸ Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!”¹⁹ So all Israel returned to their homes.²⁰

2 Chronicles 14:7

14:7 He said to the people of Judah:²¹ “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates.²² The land remains ours because we have followed²³ the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.”²⁴ So they built the cities²⁵ and prospered.

2 Chronicles 15:9

15:9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers²⁶ from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live²⁷ when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

2 Chronicles 20:15

20:15 He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah,²⁸ residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic²⁹ 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 Judah³⁰ and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe!³¹ Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”

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.³² You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family,³³ who were better than you.

2 Chronicles 23:13

23:13 Then she saw³⁴ the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters stood beside the king and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes and yelled, “Treason! Treason!”³⁵

2 Chronicles 24:20

24:20 God’s Spirit energized³⁶ Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’”

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,³⁷ for the people of Judah³⁸ had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians³⁹ gave Joash what he deserved.⁴⁰

2 Chronicles 25:5

25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah⁴¹ and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age⁴² equipped with spears and shields.⁴³

2 Chronicles 26:21

26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters,⁴⁴ 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 Chronicles 30:5

30:5 So they sent an edict⁴⁵ throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people⁴⁶ 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.⁴⁷

2 Chronicles 30:18

30:18 The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law.⁴⁸ For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the Lord, who is good, forgive⁴⁹

2 Chronicles 31:6

31:6 The Israelites and people of Judah⁵⁰ 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.⁵¹

2 Chronicles 31:10

31:10 Azariah, the head priest from the family of Zadok, said to him, “Since the contributions began arriving in the Lord’s temple, we have had plenty to eat and have a large quantity left over. For the Lord has blessed his people, and this large amount remains.”

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 how⁵² can your gods rescue⁵³ you from my power?’”

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 35:18

35:18 A Passover like this had not been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had observed a Passover like the one celebrated by Josiah, the priests, the Levites, all the people of Judah and Israel who were there, and the residents of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 35:24

35:24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem,⁵⁴ where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors;⁵⁵ all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.

2 Chronicles 36:23

36:23 It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem⁵⁶ in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!”⁵⁷

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

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

³tn Heb “many days.”

⁴tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 26-27a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

⁵tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁶tn Heb “they.”

⁷tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

⁸tn The Hebrew text reads “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“afflict”).

⁹tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”

¹⁰tn Heb “name.” See the note on “reputation” in v. 32.

¹¹tn Heb “fear.”

¹²tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

¹³tn Heb “they”; the referent (God’s people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

¹⁶tn 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.

¹⁷sn The people’s point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.

¹⁸tn Heb “each one to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁹tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”

²⁰tn Heb “went to their tents.”

²¹tn 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.

²²tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”

²³tn Heb “sought.”

²⁴tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”

²⁵tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

²⁶tn Or “resident aliens.”

²⁷tn Heb “had fallen upon him.”

²⁸tn 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.

²⁹tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”

³⁰tn 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.

³¹tn 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).

³²tn 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.”

³³tn Heb “the house of your father.”

³⁴tn Heb “and she saw, and behold.”

³⁵tn Or “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”

³⁶tn Heb “clothed.”

³⁷tn 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.”

³⁸tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³⁹tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴⁰tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”

⁴¹tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy here for the people of Judah.

⁴²tn Heb “young men going out to war.”

⁴³tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”

⁴⁴tn 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.

⁴⁵tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”

⁴⁶tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴⁷tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”

⁴⁸tn Heb “without what is written.”

⁴⁹tn Heb “make atonement for.”

⁵⁰tn Heb “and the sons of Israel and Judah.”

⁵¹tn Heb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.

⁵²tn Heb “how much less.”

⁵³tn The verb is plural, suggesting that the preceding אֱלֹהֵיכֶם (’elohekhem) be translated “your gods,” rather than “your God.”

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⁵⁵tn Heb “fathers.”

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⁵⁷tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the Lord his God [be] with him so that he may go up.”