2 Chronicles 1:3

1:3 Solomon and the entire assembly went to the worship center ¹  in Gibeon, for the tent where they met God ²  was located there, which Moses the Lord’s servant had made in the wilderness.

2 Chronicles 3:15

3:15 In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length ³  of 52½ feet, ⁴  with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 7:21

7:21 As for this temple, which was once majestic, ⁶  everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’

2 Chronicles 9:4

9:4 the food in his banquet hall, ⁷  his servants and attendants ⁸  in their robes, his cupbearers in their robes, and his burnt sacrifices which he presented in the Lord’s temple, ⁹  she was amazed. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 18:23

18:23 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”

2 Chronicles 20:34

20:34 The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Jehu son of Hanani which are included in Scroll of the Kings of Israel. ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 22:5

22:5 He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram ¹²  of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria ¹³  at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

2 Chronicles 29:8

29:8 The Lord was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn, ¹⁴  as you can see with your own eyes.

2 Chronicles 30:8

30:8 Now, don’t be stubborn ¹⁵  like your fathers! Submit ¹⁶  to the Lord and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the Lord your God so that he might relent from his raging anger. ¹⁷ 

2 Chronicles 31:5

31:5 When the edict was issued, ¹⁸  the Israelites freely contributed ¹⁹  the initial portion of their grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a tenth of everything, which added up to a huge amount.

2 Chronicles 35:22

35:22 But Josiah did not turn back from him; ²⁰  he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously ²¹  the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo. ²² 

2 Chronicles 35:25

35:25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.

2 Chronicles 36:14

36:14 All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. ²³  They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

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¹ tn Or “high place.”

² tn Heb “the tent of meeting of God.”

³ sn The figure given here appears to refer to the combined length of both pillars (perhaps when laid end-to-end on the ground prior to being set up; cf. v. 17); the figure given for the height of the pillars in 1 Kgs 7:15, 2 Kgs 25:17, and Jer 52:21 is half this (i.e., eighteen cubits).

⁴ tc The Syriac reads “eighteen cubits” (twenty-seven feet). This apparently reflects an attempt at harmonization with 1 Kgs 7:15, 2 Kgs 25:17, and Jer 52:21.

⁵ tn Heb “and he made before the house two pillars, thirty-five cubits [in] length, and the plated capital which was on its top [was] five cubits.” The significance of the measure “thirty-five cubits” (52.5 feet or 15.75 m, assuming a cubit of 18 inches) for the “length” of the pillars is uncertain. According to 1 Kgs 7:15, each pillar was eighteen cubits (27 feet or 8.1 m) high. Perhaps the measurement given here was taken with the pillars lying end-to-end on the ground before they were set up.

⁶ tn Heb “and this house which was high/elevated.” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”

⁷ tn Heb “the food on his table.”

⁸ tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”

⁹ tc The Hebrew text has here, “and his upper room [by] which he was going up to the house of the Lord.” But עֲלִיָּתוֹ (’aliyyato, “his upper room”) should be emended to עֹלָתוֹ, (’olato, “his burnt sacrifice[s]”). See the parallel account in 1 Kgs 10:5.

¹⁰ tn Or “it took her breath away”; Heb “there was no breath still in her.”

¹¹ tn Heb “the rest of the events of Jehoshaphat, the former and the latter, look, they are written in the records of Jehu son of Hanani, which are taken up in the scroll of the kings of Israel.”

¹² sn Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.

¹³ tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).

¹⁴ tn Heb “and he made them [an object] of dread and devastation and hissing.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “don’t stiffen your neck” (a Hebrew idiom for being stubborn).

¹⁶ tn Heb “give a hand.” On the meaning of the idiom here, see HALOT 387 s.v. I יָד 2.

¹⁷ tn Heb “so that the rage of his anger might turn from you.” The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

¹⁸ tn Heb “and when the word spread out.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “the sons of Israel multiplied.”

²⁰ tn Heb “and Josiah did not turn his face from him.”

²¹ tn Heb “listen to.”

²² map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.

²³ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”