2 Chronicles 1:4

1:4 (Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.¹

2 Chronicles 1:9

1:9 Now, Lord God, may your promise² to my father David be realized,³ for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.

2 Chronicles 2:3

2:3 Solomon sent a message to King Huram⁴ of Tyre:⁵ “Help me⁶ as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs⁷ for the construction of his palace.⁸

2 Chronicles 2:17

2:17 Solomon took a census⁹ of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.

2 Chronicles 5:1

5:1 When Solomon had finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 7:10

7:10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon¹⁰ sent the people home. They left¹¹ happy and contented¹² because of the good the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

2 Chronicles 16:14

16:14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David.¹³ They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.¹⁴

2 Chronicles 21:12

21:12 Jehoram¹⁵ received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You¹⁶ have not followed in the footsteps¹⁷ of your father Jehoshaphat and of¹⁸ King Asa of Judah,

2 Chronicles 21:20

21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death;¹⁹ he was buried in the City of David,²⁰ but not in the royal tombs.

2 Chronicles 23:3

23:3 and the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the temple of God. Jehoiada²¹ said to them, “The king’s son will rule, just as the Lord promised David’s descendants.

2 Chronicles 28:1

Ahaz’s Reign

28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.²² He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David.²³

2 Chronicles 28:27

28:27 Ahaz passed away²⁴ and was buried in the City of David;²⁵ they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 29:27

29:27 Hezekiah ordered the burnt sacrifice to be offered on the altar. As they began to offer the sacrifice, they also began to sing to the Lord, accompanied by the trumpets and the musical instruments of King David of Israel.

2 Chronicles 29:30

29:30 King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to praise the Lord, using the psalms²⁶ of David and Asaph the prophet.²⁷ So they joyfully offered praise and bowed down and worshiped.

2 Chronicles 32:30

32:30 Hezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David.²⁸ Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.

2 Chronicles 32:33

32:33 Hezekiah passed away²⁹ and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor.³⁰ His son Manasseh replaced him as king.

¹map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

²tn Heb “you word.”

³tn Or “be firm, established.”

⁴tn Heb “Huram.” Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.

⁵map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁶tn The words “help me” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

⁷tn Heb “cedars.” The word “logs” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “to build for him a house to live in it.”

⁹tn Heb “counted.”

¹⁰tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹tn The words “they left” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹²tn Heb “good of heart.”

¹³sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹⁴tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”

¹⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

¹⁶tn Heb “Because you…” In the Hebrew text this lengthy sentence is completed in vv. 14-15. Because of its length and complexity (and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences), the translation has divided it up into several English sentences.

¹⁷tn Heb “walked in the ways.”

¹⁸tn Heb “in the ways of.”

¹⁹tn Heb “and he went without desire.”

²⁰sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

²¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada the priest, cf. v. 8) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²²map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

²³tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father.”

²⁴tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

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 “with the words.”

²⁷tn Or “seer.”

²⁸sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

²⁹tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

³⁰tn Heb “and honor they did to him in his death, all Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.”