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 2:16

2:16 we will get all the timber you need from Lebanon ²  and bring it ³  in raft-like bundles ⁴  by sea to Joppa. You can then haul it on up to Jerusalem.”

2 Chronicles 3:17

3:17 He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right side and the other on the left. ⁵  He named the one on the right Jachin, ⁶  and the one on the left Boaz. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 7:13

7:13 When ⁸  I close up the sky ⁹  so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, ¹⁰  or send a plague among my people,

2 Chronicles 8:6

8:6 and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, ¹¹  and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. ¹²  He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, ¹³  Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. ¹⁴ 

2 Chronicles 9:18

9:18 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and a gold footstool was attached to the throne. ¹⁵  The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. ¹⁶ 

2 Chronicles 16:6

16:6 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. ¹⁷  He used the materials to build up ¹⁸  Geba and Mizpah.

2 Chronicles 20:16

20:16 Tomorrow march down against them as ¹⁹  they come up the Ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the ravine in front of the Desert of Jeruel.

2 Chronicles 23:10

23:10 He placed the men at their posts, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. ²⁰ 

2 Chronicles 31:5

31:5 When the edict was issued, ²¹  the Israelites freely contributed ²²  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 31:17

31:17 They made disbursements to the priests listed in the genealogical records by their families, and to the Levites twenty years old and up, according to their duties as assigned to their divisions,

2 Chronicles 32:4

32:4 A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district. ²³  They reasoned, ²⁴  “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?”

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. ²⁵  Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.

2 Chronicles 33:3

33:3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky ²⁶  and worshiped ²⁷  them.

2 Chronicles 35:20

Josiah’s Reign Ends

35:20 After Josiah had done all this for the temple, ²⁸  King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. ²⁹  Josiah marched out to oppose him.

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

² tn Heb “and we will cut down trees from Lebanon according to all your need.”

³ tn Heb “to you,” but this phrase has not been translated for stylistic reasons – it is somewhat redundant.

⁴ tn Or “on rafts.” See the note at 1 Kgs 5:9.

⁵ tn Or “one on the south and the other on the north.”

⁶ tn The name “Jachin” appears to be a verbal form and probably means, “he establishes.”

⁷ tn The meaning of the name “Boaz” is uncertain. For various proposals, see BDB 126-27 s.v. בֹּעַז. One attractive option is to revocalize the name asבְּעֹז (bÿ’oz, “in strength”) and to understand it as completing the verbal form on the first pillar. Taking the words together and reading from right to left, one can translate the sentence, “he establishes [it] in strength.”

⁸ tn Or “if.”

⁹ tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

¹⁰ tn Heb “the land,” which stands here by metonymy for the vegetation growing in it.

¹¹ tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name is unexpected in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

¹² tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”

¹³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁴ tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”

¹⁵ tc The parallel text of 1 Kgs 10:19 has instead “and the back of it was rounded on top.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “and King Asa took all Judah and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “and he built with them.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “look.”

²⁰ tn Heb “and he stationed all the people, each with his weapon in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.”

²¹ tn Heb “and when the word spread out.”

²² tn Heb “the sons of Israel multiplied.”

²³ tn Heb “and they closed up all the springs and the stream that flows in the midst of the land.” Here אָרֶץ (’arets, “land”) does not refer to the entire land, but to a smaller region like a district.

²⁴ tn Heb “land, saying.”

²⁵ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

²⁶ tn The phrase כָל צְבָא הֲַשָּׁמַיִם (khol tsÿva’ hashamayim), traditionally translated “all the host of heaven,” refers to the heavenly lights, including stars and planets. In 1 Kgs 22:19 these heavenly bodies are pictured as members of the Lord’s royal court or assembly, but many other texts view them as the illegitimate objects of pagan and Israelite worship.

²⁷ tn Or “served.”

²⁸ tn Heb “After all this, [by] which Josiah prepared the temple.”

²⁹ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.