2 Chronicles 1:8

1:8 Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated¹ great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

2 Chronicles 1:16

1:16 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt² and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

2 Chronicles 4:17

4:17 The king had them cast in earthen foundries³ in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

2 Chronicles 6:3

6:3 Then the king turned around⁴ and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.⁵

2 Chronicles 8:15

8:15 They did not neglect any detail of the king’s orders pertaining to the priests, Levites, and treasuries.⁶

2 Chronicles 9:15

9:15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures⁷ of hammered gold were used for each shield.

2 Chronicles 11:3

11:3 “Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

2 Chronicles 12:16

12:16 Then Rehoboam passed away⁸ and was buried in the City of David.⁹ His son Abijah replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 18:32

18:32 When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

2 Chronicles 21:5

21:5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.¹⁰

2 Chronicles 21:8

21:8 During Jehoram’s¹¹ reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king.¹²

2 Chronicles 24:8

24:8 The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple.¹³

2 Chronicles 27:9

27:9 Jotham passed away¹⁴ and was buried in the City of David.¹⁵ His son Ahaz replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 29:20

29:20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord’s temple.

2 Chronicles 29:29

29:29 When the sacrifices were completed, the king and all who were with him bowed down and worshiped.

2 Chronicles 30:2

30:2 The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.

2 Chronicles 32:20

32:20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven.

2 Chronicles 33:1

Manasseh’s Reign

33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.¹⁶

2 Chronicles 33:21

Amon’s Reign

33:21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem.¹⁷

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah Institutes Religious Reforms

34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.¹⁸

2 Chronicles 34:16

34:16 Shaphan brought the scroll to the king and reported,¹⁹ “Your servants are doing everything assigned to them.

2 Chronicles 35:4

35:4 Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed²⁰ by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.

2 Chronicles 36:2

36:2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:6

36:6 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him,²¹ bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away²² to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:11

Zedekiah’s Reign

36:11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.²³

¹tn Heb “did.”

²sn Because Que is also mentioned, some prefer to see 1 Kgs 10:28-29 as a reference to Mutsur. Que and Mutsur were located in Cilicia or Cappadocia (in modern southern Turkey). See HALOT 625 s.v. מִצְרַיִם.

³tn Or perhaps, “molds.”

⁴tn Heb “turned his face.”

⁵tn Heb “and he blessed all the assembly of Israel, and all the assembly of Israel was standing.”

⁶tn Heb “and they did not turn aside from the command of the king concerning the priests and the Levites with regard to any matter and with regard to the treasuries.”

⁷tn The Hebrew text has simply “600,” with no unit of measure given.

⁸tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁹sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

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¹¹tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

¹²tn Heb “in his days Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah and enthroned a king over them.”

¹³tn Heb “and the king said [it] and they made a chest and placed it in the gate of the house of the Lord outside.”

¹⁴tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁵sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

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¹⁹tn Heb “returned still the king a word, saying.”

²⁰tn Heb “written.”

²¹tn Heb “came up against him.”

²²tn Heb “to carry him away.”

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