2 Chronicles 2:1
Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple
2:1 (1:18) 1 Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. 2
2 Chronicles 6:1
6:1 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.
2 Chronicles 6:11-12
6:11 and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with the Israelites.”
6:12 He stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.
2 Chronicles 7:2
7:2 The priests were unable to enter the Lord’s temple because the Lord’s splendor filled the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 12:6
12:6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.” 3
2 Chronicles 13:20
13:20 Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. 4 The Lord struck him down and he died.
2 Chronicles 14:12
14:12 The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled,
2 Chronicles 18:4
18:4 Then Jehoshaphat added, 5 “First seek an oracle from the Lord.” 6
2 Chronicles 18:6
18:6 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?”
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 19:9
19:9 He commanded them: “Carry out your duties with respect for the Lord, with honesty, and with pure motives. 7
2 Chronicles 20:3
20:3 Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he decided to seek the Lord’s advice. 8 He decreed that all Judah should observe a fast.
2 Chronicles 20:5
20:5 Jehoshaphat stood before the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem 9 at the Lord’s temple, in front of the new courtyard.
2 Chronicles 20:13
20:13 All the men of Judah 10 were standing before the Lord, along with their infants, wives, and children.
2 Chronicles 21:16
21:16 The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines 11 and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites.
2 Chronicles 23:16
23:16 Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord. 12
2 Chronicles 24:2
24:2 Joash did what the Lord approved 13 throughout the lifetime 14 of Jehoiada the priest.
2 Chronicles 24:8
24:8 The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple. 15
2 Chronicles 24:21
24:21 They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 26:4
26:4 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. 16
2 Chronicles 26:17
26:17 Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests of the Lord followed him in.
2 Chronicles 27:3
27:3 He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel. 17
2 Chronicles 28:2
28:2 He followed in the footsteps of 18 the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.
2 Chronicles 28:22
28:22 During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the Lord.
2 Chronicles 29:2
29:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done. 19
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 31:11
31:11 Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the Lord’s temple. When this was done, 20
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 34:17
34:17 They melted down the silver in the Lord’s temple 21 and handed it over to the supervisors of the construction foremen.”
2 Chronicles 34:19
34:19 When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.
2 Chronicles 35:26
35:26 The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign, including the faithful acts he did in obedience to what is written in the law of the Lord 22
1 sn Beginning with 2:1, the verse numbers through 2:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 2:1 ET = 1:18 HT, 2:2 ET = 2:1 HT, 2:3 ET = 2:2 HT, etc., through 2:18 ET = 2:17 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
2 tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the Lord and house for his kingship.”
3 tn Or “fair,” meaning the Lord’s punishment of them was just or fair.
4 tn Heb “and the strength of Jeroboam was not retained again in the days of Abijah.”
5 tn Heb “and Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel.”
6 tn Heb “the word of the Lord.” Jehoshaphat is requesting a prophetic oracle revealing the Lord’s will in the matter and their prospects for success. For examples of such oracles, see 2 Sam 5:19, 23-24.
7 tn Heb “This you must do with the fear of the Lord, with honesty, and with a complete heart.”
8 tn Heb “and he set his face to seek the Lord.”
9 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
10 tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.
11 tn Heb “the spirit of the Philistines.”
12 tn Heb “and Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and [between] all the people and [between] the king, to become a people for the Lord.”
13 tn Heb “and Joash did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”
14 tn Heb “all the days of.”
15 tn Heb “and the king said [it] and they made a chest and placed it in the gate of the house of the Lord outside.”
16 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Amaziah his father had done.”
17 tn Heb “wall of Ophel.” See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.
18 tn Heb “he walked in the ways of.”
19 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which David his father had done.”
20 tn Heb “and they prepared.”
21 tn Heb “that was found in the house of the Lord.”
22 tn Heb “and his faithful acts according to what is written in the law of the Lord.”