2 Chronicles 2:12
2:12 Huram also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. 1
2 Chronicles 6:5
6:5 He told David, 2 ‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. 3 Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.
2 Chronicles 14:7
14:7 He said to the people of Judah: 4 “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. 5 The land remains ours because we have followed 6 the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.” 7 So they built the cities 8 and prospered.
2 Chronicles 36:23
36:23 It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem 9 in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” 10
1 tn Heb “who has given to David a wise son [who] knows discernment and insight, who will build a house for the Lord and house for his kingship.”
2 tn Heb “saying.”
3 tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.” Here “name” is used by metonymy for the Lord himself, and thus the expression “to be there” refers to his taking up residence there (hence the translation, “a temple in which to live”). In this case the temple is referred to as a “house” where the Lord himself can reside.
4 tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah.
5 tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”
6 tn Heb “sought.”
7 tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”
8 tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
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 “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the Lord his God [be] with him so that he may go up.”