2 Chronicles 2:16
2:16 we will get all the timber you need from Lebanon 1 and bring it 2 in raft-like bundles 3 by sea to Joppa. You can then haul it on up to Jerusalem.”
2 Chronicles 13:10
13:10 But as for us, the Lord is our God and we have not rejected him. Aaron’s descendants serve as the Lord’s priests and the Levites assist them with the work. 4
2 Chronicles 18:5
18:5 So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” 5 They said, “Attack! God 6 will hand it over to the king.”
2 Chronicles 18:14
18:14 Micaiah 7 came before the king and the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; they will be handed over to you.” 8
2 Chronicles 29:18-19
29:18 They went to King Hezekiah and said: “We have purified the entire temple of the Lord, including the altar of burnt sacrifice and all its equipment, and the table for the Bread of the Presence and all its equipment.
29:19 We have prepared and consecrated all the items that King Ahaz removed during his reign when he acted unfaithfully. They are in front of the altar of the Lord.”
1 tn Heb “and we will cut down trees from Lebanon according to all your need.”
2 tn Heb “to you,” but this phrase has not been translated for stylistic reasons – it is somewhat redundant.
3 tn Or “on rafts.” See the note at 1 Kgs 5:9.
4 tn Heb “and priests serving the Lord [are] the sons of Aaron and the Levites in the work.”
5 tn Heb “Should we go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
6 tn Though Jehoshaphat had requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, yÿhvah, “Yahweh”), the Israelite prophets stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title הָאֱלֹהִים (ha’elohim, “the God”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the 400 are genuine prophets of the Lord.
7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
8 sn One does not expect Micaiah, having just vowed to speak only what the Lord tells him, to agree with the other prophets and give the king an inaccurate prophecy. Micaiah’s actions became understandable later, when we discover that the Lord desires to deceive the king and lead him to his demise. The Lord even dispatches a lying spirit to deceive Ahab’s prophets. Micaiah can lie to the king because he realizes this lie is from the Lord. It is important to note that in v. 13 Micaiah only vows to speak the word of his God; he does not necessarily say he will tell the truth. In this case the Lord’s word is deliberately deceptive. Only when the king adjures him to tell the truth (v. 15), does Micaiah do so.