5:2 Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders – all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families – in Jerusalem, 3 so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David 4 (that is, Zion). 5
6:34 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, 7 and they direct their prayers to you toward this chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, 8
12:5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’” 24
12:9 King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
18:14 Micaiah 29 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.” 30
24:12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen 37 assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord’s temple.
28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 46 He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. 47
30:21 The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the Lord every day with all their might. 54
31:2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks 55 – to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary. 56
31:3 The king contributed 57 some of what he owned for burnt sacrifices, including the morning and evening burnt sacrifices and the burnt sacrifices made on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other appointed times prescribed 58 in the law of the Lord.
1 tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
2 tn Heb “Who retains strength to build for him a house, for the heavens and the heavens of heavens do not contain him? And who am I that I should build for him a house, except to sacrifice before him?”
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
5 tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the
6 tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by repaying the guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”
7 tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”
8 tn Heb “toward this city which you have chosen and the house which I built for your name.”
9 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn The words “they left” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
11 tn Heb “good of heart.”
12 tn Heb “over whom my name is called.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.
13 tn Heb “seek my face,” where “my face” is figurative for God’s presence and acceptance.
14 tn Heb “and turn from their sinful ways.”
15 tn Heb “hear.”
16 sn Here the phrase heal their land means restore the damage done by the drought, locusts and plague mentioned in v. 13.
17 tn Heb “the food on his table.”
18 tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”
19 tc The Hebrew text has here, “and his upper room [by] which he was going up to the house of the
20 tn Or “it took her breath away”; Heb “there was no breath still in her.”
21 tn Heb “tracks.” The parallel text in 1 Kgs 10:12 has a different term whose meaning is uncertain: “supports,” perhaps “banisters” or “parapets.”
22 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
23 tn Heb “there was not seen like these formerly in the land of Judah.”
24 tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”
25 tn Heb “and there fell from the Cushites so that there was not to them preservation of life.”
26 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
27 tn Heb “became sick in his feet.”
28 tn Heb “unto upwards [i.e., very severe [was] his sickness, and even in his sickness he did not seek the
29 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
30 sn One does not expect Micaiah, having just vowed to speak only what the
31 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
32 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
33 tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the
34 tn Heb “when.”
35 tn Heb “to go to Tarshish.”
36 tn Heb “took.”
37 tn Heb “doers of the work.”
38 tn Heb “did not remember.”
39 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
40 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
41 tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.
42 tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”
43 tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”
44 tn Heb “turned toward.”
45 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
46 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
47 tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the
48 sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.
49 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
50 sn Perhaps these terms refer metonymically to the royal court, the priests and Levites, and the people, respectively.
51 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
52 tn Heb “were over the slaughter of.”
53 tn Heb “of everyone not pure to consecrate to the
54 tn Heb “and they were praising the
55 tn Heb “and Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each in accordance with his service for the priests and for the Levites.”
56 tn Heb “in the gates of the encampments of the
57 tn Heb “the portion of the king [was].”
58 tn Heb “as written.”
59 tn Heb “in addition enrolling them by males from a son of three years and upwards, to everyone who enters the house of the
60 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.
61 tn Or “served.”
62 tn Heb “and they put aside the burnt offering[s] to give them to the divisions of the house of the fathers for the sons of the people to bring near to the
63 tn Heb “sent and brought him.”
64 tn Heb “and he made Zedekiah his brother king.” According to the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:17, Zedekiah was Jehoiachin’s uncle, not his brother. Therefore many interpreters understand אח here in its less specific sense of “relative” (NEB “made his father’s brother Zedekiah king”; NASB “made his kinsman Zedekiah king”; NIV “made Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, king”; NRSV “made his brother Zedekiah king”).
65 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”