2 Chronicles 2:6
2:6 Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky 1 and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him. 2
2 Chronicles 6:16
6:16 Now, O Lord God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, 3 provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’ 4
2 Chronicles 19:11
19:11 You will report to Amariah the chief priest in all matters pertaining to the Lord’s law, and to Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in all matters pertaining to the king. 5 The Levites will serve as officials before you. Confidently carry out your duties! 6 May the Lord be with those who do well!”
2 Chronicles 20:9
20:9 ‘If disaster comes on us in the form of military attack, 7 judgment, plague, or famine, we will stand in front of this temple before you, for you are present in this temple. 8 We will cry out to you for help in our distress, so that you will 9 hear and deliver us.’
2 Chronicles 24:20
24:20 God’s Spirit energized 10 Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’”
2 Chronicles 33:19
33:19 The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the Lord responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself. 11
2 Chronicles 34:31
34:31 The king stood by his pillar 12 and renewed 13 the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow 14 the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, 15 by carrying out the terms 16 of this covenant recorded on this scroll.
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 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
4 tn Heb “guard their way by walking in my law as you have walked before me.”
5 tn Heb “and look, Amariah the chief priest is over you with respect to every matter of the Lord, and Zebadiah…with respect to every matter of the king.”
6 tn Heb “Be strong and act!”
7 tn Heb “sword.”
8 tn Heb “for your name is in this house.” The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name. In this case the temple is referred to as a “house” where the Lord himself can reside.
9 tn Or “so that you may.”
10 tn Heb “clothed.”
11 tn Heb “and his prayer and being entreated by him, and all his sin and his unfaithfulness and the places where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself – behold, they are written on the words of his seers.”
12 tc This assumes an emendation to עַמּוּדוֹ (’ammudo), see 23:13. The MT reads “at his place.”
13 tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made” or “agreed to.”
14 tn Heb “walk after.”
15 tn Or “soul.”
16 tn Heb “words.”