2 Chronicles 2:6

2:6 Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky 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 Chronicles 8:2

8:2 Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there.

2 Chronicles 10:3

10:3 They sent for him and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

2 Chronicles 11:13

11:13 The priests and Levites who lived throughout Israel supported him, no matter where they resided.

2 Chronicles 15:2

15:2 He met Asa and told him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.

2 Chronicles 17:1

Jehoshaphat Becomes King

17:1 His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel.

2 Chronicles 20:30

20:30 Jehoshaphat’s kingdom enjoyed peace; his God made him secure on every side. 10 

2 Chronicles 21:18

21:18 After all this happened, the Lord afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease. 11 

2 Chronicles 26:17

26:17 Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests of the Lord followed him in.

2 Chronicles 28:20

28:20 King Tiglath-pileser 12  of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support. 13 

2 Chronicles 33:20

33:20 Manasseh passed away 14  and was buried in his palace. His son Amon replaced him as king.


tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

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?”

tn Heb “Huram” (also in v. 18). Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.

tn Heb “They sent and called for him.”

tn Heb “and the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel supported him from all their territory.”

tn Heb “went out before.”

tn Heb “when you are with him.”

tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

tn Heb “and strengthened himself over Israel.”

10 tn Heb “and his God gave him rest all around.”

11 tn Heb “in his intestines with an illness [for which] there was no healer.”

12 tn Heb “Tilgath-pilneser,” a variant spelling of Tiglath-pileser.

13 tn Heb “and he caused him distress and did not strengthen him.”

14 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”