2 Chronicles 2:7

2:7 “Now send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as purple, crimson, and violet colored fabrics, and who knows how to engrave. He will work with my skilled craftsmen here in Jerusalem ¹  and Judah, whom my father David provided.

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. ² 

2 Chronicles 5:2

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

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 

2 Chronicles 6:5

6:5 He told David, ⁶  ‘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. ⁷  Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:10

6:10 The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel

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, ⁸  provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’ ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 24:25

24:25 When they withdrew, they left Joash ¹⁰  badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to ¹¹  the son ¹²  of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus ¹³  he died and was buried in the City of David, ¹⁴  but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 29:25

29:25 King Hezekiah ¹⁵  stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, ¹⁶  and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.)

2 Chronicles 33:7

33:7 He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. ¹⁷ 

2 Chronicles 33:14

33:14 After this Manasseh ¹⁸  built up the outer wall of the City of David ¹⁹  on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

2 Chronicles 34:3

34:3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor ²⁰  David. In his twelfth year he began ridding ²¹  Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

2 Chronicles 35:3

35:3 He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the Lord, “Place the holy ark in the temple which King Solomon son of David of Israel built. Don’t carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel!

2 Chronicles 35:15

35:15 The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. ²²  The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

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¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² 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.”

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 Lord from the City of David (it is Zion).”

⁶ tn Heb “saying.”

⁷ 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.

⁸ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

⁹ tn Heb “guard their way by walking in my law as you have walked before me.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”

¹² tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.

¹³ tn Heb “and he died.”

¹⁴ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (King Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Or “seer.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name permanently” (or perhaps “forever”).

¹⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁹ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

²⁰ tn Heb “father.”

²¹ tn Heb “purifying.”

²² tn Or “seer.”