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 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, ²  provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’ ³ 

2 Chronicles 10:10

10:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam ⁴  had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’ ⁵  – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 10:16

10:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David – no share in the son of Jesse! ⁷  Return to your homes, O Israel! ⁸  Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” ⁹  So all Israel returned to their homes. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 13:12

13:12 Now look, God is with us as our leader. His priests are ready to blow the trumpets to signal the attack against you. ¹¹  You Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, ¹²  for you will not win!”

2 Chronicles 32:15

32:15 Now don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how ¹³  can your gods rescue ¹⁴  you from my power?’”

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!

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² tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

³ tn Heb “guard their way by walking in my law as you have walked before me.”

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

⁶ tn Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view is that it refers to the little finger (so NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). As the following statement makes clear, Rehoboam’s point is that he is more harsh and demanding than his father.

⁷ sn The people’s point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.

⁸ tn Heb “each one to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁹ tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “went to their tents.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and his priests and the trumpets of the war alarm [are ready] to sound out against you.”

¹² tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 18).

¹³ tn Heb “how much less.”

¹⁴ tn The verb is plural, suggesting that the preceding אֱלֹהֵיכֶם (’elohekhem) be translated “your gods,” rather than “your God.”