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 Jerusalem¹ 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 12:5

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.’”⁴

2 Chronicles 15:2

15:2 He met⁵ Asa and told him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him.⁶ If you seek him, he will respond to you,⁷ but if you reject him, he will reject you.

2 Chronicles 18:7

18:7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will.⁸ But I despise⁹ him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always¹⁰ disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.¹¹ Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”

2 Chronicles 20:20

20:20 Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: “Listen to me, you people of Judah¹² and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe!¹³ Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”

2 Chronicles 28:23

28:23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him.¹⁴ He reasoned,¹⁵ “Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they caused him and all Israel to stumble.

2 Chronicles 34:21

34:21 “Go, seek an oracle from¹⁶ the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about¹⁷ the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us,¹⁸ because our ancestors¹⁹ have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!”²⁰

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

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

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

⁴tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”

⁵tn Heb “went out before.”

⁶tn Heb “when you are with him.”

⁷tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

⁸tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

⁹tn Or “hate.”

¹⁰tn Heb “all his days.”

¹¹tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹²tn Heb “O Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “Judah” in v. 15.

¹³tn There is a wordplay in the Hebrew text. The Hiphil verb form הַאֲמִינוּ (ha’aminu, “trust”) and the Niphal form תֵאָמֵנוּ (te’amenu, “you will be safe”) come from the same verbal root (אָמַן, ’aman).

¹⁴tn Heb “the gods of Damascus, the ones who had defeated him.” The words “he thought” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The perspective is that of Ahaz, not the narrator! Another option is that “the kings” has been accidentally omitted after “gods of.” See v. 23b.

¹⁵tn Heb “said.”

¹⁶tn Or “inquire of.”

¹⁷tn Heb “concerning.”

¹⁸tn Heb “for great is the anger of the Lord which has been ignited against us.”

¹⁹tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 32, 33).

²⁰tn Heb “by doing according to all that is written on this scroll.”