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 6:5
6:5 He told David, 2 ‘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. 3 Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.
2 Chronicles 8:14
8:14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon 4 appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, 5 and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. 6 This was what David the man of God had ordered. 7
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 despise 9 him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always 10 disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. 11 Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”
2 Chronicles 25:4
25:4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, 12 “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, 13 and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. 14 A man must be executed only for his own sin.” 15
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 “saying.”
3 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.
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”
6 tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”
7 tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”
8 tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”
9 tn Or “hate.”
10 tn Heb “all his days.”
11 tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
12 tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”
13 tn Heb “on account of sons.”
14 tn Heb “on account of fathers.”
15 sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.