2 Chronicles 24:5
24:5 He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.
2 Chronicles 34:21
34:21 “Go, seek an oracle from 1 the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about 2 the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, 3 because our ancestors 4 have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!” 5
2 Chronicles 36:23
36:23 It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem 6 in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” 7
1 tn Or “inquire of.”
2 tn Heb “concerning.”
3 tn Heb “for great is the anger of the Lord which has been ignited against us.”
4 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 32, 33).
5 tn Heb “by doing according to all that is written on this scroll.”
6 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
7 tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the Lord his God [be] with him so that he may go up.”