2 Chronicles 24:6

24:6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, 1  and said to him, “Why have you not made 2  the Levites collect 3  from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the Lord’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?” 4 

2 Chronicles 24:20

24:20 God’s Spirit energized 5  Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’”

2 Chronicles 35:21

35:21 Necho 6  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? 7  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. 8  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” 9 

1 tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied.

2 tn Heb “sought.”

3 tn Heb “bring.”

4 tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”

5 tn Heb “clothed.”

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

7 tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

8 tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

9 tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”