2 Chronicles 4:4
4:4 “The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward. “The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward. 1
2 Chronicles 5:10
5:10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. 2 (It was there that 3 the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)
2 Chronicles 9:16
9:16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures 4 of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 5
2 Chronicles 11:23
11:23 He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities. 6 He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them. 7
2 Chronicles 17:2
17:2 He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons 8 throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.
2 Chronicles 23:10-11
23:10 He placed the men at their posts, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. 9
23:11 Jehoiada and his sons led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. 10 They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. 11 They declared, “Long live the king!”
1 tn Heb “all their hindquarters were toward the inside.”
2 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).
3 tn Heb “in Horeb where.”
4 tn The Hebrew text has simply “300,” with no unit of measure given.
5 sn This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest. See 1 Kgs 7:2.
6 tn Heb “and he was discerning and broke up from all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities.”
7 tn “and he asked for a multitude of wives.”
8 tn Or perhaps, “governors.”
9 tn Heb “and he stationed all the people, each with his weapon in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.”
10 tn The Hebrew word עֵדוּת (’edut) normally means “witness” or “testimony.” Here it probably refers to some tangible symbol of kingship, perhaps a piece of jewelry such as an amulet or neck chain (see the discussion in M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings [AB], 128). Some suggest that a document is in view, perhaps a copy of the royal protocol or of the stipulations of the Davidic covenant (see HALOT 790-91 s.v.).
11 tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”