2 Chronicles 5:2

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

5:2 Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders – all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families – in Jerusalem, ¹  so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David ²  (that is, Zion). ³ 

2 Chronicles 6:5

6:5 He told David, ⁴  ‘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. ⁵  Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:38

6:38 When they return to you with all their heart and being ⁶  in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 8:11

8:11 Solomon moved Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David ⁸  to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”

2 Chronicles 12:13

12:13 King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; ⁹  he ¹⁰  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ¹¹  Rehoboam’s ¹²  mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.

2 Chronicles 24:25

24:25 When they withdrew, they left Joash ¹³  badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to ¹⁴  the son ¹⁵  of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus ¹⁶  he died and was buried in the City of David, ¹⁷  but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 33:14

33:14 After this Manasseh ¹⁸  built up the outer wall of the City of David ¹⁹  on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

2 Chronicles 34:8

34:8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. ²⁰  He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the Lord his God.

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² sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

³ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David (it is Zion).”

⁴ tn Heb “saying.”

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Or “soul.”

⁷ tn Heb “your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your honor”).

⁸ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

⁹ tn Heb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

¹¹ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

¹² tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”

¹⁵ tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.

¹⁶ tn Heb “and he died.”

¹⁷ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁹ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

²⁰ tn Heb “to purify the land and the house.”