2 Chronicles 6:16

6:16 Now, O Lord God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, ¹  provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’ ² 

2 Chronicles 6:28

6:28 “The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight, and disease, or a locust ³  invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, ⁴  or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs.

2 Chronicles 7:6

7:6 The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the Lord. ⁵  (These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the Lord and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying, “Certainly his loyal love endures.”) ⁶  Opposite the Levites, ⁷  the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there.

2 Chronicles 10:16

10:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David – no share in the son of Jesse! ⁸  Return to your homes, O Israel! ⁹  Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” ¹⁰  So all Israel returned to their homes. ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 23:8

23:8 The Levites and all the men of Judah ¹²  did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath. Jehoiada the priest did not release his divisions from their duties.

2 Chronicles 24:24

24:24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army, ¹³  for the people of Judah ¹⁴  had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians ¹⁵  gave Joash what he deserved. ¹⁶ 

2 Chronicles 29:34

29:34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, ¹⁷  so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.) ¹⁸ 

2 Chronicles 30:9

30:9 For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The Lord your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you ¹⁹  if you return to him.”

2 Chronicles 32:17

32:17 He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: ²⁰  “The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.” ²¹ 

2 Chronicles 34:22

34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king ²²  went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, ²³  the supervisor of the wardrobe. ²⁴  (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh ²⁵  district.) They stated their business, ²⁶ 

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¹ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

² tn Heb “guard their way by walking in my law as you have walked before me.”

³ tn Actually two Hebrew words appear here, both of which are usually (but not always) taken as referring to locusts. Perhaps different stages of growth or different varieties are in view, but this is uncertain. NEB has “locusts new-sloughed or fully grown”; NASB has “locust or grasshopper”; NIV has “locusts or grasshoppers”; NRSV has “locust, or caterpillar.”

⁴ tn Heb “in the land, his gates.”

⁵ tn Heb “and the priests were standing at their posts, and the Levites with the instruments of music of the Lord.”

⁶ tn Heb “which David the king made to give thanks to the Lord, for lasting is his loyal love, when David praised by them.”

⁷ tn Heb “opposite them”; the referent (the Levites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ sn The people’s point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.

⁹ tn Heb “each one to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰ tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”

¹¹ tn Heb “went to their tents.”

¹² tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.

¹³ tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the Lord gave into their hand an army [that was] very large.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “the burnt sacrifices.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “turn [his] face from you.”

²⁰ tn Heb “and speaking against him, saying.”

²¹ tn Heb “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.”

²² tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”

²³ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”

²⁴ tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”

²⁵ tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.

²⁶ tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”