2 Chronicles 6:26

6:26 “The time will come when¹ the skies² are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people³ sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you,⁴ and turn away from their sin because you punish⁵ them,

2 Chronicles 10:10

10:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam⁶ had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’⁷ – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father!⁸

2 Chronicles 10:14

10:14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you;⁹ I will make them even heavier.¹⁰ My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”¹¹

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!¹² Return to your homes, O Israel!¹³ Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!”¹⁴ So all Israel returned to their homes.¹⁵

2 Chronicles 12:5

12:5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’”¹⁶

2 Chronicles 14:7

14:7 He said to the people of Judah:¹⁷ “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates.¹⁸ The land remains ours because we have followed¹⁹ the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.”²⁰ So they built the cities²¹ and prospered.

2 Chronicles 15:9

15:9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers²² from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live²³ when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

2 Chronicles 20:17

20:17 You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the Lord deliver you,²⁴ O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!²⁵ Tomorrow march out toward them; the Lord is with you!’”

2 Chronicles 23:8

23:8 The Levites and all the men of Judah²⁶ 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 23:14

23:14 Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, and ordered them, “Bring her outside the temple to the guards.²⁷ Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple.²⁸

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 24:20

24:20 God’s Spirit energized²⁹ 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 24:24

24:24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army,³⁰ for the people of Judah³¹ had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians³² gave Joash what he deserved.³³

2 Chronicles 25:5

25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah³⁴ and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age³⁵ equipped with spears and shields.³⁶

2 Chronicles 27:5

27:5 He launched a military campaign³⁷ against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him 100 talents³⁸ of silver, 10,000 kors³⁹ of wheat, and 10,000 kors⁴⁰ of barley. The Ammonites also paid this same amount of annual tribute the next two years.⁴¹

2 Chronicles 29:34

29:34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals,⁴² 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.)⁴³

2 Chronicles 30:18

30:18 The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law.⁴⁴ For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the Lord, who is good, forgive⁴⁵

2 Chronicles 35:15

35:15 The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet.⁴⁶ The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

¹tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 26-27a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

²tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

³tn Heb “they.”

⁴tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

⁵tn The Hebrew text reads “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“afflict”).

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

⁷tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

⁸tn Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view is that it refers to the little finger (so NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). As the following statement makes clear, Rehoboam’s point is that he is more harsh and demanding than his father.

⁹tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew mss and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.”

¹⁰tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”

¹¹tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.

¹²sn 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.

¹³tn Heb “each one to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁴tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”

¹⁵tn Heb “went to their tents.”

¹⁶tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”

¹⁷tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah.

¹⁸tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”

¹⁹tn Heb “sought.”

²⁰tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”

²¹tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

²²tn Or “resident aliens.”

²³tn Heb “had fallen upon him.”

²⁴tn Heb “the deliverance of the Lord with you.”

²⁵tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”

²⁶tn 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.

²⁷tn Heb “ranks.”

²⁸tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the Lord.’”

²⁹tn Heb “clothed.”

³⁰tn 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.”

³¹tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³²tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³³tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”

³⁴tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy here for the people of Judah.

³⁵tn Heb “young men going out to war.”

³⁶tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”

³⁷tn Heb “he fought with.”

³⁸tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the silver was 6,730 lbs. (3,060 kg).

³⁹sn As a unit of dry measure a kor was roughly equivalent to six bushels (about 220 liters).

⁴⁰tn Heb “10,000 kors of wheat and 10,000 of barley.” The unit of measure of the barley is omitted in the Hebrew text, but is understood to be “kors,” the same as the measures of wheat.

⁴¹tn Heb “This the sons of Ammon brought to him, and in the second year and the third.”

⁴²tn Heb “the burnt sacrifices.”

⁴³tn Heb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”

⁴⁴tn Heb “without what is written.”

⁴⁵tn Heb “make atonement for.”

⁴⁶tn Or “seer.”