2 Chronicles 6:32

6:32 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your great reputation ¹  and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds; ²  they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

2 Chronicles 7:21

7:21 As for this temple, which was once majestic, ³  everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’

2 Chronicles 10:6

10:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served ⁴  his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, ⁵  “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

2 Chronicles 11:4

11:4 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” ⁶  They obeyed the Lord and called off the attack against Jeroboam. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 18:21

18:21 He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord ⁸  said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. ⁹  Go out and do as you have proposed.’

2 Chronicles 19:6

19:6 He told the judges, “Be careful what you do, ¹⁰  for you are not judging for men, but for the Lord, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.

2 Chronicles 20:12

20:12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.” ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 25:9

25:9 Amaziah asked the prophet: ¹²  “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet ¹³  replied, “The Lord is capable of giving you more than that.”

2 Chronicles 28:1

Ahaz’s Reign

28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ¹⁴  He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. ¹⁵ 

2 Chronicles 29:31

29:31 Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves ¹⁶  to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings ¹⁷  to the Lord’s temple.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and whoever desired to do so ¹⁸  brought burnt sacrifices.

2 Chronicles 31:2

The People Contribute to the Temple

31:2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks ¹⁹  – to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary. ²⁰ 

2 Chronicles 35:20

Josiah’s Reign Ends

35:20 After Josiah had done all this for the temple, ²¹  King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. ²²  Josiah marched out to oppose him.

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¹ tn Heb “your great name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your great reputation”).

² tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”

³ tn Heb “and this house which was high/elevated.” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”

⁴ tn Heb “stood before.”

⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

⁶ tn Heb “for his thing is from me.”

⁷ tn Heb “and they heard the words of the Lord and returned from going against Jeroboam.”

⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the Lord is assuring the spirit of success on his mission. However, in a commissioning context (note the following imperatives) such as this, it is more likely that the imperfects are injunctive, in which case one could translate, “Deceive, and also overpower.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “see what you are doing.”

¹¹ tn Heb “for [or “indeed”] upon you are our eyes.”

¹² tn Heb “said to the man of God.”

¹³ tn Heb “man of God.”

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¹⁵ tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “filled your hand.”

¹⁷ tn Or “tokens of thanks.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “and all who were willing of heart.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “and Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each in accordance with his service for the priests and for the Levites.”

²⁰ tn Heb “in the gates of the encampments of the Lord.”

²¹ tn Heb “After all this, [by] which Josiah prepared the temple.”

²² tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.