2 Chronicles 6:4

6:4 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled¹ what he promised² my father David.

2 Chronicles 6:6

6:6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live,³ and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

2 Chronicles 6:8

6:8 The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.⁴

2 Chronicles 7:18

7:18 Then I will establish your dynasty,⁵ just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor ruling over Israel.’⁶

2 Chronicles 9:31

9:31 Then Solomon passed away⁷ and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 11:17-18

11:17 They supported⁸ the kingdom of Judah and were loyal to⁹ Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years; they followed the edicts of¹⁰ David and Solomon for three years.

11:18 Rehoboam married¹¹ Mahalath the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of¹² Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.

2 Chronicles 13:5

13:5 Don’t you realize that the Lord God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal agreement?¹³

2 Chronicles 14:1

14:1 (13:23)¹⁴ Abijah passed away¹⁵ and was buried in the City of David.¹⁶ His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign¹⁷ the land had rest for ten years.

2 Chronicles 17:3

17:3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor¹⁸ David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign.¹⁹ He did not seek the Baals,

2 Chronicles 21:1

21:1 Jehoshaphat passed away²⁰ and was buried with his ancestors²¹ in the City of David.²² His son Jehoram²³ replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 23:9

23:9 Jehoiada the priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and shields²⁴ that were kept in God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 24:16

24:16 He was buried in the City of David²⁵ with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.

2 Chronicles 25:28

25:28 His body was carried back by horses,²⁶ and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors²⁷ in the City of David.²⁸

2 Chronicles 30:26

30:26 There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel.²⁹

2 Chronicles 32:5

32:5 Hezekiah³⁰ energetically rebuilt³¹ every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall,³² and fortified the terrace of the City of David.³³ He made many weapons and shields.

2 Chronicles 34:2

34:2 He did what the Lord approved³⁴ and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps;³⁵ he did not deviate to the right or the left.

¹tn The Hebrew text reads, “fulfilled by his hand,” but the phrase “by his hand” is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

²tn The Hebrew text reads, “promised by his mouth,” but the phrase “by his mouth” is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

³tn Heb for my name to be there.” See also the note on the word “live” in v. 5.

⁴tn Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”

⁵tn Heb “I will establish the throne of your kingdom.”

⁶tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man ruling over Israel.”

⁷tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁸tn Or “strengthened.”

⁹tn Or “strengthened.”

¹⁰tn Heb “they walked in the way of.”

¹¹tn Heb “took for himself a wife.”

¹²tn The words “and of” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

¹³tn Heb “Do you not know that the Lord God of Israel has given kingship to David over Israel permanently, to him and to his sons [by] a covenant of salt?”

sn For other references to a “covenant of salt,” see Lev 2:13 and Num 18:19.

¹⁴sn Beginning with 14:1, the verse numbers through 14:15 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 14:1 ET = 13:23 HT, 14:2 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:3 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:15 ET = 14:14 HT. Beginning with 15:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

¹⁵tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁶sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹⁷tn Heb “in his days.”

¹⁸tn Heb “father.”

¹⁹tn Heb “for he walked in the ways of David his father [in] the beginning [times].”

²⁰tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

²¹tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).

²²sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

²³tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”

²⁴tn The Hebrew text lists two different types of shields here. Most translations render “the large and small shields” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV; NEB “King David’s spears, shields, and bucklers”).

²⁵sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

²⁶tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”

²⁷tn Heb “fathers.”

²⁸tc The Hebrew text has “Judah,” but some medieval mss read “David,” as does the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 14:20.

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

²⁹tn Heb “and there was great joy in Jerusalem, for from the days of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, there was nothing like this in Jerusalem.”

³⁰tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³¹tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”

³²tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”

³³sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

³⁴tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

³⁵tn Heb “and walked in the ways of David his father.”