2 Chronicles 6:5
6:5 He told David, 1 ‘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. 2 Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.
2 Chronicles 19:11
19:11 You will report to Amariah the chief priest in all matters pertaining to the Lord’s law, and to Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in all matters pertaining to the king. 3 The Levites will serve as officials before you. Confidently carry out your duties! 4 May the Lord be with those who do well!”
2 Chronicles 20:9
20:9 ‘If disaster comes on us in the form of military attack, 5 judgment, plague, or famine, we will stand in front of this temple before you, for you are present in this temple. 6 We will cry out to you for help in our distress, so that you will 7 hear and deliver us.’
2 Chronicles 20:17
20:17 You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the Lord deliver you, 8 O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 9 Tomorrow march out toward them; the Lord is with you!’”
2 Chronicles 20:20
20:20 Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: “Listen to me, you people of Judah 10 and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe! 11 Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”
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. 12 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. 13
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 29:12
29:12 The following Levites prepared to carry out the king’s orders: 14
From the Kohathites: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah;
from the Merarites: Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel;
from the Gershonites: Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;
2 Chronicles 31:1
31:1 When all this was over, the Israelites 15 who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished 16 all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. 17 Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities. 18
2 Chronicles 32:21
32:21 The Lord sent a messenger 19 and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib 20 returned home humiliated. 21 When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons 22 struck him down with the sword.
2 Chronicles 33:7
33:7 He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. 23
2 Chronicles 34:21
34:21 “Go, seek an oracle from 24 the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about 25 the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, 26 because our ancestors 27 have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!” 28
2 Chronicles 34:31
34:31 The king stood by his pillar 29 and renewed 30 the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow 31 the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, 32 by carrying out the terms 33 of this covenant recorded on this scroll.
2 Chronicles 35:24
35:24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, 34 where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; 35 all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.
1 tn Heb “saying.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “and look, Amariah the chief priest is over you with respect to every matter of the Lord, and Zebadiah…with respect to every matter of the king.”
4 tn Heb “Be strong and act!”
5 tn Heb “sword.”
6 tn Heb “for your name is in this house.” The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name. In this case the temple is referred to as a “house” where the Lord himself can reside.
7 tn Or “so that you may.”
8 tn Heb “the deliverance of the Lord with you.”
9 tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”
10 tn Heb “O Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “Judah” in v. 15.
11 tn There is a wordplay in the Hebrew text. The Hiphil verb form הַאֲמִינוּ (ha’aminu, “trust”) and the Niphal form תֵאָמֵנוּ (te’amenu, “you will be safe”) come from the same verbal root (אָמַן, ’aman).
12 tn Heb “ranks.”
13 tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the Lord.’”
14 tn Heb “and the Levites arose.”
15 tn Heb “all Israel.”
16 tn Or “tore down.”
17 tn Heb “the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and in Manasseh until finished.”
18 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel returned, each to his possession to their cities.”
19 tn Or “an angel.”
20 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
21 tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”
22 tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”
23 tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name permanently” (or perhaps “forever”).
24 tn Or “inquire of.”
25 tn Heb “concerning.”
26 tn Heb “for great is the anger of the Lord which has been ignited against us.”
27 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 32, 33).
28 tn Heb “by doing according to all that is written on this scroll.”
29 tc This assumes an emendation to עַמּוּדוֹ (’ammudo), see 23:13. The MT reads “at his place.”
30 tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made” or “agreed to.”
31 tn Heb “walk after.”
32 tn Or “soul.”
33 tn Heb “words.”
34 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
35 tn Heb “fathers.”