2 Chronicles 6:6

6:6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, 1  and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

2 Chronicles 26:1

Uzziah’s Reign

26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, 2  who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

2 Chronicles 30:27

30:27 The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The Lord responded favorably to them 3  as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.

2 Chronicles 33:25

33:25 The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they 4  made his son Josiah king in his place.

2 Chronicles 36:1

Jehoahaz’s Reign

36:1 The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. 5 

2 Chronicles 36:15

The Babylonians Destroy Jerusalem

36:15 The Lord God of their ancestors 6  continually warned them through his messengers, 7  for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place.

2 Chronicles 36:21

36:21 This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. 8  The land experienced 9  its sabbatical years; 10  it remained desolate for seventy years, 11  as prophesied. 12 

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

2 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”

3 tn Heb “and it was heard with their voice.” BDB 1034 s.v. שָׁמַע Niph.4 interprets this to mean “hearing was granted to their voice.” It is possible that the name יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the Lord”) has been accidentally omitted.

4 tn Heb “and the people of the land.”

5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

6 tn Heb “fathers.”

7 tn Heb “and the Lord God of their fathers sent against them by the hand of his messengers, getting up early and sending.”

8 tn Heb “to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

9 tn Or “accepted.”

10 sn According to Lev 25:4, the land was to remain uncultivated every seventh year. Lev 26:33-35 warns that the land would experience a succession of such sabbatical rests if the people disobeyed God, for he would send them away into exile.

11 sn Concerning the seventy years see Jer 25:11.

12 tn Heb “all the days of the desolation it rested to fulfill the seventy years.”

sn Cyrus’ edict (see vv. 22-23) occurred about fifty years after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 b.c., which is most naturally understood as the beginning point of the “days of desolation” mentioned in v. 21. The number “seventy” is probably used in a metaphorical sense, indicating a typical lifetime and suggesting a thorough or complete judgment that would not be lifted until an entirely new generation emerged.