2 Chronicles 7:11

The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning

7:11 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the Lord’s temple and his royal palace,¹

2 Chronicles 8:9

8:9 Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews;² the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces.³

2 Chronicles 9:31

9:31 Then Solomon passed away⁴ and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 14:1

14:1 (13:23)⁵ Abijah passed away⁶ and was buried in the City of David.⁷ His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign⁸ the land had rest for ten years.

2 Chronicles 17:3

17:3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor⁹ David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign.¹⁰ He did not seek the Baals,

2 Chronicles 17:7

17:7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah.

2 Chronicles 21:1

21:1 Jehoshaphat passed away¹¹ and was buried with his ancestors¹² in the City of David.¹³ His son Jehoram¹⁴ replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 21:4

21:4 Jehoram took control of his father’s kingdom and became powerful.¹⁵ Then he killed all his brothers,¹⁶ as well as some of the officials of Israel.

2 Chronicles 25:28

25:28 His body was carried back by horses,¹⁷ and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors¹⁸ in the City of David.¹⁹

2 Chronicles 32:27-28

32:27 Hezekiah was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made storehouses for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, and all his other valuable possessions.²⁰ 32:28 He made storerooms for the harvest of grain, wine, and olive oil, and stalls for all his various kinds of livestock and his flocks.²¹

2 Chronicles 33:25

33:25 The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they²² made his son Josiah king in his place.

¹tn Heb “and all that entered the heart of Solomon to do in the house of the Lord and in his house he successfully accomplished.”

²tn Heb “and from the sons of Israel which Solomon did not assign to the laborers for his work.”

³tn Heb “officers of his chariots and his horses.”

⁴tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁵sn 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.

⁶tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

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

⁸tn Heb “in his days.”

⁹tn Heb “father.”

¹⁰tn Heb “for he walked in the ways of David his father [in] the beginning [times].”

¹¹tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

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

¹³sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹⁴tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”

¹⁵tn Heb “and Jehoram arose over the kingdom of his father and strengthened himself.”

¹⁶tn Heb “and he killed all his brothers with the sword.”

¹⁷tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”

¹⁸tn Heb “fathers.”

¹⁹tc 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.

²⁰tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “and shields and all the desirable items.” The present translation assumes an emendation of מָגִנִּים (maginnim, “shields”) to מִגְדָּנִים (migdanim, “precious items”). See v. 23.

²¹tn Heb “and stalls for all beasts and beasts, and flocks for the stalls.” The repetition of בְהֵמָה (bÿhemah, “beast”) here indicates various kinds of livestock.

²²tn Heb “and the people of the land.”