2 Chronicles 7:3
7:3 When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the Lord’s splendor over the temple, they got on their knees with their faces downward toward the pavement. They worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, 1 “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!”
2 Chronicles 22:6
22:6 Joram 2 returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians 3 in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah 4 son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded. 5
2 Chronicles 23:20
23:20 He summoned 6 the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of land, and he then led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne.
2 Chronicles 25:18
25:18 King Joash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, “A thorn bush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn bush. 7
2 Chronicles 25:23
25:23 King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. 8
2 Chronicles 31:1
31:1 When all this was over, the Israelites 9 who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished 10 all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. 11 Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities. 12
2 Chronicles 32:21
32:21 The Lord sent a messenger 13 and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib 14 returned home humiliated. 15 When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons 16 struck him down with the sword.
2 Chronicles 34:4
34:4 He ordered the altars of the Baals to be torn down, 17 and broke the incense altars that were above them. He smashed the Asherah poles, idols and images, crushed them up and sprinkled the dust over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them.
1 tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”
4 tc Most Hebrew mss read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew mss, the LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29).
5 tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.
6 tn Heb “took.”
7 sn The thorn bush in the allegory is Judah. Amaziah’s success had deceived him into thinking he was on the same level as the major powers in the area (symbolized by the cedar). In reality he was not capable of withstanding an attack by a real military power such as Israel (symbolized by the wild animal).
8 tn Heb “400 cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the distance would have been about 600 feet (180 m).
9 tn Heb “all Israel.”
10 tn Or “tore down.”
11 tn Heb “the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and in Manasseh until finished.”
12 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel returned, each to his possession to their cities.”
13 tn Or “an angel.”
14 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
15 tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”
16 tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”
17 tn Heb “and they tore down before him the altars of the Baals.”