2 Chronicles 9:1

Solomon Entertains a Queen

9:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ¹  she came to challenge ²  him ³  with difficult questions. ⁴  She arrived in Jerusalem ⁵  with a great display of pomp, ⁶  bringing with her camels carrying spices, ⁷  a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

2 Chronicles 24:25

24:25 When they withdrew, they left Joash ⁸  badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to ⁹  the son ¹⁰  of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus ¹¹  he died and was buried in the City of David, ¹²  but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 24:27

24:27 The list of Joash’s ¹³  sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. ¹⁴  His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 28:23

28:23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him. ¹⁵  He reasoned, ¹⁶  “Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they caused him and all Israel to stumble.

2 Chronicles 32:7

32:7 “Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic ¹⁷  because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him. ¹⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “the report about Solomon.”

² tn Or “test.”

³ tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

⁴ tn Or “riddles.”

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 “with very great strength.” The Hebrew word חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue or to the great wealth she brought with her.

⁷ tn Or “balsam oil.”

⁸ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”

¹⁰ tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.

¹¹ tn Heb “and he died.”

¹² sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Heb “And his sons and the abundance of the oracle[s] against him, and the founding of the house of God, look are they not written on the writing of the scroll of the kings?”

¹⁵ tn Heb “the gods of Damascus, the ones who had defeated him.” The words “he thought” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The perspective is that of Ahaz, not the narrator! Another option is that “the kings” has been accidentally omitted after “gods of.” See v. 23b.

¹⁶ tn Heb “said.”

¹⁷ tn Or perhaps, “and don’t be discouraged.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “for with us [is] a greater [one] than with him.”