2 Chronicles 9:12

9:12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him.¹ Then she left and returned² to her homeland with her attendants.

2 Chronicles 9:31

9:31 Then Solomon passed away³ and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 10:7

10:7 They said to him, “If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.”⁴

2 Chronicles 12:3

12:3 He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

2 Chronicles 12:12

12:12 So when Rehoboam⁵ humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him;⁶ Judah experienced some good things.⁷

2 Chronicles 13:3

13:3 Abijah launched the attack with 400,000 well-trained warriors,⁸ while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors.⁹

2 Chronicles 13:7

13:7 Lawless good-for-nothing men¹⁰ gathered around him and conspired¹¹ against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man¹² and could not resist them.

2 Chronicles 13:19

13:19 Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel¹³ and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.

2 Chronicles 14:1

14:1 (13:23)¹⁴ Abijah passed away¹⁵ and was buried in the City of David.¹⁶ His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign¹⁷ the land had rest for ten years.

2 Chronicles 14:6

14:6 He built fortified cities throughout Judah, for the land was at rest and there was no war during those years; the Lord gave him peace.

2 Chronicles 15:4

15:4 Because of their distress, they turned back to the Lord God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them.¹⁸

2 Chronicles 16:10

16:10 Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail.¹⁹ Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.

2 Chronicles 17:11

17:11 Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat tribute, including a load of silver. The Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.

2 Chronicles 18:15

18:15 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in²⁰ the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”

2 Chronicles 18:25-26

18:25 Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son. 18:26 Say, ‘This is what the king says: “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water²¹ until I return safely.”’”

2 Chronicles 20:18

20:18 Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face toward the ground, and all the people of Judah²² and the residents of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord and worshiped him.²³

2 Chronicles 21:1

21:1 Jehoshaphat passed away²⁴ and was buried with his ancestors²⁵ in the City of David.²⁶ His son Jehoram²⁷ replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 24:17

24:17 After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him.²⁸ The king listened to their advice.²⁹

2 Chronicles 24:19

24:19 The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him.³⁰ They warned³¹ the people, but they would not pay attention.

2 Chronicles 25:10

25:10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home.³² They were very angry at Judah and returned home incensed.

2 Chronicles 26:1

Uzziah’s Reign

26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah,³³ who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

2 Chronicles 30:7

30:7 Don’t be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their ancestors,³⁴ provoking him to destroy them,³⁵ as you can see.

2 Chronicles 32:25

32:25 But Hezekiah was ungrateful; he had a proud attitude, provoking God to be angry at him, as well as Judah and Jerusalem.³⁶

2 Chronicles 32:29

32:29 He built royal cities³⁷ and owned a large number of sheep and cattle, for God gave him a huge amount of possessions.

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.³⁸

2 Chronicles 36:20

36:20 He deported to Babylon all who escaped the sword. They served him and his sons until the Persian kingdom rose to power.

¹tn Heb “besides what she brought to the king.”

²tn Heb “turned and went.”

³tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁴tn Heb “If today you are for good to these people and you are favorable to them and speak to them good words, they will be your servants all the days.”

⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶tn Heb “the anger of the Lord turned from him and did not destroy completely.”

⁷tn Heb “and also in Judah there were good things.”

⁸tn Heb “and Abijah bound [i.e., began] the battle with a force of warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men.”

⁹tn Heb “and Jeroboam arranged with him [for] battle with eight hundred thousand chosen men, strong warrior[s].”

¹⁰tn Heb “empty men, sons of wickedness.”

¹¹tn Heb “strengthened themselves.”

¹²tn Heb “a young man and tender of heart.”

¹³map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

¹⁴sn 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.

¹⁵tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁶sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹⁷tn Heb “in his days.”

¹⁸tn Heb “and he allowed himself to be found by them.”

¹⁹tn Heb “and Asa was angry at the seer, and he put him [in] the house of stocks, because of his rage with him over this.”

²⁰tn Or “swear an oath by.”

²¹tn Heb “the bread of affliction and the water of affliction.”

²²tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “Judah” in v. 15.

²³tn Heb “to worship the Lord.”

²⁴tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

²⁵tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).

²⁶sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

²⁷tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”

²⁸tn Heb “came and bowed down to the king.”

²⁹tn Heb “to them.”

³⁰tn Heb “and he sent among them prophets to bring them back to the Lord.”

³¹tn Heb “testified among.”

³²tn Heb “and Amaziah separated them, the troops who came to him from Ephraim, to go to their place.”

³³tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”

³⁴tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 19, 22).

³⁵tn Heb “and he made them a devastation” (or, perhaps, “an object of horror”).

³⁶tn Heb “but not according to the benefit [given] to him did Hezekiah repay, for his heart was high, and there was anger against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.”

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³⁷tn Heb “and cities he made for himself.”

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