2 Chronicles 9:6

9:6 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! ¹  Your wisdom surpasses what was reported to me.

2 Chronicles 9:21

9:21 The king had a fleet of large merchant ships ²  manned by Huram’s men ³  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ⁴  came into port with cargoes of ⁵  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 11:14

11:14 The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the Lord’s priests.

2 Chronicles 18:2

18:2 and after several years ⁷  went down to visit ⁸  Ahab in Samaria. ⁹  Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle to honor Jehoshaphat and those who came with him. ¹⁰  He persuaded him to join in an attack ¹¹  against Ramoth Gilead.

2 Chronicles 18:14

18:14 Micaiah ¹²  came before the king and the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; they will be handed over to you.” ¹³ 

2 Chronicles 20:4

20:4 The people of Judah ¹⁴  assembled to ask for the Lord’s help; ¹⁵  they came from all the cities of Judah to ask for the Lord’s help. ¹⁶ 

2 Chronicles 20:10

20:10 Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! ¹⁷  When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. ¹⁸  They bypassed them and did not destroy them.

2 Chronicles 20:14

20:14 Then in the midst of the assembly, the Lord’s Spirit came upon Jachaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph.

2 Chronicles 21:19

21:19 After about two years his intestines came out because of the disease, so that he died a very painful death. ¹⁹  His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors. ²⁰ 

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¹ tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”

² tn Heb “for ships belonging to the king were going [to] Tarshish with the servants of Huram.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

³ tn Heb “servants.”

⁴ tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

⁵ tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish came carrying.”

⁶ tn The meaning of this word is unclear; some suggest it refers to “baboons.” NEB has “monkeys,” NASB, NRSV “peacocks,” and NIV “baboons.”

⁷ tn Heb “at the end of years.”

⁸ tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁹ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and Ahab slaughtered for him sheep and cattle in abundance, and for the people who were with him.”

¹¹ tn Heb “to go up.”

¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

¹³ sn One does not expect Micaiah, having just vowed to speak only what the Lord tells him, to agree with the other prophets and give the king an inaccurate prophecy. Micaiah’s actions became understandable later, when we discover that the Lord desires to deceive the king and lead him to his demise. The Lord even dispatches a lying spirit to deceive Ahab’s prophets. Micaiah can lie to the king because he realizes this lie is from the Lord. It is important to note that in v. 13 Micaiah only vows to speak the word of his God; he does not necessarily say he will tell the truth. In this case the Lord’s word is deliberately deceptive. Only when the king adjures him to tell the truth (v. 15), does Micaiah do so.

¹⁴ tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah.

¹⁵ tn Heb “to seek from the Lord.” The verb here (בָּקַשׁ, baqash) is different from the one translated “seek” in v. 3 (דָּרַשׁ, darash).

¹⁶ tn Heb “to seek the Lord.” The verb here (ָָבּקַשׁ, baqash) is different from the one translated “seek” in v. 3 (דָּרַשׁ, darash).

¹⁷ tn Heb “now, look, the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “whom you did not allow Israel to enter when they came from the land of Egypt.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “and it was to days from days, and about the time of the going out of the end for the days, two, his intestines came out with his illness and he died in severe illness.”

²⁰ tn Heb “and his people did not make for him a fire, like the fire of his fathers.”