Discovery Box2 Chronicles 1:11 
Context1:11 God said to Solomon, “Because you desire this, 1 and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, 2 and because you did not ask for long life, 3 but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,
2 Chronicles 2:12
Context2:12 Huram also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. 4
2 Chronicles 6:16
Context6:16 Now, O Lord God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, 5 provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’ 6
2 Chronicles 8:11
Context8:11 Solomon moved Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David 7 to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”
2 Chronicles 10:14
Context10:14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; 8 I will make them even heavier. 9 My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” 10
2 Chronicles 12:5
Context12:5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’” 11
2 Chronicles 14:7
Context14:7 He said to the people of Judah: 12 “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. 13 The land remains ours because we have followed 14 the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.” 15 So they built the cities 16 and prospered.
2 Chronicles 16:7
Context16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet 17 visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
2 Chronicles 18:7
Context18:7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. 18 But I despise 19 him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always 20 disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. 21 Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”
2 Chronicles 19:2
Context19:2 the prophet 22 Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; 23 he said to King Jehoshaphat, “Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the Lord? 24 Because you have done this the Lord is angry with you! 25
2 Chronicles 20:15
Context20:15 He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah, 26 residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic 27 because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.
2 Chronicles 20:20
Context20:20 Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: “Listen to me, you people of Judah 28 and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe! 29 Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”
2 Chronicles 24:6
Context24:6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, 30 and said to him, “Why have you not made 31 the Levites collect 32 from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the Lord’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?” 33
2 Chronicles 24:20
Context24:20 God’s Spirit energized 34 Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’”
2 Chronicles 25:16
Context25:16 While he was speaking, Amaziah 35 said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” 36 So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided 37 to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”
2 Chronicles 26:18
Context26:18 They confronted 38 King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not proper for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to the Lord. That is the responsibility of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have disobeyed 39 and the Lord God will not honor you!”
2 Chronicles 28:9
Context28:9 Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: “Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice. 40
2 Chronicles 31:10
Context31:10 Azariah, the head priest from the family of Zadok, said to him, “Since the contributions began arriving in the Lord’s temple, we have had plenty to eat and have a large quantity left over. For the Lord has blessed his people, and this large amount remains.”
2 Chronicles 33:7
Context33:7 He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. 41
1 tn Heb “because this was in your heart.”
2 tn Heb “the life of those who hate you.”
3 tn Heb “many days.”
4 tn Heb “who has given to David a wise son [who] knows discernment and insight, who will build a house for the
5 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
6 tn Heb “guard their way by walking in my law as you have walked before me.”
7 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
8 tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew
9 tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”
10 tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.
11 tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”
12 tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah.
13 tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”
14 tn Heb “sought.”
15 tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”
16 tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
17 tn Heb “the seer.”
18 tn Heb “to seek the
19 tn Or “hate.”
20 tn Heb “all his days.”
21 tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
22 tn Or “seer.”
23 tn Heb “went out to his face.”
24 tn Heb “and love those who hate the
25 tn Heb “and because of this upon you is anger from before the
26 tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah. Unlike the previous instance in v. 13 where infants, wives, and children are mentioned separately, this reference appears to include them all.
27 tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”
28 tn Heb “O Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “Judah” in v. 15.
29 tn There is a wordplay in the Hebrew text. The Hiphil verb form הַאֲמִינוּ (ha’aminu, “trust”) and the Niphal form תֵאָמֵנוּ (te’amenu, “you will be safe”) come from the same verbal root (אָמַן, ’aman).
30 tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied.
31 tn Heb “sought.”
32 tn Heb “bring.”
33 tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”
34 tn Heb “clothed.”
35 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
36 tn Heb “Stop yourself! Why should they strike you down?”
37 tn The verb יָעַץ (ya’ats, “has decided”) is from the same root as יוֹעֵץ (yo’ets, “counselor”) in v. 16 and עֵצָה (’etsah, “advice”) later in v. 16. The wordplay highlights the appropriate nature of the divine punishment. Amaziah rejected the counsel of God’s prophet; now he would be the victim of God’s “counsel.”
38 tn Heb “stood against.”
39 tn Or “been unfaithful.”
40 tn Heb “and you killed them with anger [that] reaches as far as heaven.”
41 tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name permanently” (or perhaps “forever”).
