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 5:2
Context5:2 Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders – all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families – in Jerusalem, 4 so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David 5 (that is, Zion). 6
2 Chronicles 9:8
Context9:8 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored 7 you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! 8 Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, 9 he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.” 10
2 Chronicles 10:16
Context10:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David – no share in the son of Jesse! 11 Return to your homes, O Israel! 12 Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” 13 So all Israel returned to their homes. 14
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.’” 15
2 Chronicles 14:7
Context14:7 He said to the people of Judah: 16 “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. 17 The land remains ours because we have followed 18 the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.” 19 So they built the cities 20 and prospered.
2 Chronicles 20:9
Context20:9 ‘If disaster comes on us in the form of military attack, 21 judgment, plague, or famine, we will stand in front of this temple before you, for you are present in this temple. 22 We will cry out to you for help in our distress, so that you will 23 hear and deliver us.’
2 Chronicles 24:6
Context24:6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, 24 and said to him, “Why have you not made 25 the Levites collect 26 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?” 27
2 Chronicles 25:16
Context25:16 While he was speaking, Amaziah 28 said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” 29 So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided 30 to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”
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. 31
2 Chronicles 28:23
Context28:23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him. 32 He reasoned, 33 “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 29:34
Context29:34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, 34 so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.) 35
2 Chronicles 30:5-6
Context30:5 So they sent an edict 36 throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people 37 to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law. 38 30:6 Messengers 39 delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.
This royal edict read: 40 “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return 41 to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. 42
2 Chronicles 32:15
Context32:15 Now don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how 43 can your gods rescue 44 you from my power?’”
2 Chronicles 32:21
Context32:21 The Lord sent a messenger 45 and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib 46 returned home humiliated. 47 When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons 48 struck him down with the sword.
2 Chronicles 34:22
Context34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king 49 went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, 50 the supervisor of the wardrobe. 51 (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh 52 district.) They stated their business, 53
2 Chronicles 35:24
Context35:24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, 54 where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; 55 all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.
2 Chronicles 36:23
Context36:23 It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem 56 in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” 57
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 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
5 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
6 tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the
7 tn Or “delighted in.”
8 tn Heb “as king for the
9 tn Heb “to make him stand permanently.”
10 tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”
11 sn The people’s point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.
12 tn Heb “each one to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
13 tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”
14 tn Heb “went to their tents.”
15 tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”
16 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.
17 tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”
18 tn Heb “sought.”
19 tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”
20 tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
21 tn Heb “sword.”
22 tn Heb “for your name is in this house.” The “name” of the
23 tn Or “so that you may.”
24 tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied.
25 tn Heb “sought.”
26 tn Heb “bring.”
27 tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”
28 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
29 tn Heb “Stop yourself! Why should they strike you down?”
30 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.”
31 tn Heb “and you killed them with anger [that] reaches as far as heaven.”
32 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.
33 tn Heb “said.”
34 tn Heb “the burnt sacrifices.”
35 tn Heb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”
36 tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”
37 tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
38 tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”
39 tn Heb “the runners.”
40 tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”
41 tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
42 tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”
43 tn Heb “how much less.”
44 tn The verb is plural, suggesting that the preceding אֱלֹהֵיכֶם (’elohekhem) be translated “your gods,” rather than “your God.”
45 tn Or “an angel.”
46 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
47 tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”
48 tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”
49 tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”
50 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”
51 tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”
52 tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.
53 tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”
54 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
55 tn Heb “fathers.”
56 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
57 tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the
