Discovery Box2 Chronicles 1:12 
Context1:12 you are granted wisdom and discernment. 1 Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.” 2
2 Chronicles 1:15
Context1:15 The king made silver and gold as plentiful 3 in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was 4 as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. 5
2 Chronicles 4:11
Context4:11 Huram Abi 6 made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. 7
2 Chronicles 4:16
Context4:16 and the pots, shovels, and meat forks. 8 All the items King Solomon assigned Huram Abi to make for the Lord’s temple 9 were made from polished bronze.
2 Chronicles 9:5
Context9:5 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight 10 was true!
2 Chronicles 9:12
Context9:12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him. 11 Then she left and returned 12 to her homeland with her attendants.
2 Chronicles 9:27
Context9:27 The king made silver as plentiful 13 in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was 14 as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands 15 .
2 Chronicles 9:31
Context9:31 Then Solomon passed away 16 and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 10:2
Context10:2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
2 Chronicles 10:12
Context10:12 Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.”
2 Chronicles 12:10-11
Context12:10 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard 17 who protected the entrance to the royal palace. 12:11 Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom. 18
2 Chronicles 14:1
Context14:1 (13:23) 19 Abijah passed away 20 and was buried in the City of David. 21 His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign 22 the land had rest for ten years.
2 Chronicles 18:11
Context18:11 All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king!”
2 Chronicles 18:15
Context18:15 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in 23 the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”
2 Chronicles 18:17
Context18:17 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?”
2 Chronicles 18:19
Context18:19 The Lord said, ‘Who will deceive King Ahab of Israel, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?’ One said this and another that.
2 Chronicles 18:26
Context18:26 Say, ‘This is what the king says: “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water 24 until I return safely.”’”
2 Chronicles 18:34
Context18:34 While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening as the sun was setting.
2 Chronicles 21:1-2
Context21:1 Jehoshaphat passed away 25 and was buried with his ancestors 26 in the City of David. 27 His son Jehoram 28 replaced him as king.
21:2 His brothers, Jehoshaphat’s sons, were Azariah, Jechiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah. All of these were sons of King Jehoshaphat of Israel. 29
2 Chronicles 22:2
Context22:2 Ahaziah was twenty-two 30 years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter 31 of Omri.
2 Chronicles 23:9
Context23:9 Jehoiada the priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and shields 32 that were kept in God’s temple.
2 Chronicles 23:12
Context23:12 When Athaliah heard the royal guard 33 shouting and praising the king, she joined the crowd 34 at the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 23:16
Context23:16 Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord. 35
2 Chronicles 26:1
Context26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, 36 who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.
2 Chronicles 26:13
Context26:13 They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend 37 the king against his enemies.
2 Chronicles 28:6
Context28:6 In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. 38
2 Chronicles 28:19
Context28:19 The Lord humiliated 39 Judah because of King Ahaz of Israel, 40 for he encouraged Judah to sin and was very 41 unfaithful to the Lord.
2 Chronicles 28:21
Context28:21 Ahaz gathered riches 42 from the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help.
2 Chronicles 29:23
Context29:23 Finally they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they placed their hands on them.
2 Chronicles 30:12
Context30:12 In Judah God moved the people to unite and carry out the edict the king and the officers had issued at the Lord’s command. 43
2 Chronicles 30:26
Context30:26 There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel. 44
2 Chronicles 32:1
Context32:1 After these faithful deeds were accomplished, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He besieged the fortified cities, intending to seize them. 45
2 Chronicles 32:10
Context32:10 “This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege? 46
2 Chronicles 32:23
Context32:23 Many were bringing presents 47 to the Lord in Jerusalem and precious gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah. From that time on he was respected by 48 all the nations.
2 Chronicles 35:10
Context35:10 Preparations were made, 49 and the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions as prescribed by the king.
2 Chronicles 36:1
Context36:1 The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. 50
2 Chronicles 36:9
Context36:9 Jehoiachin was eighteen 51 years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. 52 He did evil in the sight of 53 the Lord.
1 tn Heb “wisdom and discernment are given to you.”
2 tn Heb “which was not so for the kings who were before you, and after you there will not be so.”
3 tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
4 tn Heb “he made.”
5 tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”
6 tn Heb “Huram,” but here this refers to Huram Abi (2 Chr 2:13). The complete name has been used in the translation to avoid possible confusion with King Huram of Tyre.
7 tn Heb “Huram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of God.”
8 tc Some prefer to read here “bowls,” see v. 11 and 1 Kgs 7:45.
9 tn Heb “Huram Abi made for King Solomon [for] the house of the
10 tn Heb “about your words [or perhaps, “deeds”] and your wisdom.”
11 tn Heb “besides what she brought to the king.”
12 tn Heb “turned and went.”
13 tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied for clarification.
14 tn Heb “he made cedar.”
15 tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”
16 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
17 tn Heb “runners” (also in v. 11).
18 tn Heb “to the chamber of the runners.”
19 sn 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.
20 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
21 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
22 tn Heb “in his days.”
23 tn Or “swear an oath by.”
24 tn Heb “the bread of affliction and the water of affliction.”
25 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
26 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).
27 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
28 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”
29 sn A number of times in 2 Chronicles “Israel” is used instead of the more specific “Judah”; see 2 Chr 12:6; 23:2). In the interest of consistency some translations (e.g., NAB, NRSV) substitute “Judah” for “Israel” here.
30 tc Heb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some
31 tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1.
32 tn The Hebrew text lists two different types of shields here. Most translations render “the large and small shields” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV; NEB “King David’s spears, shields, and bucklers”).
33 tn Heb “and Athaliah heard the sound of the people, the runners.”
34 tn Heb “she came to the people.”
35 tn Heb “and Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and [between] all the people and [between] the king, to become a people for the
36 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”
37 tn Heb “help.”
38 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 9, 25).
39 tn Or “subdued.”
40 sn That is, “of Judah.” Frequently in 2 Chronicles “Israel” is substituted for “Judah.”
41 tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verbal form to emphasize the degree of Ahaz’s unfaithfulness.
42 tn Heb “divided up,” but some read חִלֵּץ (khillets, “despoiled”).
43 tn Heb “also in Judah the hand of God was to give to them one heart to do the command of the king and the officials by the word of the
44 tn Heb “and there was great joy in Jerusalem, for from the days of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, there was nothing like this in Jerusalem.”
45 tn Heb “and he said to break into them for himself.”
46 tn Heb “On what are you trusting that [you] are living during the siege in Jerusalem.”
47 tn Or perhaps, “offerings.”
48 tn Heb “lifted up in the eyes of.”
49 tn Heb “and the service was prepared.”
50 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
51 tc The Hebrew text reads “eight,” but some ancient textual witnesses, as well as the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:8, have “eighteen.”
52 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
53 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
