Discovery Box2 Chronicles 1:13 
Context1:13 Solomon left the meeting tent at the worship center in Gibeon and went to Jerusalem, where he reigned over Israel. 1
2 Chronicles 2:15
Context2:15 Now let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he has promised;
2 Chronicles 3:2
Context3:2 He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign. 2
2 Chronicles 3:14
Context3:14 He made the curtain out of violet, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim.
2 Chronicles 9:3
Context9:3 When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s extensive wisdom, 3 the palace 4 he had built,
2 Chronicles 10:5
Context10:5 He said to them, “Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.
2 Chronicles 10:8
Context10:8 But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up. 5
2 Chronicles 11:11-12
Context11:11 He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine. 11:12 In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. 6 Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
2 Chronicles 11:20
Context11:20 He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
2 Chronicles 11:22
Context11:22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as the leader over his brothers, for he intended to name him his successor. 7
2 Chronicles 12:1
Context12:1 After Rehoboam’s rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 13:20-21
Context13:20 Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. 8 The Lord struck him down and he died. 13:21 Abijah’s power grew; he had 9 fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
2 Chronicles 14:3-4
Context14:3 He removed the pagan altars 10 and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. 11 14:4 He ordered Judah to seek the Lord God of their ancestors 12 and to observe his law and commands. 13
2 Chronicles 17:5
Context17:5 The Lord made his kingdom secure; 14 all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he became very wealthy and greatly respected. 15
2 Chronicles 17:13
Context17:13 He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem. 16
2 Chronicles 18:32
Context18:32 When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.
2 Chronicles 19:9
Context19:9 He commanded them: “Carry out your duties with respect for the Lord, with honesty, and with pure motives. 17
2 Chronicles 20:32
Context20:32 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. 18
2 Chronicles 22:3
Context22:3 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, 19 for his mother gave him evil advice. 20
2 Chronicles 22:12
Context22:12 He remained in hiding in God’s temple 21 for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.
2 Chronicles 25:11
Context25:11 Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, 22 where he defeated 23 10,000 Edomites. 24
2 Chronicles 26:8
Context26:8 The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached 25 the border of Egypt, for he grew in power.
2 Chronicles 28:4
Context28:4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
2 Chronicles 29:4
Context29:4 He brought in the priests and Levites and assembled them in the square on the east side.
2 Chronicles 31:20
Context31:20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful.
2 Chronicles 32:3
Context32:3 he consulted with his advisers and military officers about stopping up the springs 26 outside the city, and they supported him.
2 Chronicles 33:5
Context33:5 In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.
2 Chronicles 33:23
Context33:23 He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. 27 Amon was guilty of great sin. 28
1 tn Heb “and Solomon came from the high place which was in Gibeon [to] Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and he reigned over Israel.”
2 sn This would be April-May, 966
3 tn Heb “all the wisdom of Solomon.”
4 tn Heb “house.”
5 tn Heb “Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders which they advised and he consulted the young men with whom he had grown up, who stood before him.”
6 tn Heb “he strengthened them greatly, very much.”
7 tn Heb “and Rehoboam appointed for a head Abijah son of Maacah for ruler among his brothers, indeed to make him king.”
8 tn Heb “and the strength of Jeroboam was not retained again in the days of Abijah.”
9 tn Heb “lifted up for himself.”
10 tn Heb “the altars of the foreigner.”
11 sn Asherah poles. A leading deity of the Canaanite pantheon was Asherah, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. She was commonly worshiped at shrines in or near groves of evergreen trees, or, failing that, at places marked by wooden poles (Hebrew אֲשֵׁרִים [’asherim], as here). They were to be burned or cut down (Deut 7:5; 12:3; 16:21; Judg 6:25, 28, 30; 2 Kgs 18:4).
12 tn Heb “fathers.”
13 tn Heb “the law and the command.”
14 tn Heb “established the kingdom in his hand.”
15 tn Heb “and he had wealth and honor in abundance.”
16 tn Heb “and many supplies were his in the cities of Judah, and men of war, warriors of skill in Jerusalem.”
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17 tn Heb “This you must do with the fear of the
18 tn Heb “he walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the
19 tn Heb “and also he walked in the ways of the house of Ahab.”
20 tn Heb “for his mother was his adviser to do evil.”
21 tn Heb “and he was with them in the house of God hiding.”
22 tn Heb “and Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people and went to the Valley of Salt.”
23 tn Or “struck down.”
24 tn Heb “sons of Seir.”
25 tn Heb “and his name went to.”
26 tn Heb “the waters of the springs.”
27 tn Heb “as Manasseh his father had humbled himself.”
28 tn Heb “for he, Amon, multiplied guilt.”
