Discovery Box2 Chronicles 1:3 
Context1:3 Solomon and the entire assembly went to the worship center 1 in Gibeon, for the tent where they met God 2 was located there, which Moses the Lord’s servant had made in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles 1:5
Context1:5 But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, was in front of the Lord’s tabernacle. 3 Solomon and the entire assembly prayed to him 4 there.)
2 Chronicles 1:9
Context1:9 Now, Lord God, may your promise 5 to my father David be realized, 6 for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.
2 Chronicles 3:8
Context3:8 He made the most holy place; 7 its length was 30 feet, 8 corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. 9 He plated it with 600 talents 10 of fine gold.
2 Chronicles 3:15
Context3:15 In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length 11 of 52½ feet, 12 with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high. 13
2 Chronicles 4:2
Context4:2 He also made the big bronze basin called “The Sea.” 14 It measured 15 feet 15 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet 16 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 17
2 Chronicles 4:6
Context4:6 He made ten washing basins; he put five on the south side and five on the north side. In them they rinsed the items used for burnt sacrifices; the priests washed in “The Sea.”
2 Chronicles 5:10
Context5:10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. 18 (It was there that 19 the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)
2 Chronicles 7:12
Context7:12 the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: “I have answered 20 your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made. 21
2 Chronicles 9:11
Context9:11 With the timber the king made steps 22 for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments 23 for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that. 24 )
2 Chronicles 9:16
Context9:16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures 25 of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 26
2 Chronicles 10:15
Context10:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events 27 so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made 28 through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
2 Chronicles 12:9
Context12:9 King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 13:8
Context13:8 Now you are declaring that you will resist the Lord’s rule through the Davidic dynasty. 29 You have a huge army, 30 and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.
2 Chronicles 15:16
Context15:16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother 31 from her position as queen mother 32 because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
2 Chronicles 16:3
Context16:3 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. 33 See, I have sent you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” 34
2 Chronicles 16:14
Context16:14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. 35 They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him. 36
2 Chronicles 22:1
Context22:1 The residents of Jerusalem 37 made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. 38 So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
2 Chronicles 23:3
Context23:3 and the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the temple of God. Jehoiada 39 said to them, “The king’s son will rule, just as the Lord promised David’s descendants.
2 Chronicles 25:14
Context25:14 When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people 40 of Seir and made them his personal gods. 41 He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices.
2 Chronicles 26:11
Context26:11 Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official.
2 Chronicles 26:15
Context26:15 In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. 42
2 Chronicles 29:8
Context29:8 The Lord was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn, 43 as you can see with your own eyes.
2 Chronicles 31:3
Context31:3 The king contributed 44 some of what he owned for burnt sacrifices, including the morning and evening burnt sacrifices and the burnt sacrifices made on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other appointed times prescribed 45 in the law of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 31:17
Context31:17 They made disbursements to the priests listed in the genealogical records by their families, and to the Levites twenty years old and up, according to their duties as assigned to their divisions,
2 Chronicles 32:22
Context32:22 The Lord delivered Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem from the power of King Sennacherib of Assyria and from all the other nations. 46 He made them secure on every side. 47
2 Chronicles 33:3
Context33:3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky 48 and worshiped 49 them.
2 Chronicles 33:22
Context33:22 He did evil in the sight of 50 the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped 51 them.
2 Chronicles 34:25
Context34:25 This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices 52 to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made. 53 My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!’”
2 Chronicles 34:32
Context34:32 He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. 54 The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 35:16
Context35:16 So all the preparations for the Lord’s service were made that day, as the Passover was observed and the burnt sacrifices were offered on the altar of the Lord, as prescribed by King Josiah.
2 Chronicles 36:4
Context36:4 The king of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s 55 brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Necho seized his brother Jehoahaz and took him to Egypt.
2 Chronicles 36:10
Context36:10 At the beginning of the year King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him to be brought 56 to Babylon, along with the valuable items in the Lord’s temple. In his place he made his relative 57 Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:13
Context36:13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance 58 in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return 59 to the Lord God of Israel.
1 tn Or “high place.”
2 tn Heb “the tent of meeting of God.”
3 sn The tabernacle was located in Gibeon; see 1 Chr 21:29.
4 tn Heb “sought [or “inquired of”] him.”
5 tn Heb “you word.”
6 tn Or “be firm, established.”
7 tn Heb “the house of the holy place of holy places.”
8 tn Heb “twenty cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), this would give a length of 30 feet (9 m).
9 tc Heb “twenty cubits.” Some suggest adding, “and its height twenty cubits” (see 1 Kgs 6:20). The phrase could have been omitted by homoioteleuton.
10 tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold plating was 40,380 lbs. (18,360 kg).
11 sn The figure given here appears to refer to the combined length of both pillars (perhaps when laid end-to-end on the ground prior to being set up; cf. v. 17); the figure given for the height of the pillars in 1 Kgs 7:15, 2 Kgs 25:17, and Jer 52:21 is half this (i.e., eighteen cubits).
12 tc The Syriac reads “eighteen cubits” (twenty-seven feet). This apparently reflects an attempt at harmonization with 1 Kgs 7:15, 2 Kgs 25:17, and Jer 52:21.
13 tn Heb “and he made before the house two pillars, thirty-five cubits [in] length, and the plated capital which was on its top [was] five cubits.” The significance of the measure “thirty-five cubits” (52.5 feet or 15.75 m, assuming a cubit of 18 inches) for the “length” of the pillars is uncertain. According to 1 Kgs 7:15, each pillar was eighteen cubits (27 feet or 8.1 m) high. Perhaps the measurement given here was taken with the pillars lying end-to-end on the ground before they were set up.
14 tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”
sn The large bronze basin known as “The Sea” was mounted on twelve bronze bulls and contained water for the priests to bathe themselves (see v. 6; cf. Exod 30:17-21).
15 tn Heb “ten cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the diameter would have been 15 feet (4.5 m).
16 tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the height would have been 7.5 feet (2.25 m).
17 tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”
18 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).
19 tn Heb “in Horeb where.”
20 tn Heb “I have heard.”
21 tn Heb “temple of sacrifice.” This means the
22 tn Heb “tracks.” The parallel text in 1 Kgs 10:12 has a different term whose meaning is uncertain: “supports,” perhaps “banisters” or “parapets.”
23 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
24 tn Heb “there was not seen like these formerly in the land of Judah.”
25 tn The Hebrew text has simply “300,” with no unit of measure given.
26 sn This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest. See 1 Kgs 7:2.
27 tn Heb “because this turn of events was from God.”
28 tn Heb “so that the
29 tn Heb “the kingdom of the
30 tn Or “horde”; or “multitude.”
31 tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses “father” and “mother” for grandparents and even more remote ancestors.
32 tn The Hebrew term גְּבִירָה (gÿvirah) can denote “queen” or “queen mother” depending on the context. Here the latter is indicated, since Maacah was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah.
33 tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”
34 tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”
35 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
36 tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”
37 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
38 tn Heb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.”
39 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada the priest, cf. v. 8) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
40 tn Heb “sons.”
41 tn Heb “caused them to stand for him as gods.”
42 tn Heb “and his name went out to a distant place, for he did extraordinarily to be helped until he was strong.”
43 tn Heb “and he made them [an object] of dread and devastation and hissing.”
44 tn Heb “the portion of the king [was].”
45 tn Heb “as written.”
46 tn Heb “and from the hand of all.”
47 tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “and he led him from all around.” However, the present translation assumes an emendation to וַיָּנַח לָהֶם מִסָּבִיב (vayyanakh lahem missaviv, “and he gave rest to them from all around”). See 2 Chr 15:15 and 20:30.
48 tn The phrase כָל צְבָא הֲַשָּׁמַיִם (khol tsÿva’ hashamayim), traditionally translated “all the host of heaven,” refers to the heavenly lights, including stars and planets. In 1 Kgs 22:19 these heavenly bodies are pictured as members of the Lord’s royal court or assembly, but many other texts view them as the illegitimate objects of pagan and Israelite worship.
49 tn Or “served.”
50 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
51 tn Or “served.”
52 tn Or “burned incense.”
53 tn Heb “angering me with all the work of their hands.” The present translation assumes this refers to idols they have manufactured (note the preceding reference to “other gods”). However, it is possible that this is a general reference to their sinful practices, in which case one might translate, “angering me by all the things they do.”
54 tn Heb “and he caused to stand everyone who was found in Jerusalem and Benjamin.”
55 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoahaz) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
56 tn Heb “sent and brought him.”
57 tn Heb “and he made Zedekiah his brother king.” According to the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:17, Zedekiah was Jehoiachin’s uncle, not his brother. Therefore many interpreters understand אח here in its less specific sense of “relative” (NEB “made his father’s brother Zedekiah king”; NASB “made his kinsman Zedekiah king”; NIV “made Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, king”; NRSV “made his brother Zedekiah king”).
58 tn Or “made him swear an oath.”
59 tn Heb “and he stiffened his neck and strengthened his heart from returning.”
