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 5:1
Context5:1 When Solomon had finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple.
2 Chronicles 5:7
Context5:7 The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its assigned 7 place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs.
2 Chronicles 5:10
Context5:10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. 8 (It was there that 9 the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)
2 Chronicles 6:14
Context6:14 and prayed: 10 “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty 11 to your servants who obey you with sincerity. 12
2 Chronicles 7:10
Context7:10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon 13 sent the people home. They left 14 happy and contented 15 because of the good the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.
2 Chronicles 7:12
Context7:12 the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: “I have answered 16 your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made. 17
2 Chronicles 7:21-22
Context7:21 As for this temple, which was once majestic, 18 everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’ 7:22 Others will then answer, 19 ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, 20 who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 21 That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’”
2 Chronicles 9:4
Context9:4 the food in his banquet hall, 22 his servants and attendants 23 in their robes, his cupbearers in their robes, and his burnt sacrifices which he presented in the Lord’s temple, 24 she was amazed. 25
2 Chronicles 9:11
Context9:11 With the timber the king made steps 26 for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments 27 for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that. 28 )
2 Chronicles 11:14
Context11:14 The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the Lord’s priests.
2 Chronicles 12:7
Context12:7 When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: 29 “They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon. 30 My anger will not be unleashed against 31 Jerusalem through 32 Shishak.
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. 33 You have a huge army, 34 and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.
2 Chronicles 13:14-15
Context13:14 The men of Judah turned around and realized they were being attacked from the front and the rear. 35 So they cried out for help to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets, 13:15 and the men of Judah gave 36 the battle cry. As the men of Judah gave the battle cry, the Lord struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
2 Chronicles 14:13-14
Context14:13 and Asa and his army chased them as far as Gerar. The Cushites were wiped out; 37 they were shattered before the Lord and his army. The men of Judah 38 carried off a huge amount of plunder. 14:14 They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the Lord caused them to panic. 39 The men of Judah 40 looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods. 41
2 Chronicles 15:15
Context15:15 All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the Lord and he responded to them. 42 He made them secure on every side. 43
2 Chronicles 16:2
Context16:2 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and sent it to King Ben Hadad of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:
2 Chronicles 16:8-9
Context16:8 Did not the Cushites and Libyans have a huge army with chariots and a very large number of horsemen? But when you relied on the Lord, he handed them over to you! 16:9 Certainly 44 the Lord watches the whole earth carefully 45 and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. 46 You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.
2 Chronicles 16:12
Context16:12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. 47 Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. 48
2 Chronicles 18:16
Context18:16 Micaiah 49 replied, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”
2 Chronicles 18:21
Context18:21 He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord 50 said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. 51 Go out and do as you have proposed.’
2 Chronicles 18:23
Context18:23 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”
2 Chronicles 18:31
Context18:31 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “He must be the king of Israel!” So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. The Lord helped him; God lured them away from him.
2 Chronicles 19:4
Context19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. 52 He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow 53 the Lord God of their ancestors. 54
2 Chronicles 19:6
Context19:6 He told the judges, “Be careful what you do, 55 for you are not judging for men, but for the Lord, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.
2 Chronicles 20:6
Context20:6 He prayed: “O Lord God of our ancestors, 56 you are the God who lives in heaven 57 and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.
2 Chronicles 20:14
Context20:14 Then in the midst of the assembly, the Lord’s Spirit came upon Jachaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph.
2 Chronicles 20:26
Context20:26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where 58 they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah 59 to this very day.
2 Chronicles 20:37
Context20:37 Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, “Because 60 you made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will shatter what you have made.” The ships were wrecked and unable to go to sea. 61
2 Chronicles 21:6
Context21:6 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. 62 He did evil in the sight of 63 the Lord.
2 Chronicles 21:10
Context21:10 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. 64 At that same time Libnah also rebelled and freed themselves from Judah’s control 65 because Jehoram 66 rejected the Lord God of his ancestors.
2 Chronicles 21:12
Context21:12 Jehoram 67 received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You 68 have not followed in the footsteps 69 of your father Jehoshaphat and of 70 King Asa of Judah,
2 Chronicles 22:4
Context22:4 He did evil in the sight of 71 the Lord like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they 72 gave him advice that led to his destruction.
2 Chronicles 22:7
Context22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. 73 When Ahaziah 74 arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned 75 to wipe out Ahab’s family. 76
2 Chronicles 23:3
Context23:3 and the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the temple of God. Jehoiada 77 said to them, “The king’s son will rule, just as the Lord promised David’s descendants.
2 Chronicles 23:5
Context23:5 Another third of you will be stationed at the royal palace and still another third at the Foundation Gate. All the others 78 will stand in the courtyards of the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 24:7
Context24:7 (Wicked Athaliah and her sons had broken into God’s temple and used all the holy items of the Lord’s temple in their worship of the Baals.)
2 Chronicles 24:9
Context24:9 An edict was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, God’s servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness. 79
2 Chronicles 24:18
Context24:18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, 80 and worshiped 81 the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 24:22
Context24:22 King Joash disregarded 82 the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s 83 son. As Zechariah 84 was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!” 85
2 Chronicles 25:7
Context25:7 But a prophet 86 visited him and said: “O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites. 87
2 Chronicles 25:9
Context25:9 Amaziah asked the prophet: 88 “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet 89 replied, “The Lord is capable of giving you more than that.”
2 Chronicles 25:15
Context25:15 The Lord was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why are you following 90 these gods 91 that could not deliver their own people from your power?” 92
2 Chronicles 25:27
Context25:27 From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, 93 so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him 94 and they killed him there.
2 Chronicles 26:20
Context26:20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at 95 him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king 96 himself wanted to leave quickly because the Lord had afflicted him.
2 Chronicles 27:2
Context27:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. 97 (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) 98 Yet the people were still sinning.
2 Chronicles 28:1
Context28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 99 He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. 100
2 Chronicles 28:3
Context28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, 101 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 102 whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 28:5
Context28:5 The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians 103 defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. 104 He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him. 105
2 Chronicles 28:24
Context28:24 Ahaz gathered the items in God’s temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the Lord’s temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 29:5
Context29:5 He said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors! 106 Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean!
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, 107 as you can see with your own eyes.
2 Chronicles 29:18-19
Context29:18 They went to King Hezekiah and said: “We have purified the entire temple of the Lord, including the altar of burnt sacrifice and all its equipment, and the table for the Bread of the Presence and all its equipment. 29:19 We have prepared and consecrated all the items that King Ahaz removed during his reign when he acted unfaithfully. They are in front of the altar of the Lord.”
2 Chronicles 29:27
Context29:27 Hezekiah ordered the burnt sacrifice to be offered on the altar. As they began to offer the sacrifice, they also began to sing to the Lord, accompanied by the trumpets and the musical instruments of King David of Israel.
2 Chronicles 29:30
Context29:30 King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to praise the Lord, using the psalms 108 of David and Asaph the prophet. 109 So they joyfully offered praise and bowed down and worshiped.
2 Chronicles 29:35
Context29:35 There was a large number of burnt sacrifices, as well as fat from the peace offerings and drink offerings that accompanied the burnt sacrifices. So the service of the Lord’s temple was reinstituted. 110
2 Chronicles 30:15
Context30:15 They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt sacrifices to the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 30:17
Context30:17 Because many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites slaughtered 111 the Passover lambs of all who were ceremonially unclean and could not consecrate their sacrifice to the Lord. 112
2 Chronicles 30:21
Context30:21 The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the Lord every day with all their might. 113
2 Chronicles 31:2-3
Context31:2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks 114 – to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary. 115
31:3 The king contributed 116 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 117 in the law of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 31:14
Context31:14 Kore son of Imnah, a Levite and the guard on the east side, was in charge of the voluntary offerings made to God and disbursed the contributions made to the Lord and the consecrated items.
2 Chronicles 32:8
Context32:8 He has with him mere human strength, 118 but the Lord our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!” The army 119 was encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.
2 Chronicles 32:11-12
Context32:11 Hezekiah says, “The Lord our God will rescue us from the power 120 of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst! 121 32:12 Hezekiah is the one who eliminated 122 the Lord’s 123 high places and altars and then told Judah and Jerusalem, “At one altar you must worship and offer sacrifices.”
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. 124 He made them secure on every side. 125
2 Chronicles 32:24
Context32:24 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. 126 He prayed to the Lord, who answered him and gave him a sign confirming that he would be healed. 127
2 Chronicles 32:26
Context32:26 But then Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem humbled themselves and abandoned their pride, and the Lord was not angry with them for the rest of Hezekiah’s reign. 128
2 Chronicles 33:9
Context33:9 But Manasseh misled the people of 129 Judah and the residents of Jerusalem so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 33:11
Context33:11 So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, 130 bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 33:22
Context33:22 He did evil in the sight of 131 the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped 132 them.
2 Chronicles 34:24
Context34:24 “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which they read before the king of Judah.
2 Chronicles 36:5
Context36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. 133 He did evil in the sight of 134 the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles 36:10
Context36:10 At the beginning of the year King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him to be brought 135 to Babylon, along with the valuable items in the Lord’s temple. In his place he made his relative 136 Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:13-14
Context36:13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance 137 in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return 138 to the Lord God of Israel. 36:14 All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. 139 They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:16
Context36:16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, 140 and ridiculed his prophets. 141 Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. 142
2 Chronicles 36:22
Context36:22 In the first year of the reign of 143 King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, 144 the Lord moved 145 King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.
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 The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
8 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).
9 tn Heb “in Horeb where.”
10 tn Heb “said.”
11 tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.”
12 tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”
13 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
14 tn The words “they left” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
15 tn Heb “good of heart.”
16 tn Heb “I have heard.”
17 tn Heb “temple of sacrifice.” This means the
18 tn Heb “and this house which was high/elevated.” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”
19 tn Heb “and they will say.”
20 tn Heb “fathers.”
21 tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”
22 tn Heb “the food on his table.”
23 tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”
24 tc The Hebrew text has here, “and his upper room [by] which he was going up to the house of the
25 tn Or “it took her breath away”; Heb “there was no breath still in her.”
26 tn Heb “tracks.” The parallel text in 1 Kgs 10:12 has a different term whose meaning is uncertain: “supports,” perhaps “banisters” or “parapets.”
27 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
28 tn Heb “there was not seen like these formerly in the land of Judah.”
29 tn Heb “the word of the
30 tn Heb “and I will give to them soon deliverance.”
31 tn Or “gush forth upon.”
32 tn Heb “by the hand of.”
33 tn Heb “the kingdom of the
34 tn Or “horde”; or “multitude.”
35 tn Heb “and Judah turned, and, look, to them [was] the battle in front and behind.”
36 tn Heb “shouted out.”
37 tn Heb “and there fell from the Cushites so that there was not to them preservation of life.”
38 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
39 tn Heb “for the terror of the
40 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
41 tn Heb “for great plunder was in them.”
42 tn Heb “and with all their desire they sought him and he allowed himself to be found by them.”
43 tn Heb “and the
44 tn Or “for.”
45 tn Heb “the eyes of the
46 tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”
47 tn Heb “became sick in his feet.”
48 tn Heb “unto upwards [i.e., very severe [was] his sickness, and even in his sickness he did not seek the
49 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
50 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
51 tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the
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 “and turned them back to.”
54 tn Heb “fathers.”
55 tn Heb “see what you are doing.”
56 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 33).
57 tn Heb “are you not God in heaven?” The rhetorical question expects the answer “yes,” resulting in the positive statement “you are the God who lives in heaven” employed in the translation.
58 tn Heb “for there.”
59 sn The name Berachah, which means “blessing” in Hebrew, is derived from the verbal root “to praise [or “to bless”],” which appears earlier in the verse.
60 tn Heb “when.”
61 tn Heb “to go to Tarshish.”
62 tn Heb “he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife.”
63 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
64 tn Heb “and Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah until this day.”
65 tn Or “from Jehoram’s control”; Heb “from under his hand.” The pronominal suffix may refer to Judah in general or, more specifically, to Jehoram.
66 tn Heb “he.” This pronoun could refer to Judah, but the context focuses on Jehoram’s misdeeds. See especially v. 11.
67 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
68 tn Heb “Because you…” In the Hebrew text this lengthy sentence is completed in vv. 14-15. Because of its length and complexity (and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences), the translation has divided it up into several English sentences.
69 tn Heb “walked in the ways.”
70 tn Heb “in the ways of.”
71 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
72 tn That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house.
73 tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”
74 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
75 tn Heb “anointed.”
76 tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”
77 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada the priest, cf. v. 8) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
78 tn Heb “all the people.”
79 tn Heb “and they gave voice in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the
80 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).
81 tn Heb “served.”
82 tn Heb “did not remember.”
83 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
84 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
85 tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.
86 tn Heb “man of God.”
87 tn Heb “Israel, all the sons of Ephraim.”
88 tn Heb “said to the man of God.”
89 tn Heb “man of God.”
90 tn Heb “seeking,” perhaps in the sense of “consulting [an oracle from].”
91 tn Heb “the gods of the people.”
92 tn Heb “hand.”
93 tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”
94 tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”
95 tn Heb “turned toward.”
96 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
97 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
98 tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the
99 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
100 tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the
101 sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.
102 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
103 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
104 tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”
105 tn Heb “who struck him down with a great striking.”
106 tn Heb “fathers.”
107 tn Heb “and he made them [an object] of dread and devastation and hissing.”
108 tn Heb “with the words.”
109 tn Or “seer.”
110 tn Or “established.”
111 tn Heb “were over the slaughter of.”
112 tn Heb “of everyone not pure to consecrate to the
113 tn Heb “and they were praising the
114 tn Heb “and Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each in accordance with his service for the priests and for the Levites.”
115 tn Heb “in the gates of the encampments of the
116 tn Heb “the portion of the king [was].”
117 tn Heb “as written.”
118 tn Heb “With him is an arm of flesh.”
119 tn Or “people.”
120 tn Heb “hand.”
121 tn Heb “Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to die by hunger and thirst, saying, ‘The
122 tn Heb “Did not he, Hezekiah, eliminate…?” This rhetorical question presupposes a positive reply (“yes, he did”) and so has been translated here as a positive statement.
123 tn Heb “his”; the referent (the
124 tn Heb “and from the hand of all.”
125 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.
126 tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”
127 tn Heb “and he spoke to him and a sign he gave to him.”
128 tn Heb “and Hezekiah humbled himself in the height of his heart, he and the residents of Jerusalem, and the anger of the
129 tn Heb “misled Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.
130 tn Heb “and they seized him with hooks.”
131 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
132 tn Or “served.”
133 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
134 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
135 tn Heb “sent and brought him.”
136 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”).
137 tn Or “made him swear an oath.”
138 tn Heb “and he stiffened his neck and strengthened his heart from returning.”
139 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
140 tn Heb “his words.”
141 tn All three verbal forms (“mocked,” “despised,” and “ridiculed”) are active participles in the Hebrew text, indicating continual or repeated action. They made a habit of rejecting God’s prophetic messengers.
142 tn Heb “until the anger of the
143 tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
144 tn Heb “to complete the word of the
sn Regarding the promise he delivered through Jeremiah see Jer 29:10.
145 tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”
