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. 1 Solomon and the entire assembly prayed to him 2 there.)
2 Chronicles 5:9
Context5:9 The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. 3 They have remained there to this very day.
2 Chronicles 7:19
Context7:19 “But if you people 4 ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, 5 and decide to serve and worship other gods, 6
2 Chronicles 10:18
Context10:18 King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, 7 the supervisor of the work crews, out after them, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. 8
2 Chronicles 13:10
Context13:10 But as for us, the Lord is our God and we have not rejected him. Aaron’s descendants serve as the Lord’s priests and the Levites assist them with the work. 9
2 Chronicles 16:8
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!
2 Chronicles 16:12
Context16:12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. 10 Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. 11
2 Chronicles 18:29
Context18:29 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and then enter 12 the battle; but you wear your royal attire.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and they entered the battle.
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 19:6
Context19:6 He told the judges, “Be careful what you do, 13 for you are not judging for men, but for the Lord, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.
2 Chronicles 21:3
Context21:3 Their father gave them many presents, including silver, gold, and other precious items, along with fortified cities in Judah. But he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
2 Chronicles 21:20
Context21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; 14 he was buried in the City of David, 15 but not in the royal tombs.
2 Chronicles 25:7
Context25:7 But a prophet 16 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. 17
2 Chronicles 25:9
Context25:9 Amaziah asked the prophet: 18 “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet 19 replied, “The Lord is capable of giving you more than that.”
2 Chronicles 25:19
Context25:19 You defeated Edom 20 and it has gone to your head. 21 Gloat over your success, 22 but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?” 23
2 Chronicles 25:27
Context25:27 From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, 24 so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him 25 and they killed him there.
2 Chronicles 26:16
Context26:16 But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. 26 He disobeyed 27 the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar.
2 Chronicles 32:8
Context32:8 He has with him mere human strength, 28 but the Lord our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!” The army 29 was encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.
2 Chronicles 32:11
Context32:11 Hezekiah says, “The Lord our God will rescue us from the power 30 of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst! 31
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. 32
2 Chronicles 33:9
Context33:9 But Manasseh misled the people of 33 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 35:22
Context35:22 But Josiah did not turn back from him; 34 he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously 35 the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo. 36
2 Chronicles 36:16
Context36:16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, 37 and ridiculed his prophets. 38 Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. 39
1 sn The tabernacle was located in Gibeon; see 1 Chr 21:29.
2 tn Heb “sought [or “inquired of”] him.”
3 tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”
4 tn The Hebrew pronoun is plural, suggesting that Solomon and all Israel (or perhaps Solomon and his successors) are in view. To convey this to the English reader, the translation “you people” has been employed.
5 tn Heb “which I placed before you.”
6 tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”
7 sn In the parallel account in 1 Kgs 12:18 this name appears as “Adoniram.”
8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
9 tn Heb “and priests serving the
10 tn Heb “became sick in his feet.”
11 tn Heb “unto upwards [i.e., very severe [was] his sickness, and even in his sickness he did not seek the
12 tn The Hebrew verbal forms could be imperatives (“Disguise yourself and enter”), but this would make no sense in light of the immediately following context. The forms are better interpreted as infinitives absolute functioning as cohortatives (see IBHS 594 §35.5.2a). Some prefer to emend the forms to imperfects.
13 tn Heb “see what you are doing.”
14 tn Heb “and he went without desire.”
15 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
16 tn Heb “man of God.”
17 tn Heb “Israel, all the sons of Ephraim.”
18 tn Heb “said to the man of God.”
19 tn Heb “man of God.”
20 tn Heb “you say [to yourself], ‘look, you have defeated Edom.’”
21 tn Heb “and your heart is lifted up.”
22 tn Heb “to glorify.”
23 tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”
24 tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”
25 tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”
26 tn Heb “his heart was high [i.e., proud] to destroy.”
27 tn Or “was unfaithful to.”
28 tn Heb “With him is an arm of flesh.”
29 tn Or “people.”
30 tn Heb “hand.”
31 tn Heb “Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to die by hunger and thirst, saying, ‘The
32 tn Heb “and Hezekiah humbled himself in the height of his heart, he and the residents of Jerusalem, and the anger of the
33 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.
34 tn Heb “and Josiah did not turn his face from him.”
35 tn Heb “listen to.”
36 map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.
37 tn Heb “his words.”
38 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.
39 tn Heb “until the anger of the