Discovery Box2 Chronicles 1:9 
Context1:9 Now, Lord God, may your promise 1 to my father David be realized, 2 for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.
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 18:5
Context18:5 So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” 3 They said, “Attack! God 4 will hand it over to the king.”
2 Chronicles 18:14
Context18:14 Micaiah 5 came before the king and the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; they will be handed over to you.” 6
2 Chronicles 20:6
Context20:6 He prayed: “O Lord God of our ancestors, 7 you are the God who lives in heaven 8 and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.
2 Chronicles 20:31
Context20:31 Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. 9 His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
2 Chronicles 25:12
Context25:12 The men 10 of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. 11 All the captives 12 fell to their death. 13
2 Chronicles 25:19
Context25:19 You defeated Edom 14 and it has gone to your head. 15 Gloat over your success, 16 but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?” 17
2 Chronicles 35:13
Context35:13 They cooked the Passover sacrifices over the open fire as prescribed and cooked the consecrated offerings in pots, kettles, and pans. They quickly served them to all the people.
2 Chronicles 36:4
Context36:4 The king of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s 18 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 19 to Babylon, along with the valuable items in the Lord’s temple. In his place he made his relative 20 Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:17
Context36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered 21 their young men in their temple. 22 He did not spare 23 young men or women, or even the old and aging. God 24 handed everyone over to him.
1 tn Heb “you word.”
2 tn Or “be firm, established.”
3 tn Heb “Should we go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
4 tn Though Jehoshaphat had requested an oracle from “the
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
6 sn One does not expect Micaiah, having just vowed to speak only what the
7 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 33).
8 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.
9 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
10 tn Heb “sons.”
11 tn Heb “and threw them from the top of the cliff.”
12 tn Heb “all of them.”
13 tn Heb “smashed in pieces.”
14 tn Heb “you say [to yourself], ‘look, you have defeated Edom.’”
15 tn Heb “and your heart is lifted up.”
16 tn Heb “to glorify.”
17 tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”
18 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoahaz) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
19 tn Heb “sent and brought him.”
20 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”).
21 tn Heb “killed with the sword.”
22 tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”
23 tn Or “show compassion to.”
24 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
