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 2:3
Context2:3 Solomon sent a message to King Huram 3 of Tyre: 4 “Help me 5 as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs 6 for the construction of his palace. 7
2 Chronicles 5:6
Context5:6 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. 8
2 Chronicles 9:11
Context9:11 With the timber the king made steps 9 for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments 10 for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that. 11 )
2 Chronicles 9:16
Context9:16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures 12 of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 13
2 Chronicles 9:21
Context9:21 The king had a fleet of large merchant ships 14 manned by Huram’s men 15 that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet 16 came into port with cargoes of 17 gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. 18
2 Chronicles 10:6
Context10:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served 19 his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, 20 “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
2 Chronicles 10:15
Context10:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events 21 so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made 22 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 15:16
Context15:16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother 23 from her position as queen mother 24 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 16:2-4
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: 16:3 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. 25 See, I have sent you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” 26 16:4 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. 27 They conquered 28 Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, 29 and all the storage cities of Naphtali.
2 Chronicles 16:6
Context16:6 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. 30 He used the materials to build up 31 Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chronicles 18:12
Context18:12 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. 32 Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success!” 33
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 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. 34 His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
2 Chronicles 21:12
Context21:12 Jehoram 35 received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You 36 have not followed in the footsteps 37 of your father Jehoshaphat and of 38 King Asa of Judah,
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; 39 he was buried in the City of David, 40 but not in the royal tombs.
2 Chronicles 23:10
Context23:10 He placed the men at their posts, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. 41
2 Chronicles 24:22-23
Context24:22 King Joash disregarded 42 the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s 43 son. As Zechariah 44 was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!” 45
24:23 At the beginning 46 of the year the Syrian army attacked 47 Joash 48 and invaded Judah and Jerusalem. They wiped out all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder they gathered to the king of Damascus.
2 Chronicles 25:7
Context25:7 But a prophet 49 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. 50
2 Chronicles 26:20
Context26:20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at 51 him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king 52 himself wanted to leave quickly because the Lord had afflicted him.
2 Chronicles 26:23
Context26:23 Uzziah passed away 53 and was buried near his ancestors 54 in a cemetery 55 belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) 56 His son Jotham replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 28:27
Context28:27 Ahaz passed away 57 and was buried in the City of David; 58 they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 29:15
Context29:15 They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the Lord’s temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word 59 of the Lord.
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 29:24
Context29:24 Then the priests slaughtered them. They offered their blood as a sin offering on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had decreed 60 that the burnt sacrifice and sin offering were for all Israel.
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 61 of David and Asaph the prophet. 62 So they joyfully offered praise and bowed down and worshiped.
2 Chronicles 30:24
Context30:24 King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep 63 for the assembly, while the officials supplied them 64 with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves.
2 Chronicles 31:3
Context31:3 The king contributed 65 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 66 in the law of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 31:13
Context31:13 Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah worked under the supervision of Konaniah and his brother Shimei, as directed by King Hezekiah and Azariah, the supervisor of God’s temple.
2 Chronicles 32:8
Context32:8 He has with him mere human strength, 67 but the Lord our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!” The army 68 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 69 of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst! 70
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. 71 He made them secure on every side. 72
2 Chronicles 32:33
Context32:33 Hezekiah passed away 73 and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor. 74 His son Manasseh replaced him as king.
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, 75 bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
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 34:26
Context34:26 Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:
2 Chronicles 34:28
Context34:28 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. 76 You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.
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 35:20
Context35:20 After Josiah had done all this for the temple, 77 King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. 78 Josiah marched out to oppose him.
2 Chronicles 36:3
Context36:3 The king of Egypt prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a special tax 79 of one hundred talents 80 of silver and a talent of gold.
2 Chronicles 36:5
Context36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. 81 He did evil in the sight of 82 the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles 36:8
Context36:8 The rest of the events of Jehoiakim’s reign, including the horrible sins he committed and his shortcomings, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 83 His son Jehoiachin replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 36:13
Context36:13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance 84 in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return 85 to the Lord God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 36:17
Context36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered 86 their young men in their temple. 87 He did not spare 88 young men or women, or even the old and aging. God 89 handed everyone over to him.
1 tn Heb “you word.”
2 tn Or “be firm, established.”
3 tn Heb “Huram.” Some medieval Hebrew
4 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
5 tn The words “help me” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.
6 tn Heb “cedars.” The word “logs” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “to build for him a house to live in it.”
8 tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”
9 tn Heb “tracks.” The parallel text in 1 Kgs 10:12 has a different term whose meaning is uncertain: “supports,” perhaps “banisters” or “parapets.”
10 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
11 tn Heb “there was not seen like these formerly in the land of Judah.”
12 tn The Hebrew text has simply “300,” with no unit of measure given.
13 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.
14 tn Heb “for ships belonging to the king were going [to] Tarshish with the servants of Huram.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
15 tn Heb “servants.”
16 tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”
17 tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish came carrying.”
18 tn The meaning of this word is unclear; some suggest it refers to “baboons.” NEB has “monkeys,” NASB, NRSV “peacocks,” and NIV “baboons.”
19 tn Heb “stood before.”
20 tn Heb “saying.”
21 tn Heb “because this turn of events was from God.”
22 tn Heb “so that the
23 tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses “father” and “mother” for grandparents and even more remote ancestors.
24 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.
25 tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”
26 tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”
27 tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”
28 tn Heb “They struck down.”
29 sn In the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 15:20, this city’s name appears as Abel Beth Maacah. These appear to be variant names for the same place.
30 tn Heb “and King Asa took all Judah and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”
31 tn Heb “and he built with them.”
32 tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”
33 tn Heb “let your words be like one of them and speak good.”
34 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
35 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
36 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.
37 tn Heb “walked in the ways.”
38 tn Heb “in the ways of.”
39 tn Heb “and he went without desire.”
40 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
41 tn Heb “and he stationed all the people, each with his weapon in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.”
42 tn Heb “did not remember.”
43 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
44 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
45 tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.
46 tn Heb “turning.”
47 tn Heb “went up against.”
48 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
49 tn Heb “man of God.”
50 tn Heb “Israel, all the sons of Ephraim.”
51 tn Heb “turned toward.”
52 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
53 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
54 tn Heb “fathers.”
55 tn Heb “a field of burial.”
56 tn Heb “for they said, ‘He had a skin disease.’”
57 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
58 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
59 tn Heb “words” (plural).
60 tn Heb “said.”
61 tn Heb “with the words.”
62 tn Or “seer.”
63 tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (ts’on, translated “sheep” twice in this verse) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but their is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other.
64 tn Heb “the assembly.” The pronoun “them” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
65 tn Heb “the portion of the king [was].”
66 tn Heb “as written.”
67 tn Heb “With him is an arm of flesh.”
68 tn Or “people.”
69 tn Heb “hand.”
70 tn Heb “Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to die by hunger and thirst, saying, ‘The
71 tn Heb “and from the hand of all.”
72 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.
73 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
74 tn Heb “and honor they did to him in his death, all Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.”
75 tn Heb “and they seized him with hooks.”
76 tn Heb “Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”
77 tn Heb “After all this, [by] which Josiah prepared the temple.”
78 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
79 tn Or “a fine.”
80 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 silver was 6,730 lbs. (3,060 kg).
81 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
82 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
83 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoiakim, and his horrible deeds which he did and that which was found against him, look, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.”
84 tn Or “made him swear an oath.”
85 tn Heb “and he stiffened his neck and strengthened his heart from returning.”
86 tn Heb “killed with the sword.”
87 tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”
88 tn Or “show compassion to.”
89 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
