2 Chronicles 10:15
Context10:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events 1 so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made 2 through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
2 Chronicles 15:9
Context15:9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers 3 from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live 4 when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
2 Chronicles 16:7
Context16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet 5 visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
2 Chronicles 18:5
Context18:5 So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” 6 They said, “Attack! God 7 will hand it over to the king.”
2 Chronicles 20:12
Context20:12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.” 8
2 Chronicles 24:27
Context24:27 The list of Joash’s 9 sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. 10 His son Amaziah replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 25:24
Context25:24 He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in God’s temple that were in the care of Obed-Edom, the riches in the royal palace, and some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria.
2 Chronicles 30:5
Context30:5 So they sent an edict 11 throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people 12 to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law. 13
2 Chronicles 31:6
Context31:6 The Israelites and people of Judah 14 who lived in the cities of Judah also contributed a tenth of their cattle and sheep, as well as a tenth of the holy items consecrated to the Lord their God. They brought them and placed them in many heaps. 15
2 Chronicles 32:8
Context32:8 He has with him mere human strength, 16 but the Lord our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!” The army 17 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 18 of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst! 19
2 Chronicles 32:13
Context32:13 Are you not aware of what I and my predecessors 20 have done to all the nations of the surrounding lands? Have the gods of the surrounding lands actually been able to rescue their lands from my power? 21
2 Chronicles 34:8
Context34:8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. 22 He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles 36:5
Context36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. 23 He did evil in the sight of 24 the Lord his God.
1 tn Heb “because this turn of events was from God.”
2 tn Heb “so that the
3 tn Or “resident aliens.”
4 tn Heb “had fallen upon him.”
5 tn Heb “the seer.”
6 tn Heb “Should we go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
7 tn Though Jehoshaphat had requested an oracle from “the
8 tn Heb “for [or “indeed”] upon you are our eyes.”
9 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Heb “And his sons and the abundance of the oracle[s] against him, and the founding of the house of God, look are they not written on the writing of the scroll of the kings?”
11 tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”
12 tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
13 tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”
14 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel and Judah.”
15 tn Heb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.
16 tn Heb “With him is an arm of flesh.”
17 tn Or “people.”
18 tn Heb “hand.”
19 tn Heb “Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to die by hunger and thirst, saying, ‘The
20 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 14, 15), but in this context the term does not necessarily refer to Sennacherib’s ancestors, but to his predecessors on the Assyrian throne.
21 tn Heb “hand.”
22 tn Heb “to purify the land and the house.”
23 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
24 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”