Discovery Box2 Chronicles 10:16 
Context10:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David – no share in the son of Jesse! 1 Return to your homes, O Israel! 2 Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” 3 So all Israel returned to their homes. 4
2 Chronicles 12:13
Context12:13 King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; 5 he 6 was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. 7 Rehoboam’s 8 mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.
2 Chronicles 18:7
Context18:7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. 9 But I despise 10 him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always 11 disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. 12 Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”
2 Chronicles 22:6
Context22:6 Joram 13 returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians 14 in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah 15 son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded. 16
2 Chronicles 23:13
Context23:13 Then she saw 17 the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters stood beside the king and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes and yelled, “Treason! Treason!” 18
2 Chronicles 23:20
Context23:20 He summoned 19 the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of land, and he then led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne.
2 Chronicles 25:18
Context25:18 King Joash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, “A thorn bush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn bush. 20
2 Chronicles 25:23
Context25:23 King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. 21
2 Chronicles 29:25
Context29:25 King Hezekiah 22 stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, 23 and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.)
1 sn The people’s point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.
2 tn Heb “each one to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”
4 tn Heb “went to their tents.”
5 tn Heb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.”
6 tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.
7 tn Heb “the city where the
8 tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “to seek the
10 tn Or “hate.”
11 tn Heb “all his days.”
12 tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
13 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
14 tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”
15 tc Most Hebrew
16 tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.
17 tn Heb “and she saw, and behold.”
18 tn Or “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”
19 tn Heb “took.”
20 sn The thorn bush in the allegory is Judah. Amaziah’s success had deceived him into thinking he was on the same level as the major powers in the area (symbolized by the cedar). In reality he was not capable of withstanding an attack by a real military power such as Israel (symbolized by the wild animal).
21 tn Heb “400 cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the distance would have been about 600 feet (180 m).
22 tn Heb “he”; the referent (King Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
23 tn Or “seer.”
