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 13:11
Context13:11 They offer burnt sacrifices to the Lord every morning and every evening, along with fragrant incense. They arrange the Bread of the Presence on a ritually clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. Certainly 5 we are observing the Lord our God’s regulations, but you have rejected him.
2 Chronicles 14:7
Context14:7 He said to the people of Judah: 6 “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. 7 The land remains ours because we have followed 8 the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.” 9 So they built the cities 10 and prospered.
2 Chronicles 14:11
Context14:11 Asa prayed 11 to the Lord his God: “O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. 12 Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. 13 O Lord our God, don’t let men prevail against you!” 14
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. 15 But I despise 16 him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always 17 disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. 18 Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”
2 Chronicles 25:16
Context25:16 While he was speaking, Amaziah 19 said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” 20 So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided 21 to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”
2 Chronicles 31:10
Context31:10 Azariah, the head priest from the family of Zadok, said to him, “Since the contributions began arriving in the Lord’s temple, we have had plenty to eat and have a large quantity left over. For the Lord has blessed his people, and this large amount remains.”
2 Chronicles 32:7
Context32:7 “Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic 22 because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him. 23
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 Or “for.”
6 tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah.
7 tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”
8 tn Heb “sought.”
9 tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”
10 tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
11 tn Heb “called out.”
12 tn Heb “there is not with you to help between many with regard to [the one] without strength.”
13 tn Heb “and in your name we have come against this multitude.”
14 tn Heb “let not man retain [strength] with you.”
15 tn Heb “to seek the
16 tn Or “hate.”
17 tn Heb “all his days.”
18 tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
19 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
20 tn Heb “Stop yourself! Why should they strike you down?”
21 tn The verb יָעַץ (ya’ats, “has decided”) is from the same root as יוֹעֵץ (yo’ets, “counselor”) in v. 16 and עֵצָה (’etsah, “advice”) later in v. 16. The wordplay highlights the appropriate nature of the divine punishment. Amaziah rejected the counsel of God’s prophet; now he would be the victim of God’s “counsel.”
22 tn Or perhaps, “and don’t be discouraged.”
23 tn Heb “for with us [is] a greater [one] than with him.”
