2 Chronicles 2:11
Context2:11 King Huram 1 of Tyre sent this letter to Solomon: “Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you their king.”
2 Chronicles 5:14
Context5:14 The priests could not carry out their duties 2 because of the cloud; the Lord’s splendor filled God’s temple.
2 Chronicles 6:4
Context6:4 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled 3 what he promised 4 my father David.
2 Chronicles 7:2
Context7:2 The priests were unable to enter the Lord’s temple because the Lord’s splendor filled the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 13:18
Context13:18 That day 5 the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 15:4
Context15:4 Because of their distress, they turned back to the Lord God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them. 6
2 Chronicles 17:3
Context17:3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor 7 David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. 8 He did not seek the Baals,
2 Chronicles 21:7
Context21:7 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty 9 because of the promise 10 he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty. 11
2 Chronicles 24:16
Context24:16 He was buried in the City of David 12 with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.
2 Chronicles 25:20
Context25:20 But Amaziah did not heed the warning, 13 for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom. 14
2 Chronicles 28:6
Context28:6 In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. 15
2 Chronicles 28:19
Context28:19 The Lord humiliated 16 Judah because of King Ahaz of Israel, 17 for he encouraged Judah to sin and was very 18 unfaithful to the Lord.
2 Chronicles 30:3
Context30:3 They were unable to observe it at the regular 19 time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem.
1 tn Heb “Huram” (also in v. 12). Some medieval Hebrew
2 tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”
3 tn The Hebrew text reads, “fulfilled by his hand,” but the phrase “by his hand” is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
4 tn The Hebrew text reads, “promised by his mouth,” but the phrase “by his mouth” is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
5 tn Heb “at that time.”
6 tn Heb “and he allowed himself to be found by them.”
7 tn Heb “father.”
8 tn Heb “for he walked in the ways of David his father [in] the beginning [times].”
9 tn Heb “house.”
10 tn Or “covenant.”
11 tn Heb “which he made to David, just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” Here “lamp” is metaphorical, symbolizing the Davidic dynasty.
12 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
13 tn Heb “did not listen.”
14 tn Heb “because it was from God in order to give them into the hand because they sought the gods of Edom.”
15 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 9, 25).
16 tn Or “subdued.”
17 sn That is, “of Judah.” Frequently in 2 Chronicles “Israel” is substituted for “Judah.”
18 tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verbal form to emphasize the degree of Ahaz’s unfaithfulness.
19 tn Heb “at that time.”