Discovery Box2 Chronicles 2:18 
Context2:18 He designated 1 70,000 as common laborers, 2 80,000 as stonecutters 3 in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work. 4
2 Chronicles 3:4
Context3:4 The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, 5 and its height was 30 feet. 6 He plated the inside with pure gold.
2 Chronicles 3:15
Context3:15 In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length 7 of 52½ feet, 8 with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high. 9
2 Chronicles 4:2
Context4:2 He also made the big bronze basin called “The Sea.” 10 It measured 15 feet 11 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet 12 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 13
2 Chronicles 5:1
Context5:1 When Solomon had finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple.
2 Chronicles 5:10
Context5:10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. 14 (It was there that 15 the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)
2 Chronicles 7:22
Context7:22 Others will then answer, 16 ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, 17 who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 18 That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’”
2 Chronicles 8:13
Context8:13 He observed the daily requirements for sacrifices that Moses had specified for Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and the three annual celebrations – the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Temporary Shelters. 19
2 Chronicles 9:4
Context9:4 the food in his banquet hall, 20 his servants and attendants 21 in their robes, his cupbearers in their robes, and his burnt sacrifices which he presented in the Lord’s temple, 22 she was amazed. 23
2 Chronicles 9:16
Context9:16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures 24 of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 25
2 Chronicles 12:7
Context12:7 When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: 26 “They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon. 27 My anger will not be unleashed against 28 Jerusalem through 29 Shishak.
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 14:8
Context14:8 Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin who carried small shields and were adept archers; they were all skilled warriors.
2 Chronicles 16:1
Context16:1 In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. 30
2 Chronicles 16:3
Context16:3 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. 31 See, I have sent you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” 32
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. 33 He used the materials to build up 34 Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chronicles 16:8
Context16:8 Did not the Cushites and Libyans have a huge army with chariots and a very large number of horsemen? But when you relied on the Lord, he handed them over to you!
2 Chronicles 16:12
Context16:12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. 35 Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. 36
2 Chronicles 17:2
Context17:2 He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons 37 throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.
2 Chronicles 18:2
Context18:2 and after several years 38 went down to visit 39 Ahab in Samaria. 40 Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle to honor Jehoshaphat and those who came with him. 41 He persuaded him to join in an attack 42 against Ramoth Gilead.
2 Chronicles 18:14
Context18:14 Micaiah 43 came before the king and the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; they will be handed over to you.” 44
2 Chronicles 18:21
Context18:21 He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord 45 said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. 46 Go out and do as you have proposed.’
2 Chronicles 18:23
Context18:23 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”
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 19:4
Context19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. 47 He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow 48 the Lord God of their ancestors. 49
2 Chronicles 19:6
Context19:6 He told the judges, “Be careful what you do, 50 for you are not judging for men, but for the Lord, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.
2 Chronicles 20:6
Context20:6 He prayed: “O Lord God of our ancestors, 51 you are the God who lives in heaven 52 and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.
2 Chronicles 20:21
Context20:21 He met 53 with the people and appointed musicians to play before the Lord and praise his majestic splendor. As they marched ahead of the warriors they said: “Give thanks to the Lord, for his loyal love endures.” 54
2 Chronicles 21:19
Context21:19 After about two years his intestines came out because of the disease, so that he died a very painful death. 55 His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors. 56
2 Chronicles 22:4-5
Context22:4 He did evil in the sight of 57 the Lord like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they 58 gave him advice that led to his destruction. 22:5 He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram 59 of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria 60 at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.
2 Chronicles 22:7-8
Context22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. 61 When Ahaziah 62 arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned 63 to wipe out Ahab’s family. 64 22:8 While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab’s family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them.
2 Chronicles 23:7
Context23:7 The Levites must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever tries to enter the temple 65 must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.” 66
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. 67
2 Chronicles 24:22
Context24:22 King Joash disregarded 68 the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s 69 son. As Zechariah 70 was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!” 71
2 Chronicles 25:17
Context25:17 After King Amaziah of Judah consulted with his advisers, 72 he sent this message to the king of Israel, Joash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, “Come, face me on the battlefield.” 73
2 Chronicles 25:27
Context25:27 From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, 74 so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him 75 and they killed him there.
2 Chronicles 26:23
Context26:23 Uzziah passed away 76 and was buried near his ancestors 77 in a cemetery 78 belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) 79 His son Jotham replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 28:3
Context28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, 80 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 81 whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 28:5
Context28:5 The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians 82 defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. 83 He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him. 84
2 Chronicles 28:24
Context28:24 Ahaz gathered the items in God’s temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the Lord’s temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 29:5
Context29:5 He said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors! 85 Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean!
2 Chronicles 29:19
Context29:19 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 30:1
Context30:1 Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem 86 and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 31:3
Context31:3 The king contributed 87 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 88 in the law of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 32:8
Context32:8 He has with him mere human strength, 89 but the Lord our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!” The army 90 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 91 of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst! 92
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. 93 He made them secure on every side. 94
2 Chronicles 32:30
Context32:30 Hezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David. 95 Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.
2 Chronicles 33:13
Context33:13 When he prayed to the Lord, 96 the Lord 97 responded to him 98 and answered favorably 99 his cry for mercy. The Lord 100 brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God.
2 Chronicles 34:32
Context34:32 He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. 101 The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.
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. 102 His son Jehoiachin replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 36:10
Context36:10 At the beginning of the year King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him to be brought 103 to Babylon, along with the valuable items in the Lord’s temple. In his place he made his relative 104 Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:14
Context36:14 All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. 105 They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:22
Context36:22 In the first year of the reign of 106 King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, 107 the Lord moved 108 King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.
1 tn Heb “made.”
2 tn Heb “carriers of loads.”
3 tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).
4 tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”
5 tc Heb “and the porch which was in front of the length corresponding to the width of the house, twenty cubits.” The phrase הֵיכַל הַבַּיִת (heykhal habbayit, “the main hall of the temple,” which appears in the parallel account in 1 Kgs 6:3) has been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton after עַל־פְּנֵי (’al-pÿney, “in front of”). Note that the following form, הָאֹרֶךְ (ha’orekh, “the length”), also begins with the Hebrew letter he (ה). A scribe’s eye probably jumped from the initial he on הֵיכַל to the initial he on הָאֹרֶךְ, leaving out the intervening letters in the process.
6 tc The Hebrew text has “one hundred and twenty cubits,” i.e. (assuming a cubit of 18 inches) 180 feet (54 m). An ancient Greek witness and the Syriac version read “twenty cubits,” i.e., 30 feet (9 m). It is likely that מֵאָה (me’ah, “a hundred”), is a corruption of an original אַמּוֹת (’ammot, “cubits”).
7 sn The figure given here appears to refer to the combined length of both pillars (perhaps when laid end-to-end on the ground prior to being set up; cf. v. 17); the figure given for the height of the pillars in 1 Kgs 7:15, 2 Kgs 25:17, and Jer 52:21 is half this (i.e., eighteen cubits).
8 tc The Syriac reads “eighteen cubits” (twenty-seven feet). This apparently reflects an attempt at harmonization with 1 Kgs 7:15, 2 Kgs 25:17, and Jer 52:21.
9 tn Heb “and he made before the house two pillars, thirty-five cubits [in] length, and the plated capital which was on its top [was] five cubits.” The significance of the measure “thirty-five cubits” (52.5 feet or 15.75 m, assuming a cubit of 18 inches) for the “length” of the pillars is uncertain. According to 1 Kgs 7:15, each pillar was eighteen cubits (27 feet or 8.1 m) high. Perhaps the measurement given here was taken with the pillars lying end-to-end on the ground before they were set up.
10 tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”
sn The large bronze basin known as “The Sea” was mounted on twelve bronze bulls and contained water for the priests to bathe themselves (see v. 6; cf. Exod 30:17-21).
11 tn Heb “ten cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the diameter would have been 15 feet (4.5 m).
12 tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the height would have been 7.5 feet (2.25 m).
13 tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”
14 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).
15 tn Heb “in Horeb where.”
16 tn Heb “and they will say.”
17 tn Heb “fathers.”
18 tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”
19 tn The Hebrew phrase הַסֻּכּוֹת[חַג] (khag hassukot, “[festival of] huts” [or “shelters”]) is traditionally known as the Feast of Tabernacles. The rendering “booths” (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV) is probably better than the traditional “tabernacles” in light of the meaning of the term סֻכָּה (sukkah, “hut; booth”), but “booths” are frequently associated with trade shows and craft fairs in contemporary American English. The nature of the celebration during this feast as a commemoration of the wanderings of the Israelites after they left Egypt suggests that a translation like “temporary shelters” is more appropriate.
20 tn Heb “the food on his table.”
21 tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”
22 tc The Hebrew text has here, “and his upper room [by] which he was going up to the house of the
23 tn Or “it took her breath away”; Heb “there was no breath still in her.”
24 tn The Hebrew text has simply “300,” with no unit of measure given.
25 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.
26 tn Heb “the word of the
27 tn Heb “and I will give to them soon deliverance.”
28 tn Or “gush forth upon.”
29 tn Heb “by the hand of.”
30 tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”
31 tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”
32 tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”
33 tn Heb “and King Asa took all Judah and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”
34 tn Heb “and he built with them.”
35 tn Heb “became sick in his feet.”
36 tn Heb “unto upwards [i.e., very severe [was] his sickness, and even in his sickness he did not seek the
37 tn Or perhaps, “governors.”
38 tn Heb “at the end of years.”
39 tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
40 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
41 tn Heb “and Ahab slaughtered for him sheep and cattle in abundance, and for the people who were with him.”
42 tn Heb “to go up.”
43 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
44 sn One does not expect Micaiah, having just vowed to speak only what the
45 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
46 tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the
47 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
48 tn Heb “and turned them back to.”
49 tn Heb “fathers.”
50 tn Heb “see what you are doing.”
51 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 33).
52 tn Heb “are you not God in heaven?” The rhetorical question expects the answer “yes,” resulting in the positive statement “you are the God who lives in heaven” employed in the translation.
53 tn Or “consulted.”
54 tn Or “is eternal.”
55 tn Heb “and it was to days from days, and about the time of the going out of the end for the days, two, his intestines came out with his illness and he died in severe illness.”
56 tn Heb “and his people did not make for him a fire, like the fire of his fathers.”
57 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
58 tn That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house.
59 sn Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.
60 tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).
61 tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”
62 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
63 tn Heb “anointed.”
64 tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”
65 tn Heb “house.”
66 tn Heb “and be with the king in his coming out and in his going out.”
67 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.”
68 tn Heb “did not remember.”
69 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
70 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
71 tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.
72 tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
73 tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here not to a visit but to meeting in battle. See v. 21.
74 tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”
75 tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”
76 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
77 tn Heb “fathers.”
78 tn Heb “a field of burial.”
79 tn Heb “for they said, ‘He had a skin disease.’”
80 sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.
81 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
82 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
83 tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”
84 tn Heb “who struck him down with a great striking.”
85 tn Heb “fathers.”
86 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
87 tn Heb “the portion of the king [was].”
88 tn Heb “as written.”
89 tn Heb “With him is an arm of flesh.”
90 tn Or “people.”
91 tn Heb “hand.”
92 tn Heb “Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to die by hunger and thirst, saying, ‘The
93 tn Heb “and from the hand of all.”
94 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.
95 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
96 tn Heb “him”; the referent (the
97 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
98 tn Heb “was entreated by him,” or “allowed himself to be entreated by him.”
99 tn Heb “heard.”
100 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
101 tn Heb “and he caused to stand everyone who was found in Jerusalem and Benjamin.”
102 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.”
103 tn Heb “sent and brought him.”
104 tn Heb “and he made Zedekiah his brother king.” According to the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:17, Zedekiah was Jehoiachin’s uncle, not his brother. Therefore many interpreters understand אח here in its less specific sense of “relative” (NEB “made his father’s brother Zedekiah king”; NASB “made his kinsman Zedekiah king”; NIV “made Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, king”; NRSV “made his brother Zedekiah king”).
105 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
106 tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
107 tn Heb “to complete the word of the
sn Regarding the promise he delivered through Jeremiah see Jer 29:10.
108 tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”
