Discovery Box2 Chronicles 2:3 
Context2:3 Solomon sent a message to King Huram 1 of Tyre: 2 “Help me 3 as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs 4 for the construction of his palace. 5
2 Chronicles 2:17
Context2:17 Solomon took a census 6 of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.
2 Chronicles 3:1
Context3:1 Solomon began building the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem 7 on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan 8 the Jebusite.
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 7:10
Context7:10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon 9 sent the people home. They left 10 happy and contented 11 because of the good the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.
2 Chronicles 8:6
Context8:6 and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, 12 and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. 13 He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, 14 Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. 15
2 Chronicles 8:8
Context8:8 Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews and they continue in that role to this very day. 16
2 Chronicles 10:6
Context10:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served 17 his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, 18 “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
2 Chronicles 10:18
Context10:18 King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, 19 the supervisor of the work crews, out after them, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. 20
2 Chronicles 11:14
Context11:14 The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the Lord’s priests.
2 Chronicles 11:21
Context11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. 21 He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
2 Chronicles 11:23
Context11:23 He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities. 22 He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them. 23
2 Chronicles 15:16
Context15:16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother 24 from her position as queen mother 25 because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
2 Chronicles 16:4
Context16:4 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. 26 They conquered 27 Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, 28 and all the storage cities of Naphtali.
2 Chronicles 17:2
Context17:2 He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons 29 throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.
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 30 said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. 31 Go out and do as you have proposed.’
2 Chronicles 20:25
Context20:25 Jehoshaphat and his men 32 went to gather the plunder; they found a huge amount of supplies, clothing 33 and valuable items. They carried away everything they could. 34 There was so much plunder, it took them three days to haul it off. 35
2 Chronicles 20:31
Context20:31 Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. 36 His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
2 Chronicles 21:10
Context21:10 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. 37 At that same time Libnah also rebelled and freed themselves from Judah’s control 38 because Jehoram 39 rejected the Lord God of his ancestors.
2 Chronicles 21:20
Context21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; 40 he was buried in the City of David, 41 but not in the royal tombs.
2 Chronicles 22:7
Context22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. 42 When Ahaziah 43 arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned 44 to wipe out Ahab’s family. 45
2 Chronicles 24:22
Context24:22 King Joash disregarded 46 the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s 47 son. As Zechariah 48 was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!” 49
2 Chronicles 25:1
Context25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 50 His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 25:14
Context25:14 When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people 51 of Seir and made them his personal gods. 52 He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices.
2 Chronicles 25:17
Context25:17 After King Amaziah of Judah consulted with his advisers, 53 he sent this message to the king of Israel, Joash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, “Come, face me on the battlefield.” 54
2 Chronicles 26:3
Context26:3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. 55 His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 26:20
Context26:20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at 56 him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king 57 himself wanted to leave quickly because the Lord had afflicted him.
2 Chronicles 27:2
Context27:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. 58 (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) 59 Yet the people were still sinning.
2 Chronicles 28:1
Context28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 60 He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. 61
2 Chronicles 28:3
Context28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, 62 a horrible sin practiced by the nations 63 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 64 defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. 65 He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him. 66
2 Chronicles 28:26--29:1
Context28:26 The rest of the events of Ahaz’s reign, including his accomplishments from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 67 28:27 Ahaz passed away 68 and was buried in the City of David; 69 they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.
29:1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 70 His mother was Abijah, 71 the daughter of Zechariah.
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 30:22
Context30:22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, 72 who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. 73 They feasted for the seven days of the festival, 74 and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 31:13
Context31:13 Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah worked under the supervision of Konaniah and his brother Shimei, as directed by King Hezekiah and Azariah, the supervisor of God’s temple.
2 Chronicles 32:31-33
Context32:31 So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land, 75 God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives. 76
32:32 The rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign, including his faithful deeds, are recorded in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz, included in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 77 32:33 Hezekiah passed away 78 and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor. 79 His son Manasseh replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 33:3
Context33:3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky 80 and worshiped 81 them.
2 Chronicles 33:11
Context33:11 So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, 82 bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 35:7-9
Context35:7 From his own royal flocks and herds, Josiah supplied the people with 30,000 lambs and goats for the Passover sacrifice, as well as 3,000 cattle. 83 35:8 His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God’s temple, supplied 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle. 35:9 Konaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, along with Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the officials of the Levites, supplied the Levites with 5,000 Passover sacrifices and 500 cattle.
2 Chronicles 36:5
Context36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. 84 He did evil in the sight of 85 the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles 36:22
Context36:22 In the first year of the reign of 86 King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, 87 the Lord moved 88 King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.
1 tn Heb “Huram.” Some medieval Hebrew
2 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
3 tn The words “help me” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “cedars.” The word “logs” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “to build for him a house to live in it.”
6 tn Heb “counted.”
7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
8 tn In 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (“Aravna”; traditionally “Araunah”). The form of the name found here also occurs in 1 Chr 21:15; 18-28.
9 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn The words “they left” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
11 tn Heb “good of heart.”
12 tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name is unexpected in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.
13 tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”
14 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
15 tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”
16 tn Heb “from their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel did not wipe out, and Solomon raised them up for a work crew to this day.”
17 tn Heb “stood before.”
18 tn Heb “saying.”
19 sn In the parallel account in 1 Kgs 12:18 this name appears as “Adoniram.”
20 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
21 sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. After the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (2 Sam 21:10-14; 1 Kgs 11:3).
22 tn Heb “and he was discerning and broke up from all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities.”
23 tn “and he asked for a multitude of wives.”
24 tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses “father” and “mother” for grandparents and even more remote ancestors.
25 tn The Hebrew term גְּבִירָה (gÿvirah) can denote “queen” or “queen mother” depending on the context. Here the latter is indicated, since Maacah was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah.
26 tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”
27 tn Heb “They struck down.”
28 sn In the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 15:20, this city’s name appears as Abel Beth Maacah. These appear to be variant names for the same place.
29 tn Or perhaps, “governors.”
30 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
31 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
32 tn Or “army.”
33 tc The MT reads פְגָרִים (fÿgarim, “corpses”), but this seems odd among a list of plunder. A few medieval Hebrew
34 tn Heb “and they snatched away for themselves so that there was no carrying away.”
35 tn Heb “and they were three days looting the plunder for it was great.”
36 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
37 tn Heb “and Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah until this day.”
38 tn Or “from Jehoram’s control”; Heb “from under his hand.” The pronominal suffix may refer to Judah in general or, more specifically, to Jehoram.
39 tn Heb “he.” This pronoun could refer to Judah, but the context focuses on Jehoram’s misdeeds. See especially v. 11.
40 tn Heb “and he went without desire.”
41 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
42 tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”
43 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
44 tn Heb “anointed.”
45 tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”
46 tn Heb “did not remember.”
47 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
48 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
49 tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.
50 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
51 tn Heb “sons.”
52 tn Heb “caused them to stand for him as gods.”
53 tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
54 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.
55 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
56 tn Heb “turned toward.”
57 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
58 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
59 tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the
60 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
61 tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the
62 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.
63 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
64 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
65 tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”
66 tn Heb “who struck him down with a great striking.”
67 tn Heb “As for the rest of his events, and all his ways, the former and the latter, look, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel.”
68 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
69 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
70 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
71 tn The parallel passage in 2 Kgs 18:2 has “Abi.”
72 tn Heb “and Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites.” On the meaning of the idiom “speak to the heart of” here, see HALOT 210 s.v. II דבר 8.d.
73 tn Heb “who demonstrated skill [with] good skill for the
74 tn Heb “and they ate [during] the appointed time [for] seven days.” מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “appointed time”) is probably an adverbial accusative of time referring to the festival. However, some understand it as metonymically referring to the food eaten during the festival. See BDB 417 s.v.
75 tn Heb “and when the envoys of the officials of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire concerning the sign which was in the land, [arrived].”
76 tn Heb “to know all [that was] in his heart.”
77 tn Heb “and the rest of the deeds of Hezekiah and his faithful acts, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet upon the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel.”
78 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
79 tn Heb “and honor they did to him in his death, all Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.”
80 tn The phrase כָל צְבָא הֲַשָּׁמַיִם (khol tsÿva’ hashamayim), traditionally translated “all the host of heaven,” refers to the heavenly lights, including stars and planets. In 1 Kgs 22:19 these heavenly bodies are pictured as members of the Lord’s royal court or assembly, but many other texts view them as the illegitimate objects of pagan and Israelite worship.
81 tn Or “served.”
82 tn Heb “and they seized him with hooks.”
83 tn Heb “and Josiah supplied for the sons of the people sheep, lambs and sons of goats, the whole for the Passover sacrifices for everyone who was found according to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand cattle. These were from the property of the king.”
84 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
85 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
86 tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
87 tn Heb “to complete the word of the
sn Regarding the promise he delivered through Jeremiah see Jer 29:10.
88 tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”
