Discovery Box2 Chronicles 2:7 
Context2:7 “Now send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as purple, crimson, and violet colored fabrics, and who knows how to engrave. He will work with my skilled craftsmen here in Jerusalem 1 and Judah, whom my father David provided.
2 Chronicles 12:5
Context12:5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’” 2
2 Chronicles 14:7
Context14:7 He said to the people of Judah: 3 “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. 4 The land remains ours because we have followed 5 the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.” 6 So they built the cities 7 and prospered.
2 Chronicles 15:2
Context15:2 He met 8 Asa and told him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him. 9 If you seek him, he will respond to you, 10 but if you reject him, he will reject you.
2 Chronicles 15:8-9
Context15:8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. 11 He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the Lord in front of the porch of the Lord’s temple. 12
15:9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers 13 from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live 14 when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
2 Chronicles 16:7
Context16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet 15 visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
2 Chronicles 19:11
Context19:11 You will report to Amariah the chief priest in all matters pertaining to the Lord’s law, and to Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in all matters pertaining to the king. 16 The Levites will serve as officials before you. Confidently carry out your duties! 17 May the Lord be with those who do well!”
2 Chronicles 20:15
Context20:15 He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah, 18 residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic 19 because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.
2 Chronicles 20:17
Context20:17 You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the Lord deliver you, 20 O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 21 Tomorrow march out toward them; the Lord is with you!’”
2 Chronicles 20:20
Context20:20 Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: “Listen to me, you people of Judah 22 and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe! 23 Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”
2 Chronicles 21:13
Context21:13 but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. 24 You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, 25 who were better than you.
2 Chronicles 22:6
Context22:6 Joram 26 returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians 27 in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah 28 son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded. 29
2 Chronicles 23:8
Context23:8 The Levites and all the men of Judah 30 did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath. Jehoiada the priest did not release his divisions from their duties.
2 Chronicles 24:5-6
Context24:5 He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.
24:6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, 31 and said to him, “Why have you not made 32 the Levites collect 33 from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the Lord’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?” 34
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. 35
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. 36
2 Chronicles 28:9
Context28:9 Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: “Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice. 37
2 Chronicles 29:21
Context29:21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. 38 The king 39 told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 30:6
Context30:6 Messengers 40 delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.
This royal edict read: 41 “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return 42 to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. 43
2 Chronicles 33:14
Context33:14 After this Manasseh 44 built up the outer wall of the City of David 45 on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.
2 Chronicles 34:3
Context34:3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor 46 David. In his twelfth year he began ridding 47 Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.
2 Chronicles 34:9
Context34:9 They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the silver that had been brought to God’s temple. The Levites who guarded the door had collected it from the people of 48 Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of 49 Judah and Benjamin and the residents of 50 Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 34:21
Context34:21 “Go, seek an oracle from 51 the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about 52 the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, 53 because our ancestors 54 have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!” 55
2 Chronicles 34:30
Context34:30 The king went up to the Lord’s temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the Levites. All the people were there, from the oldest to the youngest. He read aloud all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 35:18
Context35:18 A Passover like this had not been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had observed a Passover like the one celebrated by Josiah, the priests, the Levites, all the people of Judah and Israel who were there, and the residents of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 35:21
Context35:21 Necho 56 sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? 57 I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. 58 God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” 59
2 Chronicles 35:24
Context35:24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, 60 where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; 61 all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.
2 Chronicles 36:23
Context36:23 It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem 62 in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” 63
1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
2 tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”
3 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.
4 tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”
5 tn Heb “sought.”
6 tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”
7 tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
8 tn Heb “went out before.”
9 tn Heb “when you are with him.”
10 tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”
11 tn Heb “strengthened himself.”
12 tn Heb “the porch of the
13 tn Or “resident aliens.”
14 tn Heb “had fallen upon him.”
15 tn Heb “the seer.”
16 tn Heb “and look, Amariah the chief priest is over you with respect to every matter of the
17 tn Heb “Be strong and act!”
18 tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah. Unlike the previous instance in v. 13 where infants, wives, and children are mentioned separately, this reference appears to include them all.
19 tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”
20 tn Heb “the deliverance of the
21 tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”
22 tn Heb “O Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “Judah” in v. 15.
23 tn There is a wordplay in the Hebrew text. The Hiphil verb form הַאֲמִינוּ (ha’aminu, “trust”) and the Niphal form תֵאָמֵנוּ (te’amenu, “you will be safe”) come from the same verbal root (אָמַן, ’aman).
24 tn Heb “and you walked in the way of the kings of Israel and caused Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery, like the house of Ahab causes to commit adultery.”
25 tn Heb “the house of your father.”
26 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
27 tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”
28 tc Most Hebrew
29 tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.
30 tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.
31 tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied.
32 tn Heb “sought.”
33 tn Heb “bring.”
34 tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”
35 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).
36 tn Heb “400 cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the distance would have been about 600 feet (180 m).
37 tn Heb “and you killed them with anger [that] reaches as far as heaven.”
38 sn Perhaps these terms refer metonymically to the royal court, the priests and Levites, and the people, respectively.
39 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
40 tn Heb “the runners.”
41 tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”
42 tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
43 tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”
44 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
45 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
46 tn Heb “father.”
47 tn Heb “purifying.”
48 tn Heb “from Manasseh and Ephraim.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Manasseh and Ephraim” here by metonymy for the people of Manasseh and Ephraim.
49 tn Heb “all Judah and Benjamin.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Judah and Benjamin” here by metonymy for the people of Judah and Benjamin.
50 tc The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the reading, “and the residents of.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “and they returned.”
51 tn Or “inquire of.”
52 tn Heb “concerning.”
53 tn Heb “for great is the anger of the
54 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 32, 33).
55 tn Heb “by doing according to all that is written on this scroll.”
56 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
57 tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”
58 tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”
59 tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”
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 “fathers.”
62 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
63 tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the
