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 5:2
Context5:2 Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders – all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families – in Jerusalem, 2 so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David 3 (that is, Zion). 4
2 Chronicles 9:1
Context9:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, 5 she came to challenge 6 him 7 with difficult questions. 8 She arrived in Jerusalem 9 with a great display of pomp, 10 bringing with her camels carrying spices, 11 a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.
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.’” 12
2 Chronicles 20:15
Context20:15 He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah, 13 residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic 14 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, 15 O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 16 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 17 and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe! 18 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. 19 You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, 20 who were better than you.
2 Chronicles 24:6
Context24:6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, 21 and said to him, “Why have you not made 22 the Levites collect 23 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?” 24
2 Chronicles 30:5
Context30:5 So they sent an edict 25 throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people 26 to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law. 27
2 Chronicles 33:7
Context33:7 He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. 28
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 29 David. In his twelfth year he began ridding 30 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 31 Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of 32 Judah and Benjamin and the residents of 33 Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 34:22
Context34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king 34 went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, 35 the supervisor of the wardrobe. 36 (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh 37 district.) They stated their business, 38
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 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 39 in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” 40
1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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3 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
4 tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the
5 tn Heb “the report about Solomon.”
6 tn Or “test.”
7 tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.
8 tn Or “riddles.”
9 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
10 tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew word חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue or to the great wealth she brought with her.
11 tn Or “balsam oil.”
12 tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”
13 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.
14 tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”
15 tn Heb “the deliverance of the
16 tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”
17 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.
18 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).
19 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.”
20 tn Heb “the house of your father.”
21 tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied.
22 tn Heb “sought.”
23 tn Heb “bring.”
24 tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”
25 tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”
26 tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
27 tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”
28 tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name permanently” (or perhaps “forever”).
29 tn Heb “father.”
30 tn Heb “purifying.”
31 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.
32 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.
33 tc The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the reading, “and the residents of.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “and they returned.”
34 tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”
35 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”
36 tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”
37 tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.
38 tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”
39 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
40 tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the
