2 Chronicles 23:1
Context23:1 In the seventh year Jehoiada made a bold move. He made a pact 1 with the officers of the units of hundreds: Azariah son of Jehoram, Ishmael son of Jehochanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri.
2 Chronicles 23:13-14
Context23:13 Then she saw 2 the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters stood beside the king and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes and yelled, “Treason! Treason!” 3 23:14 Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, and ordered them, “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. 4 Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple. 5
2 Chronicles 23:20
Context23:20 He summoned 6 the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of land, and he then led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne.
2 Chronicles 32:21
Context32:21 The Lord sent a messenger 7 and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib 8 returned home humiliated. 9 When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons 10 struck him down with the sword.
2 Chronicles 33:14
Context33:14 After this Manasseh 11 built up the outer wall of the City of David 12 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.
1 tn Or “covenant.”
2 tn Heb “and she saw, and behold.”
3 tn Or “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”
4 tn Heb “ranks.”
5 tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the
6 tn Heb “took.”
7 tn Or “an angel.”
8 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”
10 tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”
11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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.