Discovery Box2 Chronicles 5:9 
Context5:9 The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. 1 They have remained there to this very day.
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. 2
2 Chronicles 9:9
Context9:9 She gave the king 120 talents 3 of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. 4
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 20:26
Context20:26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where 5 they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah 6 to this very day.
2 Chronicles 21:10
Context21:10 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. 7 At that same time Libnah also rebelled and freed themselves from Judah’s control 8 because Jehoram 9 rejected the Lord God of his ancestors.
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. 10 His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors. 11
2 Chronicles 26:15
Context26:15 In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. 12
2 Chronicles 28:13
Context28:13 They said to them, “Don’t bring those captives here! Are you planning on making us even more sinful and guilty before the Lord? 13 Our guilt is already great and the Lord is very angry at Israel.” 14
2 Chronicles 35:25
Context35:25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.
2 Chronicles 36:16
Context36:16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, 15 and ridiculed his prophets. 16 Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. 17
1 tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”
2 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.”
3 tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold was 8,076 lbs. (3,672 kg).
4 tn Heb “there has not been like those spices which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”
5 tn Heb “for there.”
6 sn The name Berachah, which means “blessing” in Hebrew, is derived from the verbal root “to praise [or “to bless”],” which appears earlier in the verse.
7 tn Heb “and Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah until this day.”
8 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.
9 tn Heb “he.” This pronoun could refer to Judah, but the context focuses on Jehoram’s misdeeds. See especially v. 11.
10 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.”
11 tn Heb “and his people did not make for him a fire, like the fire of his fathers.”
12 tn Heb “and his name went out to a distant place, for he did extraordinarily to be helped until he was strong.”
13 tn Heb “for to the guilt of the
14 tn Heb “for great is [the] guilt to us and rage of anger is upon Israel.”
15 tn Heb “his words.”
16 tn All three verbal forms (“mocked,” “despised,” and “ridiculed”) are active participles in the Hebrew text, indicating continual or repeated action. They made a habit of rejecting God’s prophetic messengers.
17 tn Heb “until the anger of the
