Discovery Box2 Chronicles 6:24 
Context6:24 “If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy 1 because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, 2 and pray for your help 3 before you in this temple,
2 Chronicles 6:32
Context6:32 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your great reputation 4 and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds; 5 they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.
2 Chronicles 7:10
Context7:10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon 6 sent the people home. They left 7 happy and contented 8 because of the good the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.
2 Chronicles 7:22
Context7:22 Others will then answer, 9 ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, 10 who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 11 That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’”
2 Chronicles 10:15
Context10:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events 12 so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made 13 through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
2 Chronicles 15:15-16
Context15:15 All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the Lord and he responded to them. 14 He made them secure on every side. 15
15:16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother 16 from her position as queen mother 17 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 20:37
Context20:37 Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, “Because 18 you made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will shatter what you have made.” The ships were wrecked and unable to go to sea. 19
2 Chronicles 21:3
Context21:3 Their father gave them many presents, including silver, gold, and other precious items, along with fortified cities in Judah. But he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
2 Chronicles 21:10
Context21:10 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. 20 At that same time Libnah also rebelled and freed themselves from Judah’s control 21 because Jehoram 22 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. 23 His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors. 24
2 Chronicles 22:4
Context22:4 He did evil in the sight of 25 the Lord like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they 26 gave him advice that led to his destruction.
2 Chronicles 23:6
Context23:6 No one must enter the Lord’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the Lord.
2 Chronicles 24:18
Context24:18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, 27 and worshiped 28 the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 26:20
Context26:20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at 29 him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king 30 himself wanted to leave quickly because the Lord had afflicted him.
2 Chronicles 26:23
Context26:23 Uzziah passed away 31 and was buried near his ancestors 32 in a cemetery 33 belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) 34 His son Jotham replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 29:24
Context29:24 Then the priests slaughtered them. They offered their blood as a sin offering on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had decreed 35 that the burnt sacrifice and sin offering were for all Israel.
2 Chronicles 30:17
Context30:17 Because many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites slaughtered 36 the Passover lambs of all who were ceremonially unclean and could not consecrate their sacrifice to the Lord. 37
2 Chronicles 34:25
Context34:25 This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices 38 to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made. 39 My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!’”
2 Chronicles 35:14
Context35:14 Afterward they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering burnt sacrifices and fat portions until evening. The Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
1 tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”
2 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
3 tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”
4 tn Heb “your great name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your great reputation
5 tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn The words “they left” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
8 tn Heb “good of heart.”
9 tn Heb “and they will say.”
10 tn Heb “fathers.”
11 tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”
12 tn Heb “because this turn of events was from God.”
13 tn Heb “so that the
14 tn Heb “and with all their desire they sought him and he allowed himself to be found by them.”
15 tn Heb “and the
16 tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses “father” and “mother” for grandparents and even more remote ancestors.
17 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.
18 tn Heb “when.”
19 tn Heb “to go to Tarshish.”
20 tn Heb “and Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah until this day.”
21 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.
22 tn Heb “he.” This pronoun could refer to Judah, but the context focuses on Jehoram’s misdeeds. See especially v. 11.
23 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.”
24 tn Heb “and his people did not make for him a fire, like the fire of his fathers.”
25 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
26 tn That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house.
27 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).
28 tn Heb “served.”
29 tn Heb “turned toward.”
30 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
31 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
32 tn Heb “fathers.”
33 tn Heb “a field of burial.”
34 tn Heb “for they said, ‘He had a skin disease.’”
35 tn Heb “said.”
36 tn Heb “were over the slaughter of.”
37 tn Heb “of everyone not pure to consecrate to the
38 tn Or “burned incense.”
39 tn Heb “angering me with all the work of their hands.” The present translation assumes this refers to idols they have manufactured (note the preceding reference to “other gods”). However, it is possible that this is a general reference to their sinful practices, in which case one might translate, “angering me by all the things they do.”
