Discovery Box2 Chronicles 6:38 
Context6:38 When they return to you with all their heart and being 1 in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, 2
2 Chronicles 7:3
Context7:3 When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the Lord’s splendor over the temple, they got on their knees with their faces downward toward the pavement. They worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, 3 “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!”
2 Chronicles 8:18
Context8:18 Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon’s men to Ophir, 4 and took from there 450 talents 5 of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.
2 Chronicles 13:11
Context13:11 They offer burnt sacrifices to the Lord every morning and every evening, along with fragrant incense. They arrange the Bread of the Presence on a ritually clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. Certainly 6 we are observing the Lord our God’s regulations, but you have rejected him.
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 7 and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe! 8 Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”
2 Chronicles 24:11
Context24:11 Whenever the Levites brought the chest to the royal accountant and they saw there was a lot of silver, the royal scribe and the accountant of the high priest emptied the chest and then took it back to its place. They went through this routine every day and collected a large amount of silver.
2 Chronicles 28:23
Context28:23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him. 9 He reasoned, 10 “Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they caused him and all Israel to stumble.
2 Chronicles 30:5
Context30:5 So they sent an edict 11 throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people 12 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. 13
1 tn Or “soul.”
2 tn Heb “your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your honor
3 tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “and Huram sent to him by the hand of his servants, ships, and servants [who] know the sea, and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir.”
5 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 30,285 lbs. (13,770 kg).
6 tn Or “for.”
7 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.
8 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).
9 tn Heb “the gods of Damascus, the ones who had defeated him.” The words “he thought” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The perspective is that of Ahaz, not the narrator! Another option is that “the kings” has been accidentally omitted after “gods of.” See v. 23b.
10 tn Heb “said.”
11 tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”
12 tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
13 tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”
