2 Chronicles 6:4
Context6:4 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled 1 what he promised 2 my father David.
2 Chronicles 6:6
Context6:6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, 3 and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’
2 Chronicles 6:8
Context6:8 The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me. 4
2 Chronicles 7:18
Context7:18 Then I will establish your dynasty, 5 just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor ruling over Israel.’ 6
2 Chronicles 9:31
Context9:31 Then Solomon passed away 7 and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 11:17-18
Context11:17 They supported 8 the kingdom of Judah and were loyal to 9 Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years; they followed the edicts of 10 David and Solomon for three years.
11:18 Rehoboam married 11 Mahalath the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of 12 Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
2 Chronicles 13:5
Context13:5 Don’t you realize that the Lord God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal agreement? 13
2 Chronicles 14:1
Context14:1 (13:23) 14 Abijah passed away 15 and was buried in the City of David. 16 His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign 17 the land had rest for ten years.
2 Chronicles 17:3
Context17:3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor 18 David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. 19 He did not seek the Baals,
2 Chronicles 21:1
Context21:1 Jehoshaphat passed away 20 and was buried with his ancestors 21 in the City of David. 22 His son Jehoram 23 replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 23:9
Context23:9 Jehoiada the priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and shields 24 that were kept in God’s temple.
2 Chronicles 24:16
Context24:16 He was buried in the City of David 25 with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.
2 Chronicles 25:28
Context25:28 His body was carried back by horses, 26 and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors 27 in the City of David. 28
2 Chronicles 30:26
Context30:26 There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel. 29
2 Chronicles 32:5
Context32:5 Hezekiah 30 energetically rebuilt 31 every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, 32 and fortified the terrace of the City of David. 33 He made many weapons and shields.
2 Chronicles 34:2
Context34:2 He did what the Lord approved 34 and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; 35 he did not deviate to the right or the left.
1 tn The Hebrew text reads, “fulfilled by his hand,” but the phrase “by his hand” is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
2 tn The Hebrew text reads, “promised by his mouth,” but the phrase “by his mouth” is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
3 tn Heb for my name to be there.” See also the note on the word “live” in v. 5.
4 tn Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”
5 tn Heb “I will establish the throne of your kingdom.”
6 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man ruling over Israel.”
7 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
8 tn Or “strengthened.”
9 tn Or “strengthened.”
10 tn Heb “they walked in the way of.”
11 tn Heb “took for himself a wife.”
12 tn The words “and of” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
13 tn Heb “Do you not know that the
sn For other references to a “covenant of salt,” see Lev 2:13 and Num 18:19.
14 sn Beginning with 14:1, the verse numbers through 14:15 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 14:1 ET = 13:23 HT, 14:2 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:3 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:15 ET = 14:14 HT. Beginning with 15:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
15 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
16 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
17 tn Heb “in his days.”
18 tn Heb “father.”
19 tn Heb “for he walked in the ways of David his father [in] the beginning [times].”
20 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
21 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).
22 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
23 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”
24 tn The Hebrew text lists two different types of shields here. Most translations render “the large and small shields” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV; NEB “King David’s spears, shields, and bucklers”).
25 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
26 tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”
27 tn Heb “fathers.”
28 tc The Hebrew text has “Judah,” but some medieval
sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
29 tn Heb “and there was great joy in Jerusalem, for from the days of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, there was nothing like this in Jerusalem.”
30 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
31 tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”
32 tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”
33 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
34 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
35 tn Heb “and walked in the ways of David his father.”