Discovery Box2 Chronicles 8:11 
Context8:11 Solomon moved Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David 1 to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”
2 Chronicles 22:9
Context22:9 He looked for Ahaziah, who was captured while hiding in Samaria. 2 They brought him to Jehu and then executed him. They did give him a burial, for they reasoned, 3 “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with his whole heart.” There was no one in Ahaziah’s family strong enough to rule in his place. 4
2 Chronicles 26:21
Context26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, 5 afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.
2 Chronicles 28:5
Context28:5 The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians 6 defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. 7 He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him. 8
2 Chronicles 30:6
Context30:6 Messengers 9 delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.
This royal edict read: 10 “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return 11 to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. 12
2 Chronicles 32:17
Context32:17 He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: 13 “The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.” 14
2 Chronicles 32:21
Context32:21 The Lord sent a messenger 15 and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib 16 returned home humiliated. 17 When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons 18 struck him down with the sword.
1 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
2 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
3 tn Heb “they said.”
4 tn Heb “and there was no one belonging to the house of Ahaziah to retain strength for kingship.”
5 tn The precise meaning of בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhafshiyt, “house of [?]”) is uncertain. NASB, NIV, NRSV all have “in a separate house”; NEB has “in his own house…relieved of all duties.” For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.
6 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”
8 tn Heb “who struck him down with a great striking.”
9 tn Heb “the runners.”
10 tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”
11 tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
12 tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”
13 tn Heb “and speaking against him, saying.”
14 tn Heb “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.”
15 tn Or “an angel.”
16 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17 tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”
18 tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”
