Discovery Box2 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, 1 and took from there 450 talents 2 of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.
2 Chronicles 12:5
Context12:5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’” 3
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 4 and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe! 5 Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”
2 Chronicles 21:13
Context21:13 but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. 6 You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, 7 who were better than you.
2 Chronicles 23:14
Context23:14 Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, and ordered them, “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. 8 Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple. 9
2 Chronicles 23:18
Context23:18 Jehoiada then assigned the duties of the Lord’s temple to the priests, the Levites whom David had assigned to the Lord’s temple. They were responsible for offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord with joy and music, according to 10 the law of Moses and the edict of David.
2 Chronicles 25:5
Context25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah 11 and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age 12 equipped with spears and shields. 13
2 Chronicles 25:24
Context25:24 He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in God’s temple that were in the care of Obed-Edom, the riches in the royal palace, and some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria.
2 Chronicles 29:17
Context29:17 On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the Lord’s temple. 14 For eight more days they consecrated the Lord’s temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished.
2 Chronicles 29:34
Context29:34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, 15 so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.) 16
2 Chronicles 30:18
Context30:18 The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law. 17 For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the Lord, who is good, forgive 18
2 Chronicles 31:1
Context31:1 When all this was over, the Israelites 19 who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished 20 all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. 21 Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities. 22
2 Chronicles 31:16
Context31:16 They made disbursements to all the males three years old and up who were listed in the genealogical records – to all who would enter the Lord’s temple to serve on a daily basis and fulfill their duties as assigned to their divisions. 23
2 Chronicles 34:4
Context34:4 He ordered the altars of the Baals to be torn down, 24 and broke the incense altars that were above them. He smashed the Asherah poles, idols and images, crushed them up and sprinkled the dust over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them.
2 Chronicles 34:9
Context34:9 They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the silver that had been brought to God’s temple. The Levites who guarded the door had collected it from the people of 25 Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of 26 Judah and Benjamin and the residents of 27 Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 34:30
Context34:30 The king went up to the Lord’s temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the Levites. All the people were there, from the oldest to the youngest. He read aloud all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 34:33
Context34:33 Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged 28 all who were in Israel to worship the Lord their God. Throughout the rest of his reign 29 they did not turn aside from following the Lord God of their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 35:18
Context35:18 A Passover like this had not been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had observed a Passover like the one celebrated by Josiah, the priests, the Levites, all the people of Judah and Israel who were there, and the residents of Jerusalem.
1 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.”
2 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).
3 tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”
4 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.
5 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).
6 tn Heb “and you walked in the way of the kings of Israel and caused Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery, like the house of Ahab causes to commit adultery.”
7 tn Heb “the house of your father.”
8 tn Heb “ranks.”
9 tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the
10 tn Heb “as it is written in.”
11 tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy here for the people of Judah.
12 tn Heb “young men going out to war.”
13 tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”
14 tn Heb “porch of the
15 tn Heb “the burnt sacrifices.”
16 tn Heb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”
17 tn Heb “without what is written.”
18 tn Heb “make atonement for.”
19 tn Heb “all Israel.”
20 tn Or “tore down.”
21 tn Heb “the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and in Manasseh until finished.”
22 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel returned, each to his possession to their cities.”
23 tn Heb “in addition enrolling them by males from a son of three years and upwards, to everyone who enters the house of the
24 tn Heb “and they tore down before him the altars of the Baals.”
25 tn Heb “from Manasseh and Ephraim.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Manasseh and Ephraim” here by metonymy for the people of Manasseh and Ephraim.
26 tn Heb “all Judah and Benjamin.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Judah and Benjamin” here by metonymy for the people of Judah and Benjamin.
27 tc The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the reading, “and the residents of.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “and they returned.”
28 tn Or “caused, forced.”
29 tn Heb “all his days.”
