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 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. 3 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. 4
2 Chronicles 30:5
Context30:5 So they sent an edict 5 throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people 6 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. 7
2 Chronicles 32:21
Context32:21 The Lord sent a messenger 8 and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib 9 returned home humiliated. 10 When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons 11 struck him down with the sword.
2 Chronicles 34:8
Context34:8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. 12 He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles 34:22
Context34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king 13 went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, 14 the supervisor of the wardrobe. 15 (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh 16 district.) They stated their business, 17
2 Chronicles 35:21
Context35:21 Necho 18 sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? 19 I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. 20 God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” 21
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 “ranks.”
4 tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the
5 tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”
6 tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
7 tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”
8 tn Or “an angel.”
9 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”
11 tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”
12 tn Heb “to purify the land and the house.”
13 tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”
14 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”
15 tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”
16 tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.
17 tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”
18 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
19 tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”
20 tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”
21 tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”
