2 Chronicles 8:6
Context8:6 and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, 1 and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. 2 He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, 3 Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. 4
2 Chronicles 11:23
Context11:23 He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities. 5 He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them. 6
2 Chronicles 17:2
Context17:2 He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons 7 throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.
2 Chronicles 24:9
Context24:9 An edict was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, God’s servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness. 8
2 Chronicles 30:1
Context30:1 Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem 9 and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 36:22
Context36:22 In the first year of the reign of 10 King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, 11 the Lord moved 12 King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.
1 tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name is unexpected in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.
2 tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”
5 tn Heb “and he was discerning and broke up from all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities.”
6 tn “and he asked for a multitude of wives.”
7 tn Or perhaps, “governors.”
8 tn Heb “and they gave voice in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the
9 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
10 tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
11 tn Heb “to complete the word of the
sn Regarding the promise he delivered through Jeremiah see Jer 29:10.
12 tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”