Discovery Box2 Chronicles 9:11 
Context9:11 With the timber the king made steps 1 for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments 2 for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that. 3 )
2 Chronicles 12:9
Context12:9 King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 16:2
Context16:2 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and sent it to King Ben Hadad of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:
2 Chronicles 18:9
Context18:9 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their royal robes, at the threshing floor at 4 the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.
2 Chronicles 18:29
Context18:29 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and then enter 5 the battle; but you wear your royal attire.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and they entered the battle.
2 Chronicles 21:17
Context21:17 They attacked Judah and swept through it. 6 They carried off everything they found in the royal palace, 7 including his sons and wives. None of his sons was left, except for his youngest, Ahaziah.
2 Chronicles 21:20
Context21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; 8 he was buried in the City of David, 9 but not in the royal tombs.
2 Chronicles 23:5
Context23:5 Another third of you will be stationed at the royal palace and still another third at the Foundation Gate. All the others 10 will stand in the courtyards of the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 23:11
Context23:11 Jehoiada and his sons led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. 11 They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. 12 They declared, “Long live the king!”
2 Chronicles 26:11
Context26:11 Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official.
2 Chronicles 35:7
Context35:7 From his own royal flocks and herds, Josiah supplied the people with 30,000 lambs and goats for the Passover sacrifice, as well as 3,000 cattle. 13
1 tn Heb “tracks.” The parallel text in 1 Kgs 10:12 has a different term whose meaning is uncertain: “supports,” perhaps “banisters” or “parapets.”
2 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
3 tn Heb “there was not seen like these formerly in the land of Judah.”
4 tn Heb “at,” which in this case probably means “near.”
5 tn The Hebrew verbal forms could be imperatives (“Disguise yourself and enter”), but this would make no sense in light of the immediately following context. The forms are better interpreted as infinitives absolute functioning as cohortatives (see IBHS 594 §35.5.2a). Some prefer to emend the forms to imperfects.
6 tn Heb “broke it up.”
7 tn Heb “all the property which was found in the house of the king.”
8 tn Heb “and he went without desire.”
9 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
10 tn Heb “all the people.”
11 tn The Hebrew word עֵדוּת (’edut) normally means “witness” or “testimony.” Here it probably refers to some tangible symbol of kingship, perhaps a piece of jewelry such as an amulet or neck chain (see the discussion in M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings [AB], 128). Some suggest that a document is in view, perhaps a copy of the royal protocol or of the stipulations of the Davidic covenant (see HALOT 790-91 s.v.).
12 tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”
13 tn Heb “and Josiah supplied for the sons of the people sheep, lambs and sons of goats, the whole for the Passover sacrifices for everyone who was found according to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand cattle. These were from the property of the king.”
