2 Chronicles 9:21
Context9:21 The king had a fleet of large merchant ships 1 manned by Huram’s men 2 that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet 3 came into port with cargoes of 4 gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. 5
2 Chronicles 13:14
Context13:14 The men of Judah turned around and realized they were being attacked from the front and the rear. 6 So they cried out for help to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets,
2 Chronicles 14:13-14
Context14:13 and Asa and his army chased them as far as Gerar. The Cushites were wiped out; 7 they were shattered before the Lord and his army. The men of Judah 8 carried off a huge amount of plunder. 14:14 They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the Lord caused them to panic. 9 The men of Judah 10 looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods. 11
2 Chronicles 16:6
Context16:6 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. 12 He used the materials to build up 13 Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chronicles 19:6
Context19:6 He told the judges, “Be careful what you do, 14 for you are not judging for men, but for the Lord, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.
2 Chronicles 20:10
Context20:10 Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! 15 When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. 16 They bypassed them and did not destroy them.
2 Chronicles 20:24-25
Context20:24 When the men of Judah 17 arrived at the observation post overlooking the desert and looked at 18 the huge army, they saw dead bodies on the ground; there were no survivors! 20:25 Jehoshaphat and his men 19 went to gather the plunder; they found a huge amount of supplies, clothing 20 and valuable items. They carried away everything they could. 21 There was so much plunder, it took them three days to haul it off. 22
2 Chronicles 23:10
Context23:10 He placed the men at their posts, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. 23
2 Chronicles 31:19
Context31:19 As for the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the outskirts of all their cities, 24 men were assigned 25 to disburse portions to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed in the genealogical records.
2 Chronicles 34:12
Context34:12 The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam (descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians,
1 tn Heb “for ships belonging to the king were going [to] Tarshish with the servants of Huram.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
2 tn Heb “servants.”
3 tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”
4 tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish came carrying.”
5 tn The meaning of this word is unclear; some suggest it refers to “baboons.” NEB has “monkeys,” NASB, NRSV “peacocks,” and NIV “baboons.”
6 tn Heb “and Judah turned, and, look, to them [was] the battle in front and behind.”
7 tn Heb “and there fell from the Cushites so that there was not to them preservation of life.”
8 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “for the terror of the
10 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 tn Heb “for great plunder was in them.”
12 tn Heb “and King Asa took all Judah and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”
13 tn Heb “and he built with them.”
14 tn Heb “see what you are doing.”
15 tn Heb “now, look, the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir.”
16 tn Heb “whom you did not allow Israel to enter when they came from the land of Egypt.”
17 tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.
18 tn Heb “turned toward.”
19 tn Or “army.”
20 tc The MT reads פְגָרִים (fÿgarim, “corpses”), but this seems odd among a list of plunder. A few medieval Hebrew
21 tn Heb “and they snatched away for themselves so that there was no carrying away.”
22 tn Heb “and they were three days looting the plunder for it was great.”
23 tn Heb “and he stationed all the people, each with his weapon in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.”
24 tn Heb “the priests in the fields of the pastureland of their cities in every city and city.”
25 tn Heb “designated by names.”