Discovery Box2 Chronicles 9:8 
Context9:8 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored 1 you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! 2 Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, 3 he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.” 4
2 Chronicles 34:3
Context34:3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor 5 David. In his twelfth year he began ridding 6 Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.
2 Chronicles 34:8
Context34:8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. 7 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 34:31
Context34:31 The king stood by his pillar 8 and renewed 9 the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow 10 the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, 11 by carrying out the terms 12 of this covenant recorded on this scroll.
1 tn Or “delighted in.”
2 tn Heb “as king for the
3 tn Heb “to make him stand permanently.”
4 tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”
5 tn Heb “father.”
6 tn Heb “purifying.”
7 tn Heb “to purify the land and the house.”
8 tc This assumes an emendation to עַמּוּדוֹ (’ammudo), see 23:13. The MT reads “at his place.”
9 tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made” or “agreed to.”
10 tn Heb “walk after.”
11 tn Or “soul.”
12 tn Heb “words.”
