2 Chronicles 1:10

1:10 Now give me wisdom and discernment so ¹  I can effectively lead this nation. ²  Otherwise ³  no one is able ⁴  to make judicial decisions for ⁵  this great nation of yours.” ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 1:12

1:12 you are granted wisdom and discernment. ⁷  Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.” ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 1:11

1:11 God said to Solomon, “Because you desire this, ⁹  and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, ¹⁰  and because you did not ask for long life, ¹¹  but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,

2 Chronicles 30:22

30:22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, ¹²  who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. ¹³  They feasted for the seven days of the festival, ¹⁴  and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 2:8

2:8 Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum ¹⁵  trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept ¹⁶  at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants

2 Chronicles 6:30

6:30 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ¹⁷  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives. ¹⁸  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ¹⁹ 

2 Chronicles 8:18

8:18 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, ²⁰  and took from there 450 talents ²¹  of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.

2 Chronicles 32:13

32:13 Are you not aware of what I and my predecessors ²²  have done to all the nations of the surrounding lands? Have the gods of the surrounding lands actually been able to rescue their lands from my power? ²³ 

2 Chronicles 6:33

6:33 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. ²⁴  Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, ²⁵  obey ²⁶  you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. ²⁷ 

¹ tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) following the imperative here indicates purpose/result.

² tn Heb “so I may go out before this nation and come in.” The expression “go out…and come in” here means “to lead” (see HALOT 425 s.v. יצא qal.4).

³ tn Heb “for.” The word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

⁴ tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

⁵ tn Heb “to judge.”

⁶ tn Heb “these numerous people of yours.”

⁷ tn Heb “wisdom and discernment are given to you.”

⁸ tn Heb “which was not so for the kings who were before you, and after you there will not be so.”

¹³ tn Heb “because this was in your heart.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “the life of those who hate you.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “many days.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “and Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites.” On the meaning of the idiom “speak to the heart of” here, see HALOT 210 s.v. II דבר 8.d.

²⁰ tn Heb “who demonstrated skill [with] good skill for the Lord.”

²¹ tn Heb “and they ate [during] the appointed time [for] seven days.” מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “appointed time”) is probably an adverbial accusative of time referring to the festival. However, some understand it as metonymically referring to the food eaten during the festival. See BDB 417 s.v.

²⁵ tn This is probably a variant name for almug trees; see 9:10-11 and the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 10:11-12; cf. NLT. One or the other probably arose through metathesis of letters.

²⁶ tn Heb “know.”

³¹ tn The words “their sin” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for clarification.

³² tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 28-30a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

³³ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

³⁷ 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.”

³⁸ 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).

⁴³ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 14, 15), but in this context the term does not necessarily refer to Sennacherib’s ancestors, but to his predecessors on the Assyrian throne.

⁴⁴ tn Heb “hand.”

⁴⁹ tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”

⁵⁰ tn Heb “name.” See the note on “reputation” in v. 32.

⁵¹ tn Heb “fear.”

⁵² tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.