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 5:10-11

5:10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. 7  (It was there that 8  the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)

5:11 The priests left the holy place. 9  All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented. 10 

2 Chronicles 6:9

6:9 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’ 11 

2 Chronicles 14:9

14:9 Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000 12  men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah,

2 Chronicles 15:5

15:5 In those days 13  no one could travel safely, 14  for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands. 15 

2 Chronicles 16:2

16:2 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 19:4

Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges

19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. 16  He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow 17  the Lord God of their ancestors. 18 

2 Chronicles 20:21

20:21 He met 19  with the people and appointed musicians to play before the Lord and praise his majestic splendor. As they marched ahead of the warriors they said: “Give thanks to the Lord, for his loyal love endures.” 20 

2 Chronicles 21:15

21:15 And you will get a serious, chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out.” 21 

2 Chronicles 23:7

23:7 The Levites must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever tries to enter the temple 22  must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.” 23 

2 Chronicles 23:11

23:11 Jehoiada and his sons led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. 24  They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. 25  They declared, “Long live the king!”

2 Chronicles 26:6

26:6 Uzziah attacked 26  the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory. 27 

2 Chronicles 29:5

29:5 He said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors! 28  Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean!

2 Chronicles 34:14

34:14 When they took out the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple, Hilkiah the priest found the law scroll the Lord had given to Moses.

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 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).

8 tn Heb “in Horeb where.”

13 tn Heb “and when the priests went from the holy place.” The syntactical relationship of this temporal clause to the following context is unclear. Perhaps the thought is completed in v. 14 after a lengthy digression.

14 tn Heb “Indeed [or “for”] all the priests who were found consecrated themselves without guarding divisions.”

19 tn Heb “your son, the one who came out of your body, he will build the temple for my name.”

25 tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

31 tn Heb “times.”

32 tn Heb “there was peace for the one going out or the one coming in.”

33 tn Heb “for great confusion was upon all the inhabitants of the lands.”

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38 tn Heb “and turned them back to.”

39 tn Heb “fathers.”

43 tn Or “consulted.”

44 tn Or “is eternal.”

49 tn Heb “and you [will have] a serious illness, an illness of the intestines until your intestines come out because of the illness days upon days.”

55 tn Heb “house.”

56 tn Heb “and be with the king in his coming out and in his going out.”

61 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.).

62 tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”

67 tn Heb “went out and fought.”

68 tn Heb “in Ashdod and among the Philistines.”

73 tn Heb “fathers.”