2 Chronicles 1:7-8
1:7 That night God appeared 1 to Solomon and said to him, “Tell me 2 what I should give you.”
1:8 Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated 3 great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.
2 Chronicles 2:1
Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple
2:1 (1:18) 4 Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. 5
2 Chronicles 10:5
10:5 He said to them, “Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.
2 Chronicles 14:4
14:4 He ordered Judah to seek the
Lord God of their ancestors
6 and to observe his law and commands.
7
2 Chronicles 18:4
18:4 Then Jehoshaphat added,
8 “First seek an oracle from the
Lord.”
9
2 Chronicles 18:6
18:6 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the
Lord still here, that we may ask him?”
2 Chronicles 18:8
18:8 The king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”
2 Chronicles 18:13
18:13 But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the
Lord lives, I will say what my God tells me to say!”
2 Chronicles 18:24
18:24 Micaiah replied, “Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide.”
2 Chronicles 24:8
24:8 The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the
Lord’s temple.
10
2 Chronicles 31:4
31:4 He ordered
11 the people living in Jerusalem
12 to contribute the portion prescribed for the priests and Levites so they might be obedient
13 to the law of the
Lord.
2 Chronicles 35:23
35:23 Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants, “Take me out of this chariot,
14 for I am seriously wounded.”
1 tn Or “revealed himself.”
2 tn Heb “ask.”
3 tn Heb “did.”
5 sn Beginning with 2:1, the verse numbers through 2:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 2:1 ET = 1:18 HT, 2:2 ET = 2:1 HT, 2:3 ET = 2:2 HT, etc., through 2:18 ET = 2:17 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
6 tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the Lord and house for his kingship.”
7 tn Heb “fathers.”
8 tn Heb “the law and the command.”
9 tn Heb “and Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel.”
10 tn Heb “the word of the Lord.” Jehoshaphat is requesting a prophetic oracle revealing the Lord’s will in the matter and their prospects for success. For examples of such oracles, see 2 Sam 5:19, 23-24.
11 tn Heb “and the king said [it] and they made a chest and placed it in the gate of the house of the Lord outside.”
13 tn Heb “said to.”
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15 tn Heb “might hold firmly.”
15 tn Heb “carry me away.”