2 Chronicles 1:7-8

1:7 That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Tell me what I should give you.” 1:8 Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated 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) Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself.

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 and to observe his law and commands.

2 Chronicles 18:4

18:4 Then Jehoshaphat added, “First seek an oracle from the Lord.”

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.”

tn Or “revealed himself.”

tn Heb “ask.”

tn Heb “did.”

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.

tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the Lord and house for his kingship.”

tn Heb “fathers.”

tn Heb “the law and the command.”

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.”