2 Chronicles 1:8

1:8 Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated¹ great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

2 Chronicles 6:7

6:7 Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel.²

2 Chronicles 9:31

9:31 Then Solomon passed away³ and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 12:16

12:16 Then Rehoboam passed away⁴ and was buried in the City of David.⁵ His son Abijah replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 16:13

16:13 Asa passed away⁶ in the forty-first year of his reign.

2 Chronicles 20:35

20:35 Later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who⁷ did evil.

2 Chronicles 23:21

23:21 All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah.⁸

2 Chronicles 24:4

24:4 Joash was determined to repair the Lord’s temple.⁹

2 Chronicles 24:16

24:16 He was buried in the City of David¹⁰ with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.

2 Chronicles 25:28

25:28 His body was carried back by horses,¹¹ and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors¹² in the City of David.¹³

2 Chronicles 26:2

26:2 Uzziah¹⁴ built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah¹⁵ had passed away.¹⁶

2 Chronicles 27:9

27:9 Jotham passed away¹⁷ and was buried in the City of David.¹⁸ His son Ahaz replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 29:10

29:10 Now I intend¹⁹ to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.²⁰

2 Chronicles 32:3

32:3 he consulted with his advisers and military officers about stopping up the springs²¹ outside the city, and they supported him.

2 Chronicles 33:20

33:20 Manasseh passed away²² and was buried in his palace. His son Amon replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 36:1

Jehoahaz’s Reign

36:1 The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.²³

¹tn Heb “did.”

²tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.”

³tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁴tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁵sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

⁵tn Heb “lay down with his fathers, and he died.”

⁶tn Heb “he.” The pronoun has been translated as a relative pronoun for stylistic reasons.

⁷tn Heb “killed Athaliah with the sword.”

⁸tn Heb “and it was, later, there was with the heart of Joash to repair the house of the Lord.”

⁹sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹⁰tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”

¹¹tn Heb “fathers.”

¹²tc The Hebrew text has “Judah,” but some medieval mss read “David,” as does the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 14:20.

¹¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Uzziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹²tn Heb “after the king”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³tn “slept with his fathers.”

¹²tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹³sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹³tn Heb “now it is with my heart.”

¹⁴tn Heb “so that the rage of his anger might turn from us.” The jussive with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding statement of intention.

¹⁴tn Heb “the waters of the springs.”

¹⁵tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁶map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.