2 Chronicles 1:9

1:9 Now, Lord God, may your promise ¹  to my father David be realized, ²  for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.

2 Chronicles 6:8

6:8 The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me. ³ 

2 Chronicles 21:1

21:1 Jehoshaphat passed away ⁴  and was buried with his ancestors ⁵  in the City of David. ⁶  His son Jehoram ⁷  replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 33:25

33:25 The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they ⁸  made his son Josiah king in his place.

¹ tn Heb “you word.”

² tn Or “be firm, established.”

³ tn Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”

⁵ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁶ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).

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

⁸ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”

⁷ tn Heb “and the people of the land.”