2 Chronicles 14:15

14:15 They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen in charge of the livestock. ¹  They carried off many sheep and camels and then returned to Jerusalem. ² 

2 Chronicles 20:8

20:8 They settled down in it and built in it a temple ³  to honor you, ⁴  saying,

2 Chronicles 28:17

28:17 The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives.

2 Chronicles 18:32

18:32 When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

2 Chronicles 19:8

19:8 In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the Lord ⁵  and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 20:27

20:27 Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat leading them; the Lord had given them reason to rejoice over their enemies.

2 Chronicles 28:8

28:8 The Israelites seized from their brothers 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a huge amount of plunder and took it ⁷  back to Samaria. ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 7:14

7:14 if my people, who belong to me, ⁹  humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, ¹⁰  and repudiate their sinful practices, ¹¹  then I will respond ¹²  from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. ¹³ 

2 Chronicles 11:4

11:4 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” ¹⁴  They obeyed the Lord and called off the attack against Jeroboam. ¹⁵ 

2 Chronicles 21:17

21:17 They attacked Judah and swept through it. ¹⁶  They carried off everything they found in the royal palace, ¹⁷  including his sons and wives. None of his sons was left, except for his youngest, Ahaziah.

2 Chronicles 28:5

28:5 The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians ¹⁸  defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. ¹⁹  He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him. ²⁰ 

2 Chronicles 28:18

28:18 The Philistines had raided the cities of Judah in the lowlands ²¹  and the Negev. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its surrounding villages, Timnah and its surrounding villages, and Gimzo and its surrounding villages.

2 Chronicles 34:9

34:9 They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the silver that had been brought to God’s temple. The Levites who guarded the door had collected it from the people of ²²  Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of ²³  Judah and Benjamin and the residents of ²⁴  Jerusalem.

¹ tn Heb “and also they struck down the tents of the livestock.”

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ tn Or “sanctuary.”

⁴ tn Heb “for your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “to honor you”).

⁵ tn Heb “for the judgment of the Lord.”

⁶ tc Heb “and to conduct a case [or “for controversy”], and they returned [to] Jerusalem.” Some emend וַיָּשֻׁבוּ (vayyashuvu, “and they returned”) to וַיֵּשְׁבוּ (vayyeshÿvu, “and they lived [in]”). The present translation assumes an emendation to יֹשְׁבֵי (yoshÿvey, “residents of”).

⁷ tn Heb “the loot.” The pronoun (“it”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

⁸ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁹ tn Heb “over whom my name is called.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

¹⁰ tn Heb “seek my face,” where “my face” is figurative for God’s presence and acceptance.

¹¹ tn Heb “and turn from their sinful ways.”

¹² tn Heb “hear.”

¹³ sn Here the phrase heal their land means restore the damage done by the drought, locusts and plague mentioned in v. 13.

¹¹ tn Heb “for his thing is from me.”

¹² tn Heb “and they heard the words of the Lord and returned from going against Jeroboam.”

¹³ tn Heb “broke it up.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “all the property which was found in the house of the king.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “who struck him down with a great striking.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “Shephelah.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “from Manasseh and Ephraim.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Manasseh and Ephraim” here by metonymy for the people of Manasseh and Ephraim.

²⁰ tn Heb “all Judah and Benjamin.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Judah and Benjamin” here by metonymy for the people of Judah and Benjamin.

²¹ tc The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the reading, “and the residents of.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “and they returned.”