2 Chronicles 16:1

16:1 In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 16:6

16:6 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. ²  He used the materials to build up ³  Geba and Mizpah.

2 Chronicles 26:10

26:10 He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands ⁴  and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel, ⁵  for he loved agriculture. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 32:5

32:5 Hezekiah ⁷  energetically rebuilt ⁸  every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, ⁹  and fortified the terrace of the City of David. ¹⁰  He made many weapons and shields.

2 Chronicles 33:3

33:3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky ¹¹  and worshiped ¹²  them.

¹ tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”

² tn Heb “and King Asa took all Judah and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”

³ tn Heb “and he built with them.”

³ tn Heb “Shephelah.”

⁴ tn Heb “workers and vinedressers in the hills and in Carmel.” The words “he had” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “for a lover of the ground he [was].”

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”

⁶ tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”

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.

⁵ tn The phrase כָל צְבָא הֲַשָּׁמַיִם (khol tsÿva’ hashamayim), traditionally translated “all the host of heaven,” refers to the heavenly lights, including stars and planets. In 1 Kgs 22:19 these heavenly bodies are pictured as members of the Lord’s royal court or assembly, but many other texts view them as the illegitimate objects of pagan and Israelite worship.

⁶ tn Or “served.”