2 Chronicles 16:7

16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet ¹  visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.

2 Chronicles 1:17

1:17 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt, and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria. ² 

2 Chronicles 16:2

16:2 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and sent it to King Ben Hadad of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:

2 Chronicles 18:10

18:10 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed!’”

2 Chronicles 18:34

18:34 While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening as the sun was setting.

2 Chronicles 20:2

20:2 Messengers ³  arrived and reported to Jehoshaphat, “A huge army is attacking you from the other side of the Dead Sea, ⁴  from the direction of Edom. ⁵  Look, they are in Hazezon Tamar (that is, En Gedi).”

2 Chronicles 18:30

18:30 Now the king of Syria had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high ranking officers; ⁶  fight only the king of Israel!”

2 Chronicles 22:5-6

22:5 He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram ⁷  of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria ⁸  at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram. 22:6 Joram ⁹  returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians ¹⁰  in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah ¹¹  son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded. ¹² 

2 Chronicles 24:23-24

24:23 At the beginning ¹³  of the year the Syrian army attacked ¹⁴  Joash ¹⁵  and invaded Judah and Jerusalem. They wiped out all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder they gathered to the king of Damascus. 24:24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army, ¹⁶  for the people of Judah ¹⁷  had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians ¹⁸  gave Joash what he deserved. ¹⁹ 

2 Chronicles 28:5

28:5 The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians ²⁰  defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. ²¹  He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him. ²² 

2 Chronicles 28:23

28:23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him. ²³  He reasoned, ²⁴  “Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they caused him and all Israel to stumble.

¹ tn Heb “the seer.”

² tn Heb “and they brought up and brought out from Egypt a chariot for 600 silver (pieces), and a horse for 150, and in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram by their hand they brought out.”

³ tn Heb “they”; the implied referent (messengers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “the Sea”; in context (“from the direction of Edom”) this must refer to the Dead Sea, which has been specified in the translation for clarity (cf. NEB, NLT).

⁵ tc Most Hebrew mss read “from Aram” (i.e., Syria), but this must be a corruption of “Edom,” which is the reading of the LXX and Vulgate.

⁴ tn Heb “small or great.”

⁵ sn Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.

⁶ tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

⁸ tc Most Hebrew mss read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew mss, the LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29).

⁹ tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.

⁷ tn Heb “turning.”

⁸ tn Heb “went up against.”

⁹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the Lord gave into their hand an army [that was] very large.”

⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”

⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”

¹¹ tn Heb “who struck him down with a great striking.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the gods of Damascus, the ones who had defeated him.” The words “he thought” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The perspective is that of Ahaz, not the narrator! Another option is that “the kings” has been accidentally omitted after “gods of.” See v. 23b.

¹¹ tn Heb “said.”