2 Chronicles 17:1

Jehoshaphat Becomes King

17:1 His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 27:6

27:6 Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to please the Lord his God. ² 

2 Chronicles 1:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

1:1 Solomon son of David solidified his royal authority, ³  for ⁴  the Lord his God was with him and magnified him greatly.

2 Chronicles 13:21

13:21 Abijah’s power grew; he had ⁵  fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

2 Chronicles 21:4

21:4 Jehoram took control of his father’s kingdom and became powerful. ⁶  Then he killed all his brothers, ⁷  as well as some of the officials of Israel.

2 Chronicles 32:5

32:5 Hezekiah ⁸  energetically rebuilt ⁹  every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, ¹⁰  and fortified the terrace of the City of David. ¹¹  He made many weapons and shields.

2 Chronicles 12:13

12:13 King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; ¹²  he ¹³  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ¹⁴  Rehoboam’s ¹⁵  mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.

¹ tn Heb “and strengthened himself over Israel.”

² tn Heb “because he established his ways before the Lord his God.”

³ tn Heb “and Solomon son of David strengthened himself over his kingdom.”

⁴ tn The disjunctive clause (note the vav [ו] + subject pattern) probably has a causal nuance here.

⁴ tn Heb “lifted up for himself.”

⁵ tn Heb “and Jehoram arose over the kingdom of his father and strengthened himself.”

⁶ tn Heb “and he killed all his brothers with the sword.”

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

⁷ tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”

⁸ tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”

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

⁷ tn Heb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.”

⁸ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

⁹ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.