2 Chronicles 17:12

17:12 Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.

2 Chronicles 27:6

27:6 Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to please the Lord his God. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 13:21

13:21 Abijah’s power grew; he had ²  fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

2 Chronicles 26:8

26:8 The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached ³  the border of Egypt, for he grew in power.

2 Chronicles 26:15-16

26:15 In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. ⁴ 

26:16 But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. ⁵  He disobeyed ⁶  the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar.

2 Chronicles 1:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

1:1 Solomon son of David solidified his royal authority, ⁷  for ⁸  the Lord his God was with him and magnified him greatly.

2 Chronicles 21:4

21:4 Jehoram took control of his father’s kingdom and became powerful. ⁹  Then he killed all his brothers, ¹⁰  as well as some of the officials of Israel.

2 Chronicles 26:13

26:13 They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend ¹¹  the king against his enemies.

2 Chronicles 20:6

20:6 He prayed: “O Lord God of our ancestors, ¹²  you are the God who lives in heaven ¹³  and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.

2 Chronicles 22:9

22:9 He looked for Ahaziah, who was captured while hiding in Samaria. ¹⁴  They brought him to Jehu and then executed him. They did give him a burial, for they reasoned, ¹⁵  “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with his whole heart.” There was no one in Ahaziah’s family strong enough to rule in his place. ¹⁶ 

2 Chronicles 14:11

14:11 Asa prayed ¹⁷  to the Lord his God: “O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. ¹⁸  Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. ¹⁹  O Lord our God, don’t let men prevail against you!” ²⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “because he established his ways before the Lord his God.”

¹ tn Heb “lifted up for himself.”

¹ tn Heb “and his name went to.”

¹ tn Heb “and his name went out to a distant place, for he did extraordinarily to be helped until he was strong.”

¹ tn Heb “his heart was high [i.e., proud] to destroy.”

² tn Or “was unfaithful to.”

¹ tn Heb “and Solomon son of David strengthened himself over his kingdom.”

² tn The disjunctive clause (note the vav [ו] + subject pattern) probably has a causal nuance here.

¹ tn Heb “and Jehoram arose over the kingdom of his father and strengthened himself.”

² tn Heb “and he killed all his brothers with the sword.”

¹ tn Heb “help.”

¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 33).

² tn Heb “are you not God in heaven?” The rhetorical question expects the answer “yes,” resulting in the positive statement “you are the God who lives in heaven” employed in the translation.

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² tn Heb “they said.”

³ tn Heb “and there was no one belonging to the house of Ahaziah to retain strength for kingship.”

¹ tn Heb “called out.”

² tn Heb “there is not with you to help between many with regard to [the one] without strength.”

³ tn Heb “and in your name we have come against this multitude.”

⁴ tn Heb “let not man retain [strength] with you.”