2 Chronicles 2:12

2:12 Huram also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. 1 

2 Chronicles 6:18

6:18 “God does not really live with humankind on the earth! 2  Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

2 Chronicles 14:1

14:1 (13:23) 3  Abijah passed away 4  and was buried in the City of David. 5  His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign 6  the land had rest for ten years.

2 Chronicles 14:7

14:7 He said to the people of Judah: 7  “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. 8  The land remains ours because we have followed 9  the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.” 10  So they built the cities 11  and prospered.

2 Chronicles 16:9

16:9 Certainly 12  the Lord watches the whole earth carefully 13  and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. 14  You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.

2 Chronicles 23:13

23:13 Then she saw 15  the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters stood beside the king and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes and yelled, “Treason! Treason!” 16 

2 Chronicles 23:20

23:20 He summoned 17  the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of land, and he then led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne.

2 Chronicles 26:21

26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, 18  afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

2 Chronicles 32:4

32:4 A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district. 19  They reasoned, 20  “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?”

2 Chronicles 34:8

34:8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. 21  He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the Lord his God.

2 Chronicles 36:23

36:23 It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem 22  in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” 23 

1 tn Heb “who has given to David a wise son [who] knows discernment and insight, who will build a house for the Lord and house for his kingship.”

2 tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live with mankind on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which is reflected in the translation “God does not really live with mankind on the earth.”

3 sn Beginning with 14:1, the verse numbers through 14:15 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 14:1 ET = 13:23 HT, 14:2 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:3 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:15 ET = 14:14 HT. Beginning with 15:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

4 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

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

6 tn Heb “in his days.”

4 tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah.

5 tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”

6 tn Heb “sought.”

7 tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”

8 tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

5 tn Or “for.”

6 tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord move quickly through all the earth.”

7 tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”

6 tn Heb “and she saw, and behold.”

7 tn Or “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”

7 tn Heb “took.”

8 tn The precise meaning of בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhafshiyt, “house of [?]”) is uncertain. NASB, NIV, NRSV all have “in a separate house”; NEB has “in his own house…relieved of all duties.” For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.

9 tn Heb “and they closed up all the springs and the stream that flows in the midst of the land.” Here אָרֶץ (’arets, “land”) does not refer to the entire land, but to a smaller region like a district.

10 tn Heb “land, saying.”

10 tn Heb “to purify the land and the house.”

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

12 tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the Lord his God [be] with him so that he may go up.”