2 Chronicles 20:26

20:26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where ¹  they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah ²  to this very day.

2 Chronicles 14:10

14:10 and Asa went out to oppose him. They deployed for battle in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 26:9

26:9 Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle. ³ 

2 Chronicles 25:11

25:11 Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, ⁴  where he defeated ⁵  10,000 Edomites. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 28:3

28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, ⁷  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ⁸  whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 33:6

33:6 He passed his sons through the fire ⁹  in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and practiced divination, omen reading, and sorcery. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits and appointed magicians to supervise it. ¹⁰  He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord and angered him. ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 33:14

33:14 After this Manasseh ¹²  built up the outer wall of the City of David ¹³  on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

2 Chronicles 30:14

30:14 They removed the altars in Jerusalem; they also removed all the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley. ¹⁴ 

2 Chronicles 20:16

20:16 Tomorrow march down against them as ¹⁵  they come up the Ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the ravine in front of the Desert of Jeruel.

2 Chronicles 35:22

35:22 But Josiah did not turn back from him; ¹⁶  he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously ¹⁷  the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo. ¹⁸ 

2 Chronicles 15:16

15:16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother ¹⁹  from her position as queen mother ²⁰  because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 29:16

29:16 The priests then entered the Lord’s temple to purify it; they brought out to the courtyard of the Lord’s temple every ceremonially unclean thing they discovered inside. ²¹  The Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 4:17

4:17 The king had them cast in earthen foundries ²²  in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

2 Chronicles 26:10

26:10 He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands ²³  and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel, ²⁴  for he loved agriculture. ²⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “for there.”

² sn The name Berachah, which means “blessing” in Hebrew, is derived from the verbal root “to praise [or “to bless”],” which appears earlier in the verse.

³ tn On the meaning of the Hebrew word מִקְצוֹעַ (miqtsoa’), see HALOT 628 s.v. עַ(וֹ)מִקְצֹ. The term probably refers to an “angle” or “corner” somewhere on the eastern wall of Jerusalem.

⁵ tn Heb “and Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people and went to the Valley of Salt.”

⁶ tn Or “struck down.”

⁷ tn Heb “sons of Seir.”

⁷ sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

⁸ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

⁹ tn Or “he sacrificed his sons in the fire.” This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB, NASV “made his sons pass through the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and he set up a ritual pit, along with a conjurer.” Hebrew אוֹב (’ov, “ritual pit”) refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits. In 1 Sam 28:7 the witch of Endor is called a בַּעֲלַת אוֹב (ba’alat ’ov, “owner of a ritual pit”). See H. Hoffner, “Second Millennium Antecedents to the Hebrew ’OñBù,” JBL 86 (1967): 385-401.

¹¹ tn Heb “and he multiplied doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, angering him.”

¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹³ tn Heb “and they arose and removed the altars which were in Jerusalem, and all the incense altars they removed and threw into the Kidron Valley.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “look.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “and Josiah did not turn his face from him.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “listen to.”

¹⁹ map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.

¹⁹ tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses “father” and “mother” for grandparents and even more remote ancestors.

²⁰ tn The Hebrew term גְּבִירָה (gÿvirah) can denote “queen” or “queen mother” depending on the context. Here the latter is indicated, since Maacah was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah.

²¹ tn Heb “in the temple of the Lord.”

²³ tn Or perhaps, “molds.”

²⁵ tn Heb “Shephelah.”

²⁶ tn Heb “workers and vinedressers in the hills and in Carmel.” The words “he had” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

²⁷ tn Heb “for a lover of the ground he [was].”