2 Chronicles 28:16

28:16 At that time King Ahaz asked the king ¹  of Assyria for help.

2 Chronicles 17:7

17:7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah.

2 Chronicles 34:23

34:23 and she said to them: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Say this to the man who sent you to me:

2 Chronicles 2:7

2:7 “Now send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as purple, crimson, and violet colored fabrics, and who knows how to engrave. He will work with my skilled craftsmen here in Jerusalem ²  and Judah, whom my father David provided.

2 Chronicles 7:10

7:10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon ³  sent the people home. They left ⁴  happy and contented ⁵  because of the good the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

2 Chronicles 32:5

32:5 Hezekiah ⁶  energetically rebuilt ⁷  every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, ⁸  and fortified the terrace of the City of David. ⁹  He made many weapons and shields.

2 Chronicles 32:9

32:9 Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers ¹⁰  to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of ¹¹  Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read:

2 Chronicles 34:8

34:8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. ¹²  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 36:10

36:10 At the beginning of the year King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him to be brought ¹³  to Babylon, along with the valuable items in the Lord’s temple. In his place he made his relative ¹⁴  Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 25:18

25:18 King Joash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, “A thorn bush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn bush. ¹⁵ 

¹ tc Most Hebrew mss read the plural, “kings,” but one Hebrew ms, the LXX and Vulgate read the singular “king.” Note the singular in v. 20.

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn The words “they left” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “good of heart.”

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”

⁶ tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”

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

⁵ tn Heb “servants.”

⁶ tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.

⁶ tn Heb “to purify the land and the house.”

⁷ tn Heb “sent and brought him.”

⁸ tn Heb “and he made Zedekiah his brother king.” According to the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:17, Zedekiah was Jehoiachin’s uncle, not his brother. Therefore many interpreters understand אח here in its less specific sense of “relative” (NEB “made his father’s brother Zedekiah king”; NASB “made his kinsman Zedekiah king”; NIV “made Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, king”; NRSV “made his brother Zedekiah king”).

⁸ sn The thorn bush in the allegory is Judah. Amaziah’s success had deceived him into thinking he was on the same level as the major powers in the area (symbolized by the cedar). In reality he was not capable of withstanding an attack by a real military power such as Israel (symbolized by the wild animal).