2 Chronicles 3:4

3:4 The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple,¹ and its height was 30 feet.² He plated the inside with pure gold.

2 Chronicles 9:16

9:16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures³ of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.⁴

2 Chronicles 11:16

11:16 Those among all the Israelite tribes who were determined to worship the Lord God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem⁵ to sacrifice to the Lord God of their ancestors.⁶

2 Chronicles 19:2

19:2 the prophet⁷ Jehu son of Hanani confronted him;⁸ he said to King Jehoshaphat, “Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the Lord?⁹ Because you have done this the Lord is angry with you!¹⁰

2 Chronicles 20:23

20:23 The Ammonites and Moabites attacked the men from Mount Seir¹¹ and annihilated them.¹² When they had finished off the men¹³ of Seir, they attacked and destroyed one another.¹⁴

2 Chronicles 22:5

22:5 He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram¹⁵ of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria¹⁶ at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

2 Chronicles 25:13

25:13 Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle¹⁷ raided¹⁸ the cities of Judah from Samaria¹⁹ to Beth Horon. They killed²⁰ 3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder.

2 Chronicles 25:17

25:17 After King Amaziah of Judah consulted with his advisers,²¹ he sent this message to the king of Israel, Joash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, “Come, face me on the battlefield.”²²

2 Chronicles 25:19

25:19 You defeated Edom²³ and it has gone to your head.²⁴ Gloat over your success,²⁵ but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?”²⁶

2 Chronicles 28:18

28:18 The Philistines had raided the cities of Judah in the lowlands²⁷ and the Negev. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its surrounding villages, Timnah and its surrounding villages, and Gimzo and its surrounding villages.

2 Chronicles 30:16

30:16 They stood at their posts according to the regulations outlined in the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests were splashing the blood as the Levites handed it to them.²⁸

2 Chronicles 32:7-8

32:7 “Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic²⁹ because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him.³⁰ 32:8 He has with him mere human strength,³¹ but the Lord our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!” The army³² was encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.

2 Chronicles 32:26

32:26 But then Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem humbled themselves and abandoned their pride, and the Lord was not angry with them for the rest of Hezekiah’s reign.³³

¹tc Heb “and the porch which was in front of the length corresponding to the width of the house, twenty cubits.” The phrase הֵיכַל הַבַּיִת (heykhal habbayit, “the main hall of the temple,” which appears in the parallel account in 1 Kgs 6:3) has been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton after עַל־פְּנֵי (’al-pÿney, “in front of”). Note that the following form, הָאֹרֶךְ (ha’orekh, “the length”), also begins with the Hebrew letter he (ה). A scribe’s eye probably jumped from the initial he on הֵיכַל to the initial he on הָאֹרֶךְ, leaving out the intervening letters in the process.

²tc The Hebrew text has “one hundred and twenty cubits,” i.e. (assuming a cubit of 18 inches) 180 feet (54 m). An ancient Greek witness and the Syriac version read “twenty cubits,” i.e., 30 feet (9 m). It is likely that מֵאָה (me’ah, “a hundred”), is a corruption of an original אַמּוֹת (’ammot, “cubits”).

³tn The Hebrew text has simply “300,” with no unit of measure given.

⁴sn This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest. See 1 Kgs 7:2.

⁵tn Heb “and after them from all the tribes of Israel, the ones giving their heart[s] to seek the Lord God of Israel came [to] Jerusalem.”

⁶tn Heb “fathers.”

⁷tn Or “seer.”

⁸tn Heb “went out to his face.”

⁹tn Heb “and love those who hate the Lord?”

¹⁰tn Heb “and because of this upon you is anger from before the Lord.”

⁹tn Heb “the sons of Ammon and Moab stood against the residents of Mount Seir.”

¹⁰tn Heb “to annihilate and to destroy.”

¹¹tn Heb “residents.”

¹²tn Heb “they helped, each one his fellow, for destruction.” The verb עָזַר (’azar), traditionally understood as the well-attested verb meaning “to help,” is an odd fit in this context. It is possible that it is from a homonymic root, perhaps meaning to “attack.” This root is attested in Ugaritic in a nominal form meaning “young man, warrior, hero.” For a discussion of the proposed root, see HALOT 811 s.v. II עזר.

¹¹sn Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.

¹²tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).

¹³tn Heb “had sent back from going with him to the battle.”

¹⁴tn Heb “stripped.”

¹⁵map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁶tn Heb “struck down.”

¹⁵tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁶tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here not to a visit but to meeting in battle. See v. 21.

¹⁷tn Heb “you say [to yourself], ‘look, you have defeated Edom.’”

¹⁸tn Heb “and your heart is lifted up.”

¹⁹tn Heb “to glorify.”

²⁰tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”

¹⁹tn Heb “Shephelah.”

²¹tn Heb “from the hand of the Levites.”

²³tn Or perhaps, “and don’t be discouraged.”

²⁴tn Heb “for with us [is] a greater [one] than with him.”

²⁵tn Heb “With him is an arm of flesh.”

²⁶tn Or “people.”

²⁷tn Heb “and Hezekiah humbled himself in the height of his heart, he and the residents of Jerusalem, and the anger of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.”