2 Chronicles 3:5

3:5 He paneled ¹  the main hall ²  with boards made from evergreen trees ³  and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 6:39

6:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help, ⁵  vindicate them, ⁶  and forgive your sinful people.

2 Chronicles 8:5

8:5 He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates, ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 9:27

9:27 The king made silver as plentiful ⁸  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was ⁹  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands ¹⁰ .

2 Chronicles 21:9

21:9 Jehoram crossed over to Zair with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 23:11

23:11 Jehoiada and his sons led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. ¹²  They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. ¹³  They declared, “Long live the king!”

2 Chronicles 24:18

24:18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, ¹⁴  and worshiped ¹⁵  the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 28:21

28:21 Ahaz gathered riches ¹⁶  from the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help.

2 Chronicles 29:19

29:19 We have prepared and consecrated all the items that King Ahaz removed during his reign when he acted unfaithfully. They are in front of the altar of the Lord.”

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. ¹⁷ 

2 Chronicles 32:12

32:12 Hezekiah is the one who eliminated ¹⁸  the Lord’s ¹⁹  high places and altars and then told Judah and Jerusalem, “At one altar you must worship and offer sacrifices.”

2 Chronicles 32:22

32:22 The Lord delivered Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem from the power of King Sennacherib of Assyria and from all the other nations. ²⁰  He made them secure on every side. ²¹ 

2 Chronicles 34:7

34:7 he tore down the altars and Asherah poles, demolished the idols, and smashed all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 35:17

35:17 So the Israelites who were present observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

¹ tn Heb “covered.”

² tn Heb “the large house.”

³ tn Heb “wood of evergreens.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he put up on it palm trees and chains.”

⁵ tn Heb “their prayer and their requests for help.”

⁶ tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”

⁹ tn Heb “and he built…[as] cities of fortification, [with] walls, doors, and a bar.”

¹³ tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied for clarification.

¹⁴ tn Heb “he made cedar.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

¹⁷ tc Heb “and he arose at night and defeated Edom, who had surrounded him, and the chariot officers.” The Hebrew text as it stands gives the impression that Jehoram was surrounded and launched a victorious nighttime counterattack. Yet v. 10 goes on to state that the Edomite revolt was successful. The translation above assumes an emendation of the Hebrew text. Adding a third masculine singular pronominal suffix to the accusative sign before Edom (reading אֹתוֹ [’oto, “him”] instead of just אֶת [’et]) and taking Edom as the subject of verbs allows one to translate the verse in a way that is more consistent with the context, which depicts an Israelite defeat, not victory. See also 2 Kgs 8:21.

²¹ tn The Hebrew word עֵדוּת (’edut) normally means “witness” or “testimony.” Here it probably refers to some tangible symbol of kingship, perhaps a piece of jewelry such as an amulet or neck chain (see the discussion in M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings [AB], 128). Some suggest that a document is in view, perhaps a copy of the royal protocol or of the stipulations of the Davidic covenant (see HALOT 790-91 s.v.).

²² tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”

²⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).

²⁶ tn Heb “served.”

²⁹ tn Heb “divided up,” but some read חִלֵּץ (khillets, “despoiled”).

³³ 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.”

³⁷ tn Heb “Did not he, Hezekiah, eliminate…?” This rhetorical question presupposes a positive reply (“yes, he did”) and so has been translated here as a positive statement.

³⁸ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴¹ tn Heb “and from the hand of all.”

⁴² tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “and he led him from all around.” However, the present translation assumes an emendation to וַיָּנַח לָהֶם מִסָּבִיב (vayyanakh lahem missaviv, “and he gave rest to them from all around”). See 2 Chr 15:15 and 20:30.