2 Chronicles 34:10

34:10 They handed it over to the construction foremen ¹  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn paid the temple workers to restore and repair it. ² 

2 Chronicles 17:5

17:5 The Lord made his kingdom secure; ³  all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he became very wealthy and greatly respected. ⁴ 

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. ⁵  They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. ⁶  They declared, “Long live the king!”

2 Chronicles 24:9

24:9 An edict was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, God’s servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 26:8

26:8 The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached ⁸  the border of Egypt, for he grew in power.

2 Chronicles 29:6

29:6 For our fathers were unfaithful; they did what is evil in the sight of ⁹  the Lord our God and abandoned him! They turned ¹⁰  away from the Lord’s dwelling place and rejected him. ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 34:11

34:11 They gave money to the craftsmen and builders to buy chiseled stone and wood for the braces and rafters of the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into disrepair. ¹² 

2 Chronicles 31:6

31:6 The Israelites and people of Judah ¹³  who lived in the cities of Judah also contributed a tenth of their cattle and sheep, as well as a tenth of the holy items consecrated to the Lord their God. They brought them and placed them in many heaps. ¹⁴ 

2 Chronicles 34:9

34:9 They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the silver that had been brought to God’s temple. The Levites who guarded the door had collected it from the people of ¹⁵  Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of ¹⁶  Judah and Benjamin and the residents of ¹⁷  Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 27:5

27:5 He launched a military campaign ¹⁸  against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him 100 talents ¹⁹  of silver, 10,000 kors ²⁰  of wheat, and 10,000 kors ²¹  of barley. The Ammonites also paid this same amount of annual tribute the next two years. ²² 

¹ tn Heb “doer[s] of the work.”

² tn Heb “and they gave it to the doers of the work who were working in the house of the Lord to restore and to repair the house.”

³ tn Heb “established the kingdom in his hand.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he had wealth and honor in abundance.”

⁵ 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.).

⁶ tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”

⁷ tn Heb “and they gave voice in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the Lord the tax of Moses the servant of God upon Israel in the wilderness.”

⁹ tn Heb “and his name went to.”

¹¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

¹² tn Heb “turned their faces.”

¹³ tn Heb “and turned the back.”

¹³ tn Heb “of the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel and Judah.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.

¹⁷ tn Heb “from Manasseh and Ephraim.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Manasseh and Ephraim” here by metonymy for the people of Manasseh and Ephraim.

¹⁸ tn Heb “all Judah and Benjamin.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Judah and Benjamin” here by metonymy for the people of Judah and Benjamin.

¹⁹ tc The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the reading, “and the residents of.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “and they returned.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “he fought with.”

²⁰ tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the silver was 6,730 lbs. (3,060 kg).

²¹ sn As a unit of dry measure a kor was roughly equivalent to six bushels (about 220 liters).

²² tn Heb “10,000 kors of wheat and 10,000 of barley.” The unit of measure of the barley is omitted in the Hebrew text, but is understood to be “kors,” the same as the measures of wheat.

²³ tn Heb “This the sons of Ammon brought to him, and in the second year and the third.”