2 Chronicles 5:13

5:13 The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing: ¹  “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!” Then a cloud filled the Lord’s temple. ² 

2 Chronicles 23:12

23:12 When Athaliah heard the royal guard ³  shouting and praising the king, she joined the crowd ⁴  at the Lord’s temple.

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. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 30:5

30:5 So they sent an edict ⁶  throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people ⁷  to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law. ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 36:22

Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Go Home

36:22 In the first year of the reign of ⁹  King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, ¹⁰  the Lord moved ¹¹  King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.

¹ tn Heb “like one were the trumpeters and the musicians, causing one voice to be heard, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, and while raising a voice with trumpets and with cymbals and with instruments of music, and while praising the Lord.”

² tn Heb “and the house was filled with a cloud, the house of the Lord.”

³ tn Heb “and Athaliah heard the sound of the people, the runners.”

⁴ tn Heb “she came to the people.”

⁵ 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.”

⁷ tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”

⁸ tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁹ tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”

⁹ tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁰ tn Heb “to complete the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

¹¹ tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”