2 Chronicles 6:38

6:38 When they return to you with all their heart and being ¹  in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, ² 

2 Chronicles 7:10-11

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.

The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning

7:11 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the Lord’s temple and his royal palace, ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 29:31

29:31 Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves ⁷  to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings ⁸  to the Lord’s temple.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and whoever desired to do so ⁹  brought burnt sacrifices.

2 Chronicles 30:22

30:22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, ¹⁰  who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. ¹¹  They feasted for the seven days of the festival, ¹²  and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors.

¹ tn Or “soul.”

² tn Heb “your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your honor”).

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.”

⁵ tn Heb “and all that entered the heart of Solomon to do in the house of the Lord and in his house he successfully accomplished.”

⁷ tn Heb “filled your hand.”

⁸ tn Or “tokens of thanks.”

⁹ tn Heb “and all who were willing of heart.”

⁹ tn Heb “and Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites.” On the meaning of the idiom “speak to the heart of” here, see HALOT 210 s.v. II דבר 8.d.

¹⁰ tn Heb “who demonstrated skill [with] good skill for the Lord.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and they ate [during] the appointed time [for] seven days.” מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “appointed time”) is probably an adverbial accusative of time referring to the festival. However, some understand it as metonymically referring to the food eaten during the festival. See BDB 417 s.v.