2 Chronicles 6:5

6:5 He told David, ¹  ‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. ²  Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 14:1

14:1 (13:23) ³  Abijah passed away ⁴  and was buried in the City of David. ⁵  His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign ⁶  the land had rest for ten years.

2 Chronicles 16:14

16:14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. ⁷  They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him. ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 24:25

24:25 When they withdrew, they left Joash ⁹  badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to ¹⁰  the son ¹¹  of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus ¹²  he died and was buried in the City of David, ¹³  but not in the tombs of the kings.

¹ tn Heb “saying.”

² tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.” Here “name” is used by metonymy for the Lord himself, and thus the expression “to be there” refers to his taking up residence there (hence the translation, “a temple in which to live”). In this case the temple is referred to as a “house” where the Lord himself can reside.

³ sn Beginning with 14:1, the verse numbers through 14:15 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 14:1 ET = 13:23 HT, 14:2 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:3 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:15 ET = 14:14 HT. Beginning with 15:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

⁴ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁵ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

⁶ tn Heb “in his days.”

⁵ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

⁶ tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”

⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”

⁹ tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and he died.”

¹¹ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.