2 Chronicles 6:8-9

6:8 The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me. ¹  6:9 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’ ² 

2 Chronicles 6:24

6:24 “If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy ³  because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, ⁴  and pray for your help ⁵  before you in this temple,

2 Chronicles 7:16

7:16 Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; ⁶  I will be constantly present there. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 13:2

13:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ⁸  His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. ⁹ 

There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

2 Chronicles 18:15

18:15 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in ¹⁰  the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”

2 Chronicles 22:2

22:2 Ahaziah was twenty-two ¹¹  years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter ¹²  of Omri.

2 Chronicles 24:1

Joash’s Reign

24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. ¹³  His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.

2 Chronicles 25:1

Amaziah’s Reign

25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ¹⁴  His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 26:3

26:3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. ¹⁵  His mother’s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 26:8

26:8 The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached ¹⁶  the border of Egypt, for he grew in power.

2 Chronicles 27:1

Jotham’s Reign

27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ¹⁷  His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

2 Chronicles 29:1

Hezekiah Consecrates the Temple

29:1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ¹⁸  His mother was Abijah, ¹⁹  the daughter of Zechariah.

¹ tn Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”

² tn Heb “your son, the one who came out of your body, he will build the temple for my name.”

³ tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

⁴ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

⁵ tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

⁴ tn Heb “for my name to be there perpetually [or perhaps, “forever”].”

⁵ tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”

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⁶ tn The parallel text in 1 Kgs 15:1 identifies his mother as “Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom” [=Absalom, 2 Chr 11:20). Although most English versions identify the mother’s father as Uriel of Gibeah, a number of English versions substitute the name “Maacah” here for the mother (e.g., NIV, NCV, CEV, NLT).

⁶ tn Or “swear an oath by.”

⁷ tc Heb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some mss of the LXX and the Syriac.

⁸ tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1.

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¹¹ tn Heb “and his name went to.”

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¹⁴ tn The parallel passage in 2 Kgs 18:2 has “Abi.”