2 Chronicles 8:2

8:2 Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram¹ had given him and settled Israelites there.

2 Chronicles 8:5

8:5 He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,²

2 Chronicles 9:25

9:25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses³ and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.⁴

2 Chronicles 11:23

11:23 He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities.⁵ He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them.⁶

2 Chronicles 14:6

14:6 He built fortified cities throughout Judah, for the land was at rest and there was no war during those years; the Lord gave him peace.

2 Chronicles 17:7

17:7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah.

2 Chronicles 18:25

18:25 Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son.

2 Chronicles 21:1

21:1 Jehoshaphat passed away⁷ and was buried with his ancestors⁸ in the City of David.⁹ His son Jehoram¹⁰ replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 21:20

21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death;¹¹ he was buried in the City of David,¹² but not in the royal tombs.

2 Chronicles 23:2

23:2 They traveled throughout Judah and assembled the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the Israelite family leaders.

They came to Jerusalem,¹³

2 Chronicles 26:6

26:6 Uzziah attacked¹⁴ the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory.¹⁵

2 Chronicles 28:27

28:27 Ahaz passed away¹⁶ and was buried in the City of David;¹⁷ they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 31:15

31:15 In the cities of the priests, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him in making disbursements to their fellow priests¹⁸ according to their divisions, regardless of age.¹⁹

2 Chronicles 32:1

Sennacherib Invades Judah

32:1 After these faithful deeds were accomplished, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He besieged the fortified cities, intending to seize them.²⁰

2 Chronicles 32:6

32:6 He appointed military officers over the army²¹ and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them,²² saying,

2 Chronicles 32:18

32:18 They called out loudly in the Judahite dialect to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, trying to scare and terrify them so they could seize the city.

2 Chronicles 32:29-30

32:29 He built royal cities²³ and owned a large number of sheep and cattle, for God gave him a huge amount of possessions.

32:30 Hezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David.²⁴ Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.

¹tn Heb “Huram” (also in v. 18). Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.

²tn Heb “and he built…[as] cities of fortification, [with] walls, doors, and a bar.”

³tc The parallel text of 1 Kgs 10:26 reads “fourteen hundred chariots.”

⁴tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”

⁴tn Heb “and he was discerning and broke up from all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities.”

⁵tn “and he asked for a multitude of wives.”

⁵tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁶tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).

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

⁸tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”

⁶tn Heb “and he went without desire.”

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

⁷map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁸tn Heb “went out and fought.”

⁹tn Heb “in Ashdod and among the Philistines.”

⁹tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁰sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹⁰tn Heb “to their brothers.”

¹¹tn Heb “like great, like small” (i.e., old and young alike).

¹¹tn Heb “and he said to break into them for himself.”

¹²tn Heb “and he placed officers of war over the people.”

¹³tn Heb “he spoke to their heart[s].”

¹³tn Heb “and cities he made for himself.”

¹⁴sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.