2 Chronicles 9:1

Solomon Entertains a Queen

9:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ¹  she came to challenge ²  him ³  with difficult questions. ⁴  She arrived in Jerusalem ⁵  with a great display of pomp, ⁶  bringing with her camels carrying spices, ⁷  a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

2 Chronicles 12:13

12:13 King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; ⁸  he ⁹  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ¹⁰  Rehoboam’s ¹¹  mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.

2 Chronicles 18:7

18:7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ¹²  But I despise ¹³  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always ¹⁴  disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹⁵  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”

2 Chronicles 34:21

34:21 “Go, seek an oracle from ¹⁶  the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about ¹⁷  the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, ¹⁸  because our ancestors ¹⁹  have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!” ²⁰ 

2 Chronicles 35:3

35:3 He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the Lord, “Place the holy ark in the temple which King Solomon son of David of Israel built. Don’t carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel!

¹ tn Heb “the report about Solomon.”

² tn Or “test.”

³ tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

⁴ tn Or “riddles.”

⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶ tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew word חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue or to the great wealth she brought with her.

⁷ tn Or “balsam oil.”

⁸ tn Heb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.”

⁹ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

¹⁰ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

¹¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

¹⁶ tn Or “hate.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “all his days.”

¹⁸ tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

²² tn Or “inquire of.”

²³ tn Heb “concerning.”

²⁴ tn Heb “for great is the anger of the Lord which has been ignited against us.”

²⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 32, 33).

²⁶ tn Heb “by doing according to all that is written on this scroll.”