2 Chronicles 9:9

9:9 She gave the king 120 talents ¹  of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. ² 

2 Chronicles 15:9

15:9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers ³  from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live ⁴  when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

2 Chronicles 18:2

18:2 and after several years ⁵  went down to visit ⁶  Ahab in Samaria. ⁷  Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle to honor Jehoshaphat and those who came with him. ⁸  He persuaded him to join in an attack ⁹  against Ramoth Gilead.

2 Chronicles 20:25

20:25 Jehoshaphat and his men ¹⁰  went to gather the plunder; they found a huge amount of supplies, clothing ¹¹  and valuable items. They carried away everything they could. ¹²  There was so much plunder, it took them three days to haul it off. ¹³ 

2 Chronicles 24:24

24:24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army, ¹⁴  for the people of Judah ¹⁵  had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians ¹⁶  gave Joash what he deserved. ¹⁷ 

2 Chronicles 30:5

30:5 So they sent an edict ¹⁸  throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people ¹⁹  to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law. ²⁰ 

2 Chronicles 30:24

30:24 King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep ²¹  for the assembly, while the officials supplied them ²²  with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves.

2 Chronicles 32:5

32:5 Hezekiah ²³  energetically rebuilt ²⁴  every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, ²⁵  and fortified the terrace of the City of David. ²⁶  He made many weapons and shields.

¹ tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold was 8,076 lbs. (3,672 kg).

² tn Heb “there has not been like those spices which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

³ tn Or “resident aliens.”

⁴ tn Heb “had fallen upon him.”

⁵ tn Heb “at the end of years.”

⁶ tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁷ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁸ tn Heb “and Ahab slaughtered for him sheep and cattle in abundance, and for the people who were with him.”

⁹ tn Heb “to go up.”

⁷ tn Or “army.”

⁸ tc The MT reads פְגָרִים (fÿgarim, “corpses”), but this seems odd among a list of plunder. A few medieval Hebrew mss and the Vulgate read בְגָדִים (vÿgadim, “clothing”), which fits the context much better.

⁹ tn Heb “and they snatched away for themselves so that there was no carrying away.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and they were three days looting the plunder for it was great.”

⁹ tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the Lord gave into their hand an army [that was] very large.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”

¹² tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹³ tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”

¹³ tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (ts’on, translated “sheep” twice in this verse) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but their is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other.

¹⁴ tn Heb “the assembly.” The pronoun “them” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

¹⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”

¹⁸ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.