2 Chronicles 1:11

1:11 God said to Solomon, “Because you desire this, ¹  and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, ²  and because you did not ask for long life, ³  but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,

2 Chronicles 5:1

5:1 When Solomon had finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 6:16

6:16 Now, O Lord God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, ⁴  provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’ ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 6:33

6:33 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. ⁶  Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, ⁷  obey ⁸  you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 22:6

22:6 Joram ¹⁰  returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians ¹¹  in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah ¹²  son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded. ¹³ 

2 Chronicles 24:5

24:5 He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.

2 Chronicles 26:21

26:21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ¹⁴  afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

2 Chronicles 29:17

29:17 On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the Lord’s temple. ¹⁵  For eight more days they consecrated the Lord’s temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished.

2 Chronicles 30:9

30:9 For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The Lord your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you ¹⁶  if you return to him.”

2 Chronicles 31:10

31:10 Azariah, the head priest from the family of Zadok, said to him, “Since the contributions began arriving in the Lord’s temple, we have had plenty to eat and have a large quantity left over. For the Lord has blessed his people, and this large amount remains.”

2 Chronicles 36:17

36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered ¹⁷  their young men in their temple. ¹⁸  He did not spare ¹⁹  young men or women, or even the old and aging. God ²⁰  handed everyone over to him.

[1:11]  ¹ tn Heb “because this was in your heart.”

[1:11]  ² tn Heb “the life of those who hate you.”

[1:11]  ³ tn Heb “many days.”

[6:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

[6:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “guard their way by walking in my law as you have walked before me.”

[6:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”

[6:33]  ⁸ tn Heb “name.” See the note on “reputation” in v. 32.

[6:33]  ⁹ tn Heb “fear.”

[6:33]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

[22:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

[22:6]  ¹² tc Most Hebrew mss read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew mss, the LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29).

[22:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.

[26:21]  ¹³ tn The precise meaning of בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhafshiyt, “house of [?]”) is uncertain. NASB, NIV, NRSV all have “in a separate house”; NEB has “in his own house…relieved of all duties.” For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.

[29:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “porch of the Lord.”

[30:9]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “turn [his] face from you.”

[36:17]  ²² tn Heb “killed with the sword.”

[36:17]  ²³ tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”

[36:17]  ²⁴ tn Or “show compassion to.”

[36:17]  ²⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.