2 Chronicles 1:12

1:12 you are granted wisdom and discernment. ¹  Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.” ² 

2 Chronicles 9:19

9:19 There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. ³ 

2 Chronicles 18:11

18:11 All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king!”

2 Chronicles 18:21

18:21 He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord ⁴  said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. ⁵  Go out and do as you have proposed.’

2 Chronicles 32:23

32:23 Many were bringing presents ⁶  to the Lord in Jerusalem and precious gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah. From that time on he was respected by ⁷  all the nations.

2 Chronicles 7:22

7:22 Others will then answer, ⁸  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, ⁹  who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ¹⁰  That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’”

2 Chronicles 8:14

8:14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon ¹¹  appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, ¹²  and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. ¹³  This was what David the man of God had ordered. ¹⁴ 

2 Chronicles 16:7

16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet ¹⁵  visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.

2 Chronicles 20:26

20:26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where ¹⁶  they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah ¹⁷  to this very day.

2 Chronicles 32:17

32:17 He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: ¹⁸  “The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.” ¹⁹ 

2 Chronicles 33:14

33:14 After this Manasseh ²⁰  built up the outer wall of the City of David ²¹  on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

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. ²²  But I despise ²³  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always ²⁴  disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ²⁵  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”

[1:12]  ¹ tn Heb “wisdom and discernment are given to you.”

[1:12]  ² tn Heb “which was not so for the kings who were before you, and after you there will not be so.”

[9:19]  ³ tn Heb “nothing like it had been made for any kingdom.”

[18:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:21]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the Lord is assuring the spirit of success on his mission. However, in a commissioning context (note the following imperatives) such as this, it is more likely that the imperfects are injunctive, in which case one could translate, “Deceive, and also overpower.”

[32:23]  ⁷ tn Or perhaps, “offerings.”

[32:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “lifted up in the eyes of.”

[7:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they will say.”

[7:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fathers.”

[7:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

[8:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:14]  ¹² tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”

[8:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”

[8:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”

[16:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “the seer.”

[20:26]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “for there.”

[20:26]  ¹⁶ sn The name Berachah, which means “blessing” in Hebrew, is derived from the verbal root “to praise [or “to bless”],” which appears earlier in the verse.

[32:17]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and speaking against him, saying.”

[32:17]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.”

[33:14]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:14]  ²⁰ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[18:7]  ²¹ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[18:7]  ²² tn Or “hate.”

[18:7]  ²³ tn Heb “all his days.”

[18:7]  ²⁴ tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.