2 Chronicles 1:2
Context1:2 Solomon addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families.
2 Chronicles 1:10
Context1:10 Now give me wisdom and discernment so 1 I can effectively lead this nation. 2 Otherwise 3 no one is able 4 to make judicial decisions for 5 this great nation of yours.” 6
2 Chronicles 6:23
Context6:23 listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve. 7
2 Chronicles 22:8
Context22:8 While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab’s family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them.


[1:10] 1 tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) following the imperative here indicates purpose/result.
[1:10] 2 tn Heb “so I may go out before this nation and come in.” The expression “go out…and come in” here means “to lead” (see HALOT 425 s.v. יצא qal.4).
[1:10] 3 tn Heb “for.” The word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.
[1:10] 4 tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”
[1:10] 6 tn Heb “these numerous people of yours.”
[6:23] 1 tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by repaying the guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”