2 Chronicles 1:5

1:5 But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, was in front of the Lord’s tabernacle. ¹  Solomon and the entire assembly prayed to him ²  there.)

2 Chronicles 4:16

4:16 and the pots, shovels, and meat forks. ³  All the items King Solomon assigned Huram Abi to make for the Lord’s temple ⁴  were made from polished bronze.

2 Chronicles 7:21

7:21 As for this temple, which was once majestic, ⁵  everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’

2 Chronicles 21:11

21:11 He also built high places on the hills of Judah; he encouraged the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord ⁶  and led Judah away from the Lord. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 24:22

24:22 King Joash disregarded ⁸  the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s ⁹  son. As Zechariah ¹⁰  was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!” ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 25:8

25:8 Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you ¹²  before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating.” ¹³ 

2 Chronicles 27:2

27:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. ¹⁴  (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) ¹⁵  Yet the people were still sinning.

2 Chronicles 28:1

Ahaz’s Reign

28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ¹⁶  He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. ¹⁷ 

2 Chronicles 28:25

28:25 In every city throughout Judah he set up high places to offer sacrifices to other gods. He angered the Lord God of his ancestors.

2 Chronicles 31:21

31:21 He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God. ¹⁸ 

2 Chronicles 32:27

32:27 Hezekiah was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made storehouses for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, and all his other valuable possessions. ¹⁹ 

2 Chronicles 32:29

32:29 He built royal cities ²⁰  and owned a large number of sheep and cattle, for God gave him a huge amount of possessions.

[1:5]  ¹ sn The tabernacle was located in Gibeon; see 1 Chr 21:29.

[1:5]  ² tn Heb “sought [or “inquired of”] him.”

[4:16]  ³ tc Some prefer to read here “bowls,” see v. 11 and 1 Kgs 7:45.

[4:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “Huram Abi made for King Solomon [for] the house of the Lord.”

[7:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “and this house which was high/elevated.” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”

[21:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he caused the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery.” In this context spiritual unfaithfulness to the Lord is in view rather than physical adultery.

[21:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “and drove Judah away.”

[24:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “did not remember.”

[24:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:22]  ¹² tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.

[25:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “cause you to stumble.”

[25:8]  ¹² tn Heb “to cause to stumble.”

[27:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Uzziah his father had done.”

[27:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the Lord.”

[28:1]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[28:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father.”

[31:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and in all the work which he began with regard to the service of the house of God and with respect to the law and with respect to the commandment, to seek his God; with all his heart he acted and he succeeded.”

[32:27]  ¹⁹ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “and shields and all the desirable items.” The present translation assumes an emendation of מָגִנִּים (maginnim, “shields”) to מִגְדָּנִים (migdanim, “precious items”). See v. 23.

[32:29]  ²¹ tn Heb “and cities he made for himself.”