2 Chronicles 1:7-8

1:7 That night God appeared ¹  to Solomon and said to him, “Tell me ²  what I should give you.” 1:8 Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated ³  great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

2 Chronicles 2:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

2:1 (1:18) ⁴  Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 10:5

10:5 He said to them, “Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.

2 Chronicles 14:4

14:4 He ordered Judah to seek the Lord God of their ancestors ⁶  and to observe his law and commands. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 18:4

18:4 Then Jehoshaphat added, ⁸  “First seek an oracle from the Lord.” ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 18:6

18:6 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?”

2 Chronicles 18:8

18:8 The king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”

2 Chronicles 18:13

18:13 But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what my God tells me to say!”

2 Chronicles 18:24

18:24 Micaiah replied, “Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide.”

2 Chronicles 24:8

24:8 The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 31:4

31:4 He ordered ¹¹  the people living in Jerusalem ¹²  to contribute the portion prescribed for the priests and Levites so they might be obedient ¹³  to the law of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 35:23

35:23 Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants, “Take me out of this chariot, ¹⁴  for I am seriously wounded.”

[1:7]  ¹ tn Or “revealed himself.”

[1:7]  ² tn Heb “ask.”

[1:8]  ³ tn Heb “did.”

[2:1]  ⁵ sn Beginning with 2:1, the verse numbers through 2:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 2:1 ET = 1:18 HT, 2:2 ET = 2:1 HT, 2:3 ET = 2:2 HT, etc., through 2:18 ET = 2:17 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[2:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the Lord and house for his kingship.”

[14:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “fathers.”

[14:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “the law and the command.”

[18:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “and Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel.”

[18:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the word of the Lord.” Jehoshaphat is requesting a prophetic oracle revealing the Lord’s will in the matter and their prospects for success. For examples of such oracles, see 2 Sam 5:19, 23-24.

[24:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the king said [it] and they made a chest and placed it in the gate of the house of the Lord outside.”

[31:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “said to.”

[31:4]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[31:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “might hold firmly.”

[35:23]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “carry me away.”