2 Chronicles 1:9

1:9 Now, Lord God, may your promise ¹  to my father David be realized, ²  for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.

2 Chronicles 20:2

20:2 Messengers ³  arrived and reported to Jehoshaphat, “A huge army is attacking you from the other side of the Dead Sea, ⁴  from the direction of Edom. ⁵  Look, they are in Hazezon Tamar (that is, En Gedi).”

2 Chronicles 28:8

28:8 The Israelites seized from their brothers 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a huge amount of plunder and took it ⁶  back to Samaria. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 30:13

30:13 A huge crowd assembled in Jerusalem to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month. ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 32:7

32:7 “Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic ⁹  because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 32:29

32:29 He built royal cities ¹¹  and owned a large number of sheep and cattle, for God gave him a huge amount of possessions.

[1:9]  ¹ tn Heb “you word.”

[1:9]  ² tn Or “be firm, established.”

[20:2]  ³ tn Heb “they”; the implied referent (messengers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Sea”; in context (“from the direction of Edom”) this must refer to the Dead Sea, which has been specified in the translation for clarity (cf. NEB, NLT).

[20:2]  ⁵ tc Most Hebrew mss read “from Aram” (i.e., Syria), but this must be a corruption of “Edom,” which is the reading of the LXX and Vulgate.

[28:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “the loot.” The pronoun (“it”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

[28:8]  ⁶ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[30:13]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text adds here, “a very large assembly.” This has not been translated to avoid redundancy with the expression “a huge crowd” at the beginning of the verse.

[32:7]  ⁹ tn Or perhaps, “and don’t be discouraged.”

[32:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for with us [is] a greater [one] than with him.”

[32:29]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and cities he made for himself.”