2 Chronicles 10:9

10:9 He asked them, “How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?” ¹ 

2 Chronicles 10:15

10:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events ²  so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made ³  through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

2 Chronicles 18:23

18:23 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”

2 Chronicles 23:3

23:3 and the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the temple of God. Jehoiada ⁴  said to them, “The king’s son will rule, just as the Lord promised David’s descendants.

2 Chronicles 25:16

25:16 While he was speaking, Amaziah ⁵  said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” ⁶  So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided ⁷  to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”

2 Chronicles 30:22

30:22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, ⁸  who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. ⁹  They feasted for the seven days of the festival, ¹⁰  and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 33:18

33:18 The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the prophets ¹¹  spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are recorded ¹²  in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

2 Chronicles 34:22

34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king ¹³  went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, ¹⁴  the supervisor of the wardrobe. ¹⁵  (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh ¹⁶  district.) They stated their business, ¹⁷ 

[10:9]  ¹ tn Heb “Lighten the yoke which your father placed on us.”

[10:15]  ² tn Heb “because this turn of events was from God.”

[10:15]  ³ tn Heb “so that the Lord might bring to pass his word which he spoke.”

[23:3]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada the priest, cf. v. 8) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “Stop yourself! Why should they strike you down?”

[25:16]  ⁶ tn The verb יָעַץ (ya’ats, “has decided”) is from the same root as יוֹעֵץ (yo’ets, “counselor”) in v. 16 and עֵצָה (’etsah, “advice”) later in v. 16. The wordplay highlights the appropriate nature of the divine punishment. Amaziah rejected the counsel of God’s prophet; now he would be the victim of God’s “counsel.”

[30:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “and Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites.” On the meaning of the idiom “speak to the heart of” here, see HALOT 210 s.v. II דבר 8.d.

[30:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “who demonstrated skill [with] good skill for the Lord.”

[30:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they ate [during] the appointed time [for] seven days.” מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “appointed time”) is probably an adverbial accusative of time referring to the festival. However, some understand it as metonymically referring to the food eaten during the festival. See BDB 417 s.v.

[33:18]  ⁶ tn Or “seers.”

[33:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “look, they are.”

[34:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”

[34:22]  ⁸ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”

[34:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”

[34:22]  ¹⁰ tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.

[34:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”