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 20:29

20:29 All the kingdoms of the surrounding lands were afraid of God ²  when they heard how the Lord had fought against Israel’s enemies.

2 Chronicles 35:20

Josiah’s Reign Ends

35:20 After Josiah had done all this for the temple, ³  King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. ⁴  Josiah marched out to oppose him.

2 Chronicles 36:3

36:3 The king of Egypt prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a special tax ⁵  of one hundred talents ⁶  of silver and a talent of gold.

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

[20:29]  ² tn Heb “and the terror of God [or “a great terror”] was upon all the kingdoms of the lands.” It is uncertain if אֱלֹהִים (’elohim) should be understood as a proper name here (“God”), or taken in an idiomatic superlative sense.

[35:20]  ³ tn Heb “After all this, [by] which Josiah prepared the temple.”

[35:20]  ⁴ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[36:3]  ⁴ tn Or “a fine.”

[36:3]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the silver was 6,730 lbs. (3,060 kg).