2 Chronicles 11:12

11:12 In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. ¹  Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

2 Chronicles 15:12

15:12 They solemnly agreed ²  to seek the Lord God of their ancestors ³  with their whole heart and being.

2 Chronicles 21:14

21:14 So look, the Lord is about to severely afflict ⁴  your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.

2 Chronicles 15:15

15:15 All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the Lord and he responded to them. ⁵  He made them secure on every side. ⁶ 

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. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 6:38

6:38 When they return to you with all their heart and being ⁸  in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 8:6

8:6 and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, ¹⁰  and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. ¹¹  He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, ¹²  Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. ¹³ 

2 Chronicles 34:31

34:31 The king stood by his pillar ¹⁴  and renewed ¹⁵  the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow ¹⁶  the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, ¹⁷  by carrying out the terms ¹⁸  of this covenant recorded on this scroll.

[11:12]  ¹ tn Heb “he strengthened them greatly, very much.”

[15:12]  ² tn Heb “entered into a covenant.”

[15:12]  ³ tn Heb “fathers.”

[21:14]  ³ tn Heb “to strike with a great striking.”

[15:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “and with all their desire they sought him and he allowed himself to be found by them.”

[15:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the Lord gave them rest all around.”

[31:21]  ⁵ 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.”

[6:38]  ⁶ tn Or “soul.”

[6:38]  ⁷ tn Heb “your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your honor”).

[8:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name is unexpected in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

[8:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”

[8:6]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”

[34:31]  ⁸ tc This assumes an emendation to עַמּוּדוֹ (’ammudo), see 23:13. The MT reads “at his place.”

[34:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made” or “agreed to.”

[34:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “walk after.”

[34:31]  ¹¹ tn Or “soul.”

[34:31]  ¹² tn Heb “words.”