2 Chronicles 12:10

12:10 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard ¹  who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

2 Chronicles 17:14

17:14 These were their divisions by families:

There were a thousand officers from Judah. ²  Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors,

2 Chronicles 21:9

21:9 Jehoram crossed over to Zair with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. ³ 

2 Chronicles 22:8

22:8 While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab’s family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them.

2 Chronicles 32:6

32:6 He appointed military officers over the army ⁴  and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, ⁵  saying,

2 Chronicles 32:31

32:31 So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land, ⁶  God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 33:11

33:11 So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, ⁸  bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 35:9

35:9 Konaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, along with Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the officials of the Levites, supplied the Levites with 5,000 Passover sacrifices and 500 cattle.

2 Chronicles 36:14

36:14 All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. ⁹  They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

[12:10]  ¹ tn Heb “runners” (also in v. 11).

[17:14]  ² tn Or perhaps “from Judah, commanders of the thousands.”

[21:9]  ³ tc Heb “and he arose at night and defeated Edom, who had surrounded him, and the chariot officers.” The Hebrew text as it stands gives the impression that Jehoram was surrounded and launched a victorious nighttime counterattack. Yet v. 10 goes on to state that the Edomite revolt was successful. The translation above assumes an emendation of the Hebrew text. Adding a third masculine singular pronominal suffix to the accusative sign before Edom (reading אֹתוֹ [’oto, “him”] instead of just אֶת [’et]) and taking Edom as the subject of verbs allows one to translate the verse in a way that is more consistent with the context, which depicts an Israelite defeat, not victory. See also 2 Kgs 8:21.

[32:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he placed officers of war over the people.”

[32:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “he spoke to their heart[s].”

[32:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “and when the envoys of the officials of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire concerning the sign which was in the land, [arrived].”

[32:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “to know all [that was] in his heart.”

[33:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they seized him with hooks.”

[36:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”