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 34:17

34:17 They melted down the silver in the Lord’s temple ²  and handed it over to the supervisors of the construction foremen.”

2 Chronicles 23:14

23:14 Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, and ordered them, “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. ³  Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 25:5

25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah ⁵  and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age ⁶  equipped with spears and shields. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 34:10

34:10 They handed it over to the construction foremen ⁸  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn paid the temple workers to restore and repair it. ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 34:12

34:12 The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam (descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians,

2 Chronicles 36:23

36:23 It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem ¹⁰  in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” ¹¹ 

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

[34:17]  ² tn Heb “that was found in the house of the Lord.”

[23:14]  ³ tn Heb “ranks.”

[23:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the Lord.’”

[25:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy here for the people of Judah.

[25:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “young men going out to war.”

[25:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”

[34:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “doer[s] of the work.”

[34:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they gave it to the doers of the work who were working in the house of the Lord to restore and to repair the house.”

[36:23]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[36:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the Lord his God [be] with him so that he may go up.”