2 Chronicles 13:4

13:4 Abijah ascended Mount Zemaraim, in the Ephraimite hill country, and said: “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!

2 Chronicles 27:4

27:4 He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

2 Chronicles 2:18

2:18 He designated ¹  70,000 as common laborers, ²  80,000 as stonecutters ³  in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 19:4

Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges

19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. ⁵  He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow ⁶  the Lord God of their ancestors. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 20:22-23

20:22 When they began to shout and praise, the Lord suddenly attacked ⁸  the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir ⁹  who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. 20:23 The Ammonites and Moabites attacked the men from Mount Seir ¹⁰  and annihilated them. ¹¹  When they had finished off the men ¹²  of Seir, they attacked and destroyed one another. ¹³ 

2 Chronicles 21:11

21:11 He also built high places on the hills of Judah; he encouraged the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord ¹⁴  and led Judah away from the Lord. ¹⁵ 

2 Chronicles 2:2

2:2 (2:1) Solomon had ¹⁶  70,000 common laborers ¹⁷  and 80,000 stonecutters ¹⁸  in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors. ¹⁹ 

2 Chronicles 3:1

The Building of the Temple

3:1 Solomon began building the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem ²⁰  on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan ²¹  the Jebusite.

2 Chronicles 15:8

15:8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. ²²  He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the Lord in front of the porch of the Lord’s temple. ²³ 

2 Chronicles 18:16

18:16 Micaiah ²⁴  replied, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”

2 Chronicles 20:10

20:10 Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! ²⁵  When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. ²⁶  They bypassed them and did not destroy them.

2 Chronicles 26:10

26:10 He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands ²⁷  and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel, ²⁸  for he loved agriculture. ²⁹ 

2 Chronicles 33:15

33:15 He removed the foreign gods and images from the Lord’s temple and all the altars he had built on the hill of the Lord’s temple and in Jerusalem; he threw them outside the city.

[2:18]  ¹ tn Heb “made.”

[2:18]  ² tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

[2:18]  ³ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

[2:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”

[19:4]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:4]  ² tn Heb “and turned them back to.”

[19:4]  ³ tn Heb “fathers.”

[20:22]  ¹ tn Heb “set ambushers against.” This is probably idiomatic here for launching a surprise attack.

[20:22]  ² tn Heb “the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir.”

[20:23]  ¹ tn Heb “the sons of Ammon and Moab stood against the residents of Mount Seir.”

[20:23]  ² tn Heb “to annihilate and to destroy.”

[20:23]  ³ tn Heb “residents.”

[20:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “they helped, each one his fellow, for destruction.” The verb עָזַר (’azar), traditionally understood as the well-attested verb meaning “to help,” is an odd fit in this context. It is possible that it is from a homonymic root, perhaps meaning to “attack.” This root is attested in Ugaritic in a nominal form meaning “young man, warrior, hero.” For a discussion of the proposed root, see HALOT 811 s.v. II עזר.

[21:11]  ¹ tn Heb “and he caused the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery.” In this context spiritual unfaithfulness to the Lord is in view rather than physical adultery.

[21:11]  ² tn Heb “and drove Judah away.”

[2:2]  ¹ tn Heb “counted,” perhaps “conscripted” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[2:2]  ² tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

[2:2]  ³ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

[2:2]  ⁴ tc The parallel text of MT in 1 Kgs 5:16 has “thirty-six hundred,” but some Greek mss there read “thirty-six hundred” in agreement with 2 Chr 2:2, 18.

[3:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:1]  ² tn In 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (“Aravna”; traditionally “Araunah”). The form of the name found here also occurs in 1 Chr 21:15; 18-28.

[15:8]  ¹ tn Heb “strengthened himself.”

[15:8]  ² tn Heb “the porch of the Lord.”

[18:16]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:10]  ¹ tn Heb “now, look, the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir.”

[20:10]  ² tn Heb “whom you did not allow Israel to enter when they came from the land of Egypt.”

[26:10]  ¹ tn Heb “Shephelah.”

[26:10]  ² tn Heb “workers and vinedressers in the hills and in Carmel.” The words “he had” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[26:10]  ³ tn Heb “for a lover of the ground he [was].”