2 Chronicles 2:14

2:14 whose mother is a Danite and whose father is a Tyrian. ¹  He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stones, and wood, as well as purple, violet, white, and crimson fabrics. He knows how to do all kinds of engraving and understands any design given to him. He will work with your skilled craftsmen and the skilled craftsmen of my lord David your father.

2 Chronicles 6:16

6:16 Now, O Lord God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, ²  provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’ ³ 

2 Chronicles 10:16

10:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David – no share in the son of Jesse! ⁴  Return to your homes, O Israel! ⁵  Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” ⁶  So all Israel returned to their homes. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 12:13

12:13 King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; ⁸  he ⁹  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ¹⁰  Rehoboam’s ¹¹  mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.

2 Chronicles 18:7

18:7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ¹²  But I despise ¹³  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always ¹⁴  disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹⁵  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”

[2:14]  ¹ tn Heb “a son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father a man of Tyre.”

[6:16]  ² tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

[6:16]  ³ tn Heb “guard their way by walking in my law as you have walked before me.”

[10:16]  ³ sn The people’s point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.

[10:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “each one to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[10:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”

[10:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “went to their tents.”

[12:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.”

[12:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

[12:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

[12:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[18:7]  ⁶ tn Or “hate.”

[18:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “all his days.”

[18:7]  ⁸ tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.