2 Chronicles 2:8

2:8 Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum ¹  trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept ²  at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants

2 Chronicles 2:10

2:10 Look, I will pay your servants who cut the timber 20,000 kors ³  of ground wheat, 20,000 kors of barley, 120,000 gallons ⁴  of wine, and 120,000 gallons of olive oil.”

2 Chronicles 9:6

9:6 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! ⁵  Your wisdom surpasses what was reported to me.

2 Chronicles 13:12

13:12 Now look, God is with us as our leader. His priests are ready to blow the trumpets to signal the attack against you. ⁶  You Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, ⁷  for you will not win!”

2 Chronicles 19:11

19:11 You will report to Amariah the chief priest in all matters pertaining to the Lord’s law, and to Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in all matters pertaining to the king. ⁸  The Levites will serve as officials before you. Confidently carry out your duties! ⁹  May the Lord be with those who do well!”

2 Chronicles 23:13

23:13 Then she saw ¹⁰  the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters stood beside the king and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes and yelled, “Treason! Treason!” ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 26:20

26:20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at ¹²  him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king ¹³  himself wanted to leave quickly because the Lord had afflicted him.

[2:8]  ¹ tn This is probably a variant name for almug trees; see 9:10-11 and the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 10:11-12; cf. NLT. One or the other probably arose through metathesis of letters.

[2:8]  ² tn Heb “know.”

[2:10]  ³ sn As a unit of dry measure a kor was roughly equivalent to six bushels (about 220 liters).

[2:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “20,000 baths” (also a second time later in this verse). A bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons (about 22 liters), so this was a quantity of about 120,000 gallons (440,000 liters).

[9:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”

[13:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and his priests and the trumpets of the war alarm [are ready] to sound out against you.”

[13:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 18).

[19:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “and look, Amariah the chief priest is over you with respect to every matter of the Lord, and Zebadiah…with respect to every matter of the king.”

[19:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Be strong and act!”

[23:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and she saw, and behold.”

[23:13]  ¹² tn Or “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”

[26:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “turned toward.”

[26:20]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.