2 Chronicles 20:30

20:30 Jehoshaphat’s kingdom enjoyed peace; his God made him secure on every side. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 4:3

4:3 Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches ²  all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”

2 Chronicles 34:6

34:6 In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins ³  around them,

2 Chronicles 4:2

4:2 He also made the big bronze basin called “The Sea.” ⁴  It measured 15 feet ⁵  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet ⁶  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 15:15

15:15 All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the Lord and he responded to them. ⁸  He made them secure on every side. ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 17:10

17:10 The Lord put fear into all the kingdoms surrounding Judah; ¹⁰  they did not make war with Jehoshaphat.

2 Chronicles 23:7

23:7 The Levites must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever tries to enter the temple ¹¹  must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.” ¹² 

2 Chronicles 32:22

32:22 The Lord delivered Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem from the power of King Sennacherib of Assyria and from all the other nations. ¹³  He made them secure on every side. ¹⁴ 

2 Chronicles 14:7

14:7 He said to the people of Judah: ¹⁵  “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. ¹⁶  The land remains ours because we have followed ¹⁷  the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.” ¹⁸  So they built the cities ¹⁹  and prospered.

2 Chronicles 14:14

14:14 They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the Lord caused them to panic. ²⁰  The men of Judah ²¹  looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods. ²² 

2 Chronicles 23:10

23:10 He placed the men at their posts, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. ²³ 

[20:30]  ¹ tn Heb “and his God gave him rest all around.”

[4:3]  ² tn Heb “ten every cubit.”

[34:6]  ³ tn “In their ruins” is the marginal reading (Qere) of the Hebrew text.

[4:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

[4:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “ten cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the diameter would have been 15 feet (4.5 m).

[4:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the height would have been 7.5 feet (2.25 m).

[4:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

[15:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and with all their desire they sought him and he allowed himself to be found by them.”

[15:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the Lord gave them rest all around.”

[17:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the terror of the Lord was upon all the kingdoms of the lands which were surrounding Judah.”

[23:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “house.”

[23:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “and be with the king in his coming out and in his going out.”

[32:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “and from the hand of all.”

[32:22]  ⁹ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “and he led him from all around.” However, the present translation assumes an emendation to וַיָּנַח לָהֶם מִסָּבִיב (vayyanakh lahem missaviv, “and he gave rest to them from all around”). See 2 Chr 15:15 and 20:30.

[14:7]  ⁹ tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah.

[14:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”

[14:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “sought.”

[14:7]  ¹² tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”

[14:7]  ¹³ tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[14:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for the terror of the Lord was upon them.”

[14:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:14]  ¹² tn Heb “for great plunder was in them.”

[23:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he stationed all the people, each with his weapon in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.”