2 Chronicles 23:16

23:16 Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 29:36

29:36 Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done ²  for them, ³  for it had been done quickly. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 31:4

31:4 He ordered ⁵  the people living in Jerusalem ⁶  to contribute the portion prescribed for the priests and Levites so they might be obedient ⁷  to the law of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 12:3

12:3 He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

2 Chronicles 10:6

10:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served ⁸  his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, ⁹  “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

2 Chronicles 10:10

10:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam ¹⁰  had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’ ¹¹  – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! ¹² 

2 Chronicles 24:20

24:20 God’s Spirit energized ¹³  Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’”

2 Chronicles 35:8

35:8 His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God’s temple, supplied 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle.

[23:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and [between] all the people and [between] the king, to become a people for the Lord.”

[29:36]  ² tn Heb “prepared.”

[29:36]  ³ tn Heb “the people.” The pronoun “they” has been used here for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

[29:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “for quickly was the matter.”

[31:4]  ³ tn Heb “said to.”

[31:4]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[31:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “might hold firmly.”

[10:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “stood before.”

[10:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

[10:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

[10:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view is that it refers to the little finger (so NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). As the following statement makes clear, Rehoboam’s point is that he is more harsh and demanding than his father.

[24:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “clothed.”