2 Chronicles 26:17

26:17 Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests of the Lord followed him in.

2 Chronicles 26:1

Uzziah’s Reign

26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, ¹  who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

2 Chronicles 2:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

2:1 (1:18) ²  Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. ³ 

2 Chronicles 2:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

2:1 (1:18) ⁴  Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 6:8

6:8 The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 6:14

6:14 and prayed: ⁷  “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty ⁸  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ⁹ 

Ezekiel 44:15

The Levitical Priests

44:15 “‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok ¹⁰  who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord.

[26:1]  ¹ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”

[2:1]  ² sn Beginning with 2:1, the verse numbers through 2:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 2:1 ET = 1:18 HT, 2:2 ET = 2:1 HT, 2:3 ET = 2:2 HT, etc., through 2:18 ET = 2:17 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[2:1]  ³ tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the Lord and house for his kingship.”

[2:1]  ⁴ sn Beginning with 2:1, the verse numbers through 2:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 2:1 ET = 1:18 HT, 2:2 ET = 2:1 HT, 2:3 ET = 2:2 HT, etc., through 2:18 ET = 2:17 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[2:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the Lord and house for his kingship.”

[6:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”

[6:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “said.”

[6:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.”

[6:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[44:15]  ¹⁰ sn Zadok was a descendant of Aaron through Eleazar (1 Chr 6:50-53), who served as a priest during David’s reign (2 Sam 8:17).