2 Chronicles 34:4

34:4 He ordered the altars of the Baals to be torn down, ¹  and broke the incense altars that were above them. He smashed the Asherah poles, idols and images, crushed them up and sprinkled the dust over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them.

2 Chronicles 34:7

34:7 he tore down the altars and Asherah poles, demolished the idols, and smashed all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:2

34:2 He did what the Lord approved ²  and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; ³  he did not deviate to the right or the left.

2 Chronicles 10:1

The Northern Tribes Rebel

10:1 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in ⁴  Shechem to make Rehoboam ⁵  king.

2 Chronicles 11:18

11:18 Rehoboam married ⁶  Mahalath the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of ⁷  Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.

2 Chronicles 18:4

18:4 Then Jehoshaphat added, ⁸  “First seek an oracle from the Lord.” ⁹ 

[34:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and they tore down before him the altars of the Baals.”

[34:2]  ² tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

[34:2]  ³ tn Heb “and walked in the ways of David his father.”

[10:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “come [to].”

[10:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “took for himself a wife.”

[11:18]  ⁷ tn The words “and of” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[18:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “and Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel.”

[18:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “the word of the Lord.” Jehoshaphat is requesting a prophetic oracle revealing the Lord’s will in the matter and their prospects for success. For examples of such oracles, see 2 Sam 5:19, 23-24.