2 Chronicles 4:2-3
Context4:2 He also made the big bronze basin called “The Sea.” 1 It measured 15 feet 2 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet 3 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 4 4:3 Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches 5 all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”
2 Chronicles 14:7
Context14:7 He said to the people of Judah: 6 “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. 7 The land remains ours because we have followed 8 the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.” 9 So they built the cities 10 and prospered.
2 Chronicles 18:31
Context18:31 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “He must be the king of Israel!” So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. The Lord helped him; God lured them away from him.
2 Chronicles 33:14
Context33:14 After this Manasseh 11 built up the outer wall of the City of David 12 on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.
2 Chronicles 35:22
Context35:22 But Josiah did not turn back from him; 13 he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously 14 the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo. 15
2 Chronicles 36:4
Context36:4 The king of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s 16 brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Necho seized his brother Jehoahaz and took him to Egypt.


[4:2] 1 tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”
[4:2] 2 tn Heb “ten cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the diameter would have been 15 feet (4.5 m).
[4:2] 3 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] 4 tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”
[4:3] 5 tn Heb “ten every cubit.”
[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] 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.
[33:14] 13 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[33:14] 14 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
[35:22] 17 tn Heb “and Josiah did not turn his face from him.”
[35:22] 18 tn Heb “listen to.”
[35:22] 19 map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.
[36:4] 21 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoahaz) has been specified in the translation for clarity.