2 Chronicles 4:4

4:4 “The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward. “The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 13:9

13:9 But you banished ²  the Lord’s priests, Aaron’s descendants, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests just as the surrounding nations do! Anyone who comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of these fake gods! ³ 

2 Chronicles 31:6

31:6 The Israelites and people of Judah ⁴  who lived in the cities of Judah also contributed a tenth of their cattle and sheep, as well as a tenth of the holy items consecrated to the Lord their God. They brought them and placed them in many heaps. ⁵ 

[4:4]  ¹ tn Heb “all their hindquarters were toward the inside.”

[13:9]  ² tn In the Hebrew text this is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Did you not banish?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you did,” the force of which is reflected in the translation “But you banished.”

[13:9]  ³ tn Heb “whoever comes to fill his hand with a bull of a son of cattle, and seven rams, and he is a priest to no-gods.”

[31:6]  ³ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel and Judah.”

[31:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.