2 Chronicles 5:1

5:1 When Solomon had finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 6:38

6:38 When they return to you with all their heart and being ¹  in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, ² 

2 Chronicles 8:14

8:14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon ³  appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, ⁴  and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. ⁵  This was what David the man of God had ordered. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 13:11

13:11 They offer burnt sacrifices to the Lord every morning and every evening, along with fragrant incense. They arrange the Bread of the Presence on a ritually clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. Certainly ⁷  we are observing the Lord our God’s regulations, but you have rejected him.

2 Chronicles 22:9

22:9 He looked for Ahaziah, who was captured while hiding in Samaria. ⁸  They brought him to Jehu and then executed him. They did give him a burial, for they reasoned, ⁹  “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with his whole heart.” There was no one in Ahaziah’s family strong enough to rule in his place. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 23:8

23:8 The Levites and all the men of Judah ¹¹  did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath. Jehoiada the priest did not release his divisions from their duties.

2 Chronicles 23:18

23:18 Jehoiada then assigned the duties of the Lord’s temple to the priests, the Levites whom David had assigned to the Lord’s temple. They were responsible for offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord with joy and music, according to ¹²  the law of Moses and the edict of David.

2 Chronicles 24:6

24:6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, ¹³  and said to him, “Why have you not made ¹⁴  the Levites collect ¹⁵  from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the Lord’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?” ¹⁶ 

2 Chronicles 25:16

25:16 While he was speaking, Amaziah ¹⁷  said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” ¹⁸  So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided ¹⁹  to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”

2 Chronicles 29:31

29:31 Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves ²⁰  to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings ²¹  to the Lord’s temple.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and whoever desired to do so ²²  brought burnt sacrifices.

2 Chronicles 31:6

31:6 The Israelites and people of Judah ²³  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. ²⁴ 

2 Chronicles 34:27

34:27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit ²⁵  and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.

2 Chronicles 35:15

35:15 The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. ²⁶  The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

2 Chronicles 35:21

35:21 Necho ²⁷  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? ²⁸  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. ²⁹  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” ³⁰ 

2 Chronicles 36:22

Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Go Home

36:22 In the first year of the reign of ³¹  King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, ³²  the Lord moved ³³  King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.

[6:38]  ¹ tn Or “soul.”

[6:38]  ² tn Heb “your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your honor”).

[8:14]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:14]  ² tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”

[8:14]  ³ tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”

[8:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”

[13:11]  ¹ tn Or “for.”

[22:9]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[22:9]  ² tn Heb “they said.”

[22:9]  ³ tn Heb “and there was no one belonging to the house of Ahaziah to retain strength for kingship.”

[23:8]  ¹ tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.

[23:18]  ¹ tn Heb “as it is written in.”

[24:6]  ¹ tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied.

[24:6]  ² tn Heb “sought.”

[24:6]  ³ tn Heb “bring.”

[24:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”

[25:16]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:16]  ² tn Heb “Stop yourself! Why should they strike you down?”

[25:16]  ³ tn The verb יָעַץ (ya’ats, “has decided”) is from the same root as יוֹעֵץ (yo’ets, “counselor”) in v. 16 and עֵצָה (’etsah, “advice”) later in v. 16. The wordplay highlights the appropriate nature of the divine punishment. Amaziah rejected the counsel of God’s prophet; now he would be the victim of God’s “counsel.”

[29:31]  ¹ tn Heb “filled your hand.”

[29:31]  ² tn Or “tokens of thanks.”

[29:31]  ³ tn Heb “and all who were willing of heart.”

[31:6]  ¹ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel and Judah.”

[31:6]  ² tn Heb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.

[34:27]  ¹ tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”

[35:15]  ¹ tn Or “seer.”

[35:21]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:21]  ² tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

[35:21]  ³ tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

[35:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”

[36:22]  ¹ tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[36:22]  ² tn Heb “to complete the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

[36:22]  ³ tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”