2 Chronicles 5:3

5:3 All the men of Israel assembled before the king during the festival ¹  in the seventh month. ² 

2 Chronicles 8:17

8:17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom.

2 Chronicles 9:5

9:5 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight ³  was true!

2 Chronicles 10:3

10:3 They sent for him ⁴  and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

2 Chronicles 18:4

18:4 Then Jehoshaphat added, ⁵  “First seek an oracle from the Lord.” ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 18:8

18:8 The king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”

2 Chronicles 18:20

18:20 Then a spirit ⁷  stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, ‘I will deceive him.’ The Lord asked him, ‘How?’

2 Chronicles 18:28

18:28 The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead.

2 Chronicles 23:15

23:15 They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. ⁸  There they executed her.

2 Chronicles 24:17

24:17 After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. ⁹  The king listened to their advice. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 24:19

24:19 The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. ¹¹  They warned ¹²  the people, but they would not pay attention.

2 Chronicles 32:19

32:19 They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.

[5:3]  ¹ sn This festival in the seventh month was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.

[5:3]  ² sn The seventh month would be September-October in modern reckoning.

[9:5]  ³ tn Heb “about your words [or perhaps, “deeds”] and your wisdom.”

[10:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “They sent and called for him.”

[18:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “and Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel.”

[18:4]  ⁸ 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.

[18:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “the spirit.” The significance of the article prefixed to רוּחַ (ruakh) is uncertain, but it could contain a clue as to this spirit’s identity, especially when interpreted in light of verse 23. It is certainly possible, and probably even likely, that the article is used in a generic or dramatic sense and should be translated, “a spirit.” In the latter case it would show that this spirit was vivid and definite in the mind of Micaiah the storyteller. However, if one insists that the article indicates a well-known or universally known spirit, the following context provides a likely referent. Verse 23 tells how Zedekiah slapped Micaiah in the face and then asked sarcastically, “Which way did the spirit from the Lord (רוּחַ־יְהוָה, ruakh-yÿhvah) go when he went from me to speak to you?” When the phrase “the spirit of the Lord” refers to the divine spirit (rather than the divine breath or mind, as in Isa 40:7, 13) elsewhere, the spirit energizes an individual or group for special tasks or moves one to prophesy. This raises the possibility that the deceiving spirit of vv. 20-22 is the same as the divine spirit mentioned by Zedekiah in v. 23. This would explain why the article is used on רוּחַ (ruakh); he can be called “the spirit” because he is the well-known spirit who energizes the prophets.

[23:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they placed hands on her, and she went through the entrance of the gate of the horses [into] the house of the king.” Some English versions treat the phrase “gate of the horses” as the name of the gate (“the Horse Gate”; e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[24:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “came and bowed down to the king.”

[24:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to them.”

[24:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and he sent among them prophets to bring them back to the Lord.”

[24:19]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “testified among.”