2 Chronicles 5:4

5:4 When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the Levites lifted the ark.

2 Chronicles 34:29

34:29 The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 10:13

10:13 The king responded to the people harshly. He ²  rejected the advice of the older men

2 Chronicles 10:8

10:8 But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up. ³ 

2 Chronicles 5:2

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

5:2 Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders – all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families – in Jerusalem, ⁴  so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David ⁵  (that is, Zion). ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 10:6

10:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served ⁷  his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, ⁸  “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

2 Chronicles 36:17

36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered ⁹  their young men in their temple. ¹⁰  He did not spare ¹¹  young men or women, or even the old and aging. God ¹²  handed everyone over to him.

[34:29]  ¹ tn Heb “and the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.”

[10:13]  ¹ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The pronoun “he” has been used in the translation in place of the proper name in keeping with contemporary English style.

[10:8]  ¹ tn Heb “Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders which they advised and he consulted the young men with whom he had grown up, who stood before him.”

[5:2]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:2]  ² sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[5:2]  ³ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David (it is Zion).”

[10:6]  ¹ tn Heb “stood before.”

[10:6]  ² tn Heb “saying.”

[36:17]  ¹ tn Heb “killed with the sword.”

[36:17]  ² tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”

[36:17]  ³ tn Or “show compassion to.”

[36:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.