2 Chronicles 6:21

6:21 Respond to the requests of your servant and your people Israel for this place. ¹  Hear from your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably and forgive. ² 

2 Chronicles 6:32

6:32 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your great reputation ³  and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds; ⁴  they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

2 Chronicles 10:15

10:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events ⁵  so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made ⁶  through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

2 Chronicles 12:5

12:5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’” ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 16:4

16:4 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. ⁸  They conquered ⁹  Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, ¹⁰  and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

2 Chronicles 18:2

18:2 and after several years ¹¹  went down to visit ¹²  Ahab in Samaria. ¹³  Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle to honor Jehoshaphat and those who came with him. ¹⁴  He persuaded him to join in an attack ¹⁵  against Ramoth Gilead.

2 Chronicles 18:14

18:14 Micaiah ¹⁶  came before the king and the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; they will be handed over to you.” ¹⁷ 

2 Chronicles 19:2

19:2 the prophet ¹⁸  Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; ¹⁹  he said to King Jehoshaphat, “Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the Lord? ²⁰  Because you have done this the Lord is angry with you! ²¹ 

2 Chronicles 22:7

22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. ²²  When Ahaziah ²³  arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned ²⁴  to wipe out Ahab’s family. ²⁵ 

2 Chronicles 30:6

30:6 Messengers ²⁶  delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.

This royal edict read: ²⁷  “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return ²⁸  to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. ²⁹ 

2 Chronicles 34:28

34:28 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. ³⁰  You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.

[6:21]  ¹ tn Heb “listen to the requests of your servant and your people Israel which they are praying concerning this place.”

[6:21]  ² tn Heb “hear and forgive.”

[6:32]  ³ tn Heb “your great name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your great reputation”).

[6:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”

[10:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “because this turn of events was from God.”

[10:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “so that the Lord might bring to pass his word which he spoke.”

[12:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”

[16:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”

[16:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “They struck down.”

[16:4]  ¹¹ sn In the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 15:20, this city’s name appears as Abel Beth Maacah. These appear to be variant names for the same place.

[18:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “at the end of years.”

[18:2]  ¹² tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[18:2]  ¹³ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[18:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and Ahab slaughtered for him sheep and cattle in abundance, and for the people who were with him.”

[18:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to go up.”

[18:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[18:14]  ¹⁴ sn One does not expect Micaiah, having just vowed to speak only what the Lord tells him, to agree with the other prophets and give the king an inaccurate prophecy. Micaiah’s actions became understandable later, when we discover that the Lord desires to deceive the king and lead him to his demise. The Lord even dispatches a lying spirit to deceive Ahab’s prophets. Micaiah can lie to the king because he realizes this lie is from the Lord. It is important to note that in v. 13 Micaiah only vows to speak the word of his God; he does not necessarily say he will tell the truth. In this case the Lord’s word is deliberately deceptive. Only when the king adjures him to tell the truth (v. 15), does Micaiah do so.

[19:2]  ¹⁵ tn Or “seer.”

[19:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “went out to his face.”

[19:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and love those who hate the Lord?”

[19:2]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and because of this upon you is anger from before the Lord.”

[22:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”

[22:7]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “anointed.”

[22:7]  ²⁰ tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”

[30:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the runners.”

[30:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”

[30:6]  ²¹ tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[30:6]  ²² tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”

[34:28]  ²¹ tn Heb “Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”