2 Chronicles 6:34

6:34 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, ¹  and they direct their prayers to you toward this chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, ² 

2 Chronicles 11:1

11:1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin ³  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

2 Chronicles 16:9

16:9 Certainly ⁴  the Lord watches the whole earth carefully ⁵  and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. ⁶  You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.

2 Chronicles 18:3

18:3 King Ahab of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I will support you; my army is at your disposal and will support you in battle.” ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 18:5

18:5 So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” ⁸  They said, “Attack! God ⁹  will hand it over to the king.”

2 Chronicles 18:14

18:14 Micaiah ¹⁰  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.” ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 20:15

20:15 He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah, ¹²  residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic ¹³  because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.

2 Chronicles 22:5

22:5 He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram ¹⁴  of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria ¹⁵  at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

2 Chronicles 25:13

25:13 Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle ¹⁶  raided ¹⁷  the cities of Judah from Samaria ¹⁸  to Beth Horon. They killed ¹⁹  3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder.

2 Chronicles 26:11

26:11 Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official.

2 Chronicles 26:13

26:13 They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend ²⁰  the king against his enemies.

2 Chronicles 35:21

35:21 Necho ²¹  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? ²²  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. ²³  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” ²⁴ 

[6:34]  ¹ tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”

[6:34]  ² tn Heb “toward this city which you have chosen and the house which I built for your name.”

[11:1]  ³ tn Heb “he summoned the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men, accomplished in war.”

[16:9]  ⁵ tn Or “for.”

[16:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord move quickly through all the earth.”

[16:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”

[18:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “Like me, like you; and like your people, my people; and with you in battle.”

[18:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “Should we go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”

[18:5]  ¹⁰ tn Though Jehoshaphat had requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, yÿhvah, “Yahweh”), the Israelite prophets stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title הָאֱלֹהִים (ha’elohim, “the God”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the 400 are genuine prophets of the Lord.

[18:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[18:14]  ¹² 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.

[20:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah. Unlike the previous instance in v. 13 where infants, wives, and children are mentioned separately, this reference appears to include them all.

[20:15]  ¹⁴ tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”

[22:5]  ¹⁵ sn Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.

[22:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).

[25:13]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “had sent back from going with him to the battle.”

[25:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “stripped.”

[25:13]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[25:13]  ²⁰ tn Heb “struck down.”

[26:13]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “help.”

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

[35:21]  ²² tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

[35:21]  ²³ tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

[35:21]  ²⁴ tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”