2 Chronicles 6:5

6:5 He told David, ¹  ‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. ²  Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 9:8

9:8 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored ³  you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! ⁴  Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, ⁵  he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.” ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 18:33

18:33 Now an archer shot an arrow at random ⁷  and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ⁸  ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, ⁹  for I am wounded.”

2 Chronicles 25:4

25:4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, ¹⁰  “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, ¹¹  and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. ¹²  A man must be executed only for his own sin.” ¹³ 

2 Chronicles 25:16

25:16 While he was speaking, Amaziah ¹⁴  said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” ¹⁵  So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided ¹⁶  to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”

2 Chronicles 32:5

32:5 Hezekiah ¹⁷  energetically rebuilt ¹⁸  every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, ¹⁹  and fortified the terrace of the City of David. ²⁰  He made many weapons and shields.

[6:5]  ¹ tn Heb “saying.”

[6:5]  ² tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.” Here “name” is used by metonymy for the Lord himself, and thus the expression “to be there” refers to his taking up residence there (hence the translation, “a temple in which to live”). In this case the temple is referred to as a “house” where the Lord himself can reside.

[9:8]  ³ tn Or “delighted in.”

[9:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “as king for the Lord your God.”

[9:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “to make him stand permanently.”

[9:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

[18:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).

[18:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “camp.”

[25:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”

[25:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “on account of sons.”

[25:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “on account of fathers.”

[25:4]  ¹⁰ sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.

[25:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Stop yourself! Why should they strike you down?”

[25:16]  ¹¹ 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.”

[32:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:5]  ¹² tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”

[32:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”

[32:5]  ¹⁴ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.