2 Chronicles 7:6

7:6 The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the Lord. ¹  (These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the Lord and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying, “Certainly his loyal love endures.”) ²  Opposite the Levites, ³  the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there.

2 Chronicles 10:10

10:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam ⁴  had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’ ⁵  – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 12:4

12:4 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 12:14

12:14 He did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 14:12

14:12 The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled,

2 Chronicles 21:18

21:18 After all this happened, the Lord afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease. ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 24:4

24:4 Joash was determined to repair the Lord’s temple. ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 32:17

32:17 He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: ¹⁰  “The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.” ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 33:19

33:19 The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the Lord responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself. ¹² 

2 Chronicles 34:4

34:4 He ordered the altars of the Baals to be torn down, ¹³  and broke the incense altars that were above them. He smashed the Asherah poles, idols and images, crushed them up and sprinkled the dust over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them.

[7:6]  ¹ tn Heb “and the priests were standing at their posts, and the Levites with the instruments of music of the Lord.”

[7:6]  ² tn Heb “which David the king made to give thanks to the Lord, for lasting is his loyal love, when David praised by them.”

[7:6]  ³ tn Heb “opposite them”; the referent (the Levites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

[10:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view is that it refers to the little finger (so NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). As the following statement makes clear, Rehoboam’s point is that he is more harsh and demanding than his father.

[12:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.”

[21:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in his intestines with an illness [for which] there was no healer.”

[24:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “and it was, later, there was with the heart of Joash to repair the house of the Lord.”

[32:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and speaking against him, saying.”

[32:17]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.”

[33:19]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and his prayer and being entreated by him, and all his sin and his unfaithfulness and the places where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself – behold, they are written on the words of his seers.”

[34:4]  ²² tn Heb “and they tore down before him the altars of the Baals.”