2 Chronicles 8:11

8:11 Solomon moved Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David ¹  to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”

2 Chronicles 11:4

11:4 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” ²  They obeyed the Lord and called off the attack against Jeroboam. ³ 

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.’” ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 20:15

20:15 He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah, ⁵  residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic ⁶  because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.

2 Chronicles 21:7

21:7 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty ⁷  because of the promise ⁸  he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty. ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 21:12

21:12 Jehoram ¹⁰  received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You ¹¹  have not followed in the footsteps ¹²  of your father Jehoshaphat and of ¹³  King Asa of Judah,

2 Chronicles 23:14

23:14 Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, and ordered them, “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. ¹⁴  Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple. ¹⁵ 

2 Chronicles 24:20

24:20 God’s Spirit energized ¹⁶  Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’”

2 Chronicles 33:7

33:7 He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. ¹⁷ 

2 Chronicles 34:24

34:24 “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which they read before the king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 35:21

35:21 Necho ¹⁸  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? ¹⁹  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. ²⁰  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” ²¹ 

2 Chronicles 36:23

36:23 It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem ²²  in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” ²³ 

[8:11]  ¹ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[11:4]  ² tn Heb “for his thing is from me.”

[11:4]  ³ tn Heb “and they heard the words of the Lord and returned from going against Jeroboam.”

[12:5]  ³ tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”

[20:15]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”

[21:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “house.”

[21:7]  ⁶ tn Or “covenant.”

[21:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “which he made to David, just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” Here “lamp” is metaphorical, symbolizing the Davidic dynasty.

[21:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[21:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “Because you…” In the Hebrew text this lengthy sentence is completed in vv. 14-15. Because of its length and complexity (and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences), the translation has divided it up into several English sentences.

[21:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “walked in the ways.”

[21:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “in the ways of.”

[23:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “ranks.”

[23:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the Lord.’”

[24:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “clothed.”

[33:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name permanently” (or perhaps “forever”).

[35:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

[35:21]  ¹² tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

[35:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”

[36:23]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[36:23]  ¹² tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the Lord his God [be] with him so that he may go up.”