2 Chronicles 8:18

8:18 Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon’s men to Ophir, ¹  and took from there 450 talents ²  of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.

2 Chronicles 10:15

10:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events ³  so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made ⁴  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.’” ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 12:7

12:7 When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: ⁶  “They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon. ⁷  My anger will not be unleashed against ⁸  Jerusalem through ⁹  Shishak.

2 Chronicles 13:8

13:8 Now you are declaring that you will resist the Lord’s rule through the Davidic dynasty. ¹⁰  You have a huge army, ¹¹  and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

2 Chronicles 18:5

18:5 So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” ¹²  They said, “Attack! God ¹³  will hand it over to the king.”

2 Chronicles 23:18

23:18 Jehoiada then assigned the duties of the Lord’s temple to the priests, the Levites whom David had assigned to the Lord’s temple. They were responsible for offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord with joy and music, according to ¹⁴  the law of Moses and the edict of David.

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 33:8

33:8 I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, ¹⁵  provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law, the rules and regulations given to Moses.”

2 Chronicles 34:16

34:16 Shaphan brought the scroll to the king and reported, ¹⁶  “Your servants are doing everything assigned to them.

[8:18]  ¹ tn Heb “and Huram sent to him by the hand of his servants, ships, and servants [who] know the sea, and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir.”

[8:18]  ² tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold was 30,285 lbs. (13,770 kg).

[10:15]  ³ tn Heb “because this turn of events was from God.”

[10:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “so that the Lord might bring to pass his word which he spoke.”

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

[12:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying.”

[12:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “and I will give to them soon deliverance.”

[12:7]  ⁹ tn Or “gush forth upon.”

[12:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “by the hand of.”

[13:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “the kingdom of the Lord by the hand of the sons of David.”

[13:8]  ¹⁰ tn Or “horde”; or “multitude.”

[18:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Should we go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”

[18:5]  ¹² 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.

[23:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “as it is written in.”

[33:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “I will not again make the feet of Israel wander from the land which I established for their fathers.”

[34:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “returned still the king a word, saying.”