2 Chronicles 9:4

9:4 the food in his banquet hall, ¹  his servants and attendants ²  in their robes, his cupbearers in their robes, and his burnt sacrifices which he presented in the Lord’s temple, ³  she was amazed. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 14:7

14:7 He said to the people of Judah: ⁵  “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. ⁶  The land remains ours because we have followed ⁷  the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.” ⁸  So they built the cities ⁹  and prospered.

2 Chronicles 34:3

34:3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor ¹⁰  David. In his twelfth year he began ridding ¹¹  Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

2 Chronicles 34:16

34:16 Shaphan brought the scroll to the king and reported, ¹²  “Your servants are doing everything assigned to them.

[9:4]  ¹ tn Heb “the food on his table.”

[9:4]  ² tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”

[9:4]  ³ tc The Hebrew text has here, “and his upper room [by] which he was going up to the house of the Lord.” But עֲלִיָּתוֹ (’aliyyato, “his upper room”) should be emended to עֹלָתוֹ, (’olato, “his burnt sacrifice[s]”). See the parallel account in 1 Kgs 10:5.

[9:4]  ⁴ tn Or “it took her breath away”; Heb “there was no breath still in her.”

[14:7]  ⁵ tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah.

[14:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”

[14:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “sought.”

[14:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”

[14:7]  ⁹ tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[34:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “father.”

[34:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “purifying.”

[34:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “returned still the king a word, saying.”