2 Tawarikh 13:2

13:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ¹  His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. ² 

There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

2 Tawarikh 16:10

16:10 Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. ³  Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.

2 Tawarikh 19:4

Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges

19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. ⁴  He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow ⁵  the Lord God of their ancestors. ⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 22:2

22:2 Ahaziah was twenty-two ⁷  years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter ⁸  of Omri.

2 Tawarikh 25:1

Amaziah’s Reign

25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ⁹  His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

2 Tawarikh 29:35

29:35 There was a large number of burnt sacrifices, as well as fat from the peace offerings and drink offerings that accompanied the burnt sacrifices. So the service of the Lord’s temple was reinstituted. ¹⁰ 

2 Tawarikh 32:23

32:23 Many were bringing presents ¹¹  to the Lord in Jerusalem and precious gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah. From that time on he was respected by ¹²  all the nations.

2 Tawarikh 32:27

32:27 Hezekiah was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made storehouses for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, and all his other valuable possessions. ¹³ 

2 Tawarikh 32:30

32:30 Hezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David. ¹⁴  Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.

[13:2]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:2]  ² tn The parallel text in 1 Kgs 15:1 identifies his mother as “Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom” [=Absalom, 2 Chr 11:20). Although most English versions identify the mother’s father as Uriel of Gibeah, a number of English versions substitute the name “Maacah” here for the mother (e.g., NIV, NCV, CEV, NLT).

[16:10]  ³ tn Heb “and Asa was angry at the seer, and he put him [in] the house of stocks, because of his rage with him over this.”

[19:4]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “and turned them back to.”

[19:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “fathers.”

[22:2]  ⁷ tc Heb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some mss of the LXX and the Syriac.

[22:2]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1.

[25:1]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[29:35]  ¹⁰ tn Or “established.”

[32:23]  ¹¹ tn Or perhaps, “offerings.”

[32:23]  ¹² tn Heb “lifted up in the eyes of.”

[32:27]  ¹³ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “and shields and all the desirable items.” The present translation assumes an emendation of מָגִנִּים (maginnim, “shields”) to מִגְדָּנִים (migdanim, “precious items”). See v. 23.

[32:30]  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.