2 Tawarikh 5:2

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

5:2 Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders – all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families – in Jerusalem, ¹  so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David ²  (that is, Zion). ³ 

2 Tawarikh 6:26

6:26 “The time will come when ⁴  the skies ⁵  are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ⁶  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ⁷  and turn away from their sin because you punish ⁸  them,

2 Tawarikh 22:7

22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. ⁹  When Ahaziah ¹⁰  arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned ¹¹  to wipe out Ahab’s family. ¹² 

2 Tawarikh 31:2

The People Contribute to the Temple

31:2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks ¹³  – to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary. ¹⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 35:12

35:12 They reserved the burnt offerings and the cattle for the family divisions of the people to present to the Lord, as prescribed in the scroll of Moses. ¹⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 35:21

35:21 Necho ¹⁶  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? ¹⁷  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. ¹⁸  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” ¹⁹ 

[5:2]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

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

[5:2]  ³ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David (it is Zion).”

[6:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 26-27a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[6:26]  ⁵ tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[6:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “they.”

[6:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[6:26]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text reads “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“afflict”).

[22:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”

[22:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “anointed.”

[22:7]  ¹² tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”

[31:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “and Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each in accordance with his service for the priests and for the Levites.”

[31:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in the gates of the encampments of the Lord.”

[35:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and they put aside the burnt offering[s] to give them to the divisions of the house of the fathers for the sons of the people to bring near to the Lord as it is written in the scroll of Moses – and the same with the cattle.”

[35:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

[35:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

[35:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”