2 Tawarikh 12:14

12:14 He did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord. ¹ 

2 Tawarikh 20:6

20:6 He prayed: “O Lord God of our ancestors, ²  you are the God who lives in heaven ³  and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.

2 Tawarikh 21:20

21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; ⁴  he was buried in the City of David, ⁵  but not in the royal tombs.

2 Tawarikh 23:20

23:20 He summoned ⁶  the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of land, and he then led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne.

2 Tawarikh 24:4

24:4 Joash was determined to repair the Lord’s temple. ⁷ 

2 Tawarikh 36:22

Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Go Home

36:22 In the first year of the reign of ⁸  King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, ⁹  the Lord moved ¹⁰  King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.

[12:14]  ¹ tn Heb “because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.”

[20:6]  ² tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 33).

[20:6]  ³ tn Heb “are you not God in heaven?” The rhetorical question expects the answer “yes,” resulting in the positive statement “you are the God who lives in heaven” employed in the translation.

[21:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he went without desire.”

[21:20]  ⁵ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[23:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “took.”

[24:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it was, later, there was with the heart of Joash to repair the house of the Lord.”

[36:22]  ⁸ tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[36:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “to complete the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

[36:22]  sn Regarding the promise he delivered through Jeremiah see Jer 29:10.

[36:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”