2 Tawarikh 2:3

2:3 Solomon sent a message to King Huram ¹  of Tyre: ²  “Help me ³  as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs ⁴  for the construction of his palace. ⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 6:14

6:14 and prayed: ⁶  “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty ⁷  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ⁸ 

2 Tawarikh 20:12

20:12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.” ⁹ 

2 Tawarikh 32:12

32:12 Hezekiah is the one who eliminated ¹⁰  the Lord’s ¹¹  high places and altars and then told Judah and Jerusalem, “At one altar you must worship and offer sacrifices.”

2 Tawarikh 34:4

34:4 He ordered the altars of the Baals to be torn down, ¹²  and broke the incense altars that were above them. He smashed the Asherah poles, idols and images, crushed them up and sprinkled the dust over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them.

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “Huram.” Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.

[2:3]  ² map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[2:3]  ³ tn The words “help me” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

[2:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “cedars.” The word “logs” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[2:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “to build for him a house to live in it.”

[6:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “said.”

[6:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.”

[6:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[20:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “for [or “indeed”] upon you are our eyes.”

[32:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Did not he, Hezekiah, eliminate…?” This rhetorical question presupposes a positive reply (“yes, he did”) and so has been translated here as a positive statement.

[32:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[34:4]  ¹² tn Heb “and they tore down before him the altars of the Baals.”