2 Tawarikh 3:1

The Building of the Temple

3:1 Solomon began building the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem ¹  on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan ²  the Jebusite.

2 Tawarikh 6:14

6:14 and prayed: ³  “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty ⁴  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 7:10

7:10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon ⁶  sent the people home. They left ⁷  happy and contented ⁸  because of the good the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

2 Tawarikh 20:17

20:17 You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the Lord deliver you, ⁹  O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹⁰  Tomorrow march out toward them; the Lord is with you!’”

2 Tawarikh 21:19

21:19 After about two years his intestines came out because of the disease, so that he died a very painful death. ¹¹  His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors. ¹² 

2 Tawarikh 22:7

22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. ¹³  When Ahaziah ¹⁴  arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned ¹⁵  to wipe out Ahab’s family. ¹⁶ 

2 Tawarikh 34:21

34:21 “Go, seek an oracle from ¹⁷  the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about ¹⁸  the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, ¹⁹  because our ancestors ²⁰  have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!” ²¹ 

[3:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:1]  ² tn In 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (“Aravna”; traditionally “Araunah”). The form of the name found here also occurs in 1 Chr 21:15; 18-28.

[6:14]  ³ tn Heb “said.”

[6:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.”

[6:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[7:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:10]  ⁷ tn The words “they left” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “good of heart.”

[20:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “the deliverance of the Lord with you.”

[20:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”

[21:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and it was to days from days, and about the time of the going out of the end for the days, two, his intestines came out with his illness and he died in severe illness.”

[21:19]  ¹² tn Heb “and his people did not make for him a fire, like the fire of his fathers.”

[22:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”

[22:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “anointed.”

[22:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”

[34:21]  ¹⁷ tn Or “inquire of.”

[34:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “concerning.”

[34:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “for great is the anger of the Lord which has been ignited against us.”

[34:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 32, 33).

[34:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “by doing according to all that is written on this scroll.”