2 Tawarikh 5:1

5:1 When Solomon had finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple.

2 Tawarikh 5:10

5:10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. ¹  (It was there that ²  the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)

2 Tawarikh 5:13

5:13 The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing: ³  “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!” Then a cloud filled the Lord’s temple. ⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 6:26

6:26 “The time will come when ⁵  the skies ⁶  are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ⁷  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ⁸  and turn away from their sin because you punish ⁹  them,

2 Tawarikh 9:6

9:6 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! ¹⁰  Your wisdom surpasses what was reported to me.

2 Tawarikh 9:12

9:12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him. ¹¹  Then she left and returned ¹²  to her homeland with her attendants.

2 Tawarikh 12:7

12:7 When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: ¹³  “They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon. ¹⁴  My anger will not be unleashed against ¹⁵  Jerusalem through ¹⁶  Shishak.

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. ¹⁷  His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors. ¹⁸ 

2 Tawarikh 23:2

23:2 They traveled throughout Judah and assembled the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the Israelite family leaders.

They came to Jerusalem, ¹⁹ 

2 Tawarikh 23:11

23:11 Jehoiada and his sons led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. ²⁰  They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. ²¹  They declared, “Long live the king!”

2 Tawarikh 29:31

29:31 Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves ²²  to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings ²³  to the Lord’s temple.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and whoever desired to do so ²⁴  brought burnt sacrifices.

2 Tawarikh 30:1

Hezekiah Observes the Passover

30:1 Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem ²⁵  and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.

2 Tawarikh 30:22

30:22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, ²⁶  who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. ²⁷  They feasted for the seven days of the festival, ²⁸  and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors.

2 Tawarikh 32:21

32:21 The Lord sent a messenger ²⁹  and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib ³⁰  returned home humiliated. ³¹  When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons ³²  struck him down with the sword.

2 Tawarikh 32:33

32:33 Hezekiah passed away ³³  and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor. ³⁴  His son Manasseh replaced him as king.

2 Tawarikh 33:14

33:14 After this Manasseh ³⁵  built up the outer wall of the City of David ³⁶  on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

2 Tawarikh 34:3

34:3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor ³⁷  David. In his twelfth year he began ridding ³⁸  Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

2 Tawarikh 34:22

34:22 So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king ³⁹  went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, ⁴⁰  the supervisor of the wardrobe. ⁴¹  (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh ⁴²  district.) They stated their business, ⁴³ 

2 Tawarikh 36:17

36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered ⁴⁴  their young men in their temple. ⁴⁵  He did not spare ⁴⁶  young men or women, or even the old and aging. God ⁴⁷  handed everyone over to him.

[5:10]  ¹ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).

[5:10]  ² tn Heb “in Horeb where.”

[5:13]  ³ tn Heb “like one were the trumpeters and the musicians, causing one voice to be heard, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, and while raising a voice with trumpets and with cymbals and with instruments of music, and while praising the Lord.”

[5:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the house was filled with a cloud, the house of the Lord.”

[6:26]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ tn Heb “they.”

[6:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[6:26]  ⁹ 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”).

[9:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”

[9:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “besides what she brought to the king.”

[9:12]  ¹² tn Heb “turned and went.”

[12:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying.”

[12:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and I will give to them soon deliverance.”

[12:7]  ¹⁵ tn Or “gush forth upon.”

[12:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “by the hand of.”

[21:19]  ¹⁷ 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]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and his people did not make for him a fire, like the fire of his fathers.”

[23:2]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[23:11]  ²⁰ tn The Hebrew word עֵדוּת (’edut) normally means “witness” or “testimony.” Here it probably refers to some tangible symbol of kingship, perhaps a piece of jewelry such as an amulet or neck chain (see the discussion in M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings [AB], 128). Some suggest that a document is in view, perhaps a copy of the royal protocol or of the stipulations of the Davidic covenant (see HALOT 790-91 s.v.).

[23:11]  ²¹ tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”

[29:31]  ²² tn Heb “filled your hand.”

[29:31]  ²³ tn Or “tokens of thanks.”

[29:31]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and all who were willing of heart.”

[30:1]  ²⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[30:22]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites.” On the meaning of the idiom “speak to the heart of” here, see HALOT 210 s.v. II דבר 8.d.

[30:22]  ²⁷ tn Heb “who demonstrated skill [with] good skill for the Lord.”

[30:22]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and they ate [during] the appointed time [for] seven days.” מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “appointed time”) is probably an adverbial accusative of time referring to the festival. However, some understand it as metonymically referring to the food eaten during the festival. See BDB 417 s.v.

[32:21]  ²⁹ tn Or “an angel.”

[32:21]  ³⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:21]  ³¹ tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”

[32:21]  ³² tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”

[32:33]  ³³ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[32:33]  ³⁴ tn Heb “and honor they did to him in his death, all Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.”

[33:14]  ³⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:14]  ³⁶ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[34:3]  ³⁷ tn Heb “father.”

[34:3]  ³⁸ tn Heb “purifying.”

[34:22]  ³⁹ tn Heb “and those who [were sent by] the king.”

[34:22]  ⁴⁰ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 22:14 has the variant spelling “son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas.”

[34:22]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “the keeper of the clothes.”

[34:22]  ⁴² tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283.

[34:22]  ⁴³ tn Heb “and they spoke to her like this.”

[36:17]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “killed with the sword.”

[36:17]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”

[36:17]  ⁴⁶ tn Or “show compassion to.”

[36:17]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.