2 Chronicles 21

2 Chronicles 21

2 Chronicles 21:1 Jehoshaphat lied down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His son Jehoram became king in his place.

2 Chronicles 21:2 He had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of King Jehoshaphat of Judah.

2 Chronicles 21:3 Their father had given them many gifts of silver, gold, and valuable things, along with fortified cities in Judah. Still, he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

2 Chronicles 21:4 When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened his position by killing with the sword all his brothers as well as some of the captains of Israel.

2 Chronicles 21:5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 21:6 He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, because Ahab’s daughter was his wife. He did what was evil in Yahveh’s sight,

2 Chronicles 21:7 But for the sake of the covenant Yahveh had established with David, he was unwilling to put an end to the house of David since Yahveh had promised to give a lamp to David and his sons forever.

2 Chronicles 21:8 During Jehoram’s reign, Edom rebelled against Judah’s control and appointed their own king.

2 Chronicles 21:9 So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his captains and all his chariots. Then, at night, he set out to attack the Edomites who had surrounded him and the chariot captains.

2 Chronicles 21:10 Edom is still in rebellion against Judah’s control today. Libnah also rebelled against his control at that time because he had abandoned Yahveh, the God of his ancestors.

2 Chronicles 21:11 Jehoram also built high places in the hills of Judah, caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to prostitute[1] themselves, and led Judah astray.

2 Chronicles 21:12 Then a letter came to Jehoram from the prophet Elijah, saying: This is what Yahveh, the God of your ancestor David, says: “Because you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of King Asa of Judah

2 Chronicles 21:13 but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves like the house of Ahab prostituted itself, and also have killed your brothers, your father’s house, who were better than you,

2 Chronicles 21:14 Notice, Yahveh is now about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a horrible affliction.

2 Chronicles 21:15 You will be struck with many illnesses, including a disease of the intestines, until your intestines come out day after day because of the disease.”

2 Chronicles 21:16 Yahveh roused the breath of the Philistines and the Arabs who lived near the Cushites to attack Jehoram.

2 Chronicles 21:17 So they went to war against Judah and invaded it. They carried off all the possessions found in the king’s house and his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest son.

2 Chronicles 21:18 After all these things, Yahveh afflicted him in his intestines with an incurable disease.

2 Chronicles 21:19 This continued day after day until two full years passed. Then his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died from severe illnesses. But his people did not hold a fire in his honor like the fire in honor of his fathers.

2 Chronicles 21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king; he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. He died to no one’s regret and was buried in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

[1] זָנָה = be a prostitute. 2 Chronicles 21:11, 13.

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2 Chronicles 17

2 Chronicles 17

2 Chronicles 17:1 His son Jehoshaphat became king in his place and strengthened himself against Israel.

2 Chronicles 17:2 He stationed powerful troops in every fortified city of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

2 Chronicles 17:3 Now Yahveh was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals

2 Chronicles 17:4 but sought the God of his father and walked by his commands, not according to the practices of Israel.

2 Chronicles 17:5 So Yahveh established the kingdom in his hand. Then all Judah brought him tribute, and he had riches and reward in abundance.

2 Chronicles 17:6 His heart enjoyed Yahveh’s ways, and he again removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

2 Chronicles 17:7 In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his captains—Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah—to teach in the cities of Judah.

2 Chronicles 17:8 The Levites with them were Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah; the priests, Elishama and Jehoram, were with these Levites.

2 Chronicles 17:9 They taught throughout Judah, having the book of Yahveh’s instruction with them. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.

2 Chronicles 17:10 The terror of Yahveh was on all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so they didn’t fight against Jehoshaphat.

2 Chronicles 17:11 Some of the Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him flocks: 7,700 rams and 7,700 male goats.

2 Chronicles 17:12 Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger. He built fortresses and storage cities in Judah

2 Chronicles 17:13 and carried out great works in the towns of Judah. He had warriors, powerful men, in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 17:14 These are their numbers according to their ancestral houses. For Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain and three hundred thousand powerful men with him;

2 Chronicles 17:15 next to him, Jehohanan the captain, and two hundred eighty thousand with him;

2 Chronicles 17:16 next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer[1] of Yahveh, and two hundred thousand powerful warriors with him;

2 Chronicles 17:17 from Benjamin, Eliada, a powerful warrior, and two hundred thousand with him armed with bow and shield;

2 Chronicles 17:18 next to him, Jehozabad and one hundred eighty thousand with him equipped for the army.[2]

2 Chronicles 17:19 These were the ones who ministered to the king, in addition to those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

[1] נָדָב = volunteer. 2 Chronicles 17:16.

[2] צָבָא = army. 2 Chronicles 17:18; 18:18; 25:5, 7; 26:11, 14; 28:9, 12; 33:3, 5, 11.

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2 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2:1 Solomon decided to build a house[1] for the name of Yahveh and a royal house for himself,

2 Chronicles 2:2 so he assigned 70,000 men as porters, 80,000 men as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as supervisors over them.

2 Chronicles 2:3 Then Solomon sent word to King Hiram of Tyre: Do for me what you did for my father David. You sent him cedars to build him a house to live in.

2 Chronicles 2:4 Notice[2] I am building a house for the name of Yahveh, my God, in order to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense before him, for displaying the rows of the Bread of the Presence continually,[3] and for sacrificing ascending offerings for the morning and the evening, the Sabbaths and the New Moons, and the appointed festivals of Yahveh our God. This is ordained for Israel permanently.[4]

2 Chronicles 2:5 The house I am building will be great, because our God is greater than any of the gods.

2 Chronicles 2:6 But who is able to build a house for him, since even the sky[5] and the sky of skies cannot contain him? Who am I then that I should build a house for him except as a place to burn incense before him?

2 Chronicles 2:7 Therefore, send me an artisan skilled in engraving to work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with the artisans with me in Judah and Jerusalem, appointed by my father, David.

2 Chronicles 2:8 Also, send me cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your slaves know how to cut[6] the trees of Lebanon. Notice that my slaves will be with your slaves

2 Chronicles 2:9 to prepare logs for me in abundance because the house I am building will be great and complicated.[7]

2 Chronicles 2:10 Notice I will give your slaves, the woodcutters who cut the trees, one hundred thousand bushels of wheat flour, one hundred thousand bushels of barley, one hundred ten thousand gallons of wine, and one hundred ten thousand gallons of oil.

2 Chronicles 2:11 King Hiram of Tyre wrote a letter and sent it to Solomon: Because Yahveh cares for[8] his people, he set you over them as king.

2 Chronicles 2:12 Hiram also said, “Praised[9] be Yahveh, God of Israel, who made the sky and the land!” He gave King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who would build a house for Yahveh and a royal house for himself.

2 Chronicles 2:13 I have now sent Huram-abi, a skillful man who has understanding.

2 Chronicles 2:14 He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan. His father is a man of Tyre. He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, with purple, blue, crimson yarn, and fine linen. He knows how to do all kinds of engraving and execute any design that may be given to him. I have sent him to be with your artisans and the artisans of my lord,[10] your father, David.

2 Chronicles 2:15 Now, let my lord send the wheat, barley, oil, and wine to his slaves as promised.

2 Chronicles 2:16 We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and bring them to you as rafts by sea to Joppa. You can then take them up to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 2:17 Solomon took a census of all the foreign guests[11] in the land of Israel after his father David’s census, and the total was 153,600.

2 Chronicles 2:18 Solomon assigned 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work.[12]

[1] בַּיִת = house, (family, home, temple), inside. 2 Chronicles 2:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12; 3:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15; 4:4, 11, 16, 19, 22; 5:1, 7, 13, 14; 6:2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18, 20, 22, 24, 29, 32, 33, 34, 38; 7:1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 16, 20, 21; 8:1, 11, 16; 9:3, 4, 11, 16, 20; 10:16, 19; 11:1, 4; 12:9, 10, 11; 15:18; 16:2, 10; 17:14; 18:16, 26; 19:1, 11; 20:5, 9, 28; 21:6, 7, 13, 17; 22:3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12; 23:3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 27; 25:5, 19, 24; 26:19, 21; 27:3; 28:7, 21, 24; 29:3, 5, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 25, 31, 35; 30:1, 15; 31:10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 21; 32:21; 33:4, 5, 7, 15, 20, 24; 34:8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 30; 35:2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 20, 21; 36:7, 10, 14, 17, 18, 19, 23.

[2] הִנֵּה = notice. 2 Chronicles 2:4, 8, 10; 6:18; 9:6; 13:12, 14; 16:3, 11; 18:12, 22, 24; 19:11; 20:2, 10, 11, 16, 24, 34; 21:14; 23:3, 13; 24:27; 25:19, 26; 26:20; 27:7; 28:9, 26; 29:9, 19; 32:32; 33:18, 19; 34:24, 28; 35:25, 27; 36:8.

[3] תָּמִיד = continual(ly). 2 Chronicles 2:4; 9:7; 24:14.

[4] עוֹלָם = permanent/ly, ancient, future. 2 Chronicles 2:4; 5:13; 6:2; 7:3, 6, 16; 9:8; 13:5; 20:7, 21; 30:8; 33:4, 7.

[5] שָׁמַיִם = sky. 2 Chronicles 2:6, 12; 6:13, 14, 18, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 33, 35, 39; 7:1, 13, 14; 18:18; 20:6; 28:9; 30:27; 32:20; 33:3, 5; 36:23.

[6] כָּרָת = cut, establish, cut down. 2 Chronicles 2:8, 10, 16; 5:10; 6:11, 16; 7:18; 15:16; 21:7; 22:7; 23:3, 16; 29:10; 34:31.

[7] פָּלָא = complicated, overwhelming. 2 Chronicles 2:9; 26:15.

[8] אָהֵב = care about, care for. 2 Chronicles 2:11; 9:8; 11:21; 19:2; 20:7; 26:10.

[9] בָּרָךְ = empower, endorse, praise, kneel. 2 Chronicles 2:12; 6:3, 4, 13; 9:8; 20:26; 30:27; 31:8, 10.

[10] אָדוֹן = lord, 2 Chronicles 2:14, 15; 13:6; 18:16.

[11] גֵּר = foreign guest. 2 Chronicles 2:17; 30:25.

[12] עָבַד = slave for, make work, work for. 2 Chronicles 2:18; 7:19, 22; 10:4; 24:18; 30:8; 33:3, 16, 22; 34:33; 35:3.

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1 Chronicles 28

1 Chronicles 28

1 Chronicles 28:1 David collected all the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem: the captains of the tribes, the captains of the divisions in the king’s ministry, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials, the fighting men, and all the most efficient soldiers.

1 Chronicles 28:2 King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of Yahveh’s covenant and as a footstool for our God. I had prepared to build,

1 Chronicles 28:3 but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

1 Chronicles 28:4 “Yet Yahveh God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel permanently. For he chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah, my father’s house, and my father’s sons, he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:5 And out of all my sons — because Yahveh has given me many sons — he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of Yahveh’s kingdom over Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:6 He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon is the one who is to build my house and my courts, because I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

1 Chronicles 28:7 I will establish his kingdom permanently if he stays strong in keeping my commands and my judgments as he is doing today.’

1 Chronicles 28:8 “So now in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and guard all the commands of Yahveh your God so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants permanently.

1 Chronicles 28:9 “As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and slave for him wholeheartedly and with a willing throat, because Yahveh searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.

1 Chronicles 28:10 Realize that Yahveh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”

1 Chronicles 28:11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the house and its buildings, treasuries, upstairs rooms, inner rooms, and a room for the atonement cover.[1]

1 Chronicles 28:12 The plans contained everything that was in his breath for the courts of Yahveh’s house, all the surrounding chambers, the treasuries of God’s house, and the treasuries of sacred things.

1 Chronicles 28:13 Also included were plans for the divisions of the priests and the Levites; all the work of service in Yahveh’s house; all the articles of service of Yahveh’s house;

1 Chronicles 28:14 the weight of gold for all the articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service;

1 Chronicles 28:15 the weight of the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the service of each lampstand;

1 Chronicles 28:16 the weight of gold for each table for the rows of the Bread of the Presence and the silver for the silver tables;

1 Chronicles 28:17 the pure[2] gold for the forks, sprinkling basins, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;

1 Chronicles 28:18 the weight of refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread out their wings and cover the ark of Yahveh’s covenant.

1 Chronicles 28:19 David concluded, “By Yahveh’s hand on me, he enabled me to understand everything in writing, all the details of the plan.”

1 Chronicles 28:20 David told his son Solomon, “Be strong and tough and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for Yahveh God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or abandon you until all the work for the service of Yahveh’s house is finished.

1 Chronicles 28:21 Notice the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of God’s house. Every willing person of any skill will be at your disposal for the work, and the captains and all the people are at your every command.”

[1] כַּפֹּרֶת = atonement cover. 1 Chronicles 28:11.

[2] טָהוֹר = pure. 1 Chronicles 28:17.

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1 Chronicles 16

1 Chronicles 16

1 Chronicles 16:1 They brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent David had pitched for it. Then they offered ascending offerings and sacrifices for healthy relationships[1] in God’s face.

1 Chronicles 16:2 When David had finished offering the ascending offerings and the sacrifices for healthy relationships, he empowered the people in the name of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 16:3 Then he distributed to each and every Israelite, both men and women, a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.

1 Chronicles 16:4 David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, to celebrate Yahveh God of Israel, and to give thanks and praise to him.

1 Chronicles 16:5 Asaph was the chief and Zechariah was second to him. Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel played the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals

1 Chronicles 16:6 and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets continually[2] before the ark of the covenant of God.

1 Chronicles 16:7 On that day David decreed for the first time that thanks be given to Yahveh by Asaph and his relatives:

1 Chronicles 16:8 Give thanks to the Lord; call on his name; proclaim his deeds among the peoples.

1 Chronicles 16:9 Sing to him; sing praise to him; tell about all his overwhelming[3] works!

1 Chronicles 16:10 Honor his sacred name; let the hearts of those who seek Yahveh enjoy[4] him.

1 Chronicles 16:11 Seek Yahveh and his strength; seek his face continually.

1 Chronicles 16:12 Remember the overwhelming works he has done, his wonders, and the judgments he has pronounced,

1 Chronicles 16:13 you seed[5] of Israel his slave, Jacob’s descendants — his chosen ones.

1 Chronicles 16:14 He is Yahveh our God; his judgments govern the whole land.

1 Chronicles 16:15 Remember his covenant permanently — the promise he ordained for a thousand generations,

1 Chronicles 16:16 the covenant he established with Abraham, swore to Isaac,

1 Chronicles 16:17 and confirmed to Jacob as a prescribed task,[6] and to Israel as a permanent covenant:

1 Chronicles 16:18 “I will give the land of Canaan to you as your inherited portion.”

1 Chronicles 16:19 When they were few in number, very few indeed, and resident guests[7] in Canaan

1 Chronicles 16:20 wandering from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another,

1 Chronicles 16:21 he allowed no one to exploit[8] them; he rebuked kings on their behalf: 1 Chronicles 16:22 “Do not touch my anointed ones or harm my prophets.”

1 Chronicles 16:23 Let the whole land sing to the Lord. Proclaim his salvation from day to day.

1 Chronicles 16:24 Declare his impressive appearance[9] among the nations, his overwhelming works among all peoples.

1 Chronicles 16:25 Because Yahveh is great and highly praised; he is feared above all gods.

1 Chronicles 16:26 Because all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahveh made the sky.[10]

1 Chronicles 16:27 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place.

1 Chronicles 16:28 Ascribe to the Lord, clans of the peoples, ascribe to Yahveh impressive appearance and strength.

1 Chronicles 16:29 Ascribe to Yahveh the impressive appearance of his name; bring a tribute offering[11] and come before him. Worship Yahveh in the splendor of his sacredness;

1 Chronicles 16:30 let the whole land tremble before him. The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.

1 Chronicles 16:31 Let the sky be glad and the land enjoy, and let them say among the nations, “Yahveh reigns!”

1 Chronicles 16:32 Let the sea and all that fills it resound; let the fields and everything in them exult.

1 Chronicles 16:33 Then the trees of the forest will shout for joy before the Lord, for he is coming to judge the land.

1 Chronicles 16:34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his covenant faithfulness[12] endures permanently.

1 Chronicles 16:35 And say: “Rescue us, God of our rescue; gather us and strip us from the nations so that we may give thanks to your sacred name and rejoice in your praise.

1 Chronicles 16:36 Praised be Yahveh God of Israel from age to age.” Then all the people said, “Amen” and “Praise the Lord.”

1 Chronicles 16:37 So David left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of Yahveh’s covenant to minister continually before the ark according to the daily requirements.

1 Chronicles 16:38 He assigned Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.

1 Chronicles 16:39 David left the priest Zadok and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of Yahveh at the high place in Gibeon

1 Chronicles 16:40 to offer ascending offerings continually, morning and evening, to Yahveh on the altar of ascending offerings and to do everything that was written in the instruction[13] of the Lord, which he had commanded Israel to keep.

1 Chronicles 16:41 With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord — for his covenant faithfulness endures permanently.

1 Chronicles 16:42 Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals to play and musical instruments of God. Jeduthun’s sons were at the city gate.

1 Chronicles 16:43 Then all the people went home, and David returned home to empower his house.

[1] שֶׁלֶם = sacrifice for healthy relationships. 1 Chronicles 16:1, 2; 21:26.

[2] תָּמִיד = continual(ly). 1 Chronicles 16:6, 11, 37, 40; 23:31.

[3] פָּלָא = overwhelming. 1 Chronicles 16:9, 12, 24.

[4] שָׂמַח = enjoy. 1 Chronicles 16:10, 31; 29:9.

[5] זֶרָע = seed. 1 Chronicles 16:13; 17:11.

[6] חֹק = prescribed task. 1 Chronicles 16:17; 22:13; 29:19.

[7] גּוּר = reside as a guest. 1 Chronicles 16:19.

[8] עָשַׁק = exploit. 1 Chronicles 16:21.

[9] כָּבוֹד = impressive appearance. 1 Chronicles 16:24, 28, 29; 17:18; 29:12, 28.

[10] שָׁמַיִם = sky. 1 Chronicles 16:26, 31; 21:16, 26; 27:23; 29:11.

[11] מִנְחָה = tribute offering. 1 Chronicles 16:29; 18:2, 6; 21:23; 23:29.

[12] חֶסֶד = covenant faithfulness. 1 Chronicles 16:34, 41; 17:13; 19:2.

[13] תּוֹרָה = instruction. 1 Chronicles 16:40; 22:12.

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