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THE HOLY BIBLE (Darby Translation) Darby's Notes on 2 Chronicles
Chapter Selection:

1:5a tabernacle

Mishkan: see Ex. 25:9.

1:11b, 1:12b honour

Or 'glory.'

1:15c lowland

The Shephelah: see 1Chron. 27:28.

2:1a build

Lit. 'thought to build.'

2:4b dedicate

Lit. 'sanctify.'

2:4c arrangement

As Lev. 24:6.

2:6d sacrifice

Or 'incense.' Lit. 'to burn as incense' i.e. all that is burnt on the altar.

2:10e measures

Heb. Cors: see Note, ch. 27:5.

2:10f wheat

Perhaps 'wheat for food.'

2:11g answered

Lit. 'said.'

2:13h Abi

Or 'of Huram my father;' and so ch. 4:16.

2:14i Dan

* In 1Kings 7:14 Hiram is said to be of the tribe of Naphtali, but here of Dan, probably due to the fact that Naphtali belonged to the camp of Dan: Num. 2:25-31.

3:1a Moriah

Meaning, 'shewn by Jehovah.'

3:1b appeared

Or 'which was shewn.'

3:5c palm-trees

Or 'palms;' and so elsewhere.

3:8d, 3:10d place

Lit. 'holy of holies;' Kodesh: see Note Ex. 25:8.

3:16a oracle

Perhaps we should read 'chains at the collar of the columns.'

3:17b Jachin

'He will establish.'

3:17c Boaz

'In Him is strength.'

4:5d baths

See 1Kings 7:26.

4:9e court

Or 'enclosure,' as ch. 6:13.

4:11f bowls

See Note to 1Kings 7:40.

4:16g Abiv

Or 'Huram his father.'

4:17h plain

'The circle:' see Gen. 13:10.

4:18i vessels

Elsewhere 'utensils.'

4:22a knives

Or 'snuffers.'

4:22b censers

Or 'fire-pans.'

4:22c, 5:7c place

As ch 3:8.

5:5d the

Or 'and the.'

5:9e long

Others, 'And they drew out the staves.'

5:9f are

Lit. 'it is.'

6:2a place

As vers. 30, 33, 39; Ex. 15:17; 1Kings 8:13.

6:13b court

Or 'enclosure,' as ch. 4:9.

6:33a name

See 1Kings 8:43.

6:36a to

Lit. 'before.'

6:36b have

Lit. 'those that take them captive have....'

6:41c saints

Chasid: see Note to ver. 42.

6:41d goodness

Or 'in goodness' or 'in that which is good.'

6:42e mercies

Chesed, whence the word Chasid, 'saint' (ver. 41). It is 'goodness' in God, 'piety' in man towards God, or one's parents, 'loving-kindness,' 'mercy.' Christ Himself, as the One in whom these qualities are found, is called Chasid, 'Holy One:' see 2Sam. 22:26; Ps. 89:1-3, 19.

8:8a tribute-service

Or 'the levy.'

8:14b required

Lit. 'for the thing of the day in its day,' as 1Chron. 16:37, and cf. 2Chron. 31:16.

9:5a affairs

Lit. 'of thy things.'

9:7b men

Enosh: see Gen. 4:26.

9:12c besides

i.e. 'besides that which he had given her in return for.'

9:21a ivory

Or 'elephants' teeth.'

9:24b year

Lit. 'each year the business of the year.'

9:27c lowland

The Shephelah: see Deut. 1:7.

10:11a scorpions

See 1Kings 12:11.

10:19b against

Lit. 'fell away from.'

11:11c captains

Elsewhere, 'prince,' 'ruler.'

11:15a he-goats

or 'demons,' 'satyrs:' see Lev. 17:7.

12:2b transgressed

Strictly, 'acted treacherously:' see Josh. 22:16.

12:7c deliverance

Or 'deliverance for a short space,' or 'in a short time:' see Ezra 9:8.

12:15a words

Or 'acts;' Heb. dabar, as 1Chron. 29:29.

13:9b God

Or 'to no-gods:' see Gal. 4:8.

14:3a columns

Or 'statues:' see 1Kings 14:23.

14:9a Ethiopian

Cushite.

14:11b man

Enosh: see Gen. 4:26.

14:13c alive

Or 'that they could not revive:' see Ezra 9:8, 9.

14:13d army

Elsewhere, 'camp.'

15:3e while

Heb. 'many days.'

15:16a queen

See 1Kings 15:13.

15:17b perfect

See 2Sam. 22:24.

16:10c prison

Lit. 'house of the stocks.'

17:6a courage

Lit. 'his heart was raised.'

17:11b tribute-silver

Or 'a weight of silver.'

17:13c business

Or 'substance;' as ch. 13:10, 'work;' Gen. 39:11.

18:2a killed

Or 'sacrificed,' zevach, as Deut. 12:15.

18:4b day

Or 'first.'

18:7c Micah

Heb. 'Micaiah.'

18:8d chamberlain

Or 'a eunuch.'

18:24a chamber

See 1Kings 20:30.

18:33b wounded

Or 'have sickened.'

19:3c away

Or 'exterminated' (intensive form of verb).

19:10a warn

Strictly, 'enlighten,' 'teach:' see Ex. 18:20; Ps. 19:11.

19:11b officers

See Deut. 1:15.

20:1c Maonites

See ch. 26:7 and 1Chron. 4:41.

20:6d heavens

Or 'Art not thou the Same, -- God in the heavens:' see Deut. 32:39.

20:7e friend

or 'who loved thee.'

20:12a we

This word 'we' is emphatic.

20:21b splendour

See 1Chron. 16:29; Ps. 110:3.

20:24c mountain-watch

Or 'a lofty place' (Mizpah).

20:26a Berachah

Meaning, 'promise,' or, 'blessing.'

20:34b words

Or 'acts.'

21:4c himself

Lit. 'raised himself up.'

21:8a themselves

See 1Kings 22:47.

21:9b captains

Lit. 'princes.'

21:11c compelled

Or 'seduced.'

21:14d stroke

Or 'plague.'

21:15e sore

Lit. 'many.'

21:17f Jehoahaz

Called 'Ahaziah,' ch. 22:1.

21:19g sufferings

Or 'diseases,' as Ps. 103:3.

21:20h regretted

Lit. 'desired.'

22:2i twenty-two

Some MSS. have 'forty-two,' but see 2Kings 8:26.

22:6a Azariah

Called 'Ahaziah,' ver. 1.

24:18a idols

Or 'images,' as 2Sam. 5:21.

24:27a burdens

Or 'tribute.'

24:27b building

Lit. 'founding.'

25:12a cliff

Heb. 'Sela.'

25:13b those

Heb. 'the sons.'

26:2a Eloth

Elath, 2Kings 14:22.

26:5b God

Lit. 'And he was (set) in order to seek God.'

26:6c about

Lit. 'in.'

26:10d lowland

The Shephelah: see Deut. 1:7.

26:11e ruler

Or 'officer,' as Deut. 1:15.

26:14f shields

Small shields.

26:16a downfall

Or 'to act corruptly.'

26:16b transgressed

See 1Chron. 2:7.

27:2c corruptly

Or 'corrupted themselves;'

27:3d Ophel

Portion of Jerusalem lying south-west of the temple mount.

27:5e measures

Heb. cors. * A cor is a liquid and a dry measure of equal capacity to the homer: it equals 10 ephahs or baths -- see 1Kings 4:22; Ezek. 45:11, 14; and Luke 16:7.

27:6f prepared

Or 'disposed.'

28:3a incense

Or 'offered burnt-offerings.'

28:13b our

This word 'our' is emphatic.

28:19a, 28:22a transgressed

Lit. 'acted unfaithfully.'

28:21b stripped

Lit. 'divided.'

29:6c habitation

Or 'tabernacle;' see Ex. 25:9; Ps. 74:7, &c.

29:8a vexation

Or 'to be driven hither and thither.' See Jer. 15:4; Deut. 28:25.

29:11b incense-burners

Applies also to 'burnt-offerings,' &c.

29:19c away

Or 'profaned.'

29:19d transgression

Or 'unfaithfulness.'

29:21e offer

Olah, 'offer up,' as Lev. 14:20.

29:23f laid

Lit. 'leaned with.'

29:27a the

Or 'according to the ordinance of the.'

29:31b yourselves

See Ex. 28:41.

29:31c thank-offerings

See Note, Ps. 56:12.

29:33d things

Lit. 'the holy things.'

30:4e pleased

Lit 'was right in the eyes of.'

30:7a transgressed

See 1Chron. 2:7.

30:8b yourselves

Heb. 'offer the hand.'

30:18c forgive

Or 'make atonement for:' see Deut. 21:8; 32:43.

30:22a Jehovah

Or 'had good insight into the knowledge of Jehovah.'

31:1b columns

Or 'statues:' see 1Kings 14:23.

31:2c courts

Lit. 'camps:' see 1Chron. 9:18, 19.

31:5d abundance

Lit. 'multiplied.'

31:15a him

Lit. 'under his hand.'

31:15b trust

Or 'priests, faithfully to ...'

31:15c distributions

Lit. 'to give.'

31:18d trust

Or 'in their faithfulness.'

31:18e holy

Lit. 'in holiness.'

32:5a Millo

Or 'the citadel.'

32:5b shields

Properly 'small shields,' here and in ver. 27.

32:11c persuade

Or 'seduce.'

32:13d fathers

Or 'predecessors.'

32:17e letter

Lit. 'letters.' See Note b, 2Kings 10:1.

32:20a heaven

Lit. 'to the heavens.'

32:24b sign

Elsewhere 'miracle' or 'wonder,' as ver. 31.

32:29c provided

Lit. 'made.'

32:29d cities

Or 'enclosures.'

32:30e down

Or 'brought it under the ground.'

32:32f deeds

Chasidim -- plural of chasid, as 2Chron. 35:26: see 2Sam. 22:26.

33:11a chains

Or 'with double (or two) chains.'

33:19a Hozai

Or perhaps 'in the words of the seers.'

34:9b Jerusalem

Some would read 'who had returned to Jerusalem,' or 'and they returned to Jerusalem.'

34:11c joists

Or 'couplings.'

34:24a curses

As Deut. 29:20.

34:27b saith

See Gen. 22:16.

34:30a read

Or 'one read.'

35:5b to

Or 'and for.'

35:21a war

Lit. 'the house of my war.'

35:22b valley

See Note to Josh. 11:8.

35:26a deeds

Chasidim, as ch. 32:32.

36:3b down

Or 'deposed him,' as 1Kings 15:13.

36:6c brass

Or 'bronze,' and see ch. 33:11.

36:14d transgressions

Or 'unfaithfulness.'

36:15e on

Or 'he spared,' as in ver. 17.