2 Chronicles 1:10

1:10 Now give me wisdom and discernment so ¹  I can effectively lead this nation. ²  Otherwise ³  no one is able ⁴  to make judicial decisions for ⁵  this great nation of yours.” ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 30:7

30:7 Don’t be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their ancestors, ⁷  provoking him to destroy them, ⁸  as you can see.

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¹ tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) following the imperative here indicates purpose/result.

² tn Heb “so I may go out before this nation and come in.” The expression “go out…and come in” here means “to lead” (see HALOT 425 s.v. יצא qal.4).

³ tn Heb “for.” The word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

⁴ tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

⁵ tn Heb “to judge.”

⁶ tn Heb “these numerous people of yours.”

⁷ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 19, 22).

⁸ tn Heb “and he made them a devastation” (or, perhaps, “an object of horror”).