2 Chronicles 10:11

10:11 My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’”

2 Chronicles 12:7

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

2 Chronicles 16:3

16:3 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.”

2 Chronicles 25:9

25:9 Amaziah asked the prophet: “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet 10  replied, “The Lord is capable of giving you more than that.”

2 Chronicles 34:28

34:28 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. 11  You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.


tn Heb “and now my father placed upon you a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke.”

tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.

tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying.”

tn Heb “and I will give to them soon deliverance.”

tn Or “gush forth upon.”

tn Heb “by the hand of.”

tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

tn Heb “said to the man of God.”

10 tn Heb “man of God.”

11 tn Heb “Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”