2 Chronicles 10:11
10:11 My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. 1 My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’” 2
2 Chronicles 12:7
12:7 When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: 3 “They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon. 4 My anger will not be unleashed against 5 Jerusalem through 6 Shishak.
2 Chronicles 16:3
16:3 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. 7 See, I have sent you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” 8
2 Chronicles 25:9
25:9 Amaziah asked the prophet: 9 “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.
1 tn Heb “and now my father placed upon you a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying.”
4 tn Heb “and I will give to them soon deliverance.”
5 tn Or “gush forth upon.”
6 tn Heb “by the hand of.”
7 tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”
8 tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”
9 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.”