2 Chronicles 13:9

13:9 But you banished¹ the Lord’s priests, Aaron’s descendants, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests just as the surrounding nations do! Anyone who comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of these fake gods!²

2 Chronicles 20:20

20:20 Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: “Listen to me, you people of Judah³ and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe!⁴ Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”

2 Chronicles 28:5

28:5 The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians⁵ defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus.⁶ He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him.⁷

2 Chronicles 30:9

30:9 For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The Lord your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you⁸ if you return to him.”

2 Chronicles 32:21

32:21 The Lord sent a messenger⁹ and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib¹⁰ returned home humiliated.¹¹ When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons¹² struck him down with the sword.

2 Chronicles 34:3

34:3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor¹³ David. In his twelfth year he began ridding¹⁴ Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

2 Chronicles 34:27

34:27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit¹⁵ and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.

2 Chronicles 35:3

35:3 He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the Lord, “Place the holy ark in the temple which King Solomon son of David of Israel built. Don’t carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel!

¹tn In the Hebrew text this is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Did you not banish?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you did,” the force of which is reflected in the translation “But you banished.”

²tn Heb “whoever comes to fill his hand with a bull of a son of cattle, and seven rams, and he is a priest to no-gods.”

³tn Heb “O Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “Judah” in v. 15.

⁴tn There is a wordplay in the Hebrew text. The Hiphil verb form הַאֲמִינוּ (ha’aminu, “trust”) and the Niphal form תֵאָמֵנוּ (te’amenu, “you will be safe”) come from the same verbal root (אָמַן, ’aman).

⁵tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”

⁷tn Heb “who struck him down with a great striking.”

⁸tn Heb “turn [his] face from you.”

⁹tn Or “an angel.”

¹⁰tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”

¹²tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”

¹³tn Heb “father.”

¹⁴tn Heb “purifying.”

¹⁵tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”