2 Chronicles 14:2
Asa’s Religious and Military Accomplishments
14:2 (14:1) Asa did what the Lord his God desired and approved. 1
2 Chronicles 18:4
18:4 Then Jehoshaphat added, 2 “First seek an oracle from the Lord.” 3
2 Chronicles 24:4
24:4 Joash was determined to repair the Lord’s temple. 4
2 Chronicles 30:20
30:20 The Lord responded favorably 5 to Hezekiah and forgave 6 the people.
2 Chronicles 33:13
33:13 When he prayed to the Lord, 7 the Lord 8 responded to him 9 and answered favorably 10 his cry for mercy. The Lord 11 brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God.
1 tn Heb “and Asa did the good and the right in the eyes of the Lord his God.”
2 tn Heb “and Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel.”
3 tn Heb “the word of the Lord.” Jehoshaphat is requesting a prophetic oracle revealing the Lord’s will in the matter and their prospects for success. For examples of such oracles, see 2 Sam 5:19, 23-24.
4 tn Heb “and it was, later, there was with the heart of Joash to repair the house of the Lord.”
5 tn Heb “listened.”
6 tn Heb “healed.”
7 tn Heb “him”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “was entreated by him,” or “allowed himself to be entreated by him.”
10 tn Heb “heard.”
11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.