2 Chronicles 2:6

2:6 Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky 1  and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him. 2 

2 Chronicles 6:10

6:10 The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel

2 Chronicles 10:14

10:14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; 3  I will make them even heavier. 4  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” 5 

2 Chronicles 35:21

35:21 Necho 6  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? 7  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. 8  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” 9 

1 tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

2 tn Heb “Who retains strength to build for him a house, for the heavens and the heavens of heavens do not contain him? And who am I that I should build for him a house, except to sacrifice before him?”

3 tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew mss and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.”

4 tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”

5 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.

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

7 tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

8 tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

9 tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”