2 Chronicles 30:6

30:6 Messengers 1  delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.

This royal edict read: 2  “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return 3  to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. 4 

2 Chronicles 32:17

32:17 He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: 5  “The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.” 6 

1 tn Heb “the runners.”

2 tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”

3 tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

4 tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”

5 tn Heb “and speaking against him, saying.”

6 tn Heb “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.”