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 32:5

32:5 Hezekiah 5  energetically rebuilt 6  every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, 7  and fortified the terrace of the City of David. 8  He made many weapons and shields.

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 “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

6 tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”

7 tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”

8 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.