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 35:21

35:21 Necho 5  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? 6  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. 7  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” 8 

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 (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

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

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