2 Chronicles 30:8

30:8 Now, don’t be stubborn ¹  like your fathers! Submit ²  to the Lord and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the Lord your God so that he might relent from his raging anger. ³ 

2 Chronicles 36:13

36:13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance ⁴  in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return ⁵  to the Lord God of Israel.

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¹ tn Heb “don’t stiffen your neck” (a Hebrew idiom for being stubborn).

² tn Heb “give a hand.” On the meaning of the idiom here, see HALOT 387 s.v. I יָד 2.

³ tn Heb “so that the rage of his anger might turn from you.” The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

⁴ tn Or “made him swear an oath.”

⁵ tn Heb “and he stiffened his neck and strengthened his heart from returning.”