2 Chronicles 6:14

6:14 and prayed:¹ “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty² to your servants who obey you with sincerity.³

2 Chronicles 13:12

13:12 Now look, God is with us as our leader. His priests are ready to blow the trumpets to signal the attack against you.⁴ You Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors,⁵ for you will not win!”

2 Chronicles 20:6

20:6 He prayed: “O Lord God of our ancestors,⁶ you are the God who lives in heaven⁷ and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.

2 Chronicles 28:23

28:23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him.⁸ He reasoned,⁹ “Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they caused him and all Israel to stumble.

2 Chronicles 33:18

33:18 The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the prophets¹⁰ spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are recorded¹¹ in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

¹tn Heb “said.”

²tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.”

³tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

⁴tn Heb “and his priests and the trumpets of the war alarm [are ready] to sound out against you.”

⁵tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 18).

⁶tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 33).

⁷tn Heb “are you not God in heaven?” The rhetorical question expects the answer “yes,” resulting in the positive statement “you are the God who lives in heaven” employed in the translation.

⁸tn Heb “the gods of Damascus, the ones who had defeated him.” The words “he thought” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The perspective is that of Ahaz, not the narrator! Another option is that “the kings” has been accidentally omitted after “gods of.” See v. 23b.

⁹tn Heb “said.”

¹⁰tn Or “seers.”

¹¹tn Heb “look, they are.”