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 loyalty ²  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ³ 

2 Chronicles 9:11

9:11 With the timber the king made steps ⁴  for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments ⁵  for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that. ⁶ )

2 Chronicles 20:6

20:6 He prayed: “O Lord God of our ancestors, ⁷  you are the God who lives in heaven ⁸  and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.

2 Chronicles 20:24

20:24 When the men of Judah ⁹  arrived at the observation post overlooking the desert and looked at ¹⁰  the huge army, they saw dead bodies on the ground; there were no survivors!

2 Chronicles 21:20

21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; ¹¹  he was buried in the City of David, ¹²  but not in the royal tombs.

2 Chronicles 23:6

23:6 No one must enter the Lord’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 36:16

36:16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, ¹³  and ridiculed his prophets. ¹⁴  Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. ¹⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “said.”

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

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

⁴ tn Heb “tracks.” The parallel text in 1 Kgs 10:12 has a different term whose meaning is uncertain: “supports,” perhaps “banisters” or “parapets.”

⁵ tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

⁶ tn Heb “there was not seen like these formerly in the land of Judah.”

⁷ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 33).

⁸ tn 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.

⁹ tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.

¹⁰ tn Heb “turned toward.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and he went without desire.”

¹² sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹³ tn Heb “his words.”

¹⁴ tn All three verbal forms (“mocked,” “despised,” and “ridiculed”) are active participles in the Hebrew text, indicating continual or repeated action. They made a habit of rejecting God’s prophetic messengers.

¹⁵ tn Heb “until the anger of the Lord went up against his people until there was no healer.”