2 Chronicles 6:16
6:16 Now, O Lord God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, 1 provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’ 2
2 Chronicles 6:38
6:38 When they return to you with all their heart and being 3 in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, 4
2 Chronicles 9:8
9:8 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored 5 you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! 6 Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, 7 he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.” 8
2 Chronicles 10:16
10:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David – no share in the son of Jesse! 9 Return to your homes, O Israel! 10 Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” 11 So all Israel returned to their homes. 12
2 Chronicles 16:7
16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet 13 visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
2 Chronicles 21:13
21:13 but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. 14 You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, 15 who were better than you.
2 Chronicles 30:9
30:9 For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The Lord your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you 16 if you return to him.”
2 Chronicles 35:3
35:3 He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the Lord, “Place the holy ark in the temple which King Solomon son of David of Israel built. Don’t carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel!
1 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
2 tn Heb “guard their way by walking in my law as you have walked before me.”
3 tn Or “soul.”
4 tn Heb “your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your honor”).
5 tn Or “delighted in.”
6 tn Heb “as king for the Lord your God.”
7 tn Heb “to make him stand permanently.”
8 tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”
9 sn The people’s point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.
10 tn Heb “each one to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
11 tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”
12 tn Heb “went to their tents.”
13 tn Heb “the seer.”
14 tn Heb “and you walked in the way of the kings of Israel and caused Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery, like the house of Ahab causes to commit adultery.”
15 tn Heb “the house of your father.”
16 tn Heb “turn [his] face from you.”