6:24 “If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy 1 because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, 2 and pray for your help 3 before you in this temple,
1 tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”
2 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
3 tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”
4 tn Heb “for the terror of the
5 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “for great plunder was in them.”
7 sn Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.
8 tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).
9 tn Heb “you say [to yourself], ‘look, you have defeated Edom.’”
10 tn Heb “and your heart is lifted up.”
11 tn Heb “to glorify.”
12 tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”