2 Chronicles 6:24

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,

2 Chronicles 6:37

6:37 When your people ⁴  come to their senses ⁵  in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray ⁶ , we have done evil!’

2 Chronicles 20:16

20:16 Tomorrow march down against them as ⁷  they come up the Ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the ravine in front of the Desert of Jeruel.

2 Chronicles 25:17

25:17 After King Amaziah of Judah consulted with his advisers, ⁸  he sent this message to the king of Israel, Joash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, “Come, face me on the battlefield.” ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 29:31

29:31 Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves ¹⁰  to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings ¹¹  to the Lord’s temple.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and whoever desired to do so ¹²  brought burnt sacrifices.

2 Chronicles 30:1

Hezekiah Observes the Passover

30:1 Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem ¹³  and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 30:8

30:8 Now, don’t be stubborn ¹⁴  like your fathers! Submit ¹⁵  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. ¹⁶ 

2 Chronicles 32:4

32:4 A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district. ¹⁷  They reasoned, ¹⁸  “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?”

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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 “they”; the referent (God’s people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”

⁶ tn Or “done wrong.”

⁷ tn Heb “look.”

⁸ tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁹ tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here not to a visit but to meeting in battle. See v. 21.

¹⁰ tn Heb “filled your hand.”

¹¹ tn Or “tokens of thanks.”

¹² tn Heb “and all who were willing of heart.”

¹³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁴ tn Heb “don’t stiffen your neck” (a Hebrew idiom for being stubborn).

¹⁵ tn Heb “give a hand.” On the meaning of the idiom here, see HALOT 387 s.v. I יָד 2.

¹⁶ 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.

¹⁷ tn Heb “and they closed up all the springs and the stream that flows in the midst of the land.” Here אָרֶץ (’arets, “land”) does not refer to the entire land, but to a smaller region like a district.

¹⁸ tn Heb “land, saying.”