2 Chronicles 6:26

6:26 “The time will come when ¹  the skies ²  are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ³  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ⁴  and turn away from their sin because you punish ⁵  them,

2 Chronicles 6:36

6:36 “The time will come when your people ⁶  will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry at them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their land, whether far away or close by.

2 Chronicles 25:4

25:4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, ⁷  “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, ⁸  and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. ⁹  A man must be executed only for his own sin.” ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 29:21

29:21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. ¹¹  The king ¹²  told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord.

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¹ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 26-27a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

² tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

³ tn Heb “they.”

⁴ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew text reads “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“afflict”).

⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (God’s people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”

⁸ tn Heb “on account of sons.”

⁹ tn Heb “on account of fathers.”

¹⁰ sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.

¹¹ sn Perhaps these terms refer metonymically to the royal court, the priests and Levites, and the people, respectively.

¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.