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 6:38

6:38 When they return to you with all their heart and being ⁶  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, ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 8:14

8:14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon ⁸  appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, ⁹  and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. ¹⁰  This was what David the man of God had ordered. ¹¹ 

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, ¹²  “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, ¹³  and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. ¹⁴  A man must be executed only for his own sin.” ¹⁵ 

2 Chronicles 35:15

35:15 The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. ¹⁶  The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

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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 Or “soul.”

⁷ tn Heb “your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your honor”).

⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”

¹¹ tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”

¹² tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”

¹³ tn Heb “on account of sons.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “on account of fathers.”

¹⁵ sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.

¹⁶ tn Or “seer.”