2 Chronicles 6:6

6:6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, ¹  and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

2 Chronicles 6:19

6:19 But respond favorably to ²  your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer ³  the desperate prayer ⁴  your servant is presenting to you. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 18:17

18:17 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?”

2 Chronicles 18:22

18:22 So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”

2 Chronicles 21:7

21:7 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty ⁶  because of the promise ⁷  he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty. ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 24:19

24:19 The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. ⁹  They warned ¹⁰  the people, but they would not pay attention.

2 Chronicles 25:20

25:20 But Amaziah did not heed the warning, ¹¹  for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom. ¹² 

2 Chronicles 28:21

28:21 Ahaz gathered riches ¹³  from the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help.

2 Chronicles 30:10

30:10 The messengers journeyed from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but people mocked and ridiculed them. ¹⁴ 

2 Chronicles 32:25

32:25 But Hezekiah was ungrateful; he had a proud attitude, provoking God to be angry at him, as well as Judah and Jerusalem. ¹⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb for my name to be there.” See also the note on the word “live” in v. 5.

² tn Heb “turn to.”

³ tn Heb “by listening to.”

⁴ tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”

⁵ tn Heb “praying before you.”

⁶ tn Heb “house.”

⁷ tn Or “covenant.”

⁸ tn Heb “which he made to David, just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” Here “lamp” is metaphorical, symbolizing the Davidic dynasty.

⁹ tn Heb “and he sent among them prophets to bring them back to the Lord.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “testified among.”

¹¹ tn Heb “did not listen.”

¹² tn Heb “because it was from God in order to give them into the hand because they sought the gods of Edom.”

¹³ tn Heb “divided up,” but some read חִלֵּץ (khillets, “despoiled”).

¹⁴ tn Heb “and they were mocking them and ridiculing them.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “but not according to the benefit [given] to him did Hezekiah repay, for his heart was high, and there was anger against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.”

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