2 Chronicles 7:22
7:22 Others will then answer, 1 ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, 2 who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 3 That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’”
2 Chronicles 11:16
11:16 Those among all the Israelite tribes who were determined to worship the Lord God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem 4 to sacrifice to the Lord God of their ancestors. 5
2 Chronicles 19:4
Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges
19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. 6 He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow 7 the Lord God of their ancestors. 8
2 Chronicles 20:6
20:6 He prayed: “O Lord God of our ancestors, 9 you are the God who lives in heaven 10 and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.
2 Chronicles 21:10
21:10 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. 11 At that same time Libnah also rebelled and freed themselves from Judah’s control 12 because Jehoram 13 rejected the Lord God of his ancestors.
2 Chronicles 21:19
21:19 After about two years his intestines came out because of the disease, so that he died a very painful death. 14 His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors. 15
2 Chronicles 24:18
24:18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, 16 and worshiped 17 the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 26:23
26:23 Uzziah passed away 18 and was buried near his ancestors 19 in a cemetery 20 belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) 21 His son Jotham replaced him as king.
2 Chronicles 29:5
29:5 He said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors! 22 Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean!
2 Chronicles 30:22
30:22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, 23 who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. 24 They feasted for the seven days of the festival, 25 and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 33:8
33:8 I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, 26 provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law, the rules and regulations given to Moses.”
2 Chronicles 34:32
34:32 He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. 27 The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.
1 tn Heb “and they will say.”
2 tn Heb “fathers.”
3 tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”
4 tn Heb “and after them from all the tribes of Israel, the ones giving their heart[s] to seek the Lord God of Israel came [to] Jerusalem.”
5 tn Heb “fathers.”
6 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
7 tn Heb “and turned them back to.”
8 tn Heb “fathers.”
9 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 33).
10 tn Heb “are you not God in heaven?” The rhetorical question expects the answer “yes,” resulting in the positive statement “you are the God who lives in heaven” employed in the translation.
11 tn Heb “and Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah until this day.”
12 tn Or “from Jehoram’s control”; Heb “from under his hand.” The pronominal suffix may refer to Judah in general or, more specifically, to Jehoram.
13 tn Heb “he.” This pronoun could refer to Judah, but the context focuses on Jehoram’s misdeeds. See especially v. 11.
14 tn Heb “and it was to days from days, and about the time of the going out of the end for the days, two, his intestines came out with his illness and he died in severe illness.”
15 tn Heb “and his people did not make for him a fire, like the fire of his fathers.”
16 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).
17 tn Heb “served.”
18 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
19 tn Heb “fathers.”
20 tn Heb “a field of burial.”
21 tn Heb “for they said, ‘He had a skin disease.’”
22 tn Heb “fathers.”
23 tn Heb “and Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites.” On the meaning of the idiom “speak to the heart of” here, see HALOT 210 s.v. II דבר 8.d.
24 tn Heb “who demonstrated skill [with] good skill for the Lord.”
25 tn Heb “and they ate [during] the appointed time [for] seven days.” מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “appointed time”) is probably an adverbial accusative of time referring to the festival. However, some understand it as metonymically referring to the food eaten during the festival. See BDB 417 s.v.
26 tn Heb “I will not again make the feet of Israel wander from the land which I established for their fathers.”
27 tn Heb “and he caused to stand everyone who was found in Jerusalem and Benjamin.”