2 Chronicles 9:6
9:6 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! 1 Your wisdom surpasses what was reported to me.
2 Chronicles 10:11
10:11 My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. 2 My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’” 3
2 Chronicles 11:14
11:14 The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the Lord’s priests.
2 Chronicles 26:20
26:20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at 4 him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king 5 himself wanted to leave quickly because the Lord had afflicted him.
2 Chronicles 28:13
28:13 They said to them, “Don’t bring those captives here! Are you planning on making us even more sinful and guilty before the Lord? 6 Our guilt is already great and the Lord is very angry at Israel.” 7
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 8 and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 36:17
36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered 9 their young men in their temple. 10 He did not spare 11 young men or women, or even the old and aging. God 12 handed everyone over to him.
1 tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”
2 tn Heb “and now my father placed upon you a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke.”
3 tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.
4 tn Heb “turned toward.”
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “for to the guilt of the Lord upon us you are saying to add to our sins and our guilty deeds.”
7 tn Heb “for great is [the] guilt to us and rage of anger is upon Israel.”
8 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
9 tn Heb “killed with the sword.”
10 tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”
11 tn Or “show compassion to.”
12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.