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 10:14
10:14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; 2 I will make them even heavier. 3 My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” 4
1 tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”
2 tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew mss and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.”
3 tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”
4 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.