2 Chronicles 9:8

9:8 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored ¹  you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! ²  Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, ³  he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.” ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 13:9

13:9 But you banished ⁵  the Lord’s priests, Aaron’s descendants, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests just as the surrounding nations do! Anyone who comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of these fake gods! ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 21:13

21:13 but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. ⁷  You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, ⁸  who were better than you.

2 Chronicles 23:8

23:8 The Levites and all the men of Judah ⁹  did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath. Jehoiada the priest did not release his divisions from their duties.

2 Chronicles 29:25

29:25 King Hezekiah ¹⁰  stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, ¹¹  and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.)

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¹ tn Or “delighted in.”

² tn Heb “as king for the Lord your God.”

³ tn Heb “to make him stand permanently.”

⁴ tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

⁵ tn In the Hebrew text this is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Did you not banish?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you did,” the force of which is reflected in the translation “But you banished.”

⁶ tn Heb “whoever comes to fill his hand with a bull of a son of cattle, and seven rams, and he is a priest to no-gods.”

⁷ tn Heb “and you walked in the way of the kings of Israel and caused Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery, like the house of Ahab causes to commit adultery.”

⁸ tn Heb “the house of your father.”

⁹ tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.

¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (King Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Or “seer.”