Discovery Box2 Chronicles 1:10 
Context1:10 Now give me wisdom and discernment so 1 I can effectively lead this nation. 2 Otherwise 3 no one is able 4 to make judicial decisions for 5 this great nation of yours.” 6
2 Chronicles 6:25
Context6:25 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors. 7
2 Chronicles 10:7
Context10:7 They said to him, “If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.” 8
1 tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) following the imperative here indicates purpose/result.
2 tn Heb “so I may go out before this nation and come in.” The expression “go out…and come in” here means “to lead” (see HALOT 425 s.v. יצא qal.4).
3 tn Heb “for.” The word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.
4 tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”
5 tn Heb “to judge.”
6 tn Heb “these numerous people of yours.”
7 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 31, 38).
8 tn Heb “If today you are for good to these people and you are favorable to them and speak to them good words, they will be your servants all the days.”
