Discovery Box2 Chronicles 21:7 
Context21:7 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty 1 because of the promise 2 he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty. 3
2 Chronicles 22:10
ContextAthaliah is Eliminated
22:10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line 4 of Judah. 5
2 Chronicles 30:7
Context30:7 Don’t be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their ancestors, 6 provoking him to destroy them, 7 as you can see.
1 tn Heb “house.”
2 tn Or “covenant.”
3 tn Heb “which he made to David, just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” Here “lamp” is metaphorical, symbolizing the Davidic dynasty.
4 tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum, “arise”) is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.
5 tn Heb “house of Judah.”
6 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 19, 22).
7 tn Heb “and he made them a devastation” (or, perhaps, “an object of horror”).
