Discovery Box2 Chronicles 30:6 
Context30:6 Messengers 1 delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.
This royal edict read: 2 “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return 3 to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. 4
2 Chronicles 32:5
Context32:5 Hezekiah 5 energetically rebuilt 6 every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, 7 and fortified the terrace of the City of David. 8 He made many weapons and shields.
1 tn Heb “the runners.”
2 tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”
3 tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
4 tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”
7 tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”
8 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
