2 Chronicles 6:26
Context6:26 “The time will come when 1 the skies 2 are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people 3 sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, 4 and turn away from their sin because you punish 5 them,
2 Chronicles 6:38
Context6:38 When they return to you with all their heart and being 6 in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, 7
2 Chronicles 8:14
Context8:14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon 8 appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, 9 and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. 10 This was what David the man of God had ordered. 11
2 Chronicles 25:4
Context25:4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, 12 “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, 13 and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. 14 A man must be executed only for his own sin.” 15
2 Chronicles 35:15
Context35:15 The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. 16 The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.
1 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 26-27a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
3 tn Heb “they.”
4 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
5 tn The Hebrew text reads “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“afflict”).
6 tn Or “soul.”
7 tn Heb “your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your honor
8 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”
10 tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”
11 tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”
12 tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the
13 tn Heb “on account of sons.”
14 tn Heb “on account of fathers.”
15 sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.
16 tn Or “seer.”