2 Chronicles 1:10

1:10 Now give me wisdom and discernment so¹ I can effectively lead this nation.² Otherwise³ no one is able⁴ to make judicial decisions for⁵ this great nation of yours.”⁶

2 Chronicles 6:24-25

6:24 “If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy⁷ because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you,⁸ and pray for your help⁹ before you in this temple, 6:25 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.¹⁰

2 Chronicles 19:3

19:3 Nevertheless you have done some good things;¹¹ you removed¹² the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord.”¹³

2 Chronicles 20:7

20:7 Our God, you drove out¹⁴ the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it as a permanent possession¹⁵ to the descendants of your friend¹⁶ Abraham.

2 Chronicles 25:19

25:19 You defeated Edom¹⁷ and it has gone to your head.¹⁸ Gloat over your success,¹⁹ but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?”²⁰

¹tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) following the imperative here indicates purpose/result.

²tn 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).

³tn Heb “for.” The word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

⁴tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

⁵tn Heb “to judge.”

⁶tn Heb “these numerous people of yours.”

⁷tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

⁸tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

⁹tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

¹³tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 31, 38).

¹⁹tn Heb “nevertheless good things are found with you.”

²⁰tn Here בָּעַר (ba’ar) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער.

²¹tn Heb “and you set your heart to seek the Lord.”

²⁵tn Heb “did you not drive out?” This is another rhetorical question which expects a positive response; see the note on the word “heaven” in the previous verse.

²⁶tn Heb “permanently.”

²⁷tn Or perhaps “your covenantal partner.” See Isa 41:8.

³¹tn Heb “you say [to yourself], ‘look, you have defeated Edom.’”

³²tn Heb “and your heart is lifted up.”

³³tn Heb “to glorify.”

³⁴tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”