2 Chronicles 1:9

1:9 Now, Lord God, may your promise ¹  to my father David be realized, ²  for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.

2 Chronicles 6:4

6:4 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled ³  what he promised ⁴  my father David.

2 Chronicles 6:8

6:8 The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 6:15

6:15 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; ⁶  this very day you have fulfilled what you promised. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 10:14

10:14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; ⁸  I will make them even heavier. ⁹  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “you word.”

² tn Or “be firm, established.”

³ tn The Hebrew text reads, “fulfilled by his hand,” but the phrase “by his hand” is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁴ tn The Hebrew text reads, “promised by his mouth,” but the phrase “by his mouth” is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁵ tn Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”

⁷ tn Heb “[you] who kept to your servant David my father that which you spoke to him.”

⁸ tn Heb “you spoke by your mouth and by your hand you fulfilled, as this day.”

⁹ tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew mss and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”

¹¹ tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.