2 Chronicles 10:11

10:11 My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. ¹  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’” ² 

2 Chronicles 10:14

10:14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; ³  I will make them even heavier. ⁴  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 6:2

6:2 O Lord, ⁶  I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

2 Chronicles 7:14

7:14 if my people, who belong to me, ⁷  humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, ⁸  and repudiate their sinful practices, ⁹  then I will respond ¹⁰  from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 18:7

18:7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ¹²  But I despise ¹³  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always ¹⁴  disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹⁵  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”

¹ tn Heb “and now my father placed upon you a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke.”

² 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.

³ 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.”

⁴ tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”

⁵ 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.

⁵ tn The words “O Lord” do not appear in the Hebrew text, but they are supplied in the translation for clarification; Solomon addresses the Lord in prayer at this point.

⁷ tn Heb “over whom my name is called.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

⁸ tn Heb “seek my face,” where “my face” is figurative for God’s presence and acceptance.

⁹ tn Heb “and turn from their sinful ways.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “hear.”

¹¹ sn Here the phrase heal their land means restore the damage done by the drought, locusts and plague mentioned in v. 13.

⁹ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

¹⁰ tn Or “hate.”

¹¹ tn Heb “all his days.”

¹² tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.