2 Chronicles 10:16

10:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David – no share in the son of Jesse! ¹  Return to your homes, O Israel! ²  Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” ³  So all Israel returned to their homes. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 24:23

24:23 At the beginning ⁵  of the year the Syrian army attacked ⁶  Joash ⁷  and invaded Judah and Jerusalem. They wiped out all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder they gathered to the king of Damascus.

2 Chronicles 34:31

34:31 The king stood by his pillar ⁸  and renewed ⁹  the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow ¹⁰  the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, ¹¹  by carrying out the terms ¹²  of this covenant recorded on this scroll.

¹ sn The people’s point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.

² tn Heb “each one to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”

⁴ tn Heb “went to their tents.”

⁵ tn Heb “turning.”

⁶ tn Heb “went up against.”

⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tc This assumes an emendation to עַמּוּדוֹ (’ammudo), see 23:13. The MT reads “at his place.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made” or “agreed to.”

¹¹ tn Heb “walk after.”

¹² tn Or “soul.”

¹³ tn Heb “words.”