2 Chronicles 12:6-7
12:6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The
Lord is just.”
1
12:7 When the
Lord saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah:
2 “They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon.
3 My anger will not be unleashed against
4 Jerusalem through
5 Shishak.
2 Chronicles 12:12
12:12 So when Rehoboam 6 humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; 7 Judah experienced some good things. 8
1 tn Or “fair,” meaning the Lord’s punishment of them was just or fair.
2 tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying.”
3 tn Heb “and I will give to them soon deliverance.”
4 tn Or “gush forth upon.”
5 tn Heb “by the hand of.”
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “the anger of the Lord turned from him and did not destroy completely.”
8 tn Heb “and also in Judah there were good things.”