2 Chronicles 12:6

12:6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.” ¹ 

2 Chronicles 13:18

13:18 That day ²  the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 7:14

7:14 if my people, who belong to me, ³  humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, ⁴  and repudiate their sinful practices, ⁵  then I will respond ⁶  from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. ⁷ 

¹ tn Or “fair,” meaning the Lord’s punishment of them was just or fair.

² tn Heb “at that time.”

³ tn Heb “over whom my name is called.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

⁴ tn Heb “seek my face,” where “my face” is figurative for God’s presence and acceptance.

⁵ tn Heb “and turn from their sinful ways.”

⁶ tn Heb “hear.”

⁷ sn Here the phrase heal their land means restore the damage done by the drought, locusts and plague mentioned in v. 13.