2 Chronicles 16:7

16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet¹ visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.

2 Chronicles 16:9

16:9 Certainly² the Lord watches the whole earth carefully³ and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him.⁴ You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.

2 Chronicles 18:12

18:12 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed.⁵ Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success!”⁶

2 Chronicles 18:14

18:14 Micaiah⁷ came before the king and the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; they will be handed over to you.”⁸

2 Chronicles 21:12

21:12 Jehoram⁹ received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You¹⁰ have not followed in the footsteps¹¹ of your father Jehoshaphat and of¹² King Asa of Judah,

2 Chronicles 25:7

25:7 But a prophet¹³ visited him and said: “O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites.¹⁴

2 Chronicles 25:15-16

25:15 The Lord was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why are you following¹⁵ these gods¹⁶ that could not deliver their own people from your power?”¹⁷ 25:16 While he was speaking, Amaziah¹⁸ said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!”¹⁹ So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided²⁰ to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”

2 Chronicles 26:20

26:20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at²¹ him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king²² himself wanted to leave quickly because the Lord had afflicted him.

2 Chronicles 30:9

30:9 For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The Lord your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you²³ if you return to him.”

2 Chronicles 31:10

31:10 Azariah, the head priest from the family of Zadok, said to him, “Since the contributions began arriving in the Lord’s temple, we have had plenty to eat and have a large quantity left over. For the Lord has blessed his people, and this large amount remains.”

2 Chronicles 33:18

33:18 The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the prophets²⁴ spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are recorded²⁵ in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

2 Chronicles 35:21

35:21 Necho²⁶ sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah?²⁷ I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war.²⁸ God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.”²⁹

¹tn Heb “the seer.”

²tn Or “for.”

³tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord move quickly through all the earth.”

⁴tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”

³tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”

⁴tn Heb “let your words be like one of them and speak good.”

⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁵sn One does not expect Micaiah, having just vowed to speak only what the Lord tells him, to agree with the other prophets and give the king an inaccurate prophecy. Micaiah’s actions became understandable later, when we discover that the Lord desires to deceive the king and lead him to his demise. The Lord even dispatches a lying spirit to deceive Ahab’s prophets. Micaiah can lie to the king because he realizes this lie is from the Lord. It is important to note that in v. 13 Micaiah only vows to speak the word of his God; he does not necessarily say he will tell the truth. In this case the Lord’s word is deliberately deceptive. Only when the king adjures him to tell the truth (v. 15), does Micaiah do so.

⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁶tn Heb “Because you…” In the Hebrew text this lengthy sentence is completed in vv. 14-15. Because of its length and complexity (and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences), the translation has divided it up into several English sentences.

⁷tn Heb “walked in the ways.”

⁸tn Heb “in the ways of.”

⁶tn Heb “man of God.”

⁷tn Heb “Israel, all the sons of Ephraim.”

⁷tn Heb “seeking,” perhaps in the sense of “consulting [an oracle from].”

⁸tn Heb “the gods of the people.”

⁹tn Heb “hand.”

⁸tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹tn Heb “Stop yourself! Why should they strike you down?”

¹⁰tn The verb יָעַץ (ya’ats, “has decided”) is from the same root as יוֹעֵץ (yo’ets, “counselor”) in v. 16 and עֵצָה (’etsah, “advice”) later in v. 16. The wordplay highlights the appropriate nature of the divine punishment. Amaziah rejected the counsel of God’s prophet; now he would be the victim of God’s “counsel.”

⁹tn Heb “turned toward.”

¹⁰tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰tn Heb “turn [his] face from you.”

¹¹tn Or “seers.”

¹²tn Heb “look, they are.”

¹²tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

¹⁴tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

¹⁵tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”