2 Chronicles 16:9

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

2 Chronicles 16:1

16:1 In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.

2 Chronicles 8:1

Building Projects and Commercial Efforts

8:1 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and his royal palace,

2 Chronicles 8:1-2

Building Projects and Commercial Efforts

8:1 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and his royal palace, 8:2 Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there.

2 Chronicles 19:1

19:1 When King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned home safely to Jerusalem,

Nehemiah 1:6

1:6 may your ear be attentive and your eyes be open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you today throughout both day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites. I am confessing the sins of the Israelites that we have committed against you – both I myself and my family have sinned.

Psalms 34:15

34:15 The Lord pays attention to the godly

and hears their cry for help.

Psalms 121:5

121:5 The Lord is your protector;

the Lord is the shade at your right hand.


tn Or “for.”

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

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

tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”

tn Heb “Huram” (also in v. 18). Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.

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tn Heb “have sinned.” For stylistic reasons – to avoid redundancy in English – this was translated as “committed.”

tn Heb “the house of my father.”

tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord [are] toward the godly, and his ears [are] toward their cry for help.”