2 Chronicles 2:4

2:4 Look, I am ready to build a temple to honor¹ the Lord my God and to dedicate it to him in order to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed,² and to offer burnt sacrifices each morning and evening, and on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other times appointed by the Lord our God. This is something Israel must do on a permanent basis.³

2 Chronicles 7:20

7:20 then I will remove you⁴ from my land I have given you,⁵ I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence,⁶ and I will make you⁷ an object of mockery and ridicule⁸ among all the nations.

2 Chronicles 26:18

26:18 They confronted⁹ King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not proper for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to the Lord. That is the responsibility of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have disobeyed¹⁰ and the Lord God will not honor you!”

2 Chronicles 30:8

30:8 Now, don’t be stubborn¹¹ like your fathers! Submit¹² to the Lord and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the Lord your God so that he might relent from his raging anger.¹³

2 Chronicles 30:24

30:24 King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep¹⁴ for the assembly, while the officials supplied them¹⁵ with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves.

2 Chronicles 31:6

31:6 The Israelites and people of Judah¹⁶ who lived in the cities of Judah also contributed a tenth of their cattle and sheep, as well as a tenth of the holy items consecrated to the Lord their God. They brought them and placed them in many heaps.¹⁷

¹tn Heb “for the name of.”

²tn Heb “and the regular display.”

³tn Heb “permanently [is] this upon Israel.”

⁴tn Heb “them.” The switch from the second to the third person pronoun is rhetorically effective, for it mirrors God’s rejection of his people – he has stopped addressing them as “you” and begun addressing them as “them.” However, the switch is awkward and confusing in English, so the translation maintains the direct address style.

⁵tn Heb “them.” See the note on “you” earlier in this verse.

⁶tc Instead of “I will throw away,” the parallel text in 1 Kgs 9:7 has “I will send away.” The two verbs sound very similar in Hebrew, so the discrepancy is likely due to an oral transmissional error.

⁷tn Heb “him,” which appears in context to refer to Israel (i.e., “you” in direct address). Many translations understand the direct object of the verb “make” to be the temple (NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “it”).

⁸tn Heb “and I will make him [i.e., Israel] a proverb and a taunt,” that is, a proverbial example of destruction and an object of reproach.

⁷tn Heb “stood against.”

⁸tn Or “been unfaithful.”

¹⁰tn Heb “don’t stiffen your neck” (a Hebrew idiom for being stubborn).

¹¹tn Heb “give a hand.” On the meaning of the idiom here, see HALOT 387 s.v. I יָד 2.

¹²tn Heb “so that the rage of his anger might turn from you.” The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

¹³tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (ts’on, translated “sheep” twice in this verse) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but their is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other.

¹⁴tn Heb “the assembly.” The pronoun “them” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

¹⁶tn Heb “and the sons of Israel and Judah.”

¹⁷tn Heb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.