2 Chronicles 2:6

2:6 Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky ¹  and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him. ² 

2 Chronicles 1:10

1:10 Now give me wisdom and discernment so ³  I can effectively lead this nation. ⁴  Otherwise ⁵  no one is able ⁶  to make judicial decisions for ⁷  this great nation of yours.” ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 18:19

18:19 The Lord said, ‘Who will deceive King Ahab of Israel, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?’ One said this and another that.

2 Chronicles 32:14

32:14 Who among all the gods of these nations whom my predecessors annihilated was able to rescue his people from my power? ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 36:23

36:23 It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem ¹⁰  in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” ¹¹ 

¹ tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

² tn Heb “Who retains strength to build for him a house, for the heavens and the heavens of heavens do not contain him? And who am I that I should build for him a house, except to sacrifice before him?”

³ tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) following the imperative here indicates purpose/result.

⁴ tn Heb “so I may go out before this nation and come in.” The expression “go out…and come in” here means “to lead” (see HALOT 425 s.v. יצא qal.4).

⁵ tn Heb “for.” The word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

⁶ tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

⁷ tn Heb “to judge.”

⁸ tn Heb “these numerous people of yours.”

⁵ tn Heb “hand.”

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⁸ tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the Lord his God [be] with him so that he may go up.”