2 Chronicles 20:8

20:8 They settled down in it and built in it a temple ¹  to honor you, ²  saying,

2 Chronicles 21:12

21:12 Jehoram ³  received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You ⁴  have not followed in the footsteps ⁵  of your father Jehoshaphat and of ⁶  King Asa of Judah,

2 Chronicles 32:10

32:10 “This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege? ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 34:23

34:23 and she said to them: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Say this to the man who sent you to me:

¹ tn Or “sanctuary.”

² tn Heb “for your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “to honor you”).

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn 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.

⁵ tn Heb “walked in the ways.”

⁶ tn Heb “in the ways of.”

⁵ tn Heb “On what are you trusting that [you] are living during the siege in Jerusalem.”