2 Chronicles 21:13

21:13 but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. ¹  You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, ²  who were better than you.

2 Chronicles 28:23

28:23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him. ³  He reasoned, ⁴  “Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they caused him and all Israel to stumble.

2 Chronicles 30:6

30:6 Messengers ⁵  delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.

This royal edict read: ⁶  “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return ⁷  to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 32:4

32:4 A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district. ⁹  They reasoned, ¹⁰  “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?”

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 prophets ¹¹  spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are recorded ¹²  in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

2 Chronicles 35:18

35:18 A Passover like this had not been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had observed a Passover like the one celebrated by Josiah, the priests, the Levites, all the people of Judah and Israel who were there, and the residents of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:8

36:8 The rest of the events of Jehoiakim’s reign, including the horrible sins he committed and his shortcomings, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah. ¹³  His son Jehoiachin replaced him as king.

¹ tn Heb “and you walked in the way of the kings of Israel and caused Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery, like the house of Ahab causes to commit adultery.”

² tn Heb “the house of your father.”

³ tn Heb “the gods of Damascus, the ones who had defeated him.” The words “he thought” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The perspective is that of Ahaz, not the narrator! Another option is that “the kings” has been accidentally omitted after “gods of.” See v. 23b.

⁴ tn Heb “said.”

⁵ tn Heb “the runners.”

⁶ tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”

⁷ tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

⁸ tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”

⁷ tn Heb “and they closed up all the springs and the stream that flows in the midst of the land.” Here אָרֶץ (’arets, “land”) does not refer to the entire land, but to a smaller region like a district.

⁸ tn Heb “land, saying.”

⁹ tn Or “seers.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “look, they are.”

¹¹ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoiakim, and his horrible deeds which he did and that which was found against him, look, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.”