2 Chronicles 24:20
24:20 God’s Spirit energized
1 Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the
Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the
Lord, he has rejected you!’”
2 Chronicles 32:17
32:17 He wrote letters mocking the
Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words:
2 “The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.”
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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 4 spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are recorded 5 in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.
2 Chronicles 34:33
34:33 Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged
6 all who were in Israel to worship the
Lord their God. Throughout the rest of his reign
7 they did not turn aside from following the
Lord God of their ancestors.
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
8 in Judah. May the
Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!”
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1 tn Heb “clothed.”
2 tn Heb “and speaking against him, saying.”
3 tn Heb “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.”
3 tn Or “seers.”
4 tn Heb “look, they are.”
4 tn Or “caused, forced.”
5 tn Heb “all his days.”
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
6 tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the Lord his God [be] with him so that he may go up.”