2 Chronicles 31:20

31:20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful.

2 Chronicles 31:1

31:1 When all this was over, the Israelites ¹  who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished ²  all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. ³  Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 15:11

15:11 At that time ⁵  they sacrificed to the Lord some of the plunder they had brought back, including 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 15:14

15:14 They swore their allegiance to the Lord, shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns. ⁷ 

Luke 1:75

1:75 in holiness and righteousness ⁸  before him for as long as we live. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “all Israel.”

² tn Or “tore down.”

³ tn Heb “the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and in Manasseh until finished.”

⁴ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel returned, each to his possession to their cities.”

⁵ tn Or “In that day.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (tso’n) 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.

⁷ tn Heb “with a loud voice and with a shout and with trumpets and with horns.”

⁸ sn The phrases that we…might serve him…in holiness and righteousness from Luke 1:74-75 well summarize a basic goal for a believer in the eyes of Luke. Salvation frees us up to serve God without fear through a life full of ethical integrity.

⁹ tn Grk “all our days.”