2 Chronicles 35:4

35:4 Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed ¹  by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.

2 Chronicles 21:12

21:12 Jehoram ²  received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You ³  have not followed in the footsteps ⁴  of your father Jehoshaphat and of ⁵  King Asa of Judah,

2 Chronicles 36:22

Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Go Home

36:22 In the first year of the reign of ⁶  King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, ⁷  the Lord moved ⁸  King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.

¹ tn Heb “written.”

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

³ 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.

⁴ tn Heb “walked in the ways.”

⁵ tn Heb “in the ways of.”

³ tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴ tn Heb “to complete the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

⁵ tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”