2 Chronicles 4:20

4:20 the pure gold lampstands and their lamps which burned as specified at the entrance to the inner sanctuary,

2 Chronicles 19:3

19:3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord.”

2 Chronicles 28:3

28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 13:11

13:11 They offer burnt sacrifices to the Lord every morning and every evening, along with fragrant incense. They arrange the Bread of the Presence on a ritually clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. Certainly we are observing the Lord our God’s regulations, but you have rejected him.

tn Heb “nevertheless good things are found with you.”

tn Here בָּעַר (baar) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער.

tn Heb “and you set your heart to seek the Lord.”

sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

tn Or “for.”