2 Chronicles 6:21

6:21 Respond to the requests of your servant and your people Israel for this place. ¹  Hear from your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably and forgive. ² 

2 Chronicles 6:26

6:26 “The time will come when ³  the skies ⁴  are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ⁵  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ⁶  and turn away from their sin because you punish ⁷  them,

2 Chronicles 20:26

20:26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where ⁸  they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah ⁹  to this very day.

2 Chronicles 34:24

34:24 “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which they read before the king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 34:27-28

34:27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit ¹⁰  and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord. 34:28 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. ¹¹  You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.

¹ tn Heb “listen to the requests of your servant and your people Israel which they are praying concerning this place.”

² tn Heb “hear and forgive.”

³ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 26-27a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁵ tn Heb “they.”

⁶ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew text reads “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“afflict”).

⁵ tn Heb “for there.”

⁶ sn The name Berachah, which means “blessing” in Hebrew, is derived from the verbal root “to praise [or “to bless”],” which appears earlier in the verse.

⁷ tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”

⁹ tn Heb “Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”