2 Chronicles 6:23-25

6:23 listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.¹

6:24 “If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy² because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you,³ and pray for your help⁴ before you in this temple, 6:25 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors.⁵

2 Chronicles 7:19

7:19 “But if you people⁶ ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep,⁷ and decide to serve and worship other gods,⁸

2 Chronicles 10:2

10:2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

2 Chronicles 10:12

10:12 Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.”

2 Chronicles 12:11-12

12:11 Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.⁹

12:12 So when Rehoboam¹⁰ humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him;¹¹ Judah experienced some good things.¹²

2 Chronicles 18:25-26

18:25 Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son. 18:26 Say, ‘This is what the king says: “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water¹³ until I return safely.”’”

2 Chronicles 19:8

19:8 In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the Lord¹⁴ and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem.¹⁵

2 Chronicles 25:10

25:10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home.¹⁶ They were very angry at Judah and returned home incensed.

2 Chronicles 32:25

32:25 But Hezekiah was ungrateful; he had a proud attitude, provoking God to be angry at him, as well as Judah and Jerusalem.¹⁷

2 Chronicles 33:13

33:13 When he prayed to the Lord,¹⁸ the Lord¹⁹ responded to him²⁰ and answered favorably²¹ his cry for mercy. The Lord²² brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God.

2 Chronicles 34:7

34:7 he tore down the altars and Asherah poles, demolished the idols, and smashed all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:13

36:13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance²³ in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return²⁴ to the Lord God of Israel.

¹tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by repaying the guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”

²tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

³tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

⁴tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

³tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 31, 38).

⁴tn The Hebrew pronoun is plural, suggesting that Solomon and all Israel (or perhaps Solomon and his successors) are in view. To convey this to the English reader, the translation “you people” has been employed.

⁵tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

⁶tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

⁵tn Heb “to the chamber of the runners.”

⁶tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷tn Heb “the anger of the Lord turned from him and did not destroy completely.”

⁸tn Heb “and also in Judah there were good things.”

⁷tn Heb “the bread of affliction and the water of affliction.”

⁸tn Heb “for the judgment of the Lord.”

⁹tc Heb “and to conduct a case [or “for controversy”], and they returned [to] Jerusalem.” Some emend וַיָּשֻׁבוּ (vayyashuvu, “and they returned”) to וַיֵּשְׁבוּ (vayyeshÿvu, “and they lived [in]”). The present translation assumes an emendation to יֹשְׁבֵי (yoshÿvey, “residents of”).

⁹tn Heb “and Amaziah separated them, the troops who came to him from Ephraim, to go to their place.”

¹⁰tn Heb “but not according to the benefit [given] to him did Hezekiah repay, for his heart was high, and there was anger against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.”

¹¹tn Heb “him”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹²tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³tn Heb “was entreated by him,” or “allowed himself to be entreated by him.”

¹⁴tn Heb “heard.”

¹⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹²tn Or “made him swear an oath.”

¹³tn Heb “and he stiffened his neck and strengthened his heart from returning.”