2 Chronicles 6:3

6:3 Then the king turned around ¹  and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there. ² 

2 Chronicles 21:9

21:9 Jehoram crossed over to Zair with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. ³ 

2 Chronicles 23:2

23:2 They traveled throughout Judah and assembled the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the Israelite family leaders.

They came to Jerusalem, ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 29:6

29:6 For our fathers were unfaithful; they did what is evil in the sight of ⁵  the Lord our God and abandoned him! They turned ⁶  away from the Lord’s dwelling place and rejected him. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “turned his face.”

² tn Heb “and he blessed all the assembly of Israel, and all the assembly of Israel was standing.”

³ tc Heb “and he arose at night and defeated Edom, who had surrounded him, and the chariot officers.” The Hebrew text as it stands gives the impression that Jehoram was surrounded and launched a victorious nighttime counterattack. Yet v. 10 goes on to state that the Edomite revolt was successful. The translation above assumes an emendation of the Hebrew text. Adding a third masculine singular pronominal suffix to the accusative sign before Edom (reading אֹתוֹ [’oto, “him”] instead of just אֶת [’et]) and taking Edom as the subject of verbs allows one to translate the verse in a way that is more consistent with the context, which depicts an Israelite defeat, not victory. See also 2 Kgs 8:21.

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⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁸ tn Heb “turned their faces.”

⁹ tn Heb “and turned the back.”