2 Chronicles 6:9

6:9 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’ ¹ 

2 Chronicles 21:11

21:11 He also built high places on the hills of Judah; he encouraged the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord ²  and led Judah away from the Lord. ³ 

2 Chronicles 25:21

25:21 So King Joash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other on the battlefield ⁴  in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

2 Chronicles 32:12

32:12 Hezekiah is the one who eliminated ⁵  the Lord’s ⁶  high places and altars and then told Judah and Jerusalem, “At one altar you must worship and offer sacrifices.”

2 Chronicles 32:26

32:26 But then Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem humbled themselves and abandoned their pride, and the Lord was not angry with them for the rest of Hezekiah’s reign. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 33:13

33:13 When he prayed to the Lord, ⁸  the Lord ⁹  responded to him ¹⁰  and answered favorably ¹¹  his cry for mercy. The Lord ¹²  brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God.

¹ tn Heb “your son, the one who came out of your body, he will build the temple for my name.”

² tn Heb “and he caused the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery.” In this context spiritual unfaithfulness to the Lord is in view rather than physical adultery.

³ tn Heb “and drove Judah away.”

³ tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.” See the note on the expression “Come on, face me on the battlefield” in v. 17.

⁴ tn Heb “Did not he, Hezekiah, eliminate…?” This rhetorical question presupposes a positive reply (“yes, he did”) and so has been translated here as a positive statement.

⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “and Hezekiah humbled himself in the height of his heart, he and the residents of Jerusalem, and the anger of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.”

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

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “was entreated by him,” or “allowed himself to be entreated by him.”

⁹ tn Heb “heard.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.