2 Chronicles 7:21

7:21 As for this temple, which was once majestic, ¹  everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’

2 Chronicles 18:15

18:15 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in ²  the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”

2 Chronicles 19:6

19:6 He told the judges, “Be careful what you do, ³  for you are not judging for men, but for the Lord, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.

2 Chronicles 25:19

25:19 You defeated Edom ⁴  and it has gone to your head. ⁵  Gloat over your success, ⁶  but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?” ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 32:13

32:13 Are you not aware of what I and my predecessors ⁸  have done to all the nations of the surrounding lands? Have the gods of the surrounding lands actually been able to rescue their lands from my power? ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “and this house which was high/elevated.” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”

² tn Or “swear an oath by.”

³ tn Heb “see what you are doing.”

⁴ tn Heb “you say [to yourself], ‘look, you have defeated Edom.’”

⁵ tn Heb “and your heart is lifted up.”

⁶ tn Heb “to glorify.”

⁷ tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”

⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 14, 15), but in this context the term does not necessarily refer to Sennacherib’s ancestors, but to his predecessors on the Assyrian throne.

⁶ tn Heb “hand.”