2 Chronicles 1:10

1:10 Now give me wisdom and discernment so ¹  I can effectively lead this nation. ²  Otherwise ³  no one is able ⁴  to make judicial decisions for ⁵  this great nation of yours.” ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 6:24-25

6:24 “If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy ⁷  because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, ⁸  and pray for your help ⁹  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. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 19:3

19:3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; ¹¹  you removed ¹²  the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord.” ¹³ 

2 Chronicles 20:7

20:7 Our God, you drove out ¹⁴  the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it as a permanent possession ¹⁵  to the descendants of your friend ¹⁶  Abraham.

2 Chronicles 25:19

25:19 You defeated Edom ¹⁷  and it has gone to your head. ¹⁸  Gloat over your success, ¹⁹  but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?” ²⁰ 

[1:10]  ¹ tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) following the imperative here indicates purpose/result.

[1:10]  ² tn Heb “so I may go out before this nation and come in.” The expression “go out…and come in” here means “to lead” (see HALOT 425 s.v. יצא qal.4).

[1:10]  ³ tn Heb “for.” The word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

[1:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

[1:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “to judge.”

[1:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “these numerous people of yours.”

[6:24]  ⁷ tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

[6:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[6:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

[6:25]  ¹³ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 31, 38).

[19:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “nevertheless good things are found with you.”

[19:3]  ²⁰ tn Here בָּעַר (ba’ar) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער.

[19:3]  ²¹ tn Heb “and you set your heart to seek the Lord.”

[20:7]  ²⁵ tn Heb “did you not drive out?” This is another rhetorical question which expects a positive response; see the note on the word “heaven” in the previous verse.

[20:7]  ²⁶ tn Heb “permanently.”

[20:7]  ²⁷ tn Or perhaps “your covenantal partner.” See Isa 41:8.

[25:19]  ³¹ tn Heb “you say [to yourself], ‘look, you have defeated Edom.’”

[25:19]  ³² tn Heb “and your heart is lifted up.”

[25:19]  ³³ tn Heb “to glorify.”

[25:19]  ³⁴ tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”