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 6:29

6:29 When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, ⁷  as they acknowledge their intense pain ⁸  and spread out their hands toward this temple,

2 Chronicles 34:17

34:17 They melted down the silver in the Lord’s temple ⁹  and handed it over to the supervisors of the construction foremen.”

[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.”

[6:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”

[6:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “which they know, each his pain and his affliction.”

[34:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “that was found in the house of the Lord.”