2 Chronicles 1:12

1:12 you are granted wisdom and discernment. ¹  Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.” ² 

2 Chronicles 6:26

6:26 “The time will come when ³  the skies ⁴  are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ⁵  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ⁶  and turn away from their sin because you punish ⁷  them,

2 Chronicles 6:29

6:29 When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, ⁸  as they acknowledge their intense pain ⁹  and spread out their hands toward this temple,

[1:12]  ¹ tn Heb “wisdom and discernment are given to you.”

[1:12]  ² tn Heb “which was not so for the kings who were before you, and after you there will not be so.”

[6:26]  ³ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 26-27a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[6:26]  ⁴ tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[6:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “they.”

[6:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[6:26]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text reads “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“afflict”).

[6:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”

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