2 Chronicles 1:8-9

1:8 Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated ¹  great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place. 1:9 Now, Lord God, may your promise ²  to my father David be realized, ³  for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.

2 Chronicles 6:9

6:9 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’ ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 6:41

6:41 Now ascend, O Lord God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests, O Lord God, experience your deliverance! ⁵  May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give! ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 20:7

20:7 Our God, you drove out ⁷  the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it as a permanent possession ⁸  to the descendants of your friend ⁹  Abraham.

2 Chronicles 25:8

25:8 Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you ¹⁰  before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating.” ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 25:19

25:19 You defeated Edom ¹²  and it has gone to your head. ¹³  Gloat over your success, ¹⁴  but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?” ¹⁵ 

2 Chronicles 6:30

6:30 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ¹⁶  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives. ¹⁷  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ¹⁸ 

2 Chronicles 20:6

20:6 He prayed: “O Lord God of our ancestors, ¹⁹  you are the God who lives in heaven ²⁰  and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.

2 Chronicles 35:21

35:21 Necho ²¹  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? ²²  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. ²³  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” ²⁴ 

2 Chronicles 14:11

14:11 Asa prayed ²⁵  to the Lord his God: “O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. ²⁶  Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. ²⁷  O Lord our God, don’t let men prevail against you!” ²⁸ 

[1:8]  ¹ tn Heb “did.”

[1:9]  ² tn Heb “you word.”

[1:9]  ³ tn Or “be firm, established.”

[6:9]  ³ tn Heb “your son, the one who came out of your body, he will build the temple for my name.”

[6:41]  ⁴ tn Heb “be clothed with deliverance.”

[6:41]  ⁵ tn Heb “and may your loyal ones rejoice in good.”

[20:7]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Heb “permanently.”

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

[25:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “cause you to stumble.”

[25:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “to cause to stumble.”

[25:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “you say [to yourself], ‘look, you have defeated Edom.’”

[25:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “and your heart is lifted up.”

[25:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “to glorify.”

[25:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”

[6:30]  ⁸ tn The words “their sin” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for clarification.

[6:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 28-30a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

[6:30]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

[20:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 33).

[20:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “are you not God in heaven?” The rhetorical question expects the answer “yes,” resulting in the positive statement “you are the God who lives in heaven” employed in the translation.

[35:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

[35:21]  ¹² tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

[35:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”

[14:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “called out.”

[14:11]  ¹² tn Heb “there is not with you to help between many with regard to [the one] without strength.”

[14:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “and in your name we have come against this multitude.”

[14:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “let not man retain [strength] with you.”