2 Chronicles 12:12

12:12 So when Rehoboam ¹  humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; ²  Judah experienced some good things. ³ 

2 Chronicles 26:16

26:16 But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. ⁴  He disobeyed ⁵  the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar.

2 Chronicles 27:2

27:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. ⁶  (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) ⁷  Yet the people were still sinning.

2 Chronicles 34:11

34:11 They gave money to the craftsmen and builders to buy chiseled stone and wood for the braces and rafters of the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into disrepair. ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 36:19

36:19 They burned down the Lord’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. ⁹  They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.

2 Chronicles 12:7

12:7 When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: ¹⁰  “They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon. ¹¹  My anger will not be unleashed against ¹²  Jerusalem through ¹³  Shishak.

2 Chronicles 21:7

21:7 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty ¹⁴  because of the promise ¹⁵  he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty. ¹⁶ 

2 Chronicles 24:23

24:23 At the beginning ¹⁷  of the year the Syrian army attacked ¹⁸  Joash ¹⁹  and invaded Judah and Jerusalem. They wiped out all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder they gathered to the king of Damascus.

2 Chronicles 25:16

25:16 While he was speaking, Amaziah ²⁰  said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” ²¹  So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided ²²  to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”

2 Chronicles 35:21

35:21 Necho ²³  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? ²⁴  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. ²⁵  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” ²⁶ 

[12:12]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:12]  ² tn Heb “the anger of the Lord turned from him and did not destroy completely.”

[12:12]  ³ tn Heb “and also in Judah there were good things.”

[26:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “his heart was high [i.e., proud] to destroy.”

[26:16]  ⁵ tn Or “was unfaithful to.”

[27:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Uzziah his father had done.”

[27:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the Lord.”

[34:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “of the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed.”

[36:19]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying.”

[12:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and I will give to them soon deliverance.”

[12:7]  ¹⁸ tn Or “gush forth upon.”

[12:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “by the hand of.”

[21:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[21:7]  ²⁰ tn Or “covenant.”

[21:7]  ²¹ tn Heb “which he made to David, just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” Here “lamp” is metaphorical, symbolizing the Davidic dynasty.

[24:23]  ²² tn Heb “turning.”

[24:23]  ²³ tn Heb “went up against.”

[24:23]  ²⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:16]  ²⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:16]  ²⁶ tn Heb “Stop yourself! Why should they strike you down?”

[25:16]  ²⁷ tn The verb יָעַץ (ya’ats, “has decided”) is from the same root as יוֹעֵץ (yo’ets, “counselor”) in v. 16 and עֵצָה (’etsah, “advice”) later in v. 16. The wordplay highlights the appropriate nature of the divine punishment. Amaziah rejected the counsel of God’s prophet; now he would be the victim of God’s “counsel.”

[35:21]  ²⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:21]  ²⁹ tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

[35:21]  ³⁰ tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

[35:21]  ³¹ tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”