2 Chronicles 13:16

13:16 The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, ¹  and God handed them over to the men of Judah. ² 

2 Chronicles 33:2

33:2 He did evil in the sight of ³  the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations ⁴  whom the Lord drove out ahead of the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 5:14

5:14 The priests could not carry out their duties ⁵  because of the cloud; the Lord’s splendor filled God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 10:2

10:2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

2 Chronicles 28:3

28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, ⁶  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ⁷  whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 32:7

32:7 “Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic ⁸  because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him. ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 33:9

33:9 But Manasseh misled the people of ¹⁰  Judah and the residents of Jerusalem so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 12:5

12:5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’” ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 20:15

20:15 He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah, ¹²  residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic ¹³  because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.

2 Chronicles 22:11

22:11 So Jehoshabeath, ¹⁴  the daughter of King Jehoram, ¹⁵  took Ahaziah’s son Joash and sneaked him away ¹⁶  from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah so she could not execute him.

[13:16]  ¹ tn Heb “Judah.”

[13:16]  ² tn Heb “them”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:2]  ³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[33:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[5:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”

[28:3]  ⁷ sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

[28:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[32:7]  ⁹ tn Or perhaps, “and don’t be discouraged.”

[32:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for with us [is] a greater [one] than with him.”

[33:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “misled Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.

[12:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”

[20:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah. Unlike the previous instance in v. 13 where infants, wives, and children are mentioned separately, this reference appears to include them all.

[20:15]  ¹⁶ tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”

[22:11]  ¹⁷ sn Jehoshabeath is a variant spelling of the name Jehosheba (2 Kgs 11:2).

[22:11]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the king”; the referent (King Jehoram, see later in this verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “stole.”