2 Chronicles 13:8-9

13:8 Now you are declaring that you will resist the Lord’s rule through the Davidic dynasty. ¹  You have a huge army, ²  and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods. 13:9 But you banished ³  the Lord’s priests, Aaron’s descendants, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests just as the surrounding nations do! Anyone who comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of these fake gods! ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 15:2

15:2 He met ⁵  Asa and told him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him. ⁶  If you seek him, he will respond to you, ⁷  but if you reject him, he will reject you.

2 Chronicles 20:17

20:17 You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the Lord deliver you, ⁸  O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁹  Tomorrow march out toward them; the Lord is with you!’”

2 Chronicles 30:6

30:6 Messengers ¹⁰  delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.

This royal edict read: ¹¹  “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return ¹²  to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. ¹³ 

[13:8]  ¹ tn Heb “the kingdom of the Lord by the hand of the sons of David.”

[13:8]  ² tn Or “horde”; or “multitude.”

[13:9]  ³ tn In the Hebrew text this is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Did you not banish?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you did,” the force of which is reflected in the translation “But you banished.”

[13:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “whoever comes to fill his hand with a bull of a son of cattle, and seven rams, and he is a priest to no-gods.”

[15:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “went out before.”

[15:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “when you are with him.”

[15:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

[20:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “the deliverance of the Lord with you.”

[20:17]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”

[30:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “the runners.”

[30:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”

[30:6]  ¹¹ tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[30:6]  ¹² tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”