2 Chronicles 13:9

13:9 But you banished ¹  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! ² 

2 Chronicles 32:17

32:17 He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: ³  “The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.” ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 34:33

34:33 Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged ⁵  all who were in Israel to worship the Lord their God. Throughout the rest of his reign ⁶  they did not turn aside from following the Lord God of their ancestors.

[13:9]  ¹ 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]  ² 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.”

[32:17]  ³ tn Heb “and speaking against him, saying.”

[32:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.”

[34:33]  ⁵ tn Or “caused, forced.”

[34:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “all his days.”