2 Chronicles 16:5

16:5 When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying ¹  Ramah and abandoned the project. ² 

2 Chronicles 36:21

36:21 This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. ³  The land experienced ⁴  its sabbatical years; ⁵  it remained desolate for seventy years, ⁶  as prophesied. ⁷ 

[16:5]  ¹ tn Heb “building.”

[16:5]  ² tn Heb “and he caused his work to cease.”

[36:21]  ³ tn Heb “to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

[36:21]  ⁴ tn Or “accepted.”

[36:21]  ⁵ sn According to Lev 25:4, the land was to remain uncultivated every seventh year. Lev 26:33-35 warns that the land would experience a succession of such sabbatical rests if the people disobeyed God, for he would send them away into exile.

[36:21]  ⁶ sn Concerning the seventy years see Jer 25:11.

[36:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the days of the desolation it rested to fulfill the seventy years.”