2 Chronicles 16:9

16:9 Certainly ¹  the Lord watches the whole earth carefully ²  and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. ³  You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.

2 Chronicles 16:1

16:1 In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 8:1

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8:1 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and his royal palace,

2 Chronicles 8:1-2

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8:1 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and his royal palace, 8:2 Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram ⁵  had given him and settled Israelites there.

2 Chronicles 19:1

19:1 When King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned home safely to Jerusalem, ⁶ 

Nehemiah 1:6

1:6 may your ear be attentive and your eyes be open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you today throughout both day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites. I am confessing the sins of the Israelites that we have committed ⁷  against you – both I myself and my family ⁸  have sinned.

Psalms 34:15

34:15 The Lord pays attention to the godly

and hears their cry for help. ⁹ 

Psalms 121:5

121:5 The Lord is your protector;

the Lord is the shade at your right hand.

[16:9]  ¹ tn Or “for.”

[16:9]  ² tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord move quickly through all the earth.”

[16:9]  ³ tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”

[16:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”

[8:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “Huram” (also in v. 18). Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.

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[1:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “have sinned.” For stylistic reasons – to avoid redundancy in English – this was translated as “committed.”

[1:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “the house of my father.”

[34:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord [are] toward the godly, and his ears [are] toward their cry for help.”