2 Chronicles 2:16

2:16 we will get all the timber you need from Lebanon ¹  and bring it ²  in raft-like bundles ³  by sea to Joppa. You can then haul it on up to Jerusalem.”

2 Chronicles 10:14

10:14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; ⁴  I will make them even heavier. ⁵  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 23:6

23:6 No one must enter the Lord’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 29:8

29:8 The Lord was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn, ⁷  as you can see with your own eyes.

2 Chronicles 32:33

32:33 Hezekiah passed away ⁸  and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor. ⁹  His son Manasseh replaced him as king.

2 Chronicles 35:22

35:22 But Josiah did not turn back from him; ¹⁰  he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously ¹¹  the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo. ¹² 

[2:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and we will cut down trees from Lebanon according to all your need.”

[2:16]  ² tn Heb “to you,” but this phrase has not been translated for stylistic reasons – it is somewhat redundant.

[2:16]  ³ tn Or “on rafts.” See the note at 1 Kgs 5:9.

[10:14]  ⁴ tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew mss and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.”

[10:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”

[10:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.

[29:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he made them [an object] of dread and devastation and hissing.”

[32:33]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[32:33]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and honor they did to him in his death, all Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.”

[35:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “and Josiah did not turn his face from him.”

[35:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “listen to.”

[35:22]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.