2 Chronicles 2:5

2:5 I will build a great temple, for our God is greater than all gods.

2 Chronicles 13:10

13:10 But as for us, the Lord is our God and we have not rejected him. Aaron’s descendants serve as the Lord’s priests and the Levites assist them with the work. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 19:7

19:7 Respect the Lord and make careful decisions, for the Lord our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.” ² 

2 Chronicles 20:7

20:7 Our God, you drove out ³  the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it as a permanent possession ⁴  to the descendants of your friend ⁵  Abraham.

2 Chronicles 29:6

29:6 For our fathers were unfaithful; they did what is evil in the sight of ⁶  the Lord our God and abandoned him! They turned ⁷  away from the Lord’s dwelling place and rejected him. ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 32:8

32:8 He has with him mere human strength, ⁹  but the Lord our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!” The army ¹⁰  was encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.

2 Chronicles 32:11

32:11 Hezekiah says, “The Lord our God will rescue us from the power ¹¹  of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst! ¹² 

2 Chronicles 14:11

14:11 Asa prayed ¹³  to the Lord his God: “O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. ¹⁴  Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. ¹⁵  O Lord our God, don’t let men prevail against you!” ¹⁶ 

2 Chronicles 2:4

2:4 Look, I am ready to build a temple to honor ¹⁷  the Lord my God and to dedicate it to him in order to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed, ¹⁸  and to offer burnt sacrifices each morning and evening, and on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other times appointed by the Lord our God. This is something Israel must do on a permanent basis. ¹⁹ 

2 Chronicles 13:11

13:11 They offer burnt sacrifices to the Lord every morning and every evening, along with fragrant incense. They arrange the Bread of the Presence on a ritually clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. Certainly ²⁰  we are observing the Lord our God’s regulations, but you have rejected him.

2 Chronicles 14:7

14:7 He said to the people of Judah: ²¹  “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. ²²  The land remains ours because we have followed ²³  the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.” ²⁴  So they built the cities ²⁵  and prospered.

2 Chronicles 20:12

20:12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.” ²⁶ 

[13:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and priests serving the Lord [are] the sons of Aaron and the Levites in the work.”

[19:7]  ¹ tn Heb “and now let the terror of the Lord be upon you, be careful and act for there is not with the Lord our God injustice, lifting up of a face, and taking a bribe.”

[20:7]  ¹ tn Heb “did you not drive out?” This is another rhetorical question which expects a positive response; see the note on the word “heaven” in the previous verse.

[20:7]  ² tn Heb “permanently.”

[20:7]  ³ tn Or perhaps “your covenantal partner.” See Isa 41:8.

[29:6]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[29:6]  ² tn Heb “turned their faces.”

[29:6]  ³ tn Heb “and turned the back.”

[32:8]  ¹ tn Heb “With him is an arm of flesh.”

[32:8]  ² tn Or “people.”

[32:11]  ¹ tn Heb “hand.”

[32:11]  ² tn Heb “Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to die by hunger and thirst, saying, ‘The Lord our God will rescue us from the hand of the king of Assyria’?’

[14:11]  ¹ tn Heb “called out.”

[14:11]  ² tn Heb “there is not with you to help between many with regard to [the one] without strength.”

[14:11]  ³ tn Heb “and in your name we have come against this multitude.”

[14:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “let not man retain [strength] with you.”

[2:4]  ¹ tn Heb “for the name of.”

[2:4]  ² tn Heb “and the regular display.”

[2:4]  ³ tn Heb “permanently [is] this upon Israel.”

[13:11]  ¹ tn Or “for.”

[14:7]  ¹ tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah.

[14:7]  ² tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”

[14:7]  ³ tn Heb “sought.”

[14:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”

[14:7]  ⁵ tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[20:12]  ¹ tn Heb “for [or “indeed”] upon you are our eyes.”