2 Chronicles 2:7

2:7 “Now send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as purple, crimson, and violet colored fabrics, and who knows how to engrave. He will work with my skilled craftsmen here in Jerusalem ¹  and Judah, whom my father David provided.

2 Chronicles 7:14

7:14 if my people, who belong to me, ²  humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, ³  and repudiate their sinful practices, ⁴  then I will respond ⁵  from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 35:21

35:21 Necho ⁷  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? ⁸  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. ⁹  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” ¹⁰ 

[2:7]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:14]  ² tn Heb “over whom my name is called.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

[7:14]  ³ tn Heb “seek my face,” where “my face” is figurative for God’s presence and acceptance.

[7:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “and turn from their sinful ways.”

[7:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “hear.”

[7:14]  ⁶ sn Here the phrase heal their land means restore the damage done by the drought, locusts and plague mentioned in v. 13.

[35:21]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

[35:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

[35:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”