2 Chronicles 20:11

20:11 Look how they are repaying us! They come to drive us out of our allotted land which you assigned to us!

2 Chronicles 33:2

33:2 He did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations ²  whom the Lord drove out ahead of the Israelites.

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 28:3

28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, ⁶  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ⁷  whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.

[33:2]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[33:2]  ² tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[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.

[28:3]  ¹ sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

[28:3]  ² tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”