2 Chronicles 20:9

20:9 ‘If disaster comes on us in the form of military attack, ¹  judgment, plague, or famine, we will stand in front of this temple before you, for you are present in this temple. ²  We will cry out to you for help in our distress, so that you will ³  hear and deliver us.’

2 Chronicles 23:14

23:14 Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, and ordered them, “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. ⁴  Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 32:21

32:21 The Lord sent a messenger ⁶  and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib ⁷  returned home humiliated. ⁸  When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons ⁹  struck him down with the sword.

2 Chronicles 36:17

36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered ¹⁰  their young men in their temple. ¹¹  He did not spare ¹²  young men or women, or even the old and aging. God ¹³  handed everyone over to him.

[20:9]  ¹ tn Heb “sword.”

[20:9]  ² tn Heb “for your name is in this house.” The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name. In this case the temple is referred to as a “house” where the Lord himself can reside.

[20:9]  ³ tn Or “so that you may.”

[23:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “ranks.”

[23:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the Lord.’”

[32:21]  ⁷ tn Or “an angel.”

[32:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”

[32:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”

[36:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “killed with the sword.”

[36:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”

[36:17]  ¹² tn Or “show compassion to.”

[36:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.