2 Chronicles 21:12
Context21:12 Jehoram 1 received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You 2 have not followed in the footsteps 3 of your father Jehoshaphat and of 4 King Asa of Judah,
2 Chronicles 6:16
Context6:16 Now, O Lord God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, 5 provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’ 6


[21:12] 1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[21:12] 2 tn Heb “Because you…” In the Hebrew text this lengthy sentence is completed in vv. 14-15. Because of its length and complexity (and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences), the translation has divided it up into several English sentences.
[21:12] 3 tn Heb “walked in the ways.”
[21:12] 4 tn Heb “in the ways of.”
[6:16] 5 tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”
[6:16] 6 tn Heb “guard their way by walking in my law as you have walked before me.”