2 Chronicles 21:12

21:12 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

6:16 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.”