2 Chronicles 29:6-11

29:6 For our fathers were unfaithful; they did what is evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord our God and abandoned him! They turned ²  away from the Lord’s dwelling place and rejected him. ³  29:7 They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel. 29:8 The Lord was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn, ⁴  as you can see with your own eyes. 29:9 Look, our fathers died violently ⁵  and our sons, daughters, and wives were carried off ⁶  because of this. 29:10 Now I intend ⁷  to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger. ⁸  29:11 My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to serve in his presence and offer sacrifices.” ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 32:20

32:20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven.

2 Chronicles 32:25-26

32:25 But Hezekiah was ungrateful; he had a proud attitude, provoking God to be angry at him, as well as Judah and Jerusalem. ¹⁰  32:26 But then Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem humbled themselves and abandoned their pride, and the Lord was not angry with them for the rest of Hezekiah’s reign. ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 34:21

34:21 “Go, seek an oracle from ¹²  the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about ¹³  the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, ¹⁴  because our ancestors ¹⁵  have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!” ¹⁶ 

Isaiah 37:1

37:1 When King Hezekiah heard this, ¹⁷  he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple.

Isaiah 37:4

37:4 Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. ¹⁸  When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. ¹⁹  So pray for this remnant that remains.’” ²⁰ 

Isaiah 37:15-20

37:15 Hezekiah prayed before the Lord: 37:16 “O Lord who commands armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! ²¹  You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky ²²  and the earth. 37:17 Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God! ²³  37:18 It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations ²⁴  and their lands. 37:19 They have burned the gods of the nations, ²⁵  for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. ²⁶  37:20 Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.” ²⁷ 

[29:6]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[29:6]  ² tn Heb “turned their faces.”

[29:6]  ³ tn Heb “and turned the back.”

[29:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he made them [an object] of dread and devastation and hissing.”

[29:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “fell by the sword.”

[29:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “are in captivity.”

[29:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “now it is with my heart.”

[29:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “so that the rage of his anger might turn from us.” The jussive with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding statement of intention.

[29:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “to stand before him to serve him and to be his servants and sacrificers.”

[32:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “but not according to the benefit [given] to him did Hezekiah repay, for his heart was high, and there was anger against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.”

[32:26]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and Hezekiah humbled himself in the height of his heart, he and the residents of Jerusalem, and the anger of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.”

[34:21]  ¹² tn Or “inquire of.”

[34:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “concerning.”

[34:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “for great is the anger of the Lord which has been ignited against us.”

[34:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 32, 33).

[34:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “by doing according to all that is written on this scroll.”

[37:1]  ¹⁷ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[37:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “all the words of the chief adviser whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to taunt the living God.”

[37:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and rebuke the words which the Lord your God hears.”

[37:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and lift up a prayer on behalf of the remnant that is found.”

[37:16]  ²¹ sn Cherubim (singular “cherub”) refers to the images of winged angelic creatures that were above the ark of the covenant.

[37:16]  ²² tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[37:17]  ²³ tn Heb “Hear all the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.”

[37:18]  ²⁴ tn The Hebrew text here has “all the lands,” but the parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:17 has “the nations.”

[37:19]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and they put their gods in the fire.”

[37:19]  ²⁶ tn Heb “so they destroyed them” (NASB similar).

[37:20]  ²⁷ tn The parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:19 reads, “that you, Lord, are the only God.”