2 Chronicles 33:10

33:10 The Lord confronted ¹  Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.

2 Chronicles 10:14

10:14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; ²  I will make them even heavier. ³  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 32:6

32:6 He appointed military officers over the army ⁵  and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, ⁶  saying,

2 Chronicles 30:22

30:22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, ⁷  who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. ⁸  They feasted for the seven days of the festival, ⁹  and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors.

[33:10]  ¹ tn Heb “spoke to.”

[10:14]  ² tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew mss and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.”

[10:14]  ³ tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”

[10:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.

[32:6]  ³ tn Heb “and he placed officers of war over the people.”

[32:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “he spoke to their heart[s].”

[30:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites.” On the meaning of the idiom “speak to the heart of” here, see HALOT 210 s.v. II דבר 8.d.

[30:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “who demonstrated skill [with] good skill for the Lord.”

[30:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they ate [during] the appointed time [for] seven days.” מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “appointed time”) is probably an adverbial accusative of time referring to the festival. However, some understand it as metonymically referring to the food eaten during the festival. See BDB 417 s.v.