2 Chronicles 34:33

34:33 Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged ¹  all who were in Israel to worship the Lord their God. Throughout the rest of his reign ²  they did not turn aside from following the Lord God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 2:18

2:18 He designated ³  70,000 as common laborers, ⁴  80,000 as stonecutters ⁵  in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 7:19

7:19 “But if you people ⁷  ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, ⁸  and decide to serve and worship other gods, ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 10:4

10:4 “Your father made us work too hard! ¹⁰  Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.” ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 24:18

24:18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, ¹²  and worshiped ¹³  the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 33:16

33:16 He erected the altar of the Lord and offered on it peace offerings and thank offerings. He told the people of ¹⁴  Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 33:22

33:22 He did evil in the sight of ¹⁵  the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped ¹⁶  them.

2 Chronicles 7:22

7:22 Others will then answer, ¹⁷  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, ¹⁸  who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ¹⁹  That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’”

2 Chronicles 30:8

30:8 Now, don’t be stubborn ²⁰  like your fathers! Submit ²¹  to the Lord and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the Lord your God so that he might relent from his raging anger. ²² 

2 Chronicles 33:3

33:3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky ²³  and worshiped ²⁴  them.

2 Chronicles 35:3

35:3 He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the Lord, “Place the holy ark in the temple which King Solomon son of David of Israel built. Don’t carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel!

[34:33]  ¹ tn Or “caused, forced.”

[34:33]  ² tn Heb “all his days.”

[2:18]  ³ tn Heb “made.”

[2:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

[2:18]  ⁵ tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

[2:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “and thirty-six hundred [as] supervisors to compel the people to work.”

[7:19]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew pronoun is plural, suggesting that Solomon and all Israel (or perhaps Solomon and his successors) are in view. To convey this to the English reader, the translation “you people” has been employed.

[7:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

[7:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[10:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “made our yoke burdensome.”

[10:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “but you, now, lighten the burdensome work of your father and the heavy yoke which he placed on us, and we will serve you.” In the Hebrew text the prefixed verbal form with vav (וְנַעַבְדֶךָ, vÿna’avdekha, “and we will serve you”) following the imperative (הָקֵל, haqel, “lighten”) indicates purpose/result. The conditional sentence used in the present translation is an attempt to bring out the logical relationship between these forms.

[24:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).

[24:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “served.”

[33:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “told Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.

[33:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[33:22]  ¹⁴ tn Or “served.”

[7:22]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and they will say.”

[7:22]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “fathers.”

[7:22]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

[30:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “don’t stiffen your neck” (a Hebrew idiom for being stubborn).

[30:8]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “give a hand.” On the meaning of the idiom here, see HALOT 387 s.v. I יָד 2.

[30:8]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “so that the rage of his anger might turn from you.” The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[33:3]  ¹⁹ tn The phrase כָל צְבָא הֲַשָּׁמַיִם (khol tsÿva’ hashamayim), traditionally translated “all the host of heaven,” refers to the heavenly lights, including stars and planets. In 1 Kgs 22:19 these heavenly bodies are pictured as members of the Lord’s royal court or assembly, but many other texts view them as the illegitimate objects of pagan and Israelite worship.

[33:3]  ²⁰ tn Or “served.”