2 Chronicles 5:10-11

5:10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. ¹  (It was there that ²  the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)

5:11 The priests left the holy place. ³  All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 6:14

6:14 and prayed: ⁵  “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty ⁶  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 12:3

12:3 He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

2 Chronicles 14:6

14:6 He built fortified cities throughout Judah, for the land was at rest and there was no war during those years; the Lord gave him peace.

2 Chronicles 15:5

15:5 In those days ⁸  no one could travel safely, ⁹  for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 19:7

19:7 Respect the Lord and make careful decisions, for the Lord our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.” ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 20:24

20:24 When the men of Judah ¹²  arrived at the observation post overlooking the desert and looked at ¹³  the huge army, they saw dead bodies on the ground; there were no survivors!

2 Chronicles 36:16

36:16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, ¹⁴  and ridiculed his prophets. ¹⁵  Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. ¹⁶ 

[5:10]  ¹ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).

[5:10]  ² tn Heb “in Horeb where.”

[5:11]  ³ tn Heb “and when the priests went from the holy place.” The syntactical relationship of this temporal clause to the following context is unclear. Perhaps the thought is completed in v. 14 after a lengthy digression.

[5:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “Indeed [or “for”] all the priests who were found consecrated themselves without guarding divisions.”

[6:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “said.”

[6:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.”

[6:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[15:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “times.”

[15:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “there was peace for the one going out or the one coming in.”

[15:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “for great confusion was upon all the inhabitants of the lands.”

[19:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “and now let the terror of the Lord be upon you, be careful and act for there is not with the Lord our God injustice, lifting up of a face, and taking a bribe.”

[20:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.

[20:24]  ¹² tn Heb “turned toward.”

[36:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “his words.”

[36:16]  ¹⁴ tn All three verbal forms (“mocked,” “despised,” and “ridiculed”) are active participles in the Hebrew text, indicating continual or repeated action. They made a habit of rejecting God’s prophetic messengers.

[36:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “until the anger of the Lord went up against his people until there was no healer.”