2 Chronicles 5:14

5:14 The priests could not carry out their duties ¹  because of the cloud; the Lord’s splendor filled God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 10:2

10:2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

2 Chronicles 28:3

28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, ²  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ³  whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 32:7

32:7 “Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic ⁴  because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 33:9

33:9 But Manasseh misled the people of ⁶  Judah and the residents of Jerusalem so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.

[5:14]  ¹ tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”

[28:3]  ² sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

[28:3]  ³ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[32:7]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “and don’t be discouraged.”

[32:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “for with us [is] a greater [one] than with him.”

[33:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “misled 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.