2 Chronicles 6:23-25

6:23 listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve. ¹ 

6:24 “If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy ²  because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, ³  and pray for your help ⁴  before you in this temple, 6:25 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 7:19

7:19 “But if you people ⁶  ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, ⁷  and decide to serve and worship other gods, ⁸ 

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 10:12

10:12 Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.”

2 Chronicles 12:11-12

12:11 Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom. ⁹ 

12:12 So when Rehoboam ¹⁰  humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; ¹¹  Judah experienced some good things. ¹² 

2 Chronicles 18:25-26

18:25 Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son. 18:26 Say, ‘This is what the king says: “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water ¹³  until I return safely.”’”

2 Chronicles 19:8

19:8 In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the Lord ¹⁴  and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem. ¹⁵ 

2 Chronicles 25:10

25:10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. ¹⁶  They were very angry at Judah and returned home incensed.

2 Chronicles 32:25

32:25 But Hezekiah was ungrateful; he had a proud attitude, provoking God to be angry at him, as well as Judah and Jerusalem. ¹⁷ 

2 Chronicles 33:13

33:13 When he prayed to the Lord, ¹⁸  the Lord ¹⁹  responded to him ²⁰  and answered favorably ²¹  his cry for mercy. The Lord ²²  brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God.

2 Chronicles 34:7

34:7 he tore down the altars and Asherah poles, demolished the idols, and smashed all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:13

36:13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance ²³  in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return ²⁴  to the Lord God of Israel.

[6:23]  ¹ tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by repaying the guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”

[6:24]  ² tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

[6:24]  ³ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[6:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

[6:25]  ³ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 31, 38).

[7:19]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

[7:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[12:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “to the chamber of the runners.”

[12:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “the anger of the Lord turned from him and did not destroy completely.”

[12:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “and also in Judah there were good things.”

[18:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “the bread of affliction and the water of affliction.”

[19:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “for the judgment of the Lord.”

[19:8]  ⁹ tc Heb “and to conduct a case [or “for controversy”], and they returned [to] Jerusalem.” Some emend וַיָּשֻׁבוּ (vayyashuvu, “and they returned”) to וַיֵּשְׁבוּ (vayyeshÿvu, “and they lived [in]”). The present translation assumes an emendation to יֹשְׁבֵי (yoshÿvey, “residents of”).

[25:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “and Amaziah separated them, the troops who came to him from Ephraim, to go to their place.”

[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.”

[33:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:13]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “was entreated by him,” or “allowed himself to be entreated by him.”

[33:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “heard.”

[33:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[36:13]  ¹² tn Or “made him swear an oath.”

[36:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he stiffened his neck and strengthened his heart from returning.”