Discovery Box2 Chronicles 6:36
Context6:36 “The time will come when your people 1 will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry at them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their land, whether far away or close by.
2 Chronicles 18:17
Context18:17 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?”
2 Chronicles 6:18
Context6:18 “God does not really live with humankind on the earth! 2 Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
2 Chronicles 6:22
Context6:22 “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, 3
2 Chronicles 19:7
Context19:7 Respect the Lord and make careful decisions, for the Lord our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.” 4
2 Chronicles 6:30
Context6:30 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, 5 and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives. 6 (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) 7
2 Chronicles 6:32
Context6:32 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your great reputation 8 and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds; 9 they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.
2 Chronicles 32:11
Context32:11 Hezekiah says, “The Lord our God will rescue us from the power 10 of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst! 11
2 Chronicles 18:7
Context18:7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. 12 But I despise 13 him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always 14 disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. 15 Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”
2 Chronicles 21:13
Context21:13 but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. 16 You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, 17 who were better than you.
[6:36] 1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (God’s people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[6:18] 2 tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live with mankind on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which is reflected in the translation “God does not really live with mankind on the earth.”
[6:22] 3 tn Heb “and if the man who sins against his neighbor when one takes up against him a curse to curse him and the curse comes before your altar in this house.”
[19:7] 4 tn Heb “and now let the terror of the
[6:30] 5 tn The words “their sin” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for clarification.
[6:30] 6 tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 28-30a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.
[6:30] 7 tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”
[6:32] 6 tn Heb “your great name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your great reputation
[6:32] 7 tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”
[32:11] 8 tn Heb “Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to die by hunger and thirst, saying, ‘The
[18:7] 8 tn Heb “to seek the
[18:7] 10 tn Heb “all his days.”
[18:7] 11 tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[21:13] 9 tn Heb “and you walked in the way of the kings of Israel and caused Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery, like the house of Ahab causes to commit adultery.”
