2 Chronicles 6:38

6:38 When they return to you with all their heart and being ¹  in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, ² 

2 Chronicles 7:22

7:22 Others will then answer, ³  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, ⁴  who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ⁵  That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’”

2 Chronicles 28:9

28:9 Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: “Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 32:15

32:15 Now don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how ⁷  can your gods rescue ⁸  you from my power?’”

2 Chronicles 34:3

34:3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor ⁹  David. In his twelfth year he began ridding ¹⁰  Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

2 Chronicles 34:28

34:28 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. ¹¹  You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.

2 Chronicles 34:33

34:33 Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged ¹²  all who were in Israel to worship the Lord their God. Throughout the rest of his reign ¹³  they did not turn aside from following the Lord God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 35:24

35:24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, ¹⁴  where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; ¹⁵  all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.

[6:38]  ¹ tn Or “soul.”

[6:38]  ² tn Heb “your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your honor”).

[7:22]  ³ tn Heb “and they will say.”

[7:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “fathers.”

[7:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

[28:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and you killed them with anger [that] reaches as far as heaven.”

[32:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “how much less.”

[32:15]  ⁸ tn The verb is plural, suggesting that the preceding אֱלֹהֵיכֶם (’elohekhem) be translated “your gods,” rather than “your God.”

[34:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “father.”

[34:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “purifying.”

[34:28]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”

[34:33]  ¹³ tn Or “caused, forced.”

[34:33]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “all his days.”

[35:24]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[35:24]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “fathers.”