2 Chronicles 7:14

7:14 if my people, who belong to me, ¹  humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, ²  and repudiate their sinful practices, ³  then I will respond ⁴  from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 11:4

11:4 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” ⁶  They obeyed the Lord and called off the attack against Jeroboam. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 21:17

21:17 They attacked Judah and swept through it. ⁸  They carried off everything they found in the royal palace, ⁹  including his sons and wives. None of his sons was left, except for his youngest, Ahaziah.

2 Chronicles 28:5

28:5 The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians ¹⁰  defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. ¹¹  He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him. ¹² 

2 Chronicles 28:18

28:18 The Philistines had raided the cities of Judah in the lowlands ¹³  and the Negev. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its surrounding villages, Timnah and its surrounding villages, and Gimzo and its surrounding villages.

2 Chronicles 34:9

34:9 They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the silver that had been brought to God’s temple. The Levites who guarded the door had collected it from the people of ¹⁴  Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of ¹⁵  Judah and Benjamin and the residents of ¹⁶  Jerusalem.

[7:14]  ¹ tn Heb “over whom my name is called.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

[7:14]  ² tn Heb “seek my face,” where “my face” is figurative for God’s presence and acceptance.

[7:14]  ³ tn Heb “and turn from their sinful ways.”

[7:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “hear.”

[7:14]  ⁵ sn Here the phrase heal their land means restore the damage done by the drought, locusts and plague mentioned in v. 13.

[11:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “for his thing is from me.”

[11:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they heard the words of the Lord and returned from going against Jeroboam.”

[21:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “broke it up.”

[21:17]  ¹² tn Heb “all the property which was found in the house of the king.”

[28:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[28:5]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”

[28:5]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “who struck him down with a great striking.”

[28:18]  ²¹ tn Heb “Shephelah.”

[34:9]  ²⁶ tn Heb “from Manasseh and Ephraim.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Manasseh and Ephraim” here by metonymy for the people of Manasseh and Ephraim.

[34:9]  ²⁷ tn Heb “all Judah and Benjamin.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Judah and Benjamin” here by metonymy for the people of Judah and Benjamin.

[34:9]  ²⁸ tc The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the reading, “and the residents of.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “and they returned.”