2 Chronicles 7:16

7:16 Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; ¹  I will be constantly present there. ² 

2 Chronicles 21:6

21:6 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. ³  He did evil in the sight of ⁴  the Lord.

2 Chronicles 22:4

22:4 He did evil in the sight of ⁵  the Lord like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they ⁶  gave him advice that led to his destruction.

2 Chronicles 27:2

27:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. ⁷  (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) ⁸  Yet the people were still sinning.

2 Chronicles 28:1

Ahaz’s Reign

28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ⁹  He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 29:6

29:6 For our fathers were unfaithful; they did what is evil in the sight of ¹¹  the Lord our God and abandoned him! They turned ¹²  away from the Lord’s dwelling place and rejected him. ¹³ 

2 Chronicles 29:8

29:8 The Lord was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn, ¹⁴  as you can see with your own eyes.

2 Chronicles 32:23

32:23 Many were bringing presents ¹⁵  to the Lord in Jerusalem and precious gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah. From that time on he was respected by ¹⁶  all the nations.

2 Chronicles 33:22

33:22 He did evil in the sight of ¹⁷  the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped ¹⁸  them.

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim’s Reign

36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹⁹  He did evil in the sight of ²⁰  the Lord his God.

2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin’s Reign

36:9 Jehoiachin was eighteen ²¹  years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. ²²  He did evil in the sight of ²³  the Lord.

[7:16]  ¹ tn Heb “for my name to be there perpetually [or perhaps, “forever”].”

[7:16]  ² tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”

[21:6]  ³ tn Heb “he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife.”

[21:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[22:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[22:4]  ⁶ tn That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house.

[27:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Uzziah his father had done.”

[27:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the Lord.”

[28:1]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[28:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father.”

[29:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[29:6]  ¹² tn Heb “turned their faces.”

[29:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “and turned the back.”

[29:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he made them [an object] of dread and devastation and hissing.”

[32:23]  ¹⁵ tn Or perhaps, “offerings.”

[32:23]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “lifted up in the eyes of.”

[33:22]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[33:22]  ¹⁸ tn Or “served.”

[36:5]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[36:5]  ²⁰ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[36:9]  ²¹ tc The Hebrew text reads “eight,” but some ancient textual witnesses, as well as the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:8, have “eighteen.”

[36:9]  ²² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[36:9]  ²³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”