2 Chronicles 7:22

7:22 Others will then answer, ¹  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, ²  who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ³  That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’”

2 Chronicles 8:14

8:14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon ⁴  appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, ⁵  and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. ⁶  This was what David the man of God had ordered. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 16:7

16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet ⁸  visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.

2 Chronicles 20:26

20:26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where ⁹  they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah ¹⁰  to this very day.

2 Chronicles 32:17

32:17 He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: ¹¹  “The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.” ¹² 

2 Chronicles 33:14

33:14 After this Manasseh ¹³  built up the outer wall of the City of David ¹⁴  on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

[7:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and they will say.”

[7:22]  ² tn Heb “fathers.”

[7:22]  ³ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

[8:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”

[8:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”

[8:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”

[16:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “the seer.”

[20:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for there.”

[20:26]  ¹¹ sn The name Berachah, which means “blessing” in Hebrew, is derived from the verbal root “to praise [or “to bless”],” which appears earlier in the verse.

[32:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “and speaking against him, saying.”

[32:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.”

[33:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:14]  ¹⁷ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.