2 Tawarikh 10:14

10:14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; ¹  I will make them even heavier. ²  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ³ 

2 Tawarikh 16:3

16:3 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ⁴  See, I have sent you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 32:5

32:5 Hezekiah ⁶  energetically rebuilt ⁷  every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, ⁸  and fortified the terrace of the City of David. ⁹  He made many weapons and shields.

2 Tawarikh 34:8

34:8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. ¹⁰  He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the Lord his God.

[10:14]  ¹ tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew mss and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.”

[10:14]  ² tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”

[10:14]  ³ tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.

[16:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

[16:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

[32:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”

[32:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”

[32:5]  ⁹ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[34:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to purify the land and the house.”