2 Tawarikh 28:3

28:3 He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, ¹  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ²  whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.

2 Tawarikh 32:13

32:13 Are you not aware of what I and my predecessors ³  have done to all the nations of the surrounding lands? Have the gods of the surrounding lands actually been able to rescue their lands from my power? ⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 32:23

32:23 Many were bringing presents ⁵  to the Lord in Jerusalem and precious gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah. From that time on he was respected by ⁶  all the nations.

2 Tawarikh 33:9

33:9 But Manasseh misled the people of ⁷  Judah and the residents of Jerusalem so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.

2 Tawarikh 36:14

36:14 All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. ⁸  They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

[28:3]  ¹ sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice (NEB “burnt his sons in the fire”; NASB “burned his sons in the fire”; NIV “sacrificed his sons in the fire”; NRSV “made his sons pass through fire”). For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

[28:3]  ² tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[32:13]  ³ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 14, 15), but in this context the term does not necessarily refer to Sennacherib’s ancestors, but to his predecessors on the Assyrian throne.

[32:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “hand.”

[32:23]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “offerings.”

[32:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “lifted up in the eyes of.”

[33:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “misled Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.

[36:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”