2 Tawarikh 32:21

32:21 The Lord sent a messenger ¹  and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib ²  returned home humiliated. ³  When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons ⁴  struck him down with the sword.

2 Tawarikh 34:31

34:31 The king stood by his pillar ⁵  and renewed ⁶  the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow ⁷  the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, ⁸  by carrying out the terms ⁹  of this covenant recorded on this scroll.

2 Tawarikh 35:21

35:21 Necho ¹⁰  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? ¹¹  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. ¹²  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” ¹³ 

[32:21]  ¹ tn Or “an angel.”

[32:21]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:21]  ³ tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”

[32:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”

[34:31]  ⁵ tc This assumes an emendation to עַמּוּדוֹ (’ammudo), see 23:13. The MT reads “at his place.”

[34:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made” or “agreed to.”

[34:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “walk after.”

[34:31]  ⁸ tn Or “soul.”

[34:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “words.”

[35:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

[35:21]  ¹² tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

[35:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”