2 Tawarikh 7:19

7:19 “But if you people ¹  ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, ²  and decide to serve and worship other gods, ³ 

2 Tawarikh 7:22

7:22 Others will then answer, ⁴  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, ⁵  who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ⁶  That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.’”

[7:19]  ¹ tn The Hebrew pronoun is plural, suggesting that Solomon and all Israel (or perhaps Solomon and his successors) are in view. To convey this to the English reader, the translation “you people” has been employed.

[7:19]  ² tn Heb “which I placed before you.”

[7:19]  ³ tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[7:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they will say.”

[7:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “fathers.”

[7:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”