2 Tawarikh 16:12

16:12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. ¹  Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. ² 

2 Tawarikh 32:24

Hezekiah’s Shortcomings and Accomplishments

32:24 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. ³  He prayed to the Lord, who answered him and gave him a sign confirming that he would be healed. ⁴ 

2 Tawarikh 36:21

36:21 This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. ⁵  The land experienced ⁶  its sabbatical years; ⁷  it remained desolate for seventy years, ⁸  as prophesied. ⁹ 

[16:12]  ¹ tn Heb “became sick in his feet.”

[16:12]  ² tn Heb “unto upwards [i.e., very severe [was] his sickness, and even in his sickness he did not seek the Lord, only the healers.

[32:24]  ³ tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

[32:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he spoke to him and a sign he gave to him.”

[36:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

[36:21]  ⁶ tn Or “accepted.”

[36:21]  ⁷ sn According to Lev 25:4, the land was to remain uncultivated every seventh year. Lev 26:33-35 warns that the land would experience a succession of such sabbatical rests if the people disobeyed God, for he would send them away into exile.

[36:21]  ⁸ sn Concerning the seventy years see Jer 25:11.

[36:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “all the days of the desolation it rested to fulfill the seventy years.”

[36:21]  sn Cyrus’ edict (see vv. 22-23) occurred about fifty years after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 b.c., which is most naturally understood as the beginning point of the “days of desolation” mentioned in v. 21. The number “seventy” is probably used in a metaphorical sense, indicating a typical lifetime and suggesting a thorough or complete judgment that would not be lifted until an entirely new generation emerged.