2 Tawarikh 20:26

20:26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where ¹  they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah ²  to this very day.

2 Tawarikh 36:21

36:21 This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. ³  The land experienced ⁴  its sabbatical years; ⁵  it remained desolate for seventy years, ⁶  as prophesied. ⁷ 

[20:26]  ¹ tn Heb “for there.”

[20:26]  ² sn The name Berachah, which means “blessing” in Hebrew, is derived from the verbal root “to praise [or “to bless”],” which appears earlier in the verse.

[36:21]  ³ tn Heb “to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

[36:21]  ⁴ tn Or “accepted.”

[36:21]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ sn Concerning the seventy years see Jer 25:11.

[36:21]  ⁷ 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.