2 Tawarikh 6:20

6:20 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. ¹  May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place. ² 

2 Tawarikh 6:30

6:30 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ³  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives. ⁴  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ⁵ 

2 Tawarikh 10:10

10:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam ⁶  had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’ ⁷  – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! ⁸ 

2 Tawarikh 10:14

10:14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; ⁹  I will make them even heavier. ¹⁰  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ¹¹ 

2 Tawarikh 18:16

18:16 Micaiah ¹²  replied, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”

2 Tawarikh 19:11

19:11 You will report to Amariah the chief priest in all matters pertaining to the Lord’s law, and to Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in all matters pertaining to the king. ¹³  The Levites will serve as officials before you. Confidently carry out your duties! ¹⁴  May the Lord be with those who do well!”

2 Tawarikh 31:12

31:12 they brought in the contributions, tithes, ¹⁵  and consecrated items that had been offered. ¹⁶  Konaniah, a Levite, was in charge of all this, assisted by his brother Shimei.

2 Tawarikh 35:8

35:8 His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God’s temple, supplied 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle.

[6:20]  ¹ tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”

[6:20]  ² tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”

[6:30]  ³ tn The words “their sin” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for clarification.

[6:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 28-30a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

[6:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

[10:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

[10:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view is that it refers to the little finger (so NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). As the following statement makes clear, Rehoboam’s point is that he is more harsh and demanding than his father.

[10:14]  ⁹ tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew mss and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.”

[10:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”

[10:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.

[18:16]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “and look, Amariah the chief priest is over you with respect to every matter of the Lord, and Zebadiah…with respect to every matter of the king.”

[19:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Be strong and act!”

[31:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “tenth.”

[31:12]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and holy things in faithfulness.”