2 Tawarikh 10:11

10:11 My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. ¹  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’” ² 

2 Tawarikh 31:21

31:21 He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God. ³ 

2 Tawarikh 35:22

35:22 But Josiah did not turn back from him; ⁴  he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously ⁵  the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo. ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “and now my father placed upon you a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke.”

² 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.

³ tn Heb “and in all the work which he began with regard to the service of the house of God and with respect to the law and with respect to the commandment, to seek his God; with all his heart he acted and he succeeded.”

⁴ tn Heb “and Josiah did not turn his face from him.”

⁵ tn Heb “listen to.”

⁶ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.