2 Tawarikh 19:3

19:3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; ¹  you removed ²  the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord.” ³ 

2 Tawarikh 25:20

25:20 But Amaziah did not heed the warning, ⁴  for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom. ⁵ 

[19:3]  ¹ tn Heb “nevertheless good things are found with you.”

[19:3]  ² tn Here בָּעַר (ba’ar) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער.

[19:3]  ³ tn Heb “and you set your heart to seek the Lord.”

[25:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “did not listen.”

[25:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “because it was from God in order to give them into the hand because they sought the gods of Edom.”