2 Tawarikh 13:9

13:9 But you banished ¹  the Lord’s priests, Aaron’s descendants, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests just as the surrounding nations do! Anyone who comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of these fake gods! ² 

2 Tawarikh 16:9

16:9 Certainly ³  the Lord watches the whole earth carefully ⁴  and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. ⁵  You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.

2 Tawarikh 16:14

16:14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. ⁶  They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him. ⁷ 

2 Tawarikh 18:7

18:7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ⁸  But I despise ⁹  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always ¹⁰  disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹¹  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”

2 Tawarikh 21:12

21:12 Jehoram ¹²  received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You ¹³  have not followed in the footsteps ¹⁴  of your father Jehoshaphat and of ¹⁵  King Asa of Judah,

2 Tawarikh 29:34

29:34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, ¹⁶  so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.) ¹⁷ 

2 Tawarikh 32:5

32:5 Hezekiah ¹⁸  energetically rebuilt ¹⁹  every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, ²⁰  and fortified the terrace of the City of David. ²¹  He made many weapons and shields.

2 Tawarikh 32:12

32:12 Hezekiah is the one who eliminated ²²  the Lord’s ²³  high places and altars and then told Judah and Jerusalem, “At one altar you must worship and offer sacrifices.”

[13:9]  ¹ tn In the Hebrew text this is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Did you not banish?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you did,” the force of which is reflected in the translation “But you banished.”

[13:9]  ² tn Heb “whoever comes to fill his hand with a bull of a son of cattle, and seven rams, and he is a priest to no-gods.”

[16:9]  ³ tn Or “for.”

[16:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord move quickly through all the earth.”

[16:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”

[16:14]  ⁶ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[16:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”

[18:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[18:7]  ⁹ tn Or “hate.”

[18:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all his days.”

[18:7]  ¹¹ tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[21:12]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[21:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “Because you…” In the Hebrew text this lengthy sentence is completed in vv. 14-15. Because of its length and complexity (and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences), the translation has divided it up into several English sentences.

[21:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “walked in the ways.”

[21:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in the ways of.”

[29:34]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the burnt sacrifices.”

[29:34]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”

[32:5]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:5]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”

[32:5]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”

[32:5]  ²¹ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[32:12]  ²² tn Heb “Did not he, Hezekiah, eliminate…?” This rhetorical question presupposes a positive reply (“yes, he did”) and so has been translated here as a positive statement.

[32:12]  ²³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.