2 Tawarikh 26:18

26:18 They confronted ¹  King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not proper for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to the Lord. That is the responsibility of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have disobeyed ²  and the Lord God will not honor you!”

2 Tawarikh 34:21

34:21 “Go, seek an oracle from ³  the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about ⁴  the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, ⁵  because our ancestors ⁶  have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!” ⁷ 

2 Tawarikh 36:23

36:23 It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem ⁸  in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” ⁹ 

[26:18]  ¹ tn Heb “stood against.”

[26:18]  ² tn Or “been unfaithful.”

[34:21]  ³ tn Or “inquire of.”

[34:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “concerning.”

[34:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “for great is the anger of the Lord which has been ignited against us.”

[34:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 32, 33).

[34:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “by doing according to all that is written on this scroll.”

[36:23]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[36:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the Lord his God [be] with him so that he may go up.”