2 Tawarikh 34:27

34:27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit ¹  and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.

2 Tawarikh 34:31

34:31 The king stood by his pillar ²  and renewed ³  the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow ⁴  the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, ⁵  by carrying out the terms ⁶  of this covenant recorded on this scroll.

2 Tawarikh 35:21

35:21 Necho ⁷  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? ⁸  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. ⁹  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” ¹⁰ 

[34:27]  ¹ tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”

[34:31]  ² tc This assumes an emendation to עַמּוּדוֹ (’ammudo), see 23:13. The MT reads “at his place.”

[34:31]  ³ tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made” or “agreed to.”

[34:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “walk after.”

[34:31]  ⁵ tn Or “soul.”

[34:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “words.”

[35:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

[35:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

[35:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”