2 Tawarikh 5:14

5:14 The priests could not carry out their duties ¹  because of the cloud; the Lord’s splendor filled God’s temple.

2 Tawarikh 7:2

7:2 The priests were unable to enter the Lord’s temple because the Lord’s splendor filled the Lord’s temple.

2 Tawarikh 18:21

18:21 He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord ²  said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. ³  Go out and do as you have proposed.’

2 Tawarikh 30:3

30:3 They were unable to observe it at the regular ⁴  time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem.

2 Tawarikh 32:13

32:13 Are you not aware of what I and my predecessors ⁵  have done to all the nations of the surrounding lands? Have the gods of the surrounding lands actually been able to rescue their lands from my power? ⁶ 

[5:14]  ¹ tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.”

[18:21]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:21]  ³ tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the Lord is assuring the spirit of success on his mission. However, in a commissioning context (note the following imperatives) such as this, it is more likely that the imperfects are injunctive, in which case one could translate, “Deceive, and also overpower.”

[30:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “at that time.”

[32:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 14, 15), but in this context the term does not necessarily refer to Sennacherib’s ancestors, but to his predecessors on the Assyrian throne.

[32:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “hand.”