OET interlinear 2 CHR 13:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) But did you not drive out … as the people of other lands do?

(Some words not found in UHB: ?,not driven_out DOM priests_of YHWH DOM sons_of ʼAhₐron and,the,Levites and,you(pl)_have_appointed to/for=you(pl) priests like,the_peoples_of of,the_lands all/each/any/every (the)_[one,who]_comes to,fill his/its=hand with,a_young_bull son_of cattle and,rams seven and=it_was priest to,not ʼElohīm )

Abijah asks this rhetorical question to rebuke the people and to emphasize the positive answer that it anticipates. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: [But you drive out … as the people of other lands do.]

(Occurrence 0) Whoever comes to serve as a priest

(Some words not found in UHB: ?,not driven_out DOM priests_of YHWH DOM sons_of ʼAhₐron and,the,Levites and,you(pl)_have_appointed to/for=you(pl) priests like,the_peoples_of of,the_lands all/each/any/every (the)_[one,who]_comes to,fill his/its=hand with,a_young_bull son_of cattle and,rams seven and=it_was priest to,not ʼElohīm )

Alternate translation: [Anyone who comes to serve as a priest]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) a priest of what are not gods

(Some words not found in UHB: ?,not driven_out DOM priests_of YHWH DOM sons_of ʼAhₐron and,the,Levites and,you(pl)_have_appointed to/for=you(pl) priests like,the_peoples_of of,the_lands all/each/any/every (the)_[one,who]_comes to,fill his/its=hand with,a_young_bull son_of cattle and,rams seven and=it_was priest to,not ʼElohīm )

The phrase “what are not gods” refers to the golden calves that Jeroboam had his craftsmen make. Although the priests served them as if they were gods, they were not really gods. Alternate translation: [a priest of idols that are not really gods]