OET interlinear 2 CHR 7:22

uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) they forsook Yahweh

(Some words not found in UHB: and,people_will_say on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who abandoned DOM YHWH god_of their_ancestors_of,their which/who he,brought_them_out from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and,they_took_hold on,gods other and,they_bowed_down to/for=them and,they,served_them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_brought on,them DOM all/each/any/every the,calamity (the),this )

Alternate translation: [they were unfaithful to Yahweh] or [they did not obey Yahweh]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

(Occurrence 0) who had brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt

(Some words not found in UHB: and,people_will_say on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who abandoned DOM YHWH god_of their_ancestors_of,their which/who he,brought_them_out from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and,they_took_hold on,gods other and,they_bowed_down to/for=them and,they,served_them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_brought on,them DOM all/each/any/every the,calamity (the),this )

This phrase tells why they should have worshiped God.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) they laid hold of other gods

(Some words not found in UHB: and,people_will_say on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who abandoned DOM YHWH god_of their_ancestors_of,their which/who he,brought_them_out from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and,they_took_hold on,gods other and,they_bowed_down to/for=them and,they,served_them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_brought on,them DOM all/each/any/every the,calamity (the),this )

Here “laid hold of” represents choosing to be loyal to them. Alternate translation: [they chose to be loyal to other gods]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) bowed down to them and worshiped them

(Some words not found in UHB: and,people_will_say on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who abandoned DOM YHWH god_of their_ancestors_of,their which/who he,brought_them_out from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and,they_took_hold on,gods other and,they_bowed_down to/for=them and,they,served_them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so he/it_brought on,them DOM all/each/any/every the,calamity (the),this )

These two phrases mean the same thing. The phrase “bowed down to them” describes the posture that people used in worship.