2 Chronicles 35:4 — compare Bible translations

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35:4 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

35:4 OSHB note: We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἑτοιμάσθητε κατʼ οἴκους πατριῶν ὑμῶν, καὶ κατὰ τὰς ἐφημερίας ὑμῶν, κατὰ τὴν γραφὴν Δαυὶδ βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ διὰ χειρὸς Σαλωμὼν υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ.
(Kai hetoimasthaʸte katʼ oikous patriōn humōn, kai kata tas efaʸmerias humōn, kata taʸn grafaʸn Dawid basileōs Israaʸl, kai dia ⱪeiros Salōmōn huiou autou.)

BrTr And prepare yourselves according to the houses of your families, and according to your daily courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and the order by the hand of his son Solomon.

ULT And prepare by the house of your fathers, according to your divisions, by the writing of David, the king of Israel, and by the writing of Solomon, his son.

UST Divide yourselves into your traditional clans, obeying the instructions that King David and his son Solomon wrote.

BSB Prepare [yourselves] by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.

OEB No OEB CH2 35:4 book available

WEBBE Prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

NET Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.

LSV and prepare, by the house of your fathers, according to your divisions, by the writing of David king of Israel, and by the writing of his son Solomon,

FBV Get yourselves ready for service in your divisions, by families, according to the instructions given by David, king of Israel, and his son Solomon.

T4T Divide yourselves into clans, obeying the instructions that King David and his son Solomon wrote.

LEB And prepare yourselves according to _⌊your families_⌋,[fn] according to your working groups, according to the decree[fn] of David king of Israel and according to the decree[fn] of Solomon his son.

35:4 Literally “the house of your fathers”

35:4 Or “writing”

BBE And make yourselves ready in your divisions, by your families, as it is ordered in the writings of David, king of Israel, and of Solomon his son;

Moff Arrange yourselves by your families in your divisions, as prescribed by David king of Israel and by his son Solomon;

JPS And prepare ye after your fathers' houses by your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

ASV and prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

DRA And prepare yourselves by your houses, and families according to your courses, as David king of Israel commanded, and Solomon his son hath written.

YLT and prepare, by the house of your fathers, according to your courses, by the writing of David king of Israel, and by the writing of Solomon his son,

Drby and prepare yourselves by your fathers' houses, in your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son;

RV And prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

SLT And prepare yourselves to the house of your fathers in your divisions, in the writing of David king of Israel, and in the writing of Solomon his son:

Wbstr And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

KJB-1769 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

KJB-1611 And prepare your selues by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of Dauid king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his sonne.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps And prepare your selues by your auncient housholdes, and companies, according to the writing of Dauid king of Israel, and the writing of Solomon his sonne:
(And prepare yourselves by your ancient households, and companies, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and the writing of Solomon his son:)

Gnva And prepare your selues by the houses of your fathers according to your courses, as Dauid the King of Israel hath written, and according to the writing of Salomon his sonne,
(And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers according to your courses, as David the King of Israel hath/has written, and according to the writing of Solomon his son,)

Cvdl and prepare the house of youre fathers in youre courses, as it was appoynted by Dauid the kynge of Israel, and by Salomo his sonne:
(and prepare the house of your(pl) fathers in your(pl) courses, as it was appointed by David the king of Israel, and by Salomo his son:)

Wycl and make you redi bi youre housis and meynees in the departyngis of ech bi hym silf, as Dauid, king of Israel, comaundide, and Salomon, his sone, discryuede;
(and make you ready by your(pl) houses and households/companies in the divisions of each by himself, as David, king of Israel, commanded, and Solomon, his son, described;)

Luth Und, schicket das Haus eurer Väter in eurer Ordnung, wie sie beschrieben ist von David, dem Könige Israels, und seinem Sohn Salomo.
(And, sends the house yours(pl) fathers in yours(pl) order(n), as/like they/she/them described is from David, to_him king(s) Israel’s, and his son Salomo.)

ClVg Et præparate vos per domos et cognationes vestras in divisionibus singulorum, sicut præcepit David rex Israël, et descripsit Salomon filius ejus.
(And prepare you(pl) through houses and kinships your in/into/on divisions of_each, like ordered David king Israel, and described Solomon son his/her.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) by the name of your ancestral houses and your divisions

(Some words not found in UHB: and,be_prepared to,the_house_of your(pl)_ancestors_of,your(pl) according,to_of,your(pl)_divisions by,the_writing_of Dāvid king Yisrael and,by,the_writing_of Shəlomoh/(Solomon) son_of,his )

The word “name” is a collective noun, referring to each name of each ancestral house and each division. Your language may need to say “according to the names of your ancestral houses and your divisions.”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) your ancestral houses

The word “house” is a metonym for the family that lives in the house. Alternate translation: [the families that are descendants of your ancestors]

(Occurrence 0) divisions

groups into which the people had divided the priests and Levites

(Occurrence 0) the written instructions of David … and those of Solomon, his son

Alternate translation: [the instructions that David … and Solomon, his son, wrote]

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Josiah’s Reforms throughout Judah and Israel

2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles

If ever there was a point in biblical history when the worship of Yahweh seemed all but extinguished, it was during the years leading up to King Josiah’s birth. Yet it was against this incredibly dark backdrop that the Lord raised up Josiah of Judah to bring about one of the greatest spiritual reforms his nation had ever seen. Josiah was the grandson of Manasseh, one of the most wicked and idolatrous kings of Judah (2 Kings 21:1-9; 2 Chronicles 33:1-9), though Manasseh later repented (2 Chronicles 33:12-19), and the son of Amon, another wicked, idolatrous king (2 Kings 21:18-22; 2 Chronicles 33:20-23). After his father’s death, Josiah became king at the young age of eight, so perhaps it was this lack of influence from his wicked father during some of his most formative years as a leader that enabled him to become such a force for spiritual renewal throughout Judah. Whatever the reason for his spiritual fervor, Josiah’s passion also coincided with a period of Assyrian decline, which allowed him to expand his renewal even to the lands once ruled by the northern kingdom of Israel. Josiah began his reforms by commissioning repairs to be made to the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. During these repairs, the book of the law, likely the book of Deuteronomy, was found in the Temple and brought to Josiah. When Josiah read the book, he tore his clothes in anguish over the punishment that surely awaited the nation for their disobedience to the laws of Moses. He called for all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to gather by the pillar of the Temple, and he read the law to them as well and led them to establish a new covenant to follow the laws of Moses. Josiah then began a great purge of idolatry throughout Jerusalem, Judah, and even Israel. Utensils used for pagan worship were removed from the Temple in Jerusalem and burned in the Kidron Valley, and their ashes were carried to Bethel. The image of Asherah was also removed and burned in the Kidron Valley, and the remains were ground to dust and spread over graves of the common people. The houses of the male prostitutes in the Temple area were also broken down. The horses and chariots dedicated to the sun by the kings of Judah were removed, and the chariots were burned. The altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz and the altars that Manasseh had made in Temple courtyard were pulled down and broken in pieces, and the rubble was thrown into the Kidron Valley. A place called Topheth in the Hinnom Valley was defiled so that no one would make a son or daughter pass through fire as an offering to Molech. Just east of Jerusalem the high places built by King Solomon for his pagan wives on the Mount of Corruption (also called the Mount of Olives; 1 Kings 11:7-8) were defiled. Josiah’s reforms throughout Judah included putting away the mediums, wizards, teraphim, idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land. At Bethel he tore down the altar and the high place erected by Jeroboam son of Nebat. He burned the high place, crushing it to dust, and burned the sacred pole. There he also saw tombs of people who must have been associated with the pagan rituals there, so he removed the bones and burned them on the altar, thus defiling it, as was prophesied years earlier (1 Kings 13:1-10). Josiah then extended his reforms to lands that formerly belonged to Israel but were now directly governed by Assyria. Throughout the towns of Samaria all the shrines of the high places were removed, the priests of the high places were slaughtered on the pagan altars, and their bones were burned on them. Throughout the rest of the land of Israel and Judah–in Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali–Josiah also broke down the altars, ground the sacred poles and images into powder, and demolished all the incense altars. When Josiah returned to Jerusalem, he celebrated the Passover in a way that exceeded all the Passover celebrations since the time of the Judges.

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Josiah’s Reforms throughout Judah and Israel

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