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21 Necho[a] sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah?[b] I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war.[c] God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 35:21 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Chronicles 35:21 tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”
  3. 2 Chronicles 35:21 tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 35:21 tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”

21 But Necho sent messengers to him, saying, “What quarrel is there, king of Judah, between you and me? It is not you I am attacking at this time, but the house with which I am at war. God has told(A) me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or he will destroy you.”

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