But Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart …: But translates the common Hebrew conjunction. Good News Translation and An American Translation use the connector “however.” Either of these contrastive connectors is acceptable here since there is a turn in the story when Hezekiah finally humbled himself. Good News Translation also adds the adverb “Finally” to show that the story is reaching a climax. Humbled himself means he acknowledged his wrongdoing and repented (see the comments on 2 Chr 7.14). This whole clause may be rendered “But later Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem were sorry and stopped being proud” (New Century Version).

So that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them: This clause gives the result of the peoples’ repentance. It picks up the same wording as in the previous verse, and may be restructured by saying “so the LORD stopped being angry with them” or “so the LORD decided not to punish them.”

In the days of Hezekiah provides the limits of God’s gracious tolerance. This phrase may be expressed as “during the lifetime of Hezekiah” (Nouvelle Bible Segond), “while Hezekiah was king,” or “until after Hezekiah died.”

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Chronicles, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2014. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .