The common Hebrew conjunction at the beginning of this verse is properly translated But in both Revised Standard Version and Good News Translation since what happened is contrary to the readers’ expectation.

Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done to him: This literal translation may be misleading in many languages. Contemporary English Version spells out the meaning perhaps too strongly by saying “he refused to thank the LORD for everything he had done for him.” Better renderings are “Hezekiah did not respond appropriately to the kindness shown him” (New Living Translation) and “Hezekiah did not thank God for his kindness” (New Century Version).

For his heart was proud means simply “he had become too proud.” This clause explains why Hezekiah did not respond in gratitude to God’s goodness. In some languages this clause will go more logically before the statement that he was ungrateful rather than after it. Good News Translation provides a good model if this is the case.

Therefore wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem: This clause gives the consequence of Hezekiah’s pride and resulting lack of gratitude. The wrath is “the LORD’s wrath” (New International Version, Revised English Bible, Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch) as the next verse makes clear. For the writer this wrath probably points to the later exile into Babylonia. Parole de Vie reorders this clause in a helpful way by saying “and the LORD became angry with him, with Jerusalem and with all the kingdom of Judah.” As in this model, Judah and Jerusalem may be better expressed as “Jerusalem and the rest of Judah.”

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 .