12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin 2 to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
1 tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”
2 tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”
3 tn Heb “elders.”
4 tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”