1:11 God said to Solomon, “Because you desire this, 1 and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, 2 and because you did not ask for long life, 3 but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,
6:36 “The time will come when your people 4 will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry at them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their land, whether far away or close by.
12:5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’” 10
28:9 Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: “Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice. 16
31:1 When all this was over, the Israelites 17 who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished 18 all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. 19 Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities. 20
1 tn Heb “because this was in your heart.”
2 tn Heb “the life of those who hate you.”
3 tn Heb “many days.”
4 tn Heb “they”; the referent (God’s people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Or “delighted in.”
7 tn Heb “as king for the
8 tn Heb “to make him stand permanently.”
9 tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”
10 tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”
11 tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the
12 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
14 tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”
15 tn The precise meaning of בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhafshiyt, “house of [?]”) is uncertain. NASB, NIV, NRSV all have “in a separate house”; NEB has “in his own house…relieved of all duties.” For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.
16 tn Heb “and you killed them with anger [that] reaches as far as heaven.”
17 tn Heb “all Israel.”
18 tn Or “tore down.”
19 tn Heb “the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and in Manasseh until finished.”
20 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel returned, each to his possession to their cities.”
21 tn Heb “and they tore down before him the altars of the Baals.”