11:1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin 1 to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
12:12 So when Rehoboam 5 humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; 6 Judah experienced some good things. 7
14:6 He built fortified cities throughout Judah, for the land was at rest and there was no war during those years; the Lord gave him peace.
16:11 The events of Asa’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 10
17:7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah.
There were a thousand officers from Judah. 11 Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors,
20:5 Jehoshaphat stood before the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem 13 at the Lord’s temple, in front of the new courtyard.
20:18 Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face toward the ground, and all the people of Judah 14 and the residents of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord and worshiped him. 15
20:22 When they began to shout and praise, the Lord suddenly attacked 16 the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir 17 who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.
22:10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line 18 of Judah. 19
24:17 After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. 20 The king listened to their advice. 21
25:25 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Joash son of Jehoahaz of Israel. 25:26 The rest of the events of Amaziah’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 23
26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, 24 who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.
32:1 After these faithful deeds were accomplished, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He besieged the fortified cities, intending to seize them. 30
1 tn Heb “he summoned the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men, accomplished in war.”
2 tn Or “strengthened.”
3 tn Or “strengthened.”
4 tn Heb “they walked in the way of.”
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “the anger of the
7 tn Heb “and also in Judah there were good things.”
8 tn Heb “at that time.”
9 tn Heb “before him.”
10 tn Heb “Look, the events of Asa, the former and the latter, look, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel.”
11 tn Or perhaps “from Judah, commanders of the thousands.”
12 tn Heb “and he set his face to seek the
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14 tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “Judah” in v. 15.
15 tn Heb “to worship the
16 tn Heb “set ambushers against.” This is probably idiomatic here for launching a surprise attack.
17 tn Heb “the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir.”
18 tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum, “arise”) is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.
19 tn Heb “house of Judah.”
20 tn Heb “came and bowed down to the king.”
21 tn Heb “to them.”
22 tn Heb “and Amaziah separated them, the troops who came to him from Ephraim, to go to their place.”
23 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Amaziah, the former and the latter, are they not – behold, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel.”
24 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”
25 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 9, 25).
26 tn Heb “saying.”
27 tn Heb “to enslave as male servants and female servants.”
28 tn Heb “sons.”
29 tn Heb “also in Judah the hand of God was to give to them one heart to do the command of the king and the officials by the word of the
30 tn Heb “and he said to break into them for himself.”
31 tn Or perhaps, “offerings.”
32 tn Heb “lifted up in the eyes of.”
33 tn Heb “but not according to the benefit [given] to him did Hezekiah repay, for his heart was high, and there was anger against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.”
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