2 Chronicles 12:13

12:13 King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; ¹  he ²  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ³  Rehoboam’s ⁴  mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.

2 Chronicles 31:1

31:1 When all this was over, the Israelites ⁵  who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished ⁶  all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. ⁷  Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.”

² tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

³ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “all Israel.”

⁶ tn Or “tore down.”

⁷ tn Heb “the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and in Manasseh until finished.”

⁸ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel returned, each to his possession to their cities.”