2 Chronicles 12:5

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.’” ¹ 

2 Chronicles 15:9

15:9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers ²  from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live ³  when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

2 Chronicles 24:5

24:5 He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.

2 Chronicles 25:5

25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah ⁴  and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age ⁵  equipped with spears and shields. ⁶ 

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¹ tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”

² tn Or “resident aliens.”

³ tn Heb “had fallen upon him.”

⁴ tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy here for the people of Judah.

⁵ tn Heb “young men going out to war.”

⁶ tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”