5:11 The priests left the holy place. 1 All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented. 2
12:1 After Rehoboam’s rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord.
13:4 Abijah ascended Mount Zemaraim, in the Ephraimite hill country, and said: “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!
17:10 The Lord put fear into all the kingdoms surrounding Judah; 10 they did not make war with Jehoshaphat.
20:13 All the men of Judah 11 were standing before the Lord, along with their infants, wives, and children.
29:29 When the sacrifices were completed, the king and all who were with him bowed down and worshiped.
1 tn Heb “and when the priests went from the holy place.” The syntactical relationship of this temporal clause to the following context is unclear. Perhaps the thought is completed in v. 14 after a lengthy digression.
2 tn Heb “Indeed [or “for”] all the priests who were found consecrated themselves without guarding divisions.”
3 tn Heb “How happy are your men! How happy are these servants of yours, who stand before you continually, who hear your wisdom!”
4 tn Heb “and all the kings of the earth were seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”
5 tn Heb “times.”
6 tn Heb “there was peace for the one going out or the one coming in.”
7 tn Heb “for great confusion was upon all the inhabitants of the lands.”
8 tn Heb “established the kingdom in his hand.”
9 tn Heb “and he had wealth and honor in abundance.”
10 tn Heb “and the terror of the
11 tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.
12 tn Heb “to strike with a great striking.”
13 tn Heb “killed Athaliah with the sword.”
14 tn Heb “prepared.”
15 tn Heb “the people.” The pronoun “they” has been used here for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
16 tn Heb “for quickly was the matter.”
17 tn Heb “and they arose and removed the altars which were in Jerusalem, and all the incense altars they removed and threw into the Kidron Valley.”
18 tn Heb “[were] over the laborers and were directing every doer of work for work assignment and work assignment.”