Discovery Box2 Chronicles 12:13 
Context12:13 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 14:7
Context14:7 He said to the people of Judah: 5 “Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. 6 The land remains ours because we have followed 7 the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides.” 8 So they built the cities 9 and prospered.
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
4 tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah.
6 tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”
7 tn Heb “sought.”
8 tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”
9 tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
