2 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 31:1
Context31:1 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
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 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.”