2 Chronicles 20:2
Context20:2 Messengers 1 arrived and reported to Jehoshaphat, “A huge army is attacking you from the other side of the Dead Sea, 2 from the direction of Edom. 3 Look, they are in Hazezon Tamar (that is, En Gedi).”
2 Chronicles 20:24
Context20:24 When the men of Judah 4 arrived at the observation post overlooking the desert and looked at 5 the huge army, they saw dead bodies on the ground; there were no survivors!
1 tn Heb “they”; the implied referent (messengers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “the Sea”; in context (“from the direction of Edom”) this must refer to the Dead Sea, which has been specified in the translation for clarity (cf. NEB, NLT).
3 tc Most Hebrew
4 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.
5 tn Heb “turned toward.”