Discovery Box2 Chronicles 24:24 
Context24:24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army, 1 for the people of Judah 2 had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians 3 gave Joash what he deserved. 4
2 Chronicles 25:5
Context25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah 5 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 6 equipped with spears and shields. 7
2 Chronicles 31:1
Context31:1 When all this was over, the Israelites 8 who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished 9 all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. 10 Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities. 11
2 Chronicles 31:6
Context31:6 The Israelites and people of Judah 12 who lived in the cities of Judah also contributed a tenth of their cattle and sheep, as well as a tenth of the holy items consecrated to the Lord their God. They brought them and placed them in many heaps. 13
1 tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the
2 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”
5 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.
6 tn Heb “young men going out to war.”
7 tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”
8 tn Heb “all Israel.”
9 tn Or “tore down.”
10 tn Heb “the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and in Manasseh until finished.”
11 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel returned, each to his possession to their cities.”
12 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel and Judah.”
13 tn Heb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.
