2 Tawarikh 12:13

12:13 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 Tawarikh 14:7

14:7 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.

[12:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.”

[12:13]  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.

[12:13]  ³ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

[12:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:7]  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.

[14:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”

[14:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “sought.”

[14:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”

[14:7]  ⁹ tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.