12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin 2 to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
1 tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”
2 tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”
3 tn The word “messengers” is supplied in the translation both here and in v. 20 for clarification.
4 tn Heb “who eat at the table of Jezebel.”