31:1 When all this was over, the Israelites 7 who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished 8 all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. 9 Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities. 10
1 tn Heb “wisdom and discernment are given to you.”
2 tn Heb “which was not so for the kings who were before you, and after you there will not be so.”
3 tc The Hebrew text has עָשָׂה (’asah, “he made”), which is probably a corruption of עֶשֶׂר (’eser, “ten”; see 1 Kgs 7:43).
4 tc The Hebrew text has עָשָׂה (’asah, “he made”), which is probably a corruption of עֲשָׂרָה (’asarah, “ten”; see 1 Kgs 7:43).
5 tn Heb “men from.”
6 tn Heb “arose against.”
7 tn Heb “all Israel.”
8 tn Or “tore down.”
9 tn Heb “the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and in Manasseh until finished.”
10 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel returned, each to his possession to their cities.”
9 tn Heb “in addition enrolling them by males from a son of three years and upwards, to everyone who enters the house of the
11 tn Heb “doer[s] of the work.”
12 tn Heb “and they gave it to the doers of the work who were working in the house of the