15:9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers 14 from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live 15 when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
23:1 In the seventh year Jehoiada made a bold move. He made a pact 23 with the officers of the units of hundreds: Azariah son of Jehoram, Ishmael son of Jehochanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri.
32:9 Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers 28 to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of 29 Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read:
1 tn Or “high place.”
2 tn Heb “the tent of meeting of God.”
3 tn Heb “Solomon held the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel was with him, a very great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the wadi of Egypt.”
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn The words “they left” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
7 tn Heb “good of heart.”
7 tn Heb “and Abijah bound [i.e., began] the battle with a force of warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men.”
8 tn Heb “and Jeroboam arranged with him [for] battle with eight hundred thousand chosen men, strong warrior[s].”
9 tn Heb “and there fell from the Cushites so that there was not to them preservation of life.”
10 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 tn Heb “went out before.”
12 tn Heb “when you are with him.”
13 tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”
13 tn Or “resident aliens.”
14 tn Heb “had fallen upon him.”
15 tn Heb “at the end of years.”
16 tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
17 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
18 tn Heb “and Ahab slaughtered for him sheep and cattle in abundance, and for the people who were with him.”
19 tn Heb “to go up.”
17 tn Heb “and it was to days from days, and about the time of the going out of the end for the days, two, his intestines came out with his illness and he died in severe illness.”
18 tn Heb “and his people did not make for him a fire, like the fire of his fathers.”
19 tn Or “covenant.”
21 tn Heb “had sent back from going with him to the battle.”
22 tn Heb “stripped.”
23 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
24 tn Heb “struck down.”
23 tn Heb “servants.”
24 tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.
25 tn Heb “hand.”
27 tn Heb “and speaking against him, saying.”
28 tn Heb “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.”