12:5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’” 3
21:12 Jehoram 9 received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You 10 have not followed in the footsteps 11 of your father Jehoshaphat and of 12 King Asa of Judah,
1 tn Heb “for his thing is from me.”
2 tn Heb “and they heard the words of the
3 tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”
5 tn Heb “and every case which comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities.”
6 tn Heb “between blood pertaining to blood.”
7 tn Heb “and anger will be upon you and your brothers; do this and you will not be guilty.”
7 tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah. Unlike the previous instance in v. 13 where infants, wives, and children are mentioned separately, this reference appears to include them all.
8 tn Or perhaps “don’t get discouraged.”
9 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoram) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
10 tn Heb “Because you…” In the Hebrew text this lengthy sentence is completed in vv. 14-15. Because of its length and complexity (and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences), the translation has divided it up into several English sentences.
11 tn Heb “walked in the ways.”
12 tn Heb “in the ways of.”
11 tn Heb “clothed.”
13 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
14 tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the