1 tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.
2 tn Heb “turned toward.”
3 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 9, 25).
5 tn Heb “also in Judah the hand of God was to give to them one heart to do the command of the king and the officials by the word of the