23:16 Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord. 1
They came to Jerusalem, 2
5:2 Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders – all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families – in Jerusalem, 5 so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David 6 (that is, Zion). 7
11:1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin 11 to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
1 tn Heb “and Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and [between] all the people and [between] the king, to become a people for the
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 sn This festival in the seventh month was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.
4 sn The seventh month would be September-October in modern reckoning.
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
6 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
7 tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the
8 tn Or “strengthened.”
9 tn Or “strengthened.”
10 tn Heb “they walked in the way of.”
11 tn Heb “he summoned the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men, accomplished in war.”