28:9 Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: “Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice. 3
1 tn Heb “and his name went to.”
2 tn Heb “and his name went out to a distant place, for he did extraordinarily to be helped until he was strong.”
3 tn Heb “and you killed them with anger [that] reaches as far as heaven.”
4 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoahaz) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.”
6 tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.
7 tn Heb “the city where the
8 tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.