2 Chronicles 11:12

11:12 In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. ¹  Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

2 Chronicles 11:3

11:3 “Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

2 Chronicles 11:23

11:23 He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities. ²  He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them. ³ 

2 Chronicles 34:32

34:32 He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. ⁴  The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 11:1

11:1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin ⁵  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

2 Chronicles 15:2

15:2 He met ⁶  Asa and told him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him. ⁷  If you seek him, he will respond to you, ⁸  but if you reject him, he will reject you.

2 Chronicles 15:8-9

15:8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. ⁹  He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the Lord in front of the porch of the Lord’s temple. ¹⁰ 

15:9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers ¹¹  from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live ¹²  when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

2 Chronicles 25:5

25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah ¹³  and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age ¹⁴  equipped with spears and shields. ¹⁵ 

2 Chronicles 34:9

34:9 They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the silver that had been brought to God’s temple. The Levites who guarded the door had collected it from the people of ¹⁶  Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of ¹⁷  Judah and Benjamin and the residents of ¹⁸  Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 31:1

31:1 When all this was over, the Israelites ¹⁹  who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished ²⁰  all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. ²¹  Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities. ²² 

[11:12]  ¹ tn Heb “he strengthened them greatly, very much.”

[11:23]  ² tn Heb “and he was discerning and broke up from all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities.”

[11:23]  ³ tn “and he asked for a multitude of wives.”

[34:32]  ³ tn Heb “and he caused to stand everyone who was found in Jerusalem and Benjamin.”

[11:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “he summoned the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men, accomplished in war.”

[15:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “went out before.”

[15:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “when you are with him.”

[15:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

[15:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “strengthened himself.”

[15:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “the porch of the Lord.”

[15:9]  ⁷ tn Or “resident aliens.”

[15:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “had fallen upon him.”

[25:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy here for the people of Judah.

[25:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “young men going out to war.”

[25:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”

[34:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “from Manasseh and Ephraim.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Manasseh and Ephraim” here by metonymy for the people of Manasseh and Ephraim.

[34:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all Judah and Benjamin.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Judah and Benjamin” here by metonymy for the people of Judah and Benjamin.

[34:9]  ¹¹ tc The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the reading, “and the residents of.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “and they returned.”

[31:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all Israel.”

[31:1]  ¹¹ tn Or “tore down.”

[31:1]  ¹² tn Heb “the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and in Manasseh until finished.”

[31:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel returned, each to his possession to their cities.”