1tnHeb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”
2tn Or “fair,” meaning the Lord’s punishment of them was just or fair.
3tnHeb “the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying.”
4tnHeb “and I will give to them soon deliverance.”
5tn Or “gush forth upon.”
6tnHeb “by the hand of.”
7tnHeb “so they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.”
8tnHeb “runners” (also in v. 11).
9tnHeb “to the chamber of the runners.”
10tnHeb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11tnHeb “the anger of the Lord turned from him and did not destroy completely.”
12tnHeb “and also in Judah there were good things.”
13tnHeb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.”
14tnHeb “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.
15tnHeb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”
16tnHeb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17tnHeb “because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.”
18tnHeb “As for the events of Rehoboam, the former and the latter, are they not written?”
19tnHeb “lay down with his fathers.”
20sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.