1tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”

2tn Or “fair,” meaning the Lord’s punishment of them was just or fair.

3tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying.”

4tn Heb “and I will give to them soon deliverance.”

5tn Or “gush forth upon.”

6tn Heb “by the hand of.”

7tn Heb “so they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.”

8tn Heb “runners” (also in v. 11).

9tn Heb “to the chamber of the runners.”

10tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

11tn Heb “the anger of the Lord turned from him and did not destroy completely.”

12tn Heb “and also in Judah there were good things.”

13tn Heb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.”

14tn 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.

15tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

16tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

17tn Heb “because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.”

18tn Heb “As for the events of Rehoboam, the former and the latter, are they not written?”

19tn Heb “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.