2 Tawarikh 13:7

13:7 Lawless good-for-nothing men ¹  gathered around him and conspired ²  against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man ³  and could not resist them.

2 Tawarikh 32:4

32:4 A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district. ⁴  They reasoned, ⁵  “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?”

¹ tn Heb “empty men, sons of wickedness.”

² tn Heb “strengthened themselves.”

³ tn Heb “a young man and tender of heart.”

⁴ tn Heb “and they closed up all the springs and the stream that flows in the midst of the land.” Here אָרֶץ (’arets, “land”) does not refer to the entire land, but to a smaller region like a district.

⁵ tn Heb “land, saying.”