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Subject: [b-hebrew] 2 Chr. 13:7
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:05:50 +0300
Hello all,
According to Abijah's speech in 2 Chr. 13:7, Jeroboam was joined by אנשים
רקים בני בליעל, which I would translate literally as "empty men, sons of no
worth". The KJV, following the Vulgate, translates "vain men, the children of
Belial". More modern translations have "worthless scoundrels" (NRSV),
"riffraff and scoundrels" (NJPS) and the like.