1:46 When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad succeeded him. He struck down the Midianites in the plains of Moab; the name of his city was Avith.
Zelophehad was Manasseh’s second son; 2 he had only daughters.
13:11 David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; 7 so he called that place Perez Uzzah, 8 which remains its name to this very day.
15:1 David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
16:29 Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! 12
Bring an offering and enter his presence!
Worship the Lord in holy attire! 13
18:3 David defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah as far as Hamath, when he went to extend his authority 14 to the Euphrates River. 15
21:28 At that time, when David saw that the Lord responded to him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.
22:11 “Now, my son, may the Lord be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the Lord your God, just as he announced you would. 24 22:12 Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey 25 the law of the Lord your God.
26:10 Hosah, one of the descendants of Merari, had sons:
The firstborn Shimri (he was not actually the firstborn, but his father gave him that status),
1 tn Some translations treat the terms שֻׁפִּים (shuppim) and חֻפִּים (khuppim) as proper names of individuals (“Huppim” and “Shuppim”), but others consider these forms to be plurals and refer to tribal or clan names.
2 tn Heb “and the name of the second was Zelophehad.”
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ephraim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “because in tragedy there had come to his house.” The preposition prefixed to רָעָה (ra’ah) should probably be omitted. The Hebrew noun רָעָה (“tragedy”) should be understood as the subject of the feminine verb form that follows.
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
6 tn Heb “to that which surrounds.” On the referent here as “the surrounding walls,” see HALOT 740 s.v. סָבִיב.
7 tn Heb “because the
8 sn The name Perez Uzzah means in Hebrew “the outburst [against] Uzzah.”
9 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
10 tn Heb “was lifted upwards.”
11 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
12 tn Heb “the splendor of [i.e., due] his name.”
13 tn Or “in holy splendor.”
14 tn Heb “hand.”
15 tn Heb “when he went to set up his hand at the Euphrates River.” The Hebrew word יָד (yad, “hand”) is usually understood to mean “control” or “dominion” here. However, since יָד does occasionally refer to a monument, perhaps one could translate, “to set up his monument at the Euphrates River” (i.e., as a visible marker of the limits of his dominion). For another example of the Hiphil of נָצַב (natsav) used with יָד (“monument”), see 1 Sam 15:12.
16 tc Heb “and David placed in Aram of Damascus.” The object נְצִיבִים (nÿtsivim, “garrisons”) appears to have been accidentally omitted from the text. See v. 13, as well as the parallel passage in 2 Sam 8:6, which includes it.
17 tn Or “delivered.”
18 tn Or “wherever he went.”
19 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:10 has “the Ammonites” in place of “the Arameans” here.
tn Heb “and Joab saw that the face of the battle was to him before and behind and he chose from all the best in Israel and arranged to meet Aram.”
20 tn Heb “and the
21 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has “seven hundred.”
22 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has the variant spelling “Shobach.”
23 tn Heb “nostrils.”
24 tn Heb “as he spoke concerning you.”
25 tn Or “keep.”
26 tn Heb “from all my sons, for many sons the
27 tn Heb “if he is strong to do my commands and my regulations like this day.”
28 tn Heb “listened to him.”