25:3 From the sons of Jeduthun: 7 Gedaliah, Zeri, 8 Jeshaiah, 9 Hashabiah, and Mattithiah – six in all, 10 under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.
1 tn Or perhaps “the Sopherim.” The NAB transliterates this term and treats it as a proper name.
2 tn Heb “came.”
3 tn Or (if בֵּית [beth] is translated as “house” rather than considered to be part of the name) “the father of the house [i.e., family] of Rechab.”
4 sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David.
5 tn Heb “for my name.”
6 tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel permanently.”
7 tn Heb “belonging to Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun.”
8 tn This name appears as “Izri” in v. 10.
9 tc One Hebrew
10 tc The list includes only five names. Apparently the name “Shimei” (see v. 17), which appears in one medieval Hebrew