22:17 David ordered all the officials of Israel to support 1 his son Solomon. 22:18 He told them, 2 “The Lord your God is with you! 3 He has made you secure on every side, 4 for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region 5 and the region 6 is subdued before the Lord and his people.
1 tn Or “help.”
2 tn The words “he told them” are added in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
3 tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Is not the
4 tn Heb “and he gives rest to you all around.”
5 tn Or “earth.”
6 tn Or “earth.”