27:1 What follows is a list of Israelite family leaders and commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, as well as their officers who served the king in various matters. Each division was assigned to serve for one month during the year; each consisted of 24,000 men. 1
28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey 2 the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, 3 for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, 4 but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
1 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of the fathers and the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds and their officers who served the king with respect to every matter of the divisions, [that which] comes and goes out month by month according to all the months of the year, one division [was] twenty-four thousand.”
2 tn Heb “know.”
3 tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”
4 tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”