29:1 King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, 4 and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.
1 tn Heb “took,” referring to taking in marriage.
2 tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”
3 tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”
4 tn Heb “a young man and tender.”