28:1 David assembled in Jerusalem 5 all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them.
1 tn Heb “stirred up the spirit of.”
2 tn Heb “and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria.” “Pul” and “Tilgath-pilneser” were names of the same Assyrian ruler, more commonly known as Tiglath-pileser (cf. 2 Kgs 15:29).
3 tn Heb “and his brothers, sons of respect, [were] 2,700, heads of fathers.”
4 tn Heb “with respect to every matter of God and matter of the king.”
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
6 tn Heb “out of all the house of my father to become king over all Israel permanently.”
7 tn Or “for.”
8 tn Heb “and among the sons of my father he desired to make me king over all Israel.”