2:39 Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.”
11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance 4 away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions 5
15:25 In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Nadab became the king of Israel; he ruled Israel for two years.
1 tn Heb “he made the pillars, and two rows surrounding one latticework to cover the capitals which were on top of the pomegranates, and so he did for the second latticework.” The translation supplies “pomegranates” after “two rows,” and understands “pillars,” rather than “pomegranates,” to be the correct reading after “on top of.” The latter change finds support from many Hebrew
2 tn Heb “and the capitals on the two pillars, also above, close beside the bulge which was beside the latticework, two hundred pomegranates in rows around, on the second capital.” The precise meaning of the word translated “bulge” is uncertain.
3 tn Heb “a cubit-and-a-half” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).
4 tn Heb “bent his heart.”
5 sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.
6 tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the
7 tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.
8 tn Heb “drinking and drunken.”
9 tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.