1:2 Solomon addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families.
2:17 Solomon took a census 1 of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.
26:11 Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official.
30:15 They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt sacrifices to the Lord’s temple. 30:16 They stood at their posts according to the regulations outlined in the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests were splashing the blood as the Levites handed it to them. 24 30:17 Because many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites slaughtered 25 the Passover lambs of all who were ceremonially unclean and could not consecrate their sacrifice to the Lord. 26
32:9 Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers 32 to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of 33 Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read:
1 tn Heb “counted.”
2 tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name is unexpected in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.
3 tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”
4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
5 tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”
6 tn Heb “from their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel did not wipe out, and Solomon raised them up for a work crew to this day.”
7 tn The Hebrew text has simply “300,” with no unit of measure given.
8 sn This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest. See 1 Kgs 7:2.
9 tc The parallel text of 1 Kgs 10:19 has instead “and the back of it was rounded on top.”
10 tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”
11 tn Heb “and after them from all the tribes of Israel, the ones giving their heart[s] to seek the
12 tn Heb “fathers.”
13 tn Heb “and Judah turned, and, look, to them [was] the battle in front and behind.”
14 tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.
15 tn Heb “turned toward.”
16 tn Heb “when.”
17 tn Heb “to go to Tarshish.”
18 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
19 tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the
20 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
21 tn Heb “turned their faces.”
22 tn Heb “and turned the back.”
23 tn Heb “said.”
24 tn Heb “from the hand of the Levites.”
25 tn Heb “were over the slaughter of.”
26 tn Heb “of everyone not pure to consecrate to the
27 tn Heb “and Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites.” On the meaning of the idiom “speak to the heart of” here, see HALOT 210 s.v. II דבר 8.d.
28 tn Heb “who demonstrated skill [with] good skill for the
29 tn Heb “and they ate [during] the appointed time [for] seven days.” מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “appointed time”) is probably an adverbial accusative of time referring to the festival. However, some understand it as metonymically referring to the food eaten during the festival. See BDB 417 s.v.
30 tn Heb “the priests in the fields of the pastureland of their cities in every city and city.”
31 tn Heb “designated by names.”
32 tn Heb “servants.”
33 tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.
34 tn Heb “and he caused to stand everyone who was found in Jerusalem and Benjamin.”