1 tn Heb “and they were bringing each one his gift, items of silver…and mules, the matter of a year in a year.”
2 tn Heb “and they placed hands on her, and she went through the entrance of the gate of the horses [into] the house of the king.” Some English versions treat the phrase “gate of the horses” as the name of the gate (“the Horse Gate”; e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
3 tn Heb “and they carried him on horses.”
4 tn Heb “fathers.”
5 tc The Hebrew text has “Judah,” but some medieval
sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.