20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, 5 went up to 6 Bethel. 7 They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything 8 that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace 9 to the Lord.
1 tn Heb “And they sat and ate, the two of them together, and they drank.”
2 tn Heb “Be willing and spend the night so that your heart might be good.”
3 tn Heb “they turned aside there to enter to spend the night.”
4 tn Heb “and he entered and sat down, and there was no one receiving them into the house to spend the night.”
5 tn Heb “and all the people.”
6 tn Heb “went up and came [to].”
7 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
8 tn Traditionally, “fasted.”
9 tn Or “peace offerings.”