¹ tn Heb “look.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) here draws attention to Nathan’s arrival and invites the audience to view the scene through the eyes of the participants.

² tn Heb “answered and said.”

³ sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).

⁴ tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”

⁵ tn Heb “and he said.”

⁶ tn Heb “died.”

⁷ tn Heb “lay, slept.”

⁸ tn Heb “the report about Solomon.” The Hebrew text also has, “to the name of the Lord,” which fits very awkwardly in the sentence. If retained, perhaps it should be translated, “because of the reputation of the Lord.” The phrase, which is omitted in the parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:1, may be an addition based on the queen’s declaration of praise to the Lord in v. 9.

⁹ tn Or “test.”

¹⁰ tn Or “riddles.”