¹ tn Heb “his words were.”

² tn Heb “helped after” (i.e., stood by).

³ tn Heb “Adonijah.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Or “were afraid, trembled.”

⁵ tn Heb “all of the doors and doorposts.”

⁶ sn Rectangular in shape. That is, rather than arched.

⁷ tn Heb “and all the entrances and the doorposts [had] four frames, and in front of opening to opening three times” (the precise meaning of the description is uncertain).

⁸ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back.”

⁹ tn Heb “and they saddled [it].”

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has “alone” here and again in reference to Obadiah toward the end of the verse.

¹¹ tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”

¹² tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).

¹³ tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.

¹⁴ tn Heb “if they come in peace, take them alive; if they come for battle, take them alive.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “Naboth was stoned and he died.” So also in v. 15.

¹⁶ tn Heb “and the king died and he came to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria.”