Discovery BoxEzekiel 32:27 
Context32:27 They do not lie with the fallen warriors of ancient times, 1 who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, having their swords placed under their heads and their shields on their bones, 2 when the terror of these warriors was in the land of the living.
Ezekiel 36:11
Context36:11 I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. 3 I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history. 4 Then you will know that I am the Lord.
1 tc Heb “of the uncircumcised.” The LXX reads, probably correctly, “from of old” rather than “of the uncircumcised.” The phrases are very similar in spelling. The warriors of Meshech-Tubal are described as uncircumcised, so it would be odd for them to not be buried with the uncircumcised. Verse 28 specifically says that they would lie with the uncircumcised.
2 tn Heb “and their iniquities were over their bones.” The meaning of this statement is unclear; in light of the parallelism (see “swords”) it is preferable to emend “their iniquities” to “their swords.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:135.
3 sn These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28; 9:1.
4 tn Heb “your beginning.”
