Discovery Box| (0.35) | (2Ch 12:13) | 3 tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.” |
| (0.35) | (2Ch 6:34) | 2 tn Heb “toward this city which you have chosen and the house which I built for your name.” |
| (0.35) | (1Ch 11:4) | 2 sn Jebus was an older name for the city of Jerusalem (cf. Josh 15:8; Judg 1:21). |
| (0.35) | (1Ch 6:57) | 1 tn The parallel account in Josh 21:13 has the singular “city,” which apparently refers only to Hebron. |
| (0.35) | (2Ki 19:13) | 1 sn Lair is a city located in northeastern Babylon. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 235. |
| (0.35) | (1Ki 20:30) | 2 tn Heb “and Ben Hadad fled and went into the city, [into] an inner room in an inner room.” |
| (0.35) | (1Ki 14:21) | 3 tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.” |
| (0.35) | (1Sa 30:3) | 1 tn Heb “and David and his men came to the city, and look, it was burned with fire.” |
| (0.35) | (Jdg 12:7) | 3 tc The Hebrew text has “in the cities of Gilead.” The present translation has support from some ancient Greek textual witnesses. |
| (0.35) | (Jdg 9:46) | 1 sn Perhaps the Tower of Shechem was a nearby town, distinct from Shechem proper, or a tower within the city. |
| (0.35) | (Jos 13:28) | 1 tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Gad by their clans, the cities and their towns.” |
| (0.35) | (Jos 13:23) | 1 tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Reuben by their clans, the cities and their towns.” |
| (0.35) | (Jos 8:11) | 1 tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.” |
| (0.35) | (Jos 6:16) | 3 tn Heb “for the Lord has given to you the city.” The verbal form is a perfect, probably indicating certitude here. |
| (0.35) | (Deu 19:2) | 1 sn These three cities, later designated by Joshua, were Kedesh of Galilee, Shechem, and Hebron (Josh 20:7-9). |
| (0.35) | (Deu 9:1) | 1 tn Heb “fortified to the heavens” (so NRSV); NLT “cities with walls that reach to the sky.” This is hyperbole. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 41:48) | 3 tn Heb “of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt and placed food in the cities.” |
| (0.35) | (Gen 41:35) | 3 tn Heb “[for] food in the cities.” The noun translated “food” is an adverbial accusative in the sentence. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 34:20) | 1 sn The gate. In an ancient Near Eastern city the gate complex was the location for conducting important public business. |
| (0.35) | (Gen 10:18) | 1 sn The Arvadites lived in the city Arvad, located on an island near the mainland close to the river El Kebir. |
