¹ tn Heb “who is over the house” (so ASV); NASB “who is in charge of the royal household.”

² sn Judah’s royal bureaucracy had accumulated great wealth and military might, in violation of Deut 17:16-17.

¹ tn The words “as king” are supplied in the translation for clarification, indicating that a royal anointing is in view.

² tn Heb “God [is] in his holy dwelling place.” He occupies his throne and carries out his royal responsibilities.

¹ tc The final comment (“one on whose head the royal crown has been”) is not included in the LXX.

¹ sn Perhaps these terms refer metonymically to the royal court, the priests and Levites, and the people, respectively.

¹ sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

² sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

³ sn The work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

² sn The baker may be the Egyptian retehti, the head of the bakers, who had privileges in the royal court.

¹ tn Heb “a royal crown on his head.” The reference is to an official decoration or headdress for horses in royal service. See HALOT 506 s.v. כֶּתֶר; DCH 4:477 s.v. כֶּתֶר. Cf. TEV “a royal ornament”; CEV “a fancy headdress.”

² sn Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp. The “royals” were getting their look at Paul. Everyone who was anyone would have been there.

⁴ sn Sidon was an ancient Phoenician royal city on the coast between Berytus (Beirut) and Tyre (BDAG 923 s.v. Σιδών).

⁴ sn The purple color of the robe indicated royal status. This was further mockery of Jesus, along with the crown of thorns.

⁴ tn This is a different Greek term than in the parallel in Matt 11:8. Cf. BDAG 169 s.v. βασίλειος, “the (royal) palace.”

² tn Heb “house,” referring here to the dynastic line. Cf. NLT “the royal line”; CEV “the kingdom.” The same expression is translated “dynasty” in the following verse.

² sn The very dress of the royal court, foreign styles of clothing, revealed the degree to which Judah had assimilated foreign customs.

¹ tn Heb “the day of” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); cf. NIV “On the day of the festival of our king,” NLT “On royal holidays.”

¹ sn This despicable person to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred is Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ca. 175-164 b.c.).

² sn The verbs in this verse are all plural. They are addressed to Zedekiah and his royal advisers (compare 22:2).