² tn The pronoun “your” is supplied in the translation for clarification (also a second time before “master” later in this verse).

¹ tn Heb “cut off” (so NASB, NRSV; also later in this verse); NAB “banish”; NIV, CEV “take away.”

¹ sn Those who are far away is probably a reference to later groups of returning exiles under Ezra, Nehemiah, and others.

² tn Heb “portion”; cf. KJV, ASV “piece,” NASB “part.” The same word occurs a second time later in this verse.

¹ tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers); the phrase occurs again later in this verse.

² tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm; the phrase occurs again later in this verse).

¹ tn Or “in the land” (NIV, NCV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs again later in this verse, with the same options.

¹ tn The words “fought against” are supplied in the translation both here and later in this verse for stylistic reasons.

² sn Since “two kings” are referred to later in the verse, the “land” must here refer to Syria-Israel.

¹ tn R. Gordis (Job, 422) prefers to link this word with the later Hebrew word for “arch,” not “hands.”

¹ tn Heb “and it was, later, there was with the heart of Joash to repair the house of the Lord.”

² tn Heb “the king”; the referent (King Jehoram, see later in this verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ sn This means “later” in relation to the births of the three sons (Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb) mentioned in v. 9.

¹ tn Heb “on that day.” This same expression also appears later in the verse and in v. 18.

¹ sn These three cities, later designated by Joshua, were Kedesh of Galilee, Shechem, and Hebron (Josh 20:7-9).

¹ tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the parallel yet chronologically later verb in the next clause.

² tn Heb “of all flesh” (also later in this verse). See the note on “every living thing” in v. 11.

¹ tn Heb “to atone” (also later in this verse); see the note on “purifying the holy place” in 16:20.

³ sn The King’s Valley is possibly a reference to what came to be known later as the Kidron Valley.

⁴ sn The use of the name Dan reflects a later perspective. The Danites did not migrate to this northern territory until centuries later (see Judg 18:29). Furthermore Dan was not even born until much later. By inserting this name a scribe has clarified the location of the region.