⁴ tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”

¹ tn Heb “they spoke before the king.” Another option is to translate, “they argued before the king.”

¹ tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”

¹ tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”

¹ tn Heb “according to all which he spoke, the good concerning you.”

² tn Heb “Then their spirits relaxed from against him, when he spoke this word.”

¹ tn Heb “all the words of the Lord which he spoke with us.”

¹ tn Heb “Is not this the word that we spoke to you.”

² tn Heb “and he did according to the word of Joseph which he spoke.”

¹ tn Heb “and she spoke to him according to these words, saying.”

² tn Heb “and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying.”

¹ tn Grk “they spoke to one another saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

⁴ sn The passage makes clear that Elizabeth spoke her commentary with prophetic enablement, filled with the Holy Spirit.

¹ tn Grk “answering, Pilate spoke to them again.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokritheis) is redundant and has not been translated.

¹ tn Grk “And answering again, Jesus spoke.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

¹ tn Grk “spoke first to him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

¹ tn Heb “and David went up by the word of Gad which he spoke in the name of the Lord.”

² tn Heb “not one word from his entire good word he spoke by Moses his servant has fallen.”

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man who spoke up in v. 11) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “and now, O Lord God, the word which you spoke concerning your servant and concerning his house, establish permanently.”