¹ sn These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28 and 9:1.

² sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).

² tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit” (see the note on the phrase “down payment” in 1:22).

¹ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

² tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

³ tn Or “from the chief priests, scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

² tn Or “for the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

¹ tn Or “that the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

² tn Or “One of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

⁴ tn Or “the chief priests, the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

¹ tn Or “chief priests and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

³ tn Or “Why do the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

¹ tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

⁴ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

³ tn Or “and some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

¹ tn Or “The scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

¹ tn Or “the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

¹ tn Or “some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

¹ sn Psalm 122. The psalmist expresses his love for Jerusalem and promises to pray for the city’s security.

² sn A. B. Davidson (Job, 122) notes that spontaneous and repeated weeping is one of the symptoms of elephantiasis.