¹ tn Heb “besides” or “in addition to.”

³ tn Heb “besides” or “in addition to.”

³ tc The LXX omits “Jericho.” It is probably a scribal addition.

¹ tn Heb “in addition to the first famine which was.”

² tn The additional semantic component “standing” is supplied (“standing open”) to convey a stative nuance in English.

¹ tn Heb has in addition “from your contributions,” a repetition unnecessary in English.

¹ tn Some scholars delete these words, regarding them as a later scribal addition to the text.

² tc The Old Greek has eight additional verses here. Cf. 1 Kgs 22:41-44.

¹ tn The LXX omits this parenthetical note, which may represent a later scribal addition.

⁴ tc These explanatory statements are omitted in the LXX and probably represent a later scribal addition.

¹ tn Here אַף (ʾaf) has the sense of “in addition.” It is not a common use.

² tn Heb “on,” meaning “on top of, in addition to” (likewise in v. 15).

¹ tn Heb “give” (also four additional times in vv. 6-8).

² tc The MT includes the additional phrase “the spirit would go,” which seems unduly redundant here and may be dittographic.

⁵ tc The LXX has an addition: “Forsake folly, that you may reign forever; and seek discretion and direct understanding in knowledge.”

¹ tn The absolute certainty of the statement is communicated with the addition of כִּי (ki). See GKC 498 §159.ee.

⁶ tc The LXX greatly expands v. 10 with an addition that seems to be taken from Jer 9:23-24.

¹ tn On the addition of these words in the translation see note on “They did not see” in v. 3.

⁴ tn Grk “they did not repent” The addition of “still refused” reflects the hardness of people’s hearts in the context.

³ sn Presumably the author means he would rather say the additional things he wants to say to the recipients in person rather than by letter (with paper and ink).