¹ tn Heb “from his upper rooms.”

³ tn Or “many,” cf. NAB “their many rooms.”

² tn Heb “and Ben Hadad fled and went into the city, [into] an inner room in an inner room.”

¹ tn Heb “and go and set him apart from his brothers and bring him into an inner room in an inner room.”

¹ tn Heb “a small upper room of a wall.” According to HALOT 832 s.v. עֲלִיָּה, this refers to “a fully walled upper room.”

³ tn The Hebrew expression translated “well-ventilated inner room” may refer to the upper room itself or to a bathroom attached to or within it.

³ tn Heb “And they will bury in Topheth so there is not room.”

³ tn Heb “until the end of the place”; NASB “until there is no more room.”

¹ tn Heb “were in rooms.” The words “at the sanctuary” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn Heb “and their wings were in the middle of the room, touching wing to wing.”

¹ sn Inside and out probably refers to the inner and outer rooms within the building.

¹ sn Inside and out probably refers to the inner and outer rooms within the building.

¹ tn Heb “5 cubits.” This must refer to the height of each floor or room.

¹ sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.

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

³ sn The term translated private rooms refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).

¹ sn The term translated inner room refers to an inside room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).

¹ tn Heb “the room of his images.” The adjective “idolatrous” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

² sn And still there is room. This comment suggests the celebration was quite a big one, picturing the openness of God’s grace.

¹ tn Or “cool.” This probably refers to a room with latticed windows which allowed the breeze to pass through. See B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 144.