¹ tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the Lord.”

¹ tn Heb “and David returned to bless his house.”

¹ tn Heb “and it was told to King David, saying.”

² tn Heb “and the king, David, cut for them a covenant.”

² tn Heb “you were seeking David to be king over you.”

² tn This refers to the ten servants sent by David.

³ tn Heb “and David said to the young men.”

¹ tn Heb “and David swore an oath to Saul.”

¹ tn Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”

¹ sn This probably alludes to David’s victory over the Philistines at Baal Perazim. See 2 Sam 5:20.

¹ tn The words “he said” are supplied in the translation to clarify that what follows is David’s vow.

¹ sn Haggith was one of David’s wives (2 Sam 3:4; 2 Chr 3:2).

¹ tn “Sheol,” personified here as David’s enemy, is the underworld, place of the dead in primitive Hebrew cosmology.

¹ tn Heb “and David was dancing with all his strength before the Lord, and David was girded with a linen ephod.”

³ tn The translation assumes that the disjunctive clause is circumstantial-causal, giving the reason for David’s success.

³ sn It was a common belief in Judaism that Messiah would be David’s son in that he would come from the lineage of David. On this point the Pharisees agreed and were correct. But their understanding was nonetheless incomplete, for Messiah is also David’s Lord. With this statement Jesus was affirming that, as the Messiah, he is both God and man.

³ sn It was a common belief in Judaism that Messiah would be David’s son in that he would come from the lineage of David. On this point the Pharisees agreed and were correct. But their understanding was nonetheless incomplete, for Messiah is also David’s Lord. With this statement Jesus was affirming that, as the Messiah, he is both God and man.

¹ tc The Hebrew text leaves the word “David” to be inferred. The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate add the word “David.” Most of the Greek tradition includes the words “King David” here.

¹ tn Heb “for he was upset concerning David for his father had humiliated him.” The referent of the pronoun “him” is not entirely clear, but the phrase “concerning David” suggests that it refers to David, rather than Jonathan.

⁴ tn The meaning of the Hebrew phrase חָשְׁבוּ לָהֶם (khash^evu lahem) is uncertain. Various options include: (1) “they think their musical instruments are like David’s”; (2) “they consider themselves musicians like David”; (3) “they esteem musical instruments highly like David”; (4) “they improvise [new songs] for themselves [on] instruments like David”; and (5) “they invent musical instruments like David.” However, the most commonly accepted interpretation is that given in the translation (see S. M. Paul, Amos [Hermeneia], 206-7).