¹ tc Some mss of the Old Greek lack vv. 1-20.

¹ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days” (i.e., advancing in years).

¹ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation lacks the word “all.”

¹ tn Heb “have grown old in the land,” i.e., been there for a long time.

² tn Heb “and old from the presence of new you will bring out.”

¹ tn The term rendered here “chronic” is a Niphal participle meaning “grown old” (HALOT 448 s.v. II ישׁן nif.2). The idea is that this is an old enduring skin disease that keeps on developing or recurring.

¹ sn This widow was not necessarily old, since many people lived only into their thirties in the 1st century.

¹ tn Her age is emphasized by the Greek phrase here, “she was very old in her many days.”

¹ tn Heb “until old age, I am he” (NRSV similar); NLT “I will be your God throughout your lifetime.”

¹ sn The old translation of “daysman” came from a Latin expression describing the fixing of a day for arbitration.

¹ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words here: “he tore his garments and put on sackcloth. After these things.”

² tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”

¹ tn Heb “the prophet.” The word “old” has been supplied in the translation to distinguish this individual from the other prophet.

¹ tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.

¹ tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.

² tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.

¹ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”

¹ tc This statement is absent in the LXX (with the exception of Origen), an Old Latin ms, and the Syriac Peshitta.

¹ tc The MT reads “your eyes.” The LXX, a Qumran ms, and a few old Latin mss read “his eyes.”

¹ tn Heb “and he will become for you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age” (NASB similar).