¹ tn Heb “a man shall not be cut off to David [i.e., belonging to the Davidic line] sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.”

³ tn Heb “over the throne of David, and over his kingdom.” The referent of the pronoun “his” (i.e., David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “which David the king made to give thanks to the Lord, for lasting is his loyal love, when David praised by them.”

¹ tn Heb “assembly, and David said.” The words “and David said” are redundant according to contemporary English style and have not been included in the translation.

³ tn Heb “and incited David to count Israel.” As v. 5 indicates, David was not interested in a general census, but in determining how much military strength he had.

¹ tn Heb “son of Haggith,” but since this formula usually designates the father (who in this case was David), the translation specifies that David was Adonijah’s father.

² tn Heb “and they told David.” The subject appears to be indefinite, allowing one to translate the verb as passive with David as subject.

¹ sn Sticks is a pejorative reference to David’s staff (v. 40); the same Hebrew word (מַקֵּל, maqqel) is used for both.

⁵ tn The pronoun “you” is plural here. The promises of David are offered to the people.

² sn The Greek word order here favors connecting Davidic descent to Joseph, not Mary, in this remark.

² sn It was a common belief in Judaism that Messiah would be the son of David 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 sn They probably refers to the Israelites or to the Davidic rulers of the future.

² tn Heb “and to David their king, whom I will raise up for them.”

³ tn Heb “a righteous sprig to David” or “a righteous shoot” (NAB).

¹ tn Heb “house of David.” This is essentially equivalent to the royal court in v. 11.

¹ tn Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”

¹ tn Heb “the breaks of the City of David, you saw that they were many.”

³ tn Heb “[which] you swore on oath to David by your faithfulness.”

⁴ sn According to the superscription, David wrote this psalm on the occasion when Saul sent assassins to surround David’s house and kill him in the morning (see 1 Sam 19:11). However, the psalm itself mentions foreign enemies (vv. 5, 8). Perhaps these references reflect a later adaptation of an original Davidic psalm.

¹ sn I will give you the nations. The Lord promises the Davidic king universal dominion.