² tn Or “chosen.”

² tn Grk “chosen, precious.”

³ tn Grk “chosen, precious.”

² tn That is, “chosen you.”

⁴ tn Or perhaps “a chosen one.”

⁵ tn Heb “also they have chosen their ways.”

¹ tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”

² tn Heb “your people whom you have chosen.”

³ tn Grk “chosen together,” implying the connection “with you” in context.

¹ tn Or “the witnesses God had previously chosen.” See Acts 1:8.

⁴ tn Heb “and speak/tell them.” However, the translation chosen is more appropriate to modern idiom.

¹ tn Heb “you will leave your name for an oath to my chosen ones.”

¹ tn Heb “and he led his people out with joy, with a ringing cry, his chosen ones.”

² tn Heb “and [the] slain from Israel fell, 500,000 chosen men.”

¹ tc The LXX adds “because you have chosen for yourselves a king.”

² tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹ sn Psalm 2. In this royal psalm the author asserts the special status of the divinely chosen Davidic king and warns the nations and their rulers to submit to the authority of God and his chosen vice-regent.

³ tn Here “lot” may refer to the decision made by casting lots; it is not chosen at all.

³ tn Heb “has not listened.” The perfect verb has been chosen to emphasize the past pattern of the scoffer.

² tn Heb “and Jeroboam arranged with him [for] battle with 800,000 chosen men, strong warrior[s].”