⁷ tn Heb “my latter end.”

² tn Aram “in the latter days.”

¹ tn Heb “set your heart” (so also in the latter part of the verse).

⁴ tn Heb “become wise in your latter end” (cf. KJV, ASV) which could obviously be misunderstood.

¹ tn Heb “As for the events of Rehoboam, the former and the latter, are they not written?”

³ tn Heb “latter [act of] devotion”; NRSV “this last instance of your loyalty.”

¹ tn Heb “greater will be the latter splendor of this house than the former”; NAB “greater will be the future glory.”

¹ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Solomon, the former and the latter, are they not written?”

⁴ tn Heb “you have made the latter act of devotion better than the former”; NIV “than that which you showed earlier.”

¹ tn Or “western” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV); Heb “latter,” a reference to the Mediterranean Sea (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NIV, NLT).

⁴ tn Heb “believe the voice of the latter sign,” so as to understand and accept the meaning of the event.

⁴ tn Grk “fathers.” The reference could be either to the OT patriarchs or first generation Christians. This latter meaning, however, is unattested in any other early Christian literature.

² tn The genitive could be understood as either subjective (“Christ does the speaking”) or objective (“Christ is spoken about”), but the latter is more likely here.

¹ sn The term parable in a Semitic context can cover anything from a long story to a brief wisdom saying. Here it is the latter.

² tn The verb פָּגַע (pagaʿ) means “to encounter; to meet,” but also “to meet with request; to intercede; to interpose.” The latter meaning is a derived meaning by usage.

² sn Jeconiah is an alternative name for Jehoiachin. A number of modern English versions use the latter name to avoid confusion (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).

¹ tn The first words of v. 17, “who were rebuilding the wall,” should be taken with the latter part of v. 16.

¹ tn Heb “from the hand of the enemy and the one who lies in wait.” Some modern English versions render the latter phrase as “ambushes” (cf. NASB, NRSV).

¹ tn The MT takes this word with the latter part of v. 11, but in English style it fits better with v. 12.

¹ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Uzziah, the former and the latter, Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, recorded.”