¹ tn Or “seers.”

¹ tn Or “seer.”

¹ tn Or “seers.”

² tn Or “seer.”

² tn Or “seer.”

¹ tn Or “seer.”

¹ tn Or “seer.”

¹ tn Heb “seer.”

¹ tn Heb “the seer.”

² tn Heb “they—David appointed, and Samuel the seer, in their position.”

¹ tn The Hebrew term is רֹאֶה (roʾeh, “seer”), an older word for נָבִיא (naviʾ, “prophet”).

¹ tn Heb “and the events of David the king, the former and the latter, look they are written in the annals of Samuel the seer, and in the annals of Nathan the prophet, and in the annals of Gad the seer.”

² tn The text simply uses רֹאִים (roʾim): “[in the place where there are] seers,” i.e., spectators.

¹ tn Heb “seers of the face of the king”; NASB “who had access to the king’s presence.”

¹ tn Traditionally, “seer.” The word is a synonym for “prophet,” though it may carry a derogatory tone on the lips of Amaziah.

¹ tn Heb “and Asa was angry at the seer, and he put him [in] the house of stocks because of his rage with him over this.”

¹ sn The understanding is that Balak was making a sacrifice for a covenant relationship, and so he gave some of the meat to the men and to the seer.

² sn Balak again refers to his ability to “honor” the seer. This certainly meant payment for his service, usually gold ornaments, rings and jewelry, as well as some animals.

⁶ sn Here the seer’s words link with the promise of Gen 12:3, that whoever blesses Israel will be blessed. Since the blessing belongs to them, the upright (and not Balak), Balaam would like his lot to be with them.

¹ tn Heb “and his prayer and being entreated by him, and all his sin and his unfaithfulness and the places where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself—behold, they are written on the words of his seers.”