¹ tn Heb “2 cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

¹ tn Heb “20 cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

² tn Heb “2 cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

¹ tn Heb “20 cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

¹ tn Heb “20 cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

² tn Heb “20 cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

¹ tn Heb “20 cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

⁵ tn Heb “20 cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

¹ tn Heb “2 cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

² tn Heb “2 cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

³ tn Or “he remembers his covenant forever” (see Ps 105:8).

⁴ sn See A. Phillips, “Another Look at Murder,” JJS 28 (1977): 105-26.

³ sn Perga was a city in Pamphylia near the southern coast of Asia Minor. The journey from Paphos to Perga is about 105 mi (175 km).

³ sn Lydda was a city northwest of Jerusalem on the way to Joppa. It was about 10.5 miles (17 km) southeast of Joppa.

³ tn Or “I give you the right to rule” (cf. CEV). For this translation of διατίθεμαι βασιλείαν (diatithemai basileian) see L&N 37.105.

¹ tn Or perhaps “struck down the Philistine official.” See the note at 1 Sam 10:5. Cf. TEV “killed the Philistine commander.”

⁶ tn Heb “touches the throat/soul.” For this use of the word usually translated “soul” or “life,” see HALOT 672 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 1-2, and compare the use in Ps 105:18.

¹ sn Psalm 105. The psalmist summons Israel to praise God because he delivered his people from Egypt in fulfillment of his covenantal promises to Abraham. A parallel version of vv. 1-15 appears in 1 Chr 16:8-22.

² tn Heb “your face, O Lord, I seek.” To “seek the Lord’s face” means to seek his favor through prayer (see 2 Sam 21:1; Pss 24:6; 105:4).

⁵ sn For other views see G. Vermès, “‘He Is the Bread’ Targum Neofiti Ex. 16:15, ” SJLA 8 (1975): 139-46; and G. J. Cowling, “Targum Neofiti Ex. 16:15, ” AJBA (1974-75): 93-105.