³ tn Heb “captain of the host of Hazor.”

² tn Or “King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite ruler.”

⁴ tn Heb “by Baal.”

⁵ tn Heb “by Baal.”

¹ tn Heb “destroyed Baal.”

¹ sn The three alcoves are parallel to the city gates found at Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer.

¹ sn The name Bamoth Baal means “the high places of Baal.”

⁴ tn Heb “the remnant of Baal.”

² sn Hazor. Nothing is known about this Hazor other than what is said here in vv. 28, 30, 33. They appear to be nomadic tent dwellers, too, who had a loose association with the Kedarites.

² tn Heb “the Baals,” referring either to the pagan gods called “Baals” or the images of Baal (so NLT).

² tn Heb “Do you fight for Baal?”

² tn Cf. Baal Meon in v. 38.

⁷ tn Heb “for Baal” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); cf. TEV “in the worship of Baal.”

³ tn Or “followed the Baal of Peor” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV), referring to the pagan god Baal.

³ sn The earthquake in the days of King Uzziah, also mentioned in Amos 1:1, is apparently the one attested to at Hazor in 760 b.c.

¹ sn They worshiped Baal of Peor. See Num 25:3, 5. Baal of Peor was a local manifestation of the Canaanite deity Baal located at Peor.

¹ tn Heb “He called him on that day Jerub Baal.” The name means, at least by popular etymology, “Let Baal fight” or “Let Baal defend himself.”

² tn Heb “taught my people to swear by Baal.”

² sn The name Baal Perazim means “Lord of outbursts” in Hebrew.

¹ tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”