¹ tn Heb “for your servant vowed a vow.” The formal court style of referring to one’s self in third person (“your servant”) has been translated here as first person for clarity.

¹ sn The title “my servant” or “servant of the Lord” is reserved in the Bible for distinguished personages, people who are truly spiritual leaders, like Moses, David, Hezekiah, and also the Messiah. Here it underscores Moses’ obedience.

¹ tn Heb “Look, Rebekah was coming out!” Using the participle introduced with הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), the narrator dramatically transports the audience back into the event and invites them to see Rebekah through the servant’s eyes.

³ tn This term, θεραπεία (therapeia), describes the group of servants working in a particular household (L&N 46.6).

³ tn Heb “and the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, and anger to his enemies.”

² sn The servant is compared here to a warrior who will be richly rewarded for his effort and success in battle.

³ sn The servant is likened to a seriously ill person who is shunned by others because of his horrible disease.

¹ tn Heb “[who] listens to the voice of his servant?” The interrogative is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

⁵ sn Perhaps the servant here speaks to his enemies and warns them that they will self-destruct.

¹ tn Heb “the word of his servant.” The following context indicates that the Lord’s prophets are in view.

¹ tn Heb “may it be known among the nations, to our eyes, the vengeance of the shed blood of your servants.”

¹ tn Heb “listen to the requests of your servant and your people Israel which they are praying concerning this place.”

⁴ tn Heb “and the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.”

² tn Heb “all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded, and they did not listen and they did not act.”

¹ tn Heb “son.” Both terms (“servant” and “son”) reflect Ahaz’s subordinate position as Tiglath-Pileser’s subject.

¹ tn Heb “and now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests summon to me.”

² tn Heb “Look now, here, two servants came to me from the Ephraimite hill country, from the sons of the prophets.”

¹ tn Heb “and [if] not, may there be given to your servant a load [for] a pair of mules, earth.”

² tn Heb “for your servant will not again make a burnt offering and sacrifice to other gods, only to the Lord.”

¹ tn Heb “and now when this letter comes to you, look, I have sent to you Naaman my servant.”