Discovery Box| (0.42) | (Est 1:10) | 2 tn Heb “King Ahasuerus”; here the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun “him” in the translation for stylistic reasons. Cf. similarly NIV, NCV, CEV, NLT “King Xerxes.” |
| (0.42) | (2Ch 28:16) | 1 tc Most Hebrew mss read the plural, “kings,” but one Hebrew ms, the LXX and Vulgate read the singular “king.” Note the singular in v. 20. |
| (0.42) | (1Ki 10:23) | 1 tn Heb “King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth with respect to wealth and with respect to wisdom.” |
| (0.42) | (1Ki 4:5) | 2 tn Heb “close associate of”; KJV, ASV, NASB “the king’s friend” (a title for an adviser, not just an acquaintance). |
| (0.42) | (Num 21:22) | 2 tc Smr has “by the King’s way I will go. I will not turn aside to the right or the left.” |
| (0.42) | (Gen 14:3) | 1 tn Heb “all these,” referring only to the last five kings named. The referent has been specified as “these last five kings” in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.40) | (Act 12:19) | 1 sn King Herod was Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod I (Herod the Great). |
| (0.40) | (Act 12:11) | 4 sn King Herod was Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod I (Herod the Great). |
| (0.40) | (Act 7:18) | 2 tn Grk “arose,” but in this context it clearly refers to a king assuming power. |
| (0.40) | (Luk 19:27) | 3 sn Slaughter them. To reject the king is to face certain judgment from him. |
| (0.40) | (Zec 1:1) | 1 sn Darius is Darius Hystaspes, king of Persia from 522-486 b.c. |
| (0.40) | (Mic 5:3) | 6 tn Heb “his”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.40) | (Mic 5:6) | 4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the coming king) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.40) | (Mic 5:1) | 4 sn Striking a king with a scepter, a symbol of rulership, would be especially ironic and humiliating. |
| (0.40) | (Hos 11:5) | 2 tn Heb “Assyria, he will be his [Israel’s] king” (NASB similar). |
| (0.40) | (Hos 8:10) | 4 tn Heb “a king of princes” (cf. KJV, NASB); cf. TEV “the emperor of Assyria.” |
| (0.40) | (Hos 5:1) | 3 tn Heb “O house of the king” (so KJV); cf. NIV “O royal house.” |
| (0.40) | (Dan 11:25) | 2 sn This king of the south was Ptolemy Philometer (ca. 181-145 b.c.). |
| (0.40) | (Dan 11:2) | 2 sn This fourth king is Xerxes I (ca. 486-465 b.c.). |
| (0.40) | (Dan 11:3) | 1 sn The powerful king mentioned here is Alexander the Great (ca. 336-323 b.c.). |
