Discovery Box| (0.30) | (2Sa 3:27) | 2 tn Heb “and he [i.e., Abner] died on account of the blood of Asahel his [i.e., Joab’s] brother.” |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 25:39) | 2 tn Heb “his servant he has held back from evil, and the evil of Nabal the Lord has turned back on his head.” |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 16:4) | 3 tc In the MT the verb is singular (“he said”), but the translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss and ancient versions in reading the plural (“they said”). |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 15:16) | 2 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading the singular (“he said”) rather than the plural (“they said”) of the Kethib. |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 10:10) | 1 tc Two medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta have the singular “he” (in which case the referent would be Saul alone). |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 2:9) | 3 tc The LXX begins the verse differently, “granting the prayer to the one who prays; he blessed the years of the righteous.” |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 2:2) | 1 sn In this context God’s holiness refers primarily to his sovereignty and incomparability. He is unique and distinct from all other so-called gods. |
| (0.30) | (Rut 3:13) | 4 tn Heb “but if he does not want to redeem you, then I will redeem you, I, [as] the Lord lives” (NASB similar). |
| (0.30) | (Rut 3:7) | 3 sn Ruth must have waited until Boaz fell asleep, for he does not notice when she uncovers his legs and lies down beside him. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 21:25) | 1 sn Each man did what he considered to be right. The Book of Judges closes with this note, which summarizes the situation of the Israelite tribes during this period. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 21:5) | 1 tn Heb “A great oath there was concerning the one who did not go up before the Lord at Mizpah, saying, ‘He must surely be put to death.’” |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 19:15) | 2 tn Heb “and he entered and sat down, and there was no one receiving them into the house to spend the night.” |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 15:8) | 1 tn Heb “He struck them, calf on thigh, [with] a great slaughter.” The precise meaning of the phrase “calf on thigh” is uncertain. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 11:18) | 1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Israel; the pronoun in the Hebrew text represents a collective singular) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 9:33) | 1 tn Heb “Look! He and the people who are with him will come out to you, and you will do to him what your hand finds [to do].” |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 6:31) | 6 tn Heb “for he pulled down his altar.” The subject of the verb, if not Gideon, is indefinite (in which case a passive translation is permissible). |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 6:32) | 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.” |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 4:24) | 3 tn Heb “Jabin king of Canaan.” The proper name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 3:4) | 1 tn Heb “to know if they would hear the commands of the Lord which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.” |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 2:10) | 3 tn Heb “that did not know the Lord or the work which he had done for Israel.” The expressions “personally experienced” and “seen” are interpretive. |
