Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Mat 3:5) | 1 tn Grk “Then Jerusalem.” In the Greek text the city (Jerusalem) is put by metonymy for its inhabitants (see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 579). |
| (0.30) | (Mat 2:23) | 1 map For location see Map1 D3; Map2 C2; Map3 D5; Map4 C1; Map5 G3. |
| (0.30) | (Mat 2:13) | 3 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Herod the Great was particularly ruthless regarding the succession to his throne. |
| (0.30) | (Mat 2:16) | 1 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Note the fulfillment of the prophecy given by the angel in 2:13. |
| (0.30) | (Mal 3:8) | 2 sn The tithes and contributions mentioned here are probably those used to sustain the Levites (see Num 18:8, 11, 19, 21-24). |
| (0.30) | (Zec 12:11) | 2 map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1. |
| (0.30) | (Zec 10:4) | 1 sn On the NT use of the image of the cornerstone, see Luke 20:17; Eph 2:20; 1 Pet 2:6. |
| (0.30) | (Zec 9:2) | 1 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3. |
| (0.30) | (Zec 7:2) | 1 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.30) | (Hag 2:20) | 2 sn Again, the twenty-fourth day of the month was Kislev 24 or December 18, 520 b.c. See v. 10. |
| (0.30) | (Hag 2:21) | 2 tn See the note on the word “sky” in 2:6. Most English translations render the Hebrew term as “heavens” here. |
| (0.30) | (Hag 1:5) | 1 tn Heb “Set your heart upon your ways” (see 2:15, 18); traditionally “Consider your ways” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB). |
| (0.30) | (Zep 3:20) | 4 tn Heb “when I restore your fortunes to your eyes.” See the note on the phrase “restore them” in 2:7. |
| (0.30) | (Zep 3:4) | 2 sn These priests defiled what is holy by not observing the proper distinctions between what is ritually clean and unclean (see Ezek 22:26). |
| (0.30) | (Zep 3:2) | 3 tn Heb “draw near to.” The translation assumes that the expression “draw near to” refers to seeking God’s will (see 1 Sam 14:36). |
| (0.30) | (Zep 2:2) | 1 tn Heb “before the giving birth of a decree.” For various alternative readings, see J. J. M. Roberts, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (OTL), 187-88. |
| (0.30) | (Hab 1:4) | 1 tn Heb “the law is numb,” i.e., like a hand that has “fallen asleep” (see Ps 77:2). Cf. NAB “is benumbed”; NIV “is paralyzed.” |
| (0.30) | (Nah 2:4) | 1 tn Heb “the chariot.” This is a collective use of the singular, as indicated by the plural verb “[they] race madly” (see GKC 462 §145.b). |
| (0.30) | (Mic 6:16) | 3 sn The Omride dynasty, of which Ahab was the most infamous king, had a reputation for implementing unjust and oppressive measures. See 1 Kgs 21. |
| (0.30) | (Mic 5:3) | 5 sn Gives birth. The point of the figurative language is that Jerusalem finally finds relief from her suffering. See 4:10. |
