Discovery Box| (0.02) | (Ezr 6:2) | 1 tc The translation reads בִירְתָא (birtaʾ, citadel”) rather than the reading בְּבִירְתָא (beviretaʾ, “in the citadel”) found in the MT. The MT probably experienced dittography here. |
| (0.02) | (Ezr 2:25) | 1 tc The translation, with the support of many manuscripts, reads יְעָרִים (yeʿarim) here rather than the reading עָרִים (ʿarim) of the MT. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 36:7) | 2 tn Heb “in Babylon.” Repeating the proper name “Babylon” here would be redundant in contemporary English, so “there” has been used in the translation. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 32:30) | 1 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 33:14) | 2 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 32:28) | 1 tn Heb “and stalls for all beasts and beasts, and flocks for the stalls.” The repetition of בְּהֵמָה (behemah, “beast”) here indicates various kinds of livestock. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 32:12) | 1 tn Heb “Did not he, Hezekiah, eliminate…?” This rhetorical question presupposes a positive reply (“yes, he did”) and so has been translated here as a positive statement. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 32:5) | 4 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 27:9) | 2 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 25:28) | 3 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 25:17) | 2 tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here not to a visit but to meeting in battle. See v. 21. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 24:25) | 5 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 24:16) | 1 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 22:2) | 3 tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 21:20) | 2 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 21:1) | 3 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 20:4) | 3 tn Heb “to seek the Lord.” The verb here (בָּקַשׁ, baqash) is different from the one translated “seek” in v. 3 (דָּרַשׁ, darash). |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 20:8) | 2 tn Heb “for your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “to honor you”). |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 20:4) | 2 tn Heb “to seek from the Lord.” The verb here (בָּקַשׁ, baqash) is different from the one translated “seek” in v. 3 (דָּרַשׁ, darash). |
| (0.02) | (2Ch 19:3) | 2 tn Here בָּעַר (baʿar) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער. |
