Discovery Box| (0.40) | (1Sa 8:18) | 1 tc The LXX adds “because you have chosen for yourselves a king.” |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 8:9) | 3 tn Heb “and tell them the manner of the king who will rule over them.” |
| (0.40) | (1Sa 2:10) | 6 sn The anointed one is the anticipated king of Israel, as the preceding line makes clear. |
| (0.40) | (Jdg 11:17) | 3 tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.” |
| (0.40) | (Jdg 8:18) | 2 tn Heb “each one like the appearance of sons of the king.” |
| (0.40) | (Jdg 3:15) | 3 tn Heb “The Israelites sent by his hand an offering to Eglon, king of Moab.” |
| (0.40) | (Jos 11:2) | 1 tn Heb “and to the kings who [are] from the north in.” |
| (0.40) | (Jos 9:1) | 1 tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.” |
| (0.40) | (Exo 14:5) | 3 tn Heb “and they said.” The referent (the king and his servants) is supplied for clarity. |
| (0.40) | (Gen 49:20) | 3 tn The word translated “delicacies” refers to foods that were delightful, the kind fit for a king. |
| (0.40) | (Gen 17:6) | 3 tn Heb “and I will make you into nations, and kings will come out from you.” |
| (0.40) | (Gen 14:18) | 2 tn The parenthetical disjunctive clause significantly identifies Melchizedek as a priest as well as a king. |
| (0.39) | (2Ch 36:10) | 2 tn Heb “and he made Zedekiah his brother king.” According to the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:17, Zedekiah was Jehoiachin’s uncle, not his brother. Therefore many interpreters understand אח (ʾakh) here in its less specific sense of “relative” (NEB “made his father’s brother Zedekiah king”; NASB “made his kinsman Zedekiah king”; NIV “made Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, king”; NRSV “made his brother Zedekiah king”). |
| (0.39) | (2Ki 8:16) | 1 tc The Hebrew text reads, “and in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, and [or, ‘while’?] Jehoshaphat [was?] king of Judah, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king.” The first reference to “Jehoshaphat king of Judah” is probably due to a scribe accidentally copying the phrase from later in the verse. If the Hebrew text is retained, the verse probably refers to the beginning of a coregency between Jehoshaphat and Jehoram. |
| (0.37) | (Psa 72:1) | 4 sn Grant the king…Grant the king’s son. It is not entirely clear whether v. 1 envisions one individual or two. The phrase “the king’s son” in the second line may simply refer to “the king” of the first line, drawing attention to the fact that he has inherited his dynastic rule. Another option is that v. 1 envisions a co-regency between father and son (a common phenomenon in ancient Israel) or simply expresses a hope for a dynasty that champions justice. |
| (0.37) | (Est 2:1) | 2 sn There may be a tinge of regret expressed in the king’s remembrance of Vashti. There is perhaps a hint that he wished for her presence once again, although that was not feasible from a practical standpoint. The suggestions by the king’s attendants concerning a replacement seem to be an effort to overcome this nostalgia. Certainly it was to their advantage to seek the betterment of the king’s outlook. Those around him the most were probably the most likely to suffer the effects of his ire. |
| (0.35) | (Act 12:22) | 1 tn The translation “crowd” is given by BDAG 223 s.v. δῆμος; the word often means a gathering of citizens to conduct public business. Here it is simply the group of people gathered to hear the king’s speech. |
| (0.35) | (Luk 19:25) | 2 tc A few mss (D W 69 and a few versional witnesses) omit this verse either to harmonize it with Matt 25:28-29 or to keep the king’s speech seamless. |
| (0.35) | (Hos 7:5) | 2 tc The MT preserves the awkward first person common plural suffix reading מַלְכֵּנוּ (malakenu, “our king”). The BHS editors suggest reading the third person masculine plural suffix מַלְכָּם (malkam, “their king”; so CEV), as reflected in the Aramaic Targum. |
| (0.35) | (Dan 11:40) | 4 tn This most likely refers to the king of the north who, in response to the aggression of the king of the south, launches an invasion of the southern regions. |
