(0.30) | (Ezr 2:62) | 2 tn Heb “their records were searched for in the genealogical materials, but were not found.” This passive construction has been translated as active for stylistic reasons. |
(0.30) | (Ezr 1:1) | 2 sn The first year of Cyrus would be ca. 539 b.c. Cyrus reigned in Persia from ca. 539-530 b.c. |
(0.30) | (2Ch 36:22) | 1 sn The first year of Cyrus would be ca. 539 b.c. Cyrus reigned in Persia from ca. 539-530 b.c. |
(0.30) | (2Ch 36:21) | 2 tn The verb may be seen as either of two homophonous roots רָצָה (ratsah) meaning “to restore” or “to accept, take pleasure in.” |
(0.30) | (2Ch 34:22) | 4 tn Or “second.” For a discussion of the possible location of this district, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 283. |
(0.30) | (2Ch 33:7) | 1 tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name permanently” (or perhaps “forever”). |
(0.30) | (2Ch 30:26) | 1 tn Heb “and there was great joy in Jerusalem, for from the days of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, there was nothing like this in Jerusalem.” |
(0.30) | (2Ch 29:11) | 3 tn Heb “ones who cause [sacrifices] to go up in smoke.” The Hiphil form of קָטַר (qatar) can refer specifically to offering incense (e.g. 2 Chr 26:19; 32:12), but it may also be a general word for making sacrifices (e.g. 1 Chr 6:49). If it refers to burning incense, then the altar of incense in the Holy place of the tabernacle may be in view. Otherwise it is more general (they sacrifice animals later in this chapter, 2 Chr 29:21-24) and includes making sacrifices as well as offering incense. |
(0.30) | (2Ch 25:23) | 1 tn Heb “400 cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the distance would have been about 600 feet (180 m). |
(0.30) | (2Ch 22:6) | 3 tc Most Hebrew mss read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew mss, the LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29). |
(0.30) | (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. |
(0.30) | (2Ch 21:10) | 3 tn Heb “he.” This pronoun could refer to Judah, but the context focuses on Jehoram’s misdeeds. See especially v. 11. |
(0.30) | (2Ch 21:10) | 2 tn Or “from Jehoram’s control”; Heb “from under his hand.” The pronominal suffix may refer to Judah in general or, more specifically, to Jehoram. |
(0.30) | (2Ch 16:6) | 1 tn Heb “and King Asa took all Judah and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.” |
(0.30) | (2Ch 13:3) | 1 tn Heb “and Abijah bound [i.e., began] the battle with a force of men of war, 400,000 chosen men.” |
(0.30) | (2Ch 9:21) | 5 tn The meaning of this word is unclear; some suggest it refers to “baboons.” NEB has “monkeys,” NASB, NRSV “peacocks,” and NIV “baboons.” |
(0.30) | (2Ch 9:24) | 1 tn Heb “and they were bringing each one his gift, items of silver…and mules, the matter of a year in a year.” |
(0.30) | (2Ch 10:14) | 1 tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew mss and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.” |
(0.30) | (2Ch 9:11) | 1 tn Heb “tracks.” The parallel text in 1 Kgs 10:12 has a different term whose meaning is uncertain: “supports,” perhaps “banisters” or “parapets.” |
(0.30) | (2Ch 7:17) | 1 sn Verse 17 is actually a lengthy protasis (“if” section) of a conditional sentence, the apodosis (“then” section) of which appears in v. 18. |