² tn Heb “going up on,” that is, mounting for intercourse.

³ tn Heb “going up on,” that is, mounting for intercourse.

⁴ sn Mount Seir is synonymous with Edom. “By way of Mount Seir” refers to the route from Horeb that ended up in Edom Cf. CEV “by way of the Mount Seir Road”; TEV “by way of the hill country of Edom.”

² sn The hills of Zion are those surrounding Zion (see Pss 87:1; 125:2). The psalmist does not intend to suggest that the dew from Mt. Hermon in the distant north actually flows down upon Zion. His point is that the same kind of heavy dew that replenishes Hermon may also be seen on Zion’s hills. See A. Cohen, Psalms (SoBB), 439. “Dew” here symbolizes divine blessing, as the next line suggests.

³ sn The rift valley is a geographic feature that extends from Mt. Hermon to the Gulf of Aqaba and includes the Sea of Galilee, the Jordan River, and the Dead Sea. The section described here extends from the border of Moab, the Arnon which runs into the middle of the Dead Sea, northward up the entire Jordan valley and beyond Galilee to Mt. Hermon at the border of Lebanon.

² sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi).

¹ sn This mountain refers to Mount Gerizim, where the Samaritan shrine was located.

⁴ sn See the note on the Mount of Olives in Luke 19:29.

⁵ sn See the note on the phrase Mount of Olives in 19:29.

² sn See the note on the name Mount of Olives in v. 29.

¹ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).

¹ sn That is, Mount Zion (see 24:23); cf. TEV; NLT “In Jerusalem.”

¹ tn Heb “over all the place, Mount Zion.” Cf. NLT “Jerusalem”; CEV “the whole city.”

¹ tn Heb “the sons of Ammon and Moab stood against the residents of Mount Seir.”

¹ tn Heb “now, look, the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir.”

¹ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).

² sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.

³ sn Mount Hor. See note on the name “Moserah” in Deut 10:6.

⁴ tn Or “Harmagedon” (a literal transliteration of the Greek), or “Har-Magedon” (NASB), meaning “the Mount of Magedon” in Hebrew.

³ tn Heb “to the place of the name of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], Mount Zion.”