¹ tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.

³ tn Heb “the report about him, all that he did in Egypt.”

¹ tn Heb “at the mouth of”; the metonymy stresses it is at their report.

¹ tn The word could be rendered “angel” or “messenger.” Some ambiguity may be intended in this report.

³ tn Or “a groundless report” (see Exod 20:7 for the word שָׁוְא, shavʾ).

² tn These are not formal legal charges, but reports from friends, acquaintances, etc.; Grk “A certain man was rich who had a manager, and this one was reported to him as wasting his property.”

¹ tn Heb “at a report of an ear they submit to me.” The report of the psalmist’s exploits is so impressive that those who hear it submit to his rulership without putting up a fight.

² tn Heb “at a report of an ear they submit to me.” The report of David’s exploits is so impressive that those who hear it submit to his rulership without putting up a fight.

¹ tn All three clauses in this dream report begin with וְהִנֵּה (v^ehinneh, “and look”), which lends vividness to the report. This is represented in the translation by the expression “there we were.”

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the report about Paul’s conversion.

⁵ tn The verb here describes a report or some type of information (BDAG 534 s.v. κατηχέω 1).

² tn Or “to report,” “to describe.” The imperfect verb ἐξηγεῖτο (exēgeito) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the second slave’s report.

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the people’s response to the report.

² tn That is, “information concerning a person or an event—‘report, news, word, information’” (L&N 33.211).

⁴ sn The Greek historian Herodotus reports that Ashdod had been destroyed under the Pharaoh who preceded Necho, Psammetichus.

³ tn The word דִבָּה (dibbah) means “whispering; defamation; evil report” (BDB 179 s.v.). Cf. NAB “accusations”; TEV “gossip.”

¹ tc The LXX reads “the report…is not good, so that the people do not serve God.”

¹ tc Heb “To the Gazites, saying.” A verb is missing from the MT; some ancient Greek witnesses add “it was reported.”

² tn The Hebrew text uses הִנֵּה (hinneh) to emphasize the “here and now” aspect of the report to Edom.