Discovery Box| (0.38) | (1Ch 7:25) | 2 tc The Hebrew text has simply “Resheph,” but the phrase “his son” has probably been accidentally omitted, since the names before and after this one include the phrase. |
| (0.38) | (1Ch 5:22) | 3 tn Heb “and they lived in place of them until the exile.” The referent of “them” (the Hagrites) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (2Ki 25:3) | 1 sn According to modern reckoning that would have been July 18, 586 b.c. The siege thus lasted almost a full eighteen months. |
| (0.38) | (2Ki 25:1) | 2 sn This would have been Jan 15, 588 b.c. The reckoning is based on the calendar that begins the year in the spring (Nisan = March/April). |
| (0.38) | (2Ki 24:1) | 2 tn Heb “came up.” Perhaps an object (“against him”) has been accidentally omitted from the text. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 306. |
| (0.38) | (2Ki 23:19) | 1 tc Heb “which the kings of Israel had made, angering.” The object has been accidentally omitted in the MT. It appears in the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate versions. |
| (0.38) | (2Ki 9:13) | 3 tn Heb “they blew the trumpet.” This has been translated as a passive to avoid the implication that the same ones who shouted had all blown trumpets. |
| (0.38) | (2Ki 6:13) | 1 tn Heb “he” (also a second time in this verse); the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (2Ki 4:25) | 2 tn Heb “the man of God.” The phrase has been replaced by the relative pronoun “he” in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.38) | (1Ki 18:13) | 1 tn Heb “Has it not been told to my master what I did…?” The rhetorical question expects an answer, “Of course it has!” |
| (0.38) | (1Ki 14:15) | 3 tn Heb “the River.” In biblical Hebrew this is a typical reference to the Euphrates River. The name “Euphrates” has been supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (1Ki 3:12) | 5 tn Heb “so that there has not been one like you prior to you, and after you one will not arise like you.” |
| (0.38) | (2Sa 18:12) | 3 tn Heb “a thousand [shekels] of silver.” This would have been about 25 pounds (11.4 kg) of silver by weight. |
| (0.38) | (2Sa 17:22) | 1 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text here or in v. 24, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.38) | (2Sa 14:30) | 2 tn The word “Joab’s” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.38) | (2Sa 12:4) | 1 tn Heb “came to the rich man.” In the translation “arrived at the rich man’s home” has been used for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.38) | (2Sa 5:8) | 2 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term has been debated. For a survey of various views, see P. K. McCarter, II Samuel (AB), 139-40. |
| (0.38) | (1Sa 23:7) | 2 tn Heb “with two gates and a bar.” Since in English “bar” could be understood as a saloon, it has been translated as an attributive: “two barred gates.” |
| (0.38) | (Jdg 21:15) | 2 tn Heb “had made a gaping hole in.” The narrator uses imagery that compares Israel to a wall that has been breached. |
| (0.38) | (Jdg 20:20) | 1 tn Heb “the men of Israel.” The noun phrase has been replaced by the pronoun (“they”) in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
