¹ tn Heb “and they bowed low and they bowed down.” The use of synonyms here emphasizes the brothers’ humility.

¹ tn Heb “ones armed with bow[s], using the right hand and the left hand with stones and with arrows with the bow, from the brothers of Saul from Benjamin.”

³ tn Heb “apart from [i.e., without] a bow they were captured”; cf. NAB, NRSV “without the use of a bow.”

² tn Grk “a leper approaching, bowed low before him”; or “a leper approaching, worshiped him.”

³ tn Heb “bow and sword and warfare.” The first two terms in the triad וְקֶשֶׁת וְחֶרֶב וּמִלְחָמָה (v^eqeshet v^ekherev umilkhamah, “and bow and sword and warfare”) are examples of synecdoche of specific (bow and sword) for general (weapons of war; so CEV). However, they might be examples of metonymy (bow and sword) of association (warfare).

² tn Heb “They have readied [or strung] their tongue as their bow for lies.”

² tn Or perhaps, “bent over [in pain]”; cf. NRSV “I am bowed down.”

² sn As they bow down before him, it will appear that his enemies are licking the dust.

³ tn Heb “like mourning for a mother [in] sorrow I bowed down.”

² sn The strongest bow (Heb “bow of bronze”) probably refers to a bow laminated with bronze strips, or to a purely ceremonial or decorative bow made entirely from bronze. In the latter case the language is hyperbolic, for such a weapon would not be functional in battle.

³ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

³ tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

¹ tn Heb “and the sons of Ulam were men, warriors and treaders of a bow.”

¹ tn Heb “and Jehu filled his hand with the bow and he struck Jehoram between his shoulders.”

¹ tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”

³ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

² tn Heb “and walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

² tn Heb “she fell upon her face and bowed to the ground” (KJV, NASB similar).

² tn Or “bowed before” (the same expression occurs in the following verse).

² tn Heb “and you walk and serve other gods and bow down to them.”