¹ tn The Babylonians were known for their cruelty (2 Kgs 25:7).

⁴ tn Heb “to a generation and a generation I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.”

³ tn Heb “and [an object of ] horror to those known by me.”

² tn Heb “that she not tell” (NRSV similar); NASB “that she should not make them known.”

² sn Ahasuerus, otherwise known as Xerxes I, ruled ca. 486-464 b.c.

¹ tn Heb “and Saul heard that David and the men who were with him were known.”

¹ tn Heb “who have not known.” Here this expression is a euphemism for sexual relations.

¹ sn Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Little is known about these descendants of Aram.

¹ sn The Pathrusites are known in Egyptian as P-to-reshi; they resided in Upper Egypt.

¹ tn Or “known all over.” BDAG 511 s.v. κατά A.1.c. has “became known throughout all Joppa” for γνωστὸν γενέσθαι καθ᾿ ὅλης ᾿Ιόππης (gnōston genesthai kath’ holēs Ioppēs).

³ sn The passive verbs revealed and made known suggest the revelation comes from God. The text is both a warning about bad things being revealed and an encouragement that good things will be made known.

³ sn He will pray for you that you may live. Abraham was known as a man of God whose prayer would be effectual. Ironically and sadly, he was also known as a liar.

³ sn This letter is otherwise unknown, but some have suggested that it is the letter known today as Ephesians.

² tn Grk “having known me from time past.” The participle προγινώσκοντες (proginōskontes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

² sn Zeus was the chief Greek deity, worshiped throughout the Greco-Roman world (known to the Romans as Jupiter).

² tn The translation “will continue to make it known” is proposed by R. E. Brown (John [AB], 2:773).

³ sn Note how although angels delivered the message, it was the Lord whose message is made known, coming through them.

³ tn Heb “and the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, and anger to his enemies.”

⁶ sn Both of these areas were known for their trees and vegetation. See 2:13; 35:2.

¹ sn Such a ruler would become known as one who could be lied to because he paid attention to lies.