Discovery Box| (0.30) | (1Ki 6:22) | 1 tn Heb “all the temple he plated with gold until all the temple was finished; and the whole altar which was in the inner sanctuary he plated with gold.” |
| (0.30) | (1Ki 4:28) | 1 tn Heb “barley and straw for the horses and the steeds they brought to the place which was there, each according to his measure.” |
| (0.30) | (1Ki 3:12) | 1 tn This statement is introduced in the Hebrew text by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) which draws attention to and emphasizes what follows. |
| (0.30) | (2Sa 22:7) | 2 tn Heb “from his temple.” Verse 10, which pictures God descending from the sky, indicates that the heavenly, not earthly, temple is in view. |
| (0.30) | (2Sa 19:11) | 2 tc The Hebrew text adds “to his house” (= palace), but the phrase, which also appears earlier in the verse, is probably accidentally repeated here. |
| (0.30) | (2Sa 16:23) | 1 tn Heb “And the advice of Ahithophel which he advised in those days was as when one inquires of the word of God.” |
| (0.30) | (2Sa 2:11) | 1 tn Heb “And the number of the days in which David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.” |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 31:12) | 1 tc The translation follows the MT, which vocalizes the verb as a Qal. The LXX, however, treats the verb as a Hiphil, “they brought.” |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 13:20) | 1 tc The translation follows the LXX (“their sickle”) here, rather than the MT “plowshares,” which is due to dittography from the word earlier in the verse. |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 10:10) | 1 tc Two medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta have the singular “he” (in which case the referent would be Saul alone). |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 2:26) | 2 sn This is a parenthetic remark in which Samuel is again contrasted with Hophni and Phinehas (cf. 2:11b-12; 2:17-18). |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 2:23) | 1 tn The MT reads, “Why do you act according to these things which I am hearing—evil things—from all these people?” |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 2:16) | 5 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss (“no”) rather than the MT’s Kethib, which reads “to him.” |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 2:8) | 2 tn The imperfect verbal form, which is parallel to the participle in the preceding line, is best understood here as indicating what typically happens. |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 1:4) | 1 sn The narrator supplies background information about the behavior patterns in this family which would routinely occur when they went to the tabernacle to worship on holy days. |
| (0.30) | (Rut 3:5) | 4 tn Heb “everything which you are saying I will do.” The Hebrew word order emphasizes Ruth’s intention to follow Naomi’s instructions to the letter. |
| (0.30) | (Rut 2:9) | 9 tn The imperfect here either indicates characteristic or typical activity, or anterior future, referring to a future action (drawing water) which logically precedes another future action (drinking). |
| (0.30) | (Rut 2:2) | 1 tn The cohortative here (“Let me go”) expresses Ruth’s request. Note Naomi’s response, in which she gives Ruth permission to go to the field. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 21:25) | 1 sn Each man did what he considered to be right. The Book of Judges closes with this note, which summarizes the situation of the Israelite tribes during this period. |
| (0.30) | (Jdg 20:45) | 3 tn Heb “gleaned.” The word is an agricultural term which pictures Israelites picking off the Benjaminites as easily as one picks grapes from the vine. |
