Discovery Box| (0.30) | (1Ch 1:42) | 1 tn The parallel geneaology in Gen 36:27 has the variant spelling “Akan.” Among English versions that use the variant spelling here are NIV, NCV, NLT. |
| (0.30) | (1Ch 1:41) | 1 tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed. For stylistic reasons the singular “son” was used in the translation. |
| (0.30) | (1Ki 15:2) | 2 sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT. |
| (0.30) | (1Ki 3:12) | 2 tn Heb “I am doing according to your words.” The perfect tense is sometimes used of actions occurring at the same time a statement is made. |
| (0.30) | (1Ki 1:43) | 2 tn For a similar use of אֲבָל (ʾaval), see Gen 17:19, where God rejects Abraham’s proposal and offers an alternative. |
| (0.30) | (1Ki 1:13) | 1 tn Heb “come, go to.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ. |
| (0.30) | (1Ki 1:12) | 1 tn Heb “now, come.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ. |
| (0.30) | (2Sa 20:3) | 3 tn Heb “come to them.” The expression בּוֹא אֶל (boʾ ʾel) means “come to” or “approach,” but is also used as a euphemism for sexual relations. |
| (0.30) | (2Sa 16:21) | 1 tn Heb “approach,” The verb בּוֹא (boʾ) with the preposition אֶל (ʾel) means “come to” or “approach,” but is also used as a euphemism for sexual relations. |
| (0.30) | (2Sa 15:12) | 1 tn Traditionally, “counselor,” but this term is more often associated with psychological counseling today, so “adviser” was used in the translation instead. |
| (0.30) | (2Sa 14:16) | 2 tn Or “will.” The imperfect verbal form can have either an indicative or modal nuance. The use of “perhaps” in v. 15b suggests the latter here. |
| (0.30) | (2Sa 13:1) | 1 tn Heb “Amnon the son of David loved her.” The following verse indicates the extreme nature of his infatuation, so the translation uses “madly in love” here. |
| (0.30) | (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. |
| (0.30) | (2Sa 3:7) | 2 tn The expression בּוֹא אֶל (boʾ ʾel) means “come to” or “approach,” but is also used as a euphemism for sexual relations. |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 28:8) | 1 tn Heb “Use divination for me with the ritual pit and bring up for me the one whom I say to you.” |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 17:43) | 1 sn Sticks is a pejorative reference to David’s staff (v. 40); the same Hebrew word (מַקֵּל, maqqel) is used for both. |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 14:28) | 1 tn Heb “your father surely put the army under an oath.” The infinitive absolute is used before the finite verb to emphasize the solemn nature of the oath. |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 13:14) | 2 tn Heb “according to his heart.” The idiomatic expression means to be like-minded with another, as its use in 1 Sam 14:7 indicates. |
| (0.30) | (1Sa 12:11) | 1 sn Jerub Baal (יְרֻבַּעַל, “Yerub Baʿal”) is also known as Gideon (see Judg 6:32). The book of Judges uses both names for him. |
| (0.30) | (Rut 4:5) | 2 sn Acquire the field. This probably refers to the right to redeem and use the field. See the note on the word “selling” in v. 3. |
