¹ tn Heb “began to arrive.”

² tn Or “began to bring charges, saying.”

³ tn Heb “when their king began [to reign].”

¹ tn Heb “they began the heaps to establish.”

¹ tn Heb “began to cut off Israel.”

⁴ tn Or “and began to speak in his own defense.”

² tn Grk “trembling and bewilderment began to grip them.”

² tn Heb “judged”; NAB “began to judge”; TEV “settled disputes among.”

³ tn Grk “there came about an argument.” This has been simplified to “an argument began”

¹ tn Grk “the day began to decline,” looking to the approach of sunset.

¹ tn Grk “They were laughing at him.” The imperfect verb has been understood ingressively (“began making fun”).

⁴ tn Heb “wept with great weeping”; NCV “cried loudly”; TEV “began to cry bitterly.”

¹ tn Aram “arose and began.” For stylistic reasons this has been translated as a single concept.

² tn Heb “began”; the phrase “the work” is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

¹ tn Heb “he began to be a mighty warrior in the earth.”

¹ tn Heb “the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin…and Pekahiah….”

² tn Heb “dispersed from upon him”; NAB, NRSV “began to slip away.”

³ sn The barley harvest began in late March. See O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 91.

² tn Heb “And Benjamin began to strike down wounded ones among the men of Israel.”

³ tn The imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect (“began to speak”). Logical sequencing suggests that their speaking began after they were filled with the Spirit. The prayer was answered immediately.