Psalms 74:6

And now ¹  they are tearing down ²  all its engravings ³  with axes ⁴  and crowbars. ⁵ 

1Ki 6:18,29,32,35

¹ tn This is the reading of the Qere (marginal reading). The Kethib (consonantal text) has “and a time.”

² tn The imperfect verbal form vividly describes the act as underway.

³ tn Heb “its engravings together.”

⁴ tn This Hebrew noun occurs only here in the OT (see H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena [SBLDS], 49-50).

⁵ tn This Hebrew noun occurs only here in the OT. An Akkadian cognate refers to a “pickaxe” (cf. NEB “hatchet and pick”; NIV “axes and hatchets”; NRSV “hatchets and hammers”).