1 Chronicles 8
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3 tn The MT has simply “of the month,” but the parallel passage in Jeremiah 52:6 has “fourth month,” and this is followed by almost all English translations. The word “fourth,” however, is not actually present in the MT of 2 Kings 25:3.
sn According to modern reckoning that would have been July 18, 586 b.c. The siege thus lasted almost a full eighteen months.
4 tn Heb “the people of the land.”
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1 tc The LXX reads “Noah; the sons of Noah [were] Shem, Ham, and Japheth.” Several English translations (e.g., NIV, NLT) follow the LXX.
sn Shem, Ham, and Japheth were Noah’s three sons (Genesis 6:10).
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2 tc Many medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX and Vulgate, read “Riphath” (see Genesis 10:3). This is followed by several English translations (e.g., NAB, NIV, NLT), while others (e.g., ASV, NASB, NRSV) follow the MT reading (“Diphath”).
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3 tn Or in this case, “descendants.”
4 tc The Kethiv has “Rodanim,” which probably refers to the island of Rhodes. The Qere has “Dodanim,” which refers to one of the most ancient and revered locations in ancient Greece. The MT and most medieval Hebrew mss of the parallel list in Genesis 10:4 read “Dodanim,” but a few have “Rodanim.”
tn Heb “Kittim and Rodanim.”
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5 tn That is, “Egypt.”