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13 tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) following the imperative here indicates purpose/result.

14 tn Heb “so I may go out before this nation and come in.” The expression “go out…and come in” here means “to lead” (see HALOT 425 s.v. יצא qal.4).

15 tn Heb “for.” The word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

16 tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

17 tn Heb “to judge.”

18 tn Heb “these numerous people of yours.”

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19 tn Heb “because this was in your heart.”

20 tn Heb “the life of those who hate you.”

21 tn Heb “many days.”

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22 tn Heb “wisdom and discernment are given to you.”

23 tn Heb “which was not so for the kings who were before you, and after you there will not be so.”

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24 tn Heb “and Solomon came from the high place which was in Gibeon [to] Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and he reigned over Israel.”

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25 tn Or “gathered.”

26 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”

map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

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27 tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

28 tn Heb “he made.”

29 tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

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30 sn Because Que is also mentioned, some prefer to see 1 Kings 10:28-29 as a reference to Mutsur. Que and Mutsur were located in Cilicia or Cappadocia (in modern southern Turkey). See HALOT 625 s.v. מִצְרַיִם.

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31 tn Heb “and they brought up and brought out from Egypt a chariot for 600 silver (pieces), and a horse for 150, and in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram by their hand they brought out.”

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1 sn Beginning with 2:1, the verse numbers through 2:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 2:1 ET = 1:18 HT, 2:2 ET = 2:1 HT, 2:3 ET = 2:2 HT, etc., through 2:18 ET = 2:17 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

2 tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the Lord and house for his kingship.”

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3 tn Heb “counted,” perhaps “conscripted” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

4 tn Heb “carriers of loads.”

5 tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).

6 tc The parallel text of MT in 1 Kings 5:16 has “thirty-six hundred,” but some Greek mss there read “thirty-six hundred” in agreement with 2 Chronicles 2:2, 18.

tn Heb “and 3,600 supervisors over them.”

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7 tn Heb “Huram.” Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chronicles 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.

8 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

9 tn The words “help me” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

10 tn Heb “cedars.” The word “logs” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

11 tn Heb “to build for him a house to live in it.”

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1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

2 tn In 2 Samuel 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (“Aravna”; traditionally “Araunah”). The form of the name found here also occurs in 1 Chronicles 21:15; 18-28.

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3 sn This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

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4 tn Heb “and these are the founding of Solomon to build the house of God.”

5 tn Heb “the length [in] cubits by the former measure was sixty cubits, and a width of twenty cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches (45 cm) for the standard cubit, the length of the foundation would be 90 feet (27 m) and its width 30 feet (9 m).

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