¹tn Heb “was over.”
²tn Heb “was over.”
³tn Heb “close associate of.”
⁴tn Heb “over the house.”
⁵tn Heb “was over.”
⁶sn The work crews. This Hebrew word (sm^, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.
⁷map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.
⁸sn Beginning with 4:21, the verse numbers through 5:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:21 ET = 5:1 HT, 4:22 ET = 5:2 HT, etc., through 5:18 ET = 5:32 HT. Beginning with 6:1 the numbering of verses in the English Bible and the Hebrew text is again the same.
⁹tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.
¹⁰tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”
¹¹tn Heb “the food of Solomon for each day was.”
¹²tn As a unit of dry measure a cor was roughly equivalent to six bushels.
¹³tn The words “in the stall” are added for clarification; note the immediately following reference to cattle from the pasture.
¹⁴tn Heb “because.” The words “his royal court was so large” are added to facilitate the logical connection with the preceding verse.
¹⁵sn Tiphsah. This was located on the Euphrates River.
¹⁶tn Heb “for he was ruling over all [the region] beyond the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kingdoms beyond the River, and he had peace on every side all around.”
¹⁷tn Heb “Judah and Israel lived securely, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beer Sheba, all the days of Solomon.”
¹⁸tn The Hebrew text has “forty thousand,” but this is probably an inflated number. Some Greek mss of the OT and the parallel in 2 Chr 9:25 read “four thousand.”
¹⁹tn Heb “everyone who drew near to the table of King Solomon.”
²⁰tn Heb “barley and straw for the horses and the steeds they brought to the place which was there, each according to his measure.”
²¹tn Heb “heart,” i.e., mind. (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)
²²tn Heb “the wisdom of Solomon was greater than the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.”
²³tn Heb “his name was in all the surrounding nations.”
²⁴tn Heb “spoke.”
²⁵tn Heb “he spoke about plants.”
²⁶tn Heb “he spoke about.”
²⁷tn Heb “the wisdom of Solomon.”
²⁸sn The verse numbers in the English Bible differ from those in the Hebrew text (BHS) here; 5:1-18 in the English Bible corresponds to 5:15-32 in the Hebrew text. See the note at 4:21.
²⁹map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
³⁰tn Heb “his servants.”
³¹tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.
³²tn Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the Lord placed them under the soles of his feet.”
³³tn Heb “Look, I am saying.”
³⁴tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.
³⁵tn Heb “a house for my name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.
³⁶tn Or “Blessed be the Lord today, who….”
³⁷tn Heb “heard.”
³⁸tn Heb “I will satisfy all your desire with respect to cedar wood and with respect to the wood of evergreens.”
³⁹tn Heb “I will place them [on? as?] rafts in the sea to the place where you designate to me.” This may mean he would send them by raft, or that he would tie them in raft-like bundles, and have ships tow them down to an Israelite port.
⁴⁰tn Heb “smash them,” i.e., untie the bundles.
⁴¹tn Heb “as for you, you will satisfy my desire by giving food for my house.”
⁴²tn Heb “and Hiram gave to Solomon cedar wood and the wood of evergreens, all his desire.”
⁴³sn As a unit of dry measure a cor was roughly equivalent to six bushels.
⁴⁴tn Heb “his house.”
⁴⁵tc The Hebrew text has “twenty cors,” but the ancient Greek version and the parallel text in 2 Chr 2:10 read “twenty thousand baths.”
sn A bath was a liquid measure equivalent to almost six gallons.
⁴⁶tn Or “pressed.”
⁴⁷tn Heb “and Solomon supplied Hiram with twenty thousand cors of wheat…pure olive oil. So Solomon would give to Hiram year by year.”
⁴⁸tn Heb “a covenant,” referring to a formal peace treaty or alliance.
⁴⁹tn Heb “raised up.”
⁵⁰sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (sm^, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.
⁵¹tn Heb “was over.”
⁵²tn Heb “carriers of loads.”
⁵³tn Heb “cutters” (probably of stones).
⁵⁴tc Some Greek mss of the OT read “thirty-six hundred”; cf. 2 Chr 2:2, 18.
⁵⁵tn Heb “besides thirty-three hundred from the officials of Solomon’s governors who were over the work, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”
⁵⁶tn Heb “and the king commanded.”
⁵⁷tn Heb “builders.”
⁵⁸tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”
⁵⁹tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”