Renderesd from the Origfinal Lawmga

try the
N
E
W W$RLD' m
E -8UTIQN
a ~ ~ f m w
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Greek translnHon made by lntinae wrsio.cte8 antmqtrae set4
hg'nl la, n J w b h r l y t e , o f c81rs italica, issued 1743-49.
~hc
2cl century A. A very litL
cral translatlan of the IIehre.cv,
Leningrad Manuscript. cataIwcomlng thc omctal Greek
v ~ r s l o n:or tire ,Irws. C?r!gcn logued as No,B 19:%, in Hebrew.
lnrlt~tlcclf t in tile 3 1 mlumn o l It is tlae oldest dated manu111s I I C F I ~ I I Z , current i h h o ~ i scri t of the co~npleteHebrew
g was copjed A.D. 16308
n.o. 215. ~c Foreword of the ~ i b and
Seru Illorl(l Ti-~jr.c.l~ait~~
o,I ?!I+? "from the corrected clear b o k s

rSrsip1t~rcs, r ~ p a r e dby the master Aaron

en Mosher ben Asher." It contains the ordinary vocalizatian
CB
of the Hebrew consonants. It
Cairo Manllscri~t of the Is n o w in the Public Library
Prophets, in Hcbrew. It Con- 1, Leningrad, Russia.
inlns the E a r l l ~ r and Later
~ ' r n ~ h e (see
t s E'nreiord, Vole
LXX
ttmp I, I 41 n l ~wns
l
written by Greek Ssptuaglnt V ~ s i o l c ,
hlofies ben Asher in T l h e ~ l
In~ ~begun about 280 B.C.The oldI'alestlne. A.D. 895. It Is In the eat version of the Hebrew
liarulte 5etw.s' synagopre 01 Scriptures and a work of Jews.
('~11'0, Eg 11b. Acriderrtnlky d1.S.

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i
]rage 12,

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It

"Old Latin" Verslon, probnbly orlgInatini3 among LatinE P C R ~ ~Jews

~ R of Cnrttlage In
horth Africn but latar ado ted
I I the
~ Christians, Vnrfnus atIIl verstotls wWcl ctrcukLtec1 before Jerome's p r ~ d u c t i o n of
l h e Lqtln frlilgulr, nnil were
trirnslations of the Grcrk ScpLXXA
Greek S8br&aEnf V H S W as
trtogi~ri,before O r l g ~ nrevised
that G r e ~ ktext about A.D. 245. found in the Cadex MexanThree types o i Old Latin v t ~ -drinus, or Alexandrine Manusions arc identified: { I ) the scripr, of the complete Bible.
Alrican, the most prfmltlve; Of the middle of t h e 5th cen( 2 ) the Eurclpertrt : and ( 3 1 tlrc t u r y . F r o m its .translation of
Irallan, prohal~lys r~vlslnnof the Hebrew Smptures the folthr: Ev,ropo;ln, Usunlly ca1IetI lotvlng have been lost: 1 Kings
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LXmmade with some consideratinn
Greek Beptwgrmt Twslon of the Greek Septuagint. Its
as found in the Codex Vati. most valuable manuscript for
canus, or Vatican Manuscript the translation of the entire
No. 1209. Of t h e 4th century. Hebrew Bible is the 6th- or
From its translation of the Re- 7th-century codex in the Ambrew Scriptures two sections brosian Library, Milan, Italy.
are missing: the book of Gen- An earlier manuscript has a
e$is from its beginn'
up to date corresponding with A.D.
chapter 46:28, andsalmfi 464.
105:27 to 137:6 (Psalms 106138 in Hebrew), but which
Greek t r e z g ~ nmade by
missing paraa er were restored
by x 15th-cen7u1-y scribe. The s mJma chus an ~b i o n i t e,
Books of the Maccabees and a out A.D. 200. Though in exthe Psalms of Solomon, agoc- cellent Greek. it is faithful to
ryphal hooks, are missing. the Hebrew text, following its
Catalogued in the Vatican G. sense. Few fragments survive.
brary since the fifteenth cen- Origsn incIuded it in the 4th
column of his Hexupla, current
tury.
about A.D. 245,
w
Masoretic ~ i h r e w
text. Here
A
based main1 on the text of the T h e Tarpms, or Targumirn,
Leningrad debrew Manuscript meaning i n t e r r e t a t i o n s ,
No.B 19A, a representative of translations."
first they
the ben Asher text.
were mere oral interpretations
o r translations In Ararnalc
Sam
made at the readlng of the He.
Samaritan-Pentgetah, a H? brew Scriptures after Jerusabrew text truxed wkth Samarl- lem's $0-year desolation, and
tan idioms, transmitted by t h e later they were committed to
Samaritan community in Pal- writing. There are T a r m s on
estine independently of the the L a w or Pentateuch, on the
Jewish tradition since the 4th Prophets and, of later date, on
century B.C, Out of 6,000 dif- the Hagiographa. The three
ferences between the Samari- Targums on the Pentateuch
tan text and the Hebrew text are the Jerusalem Targum, the
of the first five books of the Targum of Jonathan, and tho
Bible only 1,000are im ortant, Targum of On;i?los.
A few extant manuscrypts are
earlier than the 12th century.
Tareurn of Jonathan. reallv
SY
pseud6.$onathan, this ~ar&&
SyrlacPeskittaVer~i~.
Parts on the Pentateuch being f a l s e
of it may be of Jewish origin, Iy assigned to Jonathan ben
but it was made for Syriac Uz-d'cl. It should rather be
Christians, It is basically a calIed the J~msalemTarmm.
translation directly of the Et is a paraphrase in Xr?
Hebrew Scriptures, although maic extending from Genesls

EXPLANATION OF THE SYMl3OLS

Ihrough Deuteronomy, There nian Jews. It is thought to be

another Targum called the the oldest extant of the AraJerusalem Targum on the Pen- maic versions. It is more closetateuch, but it contains only ly allied to Biblical Aramaic
portions of the Pentateuch and and sticks very closely t o the
so is usually called the Frag. Hebrew text. It is based on a
mentary IJerusalem) Targum. Hebrew text practical1 iden.
The Targum on the Proph deal with the ~asoretYftext.
ets, namelv. Joshua, Judges,
mn
1'
Samuel, ~"ings,Isaiah, J k e - Palestinian Tar
gum, of which
miah, Ezekiel, and the 12 Minor Prophets, is wrongly at- the Fragmentary
is
tributed to the above Jonathan. Targum On the
It was an Older)
In language and s t le it closecomplete ~ e r u s Ta ~~ ~ ~~
1~ resembles the
of more
-.
dnkelos and seems 6 have gU""
Th
been modeled on that Targum
Greek translation made by
and, in places, t o have made
Thee do'tion, of Pontus, Asia
! I s of It, but is less literal.
Minor, bettveen A.D. 180 and
To
192. It differs little from the
Targum of Onkelos, or Baby- Septuagint, like a mere revilonian Targum, on the Penta- sion. Origen included it in the
leuch. Its real author was prob- 6th column of his Hemapla, my:ihlg unknown to the Babylo- rent about: A.D. 245.
1s

qarEum "

PLURAL RTXBBR of 'TQU" and of VERBS

"You" printed in all capital letters denotes the plural number
of this pronoun. Also where the plural number 02 a verb Is not
certainly apparent t o the reader. it is indicated by printing the
VWRB In all capitals.

CHAlX REmREXCE
(C) or with a clot (01, or a
superior "p" or "q" denotes that the word that It follows Is
one of a chain o t references, carried on ~ 1 1through the HeQrew
Scdptures. Jn the last volume of our translation of the Hebrew
Scriptures we hogs t o publish an alphrbetic list ol all words in
chain reference, wlllt the opening verge in the Hebrew SCriptur~s
where each chaln starts. The sib3 margin cites the next llnk.
Other symbols refer to cross reterences not in a chain,
The follomlng cross reference ~jymbols ', 0, A, I, t e, X, 3.
k t o a. r to z ~ 1 1 1l ~ a dyou t o heIpful inforwatlon, such aa
parallel paesages, geogragh!cal and blographlcal points, paasage-;
quoted iron?, etc.

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CONTENTS

Alphabetical Order and MarginaI Abbreviations

of the Books of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures
Book

Abbfevlatlon

Acts .........................
Ac
Amos ..........................
Am
Chronicles, 3. ............ ICh
Chronicles, 2 ............ 2Ch
CoIossians .................. Col

Book

Abbreviation

Kings, 1 ...................... 1Ki

Kings, 2 ...................... 2Ki
Lamentations ............ La
Leviticus ...................... Le
Luke .............................. Lu
Corinthians, 1. ............1Ca
Malachi ...................... Ma1
Corinthians, 2 ............ 2Co
Mark ...................... ..
Mr
Daniel .........................
Da
Matthew ...................... M t
Deuteronomy .............. De
Micah .......................... Mic
Ecclesiastes ................ Ec
Nahum ........................ Na
Ephesians ...........,... E P ~ Nehemiah .................... Ne
Esther .......................... Es
Numbers ......................
Nu
Exodus ...................
....
Ex
Obadiah
Ob
Ezekiel ........................Eze
Peter, I ...................... IPe
Ezra ............................ E Z F
Peter, 2 ...................... 2Pe
Galatians .................... Ga
Philemon .................. Phm
Genesis ........................ Ge
Philippians .............. PhP
Habakkuk ................ Hab
Proverbs ......................Pr
Haggai ..................... Hag
Psalms .......................... Ps
Hebrews
Heb
Revelation .................. Re
Hosea ..........................Ho
Romans ........................ Ro
Isaiah ........................ .. Isa
Ruth .............................
Flu
dames ..........................Jas
Samuel, 1 .................... 1Sa
Jeremiah .................... Jer
Samuel, 2 .................... 2Sa
Job ......................... ..... Job
Song of SoIornon
Joel .............................. Joe
(Canticles) .............. Ca
John ....................,...... Joh
Thessalonians, 1 ...... 1Th
John, 1 .................,..... 1Jo
Thessalonians, 2 ...,. 2Th
John, 2 ........................ 2Jo
Timothy, 1 ..................1Ti
John,3 ......................
.. 3Jo Timothy,
2 .................. ZTi
Jonah ..........................Jon
Titus ............................Tit
Joshua ........................ Jos
Zechariah ................, Zec
Jude ..........................Jude
Zephaniah ........,........ Zep
Judges ..........................Jg

....................

Page

1 Samuel.
2 Samuel.

1 Kings

. . . . . . . . . 11
. . . . . . . . .119

. . . . . . . . . .209

. . . . . . . . . .311
1 Chronicles . . . . . . . .408
2 Chronicles . . . . . . . .496

2 Kings

. . . . . . . . . . ,604

Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther

. . . . . . 635
. . . . . . . . . .681
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XAbiES ASD ORDER OF THE BOOIiS

OF THE HEBREIV-ARAMAIC SCRIPTURES
volume JT't
Isaiah
Jersmlah
Psalms
Lam~ntatlons
Proverbs
EStekiel
Ecclesiastes
2 Xings
Deuterononly I Chronlcles song o! Solomon Wanlel
Hosea
2 Chronlcles
Josllua
Joel
Ezra
Judges
Amos
~qcha~nlah
Ruth
Olmdlah
Esther
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zcphanial~
Ha gai
~uctariah
&Ialachi

volume I

Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers

vohtrae 11
1 Samuel
I Samuel
2
Kings

Job

To be published in Volume III In the course of the years,

t T o be published In

Volume IV In the course of tile years.

9

PLATES

Tl2E FIRST OF

AND

SAMUEL

MAPS

Or, acrording

[Follow page 7051

PLATE

A Temple-Palace Area of Jerusalem (Ground

Plan)-1027 t o 607 B.C.
B Temple-Palace Area of Jerusalem (Perspective View)-1027 to 607 B.C.
C JermsaIem-from David t o Nehemiah
D Temple of Jehovah

to

the Greek Fspfaagit~t,

THE FIRST O F EISCSS

NOWthere happened t o be a certain man of

a Zuph'itea of t h e mountainous
1% 25:1
region
of
E1plrra.im,"
and his name was El.ka'ISn 28:s
1
. 1 . 1
n
a
h
,
'
the
son
of
Je-ro'ham,
the son of E-li'hufb
:+Il:h 6:ZT
c ~ s a a : ~the son of To'hu, the son of Zuphr0an E'phra'r:.4:19
im.%e.c 'And he had two wives,+the name of
J g 8.30
the one being Han'nah and the name of the
other being Pe.ninlnah, And Pe.nin'nah came
' 2% 12:18
np 16:1
to
have children3 but Han'nah had no childreme
tic 25:a
And that man went up out of his city from
r ; 29:31
~
.I# 13'2
year to y e a d to prostrate himself" and t o sacri,
+
:' 3% $4 fice to Jehovah of armieseo in S h i ' l ~ h . ~And
there
is
where
the
two
sons
of
E'li,e
Hoph'ni
and
'(k1!;%:$:34:23
5
~
Phin'e.has,
were
priests
ta
Jehovah.'
t )e 125
*.cos 1x:1
4 And there came to be a day when El.kaPnah
J,K 21:14
I .; 7 8 : ~ proceeded to sacrifice, and he gave to Pe.ninPnah
"Sa 3 19
lsa 4 17 his wife and to all her sons and her daughters
111,~
7.14
I 1 2 : ~ portion^,^ but to Rm'nah he gave one portion,
. Ncmethelessg it was Han'nah that he loved,"and,

1RaPmah,*

* 1Sa l:19
1s:~
737

11

MAP

1 Pre-Kingdom Israel, Nortl~ernPalestine

2 Pre-Kingdom Lsrael, Central PaIestine
3 Pre-Kingdom Israel, Sout.Jmm Palestine
4 United Kingdom of Saul, David, Solomon

-Part I (11th Century B.C.)

5 United Kingdom of Saul, David, Solomon
-Part H (11th Century B.C.)
6 Southern Kingdom of Judah (10th Gentury B.C.)
7 Northern Kingdom of Israel (10th Celltury B.C.)
8 World Empires (Assyrian, Babylonian,

Persian)
9 Palestine During Jr~dah'sRestoration (6th
Century B.C.)

"Of Ra'mah, z Znph'itc." M,"of R~rnath.a'im-zo'phim'j ; LXK,

'"sf Ar.ma.tha'im-zi'pha"; Tg, 'bf Ra.math.aPim-soJphim."
Bnt see
wrae 19 ; 1 Chronicles B : 26,35. b "E.L'hu," XI; "E.li.ou','!LXX. Bat
nt 1 Chronides 6: 27 "E.lif~h,"
and at 1 Ch~onicles6: 34 "E.li'el,lJ
3ILXX. "E'p-.it&''
BF settlement B the territory of E'phmi j n ; but El.ka nah was genealogicnlly a Levite. See 1 Chronicles
6 : 22-2s. d Literally, "from days ta days?' Compme Exodu~13 : 10 ;
,lndges 11 :40; 21 : 19. e "Jehovah of a1-nries.!' This is the 51-gt of
291. occurrences of this expression in M, f "The t r o sons of E'li,'.'
MVgSy; ',EJli and his t o sons," LLPX. g"Sonetheless," L X X ;
"sad, because," Vg.
ll

1 SAMUEL, 1:6-12

12

as for Jehovah, he bad closed up her 1~0mb.'~

?gh2$$i

cAndherrivalwife~dso~exedhersorely
for the ( ; c 3 ~ 2
sake of making her feel disconcerted because Jehovah had closed up her womb. :And t ha t was
the way sheb ~r-oulddo year "y year4as often RS ~ ~ ~
shec went up into the house of Jehovah.-" That ;+
.]!dl 2:1!)
1:'"
was the way she would vex her, so that she
would !veepa and not eat. And El.1carnah her i2xts:n
husband" proceeded t o say t o her: ''Han'n~h,
why d o you weep* and why da you not eatU~ n ;:&%i,7
d
why does your heart feel bad? Am I not better
'Ku 4 %
t o you than ten sons?"'
Isa 54:s
9 Then Kan'nah got up after they" had eaten
s:3
In Shiqohe and after the drinking,' wltile E71I '1%
-ZSII 7:2
1 Sn 5:5
the priesF was sitting upon the seat by the door- 1- I>.()
120
post of the temple6 of Jehovah." l"And she was ;;;y3;,l&
hitter of soul," and she began to pray to Jehov a h 9 n d to weep greatly. llAnd she went on r l ~ ~ h a : ?
t o make a vo-& and say: "0 Jehovall of ar- jf:;Y2k?j,7
mies,h if you will without fail laok upon the ;;,N;p;
..hl 14:28
afflictionmof your slave girlmand R C ~ L I H I R ITI I ~ 4,l
29 ,.W
member mex and you will not forget your slave
girl and actually give t o your slave girl a male - t ;, s 1
offspring,fI wi1I give him to Jehovah nll the dnys 1
of his 1i fe and no razor will come upon his head."" y':fj:
12 And it occurred that while she prayedo : l " l S m

extendedly' before Jehovah E'II was watching

her mouth." As for Han'nah, she was speaking
in her
only her lips were quivering,
and her voice was not heard, But Eli took her
\ ~ i : ~ for drunkoh" 'So E'li said to her: "How long
will you behave drunk?' R I ~away
:
your wine3
from upon you.'vDAt this Han'nah answered a d
said: "No, my lord!' A woman hard pressed
in spirit: I Rm,and wine md intoxicathg liquor
I have not drunk, but I pour out my soul before
JehovahBgIt D o not make your slave girl like
a good-for-nothing wornan,&for it is out of the
abumdance of my concern and my vexation that
I have spoken until nonm."";Then E'li answered
and said: 'Go in peace,"' and mag the God of
Israel grant your petit ion that you have asked
of him."l I S To this she said; "Let your maidservantY'And favoP in your e y ~ s . " And
~
the
woman proceeded t o go on her wayg and to eat,
and her face became self-concerned no more,
19 Then they got up e ~ r l yin the morning
and prostrated themselves before Jehovah, after
which t l ~ c yrcturn~dnnd came Into their house

+;'
;c;~;;~,
;(I

""'""

Or. "fellow wife.'' h"She." widentlp: "Pc.~iin'nnL,"Sg ; %P," 11.

***She," IbfL-nSy; ''th~y;' Tp. d"Th~y: 1,S.S; " H ~ V , * ' 31; tlda
f ~ ~ r ~ i n ipronoun,
nc
horvere~,r ~ f ~ r t ' i nt og f l i ~11nrt.g f~.onl rvbieh
IInri'r~ah separated herself, "In Fl1i"lo1,'91, Pn~sildyto 1~ rend, I
Ijy nn cniel~dation,"in the hn11," thnt i r , in the hl~llfor e~rtingor
111~clinirig chamher, f <'Aud after tlic tlrinki~lg,"'T l ~ oIIcbrvw verb
11cl.ei s in the infinitire nhsolute, nnd so i g ~ I I I P ~ T P D I ~ nnrl
I I ~ irideflnita
na to time. LAX& "and she took llcr ~ t : ~ nl~rI"o~r>
d
Jchorr~h,"
LiTrmplc."The first ocrrrencr! ot' this aortl in the 1leI)rcw text,
h r'dehornh o f annies!' The ppconrl orcltrrrnro of t l r i h ~spression.
It i q fount1 fire t i n t ~ sin I Fnrnltcl nnrl b i x t i ~ nin ~9 ~Snn~uel.
1 Literntly, '%au offspring of rnvir."'

a t Ra'mah. El.ka'nah now had intercourse- with

Han'nah his wife, and Jehovah began rememherinf her.' 2 " ~ It came about at the rolling
around of a yemb f h ~ Han'nah
t
became pregnant" and brought a son to bjrt h and p~rxeeded
to call* his name Samue1,c because, said she, "It
is from J c h o v ~ hthat I have asked him."

21 In time the m a n Elka'nah \-vent up with

all his household to s~criflceto Jehovah the
Literally, Yike n dna~ltter of Be'Hbnl (or, ~~ni~tlslessness)."
l,itersllp, "of the dayr," C'ornporc Rxorlus 34:22, rpferring t o
tlic fcatival of i~gatl~cring,h.Ien~~iug
" S n n ~ eof God!' Tlrnt is t~
HIIF,
bearing tbe rtnwe of Uod.
Q

I SAMUEL 1:22-28

14

yearly sacrifice&and hisuvow offering.' As

*NU 3*:7
153
Hm'nah, she did not go up," for she had said to 'De 16:16
her husband: "As soon as t h e boy is weaned I
must bring him and he must appear before Jehovah and dwell there t o time0 indef~nite."~
23 At 2
E
2
7
&
.
3
this El-ka'nah her husband said t o her: "Do ~ ~ 2 :
30:6
what is g o d in your eyesagStay at home until,
you wean him. Only may Jehovah carry out hisb
word."o+ So the wornan stayed at home and kept ?$&lT::$j
nursing her son until she weaned hirke
~Ica
G 24456
1
C:s
24 Accordingly just as soon as she had weaned pu%;x
him she brought him up with her, along with a
three-year-oldbullc and one e'phah of flour and a
lapge jar of wine; and she proceeded to enterd the "Nu15:10
house of Jehovah in Shi'loh.' And the boy was #J":sy;z
with her.0 '=
Then they slaughtered the bull and
broughtf the boy to E'li.' " With that she said: ALU
LU 2222
18:~
"Excuse me, my lord! By the life of your soul," '3g,"$;l;
my Iord, I am the woman t h a t was standing with ;
:;
you in this place t o pray to Jehovah/ 2 r It was 2Ki 2:2
34th reference t o this boy that I prayed that Je- zgi 2%
hovah should grant me my petition that I asked
of him.+ "'ld
I, in nly laturn,
have lent him on re- b$pd;;
questg t o Jehovah a11 the days that he does hap- et;St1;;:5
pen to be.h He is one requested for Jehovah."i ~ J B:EO
And hej proceeded b bow down there t o Je*Ge 26%
I~avah.+
Ge 24:52

;;;:A

Literally, "the sacrifice of t h e days." Co1npar.e velw 3, f o o t ~ l o t ed,

"His," MVg ; "your," SF. "Thrao- ear-old bnll," LXXSy ; "three
bulls," NTg. d " E n t ~ l ,L' ~X I ; "kring I~iminto,"3SVgXy. e "The boy
lraa rvith them," LLLX; "the ljoj? wss yet nu infant," TvTg.Literally,
"the I)op rrns R bo~;' IISy. " T l t ~ y. . . l~rought;' JIVgSy; " A n n
tlre ~notl~er
of the boy brought,'' J,X.S. g Literxlly, "have let [om]
ask for him"; rrliich ia t o say, borrow him, that is, for Jel~ovah.The
same rerb is weed at 2 Kings 4 : 3 ; B : 5 , in t h e sense of borroning.
ku'Hedoes happen to be," 31; "he imy he ditlire," LXBSyT. f Or,
"ofle barren-ed for (lent to) J ~ h o v n h I. ~"He,:' that is, EI.Lapilsh.
See c!mpter 2, \*e1*se 11.
a

to
in

fl~f'l111 4:6
And Han'nah continued
prayw and sap:
-I.U 1:e6
!jn5:11
"My
heart
does
exult
Jehovah:.
Sn 1734
MI':, 18:2
My horn is indeed exalted in Jehovah,ae
1's W:17
I
'.lsn20-15
I O ~'my mouth is widened against my enemies,'"

*I.:r 15.1
JF: 5 : 2

~"I'Pl 13.5

13s20:s
I,u J:G9

'nmISn
21:10
r.lS\ 15"U
).;a1

0 Ih b

6:3

4:s

I'c 7 3 2 5

,l)r 324
2 % 22,3
~
"'hlnl 3:l3
. t l i l R:?,CJ
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For I do rejoice in the salvation3 from youSn

'There Is no one holy like Jehovah: for
there is no one but you;"
And there is no rock" like our God.b+
a '90
not YOU people speak haughtily-haughtily-so much,"
Let nothing go forth unrestrained from
YOUR mouth,
r r F ~ar Godeo of knowledge Jehovahm is,"
And by himd deeds are rightly estimated.*
"The mighty men of the bow0 aree filled
with terror,'=
But those that are stumblingt do gird on
vital energy."
"The satisfied must hire themselves out f o r
bread,Or
But the hungry actually cease [to hunger] .a
"Eveng the barren has given birth t o seven,"
But she that was abundant in sons has
faded away.u
"Jehovah is a Killer and a Preservesh of life,v
A Bringer down t o She'o1,'O and H e brings

UP."
."In Jehovah," M; ('in my God," L

m g and 27 Hebrew manuEl.~.him'; J'g, De'ws. 0 "God." Rrj El; LXXI

w~ripts,b Wad."
Thc.os'j Vg,Dsfus. d "By him," N,marginal reading, Vg and many
JIrbrew manuscrip$. 'Literally, "The bow of mighty men is," $1.
F Or, "that are about to stumble." g "Cease [to hunger], Even," BS.
Ily a light oinendation of the Hebrew this codd well read, "wwc
1~ Have (to slave).">h Ox, "Reviver?' I LLShe'ol.l'That is, the cornnnon grave of mankind, LXX, Hui'dZs; Vg, inPfe.h; Sy, Shi.irlr.
Htnc Tolume 1, Appendix, pago 851.

1 SAMUEL 2: 7-11

16

is an Impaverisher and an h*0c1:18

richer,*
Jah I:rf
An Abaser, also an E ~ a l t e r , ~
UFB
l ~ ?;?:T
An . ~ 2
s6'A Raiser of a lowly one from the dust;Q"2f?1,A,lF43
From the ashpit he lifts ux, a warr one.( 4 r a u l : 5 ?
'To make them sit with nobles, and a throner F2$a 7:13
of glorJPhe gives tothem asapossession.' F&$;#
"For to Jehovah belong earth ks"supports? &,b Ei13
And he places upon them the productive

"'Jehovah

"z(:;V.: 5

1 SAMUEL 2 :12-19
17
t,rJa13:1s
12 NOWthe sons of E'li were scoundre1s;av
Y n h r PP:8 they did not recognize Jeh0vah.Y
for t h e
.ls"mza
due right of the priests fromb the
whenever any man was offering a sacrifice an
attendant of the priest came with the threepronged fork in his hand, just when the meat
was boiling," l4 and made a t h r u s t into the bowl
rE;F!Zf,or
the two-handled cooking pot or the caldron

.or the onehandled cooking pot. Anything that

the fork might bring up the priest ~ u l take
d
far
himself
That
is
t
h
e
may
they
would
do
in
* "The feet of the men of his 1oving-kindnessh 'g: g:i
1's
1% !T:la
7:H
he wards;'
' :;;,?::!I: Shi'loh t o all tire Israelites coming theree'
: l T ~2.15
lli Also, before ever they could make the fat
As for the wickedCones, they are silenced r?sn . j : l l
"I.cz5
smoke,"
an attendant of the priest came and
DZSR
2
2
:
~
h darkness,la]'.; 37323
said
to
tlse
man sacrificing: '90give meat to
For not by power does a mano prove s;;p;c;
r
o
u
t
for
the
priest so that he may take from
qig:~e
superior.'
15n 14:R
you,
not
boiled
meat, but raw,'"
When t h e
o:Bl;!:i~, r l f e
lo
I1As for Jehovah* those contending against ;;n$j;Q
man
would
say t o him: ""Let them be sure to
~tla.? 15.6
him will be terrified;k
'Idu ":IB
,Jc5:31
make the fat smoke first of all.' Then take for
Against them-he
will thunder in the
yo~trselfjust whatever your soul may crave,'' he
WSR I ~ : D
heavens."n
actually
said: "No,' but you should give it now,
tljnrl7.111
'
"Jehovah himseIf will judge the ends of the
and, If not, I shall have to take it by force!"@
1 t c : 3:s
i~
:
Y I , ~~ : l
ll'ps2
earth,lq
IT
And the sin ofthe attendmtss came to be very
1'7 9rj:ia
* < ; o 6 :I \
1213 great before Jehovah,' for the men treated the
That he. may give strength t o his king,"
; : , I
!:Bo
?l<l 21:n
That he may exaIt the horn of his anoint- ~ , . ~ j ? l 1 Mrd 22 1: 3 offerJng of Jehovah with disrespect.*
MI 2 5 : ; ~
l i
ed9 one."et
18 And Samuel ivas rnlnisteringa before Jehohll 2.4'lS
l'r* 224
I1 Then El.karnah went to Ra'mah to his $?%i<i:~
vah, as R boy, having a linen0 eph'od girded on.n
>:?
1:H9
house, and,as for the boy, he became a minis- Lu
l o Also a little sleeveless coatr his mother ~vould
A, :,:x
,
ter of Jehovah before E'Ii the priest.u
make
far him, and she brought it up t o him
ulbn
A< ~n;;yl
3: 1
k 41,;?
:;.,
1and.a

,li

Y;L>

;a; ;

aL'Thci&hiM earth:' Sy; *%heterrestrial circle (or'bTs)," Vg.

b Or, "his men of lo@ lo~e." '.Xan." Isk, 31; atper', L4Lt'; plir,
Tg. d "Them," T'gSy. Literally, F,.'him,''31; that- is, P R C ~ I ~tir~nber
of the class contending againd bhu. "Anointed one." Or, "Jlc-asiah."' 11, ~na.aki'akh; By, m'sbih7l; ZXX, cckri,c.toer; Vg, chrie'trra.
fh4Tben
hoas~:" XITgEy; "And she left hiin there l~cfore
Jehovah and went off to Ar.~~~a.tha'im,"
hX,P.

-..

--

l.itrr~lly,'"%ma oP Br'1i.d (or, .~orthlessness)!' bUFrom," EFT

r~nrknine liehrc\r. rnonuscripts; "dlh," 31. Or, ''recognize Jehodi

or ~ I I Fdur ri~lito f the priobts f'1v1n t hc p@ople!'In agreement, with
1,SXTg. Srr I l e ~ ~ t ~ l + o a15
o ~: 3,
~ iay '+For birnwtelf," L,LTSFgS~;
''on
[ s i t l ~ )it,*+.\I+ *"Tlwrc," 3I9y; "Q sarrificr to Jchorah," LLX9.
f q,,,bt
I,,YX, 17 IE~t>rt-wn~nnnscriptsrind A[, nlilrginal reading;
"lo I ~ i i ~ i t11TgSy.
'
It Or, ''young men."

I SAMUEL 2:20-26
18
from year to year when she came up with her *EX29:t.l

19

1 SAMUEL 2:27-32

1np33:f
27 And a man of Godnr proceeded to came to
husband to sacrifice the yearly sa~rlfiee.~And kyU%::$p f1:65 E'Ii and say to him: "Thin is wllnt Jehwah has
1'1-1 1211
E'li blessedt E1.ka'na.h and his wife and said:
said: 'Did I not for a fact reveal rnysetf t o the
"'May Jehovah appoint to you an offspring from
house of your forefather whlle they h a p p m d
ibis wife in place of the thing lent, t h ~ was
t lent
I ~ K Y ~ : I ~t o he in Egypt as slavesl'to the houseof Phafll;u 4:27
t o Jehovah."aa And they went to their pl~ce."U'a"1'28
aoh?a es And there was a chsodnp of him out
I :2
I.:\ 39:l
alAccordEngly Jehovah visitede Hanrnah,Y so
of all the tribes of Isrnel for me,t to act as
I,. s.2
that she had pregnancy and gave birlha t o three L"
g:' s " 2gi!: 2 ; 9 priestd and go up upon my altm to make sacrisons and two daughters, And the boy Samuel
fidalsmolcer bi1law up,O tobear~neph'odbefore
ZJ 13-24
continued growing up with J e h ~ v n h . ~
1#n 3ll!l
me, that 1might givc to the house of your fore' " ~ 2 a father all the offerin@' made by fire of the
22 And Eli was very old, and he had heard
of all that his sons kept doing t o all Israel and
sons of Wrae1.u Why do YOU men keep kicking
r;115:g
how they n1ou1LE cohabitc wit11 the women that 12sa19:14
a t m y sacrifi~e~andat
mpofferingthatIhave
1%. M:fS
were serving" at the entrance of the tent' of
I:= commanded [in my] dwellinffix and you keep
I 14.125
210
meeting.f823 And he used t-o say to them : "Why *Jcr
.rl,. I61 honoring your sons more than me by IafAening
at@ e 2 6
do YOU keep doing things like these?3 For the 4
youwelvesa from the best of every offering of
2:;
;;
Id:la
things I a m hearing about YOU from all the peoBrae1 my people?11'
:;;e,"g?j9
I10 4.8
ple are bad.gb " No, my sons, because the report A$% $:
30 " 'That is why the utterance of Jehovah
is not good that I am hearing, that the people of ;;;?$f9
the God of I s r ~ e lis! "I did indeed say, As for
Jehovah are causing ta c i r ~ u l a t e .P B~If a man 4lrri:i
your house and the house of your forefather,
I IPl; 2g.43
should sitl against a man,' Got1 will nrbitrate ;$t"T:.&
N'u 25jl3 they will walk before me to time indefinite.":
' 1'5 50:23
for him," but if it is against Jehovah that a man
But now the utterance of Jehovah is: "It is unI,, a:,
M
r
[
~
1o:sfl
h
.'.I's
1%20
should sin,"who is there t a pray for him?"* But
inkable on my part, bemuse those honoring
th
,,,,,:,, mex
they would not listen to the voice of their faI shall honor," and those despising me will
J U 55:M
.loh
E:26
~
ther? because Jehovah was now plensed to put
.?:XU
r l s a1
81
::
sm beoflittEeacc~unt."~~~Look!dstys~aremming
them to death-k 2q A11 the while Samuel was Pr
- % ~ z : s when I shall certainly chop off your arm and
:%!a1::9
growing bigger and more likableh both from
?i&
IS:,4:11 the arm of the house of your forefather, so that
Jehovah's standpoint and from that of men."
$iG
:iZz:$i:O there wilI not come t o IE an old m m in your
house.' And you will actually look upsn an
:\:;:;
Or, omitting the Hebrew praposition for to: #'that Jehovarb
t

Y.

:Ep&
"::

asked for (borrowed) .I7

31 is rowel- oiirtnd to rend : "that he nsksd
for {borrowed) for Jehovah.") "T ~ r i rplnce,'' fiy anrl 12 a-lebrew
mnnusmiph; "his place," M. Or, ''tmanod hi^ nttcntinn b.''
d " G n ~ abirth yet," L a , 0 The Hebrew verb hero is ons wed for
military senice, snggesting organiznd ~m+ict?
for thme mbn~cnin
oompanies. l X , X omits the clauar "and haw thrg , , tent oi' meeting." M addi the Hebrew elrpresvion for "pven these [words] ," but
th~sappears to he a dlttagraphy, h Or, "snd better."

'

- A man of God." M, ish RE.o.hki', b"Aa ulneea;' LXX; but

i t ~ ~ l i t tby
~ d MTgSy,, l L ' I H l e ~ ewns A choaaing," The Hebrew rerh
Iwre is i t 1 tbp infitlztire nl~snlutc,n11.4 h~uer!i m p ~ r ~ o nand
n l indefinite
11s t o thne. d "Fay me, to nrt ns piicst." LSPT; "for rut! ns fi priest,'"

h11'gSy. * Or, "to ~unlieincrn~r-s~noke!' f "h my rl~clling." M

r ~ ~ ~ rhas
e l y the ~ o r d4 1 d n ~ l l i r i ~hel-cl
" in nit nhvnlrrt~sny, ~rithont
11tnd5em.g"Sorrrs~lrw,"l i ; "thcnt," T. "'IIy peoplp." 01.~
prrIhnps, hy ail emendntion, "ia full vlclr o f NIP,"' ro n w e ~ 4 t hL-LY.

21
adversary [in my] dwelling amid all the good'
that is done to Israelleand never will there come e$y,$g
to be an old man in your house."3 3 h d yet there "zec 8:4
is a man of yours* that I shall not cut off from *!$ :2j2s
being at my altar so as to cause youra eyes t o
fail and to make yourb soul pine away, but the
greater number of your house wilI all die by the
sword of memc 34 And this is the signc for you mim*
that will come to your t w o sons, Hoph'ni and
Phin'e.has:' On one day both of them will die.' :ig; $:2,
35 And I shall certainly raise up for myself a 1s" 4:17
faithful" priest." In harmony with what is in my ::::!
heart and in my soul he will do, and I shall cer- g$;?;y
tainly buildz for him a lastingd house0 and he ;;g; ;;:,
will certainly walk before m y anointed onee al- 1x11 1 s
ways.'' a6 And it must occur that anyone left '%2,2,
over in your house will come* and bow down to *lK'a:27
him for the payment of money and a round loaf
of bread and will certainly say: "Attach me,
please, to one of the priestly offices to eat a ,,,,:3
NU 5 : ~
piece of bread." ' ""
W l s a 2:11
All the while the boy Samuel was ministering t o Jehovah before Eli,' and word from
JehovahDhad become rare in those days;* there 02sa7:4
c ~ c 17:15
h
was no visionc being spread abroadm0
02Sa 7:17
2 Now it came about on that day that E?i I S a n : 2
was lying in his place and his eyes had begun a ~ m : l
t o grow dim;" he was not able to see. And the $; Eiio
lampa of God was not yet extinguished@and :2&1$\7
Samuel was lying in the temple* of Jehovah, ,$;;$2
where the ark of God was. And Jehovah pro-

*$","zii8

'" Y o ~ r , " BI'FrgSy; 'ihis,'J L E .

b "Your:
RllfgSy; "hi$' L X X .
Evidently LXX refers to A.biPa.thar,a descendant of E 11, "Die
by the s m r d of men:' L X X ; <'die as men," MSy, Or, 'YRithful;
firmly established," i'Anointed one," 81, mrs,shi'ahl~; Sy, mkshilah;
L m , chris.tos'; Tg, c h d t a s . Literally, '{all the days.''
f

I SAMUEL 3:5-13

ceeded to call Samue1.a At this he said: "Here

I am.'Ie %d he went running to E'li and saying: "Here I am, for you called me." But he
said: 'I did not calI. Lie down again." So he
went and Iay down. And Jehovah went on t o
"psf@:8 call yet again: "Samuel!"xAt this Samuel got
up and went t o E'li and said: "Here I: am, for
you did call me." But he said: 'T did not call, my
Lie down again." (As regards Samuel,
'35""13
*Iit' 4 ~ : m
1
1911 4 : ~he had not yet come to know Jehovah,* and the
:%I 1H:nz
* . I v ~ . ~ : xword of Jehovah had not yet begun to be re~
called again for
veded to him.) g s Jehovah
'1.rr'1'33:1Vhe
third time: "Sam~el!"~
At that he got up
a n d went t o E'li and said: "Here I am, for you
must have calIed me."
And E'li began to discern that it was Jehovah
that was calling the boy. Consequently E'li
said to SamueI: "Go, lie down, and it must occur that, if he should call you, you must say,
''wn7:5 'Speak, Jehovah, for your servanta is IfstenFEu2O:lD
ing,#
!lo
So Samuel went and Iay down in his
Isn 6.8
1)a 10:19 place.
10 Then Jehovah came and took his position
and called as at the other times: "Samuel,
Samuel!" At. this SamueI said : "SpeaIr, for your
servant
is listening."' l1 And Jehovah went on
' $ 8
to
say
to
Samuel: "Look! I am deinp some"fi;23q?d
l["b1:5 thing in Israel which if anyone hears about,
.?Kt 2l:la both his ears will tingle." On that day I shall
I
,[,,
carry out toward E'li all that I have said re"J";$% specting his house, from beginning to end,*
la And you must tellb him that I am judging
?;2,::;
Wa*:l
I<x3:4

,,:,

"To call Samuel,"' MTgSy; "to call : 'Samuel, Samuel 1'' LXX.
Srlc verse 10. ""Eon must tell," in harmony mith \*em15. "And
I Ilare told:' XL;Y,XV$y.

I SAMUEL 3:1&21

22

his house* forever for the errorO that he has :$%'79gl9

h a m , " becausek his sons are calling down evil $6: ;g2
upon Godw and he has not rebuked themeo &c,"gO
1.4And that is why1 have swornfito the house of 32Sa21:17
Erli that the error of the house of Eli n41l not ' ? ~ ~ $ ~ ?
be brought to exemption from punishment by ,:g:i:
sacrifice or by offering forever."'
1x1
Pr 19:18
1:s
15 And Samuel continued lying down until the '7: i"i::"1:
rn0rning.c Then he open& the doors of Jeho- Heb10:26
vah's house. And Samuel was afraid to tell Erli
:6
of the appearing." '"ut
E'li called Samuel and
said: "Samuel, my son!" At this he said: '=ere
I am." And he went on t o say: "What is the
word that he has spoken to you? Do not, please, y,s,:
conceal it from me.Way God do so to you and so %
, 4,;j
may he add to it* if you should conceal from me ;g; ;wig3
a word of all the word that he has spoken to ,g","gI':5;'3
you." la So Samuel told him all the words, and ;:;;1jg
he did not conceal anything from him. At that ;f$kO
he said : "It is Jehovah. What is good in his tp","iz
a ~aa
:n
eyes let him do."'
b Ge 39:2
19 And Samuel continued growing upu and ::tidi4
Jehovah himself proved to be with himdand did &
+
: %;2ss
not cause any of all his words t o fa31 to the igi';j%f
earth:
And all Israel from DanQ to Ee'er- 01Kila;29
she'bam became aware that Samuel was one =K\$9;3
accredited for the position of pmpheto to Jeho 0181 6 : ~
vah, And Jehovah proceeded t o appear again" "G,%L

'Tor the error that he has h o r n , bename," MSy; '(for the injustices of his sons, because," LXX. Or, "for the reason that he hag
known that," by a slight emendation, bUQod." This is a restoration
of the original, which the Jerrish Sopherim or scribee had emended
to read "for themdves" (M),out of misguided reverence f o r Uod.
This is one of their Rghben Emendations, LXX has 'God"
(The.osr).QLXX adds here: "and got up early in the morning,"
a

23

1 SAMUEL 4: 1 4

in Shi'Ioh, because Jehovah revealed himself to

Samuel in Shi'loh by t h e word of Jehovah."
And the word of Samuel continued t o comea
to all IsraeLb
Then Israel went out to meet the Phi.liftinesc
in battle, and they took up camping alongside"
the Stane HeIp," and the Phi.lis'tines themselves
?Jos 12:18 encamped in A'phek." = And t h e Phi.lisrtinesprato draw up in formationc t o meet Israel,
=,12 ceeded
and the battle went badlyf so that Israel was
'$yzp defeated before the Phi.lis'tines,4 who went
striking down about four thousand meng in
closed battIe line in the fie1d.O When the people
came to the camp the older men of Israel began
to say: "Why did Jehovah defeat us today be'De
PS 74:1
2 9 2 4 fore the Phi.lis'tines?' Let us take to ourseIves
from Shi'loh the ark of Jehovah's covenant,@that
5.~
l s a 14:18 it may come into our midst and may save us from
2 S U 15:E
, ,:,, the palm of our enemies." So the people sent to
p,U,"1;9"9,,Shi'loh and carried fmm there the ark of the
covenant of Jehovah of armies, who is sitting
'ZSB6:2
uponh the cherub~.~"d
the two sons of Eli
were there with t h e ark of the covenant of The
[true] God,l name1y, Hoph'ni and Phin 'e.has.*
"Am5:7

a Or, "occur." b l i a n y Echrcw rnauasclipts hare an ope11 space

here, possibly t o indicate nn omiwion, which would be ell filled up
hy t h s addition of L X X : "And i t orourrcd in those days that the
Phi.lis'tines began gathering together agninst Iwnel for battle?'
c Or, "went out against the Pbi.lis'tinss." M; ' t e n t out to meet
illern,'' LxXX. d Or, '4~pon.'' "The Stone Elelpy literally, M; or,
LdEb.en.efzer.'l
LXX, dbe~?eae.r;'CTg, "the stone of help." *"The
I~attlekept inclining: L.XT; that ms, adversely to Israel, g "Who
~ r ~ striking
n t
down about four thowand men," If; '(and (about)
four thouand men mere gtrnck down,'' LIXI-gSt= h Or, r'betryeen.l'
The preposition is missing in the Hebrew. i"The [true] God," hi,
ka-El.oJ{dmr,
tI~sdefinite a~ticle ha ("The") preceding the title
I<E+o.l~im'.
T7g, Ds'us; By, ('Jeho~nb!: See Judges 20 : 27, footnote b.

25

1 SAMUEL 4:1%19

12 And a man of Benjamin went running

5 And it came about t h a t as soon as the ark
from
the battle line so that he arrived at Shi'loh
of the covenant of Jehovah came into the campC
on that day with his garments ripped aparta nnd
all the Israelites broke out into Ioud shouting," *{f$:;i*
dirt on his head.$ IS When he arrived, there was
so that the earth was in a stir. T h e Phi.lisPtines
2%
;g;;; E'li
Ne 9:1
sitting on the seat by the roadside,' watchalso got to hear the sound of the shouting and
J o b 2:12
ing, because his heart had become atremble
-lsn1:9
began saying: "What does the sound of this
?JOS
N e 17:9
4
over the ark of The [true] God,aaAnd the man
loud shoutingu Sn the camp of the Hebrews
e1sa20:2g
himself went in t o report in the city? and the
mean?" Finally they got t o know that the ark
whoIe
city began crying out. *A
ln
d
E'li got t o
of Jehovah itself had come into the c m p . "d
hear the sound of the outcry. So he said: "What
the Phi.lis'tines became afraid, because, they
4:6
said:
has eome into the camp!'jL So they ;?g&g
does the sound of this turmoil mean?"* And the
said; "Woe to us, for such a thing as this never g; ;;;g
man himself hurried that he might go in and
occurred before! Woe to us! Who will save us
report t o E'li.
(Now E'Ii was ninew-eight
from the hand of this majestic God? This is the
years old and his eyes had set so that he was
God that was the smiterb of Egypt with every crKi2,34
unable to see.)* '%And
the man proceeded to
sort of slaughter in the wi1de~ness.~~
Show 0 ~ x 7 : ;
Ps90:10 say to E'li: "I am the one corning from the balEx 9.14
yourselves courageous and prove yourselves ps 7&43
tle line,b and I-it is from the battIe line that
men, YOU PhLlis'tines, that YOU may not serve ,g5,'zzl:i
I have fled today." At t h h he said: "What is the
the Hebrews just as they have served YOU;+ and ,Jg !!;:
'2Sa 1:4
YOU must prove yourselves men and fight!" 2~:;;:;~
:Ge 43:29 thing that has happened,' my son?jYfl So the
l%ccordingly the Phi.1is'tines fought and Israel ?:;$
ig; !$,,news bearer answered and said: "Israel has Aed
before the Phi-lis'tines and there has also ocwas defeateda and they went fleeing each one to PS 7s:m
Llsa3.11 curred a great defeat among the peopleA and
his tent,e""and the slaughter came to be very
great,* so that out of Israel there fell thirty 0 $ ~ ~ ~ 4 . j r "
also your own W Osons have died-Hoph'ni and
thousand men on foot. l1 And the arkc of Godd
i$:,s,il, ;'p,;g Phin'e.haso--and the very ark of The [true]
'1Sad:l'
itself was captured' and the two sons of Eli, '$","$;%
Ps 78:61 Goda has been captured."'
olSa 2:34
Hoph'ni and Phin'e.has, died,'
Ps 78.64
18 And it came about that at the moment
26:8
that
he mentionedc the ark of The [true] God&@
Ps
6
9
3
a "God!'
EX, El-o.himr; the plural of rnajesb followed by the verb I
he began to fall from the seat backward beside
"has come" i n the singmln~.Vg, Bs'zls. L X X , "These gods." k Or,
"these majestic godsy These nre the gods that were the smiters."
the gate and his neck got broken so that he died,
All the words here are in the plural in the H e b r e ~text. Howewr,
because
the man was old and heavy, and he
this may be the plural of m n j ~ s t y ,erren in the itlonths of tho30
himself
had
judgd Israel forty years, l8 And
pagan Phi.lis'tines. Compare Genesis 20 : 13, footnote 0 ; 31 : 53, footnotes f, g, h : 35 : 7, footnote e; Exodus 32 :4, footnote d ; 32 : 8,
footnote a ; 32 : 31, footnote a; Deuteronomy 5 : 26, footnote a ;
Joshua 24: 19, footnote c. C "Tent," LSXTTgS~;
"tents," 21.I' "God."
$1, El.o,him'; L X X , The.os'; Tg, De'.us; Sy, "Jehovah."

"The [true]

Bod," Ri, ha-EE.omAimt; L X X J ho TAe.od; Vg, De'tis.

b "Battle line," 31 ; "battle," TJg; "camp;'

Sge reme 4, footnote i,

LXX.

Or, "hrougllt to rememl~rance."

n
his daughter-in-law,the wife of Phln'e-has,was
premmt' near to giving birth and she got t o
hear the report that the ark of The [true] God*
was captured and that her father-in-law and her
husband had died. At t h ~ eshe b e d herself
and began giving birth, because her pangs came
unexpectedlyb upon her.* And nbaut the t h e
of her death t h e women standing by her began
to speak: ''DOnot be afraid,>hecause it is a son
that you have borne.'" And she rljd not answer
and did not set her hewt on it, But she called
14:s
the bag I ~ K a . b o d saying,
,~~
"Gloi*yAhas gone 01%
FA 26:s
S 1aF:ZiI
away from Israel into exile," [tllis] with refer- PJer
2:11
ence t o t h e ark of The [true] God's& being cap- Ho 8::"
tured and with reference to her father-in-law
and her husband. ?? So she said: "Glory has
P5 137:5
gone away from Israel into exile,] because the 1P
s 1376
Joh P:17
ark of The [true] Godd has been capta~red."
As for the Phi.listtines, they toalc the ark
of The [true] Godab and then brought it
from Eb.en.e'zer t o Ash'dod.' And the Phi.lis'tines9 proceeded t o take the ark of The [tm]
God4 and bring it into the house of Da'gon and
station i t h i d e Datgon.* T h e n the Ash'ddites got up early the very next dayp and there
Da'ggon was fallen upon his face to the earth
before the ark of Jehovah.' So they tooke DaJgon and returned him t o his place, When they
got up early in the morning the very day after,
rhere Da'gan mas fallen upon his face to the

' " T ~ F[ b e ] God('s)!' See 1 Snmurl 4 : 13, footnnte a, Liternlly,

"hrr pnngs turnetl." N, M c n n i t ~ g"W~IFI'O
i s LIP glorpt" *"Ark
nf Jrt~o\-nh,'~L X I , Cornpnlbe X Sh~aneE 4 : 13, footnote n ; a l ~ n
rlia ter 4, verses 19 21. 0 L X 5 n d d ~ :"1111tl rnet~ti n t o fhe house of
Un7Rnn nlld ~ a o k e d . ~"Took," MVcSy; "r~iqedup," L X X .
f

1 SAMUEL 5 : 5 9

earth before the ark of Jehovah,* with the head

of Da'gon and the pdms of bath his hands cut
off, to the threshold.= Only t h c Ash part" had
'*a8:17
been left upon him.' 5 T h a t is why the priests3
f1~1127:!1 of Dataon and all those going into the house3
J r r 1n:lI of Da'gn do not tread upon the threshold af
t m
Da'gon in Ashrdoddown to this
I ; / @ s: I
3!1.1.7
6 And the hand3 of Jehovahfi came to be
- 1 < m 2.17
:/v 1 9
heavy
u p n the AshFdod.ites~ n he
d began tausL!.:\ 9:3
t~ %)..I
in6 panicwand striking #em with pEl~s,@~
nameI3:ll
< r , o 2s:27 Iyr Ash'ddd and its territories. And the men of
I sn 0:"7
Ash'docl came to see that it was so,' and they
]., 7h:U
'"A
KH
said: ''DOnot let the ark af the God of Israel
dwell with us, because his hand has been hard
P2safl:g ~ g ~ i n sUS
f and against Dn'~on our goc3."fm
Consequently they sent and gathered all the
axis lords of the Phi-lis'tines to them and said:
"What shall we do t o the ark of the God of
'24CU:3 Israel?"' Finally they said: "Toward Gathn let
m l Sa 174
6:s
the ark of t h e God of Israel go around." So
they brought the ark of the God of Israel ~ r s u n d
t o thereg
9 And it came about that after they had
brought
it around to there the hand of Jehovah"
?
.&2;?
I s r 7 13 came to be upon the city with a very great con1Stt U,15
fusion m d he began striking the men of the
J4.r

,i4*

Ox, "podium." b LitmaUy, "Only Dakon," 13; AU t h Va'gon

~
idol
w l t ~h ~ l fman, hnlf fi&. a LXT atlds: "bernu~r!thoso step irig
(I~apapin~)
ovrr step (Irap) over!' Comptim X~phnninh1:9. tor,
"lwgnn dmnlating [them]:'
* b, "plnfnrb h n i l a , ) T h e Jem-irh
Jln~nrctea assorinted the Hebrew mrrl here ('o.pAeI) rrith the
h n n ~ ~nnas
n nnt! henee they pointed the word with thn vowels for
t h ~word "tnrnor~'"(l~hc.n'm') and also showed thin word in the
lnnrain for i t to he read instead, ns a ahow nf rnorl~aty.wQod,TJ
51, aLn.bijn', the plural of majesty beina here a p p l i ~ r to
l D~'gon.
Cnmpnre , I u d ~ c16:
~ 23, 24, footnote a, L X X , F;/IP.OS'; Vg, dp'ar,
fi

"To Cinth," LAW,

29

1 SAMUEL 6:4--9

city, from small to p a t , and piles" began DlpaF5w

why his hand would not turn away fmYOU."
cmrc16 + At this they said: ""Whatis the milt offerhf
breaking out on thema la Hence they sent the pqm:*
ark of The [true] Godb to E k ' r ~ n And
. ~ it came A,3s,3:;45
that we ought to return to him?" Then they
sbmt that as soon as the ark of The [true] $;
said: "According to the number of the axis
,:.
Godh came to Ek'ron the EkPron.itesbegan to
L2sa 8 : ~ lord$ of the Phi.lis%hes,
five goldenmpilesa and
cry out, saying: 'They have brought the ark
*EX 1 2 : ~five golden ferboas," for every one of you" and
of the God of Israel around t o me t o put me and
i0B2i:3yam axis lords have the same scourge." %d
c2g1;1:18 YOU must mnkc Images3 of POUR plies and
my people t o death!" Consequently they sent
GlsaS:6
and gathered all the axis lords of the Phl.lis'images of YOUR jerboas" that me bringing t h e
+Jog7.19
tines and said: ''SEXU the ark of the God of
land to ruln,hand vow must give ~ l o r y 'to the
a&;;:
Israel away that it may return t o Its place and
IS^ 4 2 1 2 God of Israel. Perhaps he wlll lighten his hand
Jer 13:16
from YOU and YOUR goda and YOUR land.' " 0
m a y not put me and my people t o death." For
EExD.3
a death-dealing confusion had occurred in the
:","&:3:h
; why should YOU make YOUR heart unresponsive
just the way Egmt and Phar'asho made their
whole city; the hand of The [true] GodQad
5:6
been very heavy there,( l2 and the men that did
'E X~7 heart unresponsive?' Was I t not as soon as H e
not diez had been struck with piles.' And the f&pd4P *Ex 9:16 dealt severely with them* that they proceeded
KO 9:17
t o send them away and they went their way?'
cry@of the city for help kept ascending to the ,&y;%'
C 2 S a 6:3
e x 1r:x
And now take and make a new wagon,"" and
=EX 6:1
heavens.
1% 9.1s
Ex 11:l
Fr 21 :la
EX a 3 3 t w o COWS that are giving suck, upon which no
And the ark" of Jehwah proved to be in 2%;~;
hitch the
,
~ yokem
~ has come
~
~ and :YOU must
~
~7134
the field of t h e Phl.Hsrtlnes seven months.0 Jor
c2Sa6:3
COWS t o the wagon and ??bU must make their
Am1 1.17
&Nu 19:2
And the Phi.1is'tines proceeded t o caIl the ypkil
young onest go hack home from following them.
41:s
priests and the diviners," saying: "What shall we *ria
And YOU must take the ark of Jehovah and
F'Y 7.11
47.1a
6:4
do with t h e ark of Jehovah? LRt us know wlth I%
place
f t on the wagon, and the golden articlesQ
Un 2 2
what we should send it away to its place." " 0
that~oUrnustreturntoh1m~sagui~t"offerin
*&5:15
Le 6:6
te7:1
this they said: "If reu are sending the ark of the
~~~~~ho~dpl~tlnt~a~xatthestdeo
God of Israel away, do not send It away without
YOU must send 1E away and it must go. And YOU
an offering,' for YOU should by a11 means return 'g g!!
must look: if It is t h e Toad to its territory that it
to him a guiltooffering.: Then it ja that YOU will ?+3#4ls
goes up, toBeth.she'mesh? f is he that has done
WOE
JOS 2 1 : ~
be healed and it must become known t o YOU i: !;:
to us this great evil; but if not, we must knew

ii;

,,

V g roads: "From sinall t o great, nnd thpir rectums protruding

began putrefying. Ant1 the people of flntli took cot~llil~l
tdgethor
~ n dmade thelllselres seats o f f i k i n ~ , "bL1The[true] Odd." hI, BaEt.o.hina', the definite firtide hrr {"Tire") precctling the title Elmohim', to distinguish him f r o s the false ppd Dn'gon. TJ,"Jebsvah."
LKT adds here: "And their lnntl hcgnn tmcnking out with mice.ll
a

See 1 Samuel 6 : 0, footnats e, "derhons!' Mourrclike :dents

with long hinil lags user1 for jumping, " " V P I ~ ool~eof your eight
IIebrew manuscriptsi nnd T ;
J,XXSy, d Literally, L'have one
~courge," M. pd'Giodrl' $1, cI.o.hi~e',in the pl~zrnl of majestg, refprriug to Da'gou. See 1 Samuel 5 : f , footnote f , 1 Litcrnllg, ''their
PVIE."

1SAMUEL 6 :1-6

that it was net his h a n d that touched us; an

accident it was that happened to us."
10 And the men proceeded t o do amrdingly.
Sb they took two cows that were giving suckk
and hitched them t o the wagon, and their young
ones they shut up a t home. Then they put the
ark of Jehovah upon the wagon," and ah0 the
box and the golden jerboas and the images of
their pi1es.a I%d the cows began t o go straight
aheadh on the road t o Beth-she'mesh.' On the
one highway they went, Iowing as they went,c
and they did not turn aside to the right or to
the left. All the while the axis lo~ds"of the
Phi.1isttines were walking after them as far as
the boundary of Beth-sbe'mesh. l a And people
of Beth-she'mesh were reaping the wheat' harve& in the low plain, When they raised their
eyes and saw the Ark they gave way t o rejoicing at seeing it. l4And the wagon itself came
into the field of Joshua the Beth-she'rnite and
kept standing there, where' there was a large
stone. And they went splitting up the wood of
the wagon, and the cows they offered up as a
burnt offering to J e h o ~ a h . ~
15 And the Levftesa themselves took the ark
of Jehovah down and the box that was with it,
in which the golden articles were, and they proceeded to put it upon the large stone.* And the
men of Beth-she'mesh,~ for their part, offered
up burnt offerings, and they continued rendering up sacrifices on that day to Jehovah.
16 And the five axismlords of tho Phi.lis'-

"TSa2k11

IclSn 7.9

ulCh15:13
g:yz7
*$;;~~~

f;tFi;l

;gi$$:;
13.3

PJOS

tines themselves saw it and went their wag back

to Ek'ron on that day."" Now these are the
golden tumors that the Phi.lis'tines returned as
a
guilt offering to Jehovah:* for Ash'dod* one,
;
for Ga'zaD one, for Ash'ke.lanA one, for Gath4
$
g
$
;
:
:
;
o
zoc 9:6
one, for Ek'ronk one. Is And the golden jerboas
Ac 8 : l O
+JE 16:1
were t o the number of all the cities of the PhiJg 16:21
Am 1:7
lis'tine-s belonging t o the five axis lord^, from
Ac 8 : s
L J 1:1s
~
the fortified city t o the village of the open
Zec 0:5
gsaS:iO

tlSa 5:s
2Sa 120

2sn 21:22
A m 6:2

1r;2;;o

am 1:s

!gzi34

Zep 2'5

l1J0sn:16

csa17:28

f 0
c2sals:m

o~k~k$z4
J 21 4

$:

$!29

2xi
~ 2422
1.~33
a

msa1s:24

*='
z ~ ~ ; ~ ~

g;o:

1E.a s llz

lSa 2 9 2

2 ~ 2 : s

i'Piles," 1 8 Hellrew manuscripts, to n p e e d t h Terse 5 ; "tumors,"

M. bLite~alFy,"began to be straight on the ~ond." c'4Lowing ag
they w~nt."In the Hebrew the two ~ e r b sare in the infinitive abselute, hence are ilnpersonal and ind~fi~iite
as to time.
a

1 SAMUEL 6 :17-19

31

30

C O U ~ ~ X ~ .

And the great stonea upon which they rested

the ark of Jehovah is a witnessb down to this
day in the field of Joshua the Beth-she'mitc.
Ig And he went striking down the men of Bethshe'meshlen because they had looked upon We
ark of Jehovah.' So he struck down among the
people seventy men-fifty thousand mend--and
the people began mourning because Jehovah

"The great stone,'' three Hebrew manuscripts, LXXT ; "Abelmagnus," Tg; '<Abel tbe Great," 87, to agree with hl, whifih has
Atrel instead of 8btsn (L'sfone"). t'A witness," by a different vowelpointing of the Hebrew word; or, "siill (yet).'' M rowel-points
it to read "as far as.'? a " h d he went str~kingdown the men of
Beth-she'mesh:' KVg(Sy) ; "and the sons of Jech.o.nitah were not
pleased with the men of Beth-sha'mesh," or, "among the men of
Beth-she'mesh the sons of Sech.o.nitah did not receive [it] gladly,"
LXX. d "Seventy men-fift.y tl~ousandrnen?'In Bf C'Mtythousand
~nen'' i~ not connected with "seventy men1' by the conjunction "and1'
( u ) , ap i s the case with numbers elsewhere, e.g., Xumbers 1 : 21-40.
This suggests some error about "fifty thousand men:'' it being possi; + ~
bly an il~terpolation.ST reads: "And Jehovah almck down among
ille people five thouaand and seventy men.'$ The Arabic gives the
Rame numbers aa Sy. And TJ reads: "And be struck down seventy
Inen amoug the older men of t h e peo Is, and H t y thousand among
tho wngregntion." I K X rends : ~ ~ n f struck
h e denn seventy men
nnlong them, nnd fifty thousand of the men," Josephu~l(Antiquities,
nook 6, chapter 1, 7 4) mentions only se~entgmen as killed, and
omits all reference to Mty thousand.

'

I SAMUEL 6 :2&7

:6

32

19:21
had struck down the people with a great slaugh- aEx
Le 10:2
Nu
4:15
terma Further, the men of Beth-she'mesh said: We 2927
6:7
"Who will be able t o stand before Jehovah this ZSa
1Ch 1310
holy God, and to whom will he withdraw from 32% 511
u 17:12
off us?"t Finally they sent messengers" to the t N1Sa
5:9
6:9
inhabitants of Kir'i.ath-je'a.rim,u saying: "The 2Sa
1Ch 1332
Ps
76:T
Phi.lisrtines have returned the ark of Jehovah. M d 3:2

ados 18:14
Come down. Take it up t o yourselve~."~
Jg 18:13
1Ch 13:5
Accordingly the men of Kir'i.ath-je'a.rimy 2,Ps
7R:GO
der 7 9 2
came and brought the ark of Jehovah up 3-2%
6:2
13:5
and took it into the house of A.bin'a.dabz on the 1C1t
P s 132:B
6:4
hil1,a and E.le.afzar his son was the one whom a2Sa
lC11 13:7
they sanctified3 t o guard t h e ark of Jehovah. Xsa 5:16
2 And it came about that from the day of the -Jg 2:4
393
Ark's dwelling in Kir'i.ath-je'a-rim the days Jer
Zec IS:10
ZCO
i:10
kept multiplying so that they amounted t o E D e 30:2
lK1
8:48
twenty years, and all the house of Israel went Xsa 55:7
6:l
mourning afterb Jehovah.' $And Samuel pro- Ha
Joe 2312
?Gc
35:2
ceeded to say t o all the house of Israel: "If it is Jos 2434
Jos 24:23
with all YOUR heart YOU are returning to Jeho- "Jg
2:13
*Ue
3:6
vah,@put away the foreign godsc from YOUR 2Ch33:19
:De
6:13
midst" and also the AshJto.reth images,' and D e 10:m
2:11
direct YOUR heart unswervingly to Jehovah* r dd gg 10:16
1Jg-2 13
and serve him alone," and he will deliver YOU J 10.5
I& 3i:io
from the hand of the Phi.lis'tines." At that the 1Ki
11:s
Z
l K l 16:31
sons of IsraeI put away the Ba'alsm and the Ash'- -Ne
9:1
Joe 291
to.reth4images and began serving Jehovah alone. EJos
1826
1Sa 10:17
5 Then Samuel said: "Collect all Israel" to- ~ x <15:az
i
gether at Miz'pah? that I may pray in YOUR kJg 20:l.
behalf to Jehovah." 9 0 they were collected iEi"2i123
Ne 3:7
Jer 40:6
together at Mi~'pah,~
and they went drawing 5er
41:1

'[On the hill,?' R l L Z ; 'Tn Gibfe.ah,'' TFg, b Or, ('1sl.ael kept

holding uith." Literally, "the gods of the foreignness (or,
foreign country),"
a

water and pouring it out before Jehovahaa and

ni$;!;?f4
gyy'o there
kept a fast on that day.' And they began saying
: "We have sinned against J e h ~ v a h , "And
~

Samuel took u p judgingc-the sons of Israel in

Joe 2:l2

7 And the Phi.lfs'tines came ta hear that t h e

sons of Israel had collected themselves together
at Mizfpah, and the axis lords of the Phi.lisPtines got on their way up against Israel. When
the sons of Israel heard of it, they began t o be
t l ~ a l 7 : l l afraid on account of the Phi.Ii~'tines.~So the
sons of Israel said to Samuel: "Do not keep
smiB:59 silent for our sakes from calling to Jehovaho
our God for aid, that he may save us from the
* ~ 26:40
e

J E 10:tO

lei s:47
Fs 1M:6

ulsa12:19
>;"&6;FS

~p;g
';S

zEx9:23
J 520

1ga i2:17
xJg 4 3 5
d 10 10
I& 2:10
Ps B7:4
* ~ 2o:e
e

QSa 12:N
.Ge m18

,,,,:,,
Jos 4:9

hand of the Phi.lis'tines."u Then S a m u e l took

a sucking lamb and offered it up as a burnt
oeering, a whole offeringjv t o Jehovah and
Samuel began calling to Jehovah for aid in
behalf of Israe1,Y and Jehovah proceeded t o
answer him. l o And it came about that whiIe
Samuel was offering up the burnt offering the

Phi.lis'tines themselves drew near for battle

against Israel. And Jehovah now caused it to
thunder with a loud noisez on that day against
the Phi.Iisttines, that he might throw them into
confusionlx
and they got defeated before Israel."
l1 At that the men of Lsrael sallied forth from
Miz"ah and went in pursuit of the Phi.1is'tines
and kept striking them down as far as south of
Beth-car. l 2 Then Samuel took a stone0*and set
it between Miz'pah and Jeshta.nahb and began
to call its name E%.en.e'~er.~
Accordingly he

2;XS adds C ('upon the earth.'" b"Jssh'amnah?'

Sy, r'Ja'8han.''
See 2 Chronicle~l13 : 19. Literally, hash.skesa' ("The Tooth"), 3f.
Meaning "The Stone of Help? Not the same aa "The Stone Help"
in 1 Samnel 4: 1, and Eb.en.eFzera t 5 : 1.

said: "Till now Jehovah has helped US."^ l a Thus'"pgn:17

much as they had said: "Do give us a king to
Ac 26:22
the Phi.lisJtheswere subduedAand they did not ,;mI$::D
judge us," and Samuel began t o pray to Jehomme any more into the territorys of Israel,' ;;kh:k;~
v a h . ~ ~Then Jehovah said ta Samuel: 'Tisten
223 to
and tihe hand of Jehovah continued to be against
the voice of the people as respects all t h a t
11PsgI:l2 they say t o you,n for it is not you whom they
the Phi.listtines a11 the days of Samuel.' l4 And '$g:ij$
the cities that the Phi.lis'tincs had taken from
have rejected but it is I whom they have reject$;
VEX16%
Israel kept coming back to Israel from Ek'ron
ed from being kingr over them. In accord with
~e 33:s
t o Gath, and the territory of them Israel dea11
23.?&:22their doings that they have done from the
:zsa2l:l daya of my bringing them up out of Egypts
livered from t h e hand of the Phi.lidtines.
m ~ k2
e
*EX1k11
De 7 3 6
924
until this day in that they kept leaving met
And there came t o be peacee between Israel c;gy2
Ps 7856
::Sa7;23
and the Am%r.ite~.~k
and serving other gods,' that is the way they
1cGe 1 5 : ~
J 11:23
are doing also to you. And now listen to their
15 And Samuel kept on judging Brael all the I
$
~
~
~
voice. Only this, that you should solemnly warn
days of his life." laAnd he traveled from year ISJ 2s I
13:20
them and you must tell them the rightful due of
to year and made the circuit of Beth'elw and LAc
I I T12.29
~
Giltgals and IMiz'paht md judged Israelu at all ;;;;::;+
11;,"~lzthe
:l,~ king that will reign over tkem."'L
10 So Samuel said all the words of Jehovah
these places. But his return was to Ra'mah,v
$!i15
because there was where his house was and up7'5"24
t o the people that were asking a king of him.
vDe 17:16
there he judged Lrael. And he proceeded t oi;:;;v;
l s a l0:25 llAnd he proceeded t o say: "This will become
plsa
acilz:4
14:52
build an altar there to Jehovah.~
the rightful duev of the king that will reign
1% 10:18
sGe 35:7
2Ch 2 6 1 0
over
sons he will takes and put them
,
:
, YOU: YOUR
And it came about that as soon as Samuel $+f:;;,,
as
his
in
his
chariotsz
and among his horsemen3+
:
;
E
;
had grown old he made ~ppointmentszof ZE~I;~~;-'se la:^
and some will have to run before his chariots;oe
his sons as judges for Israel.' Nou7the name of t3rg 8.22
-2% 8:4
J R 12:14
IK! 1:s
l2 and t o appoint for himself chiefs&over thouhis first-born0son happened to be Joela and the 02K1327
1K1 18:46
sands" and chiefsa' over fifties,* and [some] to
:asa2:8
name of his second A-bi'jah;@they were judging
'ys:"h%i do his plowing* and to reap his harvesta and to
In Be'er-she'ba, And his sons did not walk in F;,"$j91,
ffgA&?$ make his war instrumentsAand his chariot inxr.
his rnays,"ut they were inclined t o follow un- *g:;;;f;
struments. Is And YOUR daughters he will take
just profitn and would accept a bribem*and per- 4
',K,t
;
;
for ointment mixers and cooks and bakers,lc
vert j ~ d g m e n t . ~
m a 835
::31:27
W e 16'19
4 In time all the older menAof Israel collected 2
$ i ~ ~ ~ $l4 And YOUR fieldsn and YOUR vineyardsgr md
'S9"330
themselves together and came to Samuel at I s a s : 1 5
nEze J6:16 YOUR oliveQgrovesIsthe best ones, he will take
DDe 24:17
and actually give to his servants. '3 And of YOUR
Ra'mah and said t o him: "Look! you yourself J O a4;:12
~
:,2sa2?:"
have grown old but your own sons have not
slC!t 27:28 fields of seed3 and of YOUR vineyards he will
tlK112:10 take the tenth: and he will certainly give them
walked in your ways. Now do appoint for us a
kingb t o judge us like all the nations."@ But 0ga1J&f3
8 ''Chiefs.1J
lf,~a.rid.Compare Genesis 39 : 21, footnote e ; Gehesis
the thing was bad in the eyes of Samuel inas- 2;&?:::,0
40 : 2, E o o t ~ o t ed ; Exotlus 13; 21, footnottn c, d, q f.

::;

$T2,

%z3

1 SAMUEL 8~16-9:3

36

court &cialsu and his servantsmvId And

memrvants and YOUR maidservants and ,nIEg"
YOUR best herds," and ~ o r masses he will take f;Fl:23
OlX15:Ie
and he will have t o use them fox his
1 7 0 f YOUR flocksqhe will take the tenth, and 02sa7:8
YOU yourselves wiIl become his as servants,
l 3 And YOU wiU certainly cry out in that day by
reason aYOUR khgy whom YOU have chosen for yfyourselves, but Jehovah will not answer YOU in
doh n : 9
that day."=
Ps 18:41
19 However, the people refused t o IIsten t o rat::
the voice of Samuel' and #aid: "No,but a king,::;i;+;
is what will come to be over us. And we must Jer 7113
44:16
become, we also, like all the nations,' and our Jcr
Eze 33:31
SEX
3
king must judge us and go out before us and L e 2 03 :: ~~ ~
fight our battles." "And Samuel gave a hear- !j:;,%'
ing to all the words of the people; then he
spoke them in the ears of Jehovah.' 32 And I P ~ Z : ~
11;lL
Jehovah proceeded to say t o Samuel: "Listen
t o their voice and you must cause a king to
reign for them."* Accordingly Samuel said to *Hol3:11
the men of IsraeI: "Go cacll one to hls city,"
Now t b r e happened to be a man of Benjamin: and his name was Klsh,' the son of
A.bl'el, the son of Ze'ror, the son of Be.eorrath,
g13h1
pg
the son of A.phirah1a Ben'j~.mIn.ite,ba man AC
mightyqin wea1th.O *And he Imppened to have
a son wllase name was Ssul, young and handsome,cAand there was no man of the sons of J Ol:i
~
IsraeP that was handsomer tllan he; from his QZSa
A15a 1:19
165'
shouPders upward he was taller than a33 the 2Q14:23

father of Saul got lost. So KIsh said to Saul his

son: "Take, please, with you one of the attendants and get up, go, look far the she-asses."
And hea went passing through the mountainous
region of E'phra.imn and passing on through
I ~ :J:R
:
Izkie:.i2 the land of Shalri.shahr and they did not find
them. And they went passing on through the
land of Shak.lim, but they were not Ithere).
And he&went passing on through the land of
the Bentja.min.ites,and they did not And It hem].
5 They themseIves came into the land of
plgaI:l
Zuph,"nd Saul, far his pal*, sald to his attend4
ant that was with him: "Do come, and let us
return, that my father may not quit attending
to t h e she-asses and actually become anxious
'Isa
about. us,"t But he said to him : "Look, please?
There I s a man of GadbUIn this city, and the
';Pn$?$
;!$&3;t man is held in honor. All that he says comes
11'1 b : l t
true without fail." Let us go there now, Per$:;; haps he can tell us our wayo that we must go."
1 9 ~ 4 1 : v e At this Saul said to his attendant: ' M d if
%r.r I .F
h ~ 2i i : m we should go, what shall we bring to the mm?y
? . l y G 18
,r .'13 15 because the bread itself h a disappeared from
our receptacles and, as a gilt, there is nothing
-1CI 5:rb
to bring to the man of Gd.C What is there with
US?"
SO the attendant answered Saul once
more and said: 'cook! there is EI quarter of a
shekeI of silver found in m y hand, and I shalla
have to give it to the man of God,C and he will
have to tell us our way." (In former times in
Israel this was the way the man would have

people,4

"'He:' HSy; "thpp," LXXTg. b $'A man of Ilod," M,iak EL0.k id.
C'otnpnre vcram 7 and 8, footnote c, nnd verse 40, l'ooatnote a, and
Ilontcrona~ny339 : 1, footnote a. "God," hf, ha-El.0.h i~n', riith. the
rl~dltiite~ r t i c l ekra ("The") before ELo,kimb L n ,lao T l ~ e ~ o sCorn'.
Irrtlau verse 0, footnote b. d "I shall," M ; ' $ 0 ~will,"' LXXB,

to his

YOUR

E; z:;

z;;!;;

3 And the &+assesk belonging to KIsh the

"Herda," :?; "young men," JlVgSy.

mnn n Jatmull.rte." Or1 Lr~ood,l'

literally,

"s,

~
H SJa5:10
1053
Q

son of

,,,,,*,

talked on his going t o seek God:z "GOME, and let ~ f $ , ~ $ ~

Saul, and Jehovah, for his part, answered him:
us go t o the seer."* For the prophet of today +2:~;:,
rtsR16:12
110 1 2 1 1 "Here is the man of whom I said t o you:' 'This
used t o be called a seer in former times.)
Is the one that will keep my people within
h1Sn 3:lS bounds.) "u
lo Then Saul said t o his attendant: "Your ward !c;il 2cb:29
SF
1
3
:
1
!
l
l(i 7
:<c 13'25
is g o d . Do come,I&m go.'%d they went their J.tI.tl
sn 21.111
18 Thm Saul approached Samuel in the midia:2l
way to the city where the man of GodB was. p;':!i;'
jL"lJ
dIe of the gate wld said: "Do tell me, please,
11 While they were going up on the ascent
Just where is the house of the seer?" lg And
to the city they themselves found girls going
Samuel proceed& to answer Saul and say: "I
out t o draw water.8 SO they said to them : "1s FU 24!?o
am the seer. Go up before me to t h e high place,
?:IG
the seer' in this place?" l2 Then they answered
and you men must eat with me today and I
,
;
;nT;Bn
them and said: "He is. Look! he is ahead of you.
must send you away in the morning and all that
Hurry now, h u s e today he has come to the
is in your heart 1 shall tell you.V "As regards
5;2;;::";.*
city, for there is a sacrifice" today for the peo- Tg-,9!,f?J
the sheasses that were lost t o yon three days
ple on t h e high3 place.' lnAs soon as you men :;$;$a
a g o , ~do not set your hearts on them, for they
1 S9
t r4:t'O
:3
come into the city POW will directly find him be- 11.11 1 ~ 3 9 ~! ~m
cllzr:~
have been found. And to whom does all that is
fore he goes up t o the high place t o eat, because
desirable of Israel helong?* Is it not to you and
.;E:;R
the people may not eat until his coming, for he
IS:^ l2:13 10 the whole house of your father?"
At this
is the one that blesses the sacrifice.' First after
Saul
answered
and
said:
"Am
I
not
a
Bentja$!iTe
that those who are invited may eat. And now go
n~initeof the arnalIestl( of the tribes of Israel,*
1'~5h12$17
up, because him-just now You will find hlrn.'"
n d my fa111ilythe most insignificant of all the
;,:t!ii! afamilies
Accordingly they went on up t o the clty. As
of the tribe of Benjamin?' So why have
nrK
J ~flsu:ia
Cl5
they were coming into the middle of the city,
you
s
p
o
k e to me a thing like this?"
f;; ; if$
why, there was Samuel corning out to meet
22
Then
Samuel took Saul and his attendant
lsit lh::~:4
1
:
them to go up t o the high place.
~ ~ ( 1 1 : l land brought them t o the dining hall and gave
1'11t1 I'H
15 As for Jehovah,' he had uncovered the *l,Y2i!ii
1:1:10 them A plnce a t the head" of those invited, and
eare of Samuel the day before Saul came, say- ,f&;j;;i,
they were about thirty men. " "Later Samuel
.Ga43:M snid to the cook: "'Do give the portion* that I
ing: "Tomerrow about this time I shall send $;y,
t o you a m from the land of Benjamin, and
have given t o yoti, of which I said to you, 'Put
you must anointPhi as leader over my people %:gt :
it away by you,' 4"' At that the cook lifted off
:pke2-I:4
Israel and he must save my peopIe f m m the !:; :2i.!5
the leg2 and what rvas on it and put it before
hand of t h e Phi.lis'tines, because I have seen ,yIK,"!$
Saul. And he went an t a say: '?Here is what
[the afliction of I my people," for their outcry k; $ !;
has been reserved.* Put it before yourself. Eat,
has come ta me.'prr And Samuel himself rsaw {:;$$$
because to the appointed time they have re"Man of GtodF N,isk. hu-EE.o.him', Carnpnre vcnme 6, fnntnnte h.
~ ' n dight emmdatian o f the Hebrew
mfi\Tlint lina hem T F I * ~ P P ( ~ .by

i;;z:k;

llitL

" " T l ~ eaffliction of mg people,"'L X X T ; "my peaplo,'" MVlrSy.

rlh?it. 31, *?a3111t hos bc~onIr~l'tcwer:'

served ita for you that you may mt with those

i n ~ i t e d . "So
~ Saul ate with Samuel on that dsy,
Subsequently they went down fram the high
place4 to the city, and he continued speaking 'Ha*u
with S a d on the h~usetap.~
PTThenthey rose '&?ifa
early,c and it came about that 0s soon as the y~,T,j\~
dawn ascended Samuel proceeded to call t o SRUI ;
:I,!;:A;47: I B
on the housetop, saying: "Do get up,* that I +m
(;B -I .1:4
may send you atvay." So Saul got up and both of
?:Is
them, he and Samuel, went forth out-of-doors.
s7 While they were descending by the edge of
the city Samuel himself sald to S~tul:"'Say to
the attendant? that he should pass on ahead of :'%%$
US"-SO
he passed on-"and, as for you, stand
still now that I may let you hear the word of .;pl&1e

r1.Q 16:13
~d."d"
?1C1 D:3
~
1 :21
Samuel then took the flaslcB of oil-and p;i+.q< knl 19~39
poured it out upon his head and kissed' ,','&$d:$
him and sald: '7s it not because JehovnhDhas i2; k?jl4
anointed you as a leaderDover his pos~ession?~
!lo
,!Y3
19.5
23
On your going away from me today you will y;:Y,j?&
certafnly find two men close by the tombo of "21G13'?a
Rachel" the territory of Benjamin at ZelEzah,'Er3;??!

10

''Tbe~h v e r e s p d [it] ,'I by nn emendaiion of the flchrcw f e d ,

3f, "rreservation is being made." b Literally, "POT you-nying,

'The
pecrple I haw in~ted,'" Bf. Obscur~,henec mhdc to rend as wc have
~t abava I>y a slight emendation. ''Aarl he oorrtinlned
rn-e
enrly,') 31; "and the^ pprepared a roucl~j'or Snul on the hoase!op,
nnrl lie slept?' LXS; %and he spoke with Snul on tho honlrctop; nncl
Haul stretched himself out on the houwtop ~ n t Rl ~ P J I ~ , VR,
"
d''W.~ord
o f C;od," The first occurrence of this cxproasion, * llcre llio I T P I ~ F ~ ~ W
soribe e ~ d e n t l ymade an orersiglit ( l ~ o i u o r o t c l a u t o ~whirl1
~ ) , in proserved for us by LXX ns follo~vs:f'dellovnh lina nnointod yntl 114 a
lender owr his people, ove17Ismel, nnd you f r i l l rula ov@th
J~l~nr~th's
people, and you will ssve them ant of' the llnncl elf tlalir rnnnicr
round about. And this wiII be the sign to you that J c l ~ o v t t l ~ . ' V ~ g
rcada Eihilarly.

...

and they will certainly say to you; 'The sheasses that you have gone to look for have been
found, but now your father has given up the
ng?dmatter
z16of the she-asses"and has become anxious
about YOU men, saying, "What shall 1 do about
my son?" ' And you must pass on from there
stilI farther and come as far as the big tree of
r G e 2 8 : ~ Ta'bor, and there there must encounter you
,$:g$ three men going up t o The [trtle] God& at
Beth'el,Fone carrying three kids@and one carrytLc7:13
ing three round loaves of breadt and one carryuLe23:13 .
Nu 15:5 mg a large jar of wlne,u * And they will ceP
vJg 19:1$
?;i~~ti3:t
3a d y a s k about yourrne1fm"and give you two
zASa 1.3:20

loaves and you must accept them from their

hand. It is after t h a t that you will come to the
C:I
i4:23 hiU3 00 The true] God,b where there is a garrisonr of the Phtlis'tines, And it should come
k2K1 3 9 5
*lsa9:12
1 c h 13:s about that at the time of your coming there to
EEx 15:20
Isals:s the city you will certainly meet a group of
?i2Fji5prophetSQZcoming down from the high place'
:%% and ahead of them a string instrumentk and
I:$i:ii:! tambourine* and flute' and harpoWwhile they
:% ,:! are speaking as prophets.' &Andthe spiritn of
,KI

2Ki 4 : 3

,:g:p";~O Jehovah will certainly become operative upon

:gt :;;g you and you: will certainly speak as a prophetA

"y;,l:i$5
dg
:g$j
>I;

along with them and k changed into another

man, ? And it must occur that when thew signsP
7 22
come t o you, do for yourself what your hand
k,"2;11"4finds possLble,~"because The [true] Gadb is with
nJg 9 3 3
rGe21:22 yonr @Andyou must go down head of me to
,
I am going down t o you to
p,20,:,1Gil'ga1'4 m ~ d 100k!
offer up burnt aaerlflces, t o render up mmmun-

, ,

'The [ h e ] h d ! ) If,Ira-Elao.lrint'; T,X,T, k 6 21' 1 c . 6 ~ ' . See 1 Samuel 4: 4. b "The [ h e ] God," IrL, ha-EE.o.kiwi', the deflnite artide
Ira (.'The*') before El.o.hirrr' npparcntlg hsirrg ~yrcinllyeu~phlitie.

43
iona sacrifices. Sevent days you should keep
walthg until my coming to you, and I shall certainly let you h o w what you shauld do."
9 And it occurred that as soon as he turned
his shoulder to go from Samuel God began
changing the heart of his into another, and all
these signs proceeded to come true on that day.u U,S,st;g
In So they went fmm there@
to the hill and here ] ~ s s : 7
there was a group of prophets to meet him; a t
once the spirit of Gcd became operative upon
him and he began t o speak as a prophet3 in the QIK"km
middle of them.'
And j t came about tlrat when vlSa'@:m
all those knowing him formerly saw him, Iook!
it was with prophets that he prophesied. Consequently the people said one to another: "What
1s this that has happened to the son of Kish?
Y~;LI,S;Y
1s Saul also among the prophets?"Y Then a A C ~ : I ~
B,l:L9
man from thereb answered and said: "But who sIsn
J
fim-t5
is their father?"-at
is why it has become a iE!,7;:p
proverbialo saying: "Is Saul also among the "ISna:'3
prophets?'"
13 At length he finished speaking as a prophe t and came to the high place. IC Later the
brother of Saul's father' said to him and to his + I S ~ l ~ :
attendant: "Where did YOU g a y " Upon that he J m IB:m
said: "To look for t h e sheasses," and we kept on mjg!d?!
going to see, but they were not [there). So we 1b"s
came to Samuel." At this Sad's uncle said:
"Do tell me.please, What did Samuel say to YOU
men?" " In I
n
m 5aul said to his uncle: "He told
us unmistakably that the she-asses had been '3$i!:f9
found." And the matter of the kingship a b u t
which SamueI hed talked he did not tell him.' i!,'\;jo;:'

aUWent from there," L E ; "mme thcrc," IISy, b " A ninn Tram

thptv," 31 ; "one of rhcn~? L-KT.

17 And Samuel proceeded to call t h e people

together
t o Jehovah at Miz'pah* l s and to say
Ihn 7:s
to
the
sons
of Israel; "This is what Jehovah the
gi?:
3 ; Gorl of Israel has said:' 'It was E who brought
,lqLrd41:fl
Israel up out of Egypt and who went delivering
I , , , I
'I,,. lk
from the hand of EgypP and from the hand
of all the kingdoms: that zvere oppressing
I" Eut YOU-today YOU have rejected YOL'R God0
;
; who
1hh-i
was A SBVIOI*to YOU out of all YOUR evils
Jq Ti.<
;.:~s
nncl YOUR anlictions, rind YOU went on t o say:
.!1Sn5.7$ "'No, buts n k i n 6 is wlmt you should put over
usml'And
now t n k e ~ o ustand
~ before Jehovah
1:k1 12:12
1: 11 1:
by
1
'
0
tribes"
~
~
and
by
Youa
thousands."'b
Nu 17:%
20 Accoldingly Samuel had all the tribes of
Israel draw near,ll and the tribe of Benjamin
11;lg\'i.44
~ J O ;:la
R
came t o be picked.~" Then he had the tribe of
!%I 14:41
AC 1 : ~ Benjanrln draw near by its families, and the
Cnrnily of the Mat'rites came t o be pickedbc
slsfi14:a2 Finally Saul the son of Kish came to be p i ~ k e d . ~
And they !vent looking for him,and he was not
~ ~ ; t 1 ~ :lo
2 ~be found, Fleelice they inquiredt further of
J a z h : ~ Jehovah: "Was the man come here as yet?"
!fi:%?
To this Jchovah said: "Here he is, hidden
:,among the Iuggage,+"u So they went running
131'2:;!?T
nnd toolc him from there, When he took his
stand jn the middle of the people, he was taller
t h ~ nall the other people from his shonlders
r
~
~
~
& Then Samuel sajd to all the people:
"I-Iave YOU seen the one whom Jehovah has
chcrsea,y that there js none like him among all
ygn\T.f
rlIi1r 1:25
I ::In
thc people?" And all the people began to shout
.I<! 11 2
,:,21,9 and say: "JRt the king live!"'"
2

1 SAMUEL 10:17-24

Jli21-1

9 " s ~ 'Xo,
~ : but,"' arcortljn~to 35 ZTebrew mnnamiph.

ZXXTEST; "my ta him: ('A l i i ~ k ~ ' ) , " 31, OF, "tdhnl d d i ~ a i v n s . "
*LAYSntlrl~hem: '.Ancl the?. t~rittgt11~
fnnrilr of the Bht'ritps near,
311n1t l ~ p~ r ~ n n . "

45
25 Upon that SamueI spoke to the people +?$,";;f
about the rightful due of the kingship' and g y &
wrote it in a bookmand deposited it before Jeha- orxi 11:41
vah, Then S m u e l sent all the people away, each
one to his house. z6 As for Saul himself, he went
to his home at Gib'e.ah,@and the valiant men sjp#g
whose heart Goda had touched proceeded ta go $g,"gta
with him." P7 AS for the good-for-nothing men, 1Sa13h
they said: "How will this one save us ?"* Accord- $: ?lj"
ingly they despised him, and they did not bring 2 $pg
*De 1333
any gift t o him.'
1Sa I1:12
And it cameabout approximatelyarnonth Iaterb
Ac 7 5 1
that Na'hash the Arnfmtsn.ite proceeded *2s,
8.2
4x1 go up and camp against Ja'beshn in $&!?
:,:
Gil'e.ad.0 At that all a
h
te men of Ja'besh said to r;tg;iO
Na'hash: "Conclude a covenant0 with us that ;3;Sads.jp
we may serve you.'" 'Then Na'hash the Am'&;
&
I
man-ite said to them: "On this condition I shall EX 2 3 : ~
De 23:s
conclude it with YOU, on the condition of boringo 4sg
r6:zl
219
out every rightmeye of YOURS, and I must put it

from the field's and S a d proceeded to say:

"gy$19
1833 ''What is the mattert with the people, that they
tJg

a3g 3.10

should weep?" And they began relating to him

the words of the men of Ja'besh. And the
spiritu of Goda became operative upon Saul on
<;"s", !$:y his hearing these words and his angerO got very
ysx32:1"0t.v
>I? 3 5
SO he took a pair of bulls and cut them
Eph 4 2 6 in piecesy and sent these into all the territory
) Jg 19:29
of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying:
"Whoever of us is not going out as a follower of
,J,21:5 Saul and of Samuel, this is t h e way it will be
$$h,;3i7 done to his cattle!"z And the dread0 af Jehovah+
began to fall upon the people so that they came
!$hFi514
2ch 17:10 out as one man. Then he took the sum of them
Pr 14:s
e ~ 1:s
g
in B e * ~ e kand
, ~ t h e sons of Israel amounted to
three hundred thousand and the men of Judah
'2Ch
ig ;:17:14
15, thirty thousand." * Theyb now said t o the messengers that had come: 'This is what you will
say to the men of Ja'besh in Gilre.ad: 'Tomorrow salvation wiIl take place for you when the
c2Sa12:ll sun' gets warm.' "* With that the messengers
w s 18:17
came and told the men of Ja'besh, and they gave
way to rejoicing. mAccordhgly the men of
Sdbesh said: "Tomorrow we shalI come out t o
YOU people and YOU must do to us in harmony
*1"a ll:2 with all that is good in YOUR eyes."'
11 And it came about on the next day that
AIsa31:il SaulA proceeded to put the people into three
bands4 and they made their way into the mid4jg97:2!
;"fsa 11:l# dle of the camp during the morning watchck
and went striking down the Am'mon.itesdn till
the day grew warm. When there proved t o be
a g 6:34

Jg 11:29
JE 1325
J 146
I&I~:IO

;%;A

11

as a reproach0 upon all IsraeH."k a In turn the

older men a Ja'besh said to him: "Give us
seven days' time and we will send messengers
into all the territory of Israel and, if there is no
savior of us, then we must. go out to you." In
time the messengers came to Gib'e.ahn of Saul
and spoke the words in the ears of the peopIe,
and all the people began raising their voice and

2E&jz4
lsal7:26

~eeping.~

i-sg2 4
J 2I.a

5 But here is Saul coming after the herd

n;$,":zp
zsa2l:G
1gas:4

I SAMUEL 11: 6 1 1

'

"Gad:' BISp; 'rJehovah," TLXXVg and

'rGod," MVgSy; "Jehovah" (Kyfri.os), LXX. b "And it oanie

about approximately a month later." By a slight ~d advis~ble
emendation of the Hebrew text in accord with LXX, which begiaa
chapter 11 x i t h these words, But 31 reads: "But he continued like
one grown speechles~1." Os, "Jatbesh-gil'e.sd."
a

biLTHeyF MVg; '.He,'' L X X S y .

d i ' A l i ~ ' r n o n ~MVg;

1Ipbre~vmanuscripts.

two Rebrew manuscripts.

See Exodue 14: 24, footnote b.

'.the sons of Am'n~on," TLXXSy and t m e o

some that were Ieft over, then they were sent

scattering and there were not Ieft over among
them two together.? l8 And the people began to
say to Samuel: "Who is it saying, 'Saul-is he
to be Mnga over US?'^ Give t h e men over that

1
1

rd 426
1 a m:17

s$pa:o;n

.,,,
;::;:

r'S~ul-i~he to he king?> NVg; ('Saul-he should imt be king,''

T,;YX'Sy, "Saul," 31T;gSy; "Samuel,'> L X T B oliginnl and soruo
other Greek manuscripts. C L X X rends : "and there Samuel anointed
Saul to be king?' See chapter 13, verse 3, footnote d. d "Anointed
one." M,.~taa.sLi'ukh; LXX, chris.to$; Vg, clrsis't~is; Sy, m'shibh.
e "Or;' LXXSyT and many Hebrew manuscripts. f Or, "a ransom."
a

37:~

Dn64
p ~ o hi8:38

'

112

hide my eyes0 with it?a' And I shall make rest00

rlLe6:4
LU 19:8
VPS

rve may put them t o death."t l3 However, Saulb t L u ~ : 2 7

said : "Not a man should be put to deathe on this m a 20:10
day,u because today Jehovah has performed sal- u~$,"~$~Zg
VEX 1433
vation in Israel."v
1Sa 19.9
14 Later Samuel said to t h e people: "Come $'h4i$14
and let us go to Gfl'galY that we may there make 1,!c~a5;;$z
the kingship anew."z l6 So all the people went i
z;!$
to Gil'gal and there they proceeded to make 2~a5:3
ICh
Saul kingc before Jehovah in Gil'gal. Then they
r e n d e d up communion sacrifices" there before CZKt lTxs I
Jehovah," and there Saul and all the men of B1Sa10:8
Israel continued rejoicing to a great degree." "1,S,y;yg,,
2Ki 11:14
1
FinaIIy Samuel said to all Israel: "Here lc1129:g
2Ch 23:21
I
I have listened to YOUR voice as respects
,:j
all that YOU have said to me," that I should r ~ a y $ ; 4
cause a king to reign over YOU.* And now here is lsa 1 1 : ~
oh u 2737
the king walking before YOU!" As for me, I have Isa 8:20
ZroFvn oldAand grayyoand my sons, here t h e y t$","7?i:3
are with wou,lCand 1-1 have walked before YOU
from my youth until this day.n Here I am. Answer against me in front of Jehovah a n d in front ;:;:!;:
of his anointed one:drWhose bull have I taken i;;b%t
or whose ass have I takens of. whom have I de- BSU 16:13
f rauded orCwhom have I crushed or from stlhose f$2"2:i3
hand have I accepted hush moneyfothat I should OJob 33;24
1

1 SAMUEL 12:"9

47

$&,%%

cpsn:12

"F":,
:

Ps 7 7 9 0

Ps 105:26

$ 2 ;

'1KiS:g

aCh6;3

f%JgC 5 331

,,,,,.,
NU

AC 7:15
aCh16:17

rati~ntoYaupeople."~~Tothistheysaid;"You
have not defrauded us,nor have you crushed us,
nor have you accepted anything at all from the
band of a single one."^ SO he said t o them:
"Jehovah is a, witnessa against YOU and his
anointed one Is a witness this dap' that YOU
have found nothing a t all in my
To this
theyb said: "Heis a ~vitness.''~
6 And Samuel went on t o say to the people:
"Jehovah [is a witness] ,d who used Moses3 and
Aaronn and who brought YOUR forefathers up
out of the land of Egypt.* And now take Youn
stand and I will judge YOU before Jehovahe [and
recount t o you] all the righteous acts" of Jehovah that he has done with YOU and with YOUR

forefathers.
8

"As soon as JacubfOhad come into Egyptg"

forefathers began calling t o Jehovah

for aid,* Jehovah proceeded t o send Mows" and
that they might lead YOUR forefathers
"i:; ;& Aaron
out
from
Egypt and causeh them to divell in this
cg7
;i
6 nc 32:18 place?
And
they \vent forgetting Jehovaho
ag 3:7
~ ~ 1 0 6 : 2 their
1
God,! so that he soldk them into the hand
kDe
dg s:8
32:m
of Sis'e-ran the chiefi of the army of Ha'zor and
n3g 472
into the hand of the Phi.1is'tinesP and into the
,J 1 0 7
:$&@ hand of the king of Mo'ab3s and they kept fight*EX2:23
Ex 3:9
rnsa 12:6

and

YOUR

"Have I accepted hush money that T should bide my epee rrith It't8'
M ; %have I accepted sn atonement, even a sandalP MAKE answer
ngainst me," E X X , bL'The~," LXXTTgS~XtT
and marked h be undemtood '?heyv in 18 Hebre-r~manuscripts; "he,"' 31. cUtwal!y,
"they (he) said : IA mitnes-T~'
'' MLXXTgSy. d 'l3ehorah i s a mtness," X , Z ; "Jehovah alone icr God," Xp; "Jehovah," XVg-6 "And
reeouat to YOU," LXX; as an addition to If.f'IJa~ob,'~
MVgFy,;
"Jacob and his sons," Ln. g Here LXX adds : "and E m t hnmrllnted them." h''Fr~rnEgypt y~dCBITB~,'.' h!!j "from Egypt and hs
caused," ZA;I;VgSy. i Or, "pnnee." M, srrr.

49
ing agafnst them. "And they began to Gall to
Jehovah for aidt and say: 'Wehave ainned,~] ti^!:!
for we have Ieft Jellov~hthat we mlght serve u&io:l0
the Ba'alsv and the A~h?o.reth~
images; and $: ;iT9

now d e l i v e e us out of the hand of our enemies

tlrat u'@ may m e you.' l 1 And Jehovah proceeded to send Jer.ub.bafal+and Be'danam and ;$;3:7
Jeph'thah" and Samuelbr and deliver YOU out of
;:
the h ~ n dof YOUR enemles a11 nmund that you ;%
might dwell in security. l 2 When YOU saw that ~JZ;:
J V rtl:l
Na'hash* the king of the sons of A m ' m had &:???
come ~galnstYOU, YOU kept saying to me: 'Xo, c ~ ~ 9 . 1 ~
but a king Is what shorrld rergn over us!'5 all 3; IljT,
t h e wl~ilaJehovahc YOUR God being YOUR King,' tT2),1&3B
lY
And now here is the kIng wham YOU have
chosen, for whom YOU asked,' and here Jehovah ;~,"$j
1?9?.1:1a
1\11 x ~ : z a
has put over YOU a kingmkt' If mu will fear @IF?.:?
kj 5n 1b'W
Jehovah" and actually serve him' and obey his k;;;::~
voicen and YOU will not rebelt against the order
I::;;:;;
of Jehoval~,both Tau and the king who must :
~-n~c,ia
J o n 2k14
reign over you will certainly prove to be follow13.4
1.l:rJ
ers of Jehovah YO^ God.U laBut if YOU wiIlnot [Nil
a~s~~:m
erj16

o b e p the voice of Jehovah" and YOU will actu- $f5%:;23

ally rebelmagahst the order of Jehovah,~the 20;?1:,
hand of Jehovah will certainly prove to be y:;C;;;;$
agalnst You and YOUR
mNo~v,also, yJns22:18
Jns 21:PU
.1 31
take YOUR stand' and see this great thing that 25:.1Snu 14:17
Jellavah is doing before TOUR eyes. Ps it not ;
;
;;;:;3
wheat harvest today?9 I shall call7to Jehovah. ;.p&1,2
that he may give thundersd and rain: then C s i ~ l : f i
know and see that YOUR evil is great* that YOU *j!j:;f:7,
"Bo'd~n,l' XVg j 'rBllttrnkP LIX't:Ry.
b c'&mnel," n(lL!G'FVg;

''Enrn~on,"8~'LX.XUgardlaneaftbon, a rrAlldYOFOCR
fathew,'f JfJ'g.;
"nnd ngninst Yam king," L,XY; " ~ 8it wag against roan for+
fathers," Sy. Or, 'CFoicm," or, "~aund~,"

I SAMUEL 12:I&-13: 2

have done in the eyes of Jehovah in asking for

yourselves a king."
18 Upon t h ~ Samuel
t
called to Jellov~hand
Jehovah proceeded t o give thundersa and rain
on that day,' so that aU t h e people. were g ~ ~ a t l y
fear of Jehovah and of Samuel." lP And all the
$
;:2L
j3:: in
people
began t o say to Samuel : "Pray"in behalf
Eu 928
of
your
servants t o Jehovah your God, srs we do
IS^78.24
7:s
1;n 2616 not want to die; because we have added to all
A c $:24
5:=5 OUT sins an evil in asking for ourselves a king."
( E u 2C:20
rue 11:~s 20 S6 Samuel said t o the people: "Do not be
L>r 8?:':9
afraid,O You-YOU have done all this evil. Only
n TJe 15:s
,
,
:
, do not turn aside from following Jehovah? and
I.DC
J~'P
32.21
2.5
YOU must serve Jehovah with ~ f wocn
l
heart,"
I r a B:J
nr And YOU must not turn aside to follow the
R I '315:s
~
1-a 41~24 unrealftiesF thnt are of no benefita and that do
J c r 10:15
Jer 1,319 not deliver, because thgr a m unrealitis,
' ~ ~Jehovah
$ ~willi not
~ desertt
~ his people for the sake
of his great
because Jehovah has taken
~ ~ ~ , " ~ ~ : : 5 ~
Jos7:9
it
t~poii
himself
t~
make
YOU hjs peogle,v As
Ps 23 3
~s ltr6:8 for me also, it is unthinkable an my part t o sin
r E n 10,5

5zy4$1
I'S

.,

7De 1;:2
Ije 3 2 3

against Jehovah by ceasing to pray in YCUR

behalf,Y and I must instruct%YOU in the good*

and right way. " "Only fear" Jehovah and you

must
serve him in truth" with all YOUR heart,*
zPp. 34:11
. 1 ~ i s . s for see what great things he has done for YOU.#
ZCh 6:2T
Jet- 6 16 2 " ~ t if YOU flagrantly do what is bad, You 11.411
.nc
PS 111:10
lo+ be swept away,' both YOU and YOUR

,.'I?se7:28
,;'ti:;?
0

7rJe1 0 : ~ ~

Saul was [?]"ears old when he 'began

to reign, and for ttvo years he reigned
over Israel. a And Saul proceeded to choose for
himself three thousand men out of Isr~eland
"i%itg two thousand came to be with SauI at Mich'.
r','r:i& mash" and in the mountainous region of Beth'd,
'.lm 24:20

I J e 25.3

--

O1mj

13

l r ~ or,
~ "[~ow&"
i ~ ~b :
The number is missing iu

N.

51

1 SAMUEL 13 3-15

and a thousand proved t o be with Jon'aXhan at 4JJ09AH3

Gib'aahe of Benjamin, and the rest of the people
;g;g
he sent away, each one t o his tent.& Then Jon'- g;f2;69
a.than struck down the garrison% of the Phi- lt1~a10:5
lis'tines that was in Ge'baJbn and the Phi.lis'- ,"J",",:"8::"z$
tines got t o hear of it. As for Saul, he had the g: :$$;

ple were scattering from him. Finally Sat11

said: "BRINGnear to me the burnt sacrifice and
the communio~zofferings," With that he went
offering up the burnt sacrifice.'
'De
1Sa12:6
s:22
10 And it came about that as soon as he had
Ps 3 7 3
finished offering up the burnt sacrifice, why,
Pr
2
1
:
3
~urnpet@blownr
throughout all the land, saying ; ;;;%;z;28
there was Samuel coming in. Sa Saul went out
''Let the Hebrews bear!" 'And all Lsrael itself ggp'$j8
t o meet him and bless him." l1 Then Samuel
cRu2:4
lSa 153s
heard tell: "Sad has struck down a garrison of 2Sa 209
PS 1 2 8 : ~ said: "What is it you have done?''ATo this Saul
Lu 1520
t h e Phi.1is'tines and now Israel has become foulsaid : "I saw t h a t the peopIe had been dispersed
-JOS 7.19
2Sa 3:Zl
smellingg among the Phi.listtines." So the people
g~p
from me, and you-you did not come within the
were called together t o follow Saul t o Giltgal.'
appointed days, and the PhLlis'tines were being
g?i8
m a 139 colIectd together at Mich'rnash,* l a so I said to
5 And the Phi.lis'tines, fortheir part, collected
ly:y4
'1K112:26 myseXf,a* 'NOWthe Phi.lis'tines will come dorm
themselves together t o fight against Israel,
thirtyc thousand war-chariotsband six thousand C21C~2:11
against me at Gil'gal and the face of Jehovah I
horsemen and people like the grains of sand that
have not softened,' So I compelled myself arid
are upon the seashore for r n u l t i t ~ d e and
,~ t,hey-U,G~~~~7
went offering up the burnt sacrifice."
?ma1 2 3
went their way up and began camping in Mi&'- Jg 7:1.2
13 At this SamueI said t o Saul: "You have
mash t o the east of Beth-a'~en.~
%d the men vi,","7;2u
acted f ~ o l i s h l y .You
~ have not kept the com$
:
1
;
,
%
!
of Israel themselves saw that they were in sore 1s. 14:~s
'lKi8:58 mandment3 of Jehovah your God that he comstraits,Y because the people were hard pressed, yJ a10:9
manded you,"because if you had, Jehovah would
24~4
.Fu1g??
and the people went hiding themselves in the
rsal5:n have made your kingdom firm over Israel to
~~,B;~:~~
cavesZ and the hollows and the crags and the zIsad2:22
time indefinite. l4 And now your kingdom will
brlSa Z:30
vaultsd and the waterpits. Hebrews9 even 'LDe
" 26!3
2825
.:g; Zgii8 not last.# Jehovah will certainly findb for himcrossed the Jordan' to the land of Gado@and mlCh":M
$yz!z self a man agreeabIe to his heart,* and Jehovah
Gil'e.ad." But Saul, himself was yet in Gil'gal,
him as a leadern over his peof;;$F:2,0, will commission
and all the people trembled while following him.\g:
because you did not keep what Jehovaha
'r~ls~i
2Sa P:IB
j
:
2
Q
l
e
,
8And he continued waiting for seven daysr t o h B l o : 8
commanded you."
fg
the appointedo time that Samuel (had said] ,f xsa24:15
25 Then Samuel rose and went his way up
U" 9:25
and Samuel did not come t o GiI'gal and the peofrom Gil'galc to Gibte.ah of Benjamin, and Saul
proceeded to take the count of the people, those
a "Tent," LXX; "honssN ST; literally, '"cents~
MVg. See th~pter4,
A1Sa14:2
yet found with him, about six hundred men.*
verse 10, footnote c. '~e'ba," MSg; "Giihte.ah!) lrgT; "the hill,"

,:;

$z

LXX. "Thirty," MLXXTg ; "three," S ~ ~ x ~ L a g!an

ard
edition,
Or, "underground aavities!' Or, possibly by a slight emehdation of the Hebrew text, ct&Iuchpeople!' "had said," LXXT aud
four Hebrew manuscripts; 31 omits.

Or, 'q thought." b Literally, "seek (to fincl)," X. LXXIt add

Iic~rc:"and the rest of the people vent up afteT Saul to meet the
wurriors. They wenl, from Gil'gal:'

53
la And Saul and Jon'adhan his son and the peob 9J0r 18:24
pleyetforrndwithtI~m~veredwelHnginGc'ba
~,,2t:~t
of Benjamin. As for the Phi.lEs'tines, they had $ ~ : ~ , 3 i ~ o
encamped in Mich'mash." "And the force of '!FF"735
pillagers would sally forth from t h e camp of
the Phididtines in three bands." The one band
;;.:;I;;?;
would turn t a the road to Oph'rah," to tlte land
m d u 4 19 3
of Sl~u'al," la and the other band would turn t o *i:::
A:'!
the road of Beth-hotron,* and the third bmd
$gg
would turn to the road t o the boundaryO that 9L1c14:21
looks toward the valley of Ze.'ts~'irn,~toward
the wilderness.
I9 Now there was not a smithAto be found in ar;f$;4
all the land of Israel, bw8we the PhLIis'tinex
had said: "That the Hebrews may not make a
w o r d or a spear."' )OAnd dl the Israelites 2 ? 3 : 9
would go down to the Phj.lis?ines to get cad1
one his plowshare or his mattock or his ax or
his sickle ~harpened.~' And the price for *%;;:$
sharpening proved to be a pirnc for the plowshares and for the mattocks and for t l ~ eth~eetoothed instruments and for the Rxes and for
fixing fast the ~ x g o a d8.z ~And i t happened on the =Js
day of battle that not a sword9 or a spear was
$q;g
Pound in the hand of any of the people that were @,'2
$
:
$
$
,
with Saul and Jonra.than, but there could be 1
found one helonging t o Saul and to Jon's-than
his son,
23 Now an outpost*of the Phtlls'tlnm would n1Sa1Q:4
sally forth to the ravine pass of Mich'mssh." *:gh4& '
And it came about one day that Jonta$:j*
than* the son of Saul proceecled t o say :$:$;Sip
to the attendant carrylng 11is weapons: "Do "aLI:*
zsu 125

?;;I;:;,

14

*:z:

m3Ieauing "Hy~nas."bLXX, "forgtd." Cnmpnre CtrnnI~4: 22,

"Pim," >I,An ancient might nbout 75 to 7% p n m q , or Y ~hrliel.

I SAMUEL 14:2-I0

come and Jet us crom over to the outpost of the

Phi.lis'tines who are across over there." But to
his father he did not tell itaafAnd Saul was
"igfiq dwelling
at the outskirts of Glb'e.a.ehk under the
I&IO:S pomegranate tree that is in Mitron, and the
people that were with him were about six k m dred men! a (And A.hl'jnh thc son of A . h i ' t ~ b , ~
gp
4 2 1 the brother of Ich'a.bod,' the son of Phinre.has,
the son of El!, the priestmof Jehovah in Shiqloh,
"?$A8&
'Isa 22:18 was carrying the eph'ocl.) %d
the people themseIves did not knaw that Jon'a-than had gone+
Now between the passages that Jon'a.thm
"1%
looked for to e m s over again& the outpost* of

$;k2
;z;

the Phi.listtines there was a toothlike mags here

on this side and a toothlike cragn there on t h a t

side, and the name of the one was Bo'zez and the
name of the other was Se'neh. T h e one tooth
'1sa 13.2
was a pillarb on the north facing Mich'mash,'
y e 72:+1
~m
31
isa i0:2~ and the other was on t h e south facing Ge'baaa
C J 0 s 1894
6 SO J ~ n ' a ~ t h ~said
n o to the attendant, his
JOSPI:I~
armor-bearer:
"Do
come
and let us cross over
E; j,3;:o
t
o
the
outpost
of
these
uncircumcisedo
men."
Zi","&i;
Perhaps
Jehovah
will
work
for
us,
for
there
is
JE 14:3
Jg
a5:18
no
hindrance
to Jehovah to save by many or
l s a I:>>
2%
ica m:a by few."o ' At this his armor-bearer said to him:
3cr 9:=
E-h 2 . z "DOwhatever is in your heart. Turn where you
wish to. Were I am wit11 you in accord with
,E$$;$~
3Jos7:4
l*:12 your heart.'" Then Jonpa.thanC said: Were
we are crossing over to the men, and let us exourselves to them. If this is t h e way they
g ;$?pose
should say to us, 'Stand st111 until we make con*ass 7:s
"ecS:23
tact with rou!?then we must stand where we
are and we should not go on up t o them. 10 But
if this is the way they should say, 'Come up
literally, titooth of the mag!' b "A pillar,'' 11 ; omitted by LSX.
Titerally, 4cJe.hon'n.thnn,''SE, here.

$
;;!;

against us!'then we must go up, because Jehotook t h e count, why, look! Jon'a.tkm and his
vah will certainly give them into our hand, and
armor-bearer were not there. l a Saul now said
~ l s a l 4 : 3 to A.Ri'jah:~"Do bring the ark of The [true]
this is for us the ~ i g n . " ~
m JR~ T:II
2414
e
11 With that the two of them exposed them- 1 S a l ~ ';"fa2j;,l"oda
near!'jo (For the ark of The [true] Goda
lSa 30:8 proved to be on that day with the sons of Tsselves t o the outpost of the Phi.lis'tines. And
2Sa 15:24
the Phi.Iis'tines proceeded to say: "Here are
. ~ s 6:2
a
me!.)* "d
'
it came about that while Saul
15a 7:l
the Hebrews coming out from the holes where
! A - ~27:21 was speaking to t h e priestq t h e turmoil that
they have hidden themselves."" '50
the men of "g,Oi&:,
was in the camp of the Phi.lis'thes continued
the outpost answered Jonta.than and his m o r - 1sa 14:22
to go on, getting greater and greater. Then SauI
bearer and said: "Come on up to US and we will
said to the priest: "Withdraw your hand."+
.
$
y
P
$
:
,
let YOU Lnorv a thing!"* At once 3onfa.than said;;;* ;+;:
O' Thus Saul and all the people that were with
to his armor-bearer : "Come up after me, because ;g ;;;;
him were called out. So they came as far as
Jehovah will certainly give them into the hand
the battle, and there the sword of each one had
of Israel."' l 3 And Jon'a.than kept going up on *ijg
to be against his fellowo man;B the rout
;3p7?&1come
1 very
his handsnandhis feet and his armor-bearer aft- ,gag:;;
was
great. 2' And the Hebrews that had
~ h 29:19
Isa
0:23
er him, and they began to fall before Jon'a-than, Reb 11:N
134 19:a
come t o belong to the Phi.lis'tines as formerly
and his armor-bearer was putting them to death
and that had gone up with them into t h e camp
behind him." >' And the first slaughter with "6: ;iT
round about, even they too were for proving
which Jonta.than and his armor-bearer struck y;syjFo
themselves to be with Israd" who was with Saul
.J
A7.23
h:4
them down amounted to about twenty men with- RO 8:31
;lsal3:6
and Jon'a.than.0 2 2 All the men of Israel also
Cx 14 30
in about half the plowing line in an acre of Ee1d.a
De 33129 that were hidden* in the mountainous region of
6 2.18
15 Then a trembling0 occurred in the camp OJos?;:
I$ io:19 Fphra.im heard that the Phi.lis%ineshad taken
to flight and they, too, went pursuing closely
in the field and among d l the people of the out- ; ~ l ~ , i j ~
post, and t h e force of pillagers* trembled, even +1Sa m i 7
t=s 4
1's
1 4~: ~7 after them into the battle. " And Jehovah prothey, and the earth began quaking and it de- *%%::+a
;gf$g ceeded on that day t o save* Israel, and the batveloped into a trembling from God." lG And the .&t ;:;I
tle itself passed over t o Beth-a'venmdU
watchmen belonging to Saul* in Gib'e.ah of ~e;4;;38
24 And the men of Tsrael UlemseIves were
Benjamin got to see it, and, look! the turmoil alsaio:ze
1Sa 13:2
1 "The ;Ct,me]God." M, Tsa-ELo.hitnt, the definite article Tam ("TheJJ)
swayed this way and
*J 7:22
I~r.eaetlingthe title El.o.himt for e~npliasia. bLXX reads: "to
17' And Saul proceeded to say to the people 28h 20:23
,\.hiJjnh: 'Bring the ephtod new (For he carried the eph'od i n
that were 114th him: "Take the count, pIease,
(lint day before Israel.)
LXX reads : (21) "And the slnr-es who
and see who has gone out from us." When they
Ir.pr8eEorrnerlj~wit11 the Phi.listtines, going up into the camp, turned

:;::

?)

'j

"In an acre of field!' Literall?-, 'Ca span of a field," that is, the
mensure of land that rt spxn of oxen ean plow in n day. b L X X
i ~ a d s :"aud, look! the camp was in a comn~otionfrom one end t o

the othey."

r~rnnndand they -*ere for being with the Israelites who vere mith
Snnl and Jon%.than." d L 9 X reads here: "ond the battle passed
Iwrr to Beth-tar~ea,And all the people with Saul were about ten
rl~ousandmen. And the battle was spread nl~outt o every city in
l1bu ~~~ountaiainous
region of Efphya.im.''

57

h d presseda on that day, and yet Saul put the

people under the pledge of an oath,w saying:
"Cursed is the man that eats bred before the
evening end until I have taken venge~nceoupon
my enemies!" And none of the people tasted
bread,

Dkz
;!g
xr
7:3f

*psg;:

10:28
-a~ls1n:rz
150

Ifa;;:;

Jg 11.36
3g16;2&

25 And all those of the land came Into the

womb,when honey happened to be over all the
surface of the field. '"When the people came

- bard pressed," bp

."Were
a djgllt rbnnge of punchation of t h c
Rcl)rew t e x t . " D m near," Ji. bdrintE prt Saul
oath''; sa by n
s l i ~ h temendation of the Hrhrew text. '#AndSaul acted will fall^.
wit11 the people," M ; "And 6nul jgnornntlg corntnitted a p e a t sin
of rtrior on that day and put tho p ~ o p l cunder a curse, e a ~ n g :
'Acaursed is the man t h a t cots brend bnfore evening,' '' L E .

. ..

19:4?

the 1Phi.lis'tines from Mjch'masha t o Ai'ja.1011,~

and the people got to be very tired. B2 And the
people began snatching at the spollQand taking

sheepo and cattle and calves and slaughtering

them on the earth, and the people fell t o eating
along with the blood.m*" So ihey told Saul,
1-P "17
s ~ y i n g :"Look! the people are sinning against
I.L>
7:2R
1.1.17:10
Jehovah by eating along with the blood," At
Id11 1!-4."!3
I , ~ , I ? : G this be said: 'You have dealt Zreachero~ly.~
First of all roll a great stone t o me." "After
At. J i.:J
that Saul said: "Scatter among the peopIe and
7,5
"[~"l
YOU must say t o them, 'Bring near t o me,each
one of aau, his bull and, each one, his. sheep, and
YOU must do the slaughtering In this place and
the eating, and YOU must not sin against Jehavah by eating dong with the blood.' "Accordingly dl the people brought near eshch one his
bull
.J 21:4
~
~ that wits in his hand that night and did t h e
slaughtering
fnere. 35 h d Saul proceeded to
i&:$z8
c~s~~"oA:2s
hujld an altaP" t o Jehovah, With it be started
*Jos lo:@ altar-building to Jehovah,
36 Later Saul said: "Let us go down after the
, ;?
Phi.Hs'tines by night and pIunder them wtiI the
.:;\~n
21 morning lightens' up* and let us not leave a
PG77 1 9
single one among them."" To this they said:
I
2 :
. I h R .\:X
"Anything that is good in your eyes do." Then
L J 1.1
~
the priest said: "Let us approacll here to The
{$;ji/;!
1
1 :
[true] God."ag And Saul began t a inquire of
:sit r,:] :a
1 l t l ~ ' : : f l God: "ShaI1 I go down after the Phtlfs'tine~?~
c 1 F L b 23:B
I R;:IR Will you give them into the hand of Israel?'"
I.:/.? 20:3
..I,,, 7:I.l And he did not answer him on that daya089 SQ
1% ?,:z
l0:19
Saul said: "Come near here,' all YOU key menh
, ~ ascertain nnd see in what
3t...
r r47,a
1 9 3 of the p e ~ p l e and
"2ka 17:m
'ls" 13:''

6aos io:13

Into the woods, why, look! there wm R dripping

of honey,' but there was no one putting his hand '2 A: ?B
to his mouth, because the people were afraid of E;i%8
the 0ath.O
for Jonta.than, lle had not been 32Sa21:7
Ijstening when his father put the people under
an oath, so he stretched out the tip of the rod
that was in his hand and dipprxl I t into the
honeycomb and drew his hand back to his
1
mouth, and his eyes began t o beam.' PBAtthis @
one of the people reacted and said: "Your father
solemnly put the people under oath, saying,
'Cursed fs the man that eats bread today!' "
(And the p p l e began to get tlred.SW2a However, Jon'a.tham said: "My iather has brought
trouble upon the land.* SEE,please, how my *ml s : l B
eyes have beamed because I tasted this little bit
of honey. "How much more so if the people
had but eatena today from the spoil of their mlKk13:B
enemies that they found! Far now the slaughter
* E c m
u p n the Phi.lis?tines has not been meat,"'
31 And on that day they kept striking down

>q

1 SAMmL 14:32--38

z,!:?'2$

,,

.;z;

*-

[true] Bod." 11, ha-E7.o.lri*1'; ZXS, ?fa TAP.DA'.b"ey

s~lcn,"Literally, &'thecorner torrers," theso being pictorid of n t a l
ur iluportnnt men, uhiefs.
""Tho

1 SAMUEL 14:46-15 :1

59
way this sin has come to be today, ~TQI*
as
Jehovah, ~vhais the Deliverer of Israel, is alive,
even if it is in Jonra-than my son, yet he will
positbely die.'" But there was na one answering him out of all the people. ** And he went
on to say to all Israel: "YOU you~selveswill

come to be on the one side and I and Jon's-thm

my son-we wilI come t o be on t h e other side,"
At this t h e people said to Saul: "What is good
in your eyes do.''#

41 And Saul proceeded t o say t o Jehovah:

"0God of Israel,&do give Thum'rnim !"' Then
Jon'a.than and Saul were taken, and the people
t hemsehes \vent outn 4' Saul now said: "CAST
lots to decide between me and Jonta.t.han my
son." And Jon'a.than got to be taken. 4 3 Then Saul
said t o Jon'a.than: "'Do telI me, What have you
done?''ASo Jon'a.than told him and said: "I did
for a fact taste a little honey on the tip of the rod
thnt 1s in my hand.O Here I am! Let me die!"
44 At this Saul said: "Thus may God do and
thus may he add t o it," if you do not posjtivel)
die," J ~ n ' a . t h a n . But
' ~ ~ the people s d d to Saul:
"1s Jon's-than to die,O who has performed this
great salvation" in Israel? It is unthink~blct~
As Jehovah is alive,' not as much as a single
hair' of his head will fall to the earth, for il
tt7as with God that he worked this day."" WitF
that the people ransomed" Jon'althan, and hf
did not die.

46 So Saul wlthdrew from Pollow!ag the

Phi.lis'tines, and the Phi-lis'tines themselves
went to their place,
47 And Saul himself took the kingship over
olsa 13:l Israel4and went warring round about against: all
his enemies, against Mo'ab*and against the sons
'i%ga3:9,,
of Arn'rnoncl' and agalnst E'domn ~ n cagainst
l
the
yg3.2;;
a ~ ns: 1 7 kings of Zo'bnhr and ~gnfnstthe Phi.1is8tines,
2Sn 8:14
r 2 ~ 106
n
and wl~ereverl ~ would
e
turn he was victorious.&
U i i 1223
' 8 And he went on acting valinntly and proceed2:: ed to strike down Am'a.leknand to deliver Israel
=a 133 out of the hand of their spojler,
49 And the sons of Saul came to be fon'aand Ish'vi and Mal'chi-shu'a, and, as for
t:g:3,i!, that
thenamesof
histn.odaughters, thenameof the
:3ch
$;?9:39
$
one
born
fillst
was Me'r~b"and the name of the
ulSa lE 17
v i s a IS:27 younger one Mi'cl1~1.~And the name of Saul's
153 25:44
wife was A.hin'o,am the claughtex of Anhirnfa.az,
2Sa 3:13
' s a 6 6 : m and the name of the chief of his army was
Ab'ners the son of Ner, the uncleb of Saul,
P;;,";:?,:=
zSa3:27
I d msh' was the father of Saul, and Ner'
ElSn 9:1
1qh 9:36 the father of Ab'ner w ~ the
s sono of A.biUd
+Phi2:5
ich 9 3 9
52 And the warfare continued heavy against
the Phi.lis'tines all the days of Saul. When Saul
saw m y mighty man or any valiant person he
-8:fi
would gather him to himselts
Then Samuel said to Saul: "It was 1
6I%,,
whom Jehovah sent to anoint' you as
lSa 10:f
king over his people Israel, md now listen to

I-Ipre 7,XX RIIIEE:

" ~ h is
y it thnt you rlitl not nnRaci+I;O~IP ~ s ~ ~ ~ n a t
tnrlrlyq If in me or i n Jon's.thnn m y ann tho u n ~ i ~ h t ~ n ~iw
l ,~ n r a ~
Jard God of Israel, gire clear ~nnllifcitflli~~lh
[U'~mi~n),Arjrl il' thaa
you ~ h o a l denr, I n ronr p-ople Isl-n~l.t h ~ nrive Ilolinrds, [Th~un'~ l ~ i i n ] T-8
. " n ~ n l i c sa silnilnr n<irlitio~l,n1.0 J t . SPC 1':~01111~
2s : 30,
l'nnt rlota 11.

15

"He mas victorionra," in n ~ r s ~ n ~ ewith

n t L,XXTE: 'lie trrated na
n+ked (condemned):' 31. b Acrrording to 1 C t ~ r o ~ ~ i 8o l: e33,
~ Ner
was the grandfather of Saul ; nnrl Ah'ner, aA tho I~mlherof ICisll,
mas the uncle of Snul. 9 "Son," RTl'gSy; 'Yhe won of Jn'min, the
aon of A.bi'eE," LXX, Or,"Anrl lCi~b,!he fnthcr of S ~ u l~, n Ner,
d
the father of Ah'ner, wera t l ~ nRons nf A.hitrl." Ree 1 Samuel 9:1.
Sce Josephns' dntiqttitirs of the J p w p l Dook 0, c h n p h 6, 7 6.
a

1 SAMUEL 15:2-9

60

the voice of the words of Jehovah.* %is

is ';'g
;;7 ; ~
what Jehovah sf armies0 has said, 'I must call
t o account' what Am'a.lek did to Israel when *?;$%"
he set himself against him h the way while he O E ~ I T S
24:m
was coming up out of Egypt.n 'Now go and NUe 25:1*1
you must strike d o w n Arn'aalckoand devote him
to destructionAwith all that he ~ R S ,and you Ag::z
must not have compassion upon him and you Jos6:17
must put them ta death,h man as well as woman, -15:1a
child ss well as s u ~ k l i n g buII
, ~ as well as sheep,
camel as well as ass.' ' I + * Accordingly Saul summoned the people and took the count of them in
Te-la'lm,' two hundred thousand men on foot '1"g;Z;i4
1 3 S a11:8
and ten thousand men of Judah.ll
1Sa 1k15
5 And Saul proceeded t o come as far as the
city of Arn"a.lek and to lie in ambush by the
torrent valley. a Meanwhile Saul said to the
Ken'ites: "Go,depart,ngo clown from the mjdst ?Y;EGa
of the A.mal'ek.ites, that 1 may not sweep you pg;;
awaya with them. As for you, you exercised
;&&o
loving-kindnessb with all the sons of Israel at eGe
1~25
G e 1932
the time of their coming up Out of E ~ y p t , "So~ N~
16:26
the Ken9tes departed from the midst of Am'a- &;TT
lek. ;After that Saul went striking down Am'algi!
leku from Ha$i.IahY as far as S h u s , ~which is Uy;2!i2&
in front of Egypt. And he got to cntch A$agZ
the king of Amra.lek alive," and all the other gGe 16.7
1Sa 27:8
people he devoted t o destruction a t the edge of ,~,24:7
the sword." But Saul and the people had com- "E',?:"
passjan upon A'gag and upon t h e best* of t h e "OS
JOS ~
1 2
flock and the herd and the fat onesC and upon
the rams md upon all that was good, and they
did not wish to devote them to destruction.

,;z\!;;l

,:;

azF;:

r'Saeep you away," by R alight anendntion of the Rebrew tat.

1 4 C ~ 1 1(gather)
~~t
yon," If, Or, "10ynI ~ove.''a "Fnt ones," T)
"animala of the second litter [hence more vnlued]," b1.

As for dl the goods that were despicable and

rejected, these they devoted to destruction.
10 The ward of Jehovah now came&to Sam
$
6
hrn7:g
uel,
saying: l1 ''
do
Iregret' that I have caused
e , l o ~x:i,u
Saul to reign as king, because he has turned3
1% w:r
llcr
n:o
back from following me, and my words he has
I'H ?H :I
not carried out."" And it was distressing to
:;'8;?*
L l S f l 1 . I 18
.,, ,,;. samuelbQand he kept crying out to Jel~vvahall
night3 long." '?Then Samuel got up early to
meet Saul in the morning. But report was made
~ Up1!1:
L
ir,lq
r 11
to Samuel, saying: "Saul came to Car'meln and,
11;~;
J
:
look! he was erecting a monumentrCor himself,
ISi1 T a l a
:<snlu:is and he then turned around and went across and
descended t o Giltgal," "'At
length Samuel came
to
Saul,
and
Saul
began
t
o
say
to him: "Rlesseda
"y;R u ;+:$B
3:10 are you of Jehovah. 1 have ckmied out the word
1qIl 13,:IO
tPr 2 ; : ~ of Jehovah."t l4 But Samuel said; "Then what
LU 13:lI
does this s o d of the flock in my ears mean,
uPRM-2
Jcr n:1n nnd the sound of the herd t h ~ It am h ~ a r i n g ? " ~
LU 19:21
To this Saul said: i4Fromthe A.m~l'ek.ites
they have brought them, because the people had
compassion upon the best of the Aock and of the
herd for the purpose of sacrificing to Jehovah
I your G d , " but what was left over we have de'mn:sa
V
P 2+%13
~
1 , ~fr):m voted to
t c At this Samuel said to
rlSag:27 Saul: "Stop?' arid I wIH tell you what Jehovah
1Sn 12:T
spoke to me last nfght,'"~ hee snid to him:

;::,;s

"Speak!"
17 And Samuel went on t o say: "Was it not
on
~ : Q ~ ; the
~ ~condition that you were Ilttlee in you^
own eyes that you \!*ere head of the tribes of
Israel and Jehovah proceded to anoint" you
%
:' ?:
RS king over hraeI? rSLnter Jehovah sent
Or, "occurred (cnme to be)." b"It r n f l d i ~ t r m i nto~ Snm~rel,"

I17 n light ~inendntionof the Hebrer text of hl; "Snrnurl h e t ~ m e

ti~~pyy,"
hl. 0 "JIr," I\Img.rgln; "tlley, 31,

63

you on a mission and said, 'GO, and you musf

devote the ~ i n n e r sthe
, ~ A-rnalrek.ites,sto cle
slmction and you must fight against them until
you will Rave exterminated them.' lo SO why is it
you did not obey the voice of Jehovah but went
darting greedily at the spoil*and doing what
W R S bad in the eyes of Jehovah?"*
20 However, Sad said to Samuel: "But I
have obeyed the voice of Jehovah in that I went
on the mission on which Jehovah had sent me
and T brought Atgag t h e king of Am'a-lek, but
Amta.1ek I have devoted to destruction." " A n d
the people went taking from the spoil sheep and
cattle, the choicest of them as something devoted to bestructfon, to sacrifice to Jehovah
your God in Gil'gal.'"
22 In turn Samuel said: "Does Jehovah have
as much delight in burnl? offeringsAand sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Look!
to obey0 is better than a sacrifice,' t o pay fitten.
tian than t h e fat of ramsto for rebellio~tsnes~~
is the same as the sin of divhatioul,%nd pushing
ahead presuinptuouslybthe same as [using] uncanny poweru and teraphim.tk Since you have
rejected the word of Jel~ovah,$lhe%accordlngly
rejects you from being king,"c'
24 Then Saul said t o Samuel: "I have d n n e d ~
for I have overstepped the order of Jehovah and
your ftrords, because I fearedt the people and so
obeyedu their voice. 25 And now, please, pardon1'
'"h? A.mal'~kJt~s."LitemIlp, uAm'n.l~k~'Ai. h "F'u~hingnhcnd
~mnrnptnoustg."This cxpreefion trimslates n Hchmuwvcrl, in ~ I I P
infinitire nh~olnte, an i l n p ~ ~ a n n a ltilrirlerr
.
fnrltt of the \'vFIE,
e nlTwsphim,'' J i L L ; "idnlrthy,!' Tg. d 11, "ho";
LLLYI'gSp,
"Jrhorab."' 'l+om being kit~g:' lIT',n; "from. being king uvor
X~raeli'LXS.
a

1 SAMUEL, 15;26--34

mK my sin and return

with me that I may prostrateQ

myself to* Jeh~vah.'"~But Samuel said to Saul:
"I shall not return with you, for you have rejected the word of Jehovah and Jehovah rejects
as king over Israel."Y 2r As
~ ~ ~ ~ $ from
~ " continuing
o u
~ 1 4:G
1 ~
Samuel was turning about to go, he immediately
grabbed hold of the skirt of his sleeveless coat,
t l I ~ 1 I ~but
: ~ it rippdg away. :' At this Samuel said to
him: "Jehovah has ripped away the kingdom
Isracl
'elsn 1o:12~of
~ from~off you; today-~and he~will certainfy give It to n f~llowrr~anof yours who is
A*. I3 2 2
='
And, besides, the Enlineneb
a;rc. 3 3 9 9 lwttcr than you.@
:: g: of Israel' will not deceive" and He will not feel
:$; 5 !;,$ regrets,>for He f s not an, earth1ingr5 so as t o

;z

m N u 77.19
:i;14

'l'q1yf1.4'

@I*n"s

El'a .I!l:lO

I1r2fi:1

feel regrets,"'
30 At this h e h a i d : "I have shed. Now
honor' me," please, jn front of the older men
of m y people and in front of Israel and return

wlth me

I shall certainly prostrate myseIf

R H ~

Jehovah
y,","f"!::JVto
m:i:a

So Samuel returned
behind SauI and Saul, proceeded to prostrate
himself t o Jehovah. After that Samuel said:
"BRING
A'gag the king of Amta.1eknear to me."
Then Argagwent to him reluctantlye and A'gag
began to say to himself:f "Truly the'bitter ex"f~r48:" perience of death has de~arted.""~However,
Samuel said: "Just as your sword' has be*f;P,BtB:s2
reaved women of children, in that way your
O m 2 : l f ~ mothep wlll be most bereaved of children
thatSamuel~enthackaiE$; among w~men."~With
ing
A'gag
to
pieces
before
Jehovah in Gil'gal."
$; g$
34
Samuel
now
went
his
way
lo Fla'mah, and
P;:f$'
a Or, "I may

your

war~hip."b "Fmincnce:' MSg; "triu~nphantOne? Tg.

OF

Ort "man." 31, rr.darllrrp; "sou

nnn," SF; LA=, na'fkxo.pos; Tg,
hopma. "~TP," It l r ~
"Snttl,'
;
L-LTiSt-. Or7 "in fettels," or,
"chccrfnlt~."LXX,"trembling." 101;"hegnn to thiut"

SauI, for his part, went up to his own house at

Gjb'e.ahL of Saul. 95And Samuel did not see'
Saul again until the day of his desth, because
Samuel had gone into mourninga for Saul. As
far Jehovah, he regretted that hs had made
Saul king over Israel?
Eventually Jehovah said to Samuel:
"For how long avill you be mourning
for Saul, while I, on the other hand, have rejected him from ruling as king over Israel?"
Fill your horn with oilb and go. I shall send l pt ~$u 4o :i1 ~7
2:la
you te Jes'sek the Bethr1e.hem.lte, because 1 1Ch
IS^ 11:~
have provided among his sans a king for my- "-&Yi:,
self."n "ut Samuel said: "How can I go? Once xzzg,j7,0,
Saul has heard of it he zx'ill certainly kill'
And Jehovah went an to say: "A young cow of g-;:;
lxi 18.8
the herd you should take with youo and you
must say, 'Tosacrifice t o Jehovah is why I have
~ o r n e .And
' ~ you must call Jes'set to the sacri- siE:
Ace, and I, for my part, shall make known to t,R!,:,2k
you what you should
and you must anointy
~t 1:5
for me the one whom I designate to you."
Lu 3:32
4 And Samuel proceeded to do what Jehovah Yf:$i5
spoke. I n e n he came to Beth'le~hern~
the oIder igTj"B
men of the city began to tremblex at meeting %
:. Fz:
him and so they said: ' D o e s your coming mean g,"::
peace?"+ To this he said: "It means peace, To +~'~~~~0
sacrifice to Jehovah is why f have come. Sanc- $%Ayz&
tify yo~rselves,~
and sou must come with me to
the sacrifice." Then he sanctified Jes5e and his y,",i::18
sons, after which he called them to the sacrifice.
"nd it came about that, as they came in and he
caught sight of E-li'ab,'he at once said: "Surely ?&\?;&

16

,
,,,:,
;,,,.,

gz?;~,

''ITith you." Literally, "in your hnnd," M,

his anointed onea Is before Jehovah." But

fehovaki said t o Samuel: ' 9 0 not look at his
appearance and at the helght of his stature?
*;?,{:;
for I have rejected him. For not the way man
gees
[is the way God sees] ,h" because mere man
'Job
Xsn M:P,
c2(:o IU:?
sees what appears t o the eyes,ca but, as for Jehovah, he sees what the heart Is.'"* Then Jes'se
alCh?ll:D
2clt Iti:g
czfl!ed A.bin'a.dabd and had him pass before
,I(: 1.711
p-7:L)
19 Samuel, but he sajd: "Neither has Jehovah
chosen this me."k *NextJcs'se had ShamtmahY
::;:;;:;;is
1~:112:L? pass by, but he sajd: "Neither has Jehovah
chosen this one." So Jes'se had sevenr of his
r$/;
r l ~ n ~ 7 : 1sons
2
pass before Samuel; still SamueI a i d to
t2Srk ,:A
I~:I,17:7 Jcs'se: "Jehovah has not chosen these.'"
I'.r 7R:7U
ur ~5.10
17:-12
~ n 11 Flndly Sarnuel said to Jes'se: "Are these
dl the boys?'To this he said: "The youngest
L,,
.I.J
";'i::,Yiyzs one has till n m been left out,* and, IMk! he iS
11

ppasturfng the sheep,"t At that Samuel said t o

Jes'se: "Do send and fetch him, because we
K;zr!j<O
shall not sit down to meal until his coming
* 2w1n~10:
:I1
:G L
1
I
here." l E Accordingly he sent and hnd him come.
~ N L11'17
I
K,, 27118 NOW he was ruddy,h a young man with0 beautiJ N 3.m
Then
J , 1 ~ 2 , ful eyes and handsome in appearancemY
Jehovah said:,- "Get up, nnoinr him, for this is
li).8 he!"
Accordingly Samuel took the horn of oil'
1511 11:2
=s[lJ :!a
and anointed him in the mlclst of his brothers.'
And the spirii? of Jehovah began t o be opera~ $ ~ tive
~ ~upon
; : David
~ from that; day iorward, Later
Samuel
rose
and went his WRY to Ra'mah.
1 13l.71
T'q
11:12
~
b . 1 ~P 7 3
1
4
And
the
very spirit' of Jehovah departd
,.?,
1SX i9.9 from Saul and a bad splrit* from Jehovah ter,,,

";!':/

,,,,,,,

,,:,,
,,,,

ar'hnoir~lcdone." 11. ~ n a - ~ h i ' s k kSy,

; m'ahWh; L X X , cbbria.tosr;
Vu, rkrtR'~a~.b''fs the way God se~fl," I;X'S; but onlittea by %K
0 ldtcmllp, ' L s e c fis
~ to the eyes," XI. d Litcmllp, lace^ 8s t o the
I~enrl,"31. "A goang man with:" $0 by a ~llid~t
~~nrnrlntion
of the
Ircbraw test to "Pl'ew~. 31 bas ~ ~ m p 'im
l y ("togcthcr with").

1 SAMUEL 16:15--23

66

rorfzed him. "And the sewants of Saul began

t o say to him: "Here, now, God'sa bad spirit Is
terrorizing you. la Let our lord, please, command your servants before you that they should
look for a skilled men playing upon the harp.:'
And i t must occur that, when Godk bad spirit ?$
;[$;
comes to be upon you, he will have to play with
his hand and it will certainly be we11 with you."n
So Saul said to his servants: "Provide me,
please, a man doing well ~t playing, and YOU
must bring him to me."
18 And one of the attendants proceeded to
answer and say: "Look! I have seen how a son .c-,~ I O
:ll
of Jes'se the Bethtle.kcrnmlteA
is skilled at play- OR Iu S4rn:23
~
lngvand he is a valiant, mighty man' and a man +:2,";$'33
of warm and an intelligent speaker' and a tvell- ,"$;
farmed man," and Jehovah is with him."k '{?;;l,Gj,;g
l8
Then Saul sent messengers to Jes'se and said :
; :2
"Do send t o me David your son,who is with the ;;;?
;
;
:
flock,''ll zQ SO Jes'se took sn ass, bread and a n l :{:I
skln bottle of wine and a kid of the goats and !'?$;j:'
sent them by the hand of David his son to Sau1.T $I!l,I1:l
l'Thus David came to Saul and attended upon 1
3
and he got to loving him very much and
G;:.!:
he cRme to be his armor-bcarcr.t Consequent- IJCI :1$
ly Saul sent to Jesrsc, snylng: " L e t David,
please, keep attending upon me, for he has ia:<i;z%;
found favor in my eyes." " And It occurred that,
23:2
when God's spirit3 came to be upon Saul, David
toolc the harp and played wit11 his hand and
there was relief for SauI and it was well with
him and t h e bad spirit depwted f r o m upon
ulS~18:14
himmu
1Sn lR33

And the Phi.IisPtineswent collecting their

camps together for
When they
1Sa 1 3 5 {were collected together a t So'coh,Y which be) Jus 15:35
Imps fa J u d ~ h t,h e n they took up camping be:.>0~1(1:io tween So'coh and A.ze'kah,z in E'phesdm'trnjm." 2 As for Saul and the men of Israel, they
.:&?!!&
*collectedthemselves together and toolc up camp' IS4 21:9
ing in the loiv plain of Eflah,Qnz1d thcy went
drawing up 111 battle formation to mcet the
PhiJis'tlnes. And the Phi.lis'tines were standing on the mountain on this side and the Israel'-m9
ites were standing on the mountain' on t h a t
side, with the valley between them,
4 h n d a champion began to go out from the
camps af the Phi-lis'tines, his name behg Go2 ~ If'atb;,*
9
from Gath,%is height being six cubits
tCh 2 k 5
J Q S u:2a and o span.'
And there was a helmet of copper
1% 2i:4
on his head, find he was clad with a m a t of
lpt;lim mail, of overlapping scales, and the weight of
. H E 3:ll
j\",!2"223the coat of mail was five thousand sht?kr;lsof
copperVa And there were greaves oE copper
above hls feet and a javelin of copper between
his shoulders. %d the wooden shaft of his
spear was like the beam of loom workers," and
1cb 20:s the blade of his spear was six hundred shekels
of iron," an'd
the bearer of t h e large shield was
marching ahead of him. a Then he stood still
and began to call t o the battle lines of Israel and
say to them: "Why do YOU come out to draw
up in battle formation? Am I not, the Phi.lis1tine
and YOU servants' belonging t o Saul? Choose a
.1
:!Sa
~ ai
81::117
~ t : h21:3 man lor yourselves and let him come dawn to
me. If he is able to fight with me and he does
strike me down, then we must become servants

?zQ:;:

ruz 4;;;

;;,92

"God's," F g ; "Jehovah's," LAP, b "Attended upon him." Litrrally, "eont~nnedstanding befora him," t h t is, in order to wait upon
biut

ICclualhg 128 1113,, or 57.3 kg., of copper, n t shnut 170 grains per
nl~l-kel.b Equnlin~15 Ills,, or 6.85 kg., of iro~k.

their welfare and a token from them you should

But if I myself am a match for him
take."* mMeantime, S ~ u and
l they and all the
n
c
15:s
and I do strike him down, then YOU must beother
men
of
Israel
twre
in the low plain of
come servants to us and YOU must serve us.'" "la11:f
E'lah*
fighting
against
the
Phi.lis'tines.
'lSal7:Z
LSn Z I : ~
l o And the Phi-lisptinewent on to say: "I my20 Accordingly Davld got up early in the
self do taunt' the battle lines of Israel this day.
'% ;$$1
morning and left the sheep t o the keeper's charge
Give me a man, and let us fight to~ether!"~ 1Ch 211.7
9:s I
and picked up and went just as Jes'se had cornII When Saul and all Israel heard these Cgr]t:_!;3Sa91:14 mandcd'
When he came to the camp enclem
words of the Phi.listtine, then they grew dis- oa 4.3:
1 klsa*6:5 sure,lc thehim.
military forces were going out to the
heartened and greatly ~ f r a i d . ~
lllsa
1% 23:3
s:2
*De
JOS31:~
I;?
I
battle line,l%d they raised a shout' for the bat12 Nowa DavidQsvas the son of this Eph'rath1k111238 tle. " h d Israel and the Phi.lis'tines began
rJos 6 20
ite*from Bcthle.hem of Judah, whose nRme mas
drawing up battle line to meet battle line, *'ImJw'se. And he had eight sons? And in thc days O?za?ji,;
David left the baggage* from off him
; ; ;?;L U ~ : : +11I
mi:;&?!? mediately
of Saul the man was already old among rnenmh
to
the
care
of the keeper of the baggage and went
+Ce =.19
l 3 And the three oldest sons of destse proceeded F s 1x2~13
running to the battle line. When he came he be
to go. They went after Saul to the tvar, and the ::pz,2
gan nsklng about the welfare of his brotherrl
narnee of Iiis three sons that went into the war @$P, FjJu . tEg:i
23 While he was speaking with them, why,
were Eli'aby the first-born, and his second son x;pnFplS
,
here
the champion, his name being Go.llathu
lag::.&
A.bin'adabn and the tl~irdSham'ma h.'
And as. I E : ~
Ic11N:5 the Phi-lis'tine from Gath," was corning up from
1Ch 2.13
vJns 11:22
David was the youngest," and the three oldest *isa 16:n
Isa ?7:4 the bnttle lines7 of the Phi,lisTtines, and he be2Sa 13.3
themselves went after Saul.
250 11:m
ElCh 2:15
amr;:2
gan speaking the snmc words as before, and
15 And David was going and returning from
v l C h 12:s
DavId
got to listen in.' *' As for all t h e men of
Elsnl::lo
I
Saul to tend the sheep of his father at Beth'leIsrael,
on their seeinf! the man, why, they went
hem.""Lnd
the Phi.lis'tine kept coming for- a m le:11
111sfi13:6 fleeing on account a i hima and were very much
ward at early morning ~ n at
d evening and tak.~Le2&36 afraid." "And the men of IsraeI began to say:
Nu 13:U
+LU 4:s
ing his position for forty' days.
"Have you seen this man that is corning up?
De32:3I)
lua 7:2
17 Then JesPsesaid t o David his son: "Take,
For i t IS to tauntr Israel that he is coming up.
wf;~
2% 13:g
21:21
please, t o your brothers this e'phah of roasted
lfr:22 And it must occur that, the man who strikes
1':t120:7
graina and these ten loaves of bread, and carry
him down, the king will enrich him with great
them quickly t o the camp to your brothers. ek;;ti;d
'lKt3:l
rich= and his o\vn daughter- he will give him'
;
;
;
$
;
A
;
la
And these ten portions of miIkc you should
f
~
b
3
:
R
*,Ins1 3 . ~ 0 and lhe house of his father he will set freez in
bring to the chief of The thousand;" also you '1Sa1fl:20
l?a l d l r Israel,"*
* ' I ' . z ~?;a4
should look after your omv brothers as regards
h1t1~:26
26 And David began to say to the men that
were standing close by him: "What will be done
.",VOT." Teraes 12-31,nre misqing fmm Lf,LTD.h"Ha had gmrn
old and wns a d ~ a n c e din ~ r n i ~ ~SF;
, ' ' 'lie wnrt old, well along in
t o the man that strikes down that Phl.1is'tine
yenr~," LXSL~gardl"" c d l l l n n ; $'he VFIS nu nld lnnn nnd of grclnt
[over
there and actually turns away reproach
nge nrnong men:' Tg. a ',Milk," 31; "che~s~,"'
f g.
to

YOU.

from u p n IsraeP For who is this uncirnrm-'

cisedY Phi-lis'tine that he has to taunt* the
battle lines of t h e livingno God?"" ITThen the ~~~f~,z~

people said to him the same words as before,,

;:,;:
saying: 'This is the way it will be done to the %
Ll3:;:;
man that strikes him down." And E.IiraWhis PS ~3 :r
oldest brother got to hear as he spoke t o the ~Z?:,I:
men and E-li'ab's anger grew hot against :!$ :$:yo
Dnvid,O WJ that he sald: "Why L It fiat you Dn~'5:'o
J+mrI I I : I O
h n v ~come down? And in whosc charge did you
lmvc l l ~ ICW
a shmp bchlnd it1 tho \vilderness?.
!zitg
I mywlf frrcll !mow your prcsurnptuousness and :;0F T x:.:
LC
thu barlness of your heart, because you have x ~ 1t ;,l, ) : ~
came down for the purpose of seeing t h e bat- '1sn17:2n
tle.'Im'"To this David sald: "What have I done
now? Was it not just a rvard?"' With that he @;F3igj:
J U ~ I I10
~
1971
turned about from b i d e him toward someone aPr
rpp':~:~
else and went saying the same word as before," *=a
and, in turn, the people gave him the same reply
as formerlyak
k ~ 17
~:Za
31 So the words that Dnvid spoke came to
be heard, and they went telling them before
SauE.1 Hence he fetched him.h And David pro- nPr"3
ceedecl to say to Saul: "Donot let the heart of
m y mana collapse within him.!' Your servant r$:,8ip
hlmsclf will go and actually Aght with this
Phl.lis'tine."~ S " ~ t Saul said t o David: "YOUaJu9 14:lg
lG!H
are not ~bEet o go against this Phi-ls'tine to 1%
6 ~ 3 : ~
P. 2 7 3
fight with hirn,t for you are but a youthu and t ~ 1 u3 : ~
he is a man of war fi-om his youth." S4 And ~m1 B!<.
%
I
David went on to say to Saul: "Your servant
4 3

qi

c82

E;;?;;;

('Livin~,"The Hebrew ~ d j ~ ~there

t i wis in the plural nuraher,

ta

8mw m t h Bl.a.kiwr' ("God"), wl~lctiia in the plural of rnnjr~tp

and ~xtcIlence,See Deateronomr 5 : 3,footnote a. In LXSI'gS?.
''li\<ng"' i~ in tho ginmar rnmkr. I'crses 12-31 are omittcd I)y
&XXe. " A ~ Tman," MSy; "my lord," LXX,

became a shepherd d his father among the

YJ 1 4 5 flock, and there came a lion,aZvand also a bear,
and [[each] carried off a sheep from the drove.
;$j&g
~ J 1E
. i : ~ J5 And I went out after it and struck it downy
258 2320
and made the rescue from its mouth. When K
began rising against me, I grabkd hold of its
beard and struck it down m d put it te death.
a" Both the lion and the bear your servant siruclr
~ 1 17
3:a~ down, and this uncircumcised Phi.lis'tinca must
become like one of them, for he hns taunted*
*!g:;g
:$ ~2; 1 the battle 1inesn of the livingb God."'A" Then
rlSa4.2
David added:" "Jehovah, who delivered me
1Sa li:m
1Sn23:3 from the pawd of the lion and from the palfl
of the hem, he it is who will deliver me from
4p5%i3
Jcr
IT^~1:9
: 1 0the hand of this Phtlis'tine.": At this Saul said
: ~ s ~ ~ to
: 1 David:
3
"Go, and may Jehovah himself prove
lY<
18:17
PS 635
with
~ou,"'
Ps '77:ll
~5 1
~ 3 38 Saul now went clothing Dadd with his
2Co 1:lO
2Ti4:17 garments and he put a copper helmet upon his
* l S a 2n:13
1Sa 26:25 head, after which he clothed him with a coatD
1Ch 22:11
9iSa 17:s of mail, " Then David girded hfs sward on aver
his garments and undertook to go [but could
not], because he had not tried them out." Findly David said to Saul: "'I am unable to go in
these things, for I have not tried them out,"
SO David rcmoved them off himpMo
&Id he pro' zec
g o 1:7
4:6
ceded
t o take his staff" in his hand and to
*Jg3;331
IE:la115
ICO 1:z-r choose for himself tbe five moothest stones1c
kJg M:16
i ~ o mtbe torrent valley and t o place them jn his
Q1Ki22:17 shepherds'" bag that sewed him as a receptacle,
and in his hand his sling, And he began approaching the Phl.lis'tine.
r2Sa1:23

a M, a.rit; nn Africnn lion. "'Ziving." The Rehrew sdfecti~ehere

is in the plt~rnlnurnhpr. Sce reme 26, footllot~n. a ""1'JtmDavid
ridded,"' 3n'rSy; Iln( n l n i i t ~ dby L21Xn, d Or,"11fintl,"JZ. "And
w r ~ r ~ ~ ihjlx.srli'
ud
w n l k i u ~n\,out uncc <nhirc,"
il
LSX'.

41 And the Phi.Iis'tine began to come, corning nearer and nearer to David, and the man
carrying the large shield was ahead of him. $$?$=
42Now when the Phi.Ijs'tine looked and saw
David, he began despising him hecause he B$,"i;:12
LIVR:W.I.F
proved to be a y~uthnand ruddy,' a young man 5;; 91:!
n.13
of beautiful appearance.* 4S So the PhiJis'tine d:,IC1
& a 3,s
said to David: "Am I a d o e r ~o that you are t5;'$,>9
coming to me with staves?" With that the J,;;:;;
Phi.lis%ine called down eviP upon David by
his gods.av 4r And the Phi.1isJtinewent on to say .7y-1;:;+;~ I::
to David:T "Just come to me and I will give &';r;.;.(;''
your flesha t o the fowls3 of the heavens and ~ $ ~ " , ; ~ , o
.P\ I I H : ~ O
to the beasts of the field."
1'5 124.8
45 In turn David said to the Phi.lis'tine: , ~ ~ ~ ~ i : [ '
"You are coming t o me with a sword and with ?,;i,!\;
a spear and with a javelinr2but 1 am coming t o li;ni:2;
you with the name* of Jehovah of armies," the
God of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have ~,g;
21i11s:ez
tauntedOA This day Jehovah wlI1 surrender :'1:1?,?:13
you into my hand4 and I shall certainly strike '{:';Fj.?p
you down and rernove your head off you and I ,!:,:y,jf2q
ON\ fl.11~
61:Ilh
shall certainly give the carcassesa of the camp 32Sn
of the Phi-Iis'tinesb this day t o the fowls of the
t':";;
heavens and to the wiId beasts3 of the earth,' FGi f;::
and people of all the earthc will know that there &t$j:(S,
exists a God Monging to I ~ r n e l .4F~And
' ~ all this ,y;:'Y2>
congregation'wiI1 know that neither with sword "E'el;?
nor with s p a r does Jehovah save,' because to gcl,
g

A;;;:

"god." Campare 1 Samuel 5 : 7, footnote f ; 0: 5, footnnlo e.

bL'The carcases of the camp of the Phi.lEs'tines," 3[lrgSy; "vorrr
limbs and the limbs of the camp of the Phi.lis'lin~s,"L X I . "i'mple of all the earth."'Litwatl~,'*all the ~ a r l t ~ hut
, " Gallow~l1,y 8
verb in the plural nnmber. Compare G~nesis41: 57, footnnfc c.
"A God helonging to Israel," M ; "a God in Ismel," L-rL'i\'gSyT

and 15 Eebrew mannscripts,

Jehovaho bdongs the battle* and he must give

men Into our hand,"
48 And it occurred that the Phi.lis'tIne rose
and kept coming and drawing nearer t o meet
David, and David began hurrying and running
toward the battie line to meet t h e Phi.li~'tine.~
kPn
Pr SCF:I
IP And David proceded to thrust his hand into
his bag and take a stone from there and ding
filKl n:H It, SO that he struckn the Phi.lisJtinein his fore2KI 9:14
head and t h e stone sank into his forehead" and
he tvent falling upon his face to the earth. So
David, with 8 sling and a stone, proved sQonger
than the Phi.lis'tine and struck the Phi.listtine
down and put him to death, and there was no
S ~ T ~ OinP DavIdk
~
hand,^ And David continued
raa
JS 3:sl
15:16
runnfng and got t o stand upon the Phi-Iis'tine.
Then he took his sword and pulled it out of i t s
shentlz and definitely put him to death when he
f l g ~al:Q cut his head off with It,s And the Phi.lis'tines
RR7:10
P R T : ~ ~ pot 1:o sce that their mighty man had died and
tHDbl l m they tool: to flight,t
52 At that the men of Israel and of Judah
rase and broke into shouting and went in p w ' sultu of the Fhl.llsltinea clesl' t o GathbV and as
2Srt 23:?0 fur as the gates of Ek'ron,r and the fatally
VJos 11.22
1
:
wounded of t h e Phi.lIs'tines kept falling an the
yJos 11:45
1Sn 5 In way from Sha'a,ra'irn,ce both as far as Gath and
ZJo.; 15:.%
as far as Ek'ron. :'3 Afterward the sons of Israel
returned from hotly pursuing the Phi.lisitines
*u and \vent pillaging' their camps.
Cl%3i*
54 Then David took the head2 of the Phi55
Iis'tjne and brought it to Jerusalem: and his
weapons he put in his tent?

025n 2 0 : 1 ~
W2Ch
I'R
46:11 YOU

"Snnk i n h his, fnrchmd,"

MTg9y: "pased right throngh the helmrt. into his foroIi~nd,~'

Jd..TX, b Wnth;' L X X ; *'valley (pa"],"
a Or, "the way of the Two C?ntas," 31.

1 SAMUEL 1?:55-18:6

75

74

55 Nowa at the moment that Saul saw DavJd

going out t o meet the Phi-Listtine, he said to
Ab'ner t h e chief of t h e army; 'Whose son is
the youth, Ab'ner?'"~ this Ab'ner said: ' B y
t h e life of your soul, 0 king, I do not know at
all!'' 36 SO the king said: "You inquire whose
son the young man is.'' Accordingly, as soon
as David returned from striking the Phi.lis'tine
down, Ab'ner proceeded to take him and bring

him before Saul with the head of the Phi.lis'tine 'ga4;*EI

in his hand. a Saul now said to him : "Whose son ;$:?A3
are you, 0 youth?'' to which David said: "The h . 7 ~l:6
son of your servant Jes'sev t h e Betl~'le.hem.ite.'>;;;;;Lu 3 3 2
And it came about that, as soon as he had 1,"3:?;('
finished speaking t o Saul, Jonfa.than'sb1c +g","4i;&
very soul became bound' up with the soul of ;gCg;1:117
David and Jon'a.than%gan to love him as his
5 5 6 ~
own soul.a Then Saul took him on that day ~1 ~~20117
a
and he did not allow him to return to his
father's house." And Jon's-than and David&
:, :+<,5
proceeded t o conclude a covenantlc#because of ;':;;3,
his loving him as his own soul. Further, Jon'a- ;
:;
$:;
than stripped himself of the sleeveless coat that
$2
$7
;
was on him and gave it to David, and also his
garments, and even his sword and his bow and
his belt.af :And David began going out. kg;l,:a
Wherever Saul would send him he would act
prudently,r so that S a d placed him over the pf;;;;
men of waris and it seemed good in the eyes of r~;m;j&
J06 1:7
2:3
a11 the people and also in the eyes of the serv- 1Kl
2x1 IE:T
s3Sn
13:2
ants of Saul.
1Sn 14:52
6 And it came about that at their coming in,

18

$?z%

From this verse (55) to chapter 18,verse BE, t o the word "down"
inclusive, is omitted by L X X B , b Li terallg, 'LJ~.lioa~'n.thna
('9) ," M ;
and so on to the end of the boaks of Samuel, except 1Samuel I 9 :La
(Hebrew), where it i s Ilternllg To.mn.tha~t'.

1 SAMUEL 18:7-15

when David returned from striking the Philis'tinesa dotvn,b the women began coming out
from aU the cities of Israel with songt and
tg&l,,
U E X I S : M dances"" t o meet Saul the king, with tambouolsa21:11
Jg f i : ~rines, with rejoicing and with lutes. :And the
Ps JNj0:4
Jcr m e wornen that were celebrating kept respondinp
VEX 15:%1
and saying :
2JE hi313
5::
"Saul has struck down his thousands,
PS 2 4 3
Isa 5:l
And David his tens of thou sands."^
y l ~ 21:11
a
1% 29:5
And Saul began t o be very angryZ and this
Z ~ 3:.i
s
Pr 13.10
saying was bad from his viewpoint," so that he
said: "They have given David tens of thousands
but to me they have given the thousands, and
b yet only the kingship* t o give him!"
*g:W;$tthere
And
Saul
was continually looking suspiciously
;
IKI 2.22 at David from that day f ~ r w w d . ~
EGe 4 5
10 And it came about the next day that Gad's
~e 3 1 3
bad
spiritAbecame operative upon Saul so that
Lg,":$A4
~ s a he
~ behaved
: ~ ~ like a prophet* within the house,
OlSa 10:6
ISa 19:24 while David was playing music with his hand,
as he did day by day,+ and the spear was in
Saul's hand. "And Saul proceeded to hurl the
speare and say: "I will pin David even t o the
&1%19:lo
ISa 2 0 ~ 3
Pr27:4
wall!" but David turned aside because of him,
twice." " And Saul grew afraid of David because
proved to be with him* but fom Saul
y:glsa
; z:13
Fz:3 Jehovah
he
had
departed."
l3 Consequently Saul removed
1;lSn 16:14
him from his company and appointed him as
$',"5~i;5
chief of a thousand for him, and he regularly
nNu =:IT
went out and came in before the peop1e.n " And
zSa 5:z
Ps 121:8
rlsa 18:s David was continually acting prudentlyr in all
eGe 53.2
,,, his ways and Jehovah was with him." '%d
g:;Els Saul kept seeing that be was acting very pru-

+ca:6,ii;

,:,,

all^, "tlie Pl~i.lis'tine,!' 11; but in a cai1ectit.e epnse, P r o m

chapter 17, verse 55, to this word "down" of verse 6, chnptw IS, is
L Z B . a Literally, "had in l& eyes."
omitted

a liter

7'7

dently,"so that he was scared of him. IaAnd aP1 tPs1a5

Israel and JudahCwere lovers of David, because a* 2:7
he was going out and corning in before thern.u
17 Finally Saul said to David: "13ere is my
oldest daughter Me'rab. She is the one that I
shall give you as a wifev Only prove yourself vlsaE7:a
a valiant person to me and Aght the warsa of
Jehovah.lfYBut as for Saul, he said to himself: y i 9 a 2 s : a ~
'90not let my hand come ta be upon him but
let the hand of the Phtlis'tines come to be upon
him.''" '* At this David said to Sf1111: '<Whoam 2Sn17:7
11:15
I and who are m y kinsfolk, my father's family, Z S I~Z : ~
in Israel, so that I should become son-in-law *EY;:l
to the king?"' IgHowever, it cameabout that at :ylgii;
the time for givhg Me'rab, Saul's daughter, to 6:
;.
David she he&
had already been givenP to
k'dri.eIA the Me.hol8ath.ite! as a wife,
IS^) 1.1 49
3!1:ll
20 Now Mi'chal,' Saul's Aaught.cr, was tn IISS1ll1 >:#:.id
lovee with David, and they went reporting it :?!/"?$'is
to Saul and the matter was t o his 1ikinff.l) So w''2".1y
r, 3 1,<3
Saul said: "I shall give her t o him that she may ;~iy;;~
serve as a snaremto him-and that the hand of z;f~;i;R
the Phi.lis'tines may come to be upon him."'
Accordingly Sad said to David: "By [one of] i r GJ;,
2ti.34
the twa womenCyou will form a marria~eallf- ::a: u"': ;
ance with me today,"
Further, Saul commanded=his
"Speak to David secret- cl;$$i
ly, saying, "ook! the king has found deIjght in
you, and all his servants tl~emselveshave fallen 1 1 ~ ~ ~
jn love with you. So now f o m a marriage alllance with the king.' " 23 And the servants of
Saul began to speak these words in the ears of
David, but David said: "Is It an easy thingr in r'sag:at
warn eyes to form a marriage alliance wlth the
a Or, "bnt.tles.'*bLihally, I'wns right in hin eyes." Sf. rn"By one
o f tbc two wolilen," T. "By tw~,"
thnt is, a wcond time, M.

king, when E am a man of little meansb and

lightly esteemed?""" Then the servants of Saul
tPs ll3:14I
reported to him, saying: "'It was with words
like these that David spoke.'"
uGe 29:lB
25 At that SauI said: "This is what YOU men
Ge 3 4 3 2
E x 23:17
will my to David, 'The king has delight, not in
vGe1;:11
Ex 4 : s
marriage money," but in R hundred foreskinsv
~.~~:2,. of the Phi.lis'Zines, t o avenge'y himself on the
enemies of the king.' " But as for Saul, he had
schemed to have David fall by the hand of the
Phi.listtines. :"~o
his servants reported these
words to David, and the matter was t o David's
zlsals:a liking,&to farm a marriage alllance' with the
king, and the days had not yet expired. rr So
*J914:X9 David rose and he and his men went and struck*
down among the Phi.1is'tines twoh hundred men
c2saa:14 and David came h r i n ~ i n gtheir foreskins' and
giving them in full number t o the king, t o form
, a marriage alliance with the klng. In turn Saul
tlsa17:25 gave him Mi'chal hls daugllter as a wife.' " And
Saul got to see and know that Jehovah was with
David.# AS for Mi'chal, Saul's daughter, she
Ge 39:3
hfrn.ct ?'' And again Saul felt still more
1% 2 6 : ~loved
lSa2-I:M
~
le:m fear because of David, and Saul came t o be m
'g: giv2 enemy of David always,'
30 And the princes of the Ph1.lis'tines would
' 2 S a U:l
go out,' and It ri~ouEdhappen that as aften as
~ *,S,HJ,"iLthey went out David acted most prudently" of
E;&'f!5 all the servants of Saul, nnd his name came 20
k l s a 36:21 be very precj~us,~'
2Ki 1:13
PS 116:15
At length Saul spoke to Jon'a.thana his
son and to all his servants of putting
n E a 18:9
t o death.n a As for J ~ n k ~ t h aSaul"
n , son,
a Literally, L'wns riglit in Dnvid'n ~ y m , ' If.
~ TWO.'' 3ITgSp;

ag:;;?
9:15

,,,,,

;;Sai~
l h

;a

1 SAMUEL 18:2 6 1 9 :2

"one," L-SX. c 'LT\'ittr Uavitl, nnrl nIl Tsrnrl was loring him," L+KI.
Yo.ma.fhant, 31; hut YrI,o.r~n.l
h a d to t hr cnd nf 2 $anlnel.

'

he took n e a t delight In I2av'ld.P So Jon'ttbthana r

~
told David, saying: "'Saul my father is seeking s;p;fi
to have you put to death, And now be on your
guard, please, in the morning, and you must
dwell In secrecy and keep yourself hidden.' fE$2y8
And I,for my part, shall go out and certainly
stand at the side of my father in the field where
you will be, and I myself shall speak for you
ta m y father and I shall c~rtainlysee what will
happen clnd I sI~allbe sure to teIl you,""
I
u1Sa
1% m:13
m:o
1 %2a:11
2rJ:32
4 Accordingly Jon'a.than spoke wellv of ~IS*
David to Snul his father and said to him: "Do 3er
p r 31,s
I\.M
not let the Icing sinv against his servant David, sgn2.;
for he has not sinned toward you and his werksa 2c11t,:-.~
3:13
have k e n very good toward you. And he pro- .P1Jo
s x?.!.!
ceded to put his soul'in h i s palmo and strike
:".j!j;
the Phi.lls'tfne down,4 so that Jehovah per- :;* 7;;:
formed a great salvatianaP for all Israel, You aP c ~2U:ZI
1
P : ~
saw it: and you gave way to rejoicing. So why %2gj3
should you sin against Innocent blood in having Alsn 17: In
David put to death' for n ~ t h l n g ? ' '"e~n
Saul 'l"s'a:';::':
obeyed the voice of f on'a.than, and Saul swore: :% 1:':;
"As Jehovah js living,' he wiIl not be put to ,
@:iJu&
death." ' Afterward Jontabthancalled David and ;$?;s,
S
Jon'a.than told him all these words and Jon'a- ~ PqP 25:3
6P:ml
than brought David t o Saul, and he continued q s a 1.139
before him the same ns formerly.#
1 ~ 13.2
l ae : l l
8 In time war broke out again and David Ichl' a
went sallying forthk and fighting against the wsn:3
Phi.lis'tine~and striking them dawn with a
great slaughter, and they took to flight on acc m t of him.
,I
9:ZS
9 And Jehovah'sb bad aplrltn came t o be upon .nf
1 a1~14
Saul when he was sitting in hls house with his

e&riio

Sy adda, 'Cbg hie hand!' C"Jolovah's," N Y g S g ; "God's," LXX.

spear in hls hand, while David was plnyina

;
~
music
with
his hand.
Consequently Saul
sought to pin David to the wall" with the spear,
Pr?:lO
hut he dodged* on account of Saul, so that he
#lSa w : 3 3
PS IH 17 struck the spear into the wall, And David himp s 31: 19
Asn 51.17 self Red that he might escape during that n1ght.t
t P s 2.21 t
l
messengersut o David's h o ~ ~ s e
M t 1,~:23 llLater S ~ u sent
t
o
watch
itv
and
t
o
have him put to death in the
.rc5s:9
morning,
but
Mi'chal
his wife told David, sayrJA 1F:2
ing: "If you ~ 1 . enot letting your soul escape
O
m
1 8:s
tonightR3tomorrow you will be a man pul: to
death." IP Immediately Mi'chal had David descend through the window,'' that he might go
s1-(25:
n c fl:2:1
and run awny and escape.r in Then MYchnE toalr
2co 11.23
t2~12nl:.r.i the teraphim3z image and placed it in the bed,
254. 31 11b and a net" of goats' hair she put a t the place of
5
&\'I:" his head, after which she covered it 154th a
garment.
14 Saul now sent messengers to take Davld,
' JZ oSs 1220
~~ : ~ but she s ~ l d :"He is sick.'" I n So Saul sent the
messengers t o see Davld, saying: "Bring him
his bed up to me t o have him put to death."'
nE
EjiQ m
Ro a 1.1
'"%en
the messengers ceme in, why, there
was the teraphlm image in Ihe bed and a net
of goats' hair a t t h e place of his head, At this
Saul said to Mi'chal: "Why did you trick m e
like this) so that you sent my enemyb away
g
;
:
tlrc! 2 1 : w that he mlght escape?" In turn Mi'chal said to
'13
l:l".Saul:+
"He himself said to me,'Send me away l
Why should I put you to death?' "w
18 As for David, he ran away and made his
escape
and got to m e to Smuel at Ra'mah."
wigg&
~ s m:3
n
And
he
proceeded t o tell him all that Saul had
['I. 17 1-7
2:7
done to him." Then he and Samuel went awRy
~

.Or, "qnilt." bOr, t'SPnd me away, that I may not put yon to
~PIL~!I."

1 SAMUEL 20 :2-8
committed before your father, for he is seeking
for my soul?" ' At this he said to him: "It is

81
ml I
and they tmk up dwelling in Nai'0th.k ID
In time
lsan:g
the report got to Saul," saying: "Look! David nISn
2319
is in hTai'ofh in Ra'mah."
once Saul sent 1sa":I
messengers to take David.r When they gat to r,J,R1;,7j$
see the elderly onesa of the prophets prophesy!
ing and Samuel standing in his position over
them, the spirita of God came to be upon Saul's
messengers and they began behaving 11ke sy;;ijt$
p r ~ p h e t s they
, ~ also.
tM
I Sn~10:s
L~O:LO
21 When they told it t o Saul, he immediately
sent ather messengers and they began behaving
like propheb, they a1so.u So Saul sent mes- "2K11:1f I
sengers again, t h e third set,v and they began '2K1k:15
behaving like prophets, they also. r 2 FinalIy he,
too, went to Ra'mah. When he got as far as the
great cistern that is in Se'cu,b 11e began to inquire and say: "Where are Samuel and David?"
T o this they said: "There in Nal'othz in Rd- "gn19:1B
I
mah." 2 9 And he kept an his may from there t o
Nai'ath in Ra'mah, and the spirit' of God came '#;$$$d
t o be upon him, yes, him, and he went on walkh g and continued behaving like a prophet until c&y;iO
~ r 7t : ~
he came into Nai'oth in Ra'rnah.' 2%11rl he also C , P , ' ~ ~ ; ~
~ ~ 3 3
proceeded to strip o f f his garments and behave,
he also, Jike a p m ~ h e tbefore- ,%muel, and he
lay fallen nakeiEEE a11 that day and all that CJobl:21
night." That is why they came to say: "Is Saul aM I C~ I:#~ a ~

also among the prophet^?"^

And David went running away' from
Nai'oth in Ra'mah, However, he mme
and said in front of Jonta4thsn: "What ]lave I
done?* What is my error and what sin Ilave I

20

& O r , " m m p ~ ~ n yband."

j

F Y SA

IOAX

*:Ss",zit
j~;;:11
1$:20

Tho menning i~ cloahtful. "EcbrlaPRi4rt,'l

LXS; "menlhIy,:' SF; "wedge-division," Tp, bn''l'Itr ~vellof the
thrrrldng floor that is in Se'phE (the bnre htight)," L.XTR. a Or,
' ~ l ~ g lclad."
~~ly

,.ig %$
,:,

unthinkable?"You will not die, Look! my father

will not do a big thing or a little thing and not
* far what reason
r- 40.6 disclose it to my e a ~ - , ~and
lSal9:I
klSa20:12 should my father conceal this matter from
nDe 6.13 me?k This does not happen." But David aworen
J~,
4 2
r
surely
,y$,",6,:i6 in addition and said: "Your f ~ t h e must
h o w that I have found favor in your eyesTr
and so would say, 'Do not let J~n'a~than
know
g;
;
:2
1
3Ki 2:6
this
for
fear
he
may
feel
hurt.'
But,
in
fact,
as
tlSn1:?6
1 7 : s Jehovah is living* and as your soul is living.'
=r3F-I6
~ $ 6 6 there is just about a step &tween me and

1?;113:45
Wan 9 2 5

'p:z;&*&

death!"^
4 And JonPa.thanwent an t o s a y toDavid:
,
'Whatever
your soul may s a y b I shall do for
;1Ch
$1
33"
3 3 1 YOU." At this David said to Jon%t.than: "Look!
2Ch 2 . j
tomorrow is new moon," and I myself ought,
F(r$z3
without fail, to be sitting with the king t o eat,
PS 81.3
Isa 3.18 and you must send me away and I must concealy
E,, 4 5 : ~ ~
myself in the field until the eveningB on the
c~~~21:1':"z
J
.
~ third
~
~ day.c
~
~ *If
: your
~
father should miss me a t
Ps 5 5 : u
P'22:3
all, then you must say, 'David earnestly asked
leave of absence of me t o run t o Beth?e.hern5
a,lz:F&
Job
his city, because there Is a yearly sacrifice there
*I39:*
.for
dl the family." If the way he should say
lSa 16:2
2C n e I : z
is, 'It js all right!" it means peace to your servant. But if he should at all become angry, know
that what is bad has been detemlned upon by
t.1SRx:17
ES 7.7
him,* And you must render lavjng-kindnessa
toward your servant,"or 11; is into a covenant+
(fi?;4
*ISa 1 8 : ~ of Jehovah that you have brought ~ O L I T servant
zSa 2318
m*?sa14:32 with YOU. But if there is error In me: put me to
r*I~iternlIy."and not unracpr my mr,"M, b "8a;r,'$ 3IVgR;r; ''deWII'P,''
0 "On thp khirrl dny."
ltcrally, "the third," 31.
cbri~ittedbr LIX. d Or, "loyal IOVPI"

1 SAMUEL 20:9-16

82

1 SAMUEL 20:17-25

death yourself, since why should it be to your

father that you should brjng me?"
9 To this Jonca.than said: "That fs unthinkable respecting you! But if I should at all get
to know that evil has heen determined upon by
my father to come upon you, shall I not tell it
to you?"" IDThen D ~ v i dsaid to Jon'a.than:
s,eR;9,m:& : ~ r d
"Who will tell me whether what your father m;1st~
may anawer you is harsh?"" l i In turn Jon'a- *;;$$&
than mid to David: "Just come and let us go C I :?.I3
out into thc field," So both of then1 went out T r l b 23
into the field. !'And Jon'a.than went on to say
to David: "Jehovah the God of Israel [be a witnessIa' t h ~ It shall sound out my father about "gB,?$z2
'~17:3
this time t o m o r r o ~ ,or~ the third day, and if 1PY
>.m:1
he is xvelldisposed to~vardDavid,I-, shall I not
c;;
;
then send to you and certainly disclose it to
your esr?o '30
may Jehovah do to Jon's-than
and so may he add to it: if, in case it should L?$:i,\:
seem good to my father to do evil against you, T;a!i
I do not indeed disclose It to your earc and send 1I ~l!l:2
I
you away ~ n you
d do not certainly ECIIn peace.
And mny Jehovah Drove t o be ulith youo just 'f;;:i?,,
as he proved to be ivlth my father.' I * h d will .:$;;f;;1
you not,if I shall be still alive, yes, will you not
;G;;7.15
;l:f7
exercise the loving-klndness%f Jehov~lltoward -sn
c2Sn
me,that I may not
h d you will notCr...:b 2 : : 3
cut off your olf'l~~ovlnpkindnessd'from hefng
with my household forever.' Nor, when Jehois;;;;;7
vah cuts off #e enemiesB af David, every *:srr5
zo
one from t h e surface of the ground, rviU [the
name of] Jonta.than be cut off from the house
'4:

-t i t n ~ w . ' '

hcing understood. "Be n rritncnrr," or,

"hears witnrprr,'' By; "knora;' IdLI, b Or, "if it i s good tolrrnrd
Davis." Litrannlly, "uncovrr Four etlr," I\I. Or, "loynl lmc."
* "Toward me, And if I st~ouldindeed dip, you +I1 not," LdUTg.
'%e a

Insmted

nq

of David.anAnd Jehovah must require it at the

hand of David's enernie~."~'l7So Jon'a.th~n
3.5n d 7
2 - ~ 2 t : s swore &gaint o Davidb because of his love" for
C ? + 12:a
ISn 312

him, for as he loved his own soul he loved him."

18 And Jon18.t1~anwent on to say to him:
r d T ~ m ~is ~new
r omoonr
~ ~ and you will certnfnP N U 11:10
~ l ~ 1 2 > . ; ly
~ ~ be missed, becausc your seat will be vacnnt.
i 3 3 1 'liAnd certainly on the third day you will be
: 3
missed very much, and you must come to the
.Vr 1'J.B
p l ~ c ewhere you hid* yourself on the working
r-:,bi:3
I rr J 17
rmc i5b7 clay and you must dwell near this stone hereno
,:;i:i:", :"And as for me, I shall shoot three arrowsd
to one side of it, to send thcm where P will to
a t a r ~ c t , And, loak! I shall send the attenclmt,
[saying,] 'Go, find the arrows.' If I should speciflcally say to the attendant, 'LAMB!the arrows
are on this side of you, take them,'e then you
come, for it means pea@ for you and there Is
t h j n gthe matter, as Jehovah is 1iving.t " But
'%?$& nif ~this
is the way I should say to the young man,
r;ny;!,

3
l>Rl 1s:1
+

50120
I'r 15:24

;if:

'LOOIC!the arrows are farther away from you,'

go, for Jehovah has sent you away. "And as

.fcr::2
J r r 5.2

Jrr 12:16

for the wordU that we have spolcen, I and you,

why,
- . may Jehovah be between me a d you
*%lf::&forever.";
lSam:Q
24 And David proceeded to hide himseli in
-r.Ptm*
the fle1d.s And it came to be new moon, and the
king took his seat at the meulf to eat.& ?%nd
flr4:17
IY 1557
' 7
the king was sitting in his seat as at other tlrnes,

"\Sill [the name o f ] fon'dbnn be c ~ i toff fmrn the houac of

tlnvid," to ngroo with LXY; "Ant1 Junta.tllan roceeded t o contrwt ( m a b r couanmt) with the h o w of Dnrid laying,] ," M
Y..
b''3wn-e ngnin to Da+d," LX?;Fg; "hsd !)avid m e m ngnin,lr
MSy. c Or, ''n~nrthat mound of enrth," by nn r~i~endatian
of the
kItll~rew trxt, to ngree with L S X . "Sear t h ~stone, the name o:
trhnll on thc thii-d dhy s h o t arrows.
~ v l l i l . l lig E'zrl,ll YE. Or,
I ,l!t~rall~,
',it ," 1 **Meal ( I > s ~ n t l ) ; ~MSy; +'LI!I)IP," L X I .

1 SAMUEL 2 0 : 3 W 2
in the seat by the wall, and Jon's-than w ~ facs
ing himn and Ab'ner' was sitting at Saul's side, " l s a ~ ~
but David's place was vacant. And Saul did
not say anything at all on that day, for he said
to himself: "Something has happened so that
he is not clean,"for he has not been clean~ed."~ 3,
27 And it came about the day after the new
::;;:,
moon, on the second day, that David's place i
Le 1 s . : ~
continued vacant. At this Saul said to Jon'a- X u ]!I 16
than his son: "Why has not the sonA of Jcs'se A : ~ ; ~ ~ ; : .
come t o thc meal either yesterday or today?'"= I 1:1
So Jon'a. than answered Saul : "'David earnestly asked l e ~ v eof absence from me [to go] to
Beth'lc.hern.5' :%And
he went on to say, 'Send
me away, please, because we have rt family Zp$i;4
sacrifice in the city' and it was my own brother- +"D","$;&
that commanded me. So now, if 1 have found 1Sa l7:Lg
favor In your eyes, let me slip away, please,
that I may see my brothers,' That is wlry he
has not come to the king's table."3 no Then 31K14:n
Saul's angeP grew hot against JonPa.t
han and eF; $
!!
11esaid t o him: "You son of a rebellious maid,' *E;;s4
do I not well know that you are choosingP the a ~ 4:al
h
son of Jes'se t o your o m shame and to the #isa rR:n
shame of the secret parts of your mother? For ifI;::
all the days that the son of Jes'se is alive on the 'p3;?1:js
groundA YOU and your kingship* will not be ~
firmly establhhed. So now send and fetch him 131s.: ~
P:. ?J:3
te me,k for he is destined For death.''dn
Ps G9:4
Pri #']:'I
32 However, Jon'a.than answered Saul his Pr 14 : ~ s
father and said t o him; "Why shouId he be put PP r~ J9.1:11
I:II
to death?"What has he done?'" s3 At that Saul "2'; ?;:q
went hurllng the speart at him to strike him, tE ;;;$
In flgrmni-nt aitli LL..Litmmlly, "htJonfa.tl~mni w e np," 31.
b "He has riot hren clenns~d,"L-LS; '.he is not clmn," 11. * "'Tl>u

and 3on'a.than came t o know11 that it had been

determined upon by his father to put David to
death. 31 Immediately Jon'a.than rose up from
the tabre in the heat of angerYand he did not
eat bread on the second day after the new moan,
for he had been hurt respecting David, because
his own father had insulted 11im.
35 And it cRme about in the morning that
JonPa.than made his way out t o the field of
ylSgm:lR David's appointed place,J'and a young attendant was with him. " And he proceeded t o say
20 his attendant: "Run, please, find the arrows
z15n20:m that I am shooting."~The attendant ran, and
he himself shot the arronr t o make it pass be'lsn2!21 yond him.' " When t h e attendant came as far
as the place of t h e arrow that JonPa.thanhad
shot, Jon'n.than began to call from behind the
attendant ancl say: "Is nat the arrow farther
mSnm:n away from you?"' 3PAndJonkthan went on
calling from behind the attendant: "In haste!
Act
quickly! DO not stand still!"" And the at?
Lu 3?:3l
tendant of Jon%-than went picking up the
arrows and then came to his master." ao As for
the attendant, he did not know anything; only
Jan'a.than and David themselves knew about
'the matter. '"After that Jon'a.than gave Ills
weapons to the attendant that belonged t o him
~
~ he usaid toj him: "Go, take them to the city,"
and
41 The attendant went. As for David, he rose
+CP 4 2 : ~
151125:23 up from nearby to the south. Then he fell on
:'sl~9 6
*l,r.2!1:tb
I
ml5:1!l his face to the eartht and bowed three tlmes,
and they began kissing* each other and weep
I<,, 1 t I , 1
:'L,t\
1:i :m
,,,Y,,:~
ing for each other until David had done it the
7::;
1%;
;
most: 41 And JonJa.than went on to say to
. - .
" \ l r r . t i PT." M,a.do.nin~', the plural of n.di;tt', the plural of @xcel-

:;?;:AUEcg.3

: ~

vz;,$:2B

2G

ne

'$

are a pnrtnar of," L I X , dLit~*rally,"for he i u n

Rnn o f death,"

3l.

LI~III~I,.

Svr Ueuesig 39: 2, footnote d.

David: '" in peace,' since we have sworn,*f

both of us, in the nameQ of Jehovah," saying:1
3
; $y
'May Jehovah himself prove to be between me Hy;,fiij!f7
and you and between my offspring and your %
;*;$;~ s n 14
offspring forever.' "ak
1Sn 241 23
AccordingEy Davidb rose up and went his way, k lsn 2 3 : ~
and JonPa.thmhimself came into the city.
NP 11:32
Later David came into Nobn t o Ahfm'e- l>lsa22:1Q
lechr the priest, and A.him'e.lech began f$n%7;J
to tremble at meeting David and then said t o
him: "Why is it you are by yourself and no
one is with you?" '' At this David said t o A.hlmJ-I
c.lech the priest: ''The king himself commanded
me as t o a
and he went on to say t o 81%19:17
me, 'let no one h a w anything at tall of the
matter concerning which I am sending you and
concerning which Ihave commanded you.' And I
have made an appointment with the young menr
for such and such a place. a And now, if there are
five loaves of bread3 at your disposal, just give mSnQ!7
them into my hand, ord w h a t ~ v e r may be
found." "But the priest ans~veredDavid and
said: "There is no ordinary bread under myt
hand, but there is holy breadit providcd that (;g;?o
the young menChave at least kept themselves l;~:$~,5
from wommkind."u &So David answered the
:;:;
priest and said to him: "But womankind has VFIZH
W
been kept amray from us t h e same as formerly $
:.I',;
when I went outlev and the organismsiu of the ;?:,?A
young men continue holy," although the mission nllil"l"
itself is ordinary. And how much more so today,
:'(I

21

En 31 chnpter 20 ends here, b ''David," L-XXVu; ''hr," 31, '"ITounfi

men," thnt is, of his escort. ""If
there HIT flve I~RI'PS
of 1110~nll
r ~ n d r ryour hnnd, give," LIX; "whnt i a ther~r ulidcr ronr hnntl ?
Y U R ~&ve five loaves of bread,"W&y.6Kamrlg, orb n ~njlitnryPXpcdition. f Or, "vessels.r1

when one becomes holyk in his orgmi~rn?'~

At
that t h e priest gave him what was holy,= be~ ~ 6 : cause
s
there happened t o be no bread there but
the shawbread~that had been removed from
Cte2k8
before Jehovahb so as to place freshh bread
there on the day of Its being taken away.
7 Now one of Saul's servants was there on
that day, detained hcfore Jehovah, md his name
n1san:9 was Doleg' the E'dom,lte, the princfpal one of
%n.lT;TS the shepherdsCthat belonged to S a ~ l . ~
8 And David went on to say t o A.him'e.lech:
"And is there nothing here at your disposal, a
spear or a sword? For neither my o n n sword
nor my weapons did X take in my hand, because
the king's matter proved to be urgent." To this
the
priest said: "The sword' of Go.li'8tho the
;!g
TjEl
1sa 1 7 Phi.lisrtine,
~
whom you struck down in the law
plain of Etlah'-here
it is," wrapped up in a
+Isa17:2
1Sn 1 7 ; ~
mantle,
behind
the
eph'od.Vf
It is what you
:&","gti;10
would take for yourself, take It, because there
is no other here except It." And Davjd went on
to say: "'There IE none like It. Give it to me."
10 Then David rose up and continued run"Sam1 ning away* on account of Saul an that day and
kn Jl swa1n1:B
s at length came to A'chishk the king of Gath.n
we 5:s
In And the servants of A'chIsh began to say to
15a l7:C
2~;i12:17 him: "Is not this David the king" of the land?
rlSa 16:L
Was it not t o this one that they kept responding
;FPs&l.*1%:4
:$ with dance sf8 saying,
Jer31:4
'Saul has struck down his thousands,
11Sa 183
And David his tens of th~usands'?"~~
ISEL 29:s
kLeA:9

zB"m3
Mr 2 : ~

Or, '%readof Pr~senre,"Ifc~; %read of pmaent~tion,')Vg. b Liternllp, "hot," If;thnt is, fre~lllyhnkcd, Or, by chnnge of one letter
i n the Hebrew text: ('the mightiest ona o f the su~lners." Or, "his

'

~~yriads,l'X,

1 SAMUEL 21:12-22 :5

88
" A n d David began to take these words to his
heartu and he became very much afraidv on Uz;q?fin
account of Atchish the king of Gath, l9 So he v ~ 12:11
c
Go Zti.7

I ry,!

22

57

So David pmceeded to go fmm thereJ .aa>iiGs4a

l;;;l;~$:m
and escape to the caveD of A.d~l'Iarn,~
AJ,,, 3213
Y5;a5
and his brothers and the entire house of his 2k~2:4:1.3
father got to hear of it and made their way :i;a.l:',::"
down there t o him. And all men in distressr) :?hT$i
and all men who had a creditor* and all men
bitter in soule began t o collect together t o him ,;;;g;;;;
and he came to be a chiefc over them,Qnd there w~gy:; t 3r:t;
.
came to be with him ahut four hundred men. "%??;:;!
3 Later David went from there to Miz'peh in
Mo'ab and said to the king of Mo'ab:. "Let my ;;* :W,
father and my mother,' please, dwell with YOU
peoplea until I know what God will do to me."r
;fi?:~: J~J:;D
'Accordingly he settled them before t h e king art
of Mo'ab" and they continuwl dwelling with a*
E?R# H:?
1 3 : ~
him a11 the days that David happened to be in
the inaccessible place.@*
4IF^
% z3:13
IZIG
5 In time Gad6 t h e prophet safd to David: :';$; %:jtl
'You must not keep dweIljng in the inaccessible
$:2i !
"And kept d m m i n g , ! ' EEX. b OF, it;^," IIU mpresentcd by the
gate, Orr "prince." AI, ~(IQ* See Genesis 40:2, footnote d. d LiterJf>5

7zr;;f,,

,E:,&

ally, ''please, come out [to be] with

stronghold." Ssy, "Niz'pah."

~ b t -p~oplc,"31.

*Or,"the

1 SAMUEL 22:6--11

place.&Go away,' and you must come yourself

into the land of J ~ c l a h . "Hence
~
David went
'Mtlam
away and came into the forest of He'reth."
6 And Saul got t o hear that David and the men
that were with him had been disco-red, while
Saul was sitting in Gib'sah under the tamarisk*
%ny;?f3 tree
on the high placebwith his speark in his hand
kg;>:;lo
lsn s ~ . u and all his servants stationed about him, ' Then
Saul said t o his servants stationed about him:
"Listen, please, YOU Ben'ja.min.ites. Will the
n~~~~~ sonn of Jes'se also glve to all of YOU fields and
2 s :rr:l
~
vjneyards?' Will he appoint all of you chiefs of
I l i i 13:16
r l s n $:ld
thousandsn
and chiefs of hundreds? a For YOU
nlSn H.12
h ~ v conspired,
e
all of YOU, against me and there
when my own
t
~ is no
~ one disclosing
~
~ it to: my eart
~
son
concludes"
[a
covenant]
with
the son of
E,g;,,
P * ~ { I ~ Jes'se
J
and
Ihere
isno
one
of
~ouhavingsymu l ~ 1H:9
n
psthyc for me and disclosing to my ear that my
ss11 w:m
ISII
Z~:IR
own son has raised up my awn servant against
me as a lier in arnbushd the way it is this day."
9 At thls E)otegv the E'dom-ite, being staTltlo
tloned as he was overu the servants of Saul, answered and said: y "I saw the son of Jes'se come
y,qF2:::1Ja
mc :!z:O to Noh t o A.him1e.lechZthe son of A-hi'tub.'
Mt 2fi:51)
InAnd he proceeded to Inquireo of Jehovahf for
Elsa
ISn :'I:
2 2 210
b l r 2 :G
him, and provisions" he gave him, and the
swordo of Go-li'ath the Phi.lis'tine he gave him."
1
At once the king swt to call A.him'e.lech the
kz:
2;;;
aiSrt
plsrl 3 1 : ~ son of A.hlrtub the priest and all the house of
' I s f L 2 1 : 1 h i s father, the priests that were in Nob.' So dl
of them came to the king.

*pa1=:1

Drsa23:s

disguisedx his sanity under their eyes and be- rq w:3

30
gan acting insane in their hand and kept mak- yPrnlm
Tlrlo
ing cross marha on t h e doors of the gateb and
let his saliva run down upon his b e d . " Finally
A'cRish said to his servants: 'Were row see a
man behaving crazy.z Why should You bring
him to me? 1 5 h I in need of peopIe driven;::2 gp6
crazy, so that YOU have brought this one to behave crazy by me? Should this one come into .ISRm:~o

my home?"

89

-'<the

~tronghold."Sg, "PIie'pah." b"On the high place," in

1 , S X ~'"EQrfln"
**ltlon, wlurh reads, "in Ba'ma.''
Bl, "in Rh'noh."
U ternlly, "no one of p u feeling eick (iu ak
cnae) OPPY II~P," 11. dL'ldipr i u a~~lhmh,"
XfVg; "enemy," L n .
Or,

R ~ @ @ l t W nwith
t

Or, 'klang~ida'" ""Jcbavnh,"

JITg; lbCfod,'"XXSy.

91.

1 SAMUEL 22:19-23:5

s
@mm:1
1% 22:9 of liinen.8 lo Even Nobe the city of the p r l ~ t he
12 Saul now said: "Listen, please, you son of
slruck
with
the
edge
of
the
stvord,
man'
as
well
~ ~ ; ; as
: gwoman, childo as well as suckling and bull
A.hi'tub!" to which he said: "Here 1 am, my
* IS3
~ o s 15.3
6:21
10rd."~~
l 3 And SauI went on to say to him:
,
kQl
1cI;14 and ass and sheep with the edge of the s~t-olrd.~
"Why have YOU men conspired' against me,you .:;;;3;!7g
"'"
l""
20 However, one son of A.hirn'e.lech the son
and the son of Jes'se, by your giving him bread ;:; ;;;,y,
of A.hirEub, whase name was A.bi'a:thar,n made
nnd a sword, and there being an inquiryn of God h m S.IO
2SaZfl:25 his escape and went running away to fallow
for him, to rise up against me as a lier in amrJg 9:5
D8vid.r 3 Then Abi'athar toid David: "Saul has
bushb the way it is this day?""id At this Amhim'. ii!jBQ
kiIled the priests of Jehovah." " At this David
e-lech answered the king and said: "And who
B I S ~ Z I : ~said t o A-bi'akhar: "I well knew on that day,B

n;z,"zf

pz

Rmong all your servants is like Davkl,l<faith- Jc;$:Jd::&

ful,l%nd t h e son-in-lawTof the king and a chiefC ;:;;h
over your bodyguard and honored in your ;z
~?~ki+>
house?' Is it today that I have started t o in- :;'I: $11;
quireQf God for him? It is unthinkable on my 7:?:'2),';.?"
part? Do not let the king lay anythit~gagainst "''"'"
his servant [and] against the entire house of
my father, for in all this your servant did not
u1Sr a5:1
know a thing smallu or great."
16 But t h e king said: 'You will positively
4:Bd
die,' A.him'e.lech, you with all the heuse of v98m1
1Snm:31
your father."y l7 With that the king aid t o the giiyi'(
iwnnersZstationed about h h : "Turn m d put t o $JB1zI;B
death the priests of Jehovah, because their FA?:;,
handnalso i s with David and because they knew 3
:; TI
that he fvas a runaway and they did not disclose
i!.jl
it to my ear!" And the servants af the king did * ~ $ a '
not want t o thrust out their hand to assault the &A'3:
priests of Jehovah.' lBFinally the Mng said t o
Doreg:" "Tou turn and assault the priests!" K,;Ti:$
Immediately Do'eg the E'dornmitebturned and 6kA;;:\
himself assaulted the priests and put t o death4 y4i'\$!.!21
on that day eighty-five men bearing an eph'ad' +y;z:$j

because Do'eg the E'dom-Jte was there, that he

would without fajl tell Saul, 1 personally have
wrong& every soul of the house of your father-t 23 Just dwell with me. Do not be afraid,
tlmns
PS 4 4 2 2
for whoever looks for my soul looks for your
,soul,Ufor you are one needing protection with
UbF\$p
Joh L5:ZO me. "V
doh 163

In time they came reparting to David,

"Elere the Phi.lis'tlnes are warring
against
Kci'lahy
and they are pillaging the
y$;
i5iy threshing floors."" And
317
Dnvld proceeded to
zLe 2 6 3 6
De 2 ~ 3 3i inquire' of Jehovah, sayha: "Shall I go and
Jg 6:11
must I strike down these Phi.1brtines?" In tm
=7;;:y21
15a22:10 Jehovah said to David; "Go, and you must
.

'

.strike down the PP~i.lis'tlnesmd save KeitLaah."

:~~~~~
At this the men of David said to him: "Look!

fz

saa":'9
:Ch 1+.10

~ ~ ~

we are afraid while here i n J'udah: and how

much more so in case we should go to Kei'lah
against t h e battle linesr of the Phi.lisrtines!"
2sazl:zo
So David inquired yet ngain of Jehovah.@
CJ 6.39
l k = i ~ : sJehovah now answered him and said: '"Rise up,
'.lrls 8:7
go down t o Kellah, bec~useI am giving the
77
Tr 3 3
P537:5

~ 1 %a 5

:F,?j?, {-p;;%

"The1.e being an inq*?'

The R~hros~ e here
~ kia i n tho inRnitive! ~~l).wlute
nnd henee impe~xonalnu11indcfl~ritrntr th tiurr. b4'Lim
in ambuali

." ?rllTg:"wem;r." L-LK.

ldCtHc*i'." 'TLSS.

,!?

Phi-lis'tines into your hand."'

Accordingly

9,: :
--. "Of linen," NTgSy; amittad by KXX, b Eit~rully,('1 have turned
w~ninst,~'M; '-1m respnsiblc for? LdLT;"1 nm gtrilty respect"'fir"

TTgfSy.

1 SAMUEL 23:14--20
DavId went with his men t o Kei'Iah and fought
against the Phi-lis'tines and drove off with their
livestock but struck them down with a great
slaughter, and David came to be the savlor of

;!*f S a mf:;&
9

the inhabitants of Keilah.

mm
6 Now it came about that when A.bl'a.thaP
the son of A.himfe.lech ran away to David at
Keilah there was an ephrod' that went dotma *gByjB
in his hand. 'In time the report was made to
Saul: "David has come to KeiTah."" And Saul *$;\s;?
began to say: "God has soldv~ him info my N C ~ : I T
hand,k for he has shut" himself up by coming k F a
into a city with doors and bar." SO Saul sum- ;y+y;!
moned aU the people to war, to go down lo nlcs 14;s
Keilah, to besieger David and his men,a And .?,"'::!:
David got to know that Saul was fabricating r$:,2ikyf7
mischiefs against him. Hence he said to A-bi'athar the priest: "Do bring the eph'od near.'" ~ ~ ~ 1
lo And David went on to say: "0Jehovah the
";&;:; r
God of Israel, your servant has definitely heard ~ c w:3
that Saul is seeking to come to Kei'lah t o lay uISa2a:19
the city in rmh on my account." l1
Will the landf$,,
11:28
o ~ r n e r of
s ~Keilah
~
surrender me into his hand?
WiU Saul come down just as your servant has
heard? 0 Jehovah the God of Israel, tell your
servant, please." To this Jehovah said: "He will
come down."V " And David went an to say:
?!la
"Will the landowner@ of Kei'lah surrender me
and m y men into Saul's hand?"r In turn Jeho- Y"R 3f:a
vah said: "They will do the surrendering."=~2?;&,
13 At once David rose up with his men, about

Vz

"There was an eph'od that went downy M ; Nhe hra~aditdown

the eph'od," IT. bUSold,'l L Z I T ; "alirnated (rejrctrcl)," M ;
"delivered," by altering the first letter of the m r d in ~ I I FHebrew
text, 1-g. ' ~ d o m e r s . ' N,
' be'al.im'; Vg, "men."

six"hundred m e n , k d they went out of Keilah

and continued walking about wherever they
could walk about. And to Saul it was reported
that David had escaped from Keilah and so he
gave up going out.

And David took up dwell-

in^ In the wilderness in places dificult to approach, and he kept dwelling in the mountain~ ~ ~ ous
~ : region"
~ f W in the wilderness of ZiphP And
P1Sfi?3:I
PS 51.3
S a d kept looking for him a l w a y ~ ,and
~ Godb
did
not
give
him
into
his
hand.'
"
'
d
David
F r 1I :, ~$ W
1'r
6
*rwZI 3 confhued In leap because Saul had gone out
1sa-l: 9
t o look for his soul while David was in t h e
P,~Z
7
r.;3-4 18
~v!ldernessof Ziph at Hotresh.*
p, 37.3
PC:11:4
Jonra.thnn the son of Saul now rose up
,,,:, and16went
to David at I-IoVreh,d that he might
;:F
strengthene
his hand in regard t o God.h' And
y;ef:;
I I
he
went
on
to say to him: "Do not be afraid?
@I)p J:YH
~ .I rlh if, 5
for the hand of Saul my father will not find
l'r 27.9
yoult and you yourself wiIl be kingn over Israel
I.:C .,::I
and I myself shall become second to you, and
!
my father also has knowledge to that
;rllsn
:;'2<f1;;;:"S"U~
2:
~ 1n , i aeffect."' la Then the two of them concluded a
2 s : ~n : ~ covenantflbefore Jehovah, and David kept dwell1 ! S I N20,31
IS,,-.I:XI Ing in Ho'resh" and JonPa.thanhimself went t o
i>::2 his own home.
L'SIL ",1:
19 Later the men of Zipbe went up to Saul
,,,,,
,,:,
at
Gib'eah, saying:' ''Is not David concealing
l:;::;;H
r7r ~ l . 0 himself close by us in the places difficult to
rllsn 2.1415
i s3
approach at Ro'wsh,~on the hi11 of Hach.ilah,v
yI<n 3 24
which is t o the right side of Je.shi'm~n?~Y
I.;,,~G.I
a1 1 S R
S
I:,
3 21 =* And now In harmony with the desire2 of your
J ' % 112 10
,-,, swl, 0 king, to come dom, come down and our

.,

&

11.

31VKS,v; Ibfour:' Lax-.

b +God,'qJTVgSy; "Jehovah,"
Q4'Conttt~urdin Pcnr," hy a different wrl-el-pointing of
IT~hrrrr r ~ r l ) ;lite~mllg,"got to see (tlnat),'' 3f. Meaning
nni\'l~ii,l~d
I'lrtce." 9 Or, YRC Ziph'lte," 11, f Or, $'the (desert) desoSFX,"

iS.
n

hiiiHl."

1. SAMUEL 23:21-28

94

part wlll be to m e n d e r him into the hand of '21EgL

the Mng."' *IAt this Saul said: '93lessedg are
$:;:$
;
YOU of J e h o ~ a hfor
, ~ YOU have had cornp~ssion~
;f5a1yqu
on me.&P a Go,please, persevere some more and nRc.3 i t
ascertain and see his place where his foot comes
to be-whoever saw hlm there-for It has been
said t o me that he himself is surely cunning.
'%And
see and ascertnin about all the hiding
places where he hides hirnself,O and you must
l ~ t u r nt o me with the evldence,a and I will go
with YOU, and it must occur that, if he Is in the
land, then I shall certainly search' for him care- %l
'mJ*Jul:la
fully among all the thousandsbe of Judah."
Dc l:15
24 So they mse up and went to Zfph" ahead !g
of Saul, while David and his men were in the nIsa23:1.1
wilderness of Maron' in the Ar'aPbahcl< to the
southd of Je.shi'mon. " Later Saul came with ICne
his men to look for him. When they told David,
J 15!8
R
he at once went down to the cragn find con- ~IS&
23:a
tinued dwelIinge in the wilderness of Ma'on.
When Saul got to hear of it, he went chasing
after David into the wilderness of Ma'on.
2R Eventunlly SauI came to this side of the
mountain, and David and his men were on that
side of the mountain. So David became hurried
to go awayr because of Saul; ell the while Saul
and his men were closingn in on David and his r&%;B;E
17:;
men to grab hold of them. #'But there lrtas a 2
P,SI:P
messenger that came to Saul, saying:t "Do s2Ch2"01a
PS 17:D
hasten and go, for the Philisttines have made t ~ ~ 2 ~ : ~
a raid on the land!"u At f hat Saul turned back ga3&?
from chasing after Davfd and went to meet the &S&$,

Pzhl;.;i

T,
*!z:?:?

Or, "on a afirtain*; amnredly.'" Or, "tribal subdi~isions."a *'The

Ar'a.ba11," M. This i s the rift v ~ l l c ythat runs mull) EQ the Red SPA.
* liternlly, "to the right ~sitlc,''that is, when OIIP faces east. "'She
crag nnrl cantinued rlvclli~~g,"A1 VgSy; " t l ~ e cmC:that is,'' LLT,

Phi.lis'tines. That is w h y they have called that

place the Cmg of the Divi9ions.a
29 Thenb David made his way up from there
and took up dwelling in the places dimcult ta
"$3
gp approach at En-ge'di-v
':I4
And It came about that, as soon as SauI
Crt!47:lO
returned from following the PhimlisJr1a2sa tines,y they came reporting to him, saying:
"Look! David is in t h e wilderness of En-ge'di.'"
2 And Saul proceeded to take three thousand
z1&1sa
cklown mena out of a3J Israel and to go looking
David' and his men upon the bare rocks"
*gg! offorthe
mountain goats. "At
length he came t o
n;:y!rj;fi
r2s.n 7:':
the
stone
sheepfolds" along the road, where a
I C I l 1'27
CDc2R:13 cave was. So Saul came in t o ease
J: 32.1
while David and his men were in t h e pwts of
* P ~ ~ ~Mr
; .the mve* farthest back, sitting down. 'And
"Here Is the
F?;!;; 142 David's men bcgan to say t o
day on which Jehovah does say t o you, 'look!
~ 1 s l l ~ 3 : 7 I am giving your enemy into your hand"and you
ISa :':a3
must do to him just as it may seem good in
y o w eyes,' ' T o David ime up nnd quietly cut
off the skirt of the sleeveless coat that belonged
t o Saul. "ut
it came about aftempard that
David's heartmkept striking ltirn for the reason
%
$$$!
1.10 3.20 that he had cut off the skirt [of the sleeveless
~ C : P 4 1.7
nllu::;::za coatld that belonged to Saul. * Hence he said ta
ISfr 1 I:.15
his men: "It is unthinkable" on my past, from
I ~ .:
C,
Jehovah's standpoint, that I should do this thing
b'Sf".Vto
my lord,CD the anointedf of Jehovah, by
4

24

Or, "caEled that plnce Sp'la-ham-mah.letkoLh!' M: this with refernnm to tlte fimooth or slippery places. b Clmpter 24 brfins Iirre
in M. Liturnlly, L'camein to c o c a La f ~ c t . !d~ "Skirt of thc slc~velm robt," LLTVgSs-T rind cigbt Hebrew ~nnnnscripts; "~kirt,''31.
Or, "masher." f *'hoinlpd!: & mu-shi'ahlr; L X X , cfrria.tos';
YE,ahria'bu8; Xg, m'sshilsk.

_.

thrusting out m y hand against him, for he is

the anointeda of Jehovah," Accordingly David
dispersed his men with these words and he did
not allow them to rise up against Saul.n As nPgFJ
hlE 5:44
for SnuI, he rose up from the cave and kept Ro12:17
rlSa 2333
going on his way.r
8 So Davld rose up afterward and went out
from the cave and called out after Saul, saylng:
"My lordRthe king!" At this Saul looked behind :&S,"1?jf7

I
I

him and J3~vIdproceeded to bow low with his ~

~
;
face t o the eartht and prostrate himself. And,:;.:p;;&!
David went on to say t o Saul: "Why do you lSr12fi.19
1r11:5
listen t o the words of mantv saying, 'Look! P.;
P~ I ! I + B
r v IG "%
David is seeking your hurt'? laHere this day 1.e 17:;'
your eyes have seen how Jehovah gave you vlSa 24:4
today into my hand in thc cavc, and someonev
i;;;
said to kkl you, but X felt sorry for you and ,;;:,l:'$g
said, T shnll not thrust out my hand against my ; I; ;
lard, for he Is the anotntedn~of Jehovah.' l1And, 2 1 ~ 1 1 314
my father,E see, yes, see thc skirt of your sleeve- '??'??'*
less coat in my hand, for who? 1cut off the skirt ?;zi;&s
fi $0
of your sleeveless coat T did not LilI you. Know ClI<J
ElSm 23.14
and see that thereism, evil'or transgressionOin ;ylp.fo
my hand and I have not sinned against you,
while you sre lying in wait for my soul to take
it away." l a May Jehovah judge between me and
7:s
you," and Jehovah must tnkc vengeance0for me 91 U.I I 2i>3195
from you, but my own hand will not come to be ~~~;,?~;',E
upon yau.*l~Just as the proverb" of the ancients r';:; ;:;y2
says: 'Fram the wickedmones wickedness will go j;"
forth,'' hut my own hand upillnot come to be up14
on you, Alter whom has the king of Israel k~,s"1?:43
gone out?' After whom are you chasing? After ;?.!?!
a deadc dog?lcAfter a single flea?" l%d Jeho- :
4$;&

is;:

h;shi;
;"z&

I,

$ri;

L'Anolntd!' M, naa.ski'ahk;
a

m~sbiibh.

LdLT,ch*is.des'; Vg, cfir5#'rri#; 6y,

'vah must became judge and he must judge between me and you, and he will seemand he will
*Jaa:al conduct the legal easel for me and judge me
FS 35:i
P. 53.1
[ l o free me] fr*c)myour hand."
16 And it came about that, at the moment
that David finished speaking these words to
tlsa 20157 Saul, Saul proceeded t o say: "Is this your vojce,
uCr 9X:W
E, Ir, my son David ?"t And Saul began to ralse his
ky3:r;21own voice and weep. ITAnd he went on t o say
flchZ4tU

~ to David:
l
~"You~are more righteousvthan 1am,u
v,qt $?,;:I for it is you who have rendered me g o d V and
R ~ J J J It
~ Js I who have rendered you evil. lBAndyouyou have told today what goad you have done
In connection \rPithme En that Jehovah mrrendY;;R,;,$S
ered me into your hands and you did not kill
me. "Now in the case where a man finds his
enemy, will he send him away on a good road?
Jehovah himself will reward you with good,
due
to the fact that this day you have done it
m;
PH I H : ~ to me.=2o And now, look! I well know that you
*:<n";i,~iswill, without fail, rule as king* and that in your
izj: $:,7,3 hand
the kingdom of Israel will certainly endure. '30
now do swear" t o me by Jehovah that
25.1 3 17
h l t ? ~ youwi1Inotcutoff my seedaftermeandthat
cr;aa 2 1 , ~
you will not annihilate my name out of the
L L ~ 31:aa
f.2SR U'I
IS^ 2 ~ 7 house of
my fathernnA" Accordingly David
t h ~ 1t i l : X
. I S , 1 2 3 : : ~ swore to Saul, after ~vhfchSaul went t o his
rn.1SR 24:3
.,,,.
homes0As for David and his men, they went up
N l l 2'l::g
to the pIace dimcult to approach:
I N:H
'wjsn T ; I ~
In time Samuel diedmand a11 Israel pro1 l i l 2:14
ceeded to collect together and bew~il"
21'11 .?:I'M
Lslb 31.13 him and buryo him a t his housea In Rawah.*
kCoXq:a
Then Da~lidrose up and went damn to the
E:
;
- - wilderness of Pa'ranmhk
fi " A t l l j ~house," 3LL+LPVg:"in hia burial place," Sy, bt'Pn'r8n,"

ma-33

%
k

;zj

,,,,,

jC1

25

AlfzyVg; "Ms'on," LLT.

2 Now them wits a man in Mapon" and hfs n l S B 2 4

work was in Cdmel.u And the man was very
great and he had three thousand sheep and a
thousand goats,@and he came t o bc? [engaged] in 02Ch 28:21

Nowadays the servants8 that are breaking

eway, each one on account of his mmter,l' have
filSaz2:P hecome many." l1 And do I have t o take my
s : ~breadlc and my waterCand my slaughtered meat
5~ R:G
shearingf his sheep at Certmel.n :' And the man's
rq 7x8
that I have butchered for my shearers and give
name was Na%al and his wife's name was Ab'i- 1Sn 30:5
it t o men of whom I do not even know from
gail." And the wife was good a t discernmentnand BFrU&!?
u:1 where they are?""
beautiful in form, but the husband was h a h and gF gi&
12 Upon that David's young men turned
bad in his practices,%d he wns a C~'le'b.ite.~~
y;
:
:
:
?
around
on their way and !vent back and came
And David got to hear in the ~vjldernessthat U1~.r aC I32:5
a n d reported t o him in accord with all these
I229
Na'bal was shearing his sheep. 90David sent v G e 3 8 : ~
morels. Immediately David sald to his men:
ten young men and David said t o the young men:
"Gird on every one his sword!" So they girded
"Go up to Car'rnela and YOU must come to Na'bal
on every one his sword and David nlso girded
and R S him
~
in my name about his we1fare.Y y1SR17;n
on his own sword, and they began to go up
And this is what YOU must say to my brother:
after David, about four hundred men, while
M a y you be well* and also p r househotd be IFh%:%
rlsa 19:p two hundred sat by the bnggage.r
1Sn 1 .,2
well and a31 that you have be well. And now I zkgg
14 Meanwhile, to Ab'i'gail, 'Nalaa1.l"~
wlfe, one
have heard that you have shearew. Now the zulo:a
lsn
lun 1gl:z,l
lr:z~
of
the
young men reported, saying: "Look!
shepherds that belong to you happened themDavid sent messengers from the wilderness ta
selves t o be with us? We dicl not molest themA~ ~ $ , " , ~ ~
~vishour rnasterb well," but he screamed reand nothing at all showed up rnfssing of theirs all
sMr 1B:H bulces~at them. l6 And the men were very good
the days they happened to be in C a r ' r n ~ l %k
.~
to us find they did not molest us and we did not
your own young men and they will tell you, that
miss
a single thing all the days a our walking
myc young men may find favor in your eyes, beabout
with them while we happened to be in
t1
~ Sha sPIS
p7
cause i t n~asupon a g o d day* that 1 ~ e
carneed eES959
the fie1d.t 1% wwall was what they proved to
~UI.:U
~ S1.1::'~
2'):15
I I
Just give; please, whatever your hand may find +Lu11:41
~f9h1.10 he around us both by night and by day all the
"ISa a4:16
to your servants and to your ~on'l'David.' "
J!,r l3:2Q
z ~ c 2 . 5 dnys t h a t we happened t o be with them, shep9 Accordingly David" yyoung men came and
herding the flock. And now know and see what
spoke t o Na'bal in accord with all these words
you are goirig t o do, for evil has been deterin the name of David and then w a i t d , l oAt *<gga
lsaz~h
mined2 against our masterb and aminst all his
~3.2:~
this NaWl answered David's sewants and said: :%s:%
E.;I:;
hause,asheistosmucbafagood-for-nothing
"\Tho is David and who is the son of Jes'se?' c:i$;74
':$ fellowe. to speak ta him!'
I

rLCnr8rnel?'In the

monatainona region of Jadnh nnd seven miles

~rauthof Hc'bron; see Joshua 15: 2n, 54, 56, b OF,''to the living
one;' I f . a Liternllg, "the,') M. d"l3cennse upoil n, good day we
have come," LALTVgSy and many LIchrem mnausclipts,

--

bfI3fnster." 31, a.do.*rimp. 8~ rhnptcr 20, verse 35,

VVgFjy i '\!6tiuc,'' LxX. filnro literally, "to
hJtaflHO1ll.
rllnstpr,'f 31. BLiternllr, "a son 01: 13e'libnl (or, worthless-

Or, 'dsln~PR,H

fontrlote

fl,

," nfn

llf'~~)

"wntet.:

1 S k M U n 25:18-25

100

18 At once Ab'igafIDhastenednand took twoo D;g$i

hundred loaves of bread and two large jars of L;y~53&5
wine and five sheep dresscd' and five seah
g
a.;&
measurcsiQofroastedmgrain and a hundred cakes :
Pr IFI:IG
of raislnaa and two l~undredcakes of pressed *k{~';i4
figs" nnd put them upon the asses. Then she k2$
said to her young men: '"ass on ahead of me." '$% g:?
Look! I am coming after sow." But to her hur- m;;;$Fto
kGe ~ : 1 6
band Narbal she told nothing.
20 And it occurred that ivhlle she f ~ ~ riding
as
on the assn and secretly going down t h e rnoun- n,J~l;Fi,5,:18
tain, why, there were David and his men corning 2fii 424
d o i n to meet her. So she encountered them.
Aa for David, he had snid : "It was altogether
for disappointment that I guarded every thing
that bcJongs t o this fellow in the wildernens and
not a ainnle thing of all that belongs to him
showed up missingarand yet he repays me evil s c e 4 4 : i
in return for good.' SO m y God do to the ene- PP Ss 335:32120
mies of Davidb and so may he add to jtt If I E:q:jz
shall let any one of all who arc his that urinatest' g:$$T
against the wall remsin unti 1 the morning."
23 When Ab'i.gaf1 caught sight of David, she
at once hastened and got dawn off the ass and U ~ ~ / ~ ~ :
fell upan her face before David and bo~'c?ed
to ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ; 2
t h e earthVv='She then fell a t his feety and said: v;z,"iI;'::.$l
"Upon me myseIf, 0 my lord, be t h e error,a 1'Ey8:4,:37
and, please, let your slave sfrl speak in your xrg:,4;2
ears,' and listen to the words of your sIave?~~',,I;?~
girl, fB Please, do not let my lord set his heartm,2,zg,,g
upon this good-for-nothinp rnmcNarbal, for, arJ $a;425,-:
his name is, so he 1s. Na'bald is his name and ~
~
~

.,
:;

- - a h n t 11.2

se~b
quarts (U.S.A,). ""Do to D~l+id,"
Co~ripnr~
3 Samuel 12 : 1.1, fnotnote a, Lit~rally," t h i ~rnnn of
nh'li.r~l (or, rvorthlessnesa)," U. lieaning " S e n ~ e l e a
; ~St upid"

senselessness&is with him. As for me your slave

bg;
:;?
1fC12:24

girl, I did not see my lord's young men that you

had sent. *%ATld
now, my lord, as Jehovah is
livingo and as your soul is living,' Jehovah has

held you backG from entering into bloodyflth"

and having your own hand come to your salvation.cA And now let your enemies and those
seeking injury to my lord become like N a h I , '
?
:
:
I
:
1
2
7
0
;
:
A l l y 12.19
11 And now as regards this gift blessingk that
a.sa
your maidservant has brought t o my Eord, it
21;:1
?2 must be given to the young men that are walk~ ~ J K ~ : I Uing about In the steps" of my lord, 2q Pardon,
please, the transgression of your dave girl, because Jehovah will without fail make far my
s JehorlK19:5
;g+s2 lord a l~stinghouse,drbecause the ~ v a r of
vah
are
what
my
lord
is
f
i
~
h
t
i
n
g
and,
,
~
ns for
1Ch 17.10
7 ) s s929 evil, it will not be found in you throughout your
# 1Sa 1745
d n y ~ : ' an
~ When man rises up to pursue you and
5:2
'1'"119:1
?$::iy look for your soul, the soul of my lord will certainly prove t o be wrapped up in the bag of
r "!Sa 14:19
lifec with Jehovah your Gad,u but, as for the
,
i!:g;p sou1 of your enernirls, he will slingv it forth as
:::\$$ from inside the hollow of the sling. #@Andit
~: ~, ,~ ~ ;must
~ ~ occur
$ ~ that, because Jehovah will do t o my
lord the good toward you according to all that
:$
ig!;
2 I 1 P9:x
, ~ certainly will commission
,,,,, ,.,, he has s ~ o k e n he
:i; :zit4 YOU as leaderz over Israel, 8' And let this not
;8:4t
, G 21 become to you a cause for staggeringf' or a
stumbling block t o the heart of m y lord, both
{ji,l:ij
by
,\:;';;:;the
s shedding of blood without cause and by
~l"'l~a.lah',M, b Liter~lly,"bloods," Y. a 'dHnring~ O I I Po m hnnd
:lil 2:2
I 4 30
llcl 1. '6
:iziG:119

k.!;;$Iz

w n i i n to

The H r b l ~ wvc1.h hrre is in tlie inllnitive

~your Ilrnc~
+~nlr+ntian."
o
is impersonal n ~ ~indcflriite
d
as Za tin~c.d Or#

s l ~ u i l l ~ ~and
te

rnithful (fll.rrtIy eutahIished) b ~ u s e , " *Literdl;r, "in you from

lived from your birth.
I "'Htnggering." rigurutive of qnnllns o f conscicrree,
''11

Ywilr days.s," that in, nll t h e days you hare

having [the hand of J my lords [f tself ] came to

his sat~ation.~
A n d Jehovah will certainly do n l ~ a ~ ~
I
g o d to my lord and you must ptmembeP your
g;?:;,
slave girl.'"
AGe 4rr:l.l
1
32 At this David said to Ab-'l.gail: 'T313lessed Lu 23-32
be Jehovah the Cod of IsraelJbwho has sent bg?3,q
you this day to meet me! "And blessed be your
;;;;;
sensibleness' and blessed be you who have re- ;
I
z
hy
strained me this day from entering Into blood- .psy141.5
F r 9:)
guiltM and having my own hand come t o my ej,e
s a l ~ a t i o n .B 4~And, on the other hand, as Jeho- 1Sa25:26
vah the Gad of Israel Is living, who has held
me back from doing injury to you,' if you had
not hastened that you might come to meet me,
there would certainly not have remained to
N R %until
~ the rnolmin~light anyone urinnting* against n waII." 33 With that Dnvid accepted
EiE
from her hand what she had brought him, and
to her he said : "Go up in peace to your
z ~9 d'
i
See, X have llstened 1.0 your voicc that I may kl*
291 i5.n
Z;~I 5::n
have considerationn for your pclson."
La 7
nGe 13..'E
36 Later Ab'bgaiI came in to Na"balJ and
there he was having a feast3 in his house like - a m
the feast of the king,' ~ n NaUalls
d
heart was %?<::%
feeling good within him and he nrRs as d~unk Lu l 4 : l Q
as could be,#and she did not tell him a thlng, 8:Ei$z
small or grent, until the morning light. And Tr m : ~
it came about in the morning, ivlvllen the rviinc I.= ar;:3
;:I,
had gone out of Na'bd, that his wife went tell- ~i,o
E P 5~9 4
ing him these things. And his heart! came to be tg;$!!s
dead inside him and h e himself became as a
stone. 88 After that about ten days elapsed and
I'

'

si;;:;;
I

lm.L1

.?,I

* IdThahand of Iny lord," L.XY; ' h y lord," M. blitcmllp, 'T~blood~.'~

'"llnring my o w n hand co~nct o m y snlrntion." Thr Rcbww verb

bere is in the ialFniti~eabsotate and llcnce is impersonal and indsRnite as to tiinc.

?E,u,;!;m
~ 5 2x1 15:s
19:5

then Jehovah stsucku Na'baE, so that he died.

39 And David g o t t o hear that Na'bd had

SO he said; "Blessed be Jehovah, who

has
conducted
the legalv case of my reproach
V{E$;~;l
,
:
[to
free
me]
from
Na'bal's hand and has kept
I 43:1
13r r 2 : m hi3 servant back from evil)' and the evilness of
$" 1 % 2 2 2 8
Tcfa'bal Jehovah has turned back upon his sum
r2sn1:2
hend?lWz
A n d David pxwceecled to send and proa 5 r l a:38
pose
t
o
Abtl.gail
to take her as hls wife.' '[' So
4;;2
f;:
1'3 ~ : I G DavId'~servants came to Ab'i.gai1 at Car'mel
*PI. 1P:?2
l l r s1:lo and spoke t o her, saying: "David himself has
'$$j;,31 sent us to you to take you as his t ~ i f e . " ~hmediately she rose up and bowed with her face
t o the earth" and said : "Here is your slave girl
^Et
as R maidservant to wash( the feet of the sew;; ;j
F[:P I H : ~ ants of my lord." 4z Then Abri.gail*
hastened and
.tOh 135
m e up and went ridinp' on the ass with five
11.1 5 10
I liri 25:3
ptq;,324,6l mnlds of hers walking behind her,* and she went
accornpanyingh the messengers of David and
then bwame his wife,
43 David had also taken A.hin'a.amVrorn
*15nn:3
Z'SR 3:2
nmJus
1556 Jm'seoeE,*
andl the women came to be, even both
a
them,
his
ln~ ~ la:m~ P ~ l ~ wives.k
44 As for Saul, he had given Mi4chaln his
r:'3R3:15
daughter, David's wife, to Pal'tir the son oP
*l*nlQ:m LB'ish, who was from Ga1'Iim.a
IJrm 1 5 : s
In time the men of Ziphct came to Saul at
1311L'3;14
#1.1&!
19:14
Gib'e.ah,u saying: "Is not David conceallsll Ti):26
lslh !;:4
ing
himselfd
on the hill of Hach.i'Iah,V facing
v 1511 3:19
r !sit h 2 3 Je.shi'rnon?"~ And Saul proceeded to rise upy
2:;17
and go down to t h e wilderness of Ziph, and with
~ 1 9 f l 2 4 : Z him three thousand
the chosen ones of
Is~~ael,
t o look for David in the wilderness of
-I,ilr*vnlly, " n t her foot," $1. b Or, "following!' a OI.,"the ZiphC
12 23

d i d and

26

ia:lu

a "Conrcnlilng himsoif cloee by us," LZS.

~I,~~~l~l~,t~~,ll,"
Itrbw."

* Or, "thc (deuert)

Ziph. And Saul took up camping on the hill of

Hach.i"ah,T which faces Je.shi'rnon,a" by the *1Sa 2224
road, while David was dwelling in the wilderness. And he got to see that Saul had come after
him into the wilderness. ' S o David sent spiesC
t h a t he might know that Saul had for a fact
came. Later David rose up and went to the place
where Saul had encamped, and David got to
see the place where Saul had lain down, and
also Ab'ne? the son of Ner the chief of his Aigi$;g
army; and Saul was lying in the camp enclosureQ ;
;;a,17:m
j;
with the people camping all around him. Then +Ge 10.15
David answered and said to A.him'e.1ecl-i the G G I ~ : . ~ Q
Hit'tite' and A.bish'aie the son of Ze.rutiah,' the 22; ii::
brother of Jo'ab: "Who will go down with me 2sa23:39
t o Saul into the camp?"O To this A-bish'ai said: ; :$: :;&
"I myself shall go down with you."'" And David 2Sa
2 ~ 185
1a6:9
made his way with A-bish'ai to the people by ZE~?;;
night,k and, look! Saul was lying asleep in the *J 7 10
campR enclosure with his spear stuck into the kI&l ~14:7
h5 : ~
earth a t his head, and Abkner and the people nJ"7:1*
were lying all around him.
JE 1:4
8 A.bishfai now said to David: "Godbr has rJosal:44
today surrenderedByour enemy into your hand. ;g; ;i;i4
And now let me, please, pin him t o the earth sg;52::$0
with the spear just once and I shall not do it
to him twice."t However, David said to A.bishr-P
;";gPi:,:
ai: "Do not bring him t o ruin, for who is it that
has thrust his hand out against the anointedc vf'$;;$;J;
24:lj
of Jehovah" and has remained innocent?" YlSa
P.5 94 1
lo And David went on to say: "As Jehovah is
p;ti:s
living,v Jehovah will be the one t o smite him,P zGe
47129
or his day will comez and he will have to die, g:j+;:j
Or, "the (desert) de~olakion.'~b ''God," >ITy'; "your God," A?;
4'Jehovah," LXT, "Anointed?' 31, nrrl.shiJrtkk; Sy, m'sl~il~h;
LXY,
ckris.tosJ; Srg, ehris'tus.

105

1 SAMUEL 26:11-17

or down into battle he will go and he will certainly be swept away.' l1 It is unthinkable' on
508 !?2:29
rsa 14:45 my part, from Jehovah's standpoint, to thrust
,i2i$ii my hand outA against the anointeda of JehoSo now take, please, the spear that is at
E%:: vah!+
his
head
and the watero canteen, and let us get
w
01Sa
S a 52 :4m
5
2 ~ 1a3 4
on
our
way."
Accordingly David took the
Ps 105;15
spear and the water cantwn from the place a t
Saul's head and then they got on their way,
*lsa m4
and there was no one seeing' nor anyone taking
note nor anyone making up, far all of them
@gE
f;z:2 were asleep, because it was a deep deepBfrom
Isa29:10 Jehovah that had fallen upon them. I q h e n
David passed on to the other side and stood
i;~a4j;14:8 upon the top of the mountain at a distance,"
the space between them being great.
14 And David began t o calI out to t h e peopIe
and to Ab'ner the son of Ner, saying: "Will
YOU not answer, Ab'ner?" And Ab'nei began
*IS=
1Sa 14:M
1;:55
ansver arid say: "Who are you that have
$ ; to
called out To the king?" And David went on
to say to Ab'ner: "Are you not a man? And
who is like you in Israel? Why, then, did you
not watch over your lordb the king? For someone came to the people t o bring the king your
Iclsax:8 lordb t o ruin.k '"This
thing that you have done
is not good. As Jehovah is living,n YOU men den#a8;;g45
1 s 20:21
~
serve t o die,cr because you have not watched
r1Sa 3 7 3 1
:SR 12:s
over YOUR lord,h over t h e anointed" of Jehovah.~
.St( 19:28
And now see where the king's spear and the
rl:::124:6
water canteen' are that were at his head."
lj28:$$::
l l C 1 18:O
17 And Saul began to recognize the voice of
David and to say: "Is this your voice, my son

*p~$:%
;

E G 44:7
~

*"Ar~ninted." See verse 9, footnote c, b "Lord." 31, a.do.dlnt, the

~lril.nl nf a.ddrt', the plural 09 excellence. See chapter 20, verse 38,
lil~ll~l~>te
a. c Literally, ,#rormen are the sons of death," &I.

1 MMWEL 26 :1&25

1435

lW7

'I

David?"" To this David said: "It Is my voice, ~ ~ ~

my lord the king.'' l8 And he added: "Why is
this that my lord is chasing after his servant,' V]#;$$::fL
for what have I done and n3mt evjl is there in PS 68:3
my hnnd?P '*And now let my lord t h e king, y3'&7c48
ie23
p!~ase,listen to the words of his servant: If it h(L"
is Jehovah that has incited you agafnst me,":'$:$:i!

';I::

let him smell a grain offering.' But 1F it is the ig;

sons of man,au they are cursed0 before Jeho- :6:bi?,:li
valz," because they have drjvcn me out today ,E
Srom feeling myself attached to thc possessionb: ~ ~ 5 - ~ ~
of J e h ~ a h ,saying,
~
'Go, serve other gods!"
'"And t ~ o wdo not let my blood Pall t o the earth ;gi;:52L:18 I
before the face of Jehovah," for the king of Is- g:1"i<?4
rael has gone out to look for a single flea,OHjust 'gj'4dn5
as one chases a partridge upon the mountains." :;z$;;lyj
21 In turn SauI said: "1 have sinned." Come
:%?
back, my son David, for I shall no more do you ?&;<;$:
injury, in view of the fact that my soul has gp&!;i7
been preciousk in your eyes this day. Look! I klSn ~ k . 3 0
have acted foolishly and Rm very much in the '"':"
wrong." l2
Then David answered and said:
"Here i s the spear of the Iting, mcl let one of
the young men come on over and fetch it. =%And
Jehovah it is who will repay to each one his
own righteousnesson and hfs awn faithfulness, :!2,8,:&
in that Jehovah today gave you into my hand Fs@+gI.i
and 1 was unwilling to thrust my hand out ;;$gip
against the anointeddof JehovahBr" And, Imk!
r;; ;:;;
just CESyour soul was great this day in my eyes, BPS 18.25
so may my soul be great in the eyes ofJ e b o ~ a h ,fii
~
that he may deliver me out of all distress."ct :fJ.'I:Pe
"'At
this Saul said to David: "Blessed may you 1><31:17

.;;:

LitPrnllg, "mns of the

a

a bblnnkfar n

man [ha-n.darnY ," I T . b Or, "inheritance."'

sin@ Rn," 3I\*pSy; "bok for lur soul? &.KT.

"hnmint~ti." see

T P ~ P
9, forttnrrte

c.

I SAMUEL 27:l-8
David. Not only will you without
t you will also without fail come off
'v h d David proceeded to go on
d, as for Saul, he returned to his

However, David said in his henPtiO"NOW

I shall be swept away one day by Saul's
ere is nothing better for mez than that
escape' without fail t o the land of the
eslJ and Saul must despair of me in
r me any longer in all Ihe territory
f
nd I shall certainly escape from his
21:10
1Sn2S:. hand," So David rose up and he and slx hun:;$i2,
dreclAmen that were with him passed over t o
alsa25:13 A'chish0 the son of Ma'och, the king 03: Gath.
9Sn W3:9
t l q r i 21:10
And David continued to dwell with A'chish In
1KI 2:40
Gath, he and his men, each one with his house22%
hold, David nnd his two wives,' A.hin'o.am4 the
s l S n 2 z 3 JezYre.el.lt.ess find Ab'i.mil," Na'bal's wife, the
15a s:42
Car'me1.it.e~~.In time report was made ta SauI
that David had run away t o Gath, and so he did
'ISa26:" not go looking for him still mother time."
5 Then Davld said to A'chish: "If, now, 1
have found favor in your eyes, let them give
me a place In one of the cities of the countryside
that I tmny dwtlll there, for why shotild your
41Ge 96.34
2c0 6117 servant dwell in the myal city with you?"*
k Jux 15:31
Accordingly A'chish gave him Zik'lngk on that
.lot 19:s
1sux~
)day. Thnt is why ZiB'lag has come to belong
:,,,,,
S;I i,:l
*,
to the kings of Judah down to this day.
'
1
T And l h e number of the days t h a t David
11 '11 12:a
l l : 2 8 dwelt in the countryside of tho Phi.lfsttfnes
I! 1Sn ?9:3
r
13:z came to be a year and four months," And
rl.:t 1726
:QTR
;, T1329
Davjd proccded t o go up with h!s men that
:1l
I they might raid the Gesht~v.itesr
and the Gir'I:4r,
j;'?;l?;:is lziten and the A.ma1'ek.ites.s for they were in~

IIIX

1 SAMUEL 27:9-2S:3

109

habiting the land that [extended] from Teelamat t i - 1 ~ 1

as far as Shur" and dawn to the land of Egypt.' ug$;g
And David struck the Iand, but he preserved visa 153 neither man nor woman a1ive;Y and he took yJos
De m:19
6:21
flocks and herds and asses and camels and cloth- lsa 15:3
ing, after which he returned and came to
A'chish. l o Then A'chish said: "Where did YOU
men make a raid2 today?" To this David said: ~ 1 S a m : 1 4
"Upon the south of Judah* and upon the south th2Sa247
of the Je.rahtme-el-itesnand upon the south of 01Chp2:"
the Xen'ite~."~
l1 As for man and woman, David
was not preserving any alive t o bring them t o
Gath, saying: "That they may not tell on us,
saying, 'This is the way David did.' " O (And this $ISL az:a2
way has been his procedure a11 the days that he
dwelt in the countryside of the Phi.lis'tines.)
I Z Consequently A'chish believed" David, saying
to himself: "He has unquestionably become a
stench0 among his people Israel,' and he will

OPS1@:*

have to become my servant to time indefinite." 1Sa13:4

And it came about in those days that
the Phi.lisltines began t o collect their
camps for the army to make war against IsraeLe e&3;37
So A'chish said to David: "You undoubtedly ;p;$j;
know that it is with me that you should go out 1 ~ m:i
a
into the camp, you and your men."' At that ';"s",Z$:i2
David said to A'chish: "That is why you youpselfb h o w what your servant is t o do."" Ac- #lsaar:lo
ZSa 16:19
cordingIy A'chish said to David: "That is why
guardian of my head I shall appoint you always."
3 Now Samuel himself had died and all Israel
had proceeded to bewail him and bury him in

28

aLiternlly, 4 ' f ~ o mlong ago (rlme-to.lnm')," 11.It is conjectured that

this should read : "from Te'1arn.j' There are 12 manuscriwta of LXX:
that read : (4i"romT e l n (m).J'See Joshua 15 :24; 1 ~irnuel15 :4.
b 'LYourself/ RISy ; "nor," LXXYg.

1 SAMUEL 28 :6 l X

kkp&5il Ra'mah his own city.l( As for Saul, he had re-

nE,Ei:
;

De ~ s : l o
Ac 16.16

moved the spirit mediumsRand t h e professional

foretellers of events from the land."
4 Subsequently the Bhi.lis'tines collected ta-

gether and came and pitched camp in Shurnern.=

So Saul colIectd all IsraeI together and they
r~;l:m*~a
. ~h e n Saul got ta
slsa J I : ~ pitched camp in G i l - b ~ ' a T
?Sn 1:G
2 s a 1.21 see the camp of the Phi-lis'tines he became
2% 21:12
afraid and his heart began to tremble very
4
,86
:
much.t
"Although
Saul would inquire o f Jeho$Isa7:2
:;!
vah,u
Jehovah
never
answered him,Y either by
1sa 57:X
dreamsy
or
by
t
h
e
Urrimz
or by the prophets.'
u;~; ;;;;I
Finally Saul said to his servants: "Look for
VTT i:m
a womano who is a mistress of spirit mediumGe46:2
shipa f o r me and let me go to her and consult
Nu 12.6
~er23*:28 ~ E P . " Then his servants said t o him: "Look!
~t 1:70
ZEX 2630 there is a woman who is a mistress of spirit
Nu 27:21
D, 33:8 mediumship in En-dor,"'
8 So Saul disguisedPhimself and clothed him'
self
other garments and went, he and two
.Esi$ menwith
with
him, and they came t o the woman by
;+
night.
Wenowsaid:
"Emplclydivination,'pleasej
;i-~e21:8
; for me by spirit mediumship
and bring up f o r
Wos 17;11
me t h e one whom I shall designate to you."
l's83:lO
'/::; $;$-, However, the woman said to him: "Here you
' ryftsllg
~ ~ ~ ~yourself
~ 0 , , well know what Saul did, how he cut
off the spirit mediums and the professional fore"1s" *8:3 teIlers of events from the land." W h y ,then, are
you acting like a trapper against my soul to
*2K15:7 have me put ta death?"" loImrnediately Saul
swore to her by Jehovah, saying: "As Jehovah
*lg" 1439 is alive," guilt for error will not befall you in
this matter!" At this the woman said: "Whorn

72,";;:,22

k;

- ulediums." Hutnnn

+'IRpirjt
agents used as n vessel of a spirit of
I'y(,l~c,t!ny demon o f dirinntion. (See Acts 16 :lo.) LXX, "s-entl-ilo~ l ~ r l n l n;"Wg, "magi {(astrologers)!'

I S W E L 28:12-17
110
shall I bring up for you?" To this he said:

"Bring up Samuel for me." lWhevl t h e woman

saw "Samuc1"k she began crying out at the jc/$!&y2
top of her voice," and the woman went on to
say to Snul:" "Why did you trick me when you l8IK114:$
yoursel C are Saul?" l 3 But the Iring said to her:
"Do not be afraid, but what dicl you see?" And r.Pa R ~ : B
the woman \vent on to say to Saul: "A g d h r I $!
saw coming up out of the earth.": 14At once C"?sn4+11
he s ~ l dt~ her: 'What is his form?" to which
she said: "It is an oldc man coming up, and he
has himself covered with a sleeveless coat,"" 9%k5An
At that Saul recognized that it was "Samue1,"t t'"'!'h 2:iO
and! he proceeded to bow law with his face to
the earth and to prostrate himself,
15 And ''Samuel" begnn to say to Saul:
"Why have you disturbed me by having me
FX R.,
bl.ouehl up?"'^ To this Saul snid: "I am in very "'~148:4
sore s t r ~ i t s , 'as the Phi.lis8tinw are fighting v;',; 4:;;;
against me and God" himmlf has departed'
from me and has answered me no more, either G!&r;;;;,
Ihn Y?;I?
1\.12
by nleans of the p ~ o p h c t sor
~ by dreams,* sa ZI1%
;..7.t 9
that I am calling you to let me know what I .k1!5;Il2
shall do."
xu .i:?l
~i:2
16 And "Samuel" went on to say: "Why, $P;8f:;
then, do you inquire of me, when Jehovah himself has departed from youo and proves to be mK16:m
your udversary?eA And Jehovah wiII do f o r A t a m
Liternlly, "with a grent voicc," 31, b "A god," McI,rl.onhi?~i$the
plurlil o f ~l.o'~rllr,
Evide~ltlgtlw plaml of escelIenco ar FI-nnrleur
rind thus nhcwly npplpinf: to nn individual. for the wotnnn saw only
tlw fnrlil OF nn old man c ~ ~ un e. This. even thongh the nc~otnpnnp
iag 1*1L l l ~ ~ i i i n gisi ' in the $rnl ~luolrrr.Con~pn,r rho itvr 17,
v n l n 30, funinnto a. c llO1d,u
dacr~&,v
~1x1qtr.rw/ol,mula
fCLdpXl 'r'nl'afn, d "God." ElboJrin~',
tlre plnral o f excellence, with tho
rerh "21ns departed" in the ~inpalnr~lnnlhrr, "Tour ~ i r l r e r a o l - v , "
Jf'I'g; "nit h your fellaa mnn t y u n ~n ~ i g l ~ l ~,"
o rSyL-LT.
)

himselfE just as he spoke by means of me4 and

Jehovah will rip the kingdom away from your
hand and give it t o your fellow man David.'
';g:5,i:8,
IS*21::0
AS YOU did not obey the voice of Jehovah*
nlSn 13 11
and you did not execute his burning anger
;:~$$!#~ against Arn'a.lek,o* thnt is why this is the thing
;$/,5 I,:y1:,; 3 that Jehovah will certainly do to you this day.*
*rL.
Qlsfi18*13.
lsn 15.27

k;,s?n{i<T

;:;::;&.;"
:SII s H

H~SR
"X:7

tlsRm:fl

'y$::,j3s
J611)

O$;:P,;,!;

rZt!1G:15

$!:'$:

--

' And Jehovah will also give Israel zvjtll you

into the hand of the Phi.lis'tines,lx and tomorrow
youn and your sonsFwill be with me.h Even the
camp of Israel Jehovah will give into the hand
of the Phi-]isttines,"fi
20 At that Saul quickly fell down his fuII
length to the earth and became very much
a f r ~ i dbecause
t
of "Samuel's" ~vorcls.Also there
happened t o be no power in him, because he
hnd not eaten food the whole day and t h e whole
night. The woman now came to Saul and satv
that he had been greatly terrified. So she said
t o him: "Here your niaidservant has obeyed
your voice and 1 proceeded t o put my soul in
my palm' and obey the words that you spoke
to me -t And now, please, you, in turn, obey
the voice of your maidservant, and let me set
before you a piece of tlread, and you eat, that
power may come to 1x in you, because you will
go an your WRY." g x "But he refused and said:
"I am not going t o eat."y However, his servants
and also the woman"ltept urging him.# Flnally
he obeyed their voice and rose up from the
I earth and sat an the bed. 24 Now the woman had
a fattened calfz in the house.' So she gukkly

*'ll'or h i m u ~ l f , MSy;
~'
"to you," LXXVg and flve I-lebrcw manu~ ~ r i l ~ tbqo.' r l b u l ~ ~ r oYOU
w and goar sons (will he) ~ i t bme,''
'Il YgSy; "bmomvr you m d your popa with yon mII P ~ l l , "L-LY.

sacrifice@ It and took flour and kneaded dough

and baked it into unfermented0 cakes. " Then caKf23:g
she served them to Snul and his sewanb and
they ate. After that they rose up md went away
during that nlglzt.
A n d the Phtlis'tfnes" proceeded to wl- " l s a m
lect all their camps together at A'phek,( Q 1 1 ~ 1 2 0 ~ ~
while the Israelites were camping by the spring rJos 19:Ig
that was ln Jez're.el:
A n d the axls lordsq of
fi:2345
the Phi.lis'tfnes mere passjng along by hundreds ;
IKI a : ~
and by thousands, and David and his men were $>'?hx
passing along afterward with A'chish." And "Juq 13.3
t h o princes of the Phi.lfsttines b g m to say: ;{g8
,,+
"What do these Hebrews2 mean?" A t this ?
;
$
;
&
A'chish said to the prlnces of the Phi-lls'tines:
"1s this not David the servant of Saul ldng of
Israel, who happened to bc with me here a year
or t~r?o,~*
and I have not foundk in him a single
thing from t h e day of his deserting [to me] E$;9:s
until this day?" And the princes or the Phi- J I ~ P3 : ~
Ils'tines became indignant' at hlnl and thel~~c15:11
princes of the Phi.lis'tines went an to say to
hlm: "Make the man go backn and let him go nLEtgi1B
back to his place where you assigned him, and
do not let him ga down ~ S t hus into the battle,
that he may not become a resistercr of us in the ''lSa
I3attle. And with what should t h h person put
himself in favor with his l o r d ? V s It not wit11
the heads of those [our] men? Is this not
David t o whom they kept responding in the
I,!,
dances, saying, 'Saul has s t n ~ c kdown his thou- ,,a15,
is:?
sands, and David his tens of thousandst?'Q
1'1' 27'24
1%
Z~:U
6 Consequently Akchishl called David and f:zl:
*'Snrridcrrl," JIL.LY. bi1Tl\iu semnd y~nr!' L - n ; i6y~nm,"MTg.
Ba ,!an; 1I; rrrl,~rr.s.la'r.i.~i,q,
VE. d 'LLord."I[, (4.do.nit~r',the plwnl

29

,:,,

of a.dfim . See cllnptcr PO, rerac! 55, footnote

R.

4?2g;'
::,said to him: "-4s Jehovah is Ilvlng," you are
I a a 65:111 uprightlYand your going oaty and your coming
1,18

i n with me in the camp has been good in my

eyes, for I have not found evil in you from the
jFu f;u2;;17
3:?5
day of your coming to me until tl~lsday,# But
EX1 l!l :T
p, 121 .s in the eyes of the a x b lords" you are not good.
,*:'&J\!iQ;:l~3 3 : And now return and go in peace that you, may
not do anything bad In the eyes of the axis lords
J g 3.3
15115.9
of t h e Pi~E.lis'tines." Wowever; David said to
1% r j . ~ R
C I Y R 12.9 A'chish: ''CThy, what Ilnve I doneU and what
1Sa 17'2r)
have you found in your servant from the day
lSapl.':
1% 2 ~LA:
that I came to be before you until this day:
:,:
that I should not come and actually fight against
t h e enemies of my 101-rl the king?" 'At this

v?:t 5
1Pc 2.12

IPU : ~ : c o

Akhish answered and said to David: "I well

know thnt you have been good in my awn eyes,
an angelo of God.' Only it is the princes of
;F,3:il7like
the Phl.lis'tines that have said, 'Let him not
Ga d::.i
US into the battle.' I" And now rise
go up
up early jn the morning with the servants of
your lordn that c m e with you, and YOU men
must rise up e s l y in the morning when it has
become llgllt for YOU.' Then go,"
+~;~~;?~,
2P@2:9
11 Accordingly David rose up early, he and
his men, t o go in the mol-ning"' and return to
the land of the Phi.lls'tines, and the Phi.lis'tines
themselwrz went up to Jez'm.el.'
And it came &out while David and his
1 Sa 27.1;
m e n mere cornt ng t o Zik'lngmon the third
I<EY 1 7 ; s
day that the A.mal'eli8iteskmade a raid on the
and an Zik'lag, and tlley proceeded t o
'"a "
':n strike Zik'lag and bum it with fire," and to
c a r r y olT captive the women [and a]t h ~ t b

$;

30

*"T~rd,'' 31, n.do.rtimt. the plurnl of a.dbw'. See chapter 20,

rrnrnr3H, footnote o , b "The n*omen nllrl nll thi~igatlintm,'lLBS; "the
n.~)riacntlint,l' MSy.

I SAMUEL 30:ll-17
115
rvere in It, from the smallest to the greatest.
11 And they gat to find a man, an EgyplcDcas:7 tfan,'"n
the field. So they took him to David
They did not put anyonen to dea21-1," but they n$p7zF
drove them along and went on their way.
and gave him bread that he might eat and gave
"When
David came with his men to the city, 1'Tp"e":;i9
; :11
::;!; him w ~ t e rt o drink." Further, they gave him
why, there it was burned with Are!' and, as for ~ $ ; ~ ~ : ~ rlSa25:lR a slice of a cake of pressed flgsl' and two cakes
jPr:lB of raising. Then he ate and his spiritn returned
their wives and their sons and thejr daughters, 72
;
2
4
3
:
4
they had been carried off captive. "nd
Davjd g ; b z 1
to him, for he had not eaten bread or drunk
1Es4:16 water for three dayst and three nights. IADavid
and the peopIe that were with him began to t I S a W : Q
now said to him: "To whom do yo11helong, and
raise their voice and \veepF untll there was in ,,z%&2
them no power to weep [any mare], 'I And :;;
where are you from?'' to which he said: "'Iam
David's two tvives had been ca1.rld off captive, ~$,?:3;~;
an Egyptlan3 attendant, a skiveLof an A.rndJ::!g;'t%;!,
A.hin'omnt the Jez're.el.it.ess and Ab'i.gailu the ,P,fil:,:?
ck.ite man, but my master left me because I
wife aP Na'bal the Car'mel.ite, "nd
it b e c m e 'ythl$::;t
sick three days ago." We were the ones
'$;!8tJ3 took
J O ~ I io:31
very distressing t o David,v because the people gJs
that
made
a raid on the south of the Cl~er'e1X.1'5
said to stone him,^ for the soul of ~ l the
l people -.
Wa 17.3
\yz:Ip;jt thjtesv and upon that which belongs !so Judah
htld become bitter,=each one because of his sons .'p;:E!'
!j; !,!.;J and upon the south of Ca'leb,y and Zik'lag we
Y
2 5
and his daughters. So David took t o strengthen- T; Zi$,
buimed with fire." l5 At this David said to him:
.lnx I.L:13
PS 33s
jng hlmscIl by Jehovah his GocE.'
.to* I;, rs "Will you lead me dawn to this marauder
Ps 39:;
7,107 2.1:
7 Hcnce David said to A.bi'n.th~r~
the priest, ;
band?" To this he sald: '30swearp to me by
J ~ N !II 1 3
;
g;;
the son of A.himte.kch: "Do, plcnsc, hslng the PS43:s
God" that you will not put me to death m d that
eph'od near to me." And A.bi'n.Ihnr cnmc hrlng- Gz ?!:
you will not surrender me into the hand of my
Ing the ephpodnear to David. Ant1 David began :
:
'I: ;:;:! master,. and I shall lead you down t o this
t o inquire of Jehovah,' saying: "Shall I chase ;
marauder bandoVb
; igg
nftelmtiis mara~~des
band? Shall I overtake ,;gg:i;
3R
1
16 Accordingly he led him c l o ~ ~ and
q , ~t h ~ r e
them?" At this he said t o him:; "Go in chase, ;$:;$$
they were spread disorderly over the surface of
f o r you wil! without fai1 overtake tl~ernand you lici 2.15
1 SAMUEL 3 U : L I O

114

"J.R

'

11-illnuithout fail make a delivernnce,"

9 Promptly David got on his way, he and the

3Ir 2:26

AJ;:

20.15

is,"&??

six hundred' men that were with him, and they

\vent on as far as t l i e torrent valley of 13e'ser,"ga;;~!

and the men that were to be left behind stood ;y;;:j6

still. '"And Dax-id kept up the chose, he and P S ~ S : G
51::15
lour hundred men, but hvo hundred men that *P5
1~~23:13
were too tired" to pass over the torrent valley &%:fl
u ag:~
of Re'sor stood still.
lga 14:n

''Allyone [or,

&

man]," MTg; "a mnn or ~ o t u n n , LXX,

'~

aa the earth eating and drinkin@ and having a

:&
' !&

:>;::
1

1-11

b.brtl,

I.:ln

ypl:q

feast on account of all the great spoil that they

had taken from the land of t,he Phl.lis'tines and
the land of J ~ d a h l7. ~And D ~ v i dwent striking
them down from the morning darkness until

devote them t o
,,,, 'the
I
%;:! !
strt~ctian,"
;wening,andthatnothea might
man of them escaped' ex-

,,

de-

>!, El.a.hi>n'; LXT, ho T?te.oaF, L S S L a ~ a t ~edition

~~n
: ATE^ IICmmre to hian,'"
"TIint he u ~ ! g ~ rlerntr
l~t
them to
I ~ I ~ ~ I I P I E I ~ ~ Ily
~ ~ I ~nn
I I , 'emendntion
~
of thc J-lchretv t ~ x t , ,The literal
r r ~ u d <)I'
i ~1'~1lll?t.p
~ ~ is: "01 their following 11ny.''
"Il~111."

n~lrln

cept four hundred young men that rode upon

camelso and took t o flight. ' U n d David got t o O z K l a ; O
deliver ~ l that
l
the A,mal'ek.ites had taken: @Ga14:1B
and his two wives David delivered. lUAnd there
was nothing of theirs lacking, from the smallest
to the greatest and to sons and daughters and
Prom the spoil even to anything that they had
tnken for themselves," Everything David re- '$E#B
covered, 3U SO David took all the fiocks and the PsQl:IO
herds, whlcl~they drove before t h a t [other] livestock. Then they said: "This is David" spoil."'
21 At length David came to the two hundred
menk that had been too tired to go along with k1%~m:lo
David". and whom theyh had kept sitting by t h e
torrent valley of Be'sor, and they came out t o
meet Davld and to meet the people" that were O%a7:10
wlth him. When David came near to the peoplen ng,"2i:r
he hegan to ask them how they were.' ""ow- rag l & l J
ever, every bad and good-for-nothingman out
of the men that had gone with David3 answered 41snn:2
and kept saying: "For the reason that they did
not go with usC we will gjve them none of the
spoil that we delivered, except to each one his
wife and his sons, and let them Iead them and
go." a-ut David said: "You must not do that
way, m y b r o t h ~ r s ,with
~
what Jehovah has i$.pe:#&
given US," in that he salegunrdcd usV and gave i;;;fl
the marauder band that came against us into uph$;q,
our hand.^ " h d rvPlo will listen to YOU as t o VgFh
L., 5':':9
4 I.,
this saying?d For as the share of the one that
went down into the battie even so mil1 t h e share "1'3
of the ane that sat by the baggage* be, All will {:;f:2i1
""Along with David," or, "aftrr Dnvid." b"They," 3 1 S ~ ; "llcr,"
c411Tithus," LS-SSgSy r ~ t h r I six Ilrbrew ~nanuwril>ta;
''with tltc," h1. 4 "This sn?-itig?" 3fVgSy; "this aa;Fing? I:or klkcy
A m r~otless that1 mou are," L X S .
LXSVg.

have a share togethe."' e5AndIt came about

rs 6B:n from t h ~ day
t forward that he kept it set as a
regulation and a, judicial decislon for Israel
down to this day.
26 When David came to Zik'lag he proceeded
to send some of the spoi1 to the older men of
"pysyg
,~
"Here I s a aft blessPr 18:lfi Judah, his f r i ~ n d ssaying:
Isa 32:s
33:11 ing for you from the spoil of Jehovah's ene:% ;BiiF rnie~."~ITTo those who were in Beth'el,%nd t o
those in Ratmoth+of the south, and t o those in
?,,jo:,9:;
Jat'tir,' 2%nd to those in A.ra%er,and to those
@JOS
J O Z 21.14
ff:@
.in Siph'moth, and to those in Esh.te.rn~'a,~
W
' a
n
d t o those in Ra'ml, and to those In the
nlSa n : I O
cities of the Je-rah'rne-el.ites,n and to those In
ICh2:9
,::$zifi" the cities of the K e n ? t e ~ ,80~ and t o those in
wJos19:4 Hor'mah,~ and to those in Borta.shan,L and to
'1.10s
-. n33.7 those In A'thach, and t o those in Hc'bron,'"
1342
~ n s i 9 : ~and to all the places where David had walked
1Ch 4.32
lckt s:59 :about, he and his men.
IrJns 13333
2s~t2:1
Now the Phi81isttines were flghting
vl,B:l
gain st E~rael,~
and the men of Israel
took to fllght because sf the Phi.llsrt~nesand
~ 14171%ID:I
12:B: they kept falling d o w r dain in Mount Gl1.bo'a.r
xis0 28:4
And the Phi.lis'tlnes kept in dose range of
Zha 1.21
Saul and his sons, and the PhLlis'tines ~t last
struck down Jon'a.than* and A,bin'addabaand
A ~ ~ 9: h~ 9MUch!-shu'&,"Saul's sons. "nd
the fighting
.became h e ~ v against
y
Saul, and the shooters, the
bo~vrnen,final1 y Eound him and he got severewounded by the shooters.&: d Then Saul said
L I ~ ,l4:6
,
to his ~rrnor-bearer: "Draw your sn1ord*and
l5r117:26 I
1 : 2 ~ run me through tvith it, that these ~zncircum,l#jr!I.?s
, , . ,,,,:, Icisedo men may not come and eertalnly run me
* "l\mlhe got nrrrrrly tvound~dby the sllootrrs." To ngrre d b
'Nu=:=
JO?O 21:s

31

r,F' ;,

1 , X S . Rnt 31 litrrnllg rends: '"nil he was in nlnch nnguigh from

I h ~ )wliootem!'

through and deal abusively with me." And his

armor-bearer was unwilling, because he was
very much afraid." So Saul took the sword and
fell upon it." When his armor-bearer saw that *gg
Saul had died, then he too fell upon his own f?;;:
i c h 10:14
sword and died with him.k Thus Saul and his RlCh
10:5
three sons and his amor-bearer, even all his
men, came t o die together on that day.n ' When n,t$:$
the men of Lsrael that were in the region of t h e &",h9;f:6
low plain and that were in the region of the
Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and
t h a t Saul and his sons had died, then they began
to leave the cities and flee, after which t h e
Phi.lis'tines came on in and took up dwelling
rLe 26:32
in themar
LC26%
8 And it came about the next day that, when
the Phi.listtines came to strip the slain,. they
got t o find Saul and his three sons fallen upon 2Ch 20:25
Mount Gi1.bo'a.D And they proceeded t o cut
48
;:
off his headu and strip off his armorv and send zF3?$,g
into the land of t h e Phi.lisrtines dl around to y:c,;!zo
informy the houses of their idols= and the people. l o Finally they put his a m o r ' in the house *1Sa~1:9
of the Ash'to.rethD images, and his corpse they 'Js
fastened on the wall of Beth-shan." "And as
regards him, the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'e.ad2 ;$;a ;ZI
~
got t o hear what the Phi.lisrtines had done to Z S 21:12
Saul. 'Vrnmediately all the valiant men rose up +2Ch 16:14
and went all night long and took t h e corpse of
SauI and the corpses of his sons off the wall of e~~ c -3 52; ~~
Beth-shan and camea to Ja'besh and burned
them there.' l-en
they took their boness and "yg,"&3$
buried" them under the tamarisk" tree in Ja'- QKi9:28
besh, and they went fasting f o r seven days.' #Ge":lo

THE SECOND OF

SAMUEL
or, according t o the fll-eek Septuagktt,

TEE SECOKD O F KINBS

,:kk$

{(And came," MVg; '<and brought them," LXXSy. Compare

1 Chronicles 10 : 12.
a

And it came about after Saul's death and

when David himself had returned from
striking down the A.rnal'ek.itesa' that David
UJOS
JOS 1'33
=a 27:s continued to dwell at Zik'lagn two days. And it
came alsout on the third day that there a manA
:E",$j
was
from the camp, from Saul, with his
, ~ ~ j $coming
~
clothes
ripped
aparto and dirt' upon his headiO
c'sa-Ls:9
( GC 3732.9
and
it
came
about
that when he came to David
xu
Jos 14.b
7:6
h e a t once felldownto theeartheandprostrated
Joe223
3,"::,.,":WSa
* 20:41 himself.
3 And David proceeded to say to him : "Where
=:23
2"a14:4 do you come from?" at which he said t o him:
al~116:16 ' L F r ~ m
the campe of Israel I have escaped+"*
*Job 1:15
And David went on t o say t o him: "How did
IF IS^
the affair turn out?" Tell me, please." To this
he said: "The people have fled from t h e battle
and also many of the people have faIIen so that
t h e y died," and even Saul" and Jon's-thana his
ma3a:1
rlsa
1:6
son have died." Then David said to the young
u%
;i;
man that was teIling him: 'How do you really
know that Saul has died and also Jonfa.Ulanhis
son?"t At thk t h e young man that was telling
1;;
him said: "I unexpectedly chanced t o be on
Mount
Gil.bora,uand there was Saul supporting
$!
himself
upon his spear,v and, look! the chariotv llt+.ti 31:4
10:4
eersb and the mounted men had caught up with
1% 30.18

,,,

rl:z

--

d.n~aI'ek.ites,"~
Sy and Eve Hebrew manllsoripts; "AmfaIrk," l I L L X V g , JJ Or, f'chnriots."

n'''l'410

119

2 SAMUEL 1:7-16

120

hlm.y ' When he turned back and saw me,then yIlsrt

C 1W3
m
~ a
he c d l d me and I said, 'Here I am?'*a And he zJg9:went on t o say to me, 'Who are you?"t which *g;e+;
Y said t o him, 'I am an A.mal'ek~~te."
* Then he N U 24:20
said, 'Stand, pIease, over me and deflnitely put DISe,21555~13
me to death, for the crampRhas seized me, be- %
;:;
cause all my soulCzis yet in me.' 'a So X stood :t:$l,r.
over him and definitely put him to death: for D e a : p s
I knew that he could not live" after he had :Fgiy
fallen. Then I took the diadem* that was upon $
: %;;8
his head and the bracelet that was upon his e;",";f;3o
arm, that I might bring them to my lord here."
I1 At this David took hold af his clothes and
rlpped them apart' and st, did all the men also
that were with him. And they began to wail
and weep and fast until the evening over Saul
and aver Jon'a-than his son and over the people
of Jehovahb and aver the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.'
13 David now said to the young man that
was telling him: "Where are you from?" t o
which he said: "I am the sonC of a tempornrp
resident, an A.rnal'ek.iEe.'" l4 Then David said
to him: 'Wow was it that you did not Pear* to
thrust your hand out to bring the anointedckof
Jehovah to ruin?" With that Davld called one
of the young men and said: 'Go near, Smite
hlm."n Accordingly he struck him down so that
he d1ed.P '"avid then said t o him : "The bloodfor youd be upon your own head,r because your own mouth has testified against

Fhg;z+
yl;;,
,s35:n

Pr 24:17
x2Sa 1!8

*Fs",!$$

v2Sa 1 : I n
YO 51.1~
2r31 %:25
klsn 3 1 : ~

Y$h,37
c2rcl 9 2 4
r l ) c d:10

clsn
OJirp

:Nr:d

llI:13

5 ? s n31.8
*IS.L
vi:l
I\lb 4.2

k:z!g:$'

$R\:F:5

p;iT
:Eiz;z

,y;l?i1,0,
Ynsz;\9

$A$~~L

you,U saying, Z myself definitely put the

anointedn d Jehovah to death.'"'
17 And David proceeded to chant this dirgeJr
Over Saul and Jon'a.than hfs sonn '"and to say
that the sons of Judah* should be taughtm "The
Bow."-" There it is written in the book of

Ja'shar:bO
IP
"The beauty,' 0 Israel," Is slain upon your

LH 2:1

r 1 1 c 1I I:=
Bl lr W:27

lslr 3 1 3

h?!C ]:lo

L J w:in
~
J C l~t ) : ~

=EMl 5 : M
1% 19!B

SlCh 10:4

klSa 17:s
I S I I91.4
nlCh 10:i
25rt 233.4
119ll

5G

~ctl
31:lO

rlK1J0:17

:
[
;
$
1
0

Or, "giddil~~ss?9p. T'he exact meanin of the IIehrew word is

#till unsnutnin, 'Wmab,'' JI\.g$y; *'~a!nh." I n .0 'ubnointed."
31, mn.slhi'trkk; SF, ?*'skihh; L X S , chrqla.toe'j T'g, chrig'ttcs. d Liternlly, "yonr bloods," &I.
a

dab
~r 6:2
Lu In:m

high places.

How have the mighty' men fallen!

"Do not, yw people, tell it In Gath;'
Do not announce it: in the streets of
Ash'ke.lon,"
For fear that the daughters of the Fhi.lis'tines may rejoice,'
For fear that the daughters of the uncirc
~
c men
~ may
" exult.le
"YOU mountains of Gfl.bo'a,n let no dew, let
no rain' be upon YOU,' nor let there be
fields of holy c o n t r i b u t i ~ n s , ~ ~
Because there the shielda sf mighty ones
was befouled,*

The shield of Saul, so that there was none

rlKI 1:anointede with oil.=*
elSn 10.1
1~11x1:s
2z "From the blood of the slain, from the fat
1 1 % 2:4
of rnightyt ones,
ulBn 14:8
The bow of Jon's-than did not turn hack,u
1Yrr 16:4
And the sword of Saul ~vouldnot return
vlJa 14:d7
\r7ith0utsuccess.v
aJ "Saul and JonJa.than, the lovable ones and
y l s a 1a:r
the pleasant ones,+
nlSn M.1
Sn
their lifez and fn thelr death* they were
' 1 9 1 31:B
tt-1~lo:d
not separated.
."Arinint~d." S P ~rel-+ic 14, footnote c. Or, " t h ~Cprigl~tOne."
" lq'ic*l[lm of fir~tfruitx," LX9T7g, Or, 'krejectrd wit11 Iuntling,''

a L ' l \ i ~n ~
t cid d 1 q 1 ,nlrl

slri'ahk.

I23
eJObg:H
SwIPteP than the eagles" they were,
MSghtie? than the lionsw they were.
;?;io
'You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, i; $g
Who clothed YOU in scarlet with flnery, ,;y:,J$
Who put ornamerats of gold upon YOUR ; ? q p ~
clothing.g
;:0PB ti.s::~a
Z.G"
"How have the mighty ones fallen in the *asn I:IQ

zm

Ln 8:lR
midst of the battle!'
Jon'a.than slain upon your highP places! m{{ngj&
C""R1"12
Pa "I am distressed over you, my brotheP
Jonra.than,
*Mu 18:X
Very pleasant you were to me."
More mamelous was your love to me than *I& 18:s
the love from women.'
ISa 18:s
1Sn N:17
"How have the mighty ones fallenk
IS3 21J 41
1Sn :'J 16
And the weapons of war perished!""
k'2sn 1:19
And it came about afterwad that Dnvld
+;:&
proceeded to inquire of Jehovah,r saying: $
"Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah?"" :gt$%,
At this Jehovah said to him: "Go up." And ;z;y;;
David went on to say: "Where shall I go up?'harsn
i ( ; ~ ZB
:'?:B2
Then he said: 'To He%ron."t Accordingly yr:;y;;c;a4
David {vent up there and also his two wives, 15, al:al
A.hin".amu the Jez're.el.it.essand Ab'l=gailvthe
1 ~ 37:s
z'48
n
wife of Na%d t h e CarJmel.ite, "nd
the menr "Isn
that were with him David brought up, each with ;; <;?
his household, and they tmk up dwelling in the f; q,;
cities of He'bmn [tenltory]: Then the men Eic_n!f:h
: 1 2
of Judah' came and anointedB David there as e Jl K, ,l~~I:l5
kingp over the house0 of Judah."
n s n ri:z.
And they came telling David, saylng: '$The*r;pdo:s
SSA IU:II
men of Ja'besh-gilre-ad+were the onea that $3"g;:;
burled Saul." Hence David sent messengers 2f!;;f,s
t o the men of Ja'besh-gilPehad
and said to them: QlSn 31:11

Rnther, grifon dtures, b African lions.

"::,'7"G"/z

2 SAMUEL 26-13

''Blessed may mu be of Jehovah,- because m

+Efi;Pl5exercised
this laving-kjndnessm toward YOUR

lord,b towa1.d Saul, in that YOU buried him.

And now may Jehovah exerclse toward YOU
lovin&-kindness~and trustworth inessd and I,
TT*$=
too, shall exercise to you this goodness because
YOU have done thls thing.' ' And now let POUR
'Ig:~2
C2Sa 21:20 hands8>
strengthen themselves and prove your"2Sa
selves valiant men," because yaun lordb Saul is
OIK1 4:25 dead and it Is even I nlhom the 1,louse of Judah"
have anointedc as king" over them."
E&51&F0
Dc 2-37
8 As for Ab'nern the son of Ner the chi@
CIKt
of the army that had Exlonged to Saul, he took
n:gjf::g
""a26:tf
IQh-bO'sheth,S Saul's son, and proceeded to bring
12Sx 3::
2 ~ 4:s
a
him
acrosslQo Ma.ha.naPim,*" and to make him
1C3 8.33
mlic, r::i
king over Gil'e.adw 'and the Ash'uc.ftesc and
rE xG i33:Z
~
W:B JeZlre.eIVand over E'phra.imcY and Benjamin2
2Sa 1727
and over Israel, a11 of it. Forty years old
tNu 32:1
e2$A1Ish-bo'sheth, Saul's son, was when he became
d two years he ruled as
;$; iz;g8 king over Isrrael, ~ n for
king.
Only
the
house
of Judah" proved them:&;BdU
selves followe~sof David. " And the number of
the days that David proved to be king in HE', = %. bran over the house of Judah came to be seven
;?!i,?Y years and six m o n t l ~ s . ~
$ ~ ~ ~ ?12 ~Inmtime Ab'ner the son of Ner and the
a ~ ~ ~w7 aj nmt s of Ish-bo'sheth, Saul's son, went out
from Ma+ha.na'fmAt o Glbceaon.#la As for Jo'aab*
:=:;%
+l$gj%lthe son of Zearu'isthmand the servants of David,
iy;Ei23 they went outf and later met together by the
011.1~
.J,.rel:la
2.18 pool" of Gfb'e.on, and they kept sitting, these
--

Ilr, "loyal love," *Zord," M, a.do,sim', the p l n r ~ lof cando'wP.See

1 Hunmel 20: 38, footnote a . 0 Or, "trul.11."d "Bring him out of the
mr~ip,"L-Y3. m"Gesh'ur.itesT VgSy; "Aab'cr.itee," T. fNWent
11111 from He%ron," L.LTiA,

2 SAMUEL 2 :I623

124:

on this side of tbe pool ma those on that side

of the pool. l4 Finally AbRnersaid to Jo'ab: "Let
the young men rise up, please, and let them put

to turn aside, and Ab'ner got t o strike him in the

abdomen* with the butt ends of the spear, so that
=a m:10 the spear came out from his back and he fell
there and died where he was. And i t came about
that all those who came to the place where
"zsam:12 &'a-he1 fell and t h e n died would stand still."
24 And Jo'ab and A.bish'ai went chasing
after Ab'ner. As the sun was setting they thcmselves came to the hill of Am'mah, which is in
front of Gi'ah on the nay to the tvilderness of
Gibre.on.* 16 And the sons of Benjamin" went
#JW 8 2 7
ErK1lzm
collecting together behind Ab'ner, and they
:
E
;
P
i
*
2Ch 1 3
came t o be one company and kept standing upon
the top of one hill. And Ab'ner began to call
k2Sall:Ei to Jjo'ab and s a y : "Is the sword going to eat
Isa 1:endlessly?k Do you not really know that bitterJ
,
2:30
is what will develop a t Inst?ll How longyr
:Holl:6
;:%/% ness
nPr IT14 then, will it be before you say to the people to
r~ob
19:5
turn back from following their brothers?"e
Ps 4:2
Jcr 4:21 ? T At that Jo'ab said: "As The 1true] Godb is IivnAc 7:26
rlsa1~.3gkg,' if you had not spolcen,u then a111y by the
1Sa 2226
morning would the people have been withdrawn,
1I<i 2:24
2Kt 2:3
one from following his brother."
Jo'ab
,,, ,:, each
now- blew the trumpetv and all the people came
1 ~ ~ ; ~ ~ : : ~ .
l'f25:8
to a halt and dl$ not contlnue chasing after
I,U 1 4 . n
Y J O S ~ : ~ ISrael any more, and they did not renew the
J r 3T
IS^ 1 3 3 fighting any more.
ass 1R:lB
zI;a?:l:n
29 As for Ab'ner and his men, they marched
ylh? 1:7
through the Arra.l>ahr all t h ~ night
t
and went
, I
5il 25:4
st:,, 32.10 crossing the Jordan* and marching tl~roughthe
*It)=4.1
entire gully and flnnlly came to Ma.ha.na'im.*
,,:, ,:,
; ;$ !+;$ As for Jo'ab, he tuyned back from following

zt $p

on a combat before us."* To this Jo'ab said:

'"t them rise up." l b SO they rose up and went
across by number, twelve belonging to Benjamin and Ish-bo'sheth," Saul's son, and twelve
8,$:",::'
from the servants of David. InAnd they began
grabbing hold of one another by the head, with
the sword of each one in the side of t h e other,
so that they fell down together. And t h a t place
came ta be called Hel'kath-haz.zu'rirn," which
is in Gib'e.omn
nJor
JO.U IWIT
O:~
17 And the fighting came to be extremely ;;%A7
hard on that day and Ab'nerr and the men of
Israel were finally defeat* before the servantsn,;j:4;r
of David. ' W o w the three sons of Ze.ruYlaht I S ~ P G ~ ~
happened t o be there, Jo'abu and A.bishPaiyand :?
As'a4hel,y and As's-he1 was swift2 on his feet ,,$:',~~~~
like one of the gazelIes that are fn the opcn :,I:<:;$;!
field. '"And As'a.he1 went chnsing after Ab'ner, g;;;:;;
and he did not incline to go to tile right* or t o
y;li:,
the left from following Ab'ner, '"At length ~ " t li;o
'$
x7
Ab'ner locked behind him and said: "Is this v31q" .: ~'141:la
you, As'a-hel?" to which he said: "It is I." :,'",:t:,
Then Ab'ner said t o him: "Veer to your rjght $14;
or to your left and seize one sf the young men" ;%;.:11.?,?,
as yours and take what you strip" off him rrs
1.7
yours." And As'a-he1 did not want to turn aside *Jrl..
"I:] 2% 2
fiwm fallowing him. z z 20 Ab'ner said t o As's-he1 a, 5 , T T : ~
l''''"
yet again: "Turn your course aside from follorving me. Why should I strilr;e"yo
down t o t h e
carth?O HOW,then, cor~ldI raise my face to O ~ ~ \ ~ ~ ~ l o Jo'ab your brother?'" z 9 But he kept refusing + z s a 3 ; s
Or, "the hinclw p n r t , ' b s ~ i h l ylvi tli n hnc,!wnrrl moor~nentof the
tq,mr. b "The [tmp] 006" 31, i n . W i . a . l ~ i m, tllo d ~ f l n i nt ~r t i ~ l eha
3Ienning "Field of Flints." Or,p m i h l y . "Field of Rides" ia in( "'l'l~c") here prcr-~rlingtbe rrtlp IS'!.u.ki?~l' d o ~ ~ J ) t fur
l c ~ elupt~aeis.
~

si;

=;::",;:;

tended.

b "Following

me lest 1 strike," L.LT:.

I,?; .Y lrgS;r; i'Jehovali.''

2 SAMUEL 2;31-3:7

126
you had relations with the concubineq of
yg;,Srg
1K12:21 father?" '"And Ab'ner got very angry at

Ab'ner and began to collect all the people together. And there were missing from the sewants of David nineteen men and AsPa.hel, And
the servants of David, for their part, had struck
doun those of Benjamin and of the men of

"

words of Ish-bo'sheth and went on to say: "Am

I a dog's' headHthat belongs to Judah? Today

fL5L&4;y
2434 I keep exercising lovlng-kindness& toward The

were three hundred and sixty

men that died.= And they proceeded to carry :!zl,$?#
As'a.he1 and bury him in the burial place" of
+;i$%
his father, which is at Beth'le.hern.Then J o ' R ~ ;2.,,r
19::!7
r. 11 tR.l.1
nnd his men went marching on all night long 21 11:[,I
and it k c m e daylight for them at He'bron.' ':$?$+"
Rib 1-19
And the war beb'c-en the hame of Snul
j&,$;,ll
sod t h e house of David came to be long
:;:;ij:3 I . Y ~
drawn
and David kept getting stlanner .yie
1
and the house of SauI kept declining more and n 35 113 l
24 71 11:1
more.'
U'Ilil X.I:30
2 Meantfme, sons were born t o Davjd in 1%'%?<la
bran,' and his first-born came t o be Amhonk
1,
by A.hin'sbarnnthe Jez're.el.it.ess. And his !:;,B,F,
swond was ChiI'e.abl' by Ab'i.gnllu the wife o f
;
:;
:
Na'bal the Cartmel.ite, and the third was Ab'sa- 4
ir:'al\ 1s:1
n 13,~ ~ 4 3
lorn' the son of Ma'a.cah the daughter of Ta1'- rlr'ti :T 1
t
mail1 the king of Gesh'ur. And the fourth was ~Iw1 57e25.49
1:m
Ad.a.ni'jahv the son of Hagtgith,Y and the flft h
war Slleph.a.ti'ahz the son of A+biFtal."nd
the:;:$
;:;
sixth was Ith'rem' by Eglah, David" wife, l t : 1 3 . 3
These were the ones born to David in He'bron.
6 And it came about that while the war
between the house of Saul and the house of
David kept up AbrneP himself was continually
pr
strengthening his position in the house sf Saul, n$t$&
? Now SauI had had a concubineo whose name 02Snla:1s
was R i ~ ' p a h , the
~ daughter of A'iaheb Later t,22,R$+i,R1
Ish-bo'sshetha' said to Ab'ner: "CVhg was it that +ns:l2:io
Ab'ner-there

I&

"

Yzi

a "'lsh-lro'sh~th," L-LTTp!;r; "he,"

31.

my
the

2 5 8 9.8

house of Saul your father, to l~jsbrothers and

his personal friends, and I have not let you find
k1Sa15:28
PS 2:6
yourself in the 11and of David," and yet you
call me t o account for an error concerning a
woman today. So mny God do t o Ab'ner and
rRu
X a 1:17
5.17 SO may he add to it,^' if, just RS Jehovah swore
to David,* that is not the way that I shalt do t o
1
I<?
~ 25:22
1i:44
3
l a so as to transfer the kingdom from the
2%; 1 ~ ~ 1him,
3
1KL 19:2
*ISX 1593 house of Saul and to estnblish the throne of
f 31 2 ~ 1 7Davld eyer Israel and over Judah from Dant to
,ch12.,,
FZg.2 Beper-she'ba."~ And he was not able to say
one word more in reply to Ab'ner because of
~?Sn
J E20::
l'i:l~
being afraid of him,'
11-3s
1 1 ~ 142.5
242
r ~ s 3:33
a
12 Accordingly Abtner sent messengers ta
David on the spot, snyit~g:"To whom does the
~29aZO:l land belong?"y adding: "Do conclude your coveau16:8
nant with me,' and, look! my hand will be with
YOU to turn to your side the whole of Israel.""
*32 a~ 19:X4
~5:3
,;? TOthis he said: "Good! I myself shell conclude
2l 5i 3h 1941
11:3
a covenant tvitll you. Only one thing there is
hIE21:9
that I am asking of you, saying, 'You may not
we43:3
c...3 . ~ : 2 3 see my face- except nrst you bring Mi'chal,"
( : p 4 . a : ~ *6ad's daughter, when you come to see m y
A I S R 1E:20
Further, David sent messengers to
1 5 n l f i . 2 ~ face."'
1511 19:11
"Do give aver
IS,, 19:17 Ish-borsheth,+Saul's son, s~ylng:
sl:<j:gjz\my wife Mitchal,whom f engaged t o myself for a
I~undredforeskdns~
of the Phi.lisPtines."'"0 Ish';;:;
bo'sheth sent ~ n tool<
d her from her l~usband,b
ZTA& Pal'ti.elss the son of La'ish, '"ut her husbanda
a IEr, ''Iogerl love." b"Ber Lnrrhnnd." LSXTgS7; "a man," N.
a 1 hltcd simply *'Pal'tiJ'at 1 Snmuel 26 : 44,
16:s
X i i &:I3

E;;?

2 SAMUEL 3:17-24

128

129

2 SAMUEL 3 ~ 2 5 4 2

9:ff
kept walking with her, tveeping' as he walked.
m a 1 9 : 6 and said: "What have you d ~ n e ? ~ L o oAb'ner
k!
after her as Ear as B a . h ~ V i r nThen
. ~ Ab'ner said
i,B;$R
has come to you. W h y was it that you sent him
llil 19:18
2S:r
9.8
to him: "Go, return!" At that he returned.
off so that he successfuIly went away? 23 You
17 Meanwhile there had come to be cornmu-'
svell know Ab'ner the son of Ner,R that it was
nlcatlon by Ab'ner with the older men of Lsrael,
t o fool you that he came and to get to h o w
saying: "Both yesterday and previauslyk YQV I C ~~1 : a
your
going out and your m i n g in and to get
$:?:;
proved yourselves seeking David as king over
t
o
know
everything that you are dojng."'
KU,$::'::~T
De ~ 8 . 6
unu. I%nd now act, for Jehovah himself saidn
1snzs.s
#
$
:
:
$
!
;
!
:
n
26
With
that J o k b went out Erom David and
1'- l"1:S
to David, 'By t h e hand of Davfdr my servant I Il S:f&t 111L.19
s.l
Iqn 57::s
sent
messengers
after Ab'ner, and they then
H,c 13:1S
shall save my people Israel from the hand of r;;;$$
,J 14.13 had him return from the cistern of Si'rnh; and
the Phi.lisftines and from the hand of all their PS i3517
David himself did not know of it, 3 \+'hen Ab'$<:fi;l
enemies,' '"* Then Ab'ner also spoke in the cars
ner returncd to He'bron,' Jo'ab not$*led him
"g;?t$";
of Benjamin," after which Ab'ner also went t o
Pr 27::
aside inside the gate to speak with him quietly."
nne 2
;.:4
speak In the ears of Davld a t He'hron all that bt",?j;o
'sa 2 23 Ho~vever,there he struck him in the abdomen*
sia 4 G
was good in the eyes of Israel ~ n din the eyes
?+ 2n:ro so that he died because of the blood of As'amhelk
l h l 2:5
of t h e whole house of Benjamin.
his brother. When David heard of it afterk:Ya2.19
-5% 2:3
20 When Ab'ner came to Dnvld at HeWon,
ward, he at once said: "I and my kingdom, from
,.,
and with him twenty men, Dnvjd proceeded t o
the standpoint of Jehovah, are innocentn formake a feast3 for Ab'ncr and for the men that e1Ksm5
ever of blood guilt"^ for Ab'ner the son of Ner.
,
$
:
\yere with him.t " Then Ah'ncr snid to David: "zgiz
?D May it whirl back upon the headm
of Jo'ab and
8 J~
: $
9~ 5
27
4
"Let me rjse up and ga and callcct all Israel E 2 l : a
upon
tire
entire
house
of
his
father,
lett
; there not be cut off from Jo'ab's houseand
together to my lord the king, that they may
P X 7.16
8 man
1's 91:')3
conclude a covenant with you, and you will cerwith a running dischargeu or a lepergvor a man
P, 5.22
(2Ki 1 1
tainIy become king over all that your soul
,lsa 2 3 2 'taking hold of the twirling spindlev or one fallcraves.'""~ David sent Ab'ner off and he got on UE:2;g
P j 1m:10
ing by the sword or one in need of bread!" " &
,lLe
rs ao:.~
3IC1
11137
his way in peace.
XU 5 2
vf+$ 13 44 for Jatab and A-bish'aia his brother, they killed
22 And here David's servants nnd Jo'ab were
-k15:n Abtner* over the fact that he hacl put As'a.hel
j ' P r 3139
corning from a raid and the spoilv that they $
x 3 a 2.24 their brother to death a t Gibre.on in the battle.=
;
:
#
:
'
1Sa 14.9
brought with them was great. As for Ab'ner, he
25a r:5
31 Then David said to So'ab and all the peo1's 2.5.17
was not with David in He'bron, for he had sent
, ~ 2 6 : 4 ple that mere with hirn: "Rip Youn clothes
<'1I<i 20:31
hirn off and he was on hie way in peace. '3 And
aparti rind tie on sackclothm and wall before
t s 2 ~ n2:22
f-.los $:6
J Q ' R ~nnd all the army that was with him came
Ab'ner." Even King David was walking behind
,,
;,:
in, and they now reported t o Jo'nb,s saying: s:z,"fit
the couch,' And they had the burial of Ab'ner
,:,l;;l<~;l
'"Anex" the son of Her* came to the king, and z;;;;:,:.E
he proceeded to send him off and he is on his ,;;;;,;,,
"l'ou sent bin1 off that be might go in peace? " 00r do yon not
nbnlly hnoa the bndnrss of Ab'ncr the son of Serl'' L-LY, Literway in peace." % S o Jo'ab went jn to the king
'
nlly, "bloodsl" N.

'Zz:

.,,

::;:

In He'bron, and the king began to raise his

voice and weep at Ab'ner's burial place, and all
the people gave way to weeping.' And t h e king
went on to chant over Ab'ner and say:
13:13
"As with the death of a senselesse person m2Sa
Pr 18:7
Ec
2:35
should Ab'ner die?
Jer 17:lI
Lu 12:20
"Your hands had not been bound ones,' "Ps
107:lO
And your feet had not been put into fet.
ters of copper.*
"As one falling before the sons of mright.
eousness* y o u have fallen."
At that all the people wept" over him again,
35 Later all the people came to give David
breadk for consolation while it mas yet that day,
but David swore, saying: "So may God do t o me1
and so may he add t o it, if before the sun sets"
shaIl taste bread or anything at all!" 36 And all
the people themselves took notice and it w m good
in their eyes, Like everything that the king did
it was in the eyes of all the people goodBE
" And
all the people and all Israel got to know on that
day that it had not originated wit11 the king t o
have Ab'neru the son of ?Jer put to death. " And
the king went on to say to his servants : "DoYOU
not know that it is a princedand a great man that
ylKl2:5
has fallen this day in I~rael?~
$"~nd I today am z2S.a
2:4
* 1 C h 2:16
weaky althongh anointedz as king, and these WSa
19:7
2% 39:13
men, the scns of Ze.ruliah,' are too severe for A1K1
2.6
meo May Jehovah repay the doer of what is l l i l 2.34
Ps 7:16
bad according t o his o m n badness."*
Fs 2 8 4
bZaa 2:s
2Sa 3:7
When the sond of Saul heard that Ab'ner +2Sa
327
272
"had died* in He'bron, then his hands be- WSa
Err 4:4
6:9
came Imble" and all the Israelites themselves Ke
Isa 1 3 3
2:3
were disturbed." And there were two men, *XATt
2 S a 3:21
ZK1
chiefs of the marauding bands,' that happened 2Ki 5:2
6:23

to belong t o the son of S a ~ lthe

, ~ name of the
one being Ba'a.nah and the name of the other
bejng Re'chab, the sons of Rim'mon the Ee.er'oth.ite, of the sons of Benjamin; f o r Be.er'oth,k
kJ";,"$!&
too, used t o be counted as part of Benjamin.
~ * l sn
a :7 And the Ee.er'oth.ites went running awayr to
"We 11:33 Gitrta.im,s and they came to be temporary residents there dorm t o this day.
4 Now Jonn'a.than,tSaul's son, had a son lame
t;5S",$Pgl6
in the feet. Five years old he happened to be
when the report about Saul and Jon'a.than came
from Jezrre.elJUand his nurse began t o carry
lyz,"$;ll
lsa31:2 him and flee, but it came about that as she was
running in panic to flee he then had a fall and
was lamed. And his name was Me-phib'o.sheth . Y
T
:
;
:
;$::#
5 And the sons of Rh'rnon the 13e-er'oth.ite,
Rekhab and Bafa.nah, proceeded to go and come
of ~Ish-bo'shethz
about
when
~
~to the kmousey
~
:
:
~ the day
~
~zsa2:s had warmed up, as he was taking his noonday
2sg 3-7
siesta. "nd here they came into the middle of
* $ $ ~ j ~the
l , houseasmen fetchingwheat*and thenstruck
"2Sa2:23 him in the abdomeqo and Re'chab and Ba'a-nahA
2% 3 2 7
2sa 20:10 his brother themselves escaped detection. "hen
WSn 4:2
they went into the house, he was lying upon his
couch in his inner bedroom, and then they struck
him so that they put him to death, after which
PISR1754
1~a31:9 they removed his head and took his headv and
walked on the road t o the Ar'a.bah all night
A{'!:!;
Iong. Eventually t h e y came bringing the head
,
';:.:?;;$;$:l of Esh-bo'sheth t o David a t He'bron and said to
the king: "Here is the head of Zsh-bo'sheth the
! ' ~ I ;'7415
I
1.1.1 :;;la!) son of Saul your enemy who looked f o r your
"5:"
13
soul,@but Jehovah gave t o my lord the king re.'::l'y?to
venge" this day upon Saul and his offspring."
, , " , , 9 However, David answered Re'chab and BaJl n l t t ~ l d t rttr
~ ~ Isll-ko'sheth the son of Saul," LXX.
~ ' I L
8

2 SAMUEL 4:lO-5:4

132

7:23
amah hls brother, the sons of Rirn'rnon the b?Sa
% He'bron he mtlecl ns klng over Judah for
;
2~ I f 9.3
Be.er'oth.ite, and said to them: "As Jehovah *r;r:l h i ~ 2 : )
a2.i:16
usa
151 seven years" and six months, and in Jerusalem3
2
: he ruled as king for thirty-three years over an
who rcdwrned' my soulDout of all distressc is i:: ;f:;
1Ch 3:3
living when there was one reporting to rne,Ic
Israel and Judah. Cahsequently the king and his
saying, 'l-Iere Saul is dead,' and he himself in 7;
men went to Jerusalemv ngafnst the Jeb3u.sitesY
!>\I C I ,10~
F
g
his own eyes became like a bringer of good news,
inhabiting the land, and they began to say to
; : : 1 4!:
I , however, took hold of him and killed him In "j!f 2l;:i
David: "You will. not come in here, but the blind3
Zik'lag when it was due [for me] t o ~ i v chim ",:; y1;7,,
and the lame ones noillcertainly turn you away,"
the messenger's fee;n " how m ~ ~ more
c h so when r:;'cil;;23a
they thinking: "David wHI not come in l~ere."
Just the same, Davlcl proceeded t o capture the
wicked" menr themseives have killed a right.In
mus man in his own house upon his bed? k n d
~
~
'
~
%
t r o n g h oof
l d Zbn,x that is8the c i t p of David,*
w:*
I:%
now should I not require" his blood from Tovn
So David said on that day: "Anyone striking
i;;;l'rs
c1Ch4.:B
hands and must I not clear YOU out of the ";-';'%':?
the Jeb'u.sites, let him,') by means of the water
"2K120:m tunnel,' make contact with both the lame and the
carth?":t Ig With that David commanded the :c2:,',l,:\
young men and they killed them11 and cut off
Mind, hateful to the soul of David!" That is why
their hands a d their feet and hangedv them hy t ; ; 5 ; : : !j3a
they say: "The blind one and the lame one mill
Ihe pool in He'bron, and the head of Tsh-ba'sheth - 1 13 1:
not
come J n t ~the Irouse," V n d David took up
J ~ r uJ.1.13
O
m
1 9'15 r
they took and then buried in the burial placer 2s.t
lK19:24 1 dwelling in the stronghold, find: it came to be
~ : I I
!?(
2;t:14
of Ab'ner in He'bron.
called the city of David, ~ n David
d
began to build
1
li:l5
.I 1: R:2
a11
around
from
the
Moundnhnlld
inward.
I"
Thus
,.$gk,3:25
In time all the tribes of Isrnel camez t o$;;<;1!;$;
David
went
on
getting
greater
and
greater,"
and
David at He'bron* and said: "Look! u-e c i j a 21::~
4~;
:;i:o ~
27'17
03~;2
e 1 : ~Jehovahq
God
a

armiesb
was
with
him."
the
ourselves are your bone and your flesh," Both IKrl
J S ~ II ~ ' : J S
1'- 4 6 : i
~o 8.31
11 And Hitt.arn' the king of Tyre proceeded
yesterday and previouslyAwhile Saul happened .:?:
?:
I K I "0.9
to
send messengers t o David, and also cedar
.
:
~
K
I
I
I
:
I
~
t o be king over us, you yourself became t h e one, iY7;:&
* I l i i 5:2
leading Israel out and bringing it in.O And Jeho- e ~ ; ' ; l . ~ ! ~ ~ ~ , ~ 1 ; i , 5 : 9 tree6 and workers in wood and workers in
$?jl stone for a wall, and ihey began t o build a house
vah proceeded t o say to you, 'You yourself will ;;;FjF
for David,u l a And David came to know that
l:
I
K
,,i2:4
7:l
shepherd'rny people Israel and you yourself will <;\ ;:&
Jehovah had firm1y established him as king over
become leadee over Israel.' " a So all the older
,;II~;FS;
y~
p
1t-a 1 - i : ~ Israelk and that he had cxaltcd his kingdom fcr
men' of Israel came t o the k i n r a t Hethr.on a n d ":-t.h
J I : ~
11 11il 1 0 3
i i l H' '3
-(.rl 2 : u
the sake of his people Israe1.l'
Icing David concluded a covenant"1' with them Pl
rzsa lf15
I.:.: 4.14
I
2
1
13 Meantime, David went on taking more conin I Te'bron before J e k o ~ a hafter
, ~ which they ':?b.1:ji17
t
255
11,Jh' 13.11
lrl817.17 cubinesl' and wives: O L I ~of Jerusalem after he
nnolntcdr David as king over Israe1,a
1411 53,117
l(.I1 3:g
ifl!13
I
14:a came from He'bron, and more sons and daugk4 ThIrty~years old David was when he be- rl.S:h
:>h,,:~,t
n1.u 9,23
::j
'
!
!
j$!t ters eantlnued t o be born t o David. L4 And these
m n c kdng. Far forty yearst he ruled as king. t1c.1) ~ l r ~ s
-

;;!;\;iia

40.

.:%!

1 :#a

a t I I ~'L!'r'om
,
the
r ~ t 'thin

Mil'Io [nhesning filli in^'],'* b The fimt aocmmce

Kin@ 19: ltl, 14.

~xlr~etrsian.
See 1

235

me t h e names of those born to hfm in Jerusa- ;:Ek!;:4

lem: Sham'mua~ and Shdbabt ~ n dNathan' 11:t;i;P
and Sol'o.mon,v =%and
f i ' h a r r and E.litshu.az ;F,; ;:,%4
and Ne'pheg* and Ja-phi'a," '%d E.Iish'a.maAh r t . t ~ a n
1 ' I C'll 1 Ill3
and E-li'a-da- and E-liph'e-let.'
rl(-lt 3
17 And the Phi.lis'tineso got to hear that they 1??/i:lr7
had anointed David as king aver I ~ r a e lAt
. ~ that
:.:s
all the Phi.lisrtinescame up to look for David. It;,
When David heard of it, then he went down t o I!" 11:1"
the place hard to approach.' And the PF~i.lis'-";%E4&
tines, for their part, came in and kept tramping F.:,%::;e
f i c IS:.;
about in the low plain" of Reph'a.irn.UQAnd * slIL'l1
il:l5
David began to issquire of Jehovah," saying: r + n 17:s
"Shall I go up against the Phi-lir'tinea? Wlll y w %, i?.:r
give them into my hand?" At this Jehovah said lzg <?it~ David:= "GO up, for X shall without fail give r$E;:!
the Phi.lis'ttines into your hands," 2"0 Davjd
came t o Ba'al-pe.raPzima and David got to strilre D r s a 2 8 2 1
them down there. At that he said: "Jehovah has
broken through my enemies3 ahead of me,like a Or"
gap made by waters,"" That is why ha caIlec1 the m2Sa*:t2
name of that place Ea'al-pe.ra'zim,at :L Conse- tlch14:fl
quently they left their idolsbu there and so trJ1.$aiO!B
s:9
r I? 7 :,5David and his men took them awayaV
1j~vT : * d
22 Later the Phitlis'tines came up once agains ylC" ""I3
and tramped about in the low pIain of Reph'aimaa At that David inquired' of Jehovah, but rf;:t\yt5
he said: "You must not go up. Go around t o
p;
the r e a p of them and you must come against
cnpq12
them in front of the ba'ca bushes."" And let it ~ ~ c b ' i . l : i r
occur that when you hear the sound of a marchSngd' in the tops of the ba'ca bushesc at that "KI 7:s
\I

Menning Yinster of Breakings TThrongb," b "Idols," hIVg8p;

"gods," LU. "Gods," at 1 Cbronides 14: 12. 3n.m' (in tho
~ I u P R ~ ) , N; "plnce of wwping,'QAU.
"The ~narching," nt
I Chronicles 14:15.

2 SAMUEL 5:25--6:6

time you act with declslon,' because at that time

Jehovah will have gone out ahead of you t o
strike down the camp of the Phl.lis'tine~."~
=%ccordingly David did that way, just as Jehovah: had ordered him, and he went striking
da~vnthe Phi.lis?hes from Ge'baa' to as far
as Ge'2er.k
And David proceeded again to gather

the choice men in Israel,11thirty thousand.

- Then David and all the people that were with
rJns 1Tr.Q
hJmrcl~eupandwenttoBa'a1.e-ju'dahrtobrjng
,,17.2
who
i3;jl: UP from there the arkr$of The [ m e ]
IS called by a name,t t h e name of Jehovah of
11.41. :2:
~ 6113
~hn
armics,sl sitting an the chen~hs.'~ However,
r
22 11
thcy had lhe ark of The [true] Godc ride upon
,
$ a new ntaaon,*y thth~tthey might carry it from
:l r - 1y1 ,!:l\;17.21
~ the Iiouse of A.binta-dablzwhich was on the bill,
and Uz'z~k*and A.hi'olothe sons of A.binTa.dab,
1 ~ 1 :25:!!!2
~
were leading the new wagon.
I > < RI:I
lsrr
,i:,t
7:11
4 SO they carried it from A,bln'a.dab's house,
]Sit 8::
which
was on the! hill with the ark of The [true]
~t('tl
l s 713:B
n: t
t 11 .I, 13:7 God,d ~ n A.hi'o
d
was walking ahead of the Ark.
And David and all the house of Israel were
celebrating before Jehovah with all sorts of in:!: ;!:; stmtments of juniper wood and with harpsc"and
fIS!I
l<L "
i1'r l 5 ivitll string instrumentsband with tambourines'
. I11: \'h1 13.3
5 . ~ 1 and rvith sfstntrnsCand svith ccymbaIs.@
a And
they came gradually as far as the threshing
r t4flprhh," M ; f i ~ . h d . p ~ 5 ' L-xy.
,
4 ' G i h t ~ ~ n at
, r '1 Chranicles 14:16.
b "Tlrc [ t ~ w r ] Ciod,'' M, Bn-EI.o.Linrr, the title hsrilig the definite
rlriiidt- An ("TIIF") hcforr it. I,,X?C
bo,T h ~ . a dAt
. 1 Chmnieles 13: 6
I)?*

llil

%1
h:l

Ir*it13:a

$1

1.vtrt1~:

"The [trur] Ca
i1 Jelh~rnh.''=''The :trne] Gad."' ,\I, ha-

b t rr.hirnf, tllc dt~tl~ritc

twlic-le I~tr ("T~P'') h e i ~ ~ c, a~ d e n t l pprefiged
I ~ , r~rrilrllnsi+. J.SS, ",J(rl~ovnl~,''d 'Tlln [trnc] God." lI, Ira-E1.o/,I 11,'. I l ~ r( I l h H ~ l i tn~r t i r l ~~ I C I ( "Tl~e?')
Ilcflg evidently p r d x e d f o r

v1~111111bcin.0

Ur) + b ~ ~ ~rnitl~.''
u~i~i~l

2 SAMUEL 6 :7-14

536

floor of Na'eon,& and Uz'zahmnow thrust [his

hand] out t o the ark of The [true] Godb and xu 4 ~ 1 9
grabbed hold of it,' for the bulls nearly caused y:2j22
an upset. :At that Jehovah's" anger blazed O2ICi 24:20
against Uz'znh md The [true] Godb struck him
down1<there for the irreverent act so that he
nlCh13:fO
died there close by the ark of The [true] Godabt>

;',"g,"

Alid D ~ v j dbecame angry over the fact that

Jehovah had broken through in a rupture
against Uzhzah, and that place came to he caller1
Petrez-uzkzahc down t o this day.r " And DavlcF rlCml
became ~frnid'of Jehovahvn that day ancl be- :iF1fiz
gan to say: "How will the ark of Jehovah came
t o me?"t And David was not willing to remove ,:;;~fi";&N
the arlc of Jehovah t o him ~t the city of Dnvirl.u
So David hnd it carrier1 FL~.ide to the house of
VICR 1 9 : ~
O'bed-e'dorn' the Git'tite.~
1Ch 15:s
11 h n d the ark of Jchovah kept dwelling at &::Ti4
the house of O'bd-e'dom the Git'tite three $2; $;;:
months, and Jehovah Iccpt h l ~ s s i n gO'bcd-e'dom
~
xg;
and all hls househoId.~TinnIlyt h e report was
made to Ring David, saying: "Jehovah has * i c h 1 3 : ~
blessed the house of O'bed-e'dom and all that
is his on account of the ark" of The [true] D1c1'15:1
God."" At that David proceeded to go and hrlng
the ark of The I t r u e ] God.' out of the house of ESz4
O'bed-e'dom up to the city of David with glad.
ness." l a And it came about that when the car- Ofi;;;;5
riersP of the ark of Jehovah had marched six l c h 15:ls
steps he Srnrnediately sacrificed a bull and w *$FA$,%
fatljng.'
~J GELI;N
15:~o
F
14 And David was danclnp around before Je- ~~~i~~

hovah with all his power, fill the while Davld begirded with an cph'od' of linen. '"And David
.3e1$?Fand all the house of Israel were bringing up the
l(;zf;&?f aarlcDof Jehovah with joyful shoutinglr and tr'um1's 47.1
nXu 1u:2 petn sound. f l And it occurred that when the ark
of Jehovah came into the city of David Mi'cha1,r
nos
Ezr 6330
.I
1 1 3 Saul's daughter, herself lookcd d o \ n through the
1.2Sn 3.14
window' and got t o see King David leaping and
6:4
dancing around before Jehovah and she bemn to
despise* him in her hearLC:'Sothey brought the
S;:FA?Lm
Ps 69:7
ark of Jehovah in and set it in i t s place inside the
tent that David had pitched for it,t after rvhlch
:
z
i
$
2ck11.4
David offered up burnt sacrificesUand cornmulll l l K l 8:s
?Ch 5 : ~ ion offeringsv before Jchovall. '"When David
vlK16:M
was finished with offering up the burnt sacrifices
~ U - and
3 ~l.he
~ communiol~oflerings, he then blcssedy
rlChr6:2 the people in the name of Jehovah of ai.rnies,"
"Wrther, he apportioned to all the people, to
the ~vl-~olc
crowd of Israel, man as well as wornan, to each one a ring-shaped cake of bread and
a date cake and a raisin cake, after which all
&;Sjhh g% the p p l e went each to his o m house.'
20 David now returned to bless h3s own
"'cll1fi:43h o ~ ~ s e h o land
d , ~ Mi'chal, Saul's daughter, came
on out t o m e t David and then said: "How glorinpn
ous the king of Israel made himself todayk when
"'Kil:m he uncovered himself today to t h e eyes-of
the
slave girls of his servants just as one of the
empty-headed menuVncovers hjmself out'j:,Yi:,
right!" At this David said to Mi'chal: "It upas
*lsn
ISII
13:14
IS:~IJ
before Jehovah, w h o l ~ c h o s eme rather than
i.qltrt;:1
I ~ I LtG:12
I .,T , : : ~ your father* and all his household t o put me in
Ih.lH f b : 3 I
command as leader over Jehovah's people Israel,
,
q S a 2%
l a a 2 2 : 1 ~ ing

L;;;yll;:z

,, ,,:,
~sos~~~

Cnllrrl "Chi'don" n& 1 Chronirlr~i 13: 9, The [trnr] God." 31,

Ra-El.o.Rk~',the definite 01-ticlp ha (*'The") hhrinp ccf tlcntly prefixed for PIH~IIRSIR.
t Jle~l~litja
LIRuptnreagni 11sl I'x'znh," d "The
[true] htatl." hI, II a-El.o.binr ; L.LX, "the Lord''; Sy, "Jrhoeah."

P"-

" IC~~lptg-hendcd
mcn," M ;"dancers,"' LXS, b "It Tas before JehaVAII,
w l ~ r i ,M;
~ ~ ' L B ~ fJeho~ah
~ r ~ I sllnll dance, Blessed be Jehovnh,
wllf~;'

!,XX*

B:s
and I will celebratee before Jehovah. P' And I w'sn
1Ch 1k29
tvill make myself even more lightly esteemed
m6
thnn this' and I will become law in myn cy~s;**ISR
Isn 5 l : T
h l l 5:11
and with the slave girls whom you mentioned, *Jr,h
-1tl:4
with them X am determined to glorjfy rnyself."l' k.lIS~ ;b \h .l%:G
2:m
" So, as regards Mi'chaPnnSaul's daughter, she nlSn
1.1:.19
1Slh 1.q:20
came to have no childr dawn t o the day* of her 2 s : ~3:l:l
r15,:1 1:i;
death.
R19,ri l5:.?J
I'.!L
2P:l.f
And it came about that, when the king
dwelt in his own houset and Jchavah 11im- t16h 17:1
self had given him rest from all his cnernics
31:44
round ahout,u then t h e king proceeded t o say uJds
IKL 5:4
121
to Nathanv the prophet: "See, now, I am dwell- v2.C.n
l r i l ;?):a
5:ll
ing in a house of cedars+ while the nrkx s[ The 2yzsn
1 ' . 1::i::
[true] God& is dwelling in the middle of cur*Ex
tnins."' 'Upon that Nathan said t o the king: 1Ctl*l9:21
In:L
l l i t h:17
"Everything that js in your heart-go, do: Dl<:li
22:7

bccause Jehovah is rvith you."

4 And it came about on that njght thnt the
word of Jehovaho came to Nathan," s n y l n ~ :yK,"g
YCII 17:s
8 1?3
" G o , and you must say t o my servant" David, olrcl
b l S C I S:d
i l H:18
'This is what Jehovah has said: "Should you J1T['I1
17:4
!I 2'27
yourself build me a house far me to drrvell in?" *J3 [:nc
IM:l
a For I have not dwelt in a house from the day l l i l K::G
lt,'!l 17:s
of my bringing the sons of Israel up out of 511<1
.L:3'J
O!?X %>:I4
Egypts to this day,' but I was conEinualIy walk- L P 21: ! 2.3
I>*2 , i : lt
I n q a b u t in a tenr and in a tabernacle.' ? Drrr- rnIc:t~
17:s
ing all the t h e t h a t I have walked nbotlt among nc .14I:'!q
7:d.I
~ 1 the
1 sons of Israel," ~vasthere a rvord that I * L C 2(i:1.2
17:6
spoke with one of the tribesc of Isltnelk that I lclCh
112Sil 2:2
1's 7X:71
commanded t o shepherdl"y people Israel, say- 3 s ; ~.ti>:21
P
in^, 'Why did YOU people not build me a ]louse Inr~ICL34:2
n:4
'+Mp," RIP.gSy; "your," LXX, b "The [truo] God,'' nl, RnX1.h

RI.o.hid, thr drfinite article k n ( " T ~ P " )p r c r ~ r l i ntlw

~ titlr E1,uItirlt', evidently f o r cmphziis. LA=, ho Thc4as8.
* "Trll,c.e," hlfg5jy;
''j~dgw>nt 1 Charides 17: 6,

" ' a And now this is what you will

servant David, 'This Is what Jehovah
x r 1.35 of armies has said: "I myself took you from the
2 C h 11:22 pasture ground from following the flock7f to
l t t 2:6
t l S a 16:14 1 become a Icaderp over my people I.srael, a And
5.10
ulSa 21:6 I shall prove to be with you \vherever you do
2Sa 22:l
Ps 18:R goi and I will cut off all your enemies on account
YGC 12i2
1Ch 11.8 of you,^ and I shall ccrt~lnly make for you a
Lu 152 great name,v IIkc the name of the great ones
1'PS 8i:3
t irci 1.40 that are in the earthmy And I shall certainly
z1Ch 1-29
Fs 3:8
appoint a place for my people' Israel and plant
Am 9:15
'PS m:22 tlxrnE and they wlll indeed wside where they
FEx 1:13
are and no more will they be disturbed,' and the
j g 4:3
"Jg 2 1 6
sons of unrightmcousness will not afflict them
(T's 46:9
'iKI 2.24 again as they did a t the first,'
even from the
mi 11:m
1 C h 17'10 day that 1 put judge9 in command over my peo1Ch 21Cr
Ps 89.4
ple Israel, and E: shall certainly five you rest
P S 1E:l
from all your cnernie~.~
FlKl 2:1
'De 31316
" ' "And Jehovah has told you that a house' is
lICi 1:al
Xc 13:36
SGc 154 what Jehovah wlll make for you. ' W h e n your
Ge 49:10
and you must lie down
11Ci 8:20 days come to the fullmi'
l s a 9.7
with
your
forefathers,'
then I shall certainly
I < nI L : 1
h!L 21:9
raise
up
your
seed
after
you, which will come
nrt z w z
114' 2.37
out
of
your
Inward
parts,
and 1 shall indeed
rIfi14:X

rlSa 16:U

1Ch I T : 7
ClCh 4 3 9
s?Sa 621

'of cedars?'
'say to my

I*

firmly estabIIsh his kingdom.'" He is the one

that will build a house for my name,k and I shall
:1L 16:iS
I ttlb 3 5 certainly establish the throne' of his kingdom
I i 2:s
y forever.a:r1 I" mysetf shall become his
; II IiL
1:37 M
li1 5 13 fatherr and he himself will become my ~ 0 1 1 . ~
I t ' l l ?5:7
's Rq 4
117hen he does \vrong,L then I shall certainly reI
:l:T
I , T I 1:?3
prove him wit11 t h e roclrl of men and with the
! b l l h h17x3
blo~sysof the sons of Adam.?'In
A Afor
~ my lovingah11 J:17
I I l b l r 1'5
I I 4 l ,m:.w kindness," it will not dcpart from him the way
I t\.r,
lrr!23 I removed it from Saul,v tvhorn I removed from
. !*:I1 r Erh, "k, time inde8nit.e." Of, ''of nn earthling." M, adwn? '"of
IL l l < i .::5
It'13 22:lO
iiv 6 13
'(1

$1

It

llj

--

I,,XSVgSy.

rl~r,~~,"

OrJ "Ioyal love,"

2 SAMUEL 7 :16-23

140

before you. le And your house and your kingdom will certainly be steadfast forevera before
you; your vcry throne will become one firmly
YPT 8 8 : s
estnbl khed forever.'" ' " 1 ~
17 According t o all these words and according t o all this vision was the way that Nathan
rlCh 1 ~ x 5
spoke to David."
18 At that King David came in and sat down
before Jehovah and said: "Who am I,' 0 Lord *Ge 32:10
J e h o v a b ? U n d what is my house that you have
brought me thus far?" l oAs though this should ";al;;;;
even be something little in your eyes, O Lord gc2y::;3
Jehovah,b yet you also speak respecting the *De9:5
23.14
house of your servant down to a distant future 30s
~~115.1.
time, and this is the law given for mankind,c 0 ,&:1"2
Lord Jehovahqb"" And what more can David xy;l:f&,
add and speak to you, when you yourself know $21;::::
your servant
0 Lord Jehovah?b " For the
; 15:if
sake of your word' and in agreement with your #EX
1% 2:2
own hearl? you have done all these great things P.k s a : ~ ~
to cause your servant t o know them, "That is 2ay5:.%
why you are indeed great," 0 Lord Jehovahjh &;:?;!
for there is no other like you* and there is no g:it:839
Godd except youk among all of whom we have ,;~t~y~;f
heard with our ears. P%d what onee nationo n D e 4 h
Ps 147.20
in the earth is like your people Israel," whom GlKI
l:i9
Godd wentf to redeemo to himself as a peoplef 'g; ?&
and t o assign himself anames and t o do f o r themE SF,"S%:16

$: : :

Or, "to time indefinite." bL'Lord Jehovnll." 31, A.do.aaj' Fe.howilt'. See Genesis 16 :2, footnotes e, f. "Jlankind."
ha-n.dawlt;
YE,A . d m w ~ ; LXX, "the man," dWGod,''11,El.o.hi~n'; L X X , ( ( k o )
'S'hr8.o~'.* "Onp," MSy; L'other?jL E .f "Rent.'' The Hebrew verh
h~1-ni s in thp plural number, to correspond with its suhject EE.0hijn', wllicli i~ in ihe plum1 of excellence or majesty. In 1 CLronic l ~ 17
s : 21 nnrl LX,YVgSy the verh is in the singular number, g "For
th~ni," ncco~ding lo four Hebrew mannscripts. Compare also
TgSyT. "For rov (people) i'J3,

tBlo:21

great and fear-inspiring thingst-to drive outa

because
of your peopleJu whom you have reUgf::$
deemed t o yourself from Egypt, the nations and
Igz2
VEX 1232 their gods?'v 2 * And you proceeded t o establish
sDe26:lg your people Israel,' firmly for yourself as your
people forever,h and you yourself, 0 Jehovah,
'EX 1512
have become their god,^
25 "And now, Jehovah GodlC the word that
*Ge
ICII 3 17:25
2s
Jer n : d you have spoken concerning your servant and
LlCh 17:24
concerning his house carry out forever and do
ps m:19
just as you have spoken." 20 And let your own
',1,2,i2,9, name" become great forever: saying, 'Jehovah
of armies3 is God over I ~ r a e l ,and
' ~ let the very
7;z;
9;1;0
+ G e m 10 house of your servant David become firmly
De 3 3 3
ISa 20:16 established before you,' 27 For you, Jehovah of
2Sa 3:l
armies-he God of Israel, have made a rcvelaZ C IT25
~
tion to your servant's ear, saying, 'A house I
"2sa7:11 shall build for you,'" That is why your servant
# i ~ h 1 7 : 2 6 has taken heartd to pray t o you with this
Ps 10.17 prayer.* 28 And now, 0 Lord Jehovah,e you are
k
~
~
~
i
:
~
~
The [true] God, and, as for your rvords,lc let
%t;;l7
2
:
them prove to be truth,gE since you speak to
your servant this goodness, 2%And
now go ahead
ng1Ff$7 and b l e w the house of your servant, that it
r u 1 1 5 : ~ may prove to be forever before you, for you
yourself, 0 Lord J e h ~ v a hhave
, ~ spoken, and due
to your blessing let the house of your servant
=:51 be blessed for eve^."^
And it came about afterward that David
,sax:15
proceeded to strike the Phi.listtiness down

'"

-dri-re8out:'

L'l'{~
in agreenlent m-ifh L X X and I C?lroniclrs 17 : 21.
''lr'nr ynur lanrl," 31; "upon the land (earth) ,!'Tg. b O,r, "to ti111e
!lrtlr~llniir." E LbJphoralm Gvd." 31, T @ l t o . ~ ~ a El.o.hi~n
k'
. Its first
rtr*c41rmrnrcsince Exodus 9 : 30, d "HAS
taken heart." Literally, "hna
J'llin~lll l i ~heark," 31, e"h1.d Jehovah?' See Genesis 16:2. footni11i1+1 r, f ; 2 SnnrueI 7: 18, footnote b,
"Tile [tlue] God.'> 11,
Irlr 1,'l.n.trilt~'; L X X 2 Lo 7 k e . o ~ ' ;T-g, DB'US,g Or, "true." 31, ena'etk.
f

and subdue themt and DavM got to take Meth'. tF&

eg-am'mahu out of the hand of the Phi.lis'tjnes.*
?
;
2 And he went an to strike downy the Mo'~b;
,
:
,
S
-2;:
Stesoand measure them with a line, making them ;{:;::,,7
Jle downa on the earth, that he might measure ;::qy;i;i
them with lines, f ~ tooput them to death, and I,, 11 ts.9
FL full line to preserve them alive, and the Mo'ab- %?
ites came to be David's servanis* t o cnrry :j;,] ,',';i&
;!tit :$.I
tributemhn
3 ['I1 L'li:8
3 And David went on to strlkc down Ihd.8de'zePA the son of R e l ~ o bthe Idng of Zo'bnhe b;G!;;,;.;7
as 11e was going his way to put his control hack l:;:;lI;;
(4
again at the riverc Eu-ph~a'tes.~" And Dnvid
;'I&
got to capture from him one thousand sewn .4,,. 15 16
hundred horsemen and twenty thousnnd mcn I,: y::;!:
.1:.'1
on foot,k and David proceded t o hnrnstrinf 1Kt
I ,..72.6
all the chariot horses," but he Iet n hundred ?,;$:I;
.jnu I I .F
chariot horsese of them remain.'
211:7
5 When Sy-riaf of Damascu~ncnmc t o help? , l, ;,f:i;;zR
Had.~d,e'zerthe king of Zo'bahIR Dnvid then YY;;,~;;~
struck down among the Syrians twentytwo
thousand men.t Fui%hetl,Davirl put gnrrjsonse 2,:;,yl,
I > \ K:W
1 s : ~r:LI
in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians came to s13i1
11.23
be David's servants to carry tribute." And Jeho- ,?ek 5R?
VRIY continued to save David wherever he went.." S;:; j,,:
RZoreover, David took the circular sllieldsa of ;;;;:;;;2
gold: that happened to be on the servants of i'l!.:~ G,-:

Had.ad.e'zer and brought them to Jerusalem.

And from Be'tahn and &.iv*tha!, cities of Hadade'zer, King David took capper in very great

t:z

a;nl

"Making them lie don.''

The LT~hrowrwh hero i~ in tlw iaflnitirt! ahsolute trnd hence is hdeflnitp ?a to ti~neant1 i~ itiipcrsonnl,
'b Or, "gift." C"Had.nd.c'zer,p'AI, Lemn .nrl Codrlx I3 l l ) A , Cniro
Coder of the Pmpbts nnd many ether%chmv i~mt~,oalr~riripts,
nnd
a t I Chronioles 18: 10 "Had.ar.e'zer," I,SSYgKy nnrl almut 5R
ILEL~EW
m ~ n n ~ ~ ~ dip' t~sa. p h r d t ~ ~Only
' i t l ~ nvuwd poitltr fur
1 b i ~name appear in 31,.but the nnine n l ~ p c n rin
~ L,LTVgSy nnd
in the m a i ~ i nof M and m &bout46 o t l ~ Ja l~~ h r ~ ~nnrlz~scriptu,
rv
It i s
n VrrF ur'la JiVJ~trb; see Judges 20 : 13, fnntnota c, * Or, pouaibly,
lLteug,J*
I 'Lsyr*,D
m T g ; **A'rnm,"
J ~ J .

quantity.'
9 Now Tdib the klng of Hn'mathmgat to hear
Am6:2
that David had struclc down all the miIitary
&IChIS:g force of H~d~acl~e'zer.' "S To'ih sent Jo'ram
his son to Ring Davld to aslc him about hjs weland congratulatcf' him over the fact that
4gnE:T fare"
he
had
fought against Had.ad.e'zer so that he
O;;:%;+
struck him down (for Had.ad.e'zer had become
trained in warfare against To'i), and In his hand
there proved to be artlclcs of silver and articles
6 1 ~ ~ of- ~
o and articles of capper? llThese also
gold
King David sanctifiedr1to Jehovah, together
with the silver' and t h e gold that he had sancti'ch
fie@ from all the nations that he had subdued,"
1Ch 2 2 2 4
1 c h :6:26
from Syria* and from hIdahlC and from the
*?SR X ? l l
1c.sa ~ : 2 sons of Ampman" and from the Phi.lisrtinesr and
1\25? D.31
rrBa 8.i from Amka.leknand frotn the spoil of F1ad.ad.e'"gf: Eg zer the son of Rethob the kIng of 2o'bah.t IS And
llchlS:"avid
proceeded t o m ~ k ae name when he came
~Z2 C
Ki
=:XI
1~4 3
back from striking down the E'd~m.ites~
In the
V I ~ 11:14
I ~ I ~ : E
Valley of S a 1 t t 1 4 g h t e e nthousand.' l 4 And he
kept gwrlsons placcd in E'domr In all Efdom
;:iy
":il:5::3-9 he placed garrisons,)' ~ n dall the E'dom-ites
htl s . 1 8 m
e to be sewanis of David," and Jehovah
17il 22:,ll
V-II J S : : ~ kept saving David wherever he \~~ent.'
1'. 37::s
15 And DavId continued reigning over a f E
1
:
r j -,~ 3
n 12 Israel," and David w ~ s
continually rendering
judicial3
decision
and
1.ig1lteonsnessq
for all his
:. zii2
18 : 8 tho nnnw r e ~ d a"Tib'lmth,"
iib'tnh," & K g , At 1 Cl~ronicrl~a
(!ir~lll)rrrc"Te%nh" at Qerle~is3 2 : 34, "'I'n'i," 31; "Tho'ou," LLT;
"blms,'' LI,
'"S'l~lr'll," Vg. "To'u," nt I C'hronicl~sIH : 17, 111. 01%
'ICh 18-3

:z;:3

,L

- a

*ddecln~ed
snered." * "The E'rlom.itcs ( ~ . d o , n ' ),"' L , S X S ~ and
ITvhi=w m n ~ ~ u e c r i p t nnd
~,
1 Chbonidcw 18; 12; "Syria
( A.ramp),'%or,
'*the Syriinns," liS7g.

4 4 brI

six

2 SAMUEL 8:16-9:6

145

144

p e ~ p l e Is
. ~And Jo'ab4 the son of Ze.rufiah was

"phE{4

over the army, and Je.hosh'a-phat' the son of ;:fi4

A-hi'lud was recorderaaEl7 And Za'clok' the son o
pdgii3
of Ahi'tub and A.hirnre.lech' the son of A.bi'a- 1ch 11:6
clIil8:ll

t l l a r b were priests' and Se.rai'ah"vas

secret a r 3 r . R I s And Be.naitahcv the son of Je.hoi'a.da

[was overld the Cher'e.thitesa and the Pel'ethites.c As for the sons of David, they became

+IKL 4:3

*:EkgjsiE

$$i7:1,8

,$;3,3,s:;
1Ctl 6 5 3

1 C h 24:3

And David proceeded t o say: "Is there yet ""21:1

1% 22:11
anyone that is left over of the house of hg,"i$125
Saul, that I may exercise loving-kindnessP to- ~
!
ward him for the sake of Sonta.than?"v =Noxv r;Ey1";d4"2
the house of Saul had a servant whose name
:g;:h27
was Zi5a.Y So they called him t o David, and the slsa 30~14
Ere 25.16
Icing then said t o him: "Are you Zilba?" to 2s"1"18
which he said: "I am your servant." And the :5"s",22&,
king went on t o say: "Is there nobody of the V:2,",I,f5
house of SauI any more, that I may exercise ~;4,";jj:,~
e
toward him t h e loving-kindnessf of God?""At z 1%~ 10:15
20 14
this Zi'ba said t o the king: "There is yet a son.
of Jonta.than, lame in the feeLt" Then t h e king $*:; ?&,
said t o him: "Where is he?"So Zi'ba said t o
the king: "There he is in the house of Ma'chirc n2Sa17:n
AJOS 13:26
the son o f Am'mi.el at Lo-detbar,"*
5 Immediately King David sent and took him
from the house of Ma'chir the son of Am'mi.elo2Sa
at Lo-de'bar. \When Me.phibPosheth' the son +Eh'?&
of Jon's-than the son of Saul came in t o David, lCh9:40
he at once fell upon his face and prostrated him-

Or, more literally, "rememb~aneer.""LSnd

A.hi~n'~.lechthe son
of A.bi'a.thar," RLL,P;TT-g ; "end A.hi'a.thar the son o f A. him'elech,"
Literally, B'wn.irarB w, 31, "Was orer,'VrgSgT and
1 Ghronicles 18: 1 7 ; "and:' or, "was ~ t h ?3ILXX. "Priests,"
31Tg; "chiefs of the col~~t,''L X Q "ehiefs,j' Ey. 'W~irstin position
at the side of the king," at 1 Chronicles 18 : 17. Or, ('loyal love."
a

2 SAMUEL 9: 7-13

Then David said: "Me.phib'o.sheth!" to

y1S.a
$;;022x431self.*
which he said r "Here is your servant." ' And
"GB43.23

David went on to say t o him: "Do not be afraid,"

for without fail I shall exercise loving-kindnessa
*lSa18:3 toward you for the sake of Jon's-than your Eather,* and I must return to you all the field1<of
,kS
zDi14
01Kl15:Q Saul your grandfatherjb"and you yourself will
,:*,1 eat breadGa t my table constantly."n
8 At that he prostrated himself and said:
$Lu 2 ~ 73 0 'What
is your servamt that you have paid attenrlSa 24:14
tion t o the dead dogr such as 1 am?" T h e king
2 ~ 3a8
2Sn 16.9
15.26 now called Zi'ba,a Saul's attendant, and said to
&
~
~
~
~
him:
"Everything
that had come to belong to
;?zG;i5i1
Sat11and t o all his house I do givet t o t h e grand2% 19:zg
2s*16:4
~ ~ I 16:24
C I
sonc of yow r n a ~ t e r . ~And you must cultivateu
uCe 2.5
Ge 3:23
the ground for him, you and your sons and your
JPr =:I1
V Z S ~16:l servants, and you must do the gathering inv
and it must serve as f o o d q o r [those belonging
to] the grandsone of your masterf and they
must eat, but Me.phib'oaheth himself, the
grandsonc of your master,f mill eat bread a t
constantly."Y
a ~ ~ ~ ~ : : ~my
, 2 , table
s
Lu l4.l5 NOWZi'ba had fifteen sons and twenty serv=2Sn19:17 ants.s " So Zi'ba said to the king: "h accord
1:43 with all that my lordz the king commands f o r
his servant is the way that your servant will
do;' but Me-phib'o.shetho is eating at my tableg
*
,"lC"R:"
Pg,":;;z5 like one of the sons of the king,'' " Now Mephib'o.shet11 had a young sonh whose name was
1Ch 8:QO
erCh.r:Q3 Mirca,*and a11 those dwelling0 in the house of
Zilba were servants t o Me.phibTo.sheth.l3And
lsa 1 i : z o
Lu 1,13

Or. %?.a1 I o ~ e .b ~Or,

~ 'Lfather." a Or, "son," M, dLlter~lly,
"br~nd,"31. e '+Forthe household," LxxLaeal'aian edltlo1l. f rr&tas1 ~ r . "11, fl.da.nim', the plurd nmnher of a.do*va', to denote excellency
or majesty. g "ilIg table," 31Vg: "Da\-id's table," LXIC; "table of
1 lvl king," Sy. h T,iterallp, " a little (small) son: M.

2 SAMUEL 10:1-6

646

Me.phibro.shethhimself was dwelling in Jerusalem,f o r i t was constantly at the table of the

king that he was eatjng,hand he was lame* in 4g;:Xig
21i1 ~ k l 1 1
both of IS feet.
43Sll .L!.l
And it came about afterward that the
king at the sons of Amtrnm' came to die
gib

10

twenty thousand men on foot, and the king of

twelve
f$qaj1' Ma'a.c&," a thousand men,and Ish'talslAA
Js11:s thousand men, W h e n David heard of It, then
he sent Jo'ab and all the army [and] the mlghty
men.hb
the sons of Am'mon began to go
&%&,%!out and"And
draw up in battle formation ~t the en'1Ch 15:7 trance of the gate,"' also the Syrians of Zo'bah
and of Re'hob,E and Zsh'toha and Mnla.cah by
OJ",",\$:i
J;: 151
themselves in the open Aeld. O When Jo'ah saw
that the battle charges had come to he ~lgalnst
him from the front nnd from the rear, he at
once chose same of all the choice men in Israel
and drew them up in formation to meet the
J n m..i? Syrians.' lo And the rest of the people h~ gave
?In
2h:lr
-sn 2 . 1 ~ info the hand of A.btsh'aiQhis brother t h ~ he
t
IL'Il 2; 11)
1p;aR might draw them up in formation t o meet the
sons of Am'rno11.1( And he went on to say: '7f
?A\
:j.l:.?tl
%IF 3[.,!)
the Syrians become too strong for mc, then
,,.,
,,,,,,
:sn 2.51 YOU must serve as a salvationGfor me,but if the
sans of Am'rnon themseIves become too strong

and Ha'nun his .son began t o reign instead of 9; ;

him." At this Davjd snid: "I shaII exercis~ ~1..1::1'+
Av. 13!1
loving-kindncssa 1:oward I.lnYntm the son of d7r.h
I .PI
Nath~sh,lcjust as his fathcr ~xercisedloving- Illsn 1l:I
kinclnewUtoward me." Accardingly David sent
by means of his servants t o cornforto him over 0 i c h t : B
his father, and the servants d David proceeded
t o tome into the land of the sons of Am'mon.
However, the princes of the sons of Am'mon
~ I ; V
said to Ha'nun thejr lord:', "Is David honoring
your falher in your eyes In that he has sent t o
you comforters? Is it not for the sake of searching through the city= and to spyn it out and t o n,G,cj$?II
overthrow It that David has sent his serv~lnts 2; $;y
nh:h,l$i2 for YOU, then I must come t o save you.ll la Be
to you?'"" ' So Ha'nun took the servants of rlcti l!l:3
that we may show owselves courageousP
David and shaved off half their heardss and cut mk',:2F
:G; I; strong,
in
behalf
of our people and in behalf of the
their gnrments in half to their buttockst and ,:;;:;,;,:
:cis I : R
;sn
.i.n
cities
of
our
God,- and, as for Jehovah, he will
sent them awayVu Later people reported it to
''<.'I13 **7
Then Jo'ab
~ 7 r . 1 i~lllrgdo what is goocl in his own eyes."'
David and he at oilce sent ta meet them, be. uy:;l r $;;*;I I~D ~A
115-13 [ H
and
t
h
e
people
that
were
with
him
advanced
to
?
<
I
,
l.~.,i
cause t11b men had come t o feeling very humili'""5:26
the
battle
against
the
Syrians,
and
they
went
*:+,I
lG.12
ated, and the king isrent on to say: "Dwell In
"-2'
ffeehg because of h1m.u H A s for the sons of
J~r'I.cho:~
until YOUR beards grow abundantly,
I;\ 37 3
i0;y
1
I.?
Am'mon,
they saw that the Syrians had fled,
l l i i 1G.34
Then YOU must retur'11."
I'r ;Hk:25
3Vll 1H:5
~
t
l
t
j
1!1:14
~
and
they
took
to flight because of A*bishtaiand
6 In time the sons of Am'mon saw that they 7i:r ~ ~ 3 1 1
~IC1119:18 hence came into t h e city.' After that Jo'ab rehad become foul-smellingr t o David, and t h e . ?:f';~
t u r n d froin the sons of Am'mon and came to
sons. of Am'mon proceeded to send and hire;,E; i::112
Y
:
JQNS&~.Y
Syrians of Beth-re'hobx and Syrians of Zo'ball,' I
-.a Or, "lag~llorqe," ''hrddJ'
M! flmdort~.im',
the plwal of ndbn', to
~
"all tlu army-the miglitg nlen," M,
IOr, "incn a! T O ~ . 'bLiter~llg,
sllow axr~llenccor rnajestg, a''C'~ty," lZLdY,'iVgGy; but 1 Chrorliclea
31111, w r 2Smmnei
~
16: 6 ; 20 : 7; 23 :8. e "ante," BnlLdLYYgSy; but

,,.

"fa"

I9 : 3 reads, 'alnnd.p'

::::,

1 c:lwotiirlc.s; 10: 9 rends "~.ity."

2 SAMUEL 10:15-11 :2

148

149

15 When the Syrians saw that they had been

defeated before Israel, they proceeded to gatherZ ~r","~2,:;
themselves together. le So Had.ad.e'zerksent and
brought out the Syriansn that were in the re- *pj:;l
;;
$;3
gion of the River,* and then they came t o He'- _AGP
ls:rs
2331
lam,a with Sho'bach5 the chief of the army of P-.
5c m2.1
Had.ad.e'zer before them. When the report rF\$igl
was made l o David he immediately gathered all 01CM9A6
Israel and crossed the Jordan and came to He'lam. The Syrians now drew up in formation to
meet David and began to fight against him.+
'@Andthe Syrians took to flightc because ofyl;g;;;;; ps18:3z
Israel, and David got to kilI of the Syrians seven xpiGji'
hundred charioteers2and forty thousand horsemen' and Sho'bach the chiefI=of their army he ,!%kg:$
struck down sa that he died there. When all lcag 4:2
the kings," the servants of Had.ad.e'zer, saw nJ","S\%;
that they had been defeated before Israel, they
promptly made peaee with Israel and began to D= z:37
serve them, and the Syrians were afraid t o t r y
r2Sa 8:6
saving the sons of Am'mon any more.
1Ch 19:19
Ps 1x37
And it came about at the return of the
year). a t the time that kings sally forth,'
'3"~
that David proceeded t o send Jo'ab and his S;E~
~ E C ~ : S
utClr 20:1
servants with him and all Israel, that they 7.ec 14.3
might bring the sons of Am'mon t o ruinU and v ~ B ~ & ,
lay siege to Rabfbah," while David was dwelling
Ziig
yDe 2 2 : ~
in Jerusalem.
Jos 2:6
2 And it came about at the time of evening
that David proceeded t o rise from his bed an! ;;;?g3
walk about on the rooftopy of the king's house, ~ I K 311
I
and from the rooftop he caught sightZof a woman '?,"?2i2~
bathing hers elf,^ and the woman was very good gti::kn
aEiThenthey came t o E~'lain,~?inagreement vith L.XXSp; "he l ~ d
their army khere:' Tg. Or, "it came nbout the next spring." Or,
"and he caught vight of re lromnn bathing h e r d on a rooftop."

$$$!z6

t~;;;ro:~

11

za\%fl,

7;
g%g
Pr 3 1 . 9

2 SAMUEL 11:3--11

in appearance.* Then David sent and inquired

about the womanoand someone said : "Is this not

Bath-she'baA
the daughter of E3i'ama4 the wife3
A2Sa 1224
I K I I 11 of U.riPah+the HitYite?"@ After that David
UlCEl 3:5
rPSa 2359 sent messengers that he might take her, So she
llit 155
came in to him and he cohabited with her, while
%E g;:; she tvas sanctifying herself from her uncleanness,* Later she returned to her house.
!;6;
5 And the woman became pregnarat.O1' Consequently she sent and told David and said: "I
E;;:;
am pregnant."" At this David sent to Jo'ab,
~e
Le 18:20
20,1s
l s a 2 5 2 saying: "Send to mer U.ri'ah the Hit'tite." So
Heb 3 3 4
J d a b sent W.ri'ah t o David. ' When U.ritah came
aLe 122
Le 15:19
t o him, David began t o ask how Jo'ab was getk$$:ii ting along and how the people were getting
along and how the war was getting along.
nz;,4;,l
Finally David said to U.ri'ah: "Go doim TO
2 ~ 15:16
1Sa1'20
1
your
house and bathe your feet."" Accordingly
rGe
P S 2s.13
U.riYahwent out from the king's house and the
U G 18:4
~
vGe 4x24 king's caurtesy gift" went out following himv
Wowever, U.ribh lay down a t the entrance of
the king's house with all the other servants of
his lord,c and he did not go down to his own
house.^ la So they told David, saying: "U.ritah
~Ex19:10
EX 1995
~ o s 7 : 1 3 did not go down to his own house.'' Upon that
David said t o U.ri'ah; "It is from a journey that
you have come in,is it not? Why have you not
gone down to your own house?" l1At this U.ritnlsad:4
ah said to David: "The ArkZ and Israel and
ZSa 7:2
* ~23.34
e
Judah are dwelling in booths" and my lard Sotab
1Ki 20 Id
I1zsn2 0 5 and the servants of my lorda are camping on the
24
face of the fieldAand I--shall I go into my o m
-a 'Au~'mi.el," ni I Chronicles 3 : 5. b Or, 9 h e king's portion," The
DJer 5.8

5:z

4%

tnrticm that the lrost sends to the p e s t to be honored. Compare

MI a . d o a ~ i w 9the
, plural of a.ddm to

1ll~ll~K;B
43 : 34. c (Zord.')

r~lbr~wvxcellence or majesty.

house t o eat and drink and to cohabit wlth my

AS you are living and as your soul is
living,' 3 shall not do this thing!"
12 Then David said t o W'ri'st.1: "Dwetl here
also today, and tomorrow I shall send you
away." Therefore U.rj'ah kept dtvelling in Jerusalem on that day and the day follon~ing.la Further, D ~ v i dcalled him t h a t he mi&t eat before
sm
him and chink. So he gat hlrn drunk.' Neverthe. see
Ge 19:32

20:1
less, hc writ out in the evmlng to lie down an Pr
Pr 2331
Efo 4:11
his bed wit11 the servants of his lord,a and t o his Ga
5321
own house he did not go down, And it eRme
about in the morning that David proceeded t o
K 1 m8
write a letter' ;to Jo'ab and send it by the hand a Fs
19:13
s 62:9
af U,ri'~h. '90he wrote In the letter, saying: PMlc
7:s
"PUT UbrI1al1In front of the heaviest b ~ t t l e
-:I7
charges," and YOU men must retreat from be- Ic1Sa
1% IRE3
Ps 51:I;
hind him and he must be struck down and die."" n2Sa
129
16 And it came a b u t that while Jo'ab was
keeping guard over the clty he continually put
U.ri'ah in tlze place wherc he knew that there
nvre valiant' men. When the men of the city
came on out and {ventfighting against Jo'ab, then
some of the people, the servants of David, fell and
U.ritah the Hit'tite also djctl.s l' Jo'ab now snit
that he r n i ~ l l reportt
t
t o David all the aflairs of
the war." L " And he \rent on to command t h e messenger, saying: "As soon as you iiniSh speaking
to the king about all t h e aff nips of the war, then
It must acrmr that if the rnge of the ldng should
come up slnd he must say to you, 'Why did you
have t o go so near t o the city t o fight? Did YOU
men not Icnow that they would shoot from on top
of the wall? "Who IVRS it that struck down
a"lorr1." 111 a.do.r~im', the pl~~rnt
of n d k ' , to rlenot~excellence
or mnjcsty.
"''

A~birn~e.lech~1
the son af Je.rub'be.sheth?av Was
If not a woman that pitched an upper milEstone
yJg 9 : s
upon hjmy from on top of the wall so that he
BJg9:m died at The%ez?"Why did YOU men have to go
so close to the wall?' then you must say, 'Your
"%
: g!j servant Ubrf'ahthe Hlt'tite also died.' "'
22 So the messenger went md came and told
David all about which Jo'ab had sent him. '3 And
the messenger went on t o say ta David: "The
men pmved superior to LIS,SO that they came out
against us into the fie& hut lve kept pressing
them r i ~ hup
t to the entrance of the gate. '.' And
the shooters kept shooting at your servant.s
wm 2B:W from on lop of the 'IT'RI~ ' SO f hat some of Ihe
servants of the king died, and your servant W.ri'a s s =:I5
ezSn 2:26 ah the Hit'tite also died."**2n At that David said
I b f l 1:20
t o the messenger: "This Is whet you will say
acr
Jpr 12:*
.JPr 46:lQ to Jo'ab: 'Do not let this matter appear bad in
3:"ow
eyes, for the sward)eats up one as well as
'55n 1
t7:Z
= ( ; 1 - 2 ~ : 4 1another, Intensify yaup battle against the city
2.% 3:31
:lsn 1.i .! flnd throw it down," And encourage him.''
;.. t'di
I 1' 1 1
26 And the wife of U+ri'ah got to hear that
1'r :iF.ll
d
and she began
I , , : U-ri'nh ht?r llusbnnd h ~ diecl,
C I : ~I:IT
t o wail* over her o~vncr.'~''' 7 When tIrc motlrnu Z S ~ ~ 1 ing
3
period was past, David Immediately sent
2Sll 1 2 3
kt . l r : ~ o and took her home to his house and she camc to
l!>tt 2 1 3
be his wife." In time she bore to him a mn, but
1 .
the thhg that David had done appeared had in
;:?;,:?, the cycs of Jehovah.'<
And Jehovah proceded to send N~thann
to David. So he came in to himr and said
S ' h i 11.5
yilla to him:8 "There were two men that happened t o
h l l 1:4:.74
, ,, ,,:,, be in one city, the one rich and the other of little
Js

,
I1

*(

'{

h*

~ b I ! ~ ~ . r ~ ~ h ' h ~ +31;
~ l t"Jer.0-ba'rtl,"
~fh~
L 1 4 Y P ~ ."Jeih.ub.bn'fil~at
~ t I p . ; i (i: 32 ; T : 1 ; J
I : 1, 10, 24, 29, '*Ul;.llel.,"AT, bffi'ctl, Rcc Qea1
:1 ; I
I 24 :1, 4.

means. a The rich man happened to have very

many sheep and mttle,t "but the man of little
mcnna had nothing but one female Iamb, a small

tg,

vBa11:15 down with

~
~
* your
~ wifey
l
:

k:,

2Sa 15:18

the swordv and his wife you took as

m~d him you killed by the sward of
the sons of Arn'mon. lo And now a sword will
not depart from your orm house t o time Indef: inite, as a consequence of the fact that you de!spised me so that you took the wjfe of U.ri'ah
the HitrZitcto become your wife.' This b what
Jehovah h ~ said:
s
'Here I am raising up against
+39a13:I
2 ~ 1n5 : ~ you evil out of your own house,*and I shnll cercUe 28.30
2Sn 16:21 tainly take your wives under your ou7neyes and
2$g:f;3i give them to your fellow' man and he will cerc$g:ji:3 tainly cohabit with your tvives under the eyes
=sa11:15 of this
Whereas you youlmselfacted in
C?K1 2311
(Zsal1i.22 secret,' I, for my part, shall do this thing in
*>It lk.26
LN 12.2
front of all Israel' and in front of the sun.'
*LP 5.5
ISa15:24
13 David* now said to Nathan: "1 have
J;I~5.16
~ ~ ~ 4 1 sinned2
. 4
against Jehovah."' At this Nathnn said
*:5a 24:lCI
dot, 7.20 to David: "Jehovah, in tuz-n, does let your sin
ps 51
3 2 4. ~
pass by," You will not dienk" Notwithstanding
this, because you have unquestionably treated
with dlsrespectal by this thing," in turn
g4 Jehovah
1
the son himself, just bornto you,upjllpositively
72c a: l
k Lc 23:lO die."r
l'h 51:ZT
13:39
15 Then Nathan went t o his own house.
I xu 14:ll
And Jehovah proceeded to deal a blown to the
rlNt! 5.9
r.1'~118 32
94:12 child that the wife of U.rirah had borne t o David
IJr 3:11
SO that it took sjck.
And David began to seek
.],, 3?:39
IS n 2::
The
[true]
Godt'
in
behalf
of the boy and David
2

one, that he- had b0ught.u And he was preserving L1$75;:d3

It alive and it was growingup with him and with
his sons, a11 together. From his morsel it would
eat and from his cup it would drink and in his bosomv It would lie, and it came to be as a daughter vbIlc7:a
to him. "After a while a visitory came to the rich YGC 18:6
man, hut he sparedz taking some from his OMTI eJaa
sheep and hisorvn cattle to get such ready far the
11:4
traveler that hadcome in t o him.' So he took the
female Iamb of the man of little means and got it
ready for the man that hnd come in to him.""{d","fQ;m
5 At this David's angerm Erprv very hot
agnlnst the man' and he said to Nathan: "As o l s n l c r l ~
Jehovah is living," the man doing this deserves 1
to die!u4"And for the- female lamb he should cLs,;f\
mnkc compensation" with four,' RS a conse- ~ ~ ~ S ' ~ l : l ~
cluence of the fact that he hns done this thing *$; $il,;
I
and because he did not have compassion."'^
E1'3,~
, P S ~7.h
21 :7
kl.'-a
J
R
.
I
~
7 Then Nathan said to David: "You yourself lS,r 1q 21
are the man! This is what Jehovah the God of ;:;
Ismel has said: ? myself anointedmyou as king P+$:; rx
over Israel m d I myself deliveredk you out of 111511 13:14
the hand of Saul. And I W A S willing t o give you
?$;' 1
the house of your lordbn and t h e wives of your ;$:s $i{
lard1"* into your bosom and to give you the t:y&;y
-E~ouseCof Israel and of Judah.*And if it were not ;;y,:ji
a '~Trp~lted
J ~ h ~ v nwith
h diswepert." This i s tlrc ori~innlrending.
enough, I was r~iIIingt o add t o you things like IIGG;;!~~
Ilat here the Jcwibh Snllhc?lnirn( ~ r r i h e s )niade ant- of' tlwir F:ifil~f~rbn
these as well as other things.' "Vhy did you Le 2,~;17
I.lrr~rndntiona,out of 1n19tnkt-nrtbcp~ctfor Jrliovnlr ~~nrtic~ulnrly
n~td
desplwe the wordu of Jehovah by dolng what is ?2R:"4:b
l'ur llnvirl, and inwtblrrl Illo e x l ~ r e ~ ~ i"ot nh ~r i i r i r i i r ~ hni"" III~~UI'B
"".~h~rvnh,"to mnkc 11 w n t i : "tr~atedt h P~H P I ~ ~ PnfR ,~I~!IOTRII1vit11
bad in his eyes? U.ri'ah the Wit'titt? you struck r;;li42,R
I

zfE!tf;g

II

"+

PS

;;,;I;

,+,
L

"Dmcrrra ta die !" Litmslly, ''is n son of ttcnth!" 3J.

11, n.rfo.sim', the plnral of a.dfis', to tipnote n~njestpor excellclncc.

" ~ ~ 0 t 1 9 @ nI,?,.UiT-g;
,*'

SF.

"c~I~u~~~PPP,"

footnote a. Alco cnnlpnra I S I I ~ I U P

""The [true] God." 31, Ira-Rl.o.l~lm', a1tl1tl~e
~ l v l b t r ~ tnrtirle
r
BII ("T~IP+')
llrfnre the title Ebo.lrim' far eniphsis.
I ~ I M ~ V R ~ I P CFPC
~ . ' ' C i ~ n t l s i qlfi: 22,

b ''T~ard.~'

l'i: 22, foot not^ b.

\'Kr~I,,y~t"b'ard
latr sf1It Inlt,

U.,Jphopah."

n2sa 11:s
24 And David began to comfort Bath-she W
rGe 2630
G~3 0 : ~ his wife, Further, he came in to her and co-

went an a strict fast and came in and spent the

night and lay down on the earth.t l q ~ the
s older
t%y&Qip
men of his house stood up over him to raise him
up from t h e earth and he did not consent and
did not take bread in company with them.u u1sam23
l q n d it came about on the seventh day that
the child4 graduaIIy died. And the servants of '1K13:25
David were afraid t o tell him that the child had
died, for they said: "Look! while the child continued alive we did speak to him and he did not
listen to our voice, so how can we say to him,
T h e child has died'? Then he wilI certainly do
something bad.'"
I
19 When David got to see that his servants
were whispering together, David began to discern that the child had died. So David said t o v;,";:E
his servants: "Has the child died?" To this they
said: "Re has died." 20 Then David got up from LR 3141

:d 7%
$ 2:
1

'

t h e earthv and washed and rubbedJ'himself with Y2"s"[L31&

oil and changed his garments and came to the
house* of Jehovaho and prostrated" himself, :igi g7:;
after which he came into his own house and &",*Zg
asked and they promptly set bread before him
and he began t o eat.* Consequently his serv- g;g:;
is& 1:19
1531
ants said to him: "What does this thing mean 1Sa
ICI? ze:ao
that you have done? For t h e sake of the child p:;iG6
while alive you fasted and kept weeping, and ~
~
just as soon as t h e child had died you got up and
;;f2
began t o eat bread." 2P TO this he said: "While J o e 1:14
38;3
the child was yet alive I did fast' and I kept @Isn
~ ~ s 4 : g
~ I s a38:5
weeping,@because I said to myself, 'Who is there J oe 2 : ~
knowing whether Jehovah may show me favor
and the child will certainly five?'ea Now that he
has died, why is it I am fasting? Am I able to
bring him back again? I am going t o him,' but,
E C 9:s
as for him, he will not return t o me.""
Ac 2 2 9

$;

en?:?

kP;:z:7""g

habitedr with her. In time she bore a son,s and

his name came t o be called Solfo.mon.at And
Jehovah himself did loveo him.u 28 SOhe sent by
means of Nathanv the propheto and called his
$;
i
I
,
S
1 ~ h 2 ~ : name
5
Jed.i.di'ah,by for the sake of Jehovah.
ulCh 28:1
26
And
Jo'ab~ continued to fight against
v2sa*1:4
2 ~ 12:1
a
1Ki 1:11 Rab'bah8 of the sons of Am'mon and got t o capture the cityO of the kingdom,c So Jo'ab sent
ve lNKe113:26
g:ll
messengers t o David and said: "I
have fought
B L 3:17
3ft
17.5
~
against
Rab'baha
I
have
also
captured
t h e city
Z;E
&5
And now gather the rest of the
* D e s:11 of waters,
people and encamp against the city, and capture
0$g:\?:215
Ezc 2L:20 itt that I myself may not be the one to capture
the city and my name should not have to be
wQh7:18called upon it."'
29 Accordingly David gathered all the people
and went t o Rab'bah and fought against it and
captured it. And he got to take the crown4 of
MaYcarnd+off its head, the weight of which was
gf
$!i
E
clK11:9
a talent of gold, along with precious stones,O
and it came to be upon David's head. And the
spoil3 of the city that he brought out was very
1kh30:20 much. "And the people that were in it he
2Sn 3,m
: Y : I R : I Z brought out that he might put them a t sawing
'lKik7
;
~stones
~ and at
~ sharp instruments of imno and a t
axes of imn, and he made them servee at brick':E32$3making." And that was the way he proceeded to

!$E!&?

"f;;$;T9

l ~ i t r m l l ~"and
,
one proceeded t o call his name Solro.mon," U;
L'rrild shr prbceeded t o call his name Solfo.mon," EgTRI"arg'n and

n r " r w other Eelmew mnuscripts. "Sol'o.mon" means 'Yeaceable."

k M1111rlin~
l'Beloved of Jah (Jehovah)." * Prohnbly "the city of
rrr~tvrn." A S indicated in verse 27. d Or, possibly, "Ul'corn;'
nn
lrlc~l~cltlof the Amtmon.ites. Vg, "their king." LXX,"&Iel.chol their
l i i ~ h ~ . a" 6 ' f i e ~ ~ e , by
' ' correction of ona letter of the Hebrew text;
" ~ L H Y I {through)," N.

do t o all the cities of the sans of A r n ' r n ~ n .Fi~ 31Kilf!7

nally David and all the people returned t o
Jerusalem,
And it came about after such things that y;; Fz
~ : l
Ah"sa.lom=t h e son of David had a beau- kcla
Ge F l : B
tifuF' sister whose name wst Ta'mar,n nnd Amrnonr the son of Davjd fell In loves rvlth her. PF ;!;::a
:And it wns so distressinat to Am'non that he "
:$,
felt sicku an account of Tn'mar his shtcr, because slrt? Z\~RSa vir~ln,'vnnd jt tvas difficult in,:;,;:;';I
the eycs af Am'non to do ~nythingat all i o her. x1%;;
21:~
NOWAm'non had a companiony whose name tl:;t
nCd 5 , 6
was J e . h ~ n ' a . d a bthe
, ~ ~son of Shimte.nh,"
D~vid'sbV1xG1z.z:re
~
1 :2
brother, and Je-hon'abd~bR
was a vwy wise' y ~ 2cx : : ~
man. So he said to htm : "Why are you, the
son of the king, so downcnst ns this, rnotming by &,h
morning? lY111 you not tell me?"' At this Am'mm said to him: "With Ta'rnar the sisterb of
y;;ti;
I..,
Ab'sa41ammy brother I am In love."' Wtrpon that +r,.k
Je.honf~#dnb
said to him: "Lie down on your
bed and play sick. And your father mill certainly
come to see you and you must say t o him,
'Please, let Ta'mar my sister come in and give
me bread as a patient, and she will h ~ v et o
make the bread of mnsalntion under my eyes
in order thnt I may see it and I shall have t o
mml 21:~
eat from her hand,' "m
Ps 50:19
6 Accordingly Am'non lay down and played,
sick and the king came in ta see him. Then
Am'non s ~ i dto the king: "Please, let Tatmar
my sister came in and hake two heart-shaped
cakes under rny eyes, that I m a y take bread as
a patient from her hand." At that David sent
to Ta'rnar at the house, saying: "Go, please,

13

zB~+a
{;i2'

rzm;:*;,i
::"

,z$!f;fl

Literally, "Snn'n.dnb," 31, But see

Terse

0,

to the house of Am'non your brother and make

T
h
i?;W the bread of consolation for him." So Tahmar"
k?Stl~:'* went to the house of Amhonk her brother while
1Ut13 1
n?Sn 13,s he was lying down." Then she took the flour
dough and lcneaded it and made the cakes under his eyes and cooked the heart-shaped cakes.'
Finally she took the deep pan and poured it
out M o r e him, but Am'non refused to eat and
rJ"ff~!o said: "HAITeverybody go out from rne!"rThen
everybody went out: from him.
10 Am'non nowr said to Tatmar:"Brlng the
bread of consolation t o the Interior room, that
T may take it CIS a patient from your hand." So

Ta'rnar took the heart-shaped cakes that she

made and brought them in to Am'non her
t ~ 20c 10 brother in the Interior room, '"'hen
she came
G~ ,7tr:ls
GF
.7,J:7 near t o him for him t o eat, he at once grabbedR
Fgn';-'l!J h01d of her and said to her: "Come, cohabitt
C ~ K I 1.19
with me, my sister."" However, she said to
tvlEL:z;@&J n r ) him: "No, my brother! Do not humiliate me,m
n Israe1.v D o
Le ?''.IT for it is not usunl t o do that way i
De 2
l.y not do this disgrac&~l fo1ly.r l S And I-where
yG0
:I,.,
na 2.21 shall I cause my reproach t o go? And you-you
JK
1
. ~1!):2.7
77
wilI become Iilre one of the senseless men in
Israel. And now speak, please, to Lhe king, for
zee 19.8
And he
Jb. 19:3-t he will not withhold me from you."z
*$ iyi?d did not consent t o listen t o her voice, but used
strength superior to hers and humiliated her*
and
cohabited: with her.' '"nd M n o n began
r Jle r l :1'"
CC;@
a~
L l c / ~ik3:17 hating her with a very great hatredIAbecnuse
the hatred with which he hated her ~ r a greater
s
than the love with which he had loved her, so
that h h o n said to her: "Get up, go away!"
LR At this she sajd t o him:
"No, my brother,
6Ga m12

~ ~ 7 : 1 3had
E C 735

I+:virlmtlp

mmething like dm~ghnutsand mnde in deep-fat frying,

rnl llvr tllnn baked in

on

QVPPI.

2 SAMUEL 13:17-24

159

158

for=this badness in sending me away4 3s meater ba"!fl

than the other that you have done with me!"
And he did not cansent to listen to her.
17 With that he called his attendant who
waited upon him and said: "Send this person
away from me, please, to the outside and lock
the door behind her." '"Now upon her there
was a stripedmrobe, for t h a t w a s the way the 'g;g;'jifa
daughters of the king,*the virgins, used t-o dress
$;T,k
with a top garment.) So his waiter proceeded
to lead her clear outside, and he locked the door
behind her. ?'hen TaJrnarplaced ashes" upon
:j!
her head, and the skiped robe that was upon $!,2;1!
her she ripped apart and she kept her handsh
put upon her headk and lr7ent walking Rtvny, k3Pr2:37
crying out as she walked.
20 At this Ab'sa.lornt1 her brother said to
her: "Was it Arn'non~ your brother thnt hap. ;:;;,
pened t o be with you? And now, my sister, keep !(']I 8:r
silent," He is your brother. Do not set your
heart an this matter." And Ta'rnar began t o
dwell, whiIe heing kept from assaclatiant [with teeSQ:u
others], at the house of Abfsa.lomher brother.
And King David himself heard about all these
things, and he became very angry.u
Ah'- ?$$n3!jz
sa.lorn did not speak with Am'non either bad
or good, for Ab'sa.lom hatedv Arn'non over the V,L,e:f;,l,'
fact that he had bumdiated Ta'rnar his sister. F{y&
23 A n d it turned out after two full years that 1foa:15
Ab'sadom came to have sheepshetwe~sya t Ba'al- yg,s!f
ha'zor,~which is close by E'phra.im,' and Ab'- ,T!,l:;.l,
sa-lorn proceeded to invite all the sons of the
17:lR
king3 =' So AVsa.lom came in to the king and "$<f
said: 'Were, now, your servant has sheep- 1lill::s

12:l

Pa 65:X

,*

':;Kcl:$

'.11>*

"No,rnybrother, for," in ag-reement with ~ , n h s a r a i a ndltlony+

b .nHnnds,"
"bnnd," AI.

'

2 S A M U E L 13:25-32

she~rers!Let the king go," please, and also his

servants, with your servant." " But the king said
to AbOsn.lom
: "No, my son! Do not let all of us go,

please, that we may not he a burden upon you."

Although
he kept urging4him, he did not mment
og
;::;1" to go b11t blessed
him.' -"Finally Ab'sa.lom said:
*p~2.1 "If not [youl, letAmtnon mybrothergowith
.,Sn 1 i:22
r-s. o . ~utzs, phase,"' A t this the king said to him: '"Why
3Sit 11.13
sho~tldhegowithyeu?"~AndAb'sa.lorn"beg~
:+rrybg
I * * 5 F ~:>I
t a urge him, so that he sent Arn'non and all the
;R
sons of the lringn with him.
25 Then Abtsa.lom commanded his attendwSa22:17 .ants,' saying: T e e , please, that just as soon
as Am'non's heart is in a merry mood with
<wlne,k
and I shall certainly say to you, 'Strike
ltr!$:;ii
J w 3!189
nu
3:;
down Am'non!' then YOU must put him t o death.
?<SFI.X:.M DO not be afraid." Have not I myself commandA n 11 1 3
ed YOU?" Ee strong and prove yourscJves to be
I I ~ :~)lli~
I
1:: :hi:la valiant men." 39 And Ab'sa.lom's attendants proceeded to do to Am'non just as, Ab'sa-lorn had
l~i;l~&.10
carnrnanded,Qand all the other sons of the king
y:lS
~ ~I .I+ ~
~X
" :I';, If l I bcfian t o rise up and mount each one his mulebt
and tnlce t o flight. S U n d it came about that,
h.71~'7 3
1~1~2:1.1:!
1% q
tvhile they were on the way, the report itself
I ' 32.!l
came t o David, aaying: "Ab'sa.lom has struck
donm 811 the sons of the king and not one 01
thtsrn has h e n left over." " At this the king
;':;%
;? get up and ripped his clothes apartu and sat
-"II"~ 1-:.
don- upon the earth,' m d d l his servants were
V?'41b 1.': 16
y?-n
I ' * li!l I 1'1) 8
standing by with their clothes ripped apartbcY
~ : " : ~ 1 13 3
32 However, Jehan'a.dab" %the son of ShW-

.,c:
ismL3tt
b

aT,~Kndd~firre:L%nd~l)'~n=lo~nsp~ndnf~nstlibet
r ~ ! ' tilev ki~ig." ~ " ~ I u l r .11,
" IIFP'PI?. The A r ~ toecrmence of this
a l w l l in 1110 FTrfilsturcs. a LXX, %nd nll his semnnfa that s e r e
filnr~~lit~g
rtlmut Ili111 ripp~dt h d r oatrr gnrmcnts apart." Also I7gL
* I ,ll~~r.tilly,"nlot~'n.dnh," 31. Uut scc reme 5.

go outs to Abtsa.lom, for he had comfortede

e.ah,* David's brother, answered and said: "Do
z g g to
himself
concerning Am'non because he was dead.
not let my lord think thnt It is all the young
2g
;n!3
;
"2Sn 2 3 8
men the sons of the king that ihcy have put t o
Now
Jo'abYthe son of Zearuflnh*came to
alCh 216 '
dcath, for it is Am'nan done that has died, bei
k
n
o
~
vtl~atthekiningsheartw~stow
kJp,,,
&.I*
cause at the order of Ab'sa.lom it has occurred
Ab'sa.lom.'c a Accordingly Jo'ab sent to Te.ko'an
2% 1 9 2
2741
as something appointedCfrom the day that he rGo
and tml~from there a wiser woman%and said t o
Pn 7.19
;;$bl;;';
1R:9
Z ~ ! ~ T I . ~ her:
O
humiIiatedL Ta'rnar his sister.O And now do 'LoJ&? '!"S
"Go in mourning," please, and dress yourI
Ar 3.5
not let my lord the king talre to his heart' the 6:sar 7:H
JtT G:I
self,
please,
with mourning dothes and do not
r ~ l 4
1
word, saying, 'All the king's sans themselves -"~n LV:1I)
,KAm1
3 : rub yourself with oil,{ and you must become like
S n 11 :96
hhve died,' but it is Am'non alone that 11ns died."
la womnn here who has been mou~ningmany
llcl
days over someone deadTu And you must come
34 RIeantime, Ab'sa.lam went running away.'
!:1,!:15
.7111;:17 in t o the king and speak to him a word like
Lnter the young man, the n.atchman,k raised
U' :" ":.u
50:3
this," With that So'ab put the words in her
his eyes and saw, and, look! thew were many
F.1 Ti1 7.31 mouth,: V
people coming from the road behind him by the
VEX4:15
4 And the Te.korfte woman proceeded t o
m0untainside.a 3%t this Je.h~n'n.dab~'~
said to
I
come In" to the king and fall upon hcr face t o
the Icing: "Look! the kln~'ssons tl~ernselves:
the earth,' and prostrate herself and say: "'Do
have come in. In accord with the word of your
tx<r a:=
save,%O king!" %At this the king mid to her:
servant so i t has taken place." 3"And it came
nlL 21.8
"What is the matter with you?" To this she said:
about that, as soon as he finished speaking,
*Ex22:"For a fact I am a widowed' woman, now that
here the king's sons ~ ~ ~ Ienme
R in,
Cand
~ V P S
my husb~ndI s deadBt And your rnnidservmtO
they began t o rake their voice and weep, and
g:K1&2
~ E a = : 1 had two sons, and the two of them began t o
even the king and all his servants wept with a
struggle with each other in the fieldA while
very great weeping." As for Ab'sa.lom, he ran
o z u 2:14 there was no delivererqo part t h e r n . ~Finally
off thnt he might go ta Tal?nmaiLthe son of Amthe one struck the other down and put him t o
mi'hud the king of GeshQur,' Ancl DavidC condeath. And here all the family have rjsen up
tinued t o mournC aver his son all the days, As
*Ge*1:14
against your maidservant' and keep saying,
for Abrsa.lom,he ran ofl and r n ~ d ehis way to
'Give over the striker of his brother, that we
Gesh'r~r,~
and he came to he there three years.
may put him to death for the soul of his brother
39 Finally the sould of Dnvid the king longed
whom he killed4 and l& us even annihilate the
e
t
2
$
;
,
;
'Isu
L X X , *dAnc?the lookout cnme nrnr nnd snnoanced t o the king
heir!lo And they will certainly extinguish the
nnil w i d : '1 hnve seen nrcn f180m the wng to Hor.o.narin hp tho
'Ge a7:45
glow of nzy charcoals that has remain ad,"^
~ n o r ~ l i t n i nilp.?
a i " b LiternlIp, "Jon'n.dnb," 3L But see verm 5,
E1Ki9:7 /as t o a s s i ~ nt o my husband neithc13 a nameo
0 ''Ihvid,'V-,rrFp. Inserted to irletllily tho ~ n b j e c tof the rvrh foll o ~ v i ~ ~,~f;'$l,
g.
+'RingDavid." 11, "l~c."d "Tlw soul." I11s~rtedk"Longed to go oat." Litclrnllg, "failed [aith lonfing] to go out,"

14

cnunr tbc w r h "longed" is f~niininrin Hehww, ont of hornlonp

wit11 "T!nvid the king," nntl hcncr cnEls for n feminine subject, liaa
''Cllr sou1," LA= rends : "thr? upirit oP the Ling,''

11.

in: LX?i\'gS;vT nnd inany Bcbrcw ~~innuscripta;

"Tu part thcn~."Lit~mlrj-~
'%ebecn It~c~n,"'
11,

b "Conse

"say;

M.

2 S A M U E L 14:8-16

162

nor a remnant& on the surface of t h e

8 Then the king said to t h e ~vomatl:"Go t o
your housc, and I myself shal1 give orders r
e
gazrlin~you."lC'At this t h e Te.lro%.c tvornan

kLej$f

wicl 10 the king: "Upon me, 0 my lord the klng, ;;;bl~~;;~

bc lIlc guilt, and also upon the house of my I h a l ~ : ~
iathcr,ll while the king and hb throne are inno- nf$R:!R;$
I
cent,"!' And the king went on ta say: J'Ifthcre ~ N I :k5::l:i
I It? 21 !H
is anyone spealcing t o you, then you must bring I tcr :! 33
hjm i o me and he will never hurt you ngain.'"
But she said: "Let the king, please, remember
J ~ l ~ o v your
a l ~ God,t that the avengeru of blood k F 14:m
2.1:3
may net be continually causing ruin and that
1;pj2;;i$
they may not annihilate my son." To this he NU %7,27
said: "As Jehovah is
not a single hairs .\%:,?5
of your son mill fa13 to the earth." a 2 The woman
: :1]_: ' - : ; ; : ' '
now m aid: "Let your maidservant,"please, speak &';t';;f5,
a word* to my lord the king." So he said:
;(!

"Sp~ak!"~
13 And the woman went

ZIsn 5 . 2 4

on to say: "Why,

'<;I,

1+::>7

.I21,:i. ~n
r

then, have you reasoned like tklsd against the -2sn 12.7
people of God?$ As t h e king is spenlting this t:Ek:':$O
I Y O Y ~he is like one that is guilty," in that the 31cit 21:s
king does not bring back his awn banished one.' -23a1331
" For w e shaII die without failp and bc li kc mn- .>;y,
&t,iz
ters that are k i n g poured down to the cnrth, ;h$$,;;lh
wvhich cannot be gathered.* But God does not
!I.
*;2f
take away a soul,' and he has thought out .;Ilrb
Oh 11:12
masons w l ~ ythe one banished should not be r?8i;i,\4
bnnjshed from hirn.k '"nd
now that I have m~$h'~;~~o
come in t o speak this word ta the king my Iol'd, ,;;&li!;zs
.":I:,
it is bacause the people made me afraid. So your
tnnidsclrvant said, 'Let me speak, please, to the
k l n ~ .Pcrhaps the king will act on the word af
his slrtvc girl. lGBecauwthe king proceeded t o
UP, ' ' B U ~ V O ~ ! '
:,If#

listen so as to delivero his slave girl out of the

palm of the man [seeking] to annihilate m e
and my lone son from the possession given by
l7 then your maidservant said, 'Let the
word of my lord the king serve, please, to give
~25a19:27
~ rest.'
~ "For, just~ like; an~angel:"
~ of The Itrue] Godc
is tbe way my lord thc Icing is, to distinguish
what is good and what is bad,''and may Jehovah
r:Ef
Job 6:m your God himself prove t o be with you,"
18 The king now answered ancl said t o the
,woman: "Do not, please, conceala from me a
;thing about which I am isking you." To this
the woman said: "Let my lord the king speak,
l o And the king went on to say: "Is
t2-397
2% 11:14 the hand of Jo'abt with you in all this?" Then
1x12:5 the woman answered ond said: "As your soul is
living,Ql 0 my lord the king, no man can go t o
ig$ii$s the right or go to the left'' from all that my lord
2 ~ ~ 1 2 the
, ~
king has spolren, for it mas your servant
v S u 20.17
De5.32
Jo'ab
that cammanded mer and he it was that
Ue 2834
JO, 1 : ~ put in the mouth crl your inaidservant all these
word^.^ 'O For the sake of alterlng the face of
$i,4?2:3
z1."K4.15 the matter your servant Jo'ab has done this
nlK17:14 thing, but my lard is wise as with the wisdoma
m2*1*n
of the angel' of The [true] Go& so as to know
aEI that is in the earth."=
";$
21 Subsequently the king said to Jo'ab:
**?%14fl Were, now, I shall certainly dod this thing?
So go, bring the young man Ab'sa.lom bacI<.''
"At this Jdab fell upon his face to the earth

God,'b

$z8

~~~~~~ 1

ml'Sceking to annihilnte rile,'' in ngrcemrnt d t h T,XX'I:,the

t i l d n "seeting3'b&g miwining in bf. b "[iorl," PI4SXT7gSy;
1+nh LXI;td~gardlnll ptlillullT, mdlThe [ t r u ~ jCfnrl." 31, Bn-El.0birr:', t h e definite nlticlo hn ("The") p r ~ r t ' r l ithe
~ ~ ~title Bl.a.bim'
rrl ~lrntlrfor emphnei:is I I E ~ P . "drlin~nh,"T. I h t RPP C)CHPS~S
31: 11,
t'flflt llntc d.
>hJ+
H P ~ ~IC
I I RC
I IW
U B C ~ ' ~ ~1'6'tld
~ B : '"wc~
YOU

%-:

*)

Ii~rvr!done."

165

and prcrsknted himself and blessed the kingto 6:$Ayha9

and Jo'ab went an to say: "Today your servant
does knarv that I have found favor: in your 'En235
eyes: O my lord the king, because the king has 'F&95:3

acted on the word of his servant." "' With that

Jo'ab rose up and went to Gesh'ur' and brought
Ab'sa.lomMto Jerusalem. ="owever, the kSng m ? s l k 13:37
said: "Let him turn toward his own house, 17t1t
my face he may not see."" So Ablsa.lam turned '8; $,:';
.9u 3'1b
toward his own house, and the face of the king 21tc
22:d
he did not see.
25 Now compared nfth Ab'sa.Iom there
proved t o be no man so beautifull<in all IsrneE
as to be praised so much. From the solen of his 2;;$&fJ
foot fa the c r o m of his head there proved to be ;;;;i;i7
no defect in him. ze And when ha shaved his
hcad-and it occurred at the end of cvcry year 'IK1 ':71
t l l n t hc would shave it: because it wns so h ~ a v y
upon him, 1le shaved it-he weighed tlie hnir
ol' hie head,' two hundred shelrels'~by lhc royal lh2Sa18:o
stone weight. =7 And there came to be I~smt o
Ab'sa.lom three soust and one daughter whose ;"'",b:$$;
name was Ta'mareu She proved t o be a wornm m
:&
;;
t lK
~ I 152
most beautiful in appearance.
2Clr 11:m
28 And Ab'sa-lorn continued dwelling In Jewsalcm for two M1 years, and the face of the
klng he did not see.v '"0 Ab'saJom sent f o r a v = l d : * 4
fo'ab to send him to the king, and he did net
consent to come to him. Then he sent again, a :
second time, and he did not conaent t o come.
Finally he said to his servants: "See Jo'ab's
tract of land beside mine and there he has barn
ley. Go and set it ablaze with fire.'"= Accord- oasa,aa:n
,:,
lngly the servants of Ab'sa.lorn set the tract of
land ablaze with Ere.' At thls Jo'ab rose up 'LKi21:11

,,,

2 SAMUEL 11:32-154

and came to AbPsa.lornat the house and said

to him: 'Why did your servants set the tract;
of land that is mine ablaze with fire?" 5 2 So
Abfsa.lom safd to Jokb: "Look! I sent to you,
saying, 'Come here and let me send you t o the
c2sa14:23 king, saying; "Why have I come from Gesh'ur?"
It would he better for me t h ~ It should still be
there. And now let me see the face of the klng
and, if there is any errorAin me,then you must
9
f
:
;
!
iput
me t o death." ' " 0
g i g
~Ps36:2
33
Subsequei~tlyJoFab cnrne in t o the king
Pr 26.13
~ c 2:?2
r
.and
told
him, Then he called Ab'sa.lom, who
P.0 3:19
,now came in to the king and prostrated himseIf
;to him, [fafling l a upon his face t o The gmund
. cc
c 3e3 :~~ -1 before
~
the king, after which the king kissed*
G e 45:15 ' Awsa.lom,
Lu 15:20
And jt came about following such W g s
that Ab'sa,lom proceeded to have a chariota made for himself, with horses3 and with
EIEi
fifty men running befare him? And Abrsa.lom
mgIF;T
lrci I,? rose up early-and
stood at the dde of the road
1?<110:26
r3r11:2
to
the
gate."
And
it
came about, when any man
nl'r 1:x
t ~ : g happened t o have a legal case to come ta t h e
t 22-15
I ,,. ;'Ti.7 king for fidgmentfk then Ab's&.lorn would call
1!14
kllit 3:16 him and say: "From what city are you?"md
he ~rvouldsay: "From one of the tribes of Israel
your servant is."'%d Ab'sa.Iorn ~vouIdsay to
I l ~ ~ ~ 2 :him:
2
"See, your matters are good and sbaight,"
but there is no one from the king giving you a
c'RnR:ls
/#v ~ : I I hearing."r 'And Ah's~.lomwould go on to say:
1" :ul:i7
"011 that T were appointed judge in the land,s
h l l 15:'l
r w 11 -0
2
that to me every man miglit colne that happens
to have a legal case or judgment! Then I should
n
':;'ill certainly do justice to him."t

15

>t.

q i . 1

I., I,

rrlrtrl~,"
13t

I."

Migsjng from M bat in ngrcement with

La:"and

f 67
5 It also occurred that, when a man drew
near to bow down to him, he thrust his hand
out and grabbed hold of hirnu and kissedv him. uF;lt:?::,e,
a And Ab'sa-Porn kept doing a thing like this to
; :?; : ;
all Israelites that ~ r o u l dcome in for judgment I*.1.::
to the king, and Ab'sa.lom kept stealing the
hearts of the men of Israe1.y
YpoPts:rs
IE:D
~
7 And it m e about at the end of forty +1''2'3
yearsa that Ab'sa-lorn proceeded to say to the :2:"2i:$
king: "Let me goyzplease, and pay in He'bron:" ;k1:!,':;j;!,
my VOW' that I s o ~ e made
~ y t o Jehovah.' '15" 16.2
For your servant made a solemn voUp when $ ~ ~
I was dwelling in Gesh'ur* in Syria, saying, 'If 1:-,<i[3;
Jehovah will without fail bring me back to ;::;[::I
Jerusalem,' then I must render service to Jeho- "2; :.$,?
vah.' "" -a So t h e kingsaid ta him; "Go in peace,""
$:f
r 93With t h a t he m e up and went to He'bron.
YlSll 1:1
10 Ab'sa-lorn now sent spieS through all the *?.!; ~~;~~~
' S n M'IO
tribes of Israel, saying; '2s soon as you hear ' (,I,?!#
2(1:5
the sound of the trumpet, then YOU musf ?
sayl
;
;
:
;
;
;
,
'Ab'sa.lom has become kjngk in He'hron!' "l\,.:;;;;?,i;,
1' Now there had gone with AWsa.lom two hun- WGP20:s
dred men f ~ o mJerusalem, being calledr and lI.,S n1'12.15
,:~s
going tm~uspectingly,~s
and they did not know
$El!
a single thing. T2 Further, when he offered the
:; !I
sacrifices, Ab'sa.lorn sent for A.hjth'o.pheP the ;;'.>iy;i:il
Gilon- it^,^ David's
from his city ;;;; y$rtr
$

zC1;
JI

FA

GY1oh.s And the conspiracy kept getting strong- Y : J ~ I:,! ~ nl

er and the people were continually growing in $;;'/

number with Ab%a-lorn.'

13 In time an informer came to David. sayIng: 'The heaW of the men of Israel has

:;.?'

*1'..3:1
:
( 112 5 2 7

nyi :?jl

jyiij;?

"Forty y e w . " ITLXXTg: "four yenm," B j L X X tnn

~ ~ t Ion.
Pmb~bIgfort;r p e m from the anointing of Dnvid, b Litwalty, "in
their innocence,'' Y. "Swt for," N; "scm t m d called," IL.riYa

Lagardlan cdi tion,

2 SAMUEL 15:1&21

come to be behind Abrsa+lom." At once David

said t o all his servants that were with him in
"Get up and let us run away; for
* : ~ t ~ l ! Jc~r~salern:
~.~

there ulill prove to Zle no escaping for us because

of Ablsa.lom! Go hurriedly, for fear he may
i hurry up and actually catch up with us and
bring down upon us what is bad and strike the
'J""'n!m
L V L I 10':~s city with the edge of the stvotd!'" " At this
the king's servants said to the king: "Accordn Inr1 A : l ~ i
I.lr ~ 2 1 'ing
~
to a11 that my lord the king may choose,
I..I)!
!:; 1.141
!ilyd , here wu.e your servants,"" l o So the king went
,,,,, .,., out with RIE his household behind on fear and
to take
,, r';:, the king left ten \rlomen," cclncubin~,~
care
o
f
the
house,
Rnd
the
king
continued
on
: WI *(l..i
h i s way out with all Ihe people behind on foot,
J + ~ - : ~ 1 ~ :and
7
they came to a stop st Beth-mer'hakalc
18 And a11 his servants were crossing at his
side, and a11 the Cherke.thitesnand all the PeI'eI r
I I :nn thitesr and all the Git'tites,. six hundred ment
1 1 . 1 1 lb.17
1
4 I I
that h ~ followed
d
him1)
from Gath,I1were cross!.+I :v>
ing before the king" face. '"en
the king said to
,I I , , 2
1 -b%fh lH:a
It'taiY the Glt'tlte : "Why should you yourself
rll11 1:12
R ~ S Ogo with ug? GO back2 and d\velI with the
' "fl*:"l king, for you are a foreignerCand, besides, you
sre an exile from your place. ?Testerday was
'~;:,,1~~,, when you came and today shall I make you wander* with us, to go when I am going wherever I.
. Is)n:~3$3
.'.
am going Po Go back and take your brothers back
;,.. ;5 n
,!
with YOU, [and may Jehovah exercise toward
I I .
?i/:lyou] loving-kindnew and trustrvorthiness!"c
But It'tai anslvered the king and said: "As
~ ' ~ t t l -

:?l?."

')

PC,EI

.I:

;+'

l l r , "tlw Far Honw," bUtrrnlly, "ltnd come a t his feet."' DonbtIrma tllr f ~ r to f It'tni ~nentinncd in thc ncxt vcrse. "And map
JI-JII~R
PXI'TP~SC
~
toward yonpJR ~ flllcd
P
in &fore "lu~ng-kindness
ntlql t r u ~ f ~ ~ n ~ ~ t l ~
in~ ar iprruc ~ i, n" ~ nd tt h L,XS, m-hich rends: "And
.Irdrr1~14l1w ~ l Pl X C I - 4 . i ~ ~tcrlviird yon loring-kitldaess and fmtlrorthiI",,"
*,I

2 SAMUEL 15 :22-28

168

Jehovah is livingP and as my lord the king Is O:WR,$;,!8

living, in the place where my lord the king may :?/ ;;ii,
come to be, whether f o r death or for life, there is
where your servant wiIl eomc t o be!"' " At t11nt '
9;$,
David said to Itatai:' "Go and cross over.''So lh\7;$f
lt'ttti the Git'tite crossed over, and also a11 his $42
men and dl the little ones that were with him. nRo 12.s
23 And all the people of the landa were weep- F<:.: 4::$
ing with a loud r.oice,f and all the people were ;;!;I
I;,;
crossing over, and the king tt-as standing by the:r;$;i?,,
torrent valley of Kid'ron,'~ and dl the people
were crossing oi7er tipon the open road t o the $7
I ] < I L:.(.,
~vilderness.~"
" And here also there were Za':%
dokr and with him all the Levites'*cwryingR the :Ell&X
arkt of the covenant of The [true] God,' and
S:R.
they proceeded t o set the ark of The [true] ;:;/?
Godc down by A.bi'a-thasL1uuntil all the people g; ;z!;~
completed crossing over from the city. '"But 7c.11 k : a
the king said to Za'dok : "Take the arkv of The !z2:z2rn
[tme] God" back to t h e city.r If I shall find
c:i:
favor in the eyes of Jehovah, then Ilr? mill cer- V!c,;j>;fj
tainly bring me backz and let me see it and its $i;!v$;
abiding place.wh But if this is what he should
t:;;;
say, T have found no delight' in you,-here I am, * Y S ~~ 1 . i
let him do to m e just as it is good in his eyes." ??zzii
27Andthe king went on to say t o Za'dak the Ad;:,';$
priest: "You are a seer,bre you? Do return ~ ~ ~ ! ~
to the city in peace, and also A.hirn'a.az your ,;!4,.;
son and 3onra.than' the son of A.bi'a.thar, the A;,
;f7
tnVo sons of YOU men, with YOU. :: See, I am

rs!;

f:p

,JII.;

L i t ~ ~ a l l"And
y,
all the Iand [earth) ." IE. b Possibly. "tllc kinq a n q
I ~ T the torsent raU~!- of Kcl'mn. nnrl all the p r o p l ~s c r ~
prcls-n~g orPr hefore him hy the u . 7 ~
of thc nlire tlvr ill tlrr wi1iltL.rI~~S~.''-L-LS-UCE&".
C '*The itme; God." 31, hn-Rl.o.kitr~', tlic t l ~ f inite s r t i ~ l ehe (('The") prcrcding the title El.o.hirr~'. .re J n r l : . ~
2U : 27. fdotnofe h. d .'By A.hirn.thar1"bp arl ci~imrlntiannl' thr 1 Icbrew text. Literally, " n ~ l d A .bi'n.tlinr p ~ ' ~ t ~ ~ dto* go
r l II]),'' JI.
stanrlitig

IEngerinp by the fordsa of the wiIderness unVtiI

word comes from aou men to inform me."
?" AccorclIngly Za'dok and A.bi'a.thar took the
ark of The [true] GodhJback to Jerusalem and
they continuedC to dwell there.
30 AndDavidaasgoingupbytheaswntof
the
Olives,'' weeping as he went up, with his
;
AC 1.1:
1-11
1x9 1 head covcred; nnd he was walking barefoot,*
.I.:- a:]:
and all the people that were with him covered
rI+n 7.8 1
1'4 ].%:a
each one his head, and they went up weepingk
11I 5 . c
I:,, ,:,1 5 as they tveiit up. :'lAnd to David the report was
"a!:, i1i112 made, stying : "A.hith'o-phelnhimself is among
~:lj,t,l~i\;l?,1 .I:! those conspiringr with Abfsaalom."At this David
said : '"urn, please, t h e counselE of A.hith'ophel Into fooEishness,~0 Jehovah!"'
r+sl1
l K 1 lb:23
1~37
; l u , 32 Andit cameabout thatwhenDavidhim1~
sell came to t l ~ es ~ ~ r n m iwhere
tt
peop1e"sed t o
bo~v
d
o
~
m
t
o
God,"
here
t
o
meet
him was Hu'":$;~,?;!
shdV
the
Ar'chitr,,'
with
his
robe
ripped apartx
;:I i;f:i&
s ~ s t I.:'
nnd
dirt
upon
111s
head,'
Hoivever,
David said
:%I1 7 ' 1 8
s 4 ; to him: "If you actually went across with me,
' "3C1517 then you would certainly become a load" upon
1 9 : ~men3 :Ir But if YOU return t o the city and you
actually say to Ab'snJom, 'I am your s e r v ~ l t ,
0 King, I used t o prove myself the servant of
your father, even I at that time, but now even
A2Snal:1* I clrn your servant,lh then you will certainly
(:'Sn 177 ;frustrate0 the counsel of A.hith'o.phe1 for me.
'2s~
17:'s
Are not Za'dok' and A.bi'a.thar the priests
there ~vithyou? And it must occur that evenrthing that you may hear from the house of the

! s 9

."lly thr fortl.~,"31; 'lit) t l i ~drsrrt plnina.'! 11's n~nrgitulrending.

1,X ,Y V f i ~ y b, *'Tllp itrl~e]C;od." 11, ktt-ISrl.~.k;i~~',
t h e defit~itrarticle
hn [*'l"tlr~")
p ~ ~ ~ r ~f rl ~
l title
r t ~ Rl.o.kitn'.
~
SFC Judges 20: 27, foott v i t i r 11. m'd.%~lrE thrv ~.r,utinurtl,"11VgSg; "rind it rontinud," L X I .
4 4 lr, l l o n ~ , 'or,
l
lohc.''

2 SAMUEL 15:36-16:6

170

throwing stones at David and at a11 the senants

king you should tell to Za'dok and A.bi'a.thar
of King David; and all the people and all the
the priests.m""~ook! there with them are their ezSa17:16
mighty men were at his right and a t his left?
two sons, Abhim'a.az"beIonging to Zatdok and " $ S s " , : ~ : ~
v$;$:;z6
r c l o 20
And this is what S11im'e.i said as he called
Jon%.thans belonging to A.bita.thar, and by &H;;l$
down
evil: "Get out, get out, you bloodguiltyz
means of them YOU men must send t o me every- 1Ki 1:42
?$l5
e h " 1 2 : U a n a and scoundrellb* a Jehovah has brought
thing that YOU may hear." " So Hu'shai, David's
1'- 51:14
'ne 1 3 : y back upon youGall the bloodguilt* for the house
cornpanion,k came into the city. As for Ab'sa- klFgg;$j
Pr 17!17_
E a 22.12
lsa
?:17 of Saul in place of whom you have ruled as king
lorn," he proceeded to come into Jerusalem.
nzsa 16:1p
'-JE
lrti92.32
21
and Jehovah gives the kingship into the hand
When David himself had crossed over a
of Ab'sa.lom your son. And here you are in your
c2g,"f:fG
little beyond t h e ~ u r n m f tthere
, ~ was 21'- rgg;F;w
calamity, because you are a bloodguilty man!"a
$2;
bp the attendant of Me.phib'o.shetht t o meet him '2sa 9:9
9 Finally A.bish'ai+t h e son of Ze.m5ahesaid
'
?sa
3
~
a
2
3:30
6
5
with a couple of asses1 saddled and upon them :?%?iz:~
ta fie king: "Why should this dead dog" call
-1Sn 24:14
two hundred loaves of breadv and a hundred "giz::?&' B1Ch22:16
'"3%
cakes of raisins>-and a hundred loads of figsZand ,2gz:%
*Ex 22:28 down evil upon my lord t h e king?' Let me go
~ ~ 2 3 . 5over, please, and take off his head.Ok lo But the
-2C112:lO
Then the king said t o zYer 4U:lO
a large jar of
lclSa 26:8
king said: "What do I have t o do with YOU
Zitba: "What do these things mean on your f g ~ ;
you sons of Ze.m'iah?r Thus let him c d
ngt$j2
part?"" To this Zi'ba said: "The assesAare fox pISn10:3
1Sn 16:N
down
evil
because Jehovah himself has said to
the household of the king to ride and the bread :p r 18;le
;Z;$;;;X
:Z1t"29
him,$
'Call
down evil upon David!' So whod
and the load of figs are for the young menqto eat A$gR5$Qa6
LU 4
->Ir
1:2341
should
say,
'Why
did you do that way?' l1 And
and the wine1<is for the one weary' in the wilder- h'it
ISa21:5
2 ~ x 7
rlKi 2 5
eZK11$:25
David
went
on
t
o
say to A.bishJai and all his
nesato drink." The king now said: "And where bg;41;zg
La 5 : s
servants:
"Here
my
own son, who has come
tRoS:2[1
is the son of your master?"&"A t this Zi'ba said e;ga;;:g
1 r 2 S a a : ~forth out of my awn inward parts, is looking
t o the king: "There he is dwelling in Jerusalem, 7 2 ~ n9:3
2Sa l 7 : l
for my S O U I , ~ md how much more now a Ben'jaV L ' S ~2.31
for he said, 'Today t h e house of IsraeI will return
rnin.ite!'
Let him alone that he may call down
3?&"1:i
:
"g
t o me the kingdom of my father.' "* ' The king =$Fl;g;27
evil,
f
o
r
Jehovah
has said so to him!Y ITerhaps
"Ec
g3;
P
"Look!
yours
is
everything
then said to Zi'ba:
n~el;;?la
EK 3 3
Jehovah will see with his eyeeEand Jehovah will
7s,
t h a t belongs to Me.phibJo.sheth."r Upon that ~ P S ~ ~ : I O
Let me find favor "g~$$$~
Zi'ba said: "I do bow
a Literally, "a wan of l~loods,"X. b Or, "good-for-nothing man.''
in your eyes, my lord t h e king."
l,iternlly, "man of Be'li.nl.7' CLiternlly. "IThat [is there] to nle nntl
5 And King David came as far as Ba.hu'rim,t tzl$jF
lo POT men?'' See Joshun 23 : 24, footnote b, and Judges 11 : 12,
t'cmtnote a. d Tbia IR according t o the Qere, o r ~~iltrginal
rending, of
and, look! coming out from there was a man of
51. "In case he calls down evil and i n ewe Jehovah has said to him,
the famiIy of Saul's house, and his name was
down evil upon D a ~ d ! 'who, thexl'f" &I. 'in-ith his eye" is
Shirn'e.i,u the son of Ge'ra, coming out and call- ' ~ ~ $ s ~ ~ 6'['nll
tlw wading of the 01igjnal text, but t h e Sopheri111lnnde one of their
ing dotvn evil as he came out.' And he began Vgat;2,:\
Il:~gllteenEmendations here to make it rend "on my emor," that is,
r l r l the error con~~nitted
against me. L-XXT-gSy, "on my aEction.'!
""Master." H,a.do.wim', the plnral of a.ddnt, t o denote excellence
HEW Ifenesis 18 : 22, footnote a,

Eg;

16

Ot

or mnjrslj*.

actually return to me goodnes Instead of hls

rnalN1ictEono this day."' '"Vith that David and %$I&%
his men kept going on in the road, while Shim'- gtdifp"7
c.i was walking on the side of the mountain,
rv~lklngabreast of him that he mlght call down
evil,uand he kept throwing stones while abreast yEx22:2a
of him, and he threw a lot of dust.c"
~~$i~fm&
94 At length the king and all the people that
were with him arrived tired. So they refreshed
themselves there,
15 As for Ab'sa.Iornand all the peopIe, themen
of Israel, they entered Jerusalem, ancl A.hlthro- " s ~ " 3 7
phelWas with him. l8 And it came about that, as b ~ ~ h \ ~
soon as Hukhaimthe Ar'chitc,"Davld's compan- :;:;:;;a
Ion," came in to Ab"sa.Iom,Hu'shni proceeded to *18n 15:n
sny to Ah'sn.lom: " k t the king IIve!l( Let the k;g;&24
kin^ livcl" At this Ab'sa.lom said to Hu'shai: g y z ~ 1 ~
"This is the loving-kindnesxfi of yours tauyard MI 21:s
your companion, is it? Why did you not go with
your companion?"n '30
Hu'shni seid to Ab'sa- 7$$2$&?j
lorn; '"0, but the one whom Jehovall has c11o- 7,5;
::;::;: 5:2
senr and also this people and all the men of Israel,
his I shall become" and with hirn I shall dtvell.
And for the second time [Imillst say 1 , Whom
shall I myself seme? Is i t not befolr? his son?
Just as T served before your lathcr, so I shall ,,,,,:.
1Sa 2B:S
prove to be' befare you."'"
2Sa 15%
20 Later Abfsa.lorn said to A.hlthraaphel:tE;&:2
L ' Y ~men,
u
give counseICon YOUR part. !%"hat zra7;g
shall we do?" T h e n A-hith'o,phel said to Ab'- 2:2iB
sa.lom; "Have relationsU with the concubinesq vT;e~5:22
of your father,y whom he left behind to take ~
~
~
care of the house. Then all Israel will certajnly Yk;i:::l"l
a OF,'loynl lore!'
b Or, "I ~ h n l prove
l
to b~.~qnI,
ph.yeJb' ( i 1 9 i l K ) , the
BRnlo os at Uenlesia 26 : 3; 31 : a ; Exodus 3 : 14, "1 shall prove t o
)

he." Soo reraa 18, footnote

b,

~$&.";"jy
hear that you hare made yourself f oul-smelling=

to your tather- and Ule hands' of all those who

are with you will certainly become strong,"
a"ccordfngly
they pitched a tent for Ab'sa.lorn
A2sa11:2 upon the roofAand Ab'sa-lorn began to have relations with the concubines of hiis father* under
'PC%?&
"a 1s:la the eyes" of all Lsrael.
2Sil 31:3
I
23 And the counsel of A.hEth'o.phel, with
.,-sn
. 5::,.I2;
I,., 3 :t
which he counseled in those days, was just as
word of The
'F$b22;2when a mans uwuld inquiremof the
*:sn 1 7 : ~ [true] God.b That was the w ~ all
y
t h e counsel*
~ S I 1T:23
I
Ir:'sn 1 5 : ~of A.hfth'o.phelk was both to David and to Abc
sa.lorn,
~
~
And A-hithlo.phel proceeded t o say to
Ab'sa.'lom: "ktme choose, please, t~~*eIve
thousand men and rise up and chase after David
nPr1:18
Pr 4 : ~ tonight.[] 'AndIshall corncupon 11imwhen he
rnc ~ ~ l ; ti
ss n - e ~ r yand
r feeble in both hands, ~ n Id shall
2Sa 1G:14
eertalt~lydrive him into trembling, and all the
people that are with him will have t o flee, nnd
I shaIl certainly strike down the kingd by himn$$$g1
self. dnA"
let me bring all the people back to
~ * ~ a ~ !you.'
a l Equivalent to the returning of all is the
man whom you are seeking: [andJ all t h e people
And
C:zfI;6m mill themselves come to be at
Jr~rt:l4
the word was just rightv in the eyes of Ab'sa.lom
visn
so
-1". 2'. 12
tnsn2,7

"1;~.4 3 4

17

n ~ ~ n ,Only
" the vowel point for this ~ x p ~ e s a i aappear8
n
in If,
rxpr~fisionappears i n about 3u 1Te))rew nlhnurcripts,In 31
~

11111 tllu

Ihin is

EI

Qovi: raVo /cCtJrib. See Judg~s20: 1 3 , I'oatnot~a, b"T1ie

I II'UP]0loc1," 31, Irn-Kl,o.hdm< t h e

drflnit~n~lic.1011n ( " T ~ P " )pre~ v ~ l i tlw

n ~ :li tlr El.a.hirn' doubtle*~fnr ~i~rpkasir.
I I F ~ Pin the first
I)rvllrrcIIce o f this expre~sion"the aord of Thr [true] Gad." J h n ~
I rt~ihrlr~tor?i
~
j take ''wurd"
~
k(&r.bad) here to h~ ~ q r l i v a l ~ ~ton t"inncrt4111nt 1.00111" ((I.!&) nt I Rings 0 : 5, etc.
Pnb.-~l)l~+,
rlw to A c o p p
l*l'~
ov~rfiigllt,the passage is to he read : "I,pt me I~ring1111 tba
I W Y I ~ I Ihrlck
~
to you just as the bride retnma t o her husband, It is
~ 1 1 ~tl~rn
l v w 1 ~ 1o f one man that yon are setking, and nll t h people
~
wrll l ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ icame
e c l vt co sbe a t peace." l'hii; ngreea with L...S.

2 SAMUEL 175-12

and in the eyes of all the alder men of Tsrael.

5 H m v e r , Ab'sa.10rn said: "Call, please,
Hu'shaiy the Ar'chite also find let us hear what
is in his mouth, his too." So Hu'shai came in
to Ab'saJom. Then Abtsa.lomsaid to I~lm: ' A c cording t o this word is the way A.hith'a.phe1
spoke. Shall we act upon hia word? If not, you
yourself speak." a At t11is Hw'shai said to Ab'sa.lorn: "The counsel with which A.kithFo.pEzel
has counsclcd fs not gooclx in this instnncef"
8 And Hu'shal went on t o say: c4Youyourself
nTeL1h o w your father and the men of his, that
they are mighty* and they are bitter of SOUI,~
Hke a female b e d that h ~ lost
s her cubs Jn the
field, and your fatherb Is a warrior and he ivilI
not spend the night with the people. 'Look! now
he himsclf has taken conccalmcnt' in one of the
lloldows or in one of the other places, and it will
certainly occur that, just BS soon BS he falls
upon them a t the start, then the one I~cnrjngof
It will be bound to hear and say, 'A defeatn has
taken placc among the people that are following
Ab'sa.lom!' l o And even thc valiant man whose
heart is as the heart" of the lionaDwill himself
surely soften in weakness,* for a31 Israel is
aware t h ~ your
t
father Is a mighty manicand
so, toe, are the valiant men that arc with him.
" I myself do say in counsel: Let all Israel tvithout fail be gathered to you, from Dan to Bepersherba,1l as the sand particlesr that are by ihe
seaQ for multitude: with your own personbs
walking In among thcm.c Then we must come
a The Africnn lion. b Liter~lly,"your own Pnce." a T n nmong t h ~ m , "
LXXVgSy: "in the h t t l e [nn Ar.a.ma'ic word] ,I) 11. Tlut accortling
to Ciescbt~iusthe Ucbrew f a p r ~ b i 0is~an abl>~evintionfor 'in their

Uid~t.'~

175

174

2 SAMUEL 17:13-18

Ilur~z3:aa against

him in one of the placest where he is

certain to be found, and we ourselves will be up11*8:"
on him just as the dewu falls upon the ground,
and there tvill certainly not be left even a single
one among him and all the men that are with
YrFn I*l3
him.v l g And if it is into some city t h a t he will
withdraw, then all Israel must carry ropes to
that city and we shall certainly drag it down to
the torrent valley, until there shall not be found
yut 24:2
there even n pebble."r
14 Then Ah's~.lomand all the men of Israel
rn- ~ : m said: "The counsel of Hu'shaj the Mchite is
5% E;z better than the counsel of A.hith'o.phel!" And
ILa1
. 13:3H
1 C ' u . V ~ h o v ahimselfz
h3
had glven orders' t o frus"jn
trate"
the
counsel
of A.hithJo.phel althou~h
~':Sll 1 -.34
goodpain order that Jehovah might bring calarn3.:,:;,
?
;
I I
ity upon Ah'sa.lom.
I ' l ? 21.30
I . , ~h
15 Later Hu'shai said to Za'dokb and A-bf'at.r.u l h %
t.8.;rr
17 thar the prlests: "This and that was the way
:8<11
r . l l I .x
that A.hith'oaphel counseled AWsa.lom and the
older men of Israel, and thjs and that W R ~the
,way t h a t I rnyseIf counseled. l o And now send
spedily and tell David, saying., 'Do not lodge in
'"
the desert plainr of the wilderness tonight, + but
ws'l l5:I4 you also ought to cross ovw without fail,' for
fear that It may be communlcnted t o the king
and to all the people that are with him,'
17 AS Jan'a.thanmand A.him'a.azS were stand'
m,"; ; ;,:.,$ ing at En-ro'geltica maidservant went ofl and
I I * ~01 la
told them, So they themselves went off, as they
I1 I4lU 1'17
rll. I4l,lri hnd t o tell King David, for they were not nble
, I , I I 'I
to appear entering the city. '"I-Eowever, a young
man got t o see t h m and told Ab'sa.lom. So the
two of t h ~ m
went off speedily and came to the
":f

I r k

'""

, "for
rwr'

St.rrr that thr ktng and dl the people

bur IIWIII!IIWP~I UP.'*

that are with him

2 SAMUEL 17:19-25

176

177

2 SAMUEL 17:26-18 :3

the Israeljte,a who had relatlona wlth AbrT.gail

house of a man in Ba.hu'rim,n who had a well? "P@mm
in his courtyard," and they went down Into it.$:A:$:
:kT$:i6 the daughter of h'a'ha~h,~the sister of Z e d iahVrJo'ab's mother. "" And Israel ctnd Ab"sablom
Alter that the woman took and spread out a
1 t ; ~ Q 2 took upcamping In the land of Gi1'e.ad.e
cavcring over the face of the ~vr.elland heaped
.TP+% 1326
?
:
27 And it came about that, as soon as David
up cracked grain upon it,' and not a thing be* rJo'm~
n l s n f:i
1:l7
: l ~ z l 11:2
came known of
The servants of Ab'sa.lom
came
t o Ma.ha.na?m,t Sho'bi the son of Na'rt
3:11
. I ~ I A1325 hashn from Rnls'b~h~
of the sons of Arn'rnon,y
now came to the woman at her house rind said:
W s 1?:28
"'Where are A.him'a.az and Jonta.than?" At this
y:'Sn 12:2G and Ma'chirx the son of Arn'm!.el" from LoY:L'SA9:4
de'bar, ancl Bar~zil'l~1~
the Gil'ee.ad.itePfrom
the woman said to them: "They passed on from
.:
I bi*ought]~bes"and basins' and
here to the waters."' Then they kept on search- tP,"B%:j
s
1:7r2I9:a2
2.61
S;lRo.ge'1im4
r1'ii5:11
potter's vessels,* ~ n d
wheat" and barleyk and
ing, and they did not find themu and so returned 32; JyI;4
t 1 FCi 1:7
IGM 7 i ; l i
*-<;119:31 flourn and roasted gre1nvand broad bean+ and
to Jerusalem.
UJUJ 2:22
"1% 4 : l l
-?C;n11:2 lentils" and parchcd grain, 'D and honeyt and
21 And it came ahout after their going away
3 - 1 1 16.14
that then they m e up out of the well and went
rlliI21:17 ;butteru and sheep: and curdsY of cattle they
on and told King David and said fa David: "Yoe'
;:j:.gjy brought forward lor David and the people that
were with him to eat, for they said : "The people
people, rise up and speedily pass over the waters,
1-*2S'a
for Ihis is thc way that A.hith'o.phcEVcounseIed VISR17:2
are hungry and tlred and thirsty in the wiIderTISZ ~ 2 1 8
rf i t # 2?34
na~,''Y
i~gai~lst
YOU." " Immedjatcly David rose up nnd
~ S 23:11
R
1 1 lC1 14.3
also all the people that wcrc with him and they
And David proceeded t o number the
&II
3214
kept crossing the Jordan until the mornlng hcv.It: 5rn.5
people that were wlth him and t o place
):So
16:2
came light,^ until not a one was IackInp t h ~ yt g f :lijj
over them chiefsd of thousands and chiefsd of
hnd not passed over the Jordan.
#Nu
J<111
31:
111rs
9
hundreds.2 :Further, David sent one third' of
Ij?n,8,;i2
23 As for A.hith'o.phe1, he saw' that his *;;;:%
t='bll;0:7 the people under the hand of Jorabn and one
counsel had not been acted upon and he prafi14'1'2:16 third under the hand of A+bish'ail the son of
ceedd to saddle an ass and rise up and go off t o
Ze.ru'jah, Jo'ab's brother, and one third under
his house at his own cityma
Then he gave orders WICI 20:1
1539 the hand of It'tai" the Glt'tite. Then the king
'?2,151
t o his household" and strangIed" himself& and
said to the people: 4""Xyselfalso shall without
thus died.' So he was buried in the burial place l I i t)l 16.15
21 '3
'mn17m fail go out with I-ow."'Ca But the people said:
I', 5:lo
of his forefathers.
'wnzr:17 "You must not go out,* for if we should a t
I'$97.23
24 As for David, he came ta Ma.ha=naiirn,*,/:;jz
all flee they would not set heart upon us,"
73;:;2j,
and AbJssa.lom himself crossed the Jordan, he nu 1n2:IN'
1
:
and
if half of us ~ ~ o u die
l d they would not set
n~ 3 3 28
and all the men of Israel with him, "'nd
ZSn 2.H
A.tna'sa"as
the- one whom Abtsaalornput In
a F nrrt~ilitcl,'~
MVpSy; "Ish4lnn.~l.it~,"
L,?LYA and I C h l ~ n j c l e s
!;~a
'Q I j,
" N n r l ~ ~ ~ hTLXdY1*gSj;
s~~,"'
",Jrm'~r:'
edition
the place of Jo'ab# over the army, end A.rnats~;s,, 5rl:la
T h i ~word io mpplied here
was the son of a man whose name was Ith'ral' :cE,%:],6fH I I I ~ I ~ : ~ H ' I I H ~ P I P H 2 : 13-10. "I%~*nufillt.'~
111 t ~ u r ~ - r * w
i r~~t~bLSY.
~ ~ t d "ChieEn!' hi, un.rin18. &CB tlencs19 40 : 2,

z;

,,,,

Itn

"zn"

:!;::

LI

'::"
.

"Hnnged himself," I X X , as at SIatthew 27: 3.

'

Ialrrl I ~ I I ~d.
I*

18

2 SAMUEL 18:4-11

178

heart upon, us, because you are worth ten thousand of us;" and now it would be better If you =La4%
uPouldbe of service to us t o give help from the
17:ro
city."" SO the king said to Ihsm: "Whatever WEx
2Sa lO:11
sccms good in YOUR eyes I shall do." Ancl the
1854
king Irepe standing at the s i d ~of the gate,lc and Ir2Sa
Isa 28:6
all the people themselves went out by I~undreds
and by th~usands.~
"nd the king went on t o dSa 29:2
command Jo'ab and A-bish'ai md It't~i,saying:
n:lg
"Deal izentlyr for my sake \vlth the young man rDe
2Sa 1611
Ab's~.lom."And all the people thcmsc?lvesheard Ps 103:13
when the king commanded all the chiefsa over
the matter of Ab'sa.lom.
6 And the people continued on their way out
t o the Aeld to meet Israel, and the h~ttIecame
OP
to be En the forest of E'phrn.irn.tl* Finally the ~ J O T17:I5
t
&
%T
people of Israel rrreredefeated( there before the 2% 15%
servants of David, and the slaughter there
p r ll:n
t u r n d out to be greatUon that day, of twenty uPr
2491
v?Sa
226
thousand men." And the battle tllere got t o be 2Ch 13
16
spread out over all the land Ihat nlns in sight. 2Ch 2 8 5
Furtharmore, the forest did more In eating up
t l ~ cpeople than the sword did In eating them up
YJOSx0:u
013 that day.s
IKI m:m
9 Eventually Ab'sa.lom found himself before Ps 3:T
14:26
the servants of David. And Ab'sa,lorn~was rid- ~ 2 %
ing upon R mule, and the mule got to came un1723
der tho network of boughs of a massive big tree, '2Sa
>!it 27:5
a1Ki
so that his head" got caught fast in the big tree" 0 2 s ~2:33
22:s
I K l S:2i
and he was taken up between the heavensc and 3oDe
2133
the
as the mule itself that was under Ur 2196
Ti:?3
him passed along. lGThena certain man saw it D?
J o b 3:3
63:Y
and told Jo'abA and said: "Look! I have seen Fs
P r :0':11
836
AbFsa.lamhung in a big tree." At this Sotab WSa
2Sn 18:2
chief^," W,sla.&mt,See Qenesis 40 : 2, footnoto d, b LLE'phra.in,"
hJZ.dLSVg;f'&ia.ha.na'iq" ~ X x L & m r d i a *dillon,
n

said t o the man who was telling him: "And here

you saw it, and why did you not strike him datttn
to the earth there? Then it would have been my
obligation to give you 1;en pieces of silver and a
belt.'"
l LBut the man said to Jo'ah: "And alcl?n37:25
ILII II:R
though I were weighing upon my palms a thousand pieces of silver, I sl~ouldnot thrust my
/hand out against the king's son,for in our hearIngn it was that the king comm~ndedyou and
A.bis11'ai and It'tai, saying, 'Wntch over the
'sAlfi!s
young man AhJsa.lom for my sake.'* IWOtherwise I sl~ouldhave dealt treacherously against
his soul and the whole matter it~elfwo~tldnot
be hidden from the kin@ and you yourself would
'*al:le
:Sn 4 ' 1 ~ ~
: tlhll.i!3
take a position off on the side."' " To this Jo'ab
.--,n 14.19
said: "'Let me not hold myself up this way before you!" Wjth that he took t t l r ~shaftsb in
his palm and proceeded to driven them through
'JK4:?1
J X 5:26
t h e heart of Abrsa.lom while he IVW yet alive
?I,.; .I?,?
.
t t ~ ].!:do
i
in the heart1'.of the big tree. ' B Then ten attendants11
carrying Jo'ab's weapons came around
Ii,l~,:~;l::~
~ ~ ~ l - l ~and
: 3 5 struck Abtsa.lom, that: they might put him
to death. lEJo*abnow blew the trumpet,r that
r ,h ' iI11i:5
1~ 2 ~ ~
the people might return from chasing after
, 2 M Israel,
for Jo'ab had heId hack the people.
2:;1\ 211:22
I t Finally they took Ab'sa.lom and pitched him
In the forest into a big hollow and xaised up
~~1~~ H:yjl
over
him a very big pile of stones." As for all
,!LWIll!V'l
1 1
Ismel,
they fled each man to his 11orne.~
all-r
!I4
1 , :
18
Now
Ab'sa.larn himself, while he was alive,
a
I*, l"2
iI I
had taken and proceeded t o raise up for himself
"in 1 t.27
I , , , ,l H la R pillar,' which is in the Low Plain of the King,u
folqhc said: "I have no son In order to keep m y
1'
:
l ' l "'
So he called the pillar
,, , ., . :,, nnmc in remembran~e."~
.s:rl

,,,,,,:,,
:':I:

I"e11

,'.I

" I ,II ~+vr~llp,

"lvq"
lrll

\,

"II~~I~M,"

M,

Or, r'wenpons?' Litrmlly, L'mds," Liter-

2 SAMUEL 18:I S 2 5
180
by his own name,Y and it continues to be called YE;

181

Ab'sa.lomis Monument down t o this day.

19 Now as regards A.himta.azVhe son of R::;fpE
Za'dok, he said: "Let me run, please, and break
the news t o the king, bec~zrse Jehovah has
jrtdged7 him [to free him] f rorn the hand of his 'IKt v'T
enemies."* But Jotab said t o him: "You are mFR7:10
1% g:4
t
not a man of news this day,' and you must break
the news on another day, but this day you must
not b r e ~ kthe news for t h e very reason that"
the king's awn son hw died.ItA Then Jo'nb n29n
sald to the C ~ s h ' i t e : ~ Gtell
o ~ the king tvhat P
~ ;
14.9
you have seen." At that the Cush'ite bowed to
Jo'ab and began t o run. q2 A.himya.az' the son
$:%
of Za'dok now said once again to Jo'flb: "Let,
now,happen whatever {vill, Jet me also myself,
please, mln behind t h e Cush'ite." However, Jo'ab
said: "Why is it that you yourself have to run,
my son, when there is no news being found for
you?" la[Still: he said: ]b "Let, now, happen
whatever will, let me run." So he said to him :
"Run?" And A-hirn'a-azbegnn to run by the way
of the District,ce and he eventually passed
%
;$:$
the Cush'ite.
n:,3j:311x1 7:YB
24 Now David was sftting between t h e two ~ ' ( - 1 14!17
gates,Weantimc, the watchmank went to the ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ? 1 f
1334
roof of the gate by the wall. At length he raked h,.?<R
Ill. 9:17
his eyes and s a and,
~ ~ look! there was a man 1 21:fi
r u n n f n ~by himself. " So the watchman called E1:.X 23n .I2
s;~
and told the king, at which the king said:
he is ;by himself, there Is news in his mouth."
"If
LllF

"Tlie v p wason
~
that," Thle Hrhrm text is TOWPI-pointedfirm to
read, litrrrillg, "that is why" ('nl ken), nllhough the serond I l r b r ~ w
watbrl is inirring it1 31, but; R P P P ~ Y R in solne Hehrelv nintlu~cripts,
This i s O W III! tilt! ( I r r e wFIo Iifik,iljmsee 3 Pamuel 10:23, f o o t r ~ n l eA.
"Still tlr vaid :" LXXTg6y. 0 Or, "Unbin." See Cieneais 13 : 10,
fmtrlota b.

And he kept comfng, steadily getting nearer.

The watchman now saw another man running.
The watchman therefore called to the gatekeeper and said: '%oak! another man rtlnning
by himself!" at which the king said: "This one
also is a news bearer," E7 And the watchman
went on t o say: "I am seeing that the runnfng
style of the first is like the running style of
hhim'a-22"
the
son
of Za'dok," at ~vhiohthe
l
!
~
~
~
~
!
~
5 k l 1 ~ : l 9 king said: "Thjs is a good man,' and with good
rl I i l 1;4:
rv 2.7: I a newpqhe should come," * Eventually A.hirn'a.az
nllr Z r % 5
r,a
~51.:; ~called~and said to the king: "It is well!"n With
?.!t 2L:I.I
I r , : l ~ that he bowed to the king with his face to the
tr it. I i 3 1 earth. And he went on to say: "Blessedt be
,;,
;T1g;: Jehovah your God, who has surrenderedu tile
men that lifted up their hand against my lord
!:%!!?.!
L -. II4 U
I ~ I 1.1-1
11.;
,1 0 11
the king!"
29 However, the k h g said: "fs it well with
I~lJcam
:
,IS^^ ,: I : I ~ the young man Ab'samlom?"To this A.himtaaz
'"I
"said:
''1 saw the D e n t crowd at the time Jatnh
sent the king's sgrvant and your servant, and
rmnls:lfi I did not know what it was."v aC So the king
said: "Step aside, take your position here." At
that he stepped aaide and kept standing stHE,
vco 1o:fl
31 And here was the Cush'iteY coming in, and
~ V L L15:l
2se J P . ~ I the Cush'ite begnn to say: "'Let my lord the
king accept news, for Jehovah has judged you
today [to free you] from the hand of all those
up against
g p But the king sald to
np$;
F. ;To rising
I ~ .n.:iH
the
Cush'ite:
"Is
It
well
with the yoring man
rvh:llI
I*. sli i
Ab'sa.lom?" To this the Cush'ite ssfd: "May the
""
'enemies of my lord the king and a11 those who
rose up against you for evil become as the
o
young

,,:,,

I'qu

2 SAMUEL 18:2-2

ll
Irl

id

wrll!" Literrtllfi "Pence !'I 11, Compm vmeu 29, 32.

tl117 I l ~ ~ l ~ rtextc w chapter 15 ends here.

/this will certainly be worse for you than all the

injurp that has come upon you from your
! t7c 1 2 9 : ~ ;youth until n o ~ v . " Accordingly
~
the king rose
(up and seated himself In the gate,' and to all
'"":24
the people they made the report, saying: "There
'is the king sittfng In the gate," And all the pew
ple began t o come before the king. As for Is'''Fg~E!s rael,* they had flcd each one t o his h0rne.R
t F i m 2 : 3 V And all the people came t o be involved i
n
:'I<! 14:12

33 Then the king became disturbed and went

up to the mf chamber" over the gateway and aJ":9yz
gave way t o weeping, and this is what he said @7;:1!
r 1:1:13
as he walked: "My sen Ab'sa.lorn, my son, my
son'. Ab'sa.lomt Oh that I might have died, I b2cn '"I
myself, instead of you, Ab'sa.lom my son, my

'P"fi:4

1m1

.!t

son!"')

OTSn 12:ln
Pa 103:13

~r 10;1--

Later it was reported to Jdab: "Look! j l r 1!1:13

the king is weeping and he c~rrieson
rnotlx-ning over Ab'sam1omhr"So the salvatjan *$:R,
on t h a t day came t o be an occasion of mourning 17r 17,zs
on the part of all t h e people, became the people

19

heard say on that day: "The king has felt hurt

over his son.'- %d the people began to steal ' R ~ $ ~
away on that day to come into the city,' just as ":%
thc pople would steal"away when tlley felt dis- w(1c31:;;
grnccd because they fled in thc battle. ' And
thc king himself covered up his face'( ~ n the
d k::ti$36
king continued crying out with n loud voice: Il ~ s n l : 1 7
"My son Ab'sa.lom! Ab'sa.1om my Ron, my fion!'jr Imxfl
5 Finally Jo'ab came in t o the king &t the
house and said: "You have today put to shame
the face of all your servants, the ones pmviding
escape for your soul todayn and for the mu1 of ngl&m
your sonst and your daughtersu and the soul sf
your wivesv and the soul of your concubines,r ,~;:%j
', by loving those hating you and by hat in^: those v. q m 1r5 313
u
loving you, for you have reported todny that ,:,,,I:
'hfl lG"'
princes and servants are nothing to yon, because
I well know today that if only Ab'sa.lom wcre
alive and all of us others were today dead, why,
in that ease it would be right ill your eyes."-. 291153 22 54
And now rise up, go out and speak straight t o $;~,!;:t;lu
the heart* of your servants, because, by Jeho~:IJ
vah, I do swear that, in case you are not going '3' I I O pi:28
out, not a man mill lodge with you tonight, and

,r;;b;:$g
:.-.L

9%

dispute* in all the tribes of Israel, snylng: "It

was the king that deljvered us out of the palm

enemies" and he it was that provided

escape
for
us out of the palm of the PhI.listtines,
2% 5 2 9
: GI
and now he has run a\r+ayout of the land from
1':'SaX5:14 Abrsa.lorn.k l o A $ for Ab's~t.Iom, whom W
I
$
:
;
,
I
,
:
$anointed aver us," he has died in the battle.P
;r;ygp So now why are YOU doing nothinga t o bring the
king back?"
l:?nR:17
11 As for King Davld, he sent to Zn'dokt and
3 5.25
2s;~17:15 A.bi'a.thar" the priests, sayjng: "Speak t o the
1 1 ~ 11:s
1i1<n,22:~0
older men of J ~ d a h saying,
,~
'Why should You
1qlh j3r1:7
y24
become the last ones t o brltrg the king back to
,, ,;':;"c1.-* his house, when t h e word of nll Israel itself has
,11,.,,,L !+.I3
,:,.,
come t o the king ~t his house? My brothers3
>'~3 YOU are, my honey and my flesh YOU are. So
. f t : 11,:'
.. n .- 1 why should aoc become thc Inst ones to bring
the king back?' I U n d to A.marsaz YOU should
'[;'I:
$:?j
I!'" 1 Y : l R
s ~ y 'Are
,
you not my bone and my flesh? So
',I 1I it1,3 may God do t o me and so may he add t o it* if
you will not become the army chief before me
'Try; {iE always infitead o f 30'ab."'~
I H el
14 And he proceeded t o bend the heart of all
"'I ",
thc men of Judah as one man," so t h a t they sent
word to the king: "Come back, you and all your
" ~ $ ~ : ~of; ~our
o
lsn 1 9 5

.mC~fI

b4

-4

"I'

srrvnnts.*'

2 SAMUEL 19:15-22

185

184

15 And the king began t o go back and got t o

come- as f a r as the Jordanc As for Judah, they mlm?:de
came to Gil'galP to go and meet the king, to 9:;: :;:lq
conduct the king across t h e Jordan. ICThen
Shim'el' the son of Ge'ras the Bentja.min.ite, '5;i6$
who was from Ba.hu%im,"hurried and went 4% ;:$4
down with the men of Judah to meet King -;"s",~;:~
David.' And there were with him a thousand *g;;4
men from Benjamin, (And also Zi'bak t h e at- bit 5:25
tendant of the house of Saul and liis fifteen 'iz".2,":i21
n:10
sonsIEand twenty servants of his were with him,
and they made it successfulIyA to the Jordan -;'p",",$:$28
before the king. And heb crossed the for& t o ,g
conduct the household of the king across and u+3P2:15
t o do what was good in his eyes.) As for Shim'- R O 4:7
2Co 5.19
e-i the son of Ge'ra, he fell down before the king rps 79';8
43:25
when he was a b u t to cross the J0rdan.B ' W e 1b.Q
er 3134
now said to the king:t "Do not let my lord at- y@;itiy
tribute error" to mea and do not let him remem- ;;;;:;;8
berv the wrong that your servant didY on the day p r 2s:20
that my lord the king went out of Jei-u~alern,~
E
*i:;
so that the king should lay i t to his heart.' 2C;L, ~48:20
1333
a
2o For your servant well knows t h a t I am the
one that sinned, and so here I have today come 97;&315
the first of all t h e house of Joseph"'" to go down A;Z;
ozsa 2:13
to meet my lord the king."
'Eu 2 2 : 2 8
21 At once A.bish'aiAt h e son of Ze.ru'iahc ; ~ g ; ; ; ~
answered and said: "In return for this should elSa26:CI
not Shimte.i be put to death,' in that he called $?If,BG
evil down upon the anointedc of J e h o ~ a h ? " ~
22 But David said: "What do I have t o do with "
i2566t
YOU men,dYYOU sons of Ze.rutiah, that you

.Tz+g;,

&

Or, " t h r ~sped d o m . "

Or, possibly, C:ther.'j

w.nra.shi'rak7r; ti)-, mJalrihh;L,XT,

"Yrhat [is there] to ine and to

"Anointed." 11,

~ I T ~ S . I O S ' Tg,
;
chfdfi't~ts. d Literally,
TOE men 7" See Jashna
:
foot-

note b, and Judges 11:12, footnote a.

22 21,

SAMUEL 19 :23-29

should become today a resister"* of me? WilI

anyone today be put to death in Israel?" For
do 1 not tveI1 know that today I am king over
L~~~ 5 4 Israel?"n 23 Then the king said to Shim'e.i:
,lrri 16:5
111sa
a
"YOUwill not die."k' And the king went on to
:Ei$g sweara to him.
24 As for Me-phib'o.shetht the grandson of
;
:
""bG:l6
Saul,b he came down t o meet the king, and he
12% 9:s
25x 16:4 had not attended to his feetn nor had he attendulSa 9:3
zsa 7 7 . 3 0 ed t o his mustachev nor had he washed his
vIsn
J e r 4115: 3j
clothes from the day that the king went away
until t h e day that he came in peace, "' nd
it
came about that, when he came to Jerusalem t o
meet the king, then the king said t o him: "Why
f;ZSa16:17 did you not go with me, Me.phibto.sheth?"$
2R To this he said: "My lord the king, i t was my
9 3
servantz that tricked me. For your servant had
*25a 1 ~ 2 said, 'Let me saddle the female ass* for me that
I may ride upon it and go withc the king,' for
your servant is 1arne.O " So he slanderedAyour
;'?,4,:$,
y s a 1 6 3 servant to my lord the king. But my lord the
IJc 15:3
17s6 3 : ~ king is as an angelg of The [true] God,d and so
IPS 101
6 :5
do what is good in your eyes. z s For all the household of my father would have become nothing
but doomed to deathe+t o my lord the king, and
p
z
;
'ls;! 26.15 yet you placed your servant among those eating
"'s" " 7 at your tableme
So what do I still have as a justi:'Sn 9 9 0
;'sit 9:u fication far crying' out further t o the king?"
-:'I<] 8.3
29 However, the king said to him: "Why do
fl3"'6:4
YOU yet keep speaking your words?* I do say,
%Sr~.!om'J 31; ~rr'ta??,Vp; sn.ta'fzn. Sy, b"The son o f Saul," IrlTg;
"%%
, 2:
lKl5:1
PK1 11.14
IKI llj?5
klSa 11.13

F12F&6g

::;$:

"ll111 son of Soli'a.tl~an the son of Snal," SF; .*the son o f t l ~ cson
Sn111,'j LXXB. "With,'> IUIXSyS-g ; "to," about 00 JIehrem
111 1111 ~trroripts.d &'The [ t r l ~ ~
God:'
]
31! ttd-EI.o.h impjthe definite wti~ l l r t lirr ("The")
receding the t i t l ~El.o.11irii~.
Henre literally, "The
tJeu1." t<ut see Gencsls 31: 11, footnoke d, Literallyj "nothing b u t
l t ~ ~ (
~ t~l lr ~ ~ ~ ~ t ~ ~ , J 7
111

Jr,

m:17
you." 3s All the peopIe now began t o cross t h e
You and Zi'ba should share in the field."* 30 At Pr 29:4
Jordan, and the king himself crossd; but the
this Me.phib40~sheth
said to the king: "Let him
king kissed' Bar.zil'lai and blesseds him, after
even take the whole, now that my lord the king
2:
Ru 1:14
which he returned t o his place. 4 W e n the king
has come in peace t o his house,"
1KI 1Ll:20
AC 2 0 : ~ went
across to Gilfgal,t Chim'harn himself
31 And Ear.zillain the Gi1'e.ad.it.e himself n&K;$:&
aGe 14:lS
c;e28:3
crossed
with him, and also alI the people of
Ne
7
:
~
came down from Ro.ge'limr that he might pass
Ge 47:7
Judah,
and
also half the people of Israel, that
E~
3
:
4
3
on to the Jordan with the king so as to escort
p,"pd they might bring the king across."
him to the Jordan. s 2 And Bar.ziltlai was very
41 And, look! all the men of Israel were com$
?
old, being eighty years of age,' and he himself ~Psm:10
Mt21:9
ing
t o the king, and they proceeded to say to
supplied the king with foodr while he was dwellthe king: "Why didv our brothers t h e men of
ing in Ma.ha.na'im,g for he was a very greatt's~~e,~6f2, Y$$:~
Y G 31:26
~
Judah stealy you that they Ynight bring the king
25a 17:24
man. a " ~ the king said to Bar.zilllai: "You tlSa
252
and his household and all the men of David with
~
yourself cross over with me and 1 shall certainly J O 1:s
z a m ; u ,him over the Jordan?"z 4 2 At this all the men
supply you with food with me in Jemalem."u uZZ;;~
]of Judah answered the men of Israel: "Because
34ButBar.zil?ai said to the king: "What are
the king is closely related to
and why is it
*
the days of the years of my life like,' that I vgb3~~:14
2Sa24
that
you
have
become
angry
over
this; thing?
m39:5
1Ch
2:3
should go up with the king to Jerusalem? S"
Have
we
eaten
at
a
1
1
a
t
the
king's
expense
or has
am eighty years old today.y Could I discern be- yPs90:10
&~t;t1.8g;g a gift been carried to us
~
J
o
b
k
a
tween good and bad,^ or couId your servant taste
43 However, the men of IsraeI answered the
what I ate" and what I drank, or could I Iisten" *F&I$ii
men of Judah and said: ' W e b have ten parts
any more to the voice of maleh and femaIeP p;$$
in the king," so that even jn David web are more
yz{ than
singers?' So why should your servant become a Q ~ ~ " i ' $ r
you." Why, then, have you treated usd with
burdene any more to my lord the king? For +EC 12:4
contempt and why did not oure matter become
it is just a little way that your servant couId @i$::$g
.first Tor usd to bring oure king back?" But the
bring the king along t o the Jordan, and why
word of the men of Judah was more severe than
xLU6::38
L
J
g
8:1
should the king repay me with this reward?'
t h e ward of the men of Israel.&
g;
,
:
j
;
:
37 Let your servant return, please, and let me
4 2 S a 12:lO
Now there happened4 t o be there a gooddie* in my city close by the burial place of my *E:f;p4
+De 1313
for-nothing' man,f whose name was Shepfather and my mother." But here is your serv- &&%+&,
JR 10:22
lR:19
1ss : , l a
ba,' the son of Bich'ri a Een'ja.min.ite, and he
ant Chim'ham." Let him moss over with my
-25%
lord the king, and you do t a him what is good I K I 13:22
'2So
JK 3.27
13:.0 proceeded to blow the trumpet" and say: "We
?'j

3;;;

20

in your eyes."

38 Accordingly the king said: "With me

Chim'harn will go across, and I myself shall do
t o him what is good in your eyes, and all that
you may choose [to lay] upon me I shall do for

nlIC1 2:7

J e r 41:17

liter all^, "me," in a coIlective sense. QternIIy, "I," in a co1lm

tive sense. a''I have ten parts in t h e king, and I am the first-born
rather than yon, and so in Darid I nin nbor-e ~ou: L a . Literally,
'me," M. eLiferalhj *by:' 31. Or, "a ~coundrel,'~
Literally, "a,
man of Be8li.al {or, worthlemness),?' M.
f

have no share in David. and we have no inheritanceo in the son of Jes'sc.' Every one ta his
gods,nk 0 Israel!'" A t that all thc men of Isrnel
Regran to go up from following David to follow
She'ba the son of Bich'ri," and the men of Sudah
themselves stuck to their king from the Jordan

1 after She'ba the son of Bich'ri.

They were close

by the m a t stone that is in CibPe+an."
and A.mapsa* himself came t o meet them. Now J d a b was
girded, cIothed with a garment, and upon him
there was girded a word attached to his hip,
in its sheath, and Itn came out and so feu down.
9 And Jo'ab proceeded t o say t o A.marsa:
"Is it all right with you, my brother?"" Then
Jo'ab's right hand tooIr: hold of A.maPsa'sbeard
so as t o kissn him. As for A-ma'sa,he was not
on guard against the sword that was in Jo'ab's
hand,]' so that he struck himp ztllth it in the abdoment and his inte~tines'~
spilled out t o the
earth, and he did not have to da it to him agaimV
So he died. And Jo'ab and AbEsh'ai his brother.
for their part, chased after She'ba the son of
Bicwri,
11 And a certain one of Jorab'e young men
stood over him and kept saying: *'Whoever has
found delight In Jo'ab and wlloever belongs to
David,Y Iet him Pollo~vJo'ab!" I P All the while
A.ma'sau was wallowing in the blood in the middle of the highway.' When the man saw that
all the peopIe stood still, then he moved A.ma'sa from the highway to the Reld. Finally he cast
a garment over him, as he saw that everyone
coming up to him stood still." l 5 As s o m as he
had removed him from the highway, each man
passed by follotving Jo'ab t o chase after She'ba"
tho son of Bich'rj.
14 And [She'ba] went passing through all
the tribes of Israel t o A%eloof Beth-ma'azah.
As for all the Bfcl~'rites,~
they then assembled
together and also went in after him.
' In nprw wit11 J,,ry.whirh rmds "tho sward." But 11 wnds

:#&
;
;,?; \$g~
k,!;;;
r;~'r

;;::;,o

l i 4 1 . 1

J u h ""

r 2 ~ 1a
to J e r ~ s a l e m . ~
3 EventuaUy David came t o his house at
Jerusalem, Then t h e king took the ten ~ t r m e n 'Zg,"
,~
the concubines3 whom he had left behind to take c"~n"'i
care of t h e hcruse, and he put them in a house
of confinement, but he kept on supplying food
to them. And with them he did not have any
relafions,t hut they continued shut up closely lgr$$:8

until t h e day of their dying, in a widowhood 2Sn ~ 2 2

with a living husbar~d.~
4 The king now said to A.ma'sa:" "Call the I1*&l7:*5
1ct1k17
men of Judah together to me within three days,
and you yourself stand here." So Ahrnatsawent
t o call Judah together, but he came latcr than ylsa
lsn2~h
the fixed time that he had appointed for h i m . ~x2So
" Then David said to A.bish'ai : a "Now She'ba* ibsn.2:18
3~30
the son of Bich'ri will be worse for us than
jg::"
Ab'sa.10m.~You yourself take the servants" of :?!,?,
<,f:;h$
your Iardc and chase after him, that he may not ,:'!; ;:tY;jz
actually find for himself fortified cities and =:;,:;I:,/;
escape before our eyes."d Acmrcltngly the men a;? ; I ; ~ I
of Jo'abb and the Cher'e-thites' and the Pel'e- r:sn R I G
thiteb and dI t h e mighty men went out after 'i%?ji4
him, and they tvent on out of Jerusalem to chase Ef2:,'::A8
a O.ka.titn', 11. Literally, t't~nts,7'Thin is one of tha Ei~hteenEmendntions of the Sopherim, t h e orifiinal JIchrew text bcling allagod
to rrlncl : r ' ~ d s For "Ciod" ( e l . o . k i ~ l infitend
~~;
of o o l h n . l i r n ~b T,ilcr~ d l p "[in]
,
R ~4dowhoodo! S i v i n ~ n c ~ s ,N..
" " L i v i n ~ulirlr~~vm,l~
L.XX;
"living in widowhood," T g, ''Zolnd." 31, n.do.ni?n', the plural of
abd6n', to denote excellence or majesty, a Libmllg, "nod snatch
nwRy our eyes," XI.

),

114,

'lrltr*rr~llg,"lEdrit~fi,'*31.

2 SAMUEL 20 :15--22

191

190

2 SAMUEL 20:23--21:5

to his home,& and Jo'ab himself returned to

15 And they proceeded to come and lay siege
3:28 Jerusalem to the king.*&
against him in A'hl of Beth-rnara.cah and cast
rxR8:1A
23 And Jo'abr was over a11 the army of Brael,
up a siege rampart against the city: as it was 21% i o : ~
l ( ! l l 1U:15
":sf,2.7:31 and Be.nai'ahn the son of Je.hoira.dat was ever
%i:'
standing within a rampart.* And all the people
lli! 1 . M
4 rc.11 17.27 the CIler'e.thitesu and over the PeI'e.thit~.~
that were with Jo'ab were undelminfng the .i:;,!li;'"
l(:h 5 5
~~js,t
.t>.l4 14 And Ado'rarny was over those conscripted for
wall,O to throwr it down. " And a wise woman" 1); ?\, ' ,
.Sf! 5 In
V.'.+R
tg forced labor m d Je.hosh'a.phatz the son of
began ta call from the city: "'Listen, men, lis- js; !;I$2
,:'c\r r i l 1: ' 8 A.hi'lud was the recorder.lJ 2J And She'va* was
ten! Say, please, to Jo'ab, 'Come near as far as ;;!;!;;A
secretary; and ZaVdokA and A.bi'a.tl-lar; were
r ! l : l i:x
here and let me speak to you.' " " So he went
'tl'h
priests.
'OAnd, loo, I'ra* the Sa3r.itea himself
near to her and the woman then said: "Areyou
I :5n R 17
-;II I n n became a priest of David.
Jo'ab?" t o which he said: "I am." At this she
.<M l 7 : I S
lT<l
said to him: "Listen t o the words af your slave
Now there ceme to be a faminea in the
t:urr 18:Il
k1se2s:24
2
~
1-1:4
n
f
,
? K l ?:I
girl."" In turn he said: "I am listening." And
days-f
David for three years, year
..%t 73.23
11'h11:40 after year, and Dwid proceeded to consult t h e
she went on t o say: "Without exception they
r.1,: 111 3
: 4 : f ~ c of
used to speak in former times, saying, 'Let them
e Jehovah. Then Jehovah sajd: "Upon Saul
mi,e
N u,:1, ~ : ~ s
but inquire in A'bel, and thus they will certainly
and his house there is bloodg~ilt,~*
because h e
end the matter.' I represent the peaceablen ~-,ncmil
put the Gfb5e.an,ttes t o death." a So the king
and faithful onesr of Israel. You are seeking to fie ma3
called the Gibte.on.itesk and talked t o them, (In:
put to deathC a city" and a mother' in Israel. ~ & ~ ~ $ . ~ R ,
cidentally, the GibJe.on.ites were not of the sons
Why should you swallow^ up the passessionv of
of Israel, but of the remainder of the Am'orJehovah?" To this Jo'ab answered and said: ya;57$;
: 1':'3:$:2
; ~ ~ ~ ' , Ites;Oll
2 $ ~ ~ and the sons of Israel themselves had
"It is altogether unthinkabley on my part t h ~ t1 ~ 13 2 . ~
sworn
t o them,r but Saul sought t o strike them
. f l l q 9:1
l.Jljs
I should swallow up and that X should bring to
:::$;:;:'
do\lrn in his tolerating no rivalry against the
ruin." " The matter is not that way, but a man 2: ;'$
sells of B r ~ and
d Judah,) a And David went on
from the mmtainous region of E'phra-im,' %zf;(li7
t o say to t h e Gib'e.on.ites: "J7'hat shall I do to
whose name is She%anthe son of Bich'ri, has :1;
YOU and with what shall I make atonement,d2t
;/.clj$!ijf
I.'' 1 :
lifted up his hand against King David." You
you may certainly bless" the possession11 of
ISlh 2 "11~2
25
;
:
IIJ:;II L ~ I I B Jehovah?"
people, give him over by hirn~clf,~
and I will clsn :I:R
90the Gibfe.on.ites said t o hirn:
"It is not a matter of silver or gold for usC in
withdraw from the city.'" Then the woman said CF;::!::?~
to Jo'ab : "Here is his head" pitched to you over ~ ~ 1 $ ,8: ; :~:$V ~
connection with SaulVand his household, neither
*Xu IA:>F
Is it ours t o put a man to death in hrael." At
the wall!''"
ZlSn r;:sE
that he said: 'Whatever YOU are saying I shall
22 At once the woman went in her wjsdorn* 1'5K.7L 3111.?I
13
do for YOU," s A t this they said to t h e king:
to all the people, and they proceeded to cut off ;I~p,l;;a
-.the head of She'ba the son of Bich'ri and pitch 1::+6:1s
* Ir~h.rt~lly,
"tents," M, Or, "wmemhrnncer!' a Literally, y,%llook,"
it ta Jo'ab. Upon that he blew the -petk
and ?
M. Ilr., "nmmrfa," Litcrnllp, '.And DLESS [imperatiye, plml]?
;?'J*%
;
* I,il(~rnltj,"nw," $1; but in a wklectirc seusc. "Ug" M"arsm".
so athey were scattered from the city, each one

,,,,

/:

21

::p;fiusii:32
c,;

"

193

2 S A M U E L 21:13-48

"The man Mat exterminated usy and that sgpg$l

bones of Saul" and the bones of Jon's-than his
a : ~ ~ ~ ~ : ~
2:s
schemeds to annihilateo us from subsisting in cp;&238
son from the landowners of Ja'besh-gil'e.adP
any of the territory of Israel, "let there be given ZES9:z4
who had stolen them from the square of BethOJog l 7 : l l shan,%whom the Phidis'tines had hanged there*
to us seven men of hfs sons,' and we must ex- ~
~
;
*lSa 31.10
~
~
i
~
~
poseauthem t o Jehovah in Gib'e.ahAof Saul, the m
on the day that the Phi.lisYines struck down
chosen oneb of Jehovah."" Accordingly the king ?&?%
Saul on Gil.bo'a.* And he proceeded to bring
*lSa
ISa 31:1
28:4
Jos 10:ZB
said: "I myself shall give them."
u p from there the bones of Saul and the bones
iISa 10:26
2% I:ZI
ass
1:6
7 However, the king felt compassiono upon;;;::;{;
:$;I;;; 'of Jonra.than his s m , and they proceeded to
Me.phib'o.sheth+ the son of Jon'a-thane the son
.0sa21:12 gather the bones of the men being exposed.'
ofSaul on account of the oath" of Jehovah" that zig
l 1 Then they buriedu t h e bones of Sat11 and of
%3;,;:;*
was between them, between David and Jon'a- -;"s",",j',o
Jon's-than his sona in the land of Benjamin in
1 kJos
18:28
than the son of Saul. Tonsequently the king
in the buriaI place of Kish" his father,
I S ~ I O :Ze'laK
~
n l ~ 9a:l
took t h e two sons of Riz'pah" the daughter of I s a 2 0 : ~ 1
that
they
might do everything that the king
,,,,i
L'lR18:* had commanded," So God let himself be entreatA'iah whom she bore to Saul, Ar.mofni and ;;%%%''
ed for the land after such things.'
Me.phib'o.sheth, and the five sons of Mi'chalCk klsalS:pD
r$g;
lKilR40
the daughter of Saul whom she bore to A'dri.elk
15 And the Phi.lis'tiness came to have war
sZSa 5.17
the son of Bar.zil'lai the Me.hol'ath.ite. Then
2 ~ 5:22
a
again
with Israel. Accordingly David and his
1Ch 20:4
he gave them into the hand of the Gibfe.on-ites
JOY r a : ~servants with him went down and fought the
and they proceeded to expose them on the mounPhf.lisftines, and David got tired.t And Ish'biKji 7%
Ec12 3
taino before Jehovah,n so that the seven of them TE",l;:,'5
,,Nu 13:32 be'nob, who was among the children of the
fell together; and they themselves were put to E;?:?
Reph'a.im,b" the weight of whose spearv was
1sa 1 5 : ~
Do 3 1 1
death in the first days of
at the start 2XCi
three hundred shekels of copper and who was
24-4
11Sa 1?:7
of the barley harvestWaoHowever, Riz'pah he C J O 5:k
~
f c h 11:23 girded with a new sword,c began to think of
1Ch 20:5
daughter o f A'iahs took sackclotht and spread i?g&li?
At once A.bishtai"the
~1Sa
17:44 striking David down.Y IT
?Sn 205
it for herself upon the rockc from the start of :fgg:i&
iXs,22;19 son of Ze.ru'iah came t o his help* and struck the
harvest until water poured down upon t h m J o e m S
Phi.lis'tine down and put him to death. At t h a t
):::&:lo
from the heavens,u and she did not allow the u J ~ r ~ 1 6 ~ 4 ''.'ch1"15 time the men of David sworec t o him, saying:
fowlsovof the heavens to rest upon them by day FG",l$:$
"You must not go out with us t o the battle any
'E l l Z l 711.26: more,O
~
nor the wild beastsCy of the field by night."
I
that you may not extinguishAthe lampc+
f
&
;
;
$
$
11 At length it was reported* to David what zDe21:23
I I ~ln:d
I
of
Israel!"
I'x 132: 1 1
Riz'pah the daughter of A'iah, Saul's concu- lnU
J D 1:9
~
18 And it came about after this that war
J0h 5.35
a
K
i
1
1
:
s
bine," had done. " So David went and took the
1
- arose once more with the Phi-lis'tines at Gobnd
a lrEqo5e" (that is, n<th arms and legs broken), U ; 4csacrifice,', Sy ;
a LXX adds : "and of those hanged in the sun."'b Ha-Ra.pknk', N.
"hang i n the sun:' L X X ; 'Lcrucifyl"Vg. b "The chosen one," Ai;literally, "the Ita'phah.'' The fatIlexls name here is taken t o atand
(&theone ofice
ITg; ('the ones ehasen," LXX. "On the maunfor the entire giant race. E "A new (sxord)," MVg; "a dub''
tnin," e~idently;see rerse 9. t "Afe'rab:' SyLXXLagardian eaitl*n
( Lo.ryFmB; f r q n e n t l y hod with iron for fighting), LXX. d "Uepzer,"
and two Hebrew manusmiripts.
nt 1 Chronicles 20 :4.

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2 SAMUEL 221:19-22 :3

194

Then it was that Silo%e.cai' the HuFshath.itee

struck down Saph," who was among the children

of the Reph'a.ima*
19 And war arose once again with the Phi.1is8tines at Gob, and El.hatnankthe son of Ja'a-reor'e-gh the Eethle.hem.jte got to strike down
Go.li'athbthe Git'tite,c the shaft of whose spear
was like the beam of Ioarn workers."
20 And war m e yet again at Gath,r when
there happened to be a man of extraordinary
size," with six fingers on each of his hands' and
six toes on each of his feet, t wenty-f our in number, and h e too had been born t o the Reph'a.im.""
And he kept taunting^ Israel, Finally Jon'athan' the son of Shirn'e.i,dy David's brother,

I l Ill1 12:2
1.4 I

'l*,ll 3: 1
f:.lJ

Vl

6k
% l'hl

ed

The snaresS of death confrontd me.'

'IIn my distress I kept calling upon Jehovah,'

M!S
4 19 IX 5

"'I

u8ltat l f i 4

And to my God I kept calling!

"Then out of his temple he heard my voice,'
With m y cry f o r help in his ears.*
"And back and forth the earth began t o
shake and to rockyk
The forindation of the heavenso themselves

.I'A T X : O

MI*^ 3t:15

I ~ J I T PI
11~1A:%'
l l , l ~ * l2fi:i1
l
I

became aaltatcd,l=

And they kept shaking back m d forth because he had been nngered.Y
"Smoke" went up at his nostrils, and there
WRS fireCdevouring from his mouth,"
Burning coals themselves blazed up from

1 % 1817
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h1 \

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17
.{

him.'
"And he proceeded to bend the heavens
I ~ r l
down and to descend,"
Vl
.I I I
lY.1 8 . I Z
And
thlck gloom was beneath his feet.v
I
In :I
1 1 . 1 I, :a
'
"
nnd
he came riding upon a cherubg and
I ,rt .I I
E . Ilh 17
came
flying,r
I
And he was vjsibleb upon the wings of a
1.
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I
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I I L 10
spiri tmc1
I., 1111 3
' i l ~ ~ ' d l , ' M, RkrGl: SF, FLI:wtt; Tp, i t t . j ~ ~ ' ~ t t 1E
8 ; T , 6cde~th"

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61..7

81'5

Pr l h . 1 0

P nf
Hn-Rn.pkoh8, 111. See 2 S~rnuel21 : 18. footnob h. " T ~ q011
Jn'a.re-or'e-gim the Beth'le.lletn.ih got to trike down Oo.licnt1~."
Evidently a corruption of the Hehrew text here for "ttir so11 of
Jn'ir g ~ to
t strike down Lnhrmi the brother of cio.li'nlh," ns nt
1 Ghrcn~cl~s
20: 5. C Or, "Go.li'nth the man of Oath," 31, d "[3bInlre.a," ~t I Chronicles 20 :7; "Sham%ah,'+ nt I Snluuel la: 9,

r9n
1-11

the Provider of escape far me.'

"My Gud is my rock." I shall take refuge in

~i

F Pls:d
~

1u12:6
r

22

hirn.k
s h i e ~ nand my hornr of salvation, my
secure height,a

J.lH;l

P I ' \ I L .J
- I > %(;!I.IJ

struck him down.

22 These four had been born to the Reph'aImu in Gath,z and they came to fall by the hand
of David and by the hand of his servants.'
And David proceeded to speak to Jehovah the words of this song' in the day
that Jehovah had delivered him out of the palm
of all his enemiesAand out of Saul's palm,c = and
he went on t o say:
"Jehovah is m y crag' and my strongholde and
a

And my place for flight,cmy S a ~ i o rfrom

;~
violence you save me.r
* "On the One to be praised,y Jehovah, I shall
call,
And from my enemies 1 shall be saved.%
"For deadly breaking waves encircled me,'
Very flash floods of no usefuhess kept
frightening me."
'The ropes of She'ola3 themselves surround-

I'*0:D
t B u?H:2
l'%,tdb:16

IUI
9pI

1 ~r.,t'rrtr.lns).KFF (:VITFFY~~37 : 35, font I I O ~ P R and the c-omment on

r 1 Irl r l ~ o,I pp*,11li~Oil volnnlc I. pnpp 851. Or, possil,i;p, h?- corI 1 1-l I V I V onlu I l r ~ l ~ r rI~
v tw
t ~ b r ,''l~clmela ~?onncin~,"
ns at Pdrn 18: 10
I ~ I I , 1~1 1 I ~ I I ~ I I YI I I ~ ~ ~
t~~nnawrripts.
~ L ~ I I ~ a Or, "wings of wind.''

2 SAMUEL 22: 12-20

196

"Then he put a darknesso around him as OJabS:5

*PS m
5
booths,'
Dark waters,aEthick clouds."
F
-Pa
KL
18:n
.~:~
18 r l R ~ m
the brightness In front of hIm burn- ,
H n h 3:5
ing coals of fire blazed up.&
~ E 1B:lB
Y
l4 "FYorn heaven Jehovah began to thunder
"
+
:
"
,
:
;
!
And the Most High himse1P began t o give 4;;
J U IO:IU
~
f o ~ t hhis voice.'
1's 7:13
"And he kept sending out molvs, that he .::,"iii;I
PS 14:6
might scatter them,*
Ha3 8:il
LightninglGthat he might throw them into

He IvaE rescuing me,because he had found

lP

delight in me.I
rewards me according to my
righteousness,"
According to the cleanness of my hands
he repays
Be "For I have kept the mays of Jehovah,'
And I have not \vickedly departed from

""Jehovah

,,:,,

confusion.'
Id
"And the stream beds of the sea became

;;bz;T
EV

i'I

k;,S;

15:s

114:s

;gM

vjslble,"
rI = *c 2:
sd:i:8
The foundations of the productive landblc P S T : ~
nJob %:I1
became uncovered.ll
1's 106:D
At the rebuke of Jehovah, from the blast ::b'$:~~
of the breathc3 of his nostrils.'
~ PI : YC 1
IT17
I 5:8
lv'He was sending from an high, he wa. 1.:si:5
alyc 18:16
taking me,s
;l'k
144:T
H e ~ v a sdrawing me out of great waters.' Li::$,2
Ps 2A:4
lB ''Hewas delivering me from my strong PS 130:1
ISA 4 3 2
enemy,u
Ln 3 5 4
Fmm those hating me;because they were
,',::+I5
PS 5 6 3
stronger than I was.V
v Ps 1Y :17
1Sa 19:11
'I'They kept confronting me in the day of Y1Sa
2226
2sa 1 5 : l O
my disaster,~
r', IIQ:IIJ
%pi IR.IS
But Jehovah became my support*
1's T1:a
90 '<And he proceeded to bring me out Into a
!::::;;{,
T'S 31:srs
118;~
roomy place;'
wntprs." b "The inhnhitd ~ n r t h , 'L-LT
~
;
as at .\l{ttthrw 24: 14. "Tprreptrinl circle (or'hk)," S'R. a "Breath."
M, m'nlaki L X S , p~~su?wtcs;T'y, spdtri.tus, Sec Ucilcjis 1:2, footnote d.
a liternllg, 'tdnrknrss of

i T:i2
ifn

I,, 19:s
~ V K17:8
I

M I XP e:11

1
I

I 'C 1 8 : ~ ~

LtCr 6:9
I :o.
IT:I
,!jmIb 1 : l
1 % w:ll
411'4

15:?3

I 'I ~1,"3
t
i
:

a lrn 3:10
I!VIT
115

my God."
"For all his judicial decisions are in front
of me,'
And as for his
I shalI not turn
nsicle from thern.nS
"And I shall prove myself faultless tciv~rd
hh,"
h d I will keep myseE from error on my
part."
P6 "And let Jehovah repay me according to my
righ teousne~s,~
According t o my clesnness in front of his

"With one ofloving-kindness you 1 - 1 1act in

1Mt fi:7

,lsw233

I! I 'H
I l 'r

iH:25

I R:26
h l t 5:s
.a*

:!ti:=

:pS:62

loving-kindness,t
With the faultless, mighty one you will
deal faultlessly,"
'"With the one keeping clean you will show

yourself clean,'
And with the crookedone you willact assllfy.~
Qs "And the humble people you will save,#
H:l4
But your eyes are against the haughty ones,
3H:27
[that] you may bring [them] 1ow.b'
I*I' i1:17
so "For you are my lamp, 0 Jehovah,'
And it 1s Jehovah that makes my darkness
* I . ,1!%.2n
I'*!llII I
I . , , r,41 19
shine.&
r Id~f~urnllg,
Lait"(Frlllinine), U.R Or,mare literally, '%ut your orrs
1"- 1 3 5
Iwn -?:?:!I

:\l:!28
I , Y2:s:Lfi
I r H:?:R
bra l,liI:tz

w.t,11h

'b.10

1'mt

tdtlr

w i l l Iuwvr ngnixlst the haughty oi~ea!'

'O

'*Forby you I can run against a marauder

band,

By my God I can climb a wall.'

0 ~ h dg: ~ a
+ ~ Ig R : ~

Pa

235

ISR

Isrr 4 5 5
kPs18.39
Ps 44:5

" "Asfor The [true] God,a3perfectIs hh way," zz &;z4

3%fi:31

1I

~3 1 ~ : 2

i
3
The saying of Jehovah is a refined one.'
;4;3
nGP 49:8
A shield he is to all those taking refuge
LA 23327
=G;;;G~~~
Jud 111:24
in him."
Pr 3 , s
15:40
89 ''For who is a G c d b besides 3ehovalr:k
~"q3r):2
k $ \ ~ ~ k ~ rPs
PS 21:s
~lsa2P:a
And who is a rock besides our God?""
P4 9 1 : 4
Ps 18 31
aE "The [true] Goda 1s my strong fortress,dr
job n:9
And he wilI cause my way to be perfect,* :-;
Prl:23
I<n1:?5
"Mnkinp m y feet like those of the hinds,r $;%
EL^ XI:^
133
And upon places high3 for me he keeps OIICI11:7
I'a S . 5

me standing.u

teaching my hands for warfare,v

And my m s have pressed down a brv of
copper,"
afiO"Andyou win give me your shield of
saIvation,~
Andit 5syour humility that mnkesme great,'
BP "YOU will make room Enrge enough for my
a8

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31,ha-R!, hnring the dednite article hla ( " T ~ P " )

I!ePnrs the tttle KI. See G~nehin91: 33, Pnotnole a ; Genesis d(i: 3,
foatnnb a: nnd Demtwono~ay7 : R, Poatt~otcb. b "God." 31, El;
LXS. " l i t m n ~ " ; TTg Detvs, 0 'il:atl." A1 El.o.lriml; JXN, AO
The.09'; YE, De'ws.
In amemmt mith h s d m 1S : 32, this text
might b4 corret-tcd to r e d : "The [true] Gad is girding mc with vitnl
energy." Or, "setting."
11

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17s I9 32
;;I!:.!
t w 18 3.7

VF, I,I.I:I
steps under me,"
"5
3S.34
And my ankIes will certainly not wobble.'
an "1 will pur~ttemy enemies, that I rnay anni- ;R
14
hilate them,"
F., IN:%
~ P l'i:5
s
And 1 aha11 not return until they are ex- 42Sn 5:10
terminated:
*rJs
9% lh.37
H::!
8P "And I shall exterminate them and break
I l
them in pieces that t h ~ may
y
not rise up:
*I% 18:s
And they will fall under my feet."
Ps 110:l

"TIIF [trlre] Gad!'

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114

111

I#*

"And you will glrd me with vital energy for

the battle."
YOU will make those rising against me
coIlapse under me.k
"And as for my enemies.@yaw will certainly
give me the back of their neckn
Those hntfng me intensely-I shall also
silence them,^
8 a "Tl~eycry for help, but there 1s no csavior,"
To Jehovah, but he actualIy does not

answer themmt
4'And I shall pound them fine like the dust
of the earth,n'
Like the mire of t h e streets 1 shall pulverize them iV
~
I shall beat them flat.Y
'4 "And you will provide me escape from the
faultfinding of m y people.=
You will safeguard me to be the head of
nations;'
A people that X have not known-they will
serve meaD
*@'[Foreignersa
themselves will come cringing
t o nlqn

Ears n.111 be obedient to hear me.@

4 a "Foreigners' themselves will fade away,+
And they will come quaking out from their
4v'Jehavah is living," and blessed3 be my
Rock,'
Ancl let the God of the rock of my saJvalion be exaltednk
"The [true] Godb is the Giver of acts of
rrtln~eance~
to men

I .l!r.~nlIv, "mnn ne Foraignness

1 1)

111

4 llrrl."

(or, a f&gn
hl, hn-itl, Srav vcrsc 31, footnote

corntry)." b"ThO

2 SAMUEL 2 3 : M

201
And the One bringing the peoples down
under me,=
"And the One bringing me out from my

t ~m
xa1
2Ch 19:7

enemies.~
And above those who rise up against me
you will lift me up;f
From the man of violent deeds you will
deliver me.u
"That is why I shall thank you, 0 Jehovah,
among the nations,'
And to your name I shall make rnelody,~
"The One doing great acts of salvation' for
his king=
And exercising Ioving-kindnessaG t o his
anointed1' one,*
To David and to his seedc3 forever."dn
And these are the last words of David :"
"The utterance of David the son of JesPse,O
"And the utterance of the mano that was
raised up on high,+
The anointedb of the God of Jacob,"
And the darling- of the melodiesf of Am 6:s
Israel.g"
L u 20:42
* "The spiriP of Jehovah it was t h a t spoke byh z:gi$:,5

23

me.*

Heb 3:7

And-his word1 was upon my tongue.ck

0P95:9
k2Pe 1:21
nEx s:3:15
"The God of Israel said,"
nlch
me 32:31
11:~
To me the RocY of Israel spoke:
" When one ruling over mankind is right-

-eous,:~
lore."

Ruling in the fear of God,t

'"'Then it is as the lightE of morning, when

CJob 3:9

O l K l S.32

SPY29:2

Or, Iloynl
b "Anointed." 31, ~la.8bi'ah7t; SF, mJshbhk; LXX,
ch&s.tosf; Vg, chri3'tus. C Or, 6(ofisp~il~g."
d Or, "to time indefimte."
* drhIsn."AIj g e b ' ~ ~See
. Exodus 10:ll,,footnote (1. That is, musically accompanied songs. 31, P ) n i ruth , g Or, "And the pleasant
singer of Isrsel." h Or, "uith." A s at Kumhel*s 12 : 8a. 1 "Ttrord,"
31, w~il.lnh'. An Ar.a.lna'ic word, used only in poet^, at Psalm
19 : 4; 139 : 4; I'ro~erbs 25 : 9 ; and 34 times in the hook o f Job,

uJg 5:31
PS 110a
Pr 4: 18
CIK1 321
vHo 6,3
QlKi R:35
sI3e 32:2
P s 72:6
Mfc 2 7

the sun shines forth,^

A mornin@ without c1ouds.V
" 'From brightness, from rain,o there is grass
out of the earth.'^
'Tor is not my household like that with
God?""
Because it is an everlasting covenant"'
that he has assigned t o me,a
Nicely put in order in everything and
secured.*
Because it is all my salvationb and all my
delight,'
Is that not why he will make it grow?B
"But good-for-nothing personsc" are chased
away, like thornbushes," all of them,
For it is not by the hand that they should
be taken."
~
"When a man touches them
He should be fully armed with iron and
the shaft of a spear,
"And with fire they will thoroughly be burned

12% 7:ia

1K19:4
*2Sa 7:15
1Ch 17:11
Ps 8928
EPs 83:3
L1Sa 2 3 2 9
25a 72%
1Ki 11:38
QPsw2:2

Ps 119:81
+Ps7325
Wsa 4:2
Isn Y:6
Iaa ll:i

Isn 2 7 5

A m 9:11
ICo 3.6
2 12
2% 29:1
~ 1 3:2~ :
Ac 7.30
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8 These are the names of the mighty men

that belonged to David: Jo'sheb-bas.she'bethr
a Tah.che'mo.nite,s the head of the threeaeHe
was brandishing his spearf over eight hundred
31, El; LXX, 'Yhe Strong One"; Vg, Ds'ers.
Or, "a

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I Ir l l l ~ q r w
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1 t 1n#nl
. - ~ I I ~ Ifo(I4~ H
, was
~ brandishing his spear." This diffilwll Ilnwnngrl im thus rendered by a correct~onof the Hebrew text in
I r r r r l l ~ * r ~ w ~with
li
1 Chronicles 11:11. M literally appears to read:
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(Itc Kx'nite,jl
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county of Israel and Jud~h."" 0 the king said

Jo'abs t h e chief" of t h e military forces who
with him: "Move about, please, through all
*"g:1
the
tribes
of Israel, from Dan to l3e'er-shefba,*
L'Sa 320
"7~1'.11 and YOU men register the people,= and I s h d l
rank of the three he did not corne,z but David ZlCh 11:25
LlLJt 21:2
. c c 26.4
certainly know the number of the people."* V u t
appointed him t o his own guard.
1)- P.13
Jorab said t o the king: "May Jehovah your God
I
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3
6
:
~
24 As'a.helu the brother of Jo'ab was m o n g 3g,:
Pr l R l 2
the thirty; El.harnan4 the son ofDo'do of Beth'- ;::;;$?;
pr 29.23 wen add t o the pcople a hundred times as many
as they are while the very eyes of my lord t h e
11~~6
le.hem, 25 Sham'mahb the Ba'rod.ite, E8liPkathe n1r.ll
OlClr 27%
king are seeing it. Rut as for my lord the king,
*tr.Ii
27110
Haprodbite,'"elez'
the Pal'tite, I'ram the son
why has he found delight in this thing?"l
of lk'keshn the Te-ko'ite," ::A.bi.e'zera the An'- t!%???$s
743::::f4
r'r 14:''s
n.thoth,ite,rhle.bunfnai the Hutshathnite,~*
Za1'- ky:,1:;?12
4 Fjnally the king's ~lartlprevailed* upon
"fig Jo'ab and the chjefs of t h e miljtary forces. So
mon the A.ho%i.te,t 3.2a'ha.raill the Ne.tophta- ';Ti; ;!?AA
thlte, "" He'leW the son of Ba1a.nahY the Ne- mf;:,l;+
Jo'ab and the chiefs of the military forms went
*Nu f:2
togh'a-thite, It'taiz the son of Ritbai of Gib'e.ah :;it bhg
out from before the king to rcgisteI.4 the people
;1
of the sons of Benjamin, Be.nni'ahn' a Pir'a- ,.II-IL :17:15
Israel.
"Then they crossed the Jordan and \vent
i ( ' h
11:30
thon.itc, Hid'dais of the torrcnt vnHeys of Ga'- ~xlr7,i
It:nl
'yF,P,ZjE9 ,into camp a t A.ro'era to the right of the cityc
ash," A'bi-al'bOn0 the Ar'bal h.ifc, Az'ma-vethk ",:t'/: 53:
tzg::? that is in the middle of the torrent valley, toward
the Bar-hu'mite, 3"E.li'eh.balc the ShnnnZ'bo.nite, t ; . ~ ~ 3 ~ : ~ , ~ m ;;y,$:y the Gad'iteslWand to Ja'zer.k W t e r that they
t h e sons of Ja'shen, Jonta.than,9 muSham'mn h etc:11 11:51
NU 3 ~ 3 5 came on t~ Gfl'eaadnand the land of Tah'timL W I 16:8
the EInr'a.rite, A.hi'am' the son of Shn'rar the "lch 1I:aa
n4:v s1:21 hod'shid and continued on t o Dan-ja'ann and went
I
31.48
I-larkrite, "'E.1iphre.let the son of ABlms'bait h e
around to Si5lon.t Then they came to the forNu
@.III~
19:-17
son of the Ma.acPa.thite, E.li'ame the son of BL2sall:s
tress of Tyret1 and all the ciijes of the HiPvitesv
!.H 1H:ZY
tf
"''15 and of the Ca'naan.itesv and came to the ?@miA.hith'o.phelxthe Gilon.ite, Hez'ro" the Car1- '2%
.hlK [I:%
J ~ I *~ ! ) : a g nating point In the Nefebz of Judah a t Be'errnel.ite, Pata.raithe M b i t e , 1"aI the son of L;:;: :;+?
JE I F 23
1"s
Nathank of Zdbah, Ba'ni the Gad'ite, Ze'lekn k l1c ''lIt1 1
u.rl,h c h . 3 she'ba.' T h u s they went moving about tl~rsugh
3 1 39
Y 111- 11:7
the Am'mon-ite, hfa'ha.rail' the Re*er'oth-ite,rlcli I I : ~
.'I,,,, Ir:ts all the land and came t o Jelusalem at t h e end of
armor-bearers of Jo'ab the sen of Ze.ru?iah, 12Sa20:26
ninernonthsmd t~ventyclays."o'abnowgave
S'rae the Ith'rite, Gafebt the Ith'rite, U,ri'the number of the registration of the people to
:j :?$
'",',':,:;';?!!
- ~ h uthe Hit'tite-thirty-seven fn all.
L lIii
I ~1
11
~ %
I3 ~~ ~
fir, rrfrr; LXS, irruler"; Tg, Iprillce,'' ""To Jo'nb and to the
And againy the anger of Jehov~hcameL:;l, ;:j'
r-l~~vtk
o r thc r~iilitaryforcrs who rttcro ~ 4 t hhim," rlx,7;tfigarfiran
II*~'.HCW VPI'RP -1 nnd 1 l ' l ~ r r u ~ i r ~91
l r n: 3. " ~ T Pillto
H ~ romp a t
t o be hot against IsraelI3when one0 in. C l l i l n : l
A rrl'r-r !I, t11v rigl~tuf tl~ccity," 11; "'brann n t dnm'cr ni~rtat the
cited Davidd against them, saying: "Go, t ~ k ea

hb own spear." =" Thew things Be.naf'ahaV the VlllCh11:23

Y S R ~
son of Je.hoita.da did, and he had a reputation I c h 27;s
like the threeb mighty men.?' Although he was,r"h
distinguished even more than the thirty, to the

: ~ ~

ylFh$y&

x=2:13
to
2Sa &.I6
2~n2+:23 WBS

:fv

11 I

,::

24

rLiterally,

LLBe.na.ia%n:' M. bliternlly, "among tho three,"

JIL,LTVg; ""among the thirty:'
fig. * Or, "be!'
Sco 1 Chniclcrr
21 : 1. 4 Or, "when David was infjtcd,"

1-01"

h l v , ~ ' I,S S T ~ r ~ ~ ~ ~ @dl

t ' ~ticll;'
l ~ a t3lol
l ~ n e sL S X nranuscripta Sos, 19,
1
(1,uvian's recension) ; " c n l l ~ e iu A,ro'rr at rba right of
I bin ~ u l p , ' ? \ f ~ . d "1,nnd of Tnh'trin-hn~l'~bi,"11; LLlancF
QE the 1%'r lr r r 1 trrvn rcl l<r~'~lt.sla,'lL 4 ~ y ~ ~ ~ s r vna ~l l dl o~~ ~n, ~ i

rlqllIC1,

2 SAMUEL 24:17-23

207

the king, md Israel amounted to eight hundred

thousand valiant men drawing sword, and the'
men of Judah were five hundred thousand men." ng;
10 Ahd David's heart began to b a t him after ;
: ;;:;3
he had so numbered the people.' Consequently A;?;:;;$:
IS
David said to Jehovah: ''I have slnned9ery IL*IIJ
LC'11 1'1:s
much in what I have done. And now, Jehovah,
let your servant's error pass by,' please, for I *g$z$l
1313
have acted very fmlishly."* l 1 When David pro- ~ s l n
ceeded to rise up in the morning, Jehovah's

';3,%%

word ifseIf came to G a d the prophet, David's

seer," saying: l2 "Go,IL and you must say to # l s : t Y : q
David, 'This is what Jehovah has sald: "Three kcg;g:j;
pr 3 : U
things I am laying upon y0tt.k Choose for your- rt.v
?fi:?O
self one of them that I may do it t o yon." ' "n .sn 21:1
l 1Accordingly Gad came in to David and told. &!'2$!;+2
him and said t o him: "Should there come to you: $:;.?
sevenl' years oi famine' in your land,' or three :;-;liyX
mantl~sof your fleeing before your adversar-, ;$($$
ies,OHwith them pursuing you, or the occurring'
of three days of pestilencec" in your land?t Now \I I+, 1:~[J:s
know and see what I shall reply to the One send- ;:k'\i:!:1:113
1'6.1 l!vlr43
ing me." So David said to Gad: "It Is very',,,,,
distressing to meu Let us fall, please, Into the ;L;114$v;E.:l
hand of Jehovah,' for many are his mercies,"r';g;
but into the hand of mana do not let me fall."'"z :!h' 1;4l.i
15 Then Jehovah gave a pestilence* in Israel $2;

;I::;;

from the morning until the time appointed,: so

o . 1 ~21;:1

t h a t out of the people from Dan t o Be'er-she'ba"

seventy thousand persons died. And the angel* :.l;$f:;

aLiterallg, "Thme Rill be

l5

a going: M. The rerb here is in tho

infinitire e h f u t e and hence is impemnal and indefinite ns to tinkc.
'.Serm," VVgSy ; "threern LXY snrl 1 Chroniclw 21 : If. a Or,
"llnlm-pest." LXK, "death ( d ~ a d l y plague)"; VB, "pcstile~lcr."
d -*lllan." M, a.dmn'.
5.LY adds hrre: .'And T~ax-id ~ t ~ aliisd ~
cho~ecof the deadly plague. 35Aud it was the dnp, sf t l ~ cwheat
harvest."

1o:n kept

hfs hand thrust out toward Jerusalemo to

bring it t o ruin,k and Jehovah began to feel
r e ~ ~ . eover
t ~ ~ the
. calnmlty and so he said t o the
angel that was bringing ruin among the people:
;-7;;#
"11 is enough! Now let your hand drop." And
lW7
JehovahkSDangel himself happened t o be close
'2Ch 3:1
by the threshing floor of A.rau'nah* the Jeb'u1t1ch21:ra

:;$';?i:l5
W& 10:lB
Jou 1518

17 And David proceeded to say to Jehovah,

when he 8aw the angel that was striking the
people down, yes, he proceeded to say: "Hem it
'3% Ei7is I that have sinned"and it is I that have done
e
done?
*!';F!;;1171 1 1 1 wronc, hul llrescl s I l c ~ ~ " - - l v ~ha ~t v they
1,cll your l ~ n ~ plcasc,
d,
come upon me1<and the
I .; I I
I : :
house of my Father."
1tr ;<.~ld::C?
18 Later Gad came in to David on that day
nnd said t o him: "Go up, set up far Jehovah an
altar on the threshing floor of A-rau'nah the
n2Ch n:lHJeb"~~~site."ll
'%And
David began to go up in accord with the word of Gad, acco~dingt o what
$$;% Jehovah had commanded.r Do When A.rau'nahs
: ' C ' l ~:ul:it{
lonkcrl down ~ n SRW
d the king and his servants
h'tb V * A \
rl1.h 2 b : ~ f l passing nlong toward him, Abrautnahat once
wrwl out nnd bowcd' down, to the king with his
,
"1

:'!;I( !I >,
, , I , . E ,;l

I:ICCto the cnrth,ll Then A.rau'nah said: "Why

come t o his servant?" At
t h a t D ~ v j dsaid: "TObuyv from you the threshing floor SOP building kn altal*to Jehovah, that
~~".!,4:"~
t h scour@'
~
may be halted from upon the peo5
p$,'.
E u ~A.rautnah said t o David: "Let my
1 ' . 1iIf:::uJ
; 1
the king take itx and offer up what is good
o I ~ ~ (;:I.&
,t , t lord
in his eyes. See the cattle* for the b~irntoffering
lI
,:?
and the threshing sledge and the implements of
the cattle lor the wood. " Everything A.rauhnah,
0 king,n does give to the king.'' And A.raufnah

"c;:$~:22

hns my lord the king

..

I(

a t

br, lilCvor;r.thingA.rm'nnb oe a king,"

M.

SAMUEL 24:24-25

208

\vent on to say to the king: 'Way Jehovah your

God receive you delightfully."'
24 Rotvever, the king said to A.rauPnah: "No,
but rviihaut faiI I shall buy it from you for a
price) and 1 shall not ofler up to Jehovah: my
God burnt sacrifices without cost." Accordfngly
David bought the threshing Roor and the cattle
for fifty silver shekels.":d n A " '
David pracecdrd
t o build there an a l t a F to Jehovah and oiTcr
up burnt sacrifices and communion offcrincrs,
and Jehovah began letting himself he enlrented
for the land,' so that the scourge .ems halted

TWE FIRST OF

KINGS

1
I

from upon Israel.

'

mL'Rftysiher shekels." k silver sh~kcla r n r n ~ n t i nto~ nhnnt COP,

nr 2s. (id.. this sum rrould amount to nhtrnt .$lr!.rlli, or E(i 5s. See
Grnouis 23: 35, footnote 11.

'
1
1

or, accorrling to t l ~ pOrwk R~pf~rfigirgt,

T H E THIRD OF XCIN08

old,' advanced in
1Now Xingand would
tlrey would cwer
warm.
DRV~O
wag

him with
clothes but he
not feel
a So his
servants s ~ f dt~ hlm: "Let them look for a girl,
ak$tji:n a vfrginj0for my lord the klnr, and she will have
",1%,::gg
to attendAupon the Iring, t h a t she may become
t L 2 4 : 5 3 his nurse,4 and slle must lie in your bosom,*
Cr 39:g
-GV 16:s
and my lord the king will certainly feel warm."*
:Sa 123
I
.
" A n d they went looking for a beautiful girl
~. ks
E 2:2
4:11
C
throughout all the acrritory of Ismel' and finally
found Ab'E.shagmtlie SRu'narn.rnitek and then
*:$: ; ;1$
the girl was
l~i7,0,s;~::~8brought her in to the king. dnA"
2Ki 4 . ~ #beautifulin the extreme, and she came to be the
?Ki 4 2 5
king's nurse and kept r v a i t i n ~upon him, and t h e
'king
himself h ~ no
d intercoursen with her.
n!$;:$$G
rLsa3:~
5 All the while Ad.o.nj'jah7 the son of Hag';Lu1-I-1% githfl was lifting hlrnself up,i saying: '" 1yse1f
a m going t o rule as king!"^ And he proceeaed
irDe 1T:la
a5 9 5
to have a chariot made for himself with horse1 C b "3-5
men
and fifty men running before hirnmV
" And
I C %:
~I
bhT31. 1;:fB:
his father did not hurt his feelings at any time"
158 1.71
1% W : T
by saying: "Why is this the way you have
~ 1 5 ~ 3 : l done?"y
a
And he was also very good-looking in
I'r 23:13
~ 1 % 9 : ~ form,= and [his motherlb had barns him after
2Sn 14:25
Ab'sa.lorn. And he came to have dealings with
' 2 s n 2o:as Jo'ab the son of Ze.ru'iah and wjth A.bita.thar*
~ c l ~ 2 ~years.'
: ~ ~
Fs 90:IO

LGe l . ~ . ~ i
Ge 24:l
JOS 2 3 : l

*"At. any tilne." Or, "all hia life,$'

(y~an~s),"
X b bLit~mUg, he; 31.
209

Liternlly, "from his d a p

I'

.,,,,:,,

the priest, and they began offering help as folPIT

lowers of Ad-oai'jah.' As far Za'dokl' f he I CE~mS R1.1
:15
l~,r:n
priest and Ee-nai'ahan the son of Je.hoi'a.das n11> S>l;2-,>'u
and Nathans the prophet and Shirn'e'it ~ u r;~.z,;:;
d

211

I
I

1 KINGS 1:l6-23

waiting upon the king, la Then Bath-she'ba

bowed low2 and prostrated' hemelf t o the king,
24:s upon which the klng said : '"%?hat do you have
[to ask] ?"= i7 A t this she said to him: "My
lord," it was you that swore by Jehovaha your
Rc'i the mighty men that beloi~gedt o D ~ v l t l "~.~;~;~*,
,~~
" ~ ; c18.13 God t o your sEwe ~ l r l 'So1'o.mon
they did not become involved with Ad.onni'jah
,
your son is
Eph 5-23
lc'lz
#lo
1 ~ 3e: ~ the one that will become kina after me and he
9 Eventually Ad.o.nj'jahhheld a sacrlficev of
' ~And
sheep and cattle and failings close by the stone0 C$2tF$i2
4:Fi&!i is the one that rvill sit upon my t h r ~ n e . IR
'2ss.1520 now, look! Ad.o.nlPjahhimself has become king,'
I ~ I - x ~ : ~
of Zorhe.leth,cwhich is beside En-ro'gcl,~and y2Sn
1x1 1 ; ~
1;:17
and now my lord the king himself does not know
11eproceeded t o invite all his brothers t h e king's
"ml:fl
of it at all."In SO he sacrificed bulls and fatlings
sonsz and all the men of Judah the Iring's serv- =2gRIJ:2=
.lKi 1 3
=:sa13:~_and sheep in great quantity' and invited all the
ants;*'%and Nathann the prophet and Bc.nai'~h" L%;$l,$;+l
L,S a M:23
sons of the kingq and A-hi's-thar" the priest and
and the mighty men and Sol'oaman his brother ".;lz:ls
Jo'abn the chief3 oi the army, but Sol'o.mon~
he did nut invite. Nathan" now said to Bath- Ag;:;f7
.,-,
r,
< i,
,
13
,
:
,
r:;:;1::0
your servant he has not Invited. *"And you my
~ h ~ ? ' hSoICo.mon's
,~
mother:' "Have you not ;
;;;;.:k,l
the king-the eyesaRof all Israel are upon
heard that Ad.o.ni'jahb the son of Haf:'gitlzq h m f l . - i . h 3..;
,&
: lord
you, to tell them who is gofng t o sit upon the
bccoine king and our IordWavid does not l<norv
;;gi!;
f'JSnz3:2 throne of my Iord the klng nfter him.t 21 And
of it at all? l2 50 now come, let me, please,
?Ch 229
.ch 2 s : ~ it will certainly occus that as mon as my lord
solemnly co~tnsel~
you,' and you provide cscnpe ?$yi;zt
ICh 23.1
the king lies down with his forefathers" I myself
l
l ~ 15.15
e
for your own soul" and for the soul of youi*son :;, $q;$~
also
Sol'omon
shall certainly be~
$ and
r
~
~my son
~
~
S01'o.rnon.~ j-0 and enter in t o Ring David, * c e m i 7
and you must say to him, 'Was it not you my
;?:' ' $:;; come offenders."V
22 And, look? while she was yet speakfng
lord the Icing that swore t o your slave'' girl c"rz:"
saying: "Sol's-mm your son is the one tha; '$f;&
with
the k1ng.y Nathan' the prophet himself
~1?,"~1'4::2
will become king after me and he is, the one that 1;5o;jf;
'came in. ~3 At once they told the king, saying:
mili sit upon my throne"?r So why has Ad.o.ni'- n : I,~ 22.7
"Here is Nathan the prophet!" After that he
vr ,r, 17 L >
jaRh become king?' lcook! while you arc yet l ~ i i
came in before the k'lng and prcwtra ted himself
speaking there with the king, then I myself k,:$:ff
n".Tehovnh." The fiwt ocwrrence of the ramp in tba hooks of the
shall come in after you and I shall certainly t; !:B
Iii~~gs.
Concerning the G r e ~ kfieptuapint trnn~lntionof the Hehren
a2i.e 17:1
confirm your W O ~ ~ S . " "
t:Sn 1.':24
Slbriphrea, Qriger~,the prodacctl of tl~c.7fe.mpfa, snid : "111thc most
15 Accordingly Bathshe'bat went In to the l!;l:{;I;
t'ni thfnl ~nanuficriptaTHE XAl1F: i~ rvti ttcw in Ilrlwew charncters,
klng in the interiorT1room, atld the kingS was 01l i l x : l g
fllnl is, not in rtiodcm, hut in nrchnic I-lrbr~a~.~'
'Thir ~tatelaentof
(I~*ic,ren
is now ronfirn~ed11y n Cniro p n l i ~ ~ l p a rnf~ t~ r n r t cof
! 3 ICinps
very oldv and Abfi.shagY the Shu'narn.rnjle w ~ s;i;ii:f?jl
r r l ~ ~4
l Kings iu t h ~
G l a ~ k Sopttsagivt, whirb cnrr~spnndn i t h
1 liinp and 3 King9 in tllr R r ~ l ~ r rScriptur-PP,
~v
Rrbr tllc Yoreword
a B'W~L.~"I%
If. b A.do.d.;arAt~, 'drl. a Or, "the Q l i d i n ~Stone,'"
rtl' Iho ,Veul n'orfrl l'~a.v/trlionn i 6 h ~
L ' I ~ r t ~ l bGreek
~ ~ ~ b Gcriptures,
d ' L J ~ r d . "M, a.do.nin', the plural number of a.rlr711',to Pxprem
I ~ F L10-15.
E ~ ~ See Z Liiugs SU : 13,footnotc~b.
majesty or acellenee. See Genekis 39: 2, hotllob d.
c*.>.

1 KINGS 1:24-32

212

213

b the king with his face t o the earth.' "Then I:$;:*

Nathan said: "My Iord the king, did you yourself say, 'Ad-o-ni'jaha is the one that will be- lpe2:17
come king after me and he is the one that will
sit upon my throne'?' 72j For he has today gone ':E:f:,lj:,
down that he might sacrifice* bulls and fatlings
:lils
and sheep in great quantity and might invite all 2Ch 24.21
the sons of the king and the chiefs of the army oSR1

1 KINGS 1 : 3 U O

prophet and Be.nai'ah& the son of Je-h~i'a.da.''~

So they came in before the king. " And the king
went
on to say t o them: "Take with You the
+2Sn W.6
C'Ge 41:43 servantsf of YOUR lordb and YOU must make Sol'$,","& o.mon my son ride upon the she-mule that be;4;21fi: longs to mem and lead him down ta Gi'hon."
And Za'dok the priest and Nathan the prophG2K1 9.3
e t must anointiu him there as king over Israel,
+I% 10:l
l$a 16:lz and YOU must blow t h e trumpetk and say, 'Let
and A.bi'a-thar the priestpaand there they are&
:;:,
25 2.1
eating and drinking before him and they keep $
King Solro.mon live!'" " And YOU must come up
2s; 5.3
:
;
$
!
;
:
1cSSn 15:lO
saying, 'Let King' Ad.o.ni'jahn live!' 28 But as 2ch 23.11
arii 9.3 following him and he must come in and sit upon
3 t t 21:9
nPKi11:12 my throne and he himself will be king in place
for me your servant, me and Za'dok* the priest m2sa &:IT
1 K i 1'8
and Be-nai'ahb" the son of Je.hoi'a.daR and - I C ~27:s
of me, and him I shall have to cornmission to
rlCh23:l become leader over Israel and over Judah."r
Sol'o-monk your servant he has not invited. " If
?3i?
it is from my lord the king that this thing has n,2$,'f$75
Agzg:g36 At once Be,nai'aha the son of Je.hoita-da anbeen brought about, then you have not caused 2 % ;8;::;:4
swered the king and said: "So let it be!cs Thus
;$;, $;,:
your servant t o known who should sit upon the s;s;j;g3g
may Jehovah the God of my lord the king say.dt
$;l;,1;27
throne of my lord the king after him."
: X S 1 ~% ~
;?&fus
;$i:,122 : ~ 37 Just as Jehovah proved to be with my lord the
ISa 25:king,^ SO let him prove to be with Sol'o-mon and
28 King David now answered and said: "You @.a 4:s
Jos 1 :5
men, call Bath-she'bar for me." At that she, :E: :?$
may he make his throne greater than the
came in before the king and stood before the ~~~~~;~ agj;3
1Ch2$:20 throne of my lord King David."V
P s 46:7
king. ?=Andthe king proceeded t o swear andltP;,";;de
V I K ~ 3:12
38 And Za'dokY the priest and Nathanz the
1KI 10.23
say: "As Jehovahc is Iiving" who redeemed0 my
2 ~ h g i z prophet and Be.nai'aha* the son of Je.haiPa.da
;
:
;
;
4
soul3 out of all distressyt" just as I have sworn ;
$
2 and the Cher'e.thiteso and the Pel'e.thitesL pro;g;;;
to you by Jehovah~the God of Israel, saying, PS
7 2 : ~
t o ~go down
and~ make; Sol'o.mon
ride
~
~ ceeded
~
~
~
4
'Solto.mon your son is the one that will become pPs~ 103:4
1 x 4
upon the she-mule of King Davido and then
king aiter me and he is the one that will sit k,$3,!:
:Fji7 brought him to Gi'hon: Sg Za'dok the priest now
upon my throne in place of me!"at
ats the way LKL%F3
!iFi $&, took the horn of oil3 out of the tent3 and anointI shall do this day.ypus1 Then Bath-she'ba bowed
;;;6
ed" So170.mon, and they began to blow the
$;:"
low with her face to the earth" and prostrated~Zpe%i
trumpet* and all the people broke out saying:
'J?;,\$:L,
herself to the king and said: "Let my lord King
c~312i~7
"Let King Solto.monlive!"k 4o After that all the
:fE!
David liveo to time
* 2 ~ 8a9 7
hL!$p$:1224 peopleC came on up following him and the peo32 Immediately King David said: "You men, &:h&:15
playing on flutesn and rejoicing with
call for me Za'dok* the priest and Nathann the D ~ ~ : j ~ l , ~ ; ~ $ple
~ were
l l
A.domi.ia'her, M,
"live forever!'

Bcna,iu'hw, Y.

See verse 17,footnote a,

Or,

4 2 ~ 23:20
a

K$$h1:2z0

73*un.dafhfc,31, b "Lord?' See vefse 11,footnote d. 0 '%a let it be!"

h1, u.9rte?af. d "Say,'! MTg; "do;' Sy and three Hebrew manuscripts.

p a t gladness,r m that the earth-was

the noise of

them.

split by

qE
i:;:
1 1 sa 4.3

today given one to sit upon my

rF!F$!,
Ps
my own eyes swing It!'

throne,' with

jrn

p?Sa 34;3
P"123:6

4'1, And Ad.o.nitjaha and a11 the on- invited

49 And all those invited that were with Adthat were with him got t o hear it, \tlhen they
oai'jaha
began to tremble and rise up d go
tPrm1
themselves had k i s h e d eating.' When dotab nlxn:B
each one In hjs own direct1an.t And Ad=o.ni'got t o hear t h e sound of the trumpet he &tonce
jah" himself was &aid because of Solb.rnon.
said: "What does the noiset of the townu in an lEx
So he rose up and went a~r'ayand grabbed hold
uhIt 21:10
uproarVmean?" '"While he was yet speakhg, ;$;2:q:;T
uEx
EX %:a
2 ~ 1 4 of the horns of the altar,il
In time t h e report
why,here Jon'a.thanY t h e son of A.biPa.tharthe
I K I ~ : ~ Ewas made t o S~1'o.mon,saying: "Here Ad.o.ni'Ps 118:27
priest came. Then Ad.o.ni'jaha said: 'Come on
jaha himself hns become afraid of Klng S o b
in, for you are a valiant man and you bring good axn ~e:rr
mon and here he has taken hold on the horns
news.''R '9 But Jon'a.than anm-erect and said t o iEi ?&i8
of
the altarlo saying, 'Let King Sol'a.man first
Ad-o.nitjah:a"No! Our lordb3 King David him- Z t f c l l S m 7
of
all
s\t7eart o me that he will not put his sewself has made Sol'o.mon king.' *' So the king 'IK'
ant to death by the sword.' " " To this Sol'o.mon
sent with him Za'dek the priest and Nathan the
\*lSa14&5 said: "If he will become a valiant man, there
2Sn 14:ll
prophet and Ee-nai'ahc the son of Je.l~ai'a.da
a single hafrv of his to the earth,
Irt ~o:m , will not %I1
and the Cher'e-thites and the Pel'e.Zhltes, and
n hlmp then
2
gig
I but if what is bad should be found i
they made him ride upon the she-mule of the rK11;m
So Klng Sol'o.rnon
$;; ,',':he
6;!will certainly die."-'
Er B!R
kinga '
"
e
n
Za'dok the priest and N n t h ~ nthe
J!:l$ip sent and they brought him down from off t h e
~;;",te,
prophet anointed him as k i n p In GiFhon,O afttr 1lr
r r al:u altar, Then he came h~and bowed down t o King
TI;,
which they came up from there rejoicing, and k,Y>r::y
, 1Ki14:14Solfotrnon, after which Sol'onmon said t o him:
the tourn is in an uproar.' That was the nolse !f$F$;T
" r;e~ ~
3e1:9 z 9 "GO to your own house."
lle 3124
that aov men heard.e 4 G And, besides, Sol'o.mon "::t12:;iG
TIC 33:l
And the days0 of Dada gr~dudlydrew new
1424
has sat down upon the throne of the kingship.' * 1 , C & ~ f ~ . ~ ~
for hirn t o diez and he proceeded to give
p:z3
4 7 And, another thing, the scrvants of thc king "I+~~l,K:~s
;:$itE orders t o Sol'o-mon his son,* saying: "I am
have come in to wish our lol.db King David rvell, l':;~<'~;.:'~l ';;;3S2
.;9 going in the way of a11 the earth," and you must
I be strone and prove yourse'lf to be a man.'
saylng, 'May your Godd make So1'o.mon's name n:;?,,l;!<O
Sp ; ; ; : ; ; ;
And you must keep the obli~ationto Jehovah
more splendid than your name and may he
I .~!,h
,JOS2
16:22
3:~
your
God by walking in his !brays,' by keeping
I.,.
9.13
make his throne greater than your throne!'";;$::!
9:37
his statutes, his commandments and his judicial
I
I
At that the king prostrated himself upon the f:tj!i$ja
. T ~ R 1%
28:2[1 decisions* and his testirnonies,hccording to
bed." aa And, too, this is what the king said, j:,: ;';:;;
b(~,f;$!i~a what is written in the law ol Moses,' in order
'Blessedn be Jehovah the God of Israel, who has $$:;'
t h a t you may act prudently in everything that
*i 4:1
* A.do.ni.in'h~r, M. b "Lord," See verse 11 footnote d. 0 R5ta.iarktr,
;';:,:!& YOU do and everywhere thnt you turn;" a in orld. d .'Your God," It; '.Jeho~ahyonr aod;l 8s;idhtMjnargln?,lJ
LXXVg.
.,I.rfrr.rri.io'ht~,?iI, b Of,"w~ainders; rxhartntions.."
3L

,.,

111.11
I,

NIL

3 KINGS 2:5-9

216

R211
der that Jehovah may carry out his word that k2Sa
1Ch 17:11
1Ch
22:9
he spoke respecting me,k saying, 'If your sonsn 1Ch 2R:E
will take care of their way by walkingr before PPSs m:29
132:ll
35:2
me in truthao with all their hearta and with all CPs
nPs X9:70
their soul, there wiI1 not be cut off a man of Ps 132:12
17:l
yours from [sitting] upon the throne of Israel.'t rGe
Le 2G:3
2Ki 20:3
5 "And, too, you yourself well know what ?r$l 23:3
,Lh 17:3
Jo'ab the son of Ze.ruliah did to men in what he RDC
6::
10.12
did t o two chiefs of the armi~sof Israel, to Ue
>It 22.37
r
l
S
n
Ab%nerv the son of Ner and A.matsaY the son of lICi 7.12
8:95
3:.W
Je'ther,z when he proceeded to kilI them and uZSa
258 19:s
3:ZI
place the blood of war in peacetime and put t h e vYSa
y2Sa 20:10
blood' of war on his belt that was about his z2Sa 17 W
22:8
hips and in his sandals that were en his feet. 'De
Jrr 2134
Fure 2-15'
And you must act according to your wisdomDrPr 20:26
8:22
and not let his grayA hairs go down in peaceo C2Ki
:Job 7:9
L
t
e
19:.?a
to SheroI.
Fr 16:31
Ge 9:6
7 "And toward the sons of Bar.zilrIai+ the FNU
3533
Pr
17
Gil'e.ad.ite you should exercise loving-kindness," Is8 28
48.22
and they must prove to be among those eating +ZSn 14:31
at your table," for that was the way they drew e2Sa 9:7
near t o me when I ran away because of Ab'sa~ 2 S aIF27
lorn your brother."
8 "And here there is with you Shim'e.iL the *2Sa 16:7
son of Ge%athe Eentja.rnin.ite from Ba.huPrim,kk2Sa 16:s
and he it was that called down evil upon me with
a painful malediction0 on the day that I was 32Ki 22:19
going to Ma.ha.na'irn,n and he it was that came n2Sa 17:24
down to meet me a t the J ~ r d a nso
, ~that I swore r2Sa 19:17
t o him by Jehovah, saying, 'I shall not put you
T9:23
t o death by the sword.'a " And now d o not leave s2Sa
tEx 20.7
E x 22:28
him unpunished,Vor you are a !vise manu and Job 9128
3%
you well h o w what you ought to do t o him ulK1.
1Ki 3128

Or, 'rfaithfuln~ss." M, Shcdl; L X X , "Ha'des"; Vg, intfa.ri;

87)Shi.uZ', See Genesis 35 : 35, footnote a. Or,"loyal love."

JI

I
and you
v,G&2::g
?NU 3225

must bring his grayy hairs down to

She'ola with blood,"Y
10 Then David lay dorm with his forefathers5
and was buried in t h e city of David.* I1 And the
days that David had reigned over Israel were
z:gE: :?is forty year^."^ h He'brono he had reigned seven
yearsAand in Jerusalem he had reigned thirty*
lICi 11:43 three yean.0
1Ch 11:7
12 As for Solto.rnon, he sat down upon the
k2Sa 2:3
1c11m 2 - 1 throne of David his father,+ and gradually his
02sa
2 ~ 5:7
5:4
a
kingship became very firmly established.@
13 In time Ad.o.nifjahb the son of Hag'gith"
+
came
t o Bath-she"oale SoYo.mon$ mother. At
igkp;23
P~ 1=:12 this she said; "Is your coming p e a ~ e a b l e ? "to
~
d2Sa ;:la
PS 7 2 3
which he said: "It is peaceable," l 4 And he went
Ps 88:37
~ a s a3 4
on to say: "There is a matter I have for you."
1Ch 3 2
"2Sa12:24 SO she said: "Speak."n =$Andhe continued:
l;lSa
~ c 12:17
hI B : ~ You yourself well know that the kingship was
n?Sn 14:12
to have become mine and it was toward me
that all Israel had set their face for me to ke7 ~ 1 : 5 come king,' but the kingship turned and came
1K1 s:a5
to be my brother's, for it was from Jehovah that
P:E~
gi,B it became his." lBAnd now there is one request
P61123 t h ~ It am making of you, Do not turn my face
",; Ej1* away."t Accordingly she said to him: "Speak."
And he went on to say: "Please, say t o Sol'omon the king (for he will not turn your face
lllKi1:a away) that he should give me Abri.shagu the
VJns 19:18
LSn z8:4
Shu'nam.mitev as a \vife."Y la To this Bath2lCi 4:8
she'ba said: "Good! I myself shall speak for you
y:~~l J:7
2511 12:s
to the king."?;
rl
19 So Bath-she'ba came in to King SoIto.mon
:,l]:'2ii2
to him for Ad.~.ni'jah.~*
At once the
1 : : 1 ~ ~ ~to
: ~ speak
~
n l ' c i 14
kingo rose to meet her and bowed down to her.O
~ l K 1.21
1
1 c h B:ZB
Job 1Q:l
EC 12:s
Ac 229
Ac13:36

---

* M, Slsbiil; I;XX,"Ha'des";
H7: :1{1, I'ootrlote a.

Tg, inPfc.vi; Sy, Shi-ttl'. See Genesis

A . d o . ~ t i m ' h z ~ RI.
,

$:z1

Eatherk and because you suffered affliction durk22,"&!t4

Ich 1 5 : ~ing all the time that my father suffered d i e throne set for the mothero of the king, that she ,~&y::g
IhlSa 22:22 t i ~ n , ' ' ~So Sol'o.mon drove out A.bi'a.thar
might sit at his right," "And she proceeded t o
2Sa 15:24
from serving as a priest of Jehovah, to fulfill
say: "There is one little request that I am mak'IKi 2f:lr Jehovah's0 word that be had spoken against the
ing of y0u.O Do not turn my face away." So the +g~0;;$
25a 16:22
r1Sa2:31 house of E l i r in Shi'1oh.a
king said t o her: "Make it, my mother, for I @
:;i;ig:
1Sa 3:12
shall not turn your face away.'' 91 And she went ,I"= !;:
28 And the report itself came clear to Jopabl
g
;
on t o say: "Let Ab'i-shag the Shu'nam.mite be $;:i;t
-for Jo'ab himself had inclined to follow Ad.0tm11:7 ni'jaht although Ab'sa-lorna h e had not inclined
given to Ad.o.ni'jaha your brother as a wife."' *!g; ;
"Ea18:15 to followu-and
22 At this King SoYo.mon answered and said t o
Jo'ab went fleeing t o the tent
k;;ypi2fi
his mother: "And why are you requesting nzsn @:is
of Jehovah and began to hold fast to the horns
VfKi1:=
Abti.shag the Shu'narn.mite for Ad.a.ni'jah ?a' r!% 2%
of the altar.' "Then King Sol'o.mon was told:
Request also for him the kingship' (because he gy&%i?M
"Jo'ab has fled ta the tent of Jehovah, and there
is my brother older than 1 am),* even for him :g &g,,
he is beside the altar." So Sol'o.rnon sent Beand for A.hi'a.thark the priest and for Jo'abn l;;:$,
nai'ahb the son of Je.hoifa.da,saying: "Go, fall
z'Ki2:25
FS 1 4 0 9
the son of Ze.ru'iaI~."~
upon hirn!"z Accordingly Be.nai'ahb came to
Pr 183
'lCh
21!mthe tent\of Jehovah and said to him: "This is
23 With that King Solro.mon swore by Jeho- ?;$:%
829
what the king has said, 'Come on out!' " But
vah, saying: "So may God do t o me and so may he uJ
22a4:9
he said: "No! For here is where I shall die."
add to it," if it svasnot againsthisown soul that IKI 1.i:l
At that Be.nai'ah"brought
word back to the
Ad.o.niTjahaspoke this thing.t And now, as Je- :#
' 13d6g
king, saying: "This is what Jo'ab spoke and
hovah is livingUwho has firmly established mev y$Ekg23
this is what he answered me." a1 Then t h e king
and keeps me seated upon t h e throne of David my zZ;
:za2i;,!
,:;:I
1 ~ 2 : s said t o him: "Do just as he has spokenu and
fathery and who made a houses for me just as he ,::,
AGe 9:5
$;:
;
ce 9:s
fall upon him, and you must bury him and rehas spoken,' today Ad.o.ni'jah&will be put to n&;\f;:2
14-U 35:33
EC le.iz
b:~a
move from off me and from off the house af my
death."" 28 Immediately King SoYo.mon sent by Azsa
De 18:13
1Ki 1:s
fathervthe bloodcAundeservedly shed that Jo'ab
means of Be.nai'ahbAthe son of J e - h ~ i ' a d aand
, ~ OlCh 27:s
ale 21:8
spilled. 32 And Jehovah will certainly bring back
he proceeded t o fall upon him, so that he died.cb '(g,";'5133
&:296
%a 1 3 5
pr 2sa7
his
blood upon his own head,' because he feU
+Ge
491
26 And t o A.bi%.thara the priest the king 41
sa 2 2 2 0
1:7
upon two men more righteous and better than
said: "Go t o Ari'a.thoth" t o your fieIds! For you 1K1
,
I C 15:11
~
1's 9%
he was* and he proceeded to kill them with the
are deserving of death,a# but on this day I shall "
;;$$j
m1Sa 13:28
:
)
s
n
4
:
1
1
sword, when my father David himself had not
not put you t o death,O because you carried the ,!;i&1i16
21'11 21;13
known of it," namely, Ab'ner* the son of Ner
1
ark of the Lard Jehovaheo before David my g":G$g
*:ISEL3'2.5
b:8s,3:27 the chief of the army of Israel and A.rna'sak the
a A.do.ni.iafhtl, M. b Bonano.k'hu, hi. c LXX. m d s : ('upon him and
son of Je'thern t h e chief of the army of Judah.
l:$;;f:;Tj

Then he sat down upon his throne and had a

Ad.o ni'jah died on that day.'> a Literally, "yon are a man of death,"
etrThe Lord Jehocah." M, A.do.nrsv' Ye.ha.wi1~'. See Genesis 15:2,

footnotes e, f.

"Ab'sa.lam," 3UXXB; "Sol'o.mon," V g S ~ ~ x x L a g a r d fedltion.

an
DPna.ia'hta, M, *Liternlly, i%loods," deno"titing cases of bloodshed.

1 KINGS 2:41--3:s

1 KINGS 2:33--46
I

" h d their Wmd must came back upon the

headS of Js'ab and upon the head of his off- C C J 1~ ~ ~ 1
spring forever,"' but for Davidmand for his off- T"pl$$
spring and for his house and for his throne thcre ?
;$!;:
!\,ill come to be peace foreverb from Jehovah."~t;:~gys
Then Be.naiFahc t h e son of Je.hoi'a,da went
w7La
!l:,i
on up end fell upon him and put him to death,ll U1,n
'"Ly"
~ n he
d g o t t o be buried at his own house in the
~vilderness.~' Upon that the king put Be.nail- tT;p,,7;~{,
s:1
ahc the son of Se.hoi'a-da in placc of him aver
the arrny,Y and Za'dok the prlest the Icing putMJflbad:r
XNU25:15
jn the place of A-bi'a.thar.*
1Sa 235
36 Finally the king sent and called Sh1m'e.i' !:[; !f?
% 1L9.3
and said to him: "Build yourself a housea In Ar.
1'- I
Jerusalem, and you must dwell there and not go ;-;* ;;;I;B
outAfrom there to this place and that. '?And it
must occur that on the day of your going out w<nlli 24
and when you do pass over the torrent valley of 26,'
Kid'ronr you should unmistakably know that "Fj ji::;,:
you will positively die,' Bloodguilt"for youe will
itself come to be upon your own head,'' At this %
; ; ;/;:?
Sh1m'e.i said to the king: "The word Is good.' h; :,!I
Just as my lord the king has spoken is the way I.:,(. Ih.13
that: your servant will do." And Shfrn's-i kept\ : ; ' %),':9
dtvelling in Jerusalem many days.
39 And it came about at the end of three
years that two Slavesc of Shimki went running etKlk22
away to A'ckish' the son of Mafa.cah the klng *:?:g;jO
of Gath,k and people came telling Shimtee.i,
say- k;~;u;kza
ing: "Look! your slaves are at Gath." 4"~rne- n s ~ l 2 1 : 2 0
diately Shimre.igot up and saddled his ass and
went t o Gath to A'chish to look for his slaves,
after which Shim'e.i went and brought his

.:'t

:;:c,;~

'-"' '
I;

Liternllr, "Tonr blood," N.

3,C,$zf6

Or,"to time indefite." Wr, "until time indefinite!'

Btrlanfn7/~6,
M. d "The king put;> 31; "the Eag put as the high priest," LLY,

slaves from Gath.n Then Solro+rnonwas told:

"Shim'e-i has gone out of Jerusalem to Gath
and is back." At that the king sent and called
Shim'e-i and said to him: "Did I not put you
r ~ 15:4
s
under oath by Jehovah that I might warn you,r
Lu 14.22
a:% saying, 'On the day of your going outside and
t2Sa
~ z 21.
I;.
e&
when you do go here and there you should unu?Ch: m:12
mistakably know that you will positively die,'
and so did you not say to me, 'Good is the word
'c;2,"::;,5,
~ le:le
h
y1K1 2:32 that I have heard?# d 9 W l ~ y ,then, did you not
ps 7:16
keep the oath> of Jehovnhl and the commandPr 5:TZ
E Z C I Y : I ~ ment that I solemnly l ~ i dupon you?"u "And
n o 4.9
the king went on to say to 3hirnk.i: " Y w yourZPS 21.1
Ps 72:17
self certainly know all the injury which your
=lK1
%
:?
r,f,F3:? heart ~velE knows that you did to David my
father,v and Jehovah will certainly return the
t;;;;g
L 1 ~ i 3 : 1 2 injury by youupon your own head,yd"ut
King:
2 C h i:l
pr 29:4
Sollo.mon will be blesseilx and the throne of
E?Ch 1R:i
Ezr9.14 David itself will prove to be flrrnly established
before Jehovah P ~ r e v c r , With
" ~ ~ that
~ ~ the king
*IKI
11117:s
9.24
commanded
Be-nai'ahh
the
son
of
Je.hoita.da,
$,&! $?jl
who then went out and fell upon him, so that
,;$:+?;7
'"1
"1-e
died."
k 1Ki 9 3 5
I I L i7:4
~
And
the kingdom was firmly established in
Ee 2.524
ne 12:s the hand of SaZ'o.rnon."
I,Uh 3 3 3
I1Ki 23.35
And SolJa.monproceeded to foim a marriage
alliancee with Phartaoh3the king of Egypt
riKI 5.3
"
Il C C
h 1~7 . 4
and to take Phar'aah's daughterc' andl bring her
to the city-$of Davld until he finished building
his awn house:' and the house of Jehovah" and
:M I W 6:s
$,54 Jerusalem%
wall all around.I( W n l y the people
I>@10 12
:sa 12:24 were sacrificing on the high placcs,n for a house
I,.; 31:23
]Q5:20
had no2 been built to the llarne of Jehovah'
ati 2.37
12:m
dolvn to those days,p And Solro,mon continued
to lovea Jehavwh by walklng In the statutes of
?

jgg

1Ti6:10

a Or,

"before Jellorah uiltil t ilne i~~rlcllni

te!'

U51tt.ia'lr1t, X,

'

;,$A
;;z$3a

'(God," 11sp; "Jehovah," L L Y T . b Or, "IayaI love-," c "A Eon

Liternlly, "a son sitting," Xf. d More litw~llg,"a hearing
heart:' hi, Or, "numlerous." Literally, "heav," 31. 1 Or, "good,?'
g31, A.do.mm~~'('The Lard") ; one of the 134 places where the
Jewish fiopheri~nellanged YLha.uursh'in the Hcb~e~:text: t6 Adoslay'. See Gencsis 18: 3, footnote a. "Jehovah," LXXVgSy aud
I ~ I H
Ve h r ~ v
man~~script
s.

thing.a l1 And God&went on to say to him: "For

the reason that you have requested t h i s thing
;g;Jas ;;4$3 and have not requested for yourself many daysV
nor requested for yourself richesy nor requested
E L K i 21:20
elm 2 2 : ~the soulb of your enemiesoand you have request1Ch 29:19
Pr l6:lG ed for yourself understanding to hear judicial
'Ps 10.17
'"look! I shall certainly do according t o
Isa 6 5 : ~
your
words.*
Look! I shall certainly give you a
~ D:Et$;~:
~
~
wise
and
understandinge
heart," so that one like
$:C,",??ji1
Lvtlz.Q you there has not happened t o be before you,
CPS 84 11
E h 320 and after you there will not rise up one like
1!1*
4:21
Pr 3 ; ~ YOU.* Is And also what you have not requested I
GlKi 10:23
2Ch1.12 shall certainly give you,v both riches' and
c 1Ch 16:29
~~~hm.2 glory? SO that there will not have happened to
be any among the kings Like you, all your days.@
EF$zg
De25:15 Ir And if you will walk in my ways by keeping
Ps 21:4
PS 81:1$
my regulations' and my commandments, just as
Pr 3:2
David
your father walked,# then I shall certaini=Ge
Jer 41:7
31~6
12Sa 6:17 ly lengthen your days,'lk
1Ch 161
15 When So'l'o.rnon awoke,n why, here it had
.xLe 721
,been
a dream. Then he came t o Jerusalem and
Eiig
istood
before' the ark of the covenant of JehovahE
,:",h33yG2and offered
up burnt sacrifices and rendered up
Fa$:$
x r G:~I cornunions offerings and spread a feasts for
l'Is3 5:12
t ~ r 34:3i
, ~
all his
( ; c 38.15
I W 2317
16 At that time two women, prostitute^,^ g o t
.T[)S el7
~ ~ I I : Ito came in t o the king and stand befare him."
.IF 16:l
vxU2,:a l P Then the one woman said: "Excuse me, my
','t;;ti;y lord,Y I and this woman are dwelling in one
UP' 1 5 s

David his father.t Only it was on the high tEi:$y

pIacesU that he was reguI&rIy sacrificing and $
:;?; 15:14
11x1
making off e r h g s smoke,
1x1 22.43
4 Accordingly the king went t o Gib'e.onv t o Y J O S ~ : ~
1K1 9:2
sacrifice there, for that was the great high ylCh16:JB
p1ace.y A thousand burnt sacrifices Sol'o-mon ~ c 2h~ 2 9
x18:63
proceeded to offer upon that altar.z In Gib'e.on 12Ch
1%
Jehovah appeared" t o Sol"-mon in a dreamU*
:
~
by nighP and Goda proceeded to say: "Request OGC zs:12
l9
what I should give you. "A " At this Sol'o.mon &; y2:;
said: "You yourself have exercised great loving- e2Ch 2:7
1:8
kindnessm toward your servant David my father
according as he walked before you in truth and
in righteousnessa and in uprightness of heart @ P s l m
rvith you,' and you continued keeping toward him +=a 2 ~ 4 7
this great loving-kindne~s,~
so that you gave him
2 4
a son to sit=upon his throne as at this day.' 'And
now, Jehovah0 my God, you yourself have made
your servant king in the place of David my fa- "C,hlF;i
ther, and I am but a little boy.' I do not know &r;;!17
how to go out and how to come in.*"d
your ~e 31:a
2% 5.2
servant is in the middle of your people whom k~~
19:~
you have chosen," a multitsrdinous people that ,$Bi7jg:23
cannot be numbered or counted for multit~de,~n
nE,"g
;::
%d you must give t o your servant an obedient.
%
:,
heartdo to judge your p e ~ p l e ,to
~ discern be-8
tween good and bad,. for who is able to judge! ;:$:3
this difficulte peopIe of yours?"t
Jas 1:5
10 And t h e thing was pleasingf In the eyes of 'T,"bg;;.
Jehouah,g because Sol'o.mon had requested this tF$!T1,l

to sit."

."God," JL; "Jphovah," L I X T g S y . b Or, 'life." M, gaeph'esh;

I,.YX, ps~.ck8' (in the plural nuinher) ; TTg, n'ni.mrs (in plural).
Or, "discerning."
0 Or, i'discernmcnt.l' a Or, ''ta ohey judgment."
f",Jrl~ovah,"Ilssoetic BihIe editions by C. D. Ginsburg (1926)
rtrltl hy R i . r). Cassuto (1953) ; C'Jehorrah in Zion;' L X X ; i'Jehovah,"
\'fiSy. This is one of the 134 places where the Jewish Sopherim
t*t~ringerlT'ho.?c~h' to rend A.do.~~ay',which appews in R. Kittel's
a t l i t i ~ ~of'
n M. See verse 10, footnote g,

1 KINGS 3 ;18-26

225

224

house, so that I gave birth close by her In the

house. I 8 h d it came about on the third day
after I gave birth this lvornan also proceeded to
give birth, And we were together. There litas
no stranger""with as in the house, no one but
the two of us in the house, I!' Later the son of
this woman died at night because she lay
upon him. " So she g a t up in the middle of the
15:25
night" and took my son from beside me while aMt
Joh 320
your slave girl herself was asleep and laid him
in her own besom, and her dead+ son" she Inid
in my bosom. 21 When S got up in the morning
to nurse* my son, r~~hy,
there he U'RS Aend. So I
examined him closely in the rnornIng,- md,
look! he did not prove to be my son that T had
hrne." " But the other woman said: "No, hut
my son 1s the living'- one and your son is the
dcnd one!" All the while this woman was saying: "No, but your son is the dead one nnd my
son is the living one." And they kept on speaking before the king!
23 Finally the king said; "This one is saying,
'This is my son, the living one, and your son is
the dead one!' and that one is say in^, 'No, but
your son is the dead one and my son is the Hving
one!' " e4 And t h e king \lTenton to sny: "You
men, gd me a word." Fa they brought the
sword' before the king. ?5 And the king proceed.
ed to say: "'You men, cut the living chIldP in
two and give the one half to the one woman ~ n d
the other half to the other.'"' At once the waman wllose son was the living one said to t h e king
(for her inward emotionsb were excited t a w ~ r d
her sonjOso that she said) : "Excuse me,*my
lord! you men, give her the living child." Do not
by any means put him to death." All the while

1. KINGS 3 : 27-4 :10

this other woman was saying: "Neither mine

4 nor yours will he become. You men, do the cutD e 179 ting!" 2 i A t that the klng answered and said:
L J rs:~!
~
I-'Yow men, give her the Iiving child, and YOU
2% 8:13
r l i 2:3
~
must by no means put him to death. She Is his

21ii14:31
1734

.,

JOS 4314

3 s 12:lB
~

I C ~ 2924
I

2, 2,
cqKiKGO

'$5z,25
1
Col2:3

1
1
m5

mother."
28 h d all Israel got t o hear of the judicial
decision' that the klng had handed down and
they became fearful' because of the king,#for
they saw that t h e \vlsdornk of God was within
him t o execute judicial decision.
And King Sol'o.mon continued king over all

5
1 ~ ~ 1 ~ 1 3

Israel.n2Andthesearetheprinces~rthat
he had: Az.a.ri'ahtj the son of Za'dokt the
2,S,h,gT priest; "D.i.hor'eph and A.hi'jah, the sans of
Shirsha,U s~cretaries;~
Je.hosh'a.phaty the son
r&!;:.z
i y o la:a of A.hi'lud," the recorder;c" and Re.nai'ahm the
t2sa X:17
son of Je.hoi'a.daA was aver the armyj0 and
1~11
143
EAT
6:s
and
Eze 4 4 2 5 Za'dok and A+bi'a-thar' were priests;
: j ~ ~ ~Az.a.ritaIlb
~ 0 i ~ 5the son of Nathana was aver the
deputies, and Za'bud the son of N ~ t h ~
was
n a
priest,' the friendHof the klng; and A.hi'shar
4"&
;,;;;
' 1 ~ h1~:15was ovep the Isousehald, and Ad.o.nitram' the
r A a 20:23
3 ~ 1 is
son of Ab'da, over those conscripted for forced
-"-??I 27:s
labor."
L.-6
7 And Sol'o.mon had twelve deputies over all
Lsa 12:1
:xi m.ra
1:iQh e I , and they provided the king and his home;:;'' g:g hold with food, It would devolve upon each one
I>Cj4f?$4"4 to provide the food one month in the year.r
l l f ~ 1 9 : i 5 And these were their names: The son ~f Hur,
1JC1 12:18
t 1r7h 27:1 in the mountainous region of E'phra.im;fl
the
H Jg 1 7 3
and
,insl9:42 6011of De'ker, in Ma'kaz and in Sl~a~al'bimt
!1lSa6:12
eth-she'meshu and E'lon-beth-ha'nm; lo
the
son
of
He'sed, in Aarub'both (he had So'coh and
-.
h*Prinms.''Rf7 sa-vim'; Vg, prin'ci.prs. b ' ~ . r n r . i a ' h ~ tM.
,
Or,
+

%:;";A:

"rrmmb~aneer."d BCna.b'lr tt, 31,

227

1 W G S 4: 23-31
all the land of Re'pher) ; y l1 the son of A.bin'a- sJol12;17
flour and sixty cor measures of flour, ten fat
dab, all the mountain ridge of Dora CTa'phath, 'Josm23
cattle and twenty pastured cattle and a hundred
SolPo.rnon'sdaughter, herseU became his rvVe) ;
sheep, besides some stagst and gazelles" and
t n 1:G
I3a'a.n~the s o n of A.hi'tud, in Ta'a.nach0 and *Jml7:n '
u i l c i?:rs ropbu&s and fattened cuckms. 24 For he was
ut-sTr2"r
23:m
Me.gid'domnnd all Beth-she'an, which is beside
tiolding in subjection everything this side of the
rCe 2:lJ
Zar'c.tl.lanb below Je~'rc.cl,~
from Beth-she'nn "
river,"^ from Tjph'sah t o Ga'za,r even all the
DE
I
:
7
?$,:
JOA1:.I
to A'bel-rne8holaheto the region of Joklrne.am;'
kings
this side of the River,&and peacex itself
,s,
,
:
:
,
lJ
the son of Ge'ber, in Ra'mothgil'e-ad4 (he had$;;,3\;;1;
became his in every region of his, all around.!>
;.rqls.,vl:9
-:A
;~
the tent vilIages of ofaa'i+ the son of Manas'- E
And Judah' a i d Isrncl continued t o dwell in
31r4ll;~ ' 2 . 8 security,*
seh,O whfch are in GI1'e.ad;n he had the region _:rl.rrl < l ','.
everyone under his own vine" nnd un6-i"
rL'1<1 4 :j!l
of Ar'gah,~ which is in B a ' ~ h o n :sixty
~ ~ large i;:;:: '$;:;
I
I
der
his awn fig tree," from Dan t o Be'cr-she'ba,"
cities zvlth wallp and capper bar); A.hin'a+dah 3:2,122i:f'i:,3=21,1 I\ 31 all the days of Solro.man.
311r3.11)
41
the son of Id'do, in Ma.ha.na'Im ;r A.hima'a.az,
i n ,!,I:;
-JK 2 1 ~ 1
26 And %l1~.rnoncame to have forty thou- ' i R 17.11
Naph'ta.lJu (he, too, took Bade-math,Sol'o.mon's
sand
stalls of horses- for his chariotsEand twelve
:..;!I
:?(.I1 j.17
daughter, as a wife) ;v 1"13a1a.na the son of Hu'- g;;
Jon 13:n
thousalld
horsemen.@
Y
L
K
I
1
3
.
~
1'9 2Y.12
.I
17 I[{
shai, in Ash'ers and Beta.loth; I7 Je.hosh'a.phat Ir;,.
~ ' ~ ' 2
27 And these deputies*supplied food t o King
1
the sort of Pa.ruR&h,
in 1s'sa.char;Z'"hirnPe.i* the
3 I i 1 111.25
T+qN
,:,.I So1'o.m and everyone approaching the table3
..,. *I:JO
son of Ela, in
Ge'ber the son of
--,,i
",:j;?
of King Sol'o=mon,each one in his month. They
,$, ,
U'ri, in the land of Gilye.nd,4the land of Si'honE
;
j
;
;
g
~
:
;
:
;
left
nothing lackjng. :"And t h e barley and the
the king of the Am'or.iten,' and of Of the king
straw
for the horses and for t h e teams of
;
;
;
;
!
,
of Ba'shan,"and there was one deputy [over all
qEnR:14
horsesa they kept bringing t o wherever the
!
;
J
:
;
3Ilc
1:13
the other deputies] that were in t h e land.
*KLI21 2 1
place might prove to be, each one according to
X U 31.33
20 Judah and Israel were many, like the *.up
.lKE 10:23 hiS MmiSSjOn.
1:;
2ch 1:m
grains of sand that are by the sea for multi29 And God' continued giving Sol'o.mon wistude," eating and drinking and rejoiciug.bk
*GP P ~ : I T
dom'
and understanding*) in very great measufe
klCh m39
,$e'.tr,b
i,Z,: 1.3
21 As for Sol'o.rnon, he proved to be ruler
and
a
broadnesq of heart, like the sand that is
."
I 2.2
over all the kingdo* from the Rivercp to the
I
upon the seashore.* "' And Sol'o.mon0swisdom
land of the Phi.lis'thesc and to t h e bomdargm ;;fR1;
-?i;l'
i16rzn was vaster than the wisdom of all the Orientalsck
v1r11 I Z ' l ~ I and than all the w i d o m of
of Egypt." They were bringing gifts and serving I.;,;;;;;!:
And he
I
,
,
Sol'o.rnon a11 the days of his life."
]It8 3 1 . ~ 1
was
wiser
than
~
u
other
y
man,'
than
E'thnnr
w>Ql:/l:i68
ryr<l 1:3
22 And Sel'o-mon's food for each days reguthe Eztra.hite and He'rnan8 and Cal'colt and
-larly proved t o be thirty copa measures of fine a15:n
n Th:~tin, the En.phraYtcaRir*e~q,b 31nny ELehre~vl!lnn~l~cri~?tb
~ttd
Or, ''he had Hav'voth-,ja'ir!) b Chnpter 4 in the Hebrew text
~-,lftirnn~
rrrul : "and p n r o itrrltP l)rr*nlnrhis nt tho in~!na~c.of rill

-:;

i'or

If6

z::

:!;

yF::99:$
:;;$:

.,,,

,.A

entla bre. a Thnt is, the Gu.phxa'to~R i v ~ rd, Litei*nlly, LaSnl'o.mon's

brcatl for ana day,') Jf. ' A cor, dry ra~msnre,~qunlsI1 buehels
4 quarts (U.S. a),and corrcslmnds with a dr;r.mcasnrr homer.

III-; ~ ~ t v , u r trill
s ol.ound,'' a "Clod,'l 11\'gSy; "Jehovnl~. .T,NXTPyI iahurlrrlnr. d Cty, " d i s ~ ~ ~ - n n l p l ~ tLitcmlly,
,''
"rill thu m t l ~of t h p
k < i t d , ' ' 11. f 31, J ~ ~ - U + C $ I , ~ J Iitt~rdIy~
B';
"ihe t~aan.''

1 KINGS 4:32-5:6

228

22 9

Dar'da the sons of Ma%ol, and his famea came

to be i n all the nationsQall around." And he ~~~~,~
could speak three thousand proverbsoy and his vpr
W c 1.1
h ~ i o
S O I I ~ S Y came t o be a thousand and f i m b And
he would speak about the trees, from the cedarz
that is in Leb'a.non-to the hyssopn that is coml9:23
ing forth on the wall, and he would speak about
&:1":;:,
the beastsAand about the flyin@ creaturesoand "fi; ii;::
a b u t t h e creeping things' and about the fishes.- ge;l;?19
84 And they kept corning from all the peoples to
2",3Ti14
hear Sol'o.rnonJs wisdom, even from all the
p;;g1~21
kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom," *G,
"2Ch 8:f
And Hipram#the king of Tysek proceeded t o 2%gig
send his servants t o Sol'o.mon, for he had ~ ~ 1 2 0 : ; ~
heard that it was he that they had anointed as I- 2 3 : ~
king in place of his father, for a loverC of David
Hi'ram had always proved to be.' In turn Solr- qhy4y
o.rnon sent t o Hirrm, saying:" a "You yourself e2Ch2:3
well know that David my father was not able to
build a house to the name of Jehovah his God
because of the warfare with which they surrounded him until Jehovah put them under the,,
soles of his feet.t And now Jehovah my God
has given me rest all around." There is no re- ~~$;.'g
2c116:i
sister" and there i s nothing bad happening. U?$:$i?$
And here I am thinking of buildinge a house eny,792:'$'
to the name of Jehovah my God,V just as Jebovah promised to David m y father, saying: 'Your Y;:; ;+?!a
son whom I shall put upon your throne in place :g-+~;;o
of you, he is the one that will build the house: Zec 6 : r ~
t o my name.'y And now command that theyiZ:8ii%
cut for me cedarsf from Leb'a.n~n,~
and my $$%;,8

,,

v$;z$?4

''name," N. b "A thousand and dve;" NPgSy; "five

thou~and,l' LXXYgla m&""acr'~ta. Or, "fi.iend." vg, a.mBetu.
d Ba.tlad, M; aa.ta'na, Sy; sra'tom, Vg. elliterally, "I am sapng
[ t o mysdf] to build," 11. f Or, "ktrees." LIX, s y ' i ~("trees").
a literally,

*RV12:17

O G e 10:15

Ezr 3:7
"2sa5:11

1 KINGS 5:7-12

servants themselves will prove to be with your

servants, and the wages of your servants I shall
give to you according to all that you may say,"
for you yourself well know that there is among
us no one knowing how to cut trees like the
Si.dornihanS.~
ta
7 And it came about that as soon as Hi'ramA

heard the words of Sol'o.mon he began to rejoice greatly and he went on to say: "BlessedQ
is Jehovah today in that he has given David a
wise*
over this numerous people!'?@ Accord' $ 2 ingly son
Hi'ram sent to Sol'o.rnon, saying: "I have
gf
gi&
Pr 23:24 heard what you sent to me. FOPmy p&, I shall
QCh 2 : u
do all your deIight in the matter of timbers of
72Sa 6:5
lrrl s;ls cedar trees and timbers of juniper" trees. My
$$$% servants* themselves will bring them down out
to the
sea0
~
~ of Leb%,nonk
1
~
~
~ a n d I,
7 for my psrl;,
shall put them in log rafts [to go] by sea clear
''2ChZ:1Qo the place that you will send me notice of,n
and I shall certainly have them broken up there
and you, for your part, will carry them; and
you, for your part, will do my delight by giving
r$$Fij+5 the food for my h o ~ s e h o l d . " ~
1 0 So Hi'ram became a giver of timbers of
7
cedar trees and timbers of juniper trees to Sol'o.rnon according to all his delight. l1 And Sol'omon, for his past, gave HYram twenty thousand
measures
as food supplies for his
;
~
~ COYS
~
~
~
2 of
: wheatc
~
household
and
hventy
cora
measures of beaten;g g?;
IEr 29:40 OUV oilqbThat was what Sol'o.mon kept giving
Le 242
Hi'ram year by year. l2 And Jehovah, for his
illK13:12
1 ~ i 4 : 2 9 part, gave Solro.rnan wisdom, just as he had
promised him,^ and there came to be peace be:$!,1;?
lt cor, E q d d measure, amounted t o about; 98 gallons (U. S. A,).

C:ZCh.
$iPi$9 s

That is, oil made by heating or ponnding t b e olirea in a moitar;

rlwpcciallp fine and costly.
b

1 KINGS 5:1-

:1

230

tween Hi'rarn and %l%.mon and both of them

proceeded to conclude a covenantav
vGe
IKI a=
15:19
13 And King Sol'omon kept bringing up $?;Id
those conscripted for forced lnbory out of all Y;E;;;;~
Israel, and those conscripted Sox forced labor irri 9.21
amounted to thirty thousand men, '"Anc'l
he
would send them t o Leb'aaon in shifts of ten
thousand a month. For a months they it~mldZ;FSC$~
*23a20:?4
continue in LRb'a-non, for two months at their 22t%6~g
homes; ~ t n dAd-o-ni'rarn* was over those con- AL5h46P;i8
scrfpted3 for forced labar,* And Sol'o.mon iz;
csme t o have0seventy thousand burden bearers' ;g$.i
and elghty thousand cutterlP in t h e m o u n t ~ f n , ~ '
beddes Sol'o.rnon's prince1y deputies"' who m~Ifi:;;
c1~19:az
were over the work," three thousand three hun- CEZaCr 2~5::: s
dred fowmena over the pcople who wrrc active 'y&%s
In the work. Accordingly t h e king commanded ,$g:;yu
that they shmld quarry grcat stones,i expen- eE;s;
sive stones,T1
t o lay the foundation1'of the house
;
:
;
with hewn stones. l5 SO Sollo.mon's builders and ;
l c c h a:ls
Hi'r~lmk builders and the Gc'bnlaltesndid the '?I'!L~?~:
cutting and they kept preparing the timbers and A::$.:
1c03 : ~
the stones to build the house.
I Pe 2:6
And it came about In the four hundred and ~ RJcO21:14
=I~:J
eightieth ye& after the sons of Israel came EPSzen:i
273
out from the land of Egypt,' fn the fourth 'E;:iji;
? C ~3:2
yearJzlIn the month of ZivlVthat is, the second UvIKI
6:3T

;z3

,'"U':hmonth,r after Sol'o-mon became king over Isrmel, that he proceeded to build the house to
Jehovoh.;~
= And the house that King Sol'o.mon
%,!:
built3
to
Jehovah
was sixty cubits in its length1
1 : ~:I
3;R
and twenty in its width and thirty cubits in its
height.' a d the porch" in front of the temple
"""':J
I:ZL' 41 :I
of the house was twenty cuhjls in its length, in
-k:,,2:,$1
c : I ir011t of the width of the house. Ten cubits it
was in its depth, in front of the house.
4 A n d for the house he went on to mnke
of narrowing f~arnes."T~lrrther,he
~ ~ ~ $ ~windowso
j3O
,111:lB built against the wall of the house n side struci.:zu 41 ;28
ture d l around, [against] the walls of tha house
a11 around the templeoand t h e innermost room,"'
3.:< dj(,:21 and made side chambersmall around, ' The larvI,,~~ f i . 2
XU f i ~ est side charnberQvas five cubits in Its width,
3 ' h .I.i0
and the middle m e was stx cubits In its width,
I
5
j [,,I>
!L:J
- 1 ril fi so and the third one was seven cubits in its rvidth,
!'/I. 4 l : R
lor there were cutbacks' that he gnve to t h e
!:,,,
' ""'
lmuse all around outside, that. it might not have
4~

* I ~ Q

lII'C
c l 2.5
K
3:17
1

h ~ l dEn the walls of the house?

7 As for the house, while it was belng built,
it IVBS of quarry stone" already completed that

m t t b boltorri of pveriorts pop+] erlanlly in I'hoeuitinn,

I'nlnryrtwr, ,koWncnn, and Old k n u m i s inrtriplioir, n m l ~ a b a nlio
l
i n Syri~~c.., , Tltc ~rntntionby meflu> uf I t t t 1 ~ 1 . ($1'
3
t h ~nlph:rl,et is
I'l~ur~(l
on P h o c ~ ~ i r i nruins
n
(hut 11nt the rrnolirart), on thn coiris o f
Sil~ioll?vlnrcnhn~u~,
nnd since mecliae~nltirllr~h c llcr~l
~
in g~mraI,
(ILIIIIREI 1105 univrl+s~I,~ t s e (not, for e x n m p l ~ ,in thr Kpijiri~phn f
I lhr* K t . Pi.t~l'.rl~~~rg
1 1 1 ~ 1 1 1 1 ~of~ pA,]).
t
i ) j (5, or i l l ~ h rEl~igrnl?hs
la!' nt~i!11y c ~ t l ~ o~rn ; ~ n u a r ~ i p t s )

[ ('ontitttrrrl

* J~itcr~llp,lrp~.inceeof

the dopt~ties," 31, b "Four hundred and

cightirtll year," J K ~ S S ;"four hundl-cd rind fortieth year," L T S .
Snys S.R. Driver in ATof~so j i 1Frr Hcbrcw Tart arid Ilbd Topography
nf the Rooka of Samuel (1913), in footnntc 2 an p a p 97 (italica
bra) : 'There! is no ground for supposing ( a is
~ no~iaetim~
done)
tllnt in nnrient times nnnrerals
rrprt3enfed in IIchr~rrmanuartipta Ir?r t h letters
~
of the nlphabtl, Ir tllc nun~wnlarr-crc not mitt r u ill Plill, hut, expressed by syritbals, the ancient EIchrem, it is
rcn~onnblcto suppose, would b n r ~ado tcadn ~pdrnl~inlilart o that
i n n w nnlrngat their nrighbour~,fountf( +9 Efl bmtto?~r01 )reat page.]

."

Or, '.fIli+hinc1niop.t chnmhr.'' LXX, ho dtr.lrif'; Sy, ''hnusp of the

~rl.arl,itiratorp rover (the Most Holy)." YE, o.rr~'~rr.liim(''the orav l r . " ), rill tho inro~rvctthwry t l ~ n tthc TI~.l~rtaw
\vul.~t rl.'~ir wnet firvtrt~tlf'rrlnr t310 1 It~Ij~~elr
verb do.bnr' ("to r p ' ~ ~ l i ' "C'nfi~~>nrc
).
Coptie
ttrl~dr, I I I P R IIR
~ ~ "the innermosta*; filso the APIIII~ o JJ),, 'a F(~dwr,
I ~ I I * ~ I H ~ I I"I)nck,"
C:
b ''Side cl~an~be~b,"
LSX; c'sille strrrcturc," 31.

l1

I ICINGS 6 :L 1 6

292

o
it was built," and, as f a r hammers and axes or ~ R 923
any tools of iron,@they were not heard in the "1Ch22:3
house while it was being built. The entrance8 SEE 41:11
sf the lowesta side chamber was on the rightb
side of the house, and by a winding staircase
they would go up to the middle one and from the
middle one up to the third one. Turther, he
continued building the house that he might
finish it' and covered in the house with beams t l K t a 3 8
and rows in cedar wood.^ loMoreover, he built u;g/P$O
the side chambersv against the whole house five;;;;:$
cubits in their height, and they had a hold on VBF;:~~
the house by timbers of cedar t r e e s . ~
Eze 41.26
415
11 Meantime, the word of Jehovah carne to' Yz IECt he 17:12
Solto.mon,z saying: l a "As regards this house %:fi?2
that you are building, if you will walk in my 2: z:F
statutes' and perform m y judicialQ decisionsa z&y$$'G
and actually keep all my commandments by g
;:;
walking in them," then I shall certainly carry ng?;1,:&
out my word with you that I: spoke to David
your father,' IS and I shall indeed tent" in the z7;2:$1,
middle of the sons of Israel' and I shall not
42Sa 7:13
leave my people
1 C h 22:10
14 And Sol'o.rnon continued building the +~;;:i;~
house that he might finish it.' IB
And he proceeded to buiId the walls of the house inside it z;n2i;3
RG 21:3
with boards of cedar. From the floor of the e ~ ~ a ~ 6 2
house up to the rafterscl of the ceiling he overlaid it with timber inside, and he went an t o ;+k;$;
overlay the floor of the house with boards of
juniper? l s Further, he built twenty cubits at
the rear sides of t h e house with boards of cedar,
from the Aoor up to the rafters," and built for,

' L L ~ w ~ ~LtX, "X T ; "middle," MVgSr, LiteralI~,"light," that is,

when one faces east. eliterally, "walls," M ; possil~ly,by a slight
correction, "rafters,"

it inside the innermostk room, the Most Holy.On

$%!
#O
2Ch 3:s
nHeb 9.3
rHeb 9 2

slK1 6:2
t l K 1 6:32

And it was forty cubjts that the house proved

to be, that is, the ternpler in front of it.an la And

cedarwod was the whole house inside, with

carvingst of gourd-shapedu ornaments and gar2K14:39
vEu26:33 lands of blossoms.~MI of it was cedarwood;
Ex 3727
lKi 1:26 there was no stone to be seen.
19 And the innerrnosty room in the interior
he prepared inside, t o put there the
2%:$:? ofarkzt h eofhouse
covenant of Jehovah, =OAnd the
zp;Fzt; c h 5 : ~ innermosttheroom
was twenty cubits in length
H P 9:4
~
* i ~ i e : 2 and twenty cubits in width* and twenty cubits
in its height, and he proceeded to overlay it with
pure
and t o overlay the a l W with cedarA ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ goldn
1 8
':,"g:g wood. s= And Sol'o.mon went on t o overlayv the
inside with pure gold3+and to make chain:&; ;EIICI'I:~IT house
work* of gold pass across in front of the inner":$%;% most roomx and to overlay It with gold. 22 And
*?Ch3:7
the whole house he overlaid with gold,* until
lax405
all the house was completed; and all the altark
that belongs to the innermost room he overlaid
nEx $ 0 3 with g01d.n
23 Further, he made in the i n n e m s t mom
a K 1 l * i 5 two cherubs3 of oil-tree wood, ten cubits being
:;?
;=
;::2Ch5:8 the height of each one,' "And five cubits was
the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits was
the other wing of the cherub. Ten cubits it was
from the tip of his wing t o the tip of his 1ving.s
SF&
;;
a 5 And the second cherub was ten cubits. The
two cherubs had the same measure and the
lzCh3;12 same shape.t ZG The height of the one cherub
was ten cubits, and that was s o of the other
cherub. P7Then he put the cherubs inside the
inner house, so that they spread out the wings
U I X ~7:24

%A6

"'The templo in front of the doors of the oracle (innermost room) ,"
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234

of the cherubs3 nnd the wing of the one reached

to the wall and the !sing of the other cheruba;:;;:;;
was reaching to t h e other wall, and their wings
were towarcl the middle of the house, reaching
wing to wing.- 2* Moreover, he overlaid the '\:%?$
cherubs with gold.''
t*~m:h
:c7tr::<
IR
29 And an the walls of the house round about 7;+;$o
he carved ~ ~ 4 tengraved
h
carvings of cherubsr ~.;n
:$;I 1~2.15
.I
and palm figures= and engravings of blmsoms' :.."h :; 1.1
inside and outside, "" d the floor" of the hoitse "ii:~:~f;~fl
he overlaid with gold, inside and outside. "' And *;$:>.$'
the entrance of t h e innermost room he made A?,; ;:j;
with d m " of ofl-lxe wood: side pillars, door-:!.,?;;;c;
posts [and] a fifth. 32 And the hvo doors were
;!;.;:
11):18
of oil-tree wood, and he carved upon them carv- I I,:E,
ings of cherubs' and palm figures" and the en;$:'::P
$'
savings of blossomsxand he overlaid them with ',:!iC
gold,' and he proceeded to beat the gold dortm
upon the cherubs and the palm figures. " And
that was the way he made for t h e entrance of
the temple, the doorposts of oil-tree wood, foursquared. " And t h e two doors were af juniperk \'tTPz:
rvood. The two leaves of the one door turned on ig,\!q;gq
pivots, and the two leaves of the other door
turned on pivots." And he carved cherubs and ;
:;,"
.9
palm figures and engravings of hIossorns and P &I:\: A r35.0
:<.i7 2
overlaid gold foil upon the represmtations.''
36 And he ~ e n on
t to build the inner" court- yii''li.j
yardPnith three rowst of hewn stone and a row
11;l 11m15
of beams of cedarwood.
37 In the fourth year the house a Jehovah
PC"''g
had its foundationi laid, in the lunar month of
Z ~ V 35, and
~ in the eleventh year, in the lunar
:;$
month of Bul,a that is, the eighth month, the
house was finishedx, as regards all its details vEtYf:4
d )

8h

::::::

"

"!a!

See G ~ n e . i s7: 11, fboh0te a.

n all
d Its plnn,y so that he was seven years a t
';'ct $::fj~building
it,
And his awn house Sal'o,mon built in thirteen years," so that he finished all his o m
?ch ~1
' r.:r2:d
hou;se,"
rd: 2 : s
2 And he proceeded to build the House of
the Form of Leb'amon" a hundred cubits in
c;t;;p;i3
, its length and fifty cubits in its width and thirty
'm3:2
cubits in its height, upon four rows of p i l a d
L ~6:Bl of cM1&1~00d,
ancl there tvem beam& of cedarwood upon the pillars, "And it was paneled in
{lKle:l8 with cedarwoodhbove upon the girders that
ivere upon the forty-five pillars. There were
*1K4&:4 fifteen to 8 ran.. * A
s for f r a m d wwindorvs,- there
~:zt' ~ n : i 6
~ - c ; v6 : ~ were three rows, and thew was an illuminationm
opcnlng opposite an illumination opening in
three tiers, W n d all the entrances and the door'Ex l2:22 posts were squared as regards the lintel,Qnd
~ l s othe forelront of the illumination opening
4l;a opposite an illumination opening in three* tiers.
G And the Porch of Pillas he made fifty
cubits in Its length and thirty cubits in its width,
and another porch was in front of them with
pillars and a canopy in front of them.
I ~ I Kra:rs
*
P"22:5
7 As for the Porch of the Thronek where he
lutl 9 : i
<:KlPJ:an would do judging," he made the porch of judg9
I i < l 3 ; s ment," and they covered it in with cedarwood
1 ' 0 :
from the Roar to the rafters.Rr
r l K l ti 15
8 As regards the house of his where he was
fimllclm:4 to dwell, at the other courtyarcf,s it was away
1 .*\&.I
from the house belonging to the Porch. It proved
to be like this in workmanship. And there was a
house like this Parch that he proceeded to build
for Phar'aoh's daughter,t whom Sol'o-mon had
'wK'a!l
I I< I P:H
:t.rl ~ : l r taken.
-"Cv~litlg,"Ry; i4t~p,"
YE;'floor:' 3L
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1 KINGS 7 :19-25

237
9 A11 these were Eof] expensiveu stones ac- U2Ki"l7
cording to measures, hewn, sawed with stonesaws, inside m d outside, and from the foundation up to the coping and outside 89 far BS the
great courtyard.'
And the expensive stones v2ch4:Q
laid as a foundation were great stones, stones of
ten cubits and stones of eight cubits. " And up
above there were expensive stones according to
measures, hewn, and also cedarwood, As for
the great courtyard," round about were three z&qi:&
rowsr of hewn stone and a row of beams of $&?:i23
cedarwood; m d [this] also for the innerx court- ~J:\ :~k:!>
2
~
yard of the house"of Jehovah,and for the porchr :J</, I;.:?
2ull :7
of the house.
R r 11.2
13 And King Sol'o.non proceeded to send and * I KI t;:t
EliXE 6-3
fetch I-Ii'ramAout of Tyre. " He was the son of
;:.,o
a widowed rvoman from the tribe of Naph'ta.1i $1:; ?.:
and his father was a TyrJiaanrnanZP worker :,;3;.T3;;$
I
in copper,' and he was full of the ~visdorn~
nnd cz(71~l : l o
the understandingE and tl,e knowledgec for do* fkL';3"1!?2
ing every sort of work in copper. Accordingly ;;%;:1
he came to King Sol'o.mon and began to do all
e;5;
I,U
2..10
his \f*ork.
15 Then he cast the two pillars of clsppr,' '$Qj$:,
eighteen cubits being the height of each pillar, :;.
and a string of trveIve cubits would measure Jrrw:?l
around each of the two pillars,' l u And two capi- '2K1 2"1a
taIs he made to put upon the tops of the pilEars,k '$F,"Ei?
cast in copper. Five cubits was the height of the 17y s3;28
one capital and five cubits ivas the height of the
other capital. "There were nets in network,
twisted ornaments in hai in work,^^ far the cap!- nB;if;zf,j
tals that were upon t h e top of the pillars,'' seven* E;c!;;;y
for the one capital and sevena for the other r z c h 4 : n
capital. "And he \vent m t o make the pomea "i?h~i3ll,"M; ''a net," LX9.

"

12

::::

wanatesa and two rows round about upon the

one network to cover the capitals, that were
upon the top af the pillars,b and that mas what
he did for the other capita1.m IWnd the capitals
that were upon the top of the pillars at the porch
were with Iily work,t of four cubits. And the
capitals were upon the two pillars, also up close
beside the rounded projection that was adjoining the network, and there were two hundred
pokegranatesu in rows all around upon each
UlE,25ii7

capital,
21 And he proceeded to set up the p i l l ~ y
belonging to the porch" of the temple. So he set.
P.P 3:12
>-!KI
6.3 .up the right-handc pillar and called its name
&Ti Ja'chindz and then set up the left-hand" pillar
md called its name Ro'az.f9 aa And upon the top
zF:;7,$*
the piflws there was lily work. And the work
*;?bpigu of
of
the
pillars was gradually completed.
zay$~o
rl-a 45%
23
And
he proceeded t o make the molten seam
UEX w i a
EX 38:s i ten cubits from its one brim t o its other brim,
:$$:::$ circular all around, and its height was five
cubits, and it took a line of thirty cubits to circle
all around it.&4: And there were gourd-shapedQ
down below its brim a11 around, en;::; ;$ ornaments1
circling
it,
ten
in a cubrt, endosing the sea all
-5a 1114
.13cj14:3 around; with two rows of t h e gourd-shaped
ornaments cast in its casting. '"It: was standing
upon
twehe
three facing north and three
@;g;;g
].:re1-10 facing tvesth and three facing south1and three
Hc 4:7
facing east; and the sea was above upon them,
?Ch 4:13

Jcr 59:23
T Z C 3:17
~
9
Ca 310
c a 2:g

:t!h&

''Pon~egrun~te~,"
~ o o o r d i n gto t r o Hebrew ~nnnuerriptq;"pillars!'
ht , b LhPillars,''
Sy ~ u 50
d TT~bron-~ u n ~ l u ~ c ~;."i p~lo, ~i ~ ~ n g m n ~31.t e s ~
a I l l . , "~;outhern" (WIIPD onc faces emljt). d 3t~nni1ir'*Hewill flrinly
~rrlril~lish,'*Or, "northertl" ( a h c n o n p Pnres md). f I J o ~ ~ i b~LIPRIIlg
ir~c',Instrength," nrtd to IIP renrl nl'ler Ihr Tinnle of t h c b u t h ~ pillar
r
",la'rldal' g Or, "rattlr." 31. h Litt>lnnlly,''tlrc tea" (the Xeditrrr r t r ~ e a r ~1) .Literally,

L'tIieh'r.g%eb.'"

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1 KINGS 7:35-42

four corners of each cardage; its supports were

and all their hind parts were tawwd the center.' m2Ch4:4
of one piece with the carriage .I3And on 4op of
2-d
its thicknm was a handbreadth,' and its *JcP 51:21
the carriage there was la standla a half a cubit
brim was like the w o r h a n s l l i p of the brim 01,
in height, c h 1 3 a r all around, and upon the top
a cup, a lily blossom.^^ Two thousand h a t h m l ~ ~ $ ~ ~ f
a ~ 3 : 2 4 of the carriage its sides and i t s side wdls were
measures were what it would c o n t ~ i n . ~
? n L'IL
r r415j1.1
:.~
he engraved
r;IEX :j:~s
s:rr of one pIece with it. 3BJ3~rther,
27 And he went an t o make the ten cnrupon
the
plates
of
Its
sides
and
upon
its side
riageas of capper, four cubits being the length P , 2 ~ / , ~ ~ i ~ 6,$;;f!!i8
rvalls
che~~~l.rbs,"
llansb
and
palm
figures'
accordof each carriage m d four cubits its width ~ n dJor5?:lT
g;;
HO 5 14
ing
to
the
clear
space
of
each,
and
wreathse
all
three cubits its height. '%And
this was the marlcIZe 1.7
+lI<is : ~around.
It
WRS
like
thfs
that
he
made
the
ten
manship of t h e carriages: they had side w ~ l l s ,
Em 4kl6
F ~ P
41:18 carriages;' they all had one cast," one measure,
R I I the
~
side walls were bet~veent h crossbars.
~
'% :1:?'1'4
R e 7:9
Ti . ~ one shape.
~'Anduponthesidervallsthat.tverle b e Z ~ ~ c cthe
n ~~?~<'\\'' o Prl ~1:9
33 And he proceeded to make ten basin+ of
Pr 4:9
crossbars there were lions,- bulls11and cherubs,* i;fk!4i:;25
and over the cr~ssbarsit was like that. Up akrove v;.:;
;'E! >g6copper. Forty bath"measl1res were what: each
and beneath the lions and the buIls there were ;!<I.:?TI-.:In
2%
:;;$h basin would contain. Each basin was four cubits.
2 ~ 4:3
carriage far the
there ryere I . . I ~.\I rs
wreat'hsr in hanging work.'' "And
kEu W.18 There was one basin upon e ~ c h
211:66
E..:%:Y
ten carriages. Sq Then he put five carriages on
four wheelsm3"of copper to e ~ c hcarriape, with -1'r
- 19
yrlr
T i t 3.5
HCI 6.10 the rig& ride of the house and five on the leftd
axles of copper, and its four cornerpieces were ,J*;;,??,,
n ~ c Q:IO
r2m
4.6
h
side af the house," and the sea itself he put to
supports for them. Beneath the basin were the I.:N 10:3fl
slKI'i:13
acll a:la the right side of the house eastward, toward the
supports, cast with wreaths across each, " And
2Ch 4:ll soUf=h,p
its mouth* from inside t o the supports ~ n upd flc1116:12 12Ch
48
40 h d Ri'raml gradually made the basinst
ward was I?] cubits," and its mouth was round,
1F=52:"1,
2C114:11 and the shovelseU and the bow1s.Y At length
the workmanship of a stand of one ~ n ad half
LL3i 4:16
J@r5-3:18Hi'rarn finished doing all the work that Re did
cubits, and also upon its mouth there were cawVEX24.6
~
~
~ for
5
3King
2
SoI'o.mon as respects the house of
inss, And their side rvalls were squared, nat
Ex 39::s
?;U7.15 Jehovah:F ."The two pillarsz and the bowlround, 32 And the four wheels' ~ v e r edown 33e30~1
..11. 25:n
the side waFIs, and the sides of the wheels \rere
:m 3:15 shaped capitals* that were upon the top of the
Jpr 52:TI
;:la
two pillars, and the two networks1 to cover the
by the carriage, and the height of each whwl
w n s one and a half cubits, " And the workmanI , I K ~7 17 two round capitals that mere upon, the top of
..IKl'i:211
ship of the wheelso mas like the workmanship
the four hundred pomegran""*P C 25:17
3~3 6 the pillars, "%nd
of a clzarioP wheel. Their sides n i ~ dtheir f ~ l l o e s'1"l"J:ss
ate$
for
the
two
networks,
two rows of pome5$&?23
~ n dtheir spokes and their hubs, they wcre all
* ''A ~tsnd."Supplied, heonnsa ~ v l d e ~ l t lthis
y word i s ~ n i s ~ ning the
cast, And there were four supports ulmn t h e
pr~~en
Hte h r e ~text, b See wrnr 3R, footnote n. Forty l~athaequal
nt~rnlt 392 galionfi (a.8 , A,). "ll i~iit.''That is, ~ o u t h ,when one
a A Ijnlh egnal~dabout 9.S gall an^ (U.
S. A , ) . Sa ?.OUO h n t h tcrtoi2ed
~ I ~ ~ Veast.
F ;
d L'Pleft."
That is, north, n11e.n 0111%
inwa cmt. a Or, "ansh
uf i w l i l ~
nhnL 10.BVD gnllons. Or, "puncb worli.*" 7'11~nu~~lhrv
I:{

.I

nppcnr+ tu Iw n~issiugin t h IwcFonC

~

J l t k h ~ . ~ ntrst.
.

J IIKH,"

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1 KINGS 8:l-8

241

granates to each network, t o cover the two

botvl-shaped ccapitals that were upon the two
pillars;" 4 3 and t h e ten carriageso and t h e ten 41xl
basins' upon the carriages, 4 4 and the one sea' ;g\T,{:
and t h e twelve bulls beneath the sea;' laand the -2Ch 4:15
tubs and the shovels and the bowls and all these
utensils,"which Hi'rarn made of polished: copper ",?:$;:
for King Sol'o.mon far the house of Jehovah.
In the districtb5of the Jordanzk it urast h a t
:$:,
the king cast them in the clay moldRCbetween 1~2Ch4 ~ 1 7
nC.c33:lr
~ u c h w
anand Zar'e-than.'
rJus 3:16
47 And Sol'o.mos left all the utensils fun- I'Cl d.lz
weighed] because of so extraordinarily great a
quantity.8 The weight of t h e copper was not n2Ch 4:18
ascertaineit d g And Sol'o-mon gradually made t:E! ~~i~~
all the utensils that pertained to the house af ,,E, 322s
Jehovah, the altaru of gold and the tablev on v ~ , 3 ~ . j ~ ~
which was the s h o ~ b r e a d of
, ~ gold, and the ;{;,3j;2,:
lampstand~,~Y
five t o the right-and
five t o the t;[:j ;i;;
lefti before the innermost room, of pure goold,l
and the blossoms\nd
the lampsr' and the :K;II~;;;;
-pis 3 7 2 3
snuffer^,^ of gold, and the basins and the ex- i!Y!!,ft
tinguishersAand the bowls9nd the cupso and :;i::j/?
the fire holders,' of pure gold, and the sockets
for the doors' of the inner house, that is, t h e I.,y,(Lth44: '2) 2
Most Holy,g and for t h e doors' of the house of c~:;;~(J
the temple,' of gold.
-I,<.16 12
I K l G .'!I
51 Finally all the work that King Solto.mon P>IKI
6 ~3
had to do as regards the house of Jehovah was :,:.$?,:,&
T f r 1; 15
a t its ~ornpletion,~
and Sol'o.mon began to bring ,LCC
-:
. 4.9

frfzl;!$

the two pillsrs;" I X X ; Lgnponthe bps of the pillnmIn

VgSy; "in fmnb of the pilllir.s," SI. b See Qrnesia 13 : 10, footnote b. = OrI '5n the fomdr;r o f the pound!' E l o w ~ ~ ~ r ,
hy a slight mrrertioa, "at the ford of Adra.mnh+"d Or,
of Presenc~!' lrg, 'Yhe lloares of pmentntiaa."' e Or, '%outb' (wlwn
one faces ~ a s t ) . for, "north" (when one fnma east). Or, "the
Holy of Holiean
a ''Upan

"1!:7::2
a

in t h e things sanctified by David his father;=

the silver and the gold and the articlw he put
in the treasures of the house of J e h o ~ a h . ~
A t t h ~ time
t
Sol'o.rnont proceeded to call
togetheru the olderv men of Israel,* all the
heads of the tribes7 the chieftainsaa of the
fat hers,wf the sans of Israel, t o King Solronon
a t Jerusalem, t o bring up the ark' of the covenant' of Jehovah out of the dty of David," that
Is to say, Zion.' "nd all the men of Israel came
assembling to King Sol'o.mon jn the lunar
month of Eth'amim jn the festival: that is, the
seventh month.* So 811 the older men of Israel
came, and t h e priests began t o carry* the ark.@
"nd they came bringing up the ark of Jehovah md the tentwof meeting' and all the holy
utensils that were in t h e tent, and the priests
and the Levftes3came bringing them up.' And
King Sol'o.mon and with him all the assembly of
Israel, those keeping their appointment with
him, were before the Ark, sacrificingk sheep
and cattle that could not be counted or numbered for mu1tltude.n
6 Then the priests brought in the arkr of the
covenant of Jehovah to its place," t o the innermast room of the house,: the Most Holy,Wto
underneath the wings of the cherubs.t For the
cherubs were spre~dingout their wings over
the place of the Ark, se that the cherubs kept
the Ark and its ~ l escreened
s
over from above."
But the poles\' proved to be long, so that the
tips of the poles were visible from the Holy in
front of the innermost room, but they were not
visible outside. And there they continue d o m .

Or, "nn'nia," bi.

b Lit@rnlly,"the

Holy o f Eolies," XI.

1 KINGS &:%IS

242

te this day.^ There was nothing In the Ark but

243

1 KINGS 8: l L 2 5

well because It proved t o be close to your heart."

'Wnly you yourself will not build t h e house,
but your son ~vhois corning forth from your
loins is the one that will build the house t o m y
name.'" :"And Jehovah proceeded to carry out
"$;%3
10 And it .came about that when t h e priests
cxe*s
his wordb that h e had spoken, that I might rise
came out from the holy place the cloud' itself "Job7:9
up in the place of Dnvid my fatlicr and sit upon
filled the house of
*lchzg5 the throne of Israel,' just as Jehovah had
" h d the prfestsl' j;:K,l$$$l
were unable to stand to do their rninlsterlng' .Jcb12fl:t:! I
spoken, and t h ~ 1t might: build the house t o the
because- of the cloud, for the glory' of Jehovnh' ::<i14t,$
name of JP~OVRII
thp God of LsraeEjn" and that
1
R;gg%:
filled the hause of Jehovah, At that time Sol'. ;:2F;gi
I might locate a place there for t h e Ark where
o.rnon said: "Jehovah himself said he was to
the covenant' of Jetrovah is that he concluded
De Y.9
tent in the thick gloom? I have successfu1ly I : J P .I ::4
pe 3 ~ 2 6 with our forefathers when he was bringing them
*2TCi 23:s
built a house of lofty abode for you," an estab- ?i:o'??s
2<h 6.12 out porn the land of Eg-ypt."
Ex 9 - 3
lished place* for you to dive11 in to time in- r I . " ~ 1 2 ~ ~ ~ ~kEL=
22 And ,F0Ipo.monbecan standing before the
5.5
definite."ck
61
1 ,3
211
:: 21
aItal.* of Jehovah in front of all the congregajd,$i213
lsa 1 : I 5 tiona of Israel, nnd he now sprend !is palms out
14 Then the king turned his face and begm "''' '
33320
to bless11 all the congregationz of Israel, while 1,2
:'
$
j
;
:
g
l
O t o the heavens,k g d and he went on to say: "0
all the congregationQof Israel were standing up. A
c x i 1.3
Jehovah the God of I s r a ~ l there
, ~ ~ is no Godb"
:!,'Im:rr7:27
' ai;:
And he went on to say: "Blessed3is Jehov~l~r'
like your in the hewens above or on the earth
lr I ' Y 132:14
the God of Israel, who spoke by his own moulh
c l K l 2034 beneath, keeping the covenant
nnd the lovingwith Davids m y father and by his own hand h ~ s
rn2c-h
,.Xi
46:43
2
kindnessc"
tow~lrd
your
s
e
~
v
a
n
t
swho
~ a r e lvalk~,;t;;
given fulfillment,t saying, 'From the day that X;II
r.E\l~i:ll ing before you wlth all their heartjt you who
f; -3
1srr ?:3
I brought my peaple Israel out from Egypt" I *!j,!:;'ir0
zsn T:T have kept toward your servant David my father
P.;
3Fi-10
have not chosenv a city out OE all the tribes of tb:!i2t3
that which you promised him, so that you made
r, w.5
Jrr 105
Israel to build a home for my name,' to continue ,!en
>ilcy:18 the promisedlwith your own mouth, and with
:4 1:s
there, but I shall choose David ta come to be ,,;:;~~l~,ig "''7xe
~o~~~\~r~handyouhavemadethefulfillm
1
over my people I ~ r a e l . ' ~And it came t o be ,;j;!;;;
as at this day.11 '* And now, O Jehovah the God
'.Kl 1 0 3
close t o the heart of David my father t o build ~ l u 1h7 s
1csa 7:1s of Israel, keep toward your servant David my
L'Ch 6.15
a house to the name of Jehovah the God of Is- %(I!%
father that which you promised him, saying,
"qn 'i.R
rael.' " But Jehovah said to David my father, mO'$.l
'There ndll not be cut off a. man of yours from
7.2
v1c1izs:9before me to sit upon the throt~eof Israel,' I
'For the season that it proved to be dose to Lch17:2
your heart t o build a house to my name, you dld
only your sons will take care sf their way by
walking before me just ns YOU l ? ~ vwalked
e
be."In Ho'mreb," MTT.gSy; 431 Ho'reb, the tshMo of the corennnt:'
I
LXS. bliterally, "had cut [ n corennnt]," M. aRI, 'o.ld.mirnt
" .\I, q q . ~ n l ' ; LTXTfi, "~c.cle'd.n." b "CFoil." 31, El.o.11inr'; I X X ,
("timw inileflnite"). X, qn.hal'; L.LXFr, '"sc.cle'si.r~~
l ~ y . U ~ O ~ P , . +M.
r itc.oaf. or, tb!oyn~IUTF.~~6 ~ . i t ~ ~ . f i16y011
yPm5:9

the two stone tabIetsCz which Moses- had de- %fifi,:g

posited' there in Ho'reb,ez when Jehovah had ~~~~',j?;s
covenantedhzwith the sons of Israel \rrhillethey ,;!;$:&
were coming out from the land of EgyptBh rr:\ 2 : . q
..I:\
1.l.X)

)I+

",

"Ch

6:8

245

fore me.'^ eo And now, 0 God of Israel,mzlet your ;@J;$

promiseb' that you have promised to your sent- ;;$,;:
ant David my father prove trustworthy, please.
I:; :1911
27 "But miZ1: God truly dwell upon the earth
;I
Look! the
yes, the heaven of the hew- ..:1;12:1
,"Ch &:18
ens,& themselves cannot contain you; how much P~~~ fi(i:l
less, then, this house that 1 have built! "And
you must turn toward the prayer of your s w -$PI :{.:
ant+and to his ~equestfor favor: 0 Jehovah my ,;t.;r,;;
;'a
God, t o listen to the entreaty and ta t h e prayer
*y;,1;, ;
;
with which your servant is praying before you I.U 1s.i
todayjwothat your eyes' may prove t o be
ZF;R,lg
opened" toward this house night and day, to;zt;g?
13
ward the place of which you said, 'My name err1
l; 1s
will prove t o be there,*k t o listen t o the prayer [$t1;:.2!
with which your servant prays toward this j<:]$,y
p1ace.n BU And you must listen t o the request for n~&'~hfl~liO
."'~'
favor on the part of your servantr and of your rK~c ~1:2u.a
Li
people Israel with which they pray toward this
I
place, and may you yourself hear at the place of
1
your dwelling, in the heavens,a and you must '$$."3$:f$
$:in
hear and f o s g i ~ e . ~ t
31 'When a man sins against his fellownman 02Ch R:22
94*7
and he actuallplays w cursing upon him t o bring tes
~~1,7114
him under liability to the curseU and he actually i;ii!:k3
comes within reach of the curse before your Ip;$.:;il
altaP in this Rouse,V "then may you yourself ",lII;kpg
hear from the heavens and you must act and
x@:2
j~~dg
your
e sewants by pronouncing the wicked:
one guilw by putting his wag upon his own Yg;zJT
6:s
heady and by pronouncing the righteous9 one
innocents by giving to him according to his own !.E: ',";$
yi- I-: 15
righteousness.*
E -a 2111

cF;f;:l
'

"13 God of Iwael? &I;

"0Jehorah the Qod of Isra~l?'LTXT7gSyT~

31.

~ eaflQn
r d ~and~ 35

Eebrew mnnmcripb.

fitmaily, '.ivord,"

n ~ 20:17
p

sr:qZ;kz

I;!*

Ti1::

riJ;$;:;o
h'c g::!

* x n 1:11
r I:zr 9:s

CC'h O.24

9 :
h 25
,

.
kl'\

Pt'l It

1 KINGS 8:33-39

33 "When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy," because they kept sinning
against you," and they indeed return to youq
and laud your name* and prayM and make request for favor toward you in this house; si &en
may you yoursex hear from heaven and you
must forgive the sin of your people Israela and
yoti must bring them back" to the ground3 that

gave to their fa1.efathers.n

35
~1.: I 6,s
; " , " ~ ~ ~ "\\'hen heaven is shut up so that no raina
occurs, because they kept sinning=against you,
.VfM % I :43
rLrb
I J ( ~311:1.1-1
1 3 and they actually pray toward this place=and
rw ' I H ~ laud your nameu and from their sin they turn
nErc 14.19
back, because you kept afRictjng them,' 38 then
,.,-I, t;.:'6
rl.lnc 2 1 7
,,rrn a.13 may you yourself hear from the heavens and
":I.
YOU must forgive t h e sln of your servants, even
of your people Israel, because you teachy them
the good way in which they should walk," and
Ir.W ~w3Pi:R
1
:la
8 1 ~ In8:l
asrtl
~KcI
l you must give rajn' upon your land that you
have given to your people as a hereditary posd
P, OH 9
seslon.
37 "In case a famine3 should occur in the
uk?,
a!l.!9
LILI
land,"
in case a pestilence should occur: in case
r;:;$;;a
2s:"t blight, r n i l d e ~ ,locusts,~
~
cockroaches* should
0 I IiQ
2H:A
occur,
i
n
case
their
enemy
should besiege them
I
.
"Jcht. ,#
I
,
, In the land of their gatesa-any sort of plague,"
l > q Vl: ! 5
any sort of disease, when any sort of prayer,"
any sort of request for favor? o a r s on the
"f:it&!j'.'3
I +ll:I:lfo part of any man [or] of all your people Israe1,k
Irl'CIh G 29
$I.:~>I)
I,., 42:O
;:II because they know each one the plague of his
I V 1.1 lo
own heart,R and they actually spread out their
r l % n1 15
,,r
10:14 p a l m to this house,' $"then may you y o m E
K c !).G
hear from the heavens, your establishd place
,
of dwelling,# and you must forgivet and actU
I:,;']:$;:
47 YOU

., ,:, 1
11.1~1

, ,
j,.

--

Or, "ritka,"

fiyiirrdoche.

the gates rcprm~ntingthe cities, by

the flgare

of

I KINGS 8:40--47

247

246

and give to each one according t o all his ways,' V,Po:#;

vJer l7:10
because you h o w his hearty (for you yo~~rself
alone well know the heart of all the sons of '2uh t"8:O
m
i:?4
mankind) ,aCx 41Vto
t h e end that they may fear''

sensesRIn the land where they have been carried

gi;;
you all the days that they are alive upon the *izri.:~~
surface of the ground that you gave to our fore- .I :$ 7;f7

,,, :,,

I I $ l :!.:h
;15 1::

41 "And aTss to the foreigner: who is no part

of your people IsraelAand who actually comes &[,: ;;3!
;Ai?
fmm a distant land by reason of your name'
~;i;$iy<
':Cfor they shall hear of y o u great name' and 11.l~r , . : ~
of your strong hand3 and of your stretched-out +fj:
arm), and he actually comes and prays toward $~::~:~~
this house," 4a may you yourself hear from the
Ij!&
heavens, your established place of dwelling, and
,:,
you must do according to all that for which the ,";q~::15
foreigner calls t o you, in order that all the peo.;;;;11 ,;
ples of the earth may get ta know your name'
;
so as to fear you the same as your people Isr~elrf;r; ~ l ;r?
1:s
do]<and so as t o know that your name itself has Bj'~q4??
been called upon this house that I have built."
!:i
44 "In case your people go out t o battler t$:ji; ;;:if
against their enemy in the way that you send u ~ ~ ~ ~
Zherns and they indeed prayt to Jehovah in the ;!];!J';;::~
diredion of the city that you have chosenu and
the house that 1 have built to your name,' y,ph?;i;;
r,n I
'"then you must hear from the heavens their fi:il:$j?
prayer and their request for favor, and you [: 3:&:
PS 1.13:~
must execute judgment far themy
l'r ?:I <$
46 "hcase they sin against youz (for there f$;;F6
is no man that does not sin?, and you have to
;:.;
be incensed a t them and abandon them to the 2;
1.~0I s
c21;1 e.2a
enemy and their captors actually carry them off 01re.. 2~
captiveGto the land of We enemy distant or <ft!li:?l
nearby? 47 and they indeed come to their,,:;!;"_I
)I

v;*IF

, ,,,

&

J1, hn-a.ilnmc; L X V g , "men?'

off captive and they actually returnP and make

request' t o you for favor in t h e land of their
ll)c.dI:.:I
3 . t 1 m.12
captors,' saying, '1% have sinned' and e r a *
ar.c*ll(,
* A ( . I:(: J;
wc have nctcd wickedly,'k 4 b and they indeed
1.c lt*i:a
IlI>rl 9..i
,tl.1G ~
,1lI:ls ,return t o you with all their heartn and with aII
their soul in the land of their encmies who carrid them off captive, and they indeed pray to
you in the direction of their land t h a t you gave
to their far~fathers,the city that you have
chosen and the hause that I have built to your
name,'
then you must hear from the heavensF
flCll0:w
L)R 6 . l ~
RZC'II~ : D P your established place ofdwelling,g their prayer
and their request for favor and you must exe;!': :riAv cute judgment for them,l 3 0 and you must for;31'c":T
3 ~ ~ ~give"
i 7 ~ your peoplo who had s i n n e d ~against jrou
nnd all their tran~gressions'~
with which they
transgressed
agajnst
you,Y
and
you must make
YET2321
.7 11a 2.1, I!)
Pq 5:lfl
then1
objects
of
pity&
before
their
captors m d
L X I I :2f:D
i:rr 7 2 9 they must pity them* b 1 (for they are your peon . 2.3
~
I , , lIlb:-16 ple" and your possessjon,b whom you brought
*I 111 1 ,!I
out from Egypt,$from inside the iron frrrnace-),
I., ,
1 9::'fi
"'t h ~ your
t
eyes may prove to be opened t o the
.~ &
request for favor of your servant and t o the
4;.;
h.bb1 . 1 1 1 request for favor of your people IsraeI, by lis- 1 - 1 ~.1:1I11
. I : tening t o them in all far which they can to you."
r " h A:.M
" For yott yourself separated them as your pos1
I I.* 18
session
out of all the peoples of the earth," just
HI:, I ~ ~ : G
.> \L ;! 3 '3
,,, 4 3 r as you have ,spoken by means of Mosesk your
I 3 2 :+
sen-mthwhen you riferebringing our forefathei-s
, :,
out from Egypt, 0 Lord J e h ~ v a h . " ~
54 And it came about that, as soon as Sol'o-

;E$It:,tO

hc11

fathers.=

1 KINGS 8:4-4

),,

-I

f'F

a.

1.i tr1..111y. o

i ~ ~f ~l l~ ~y
illrlonl
l

r.nnw n r ~ t ~ ~ r ~to~ i
their
n p heart," 41.

h'nllnsm?.our w r v n r i t . " 'I'hr. f i r ~ tof ~ I W P P UPVIIFPWCPS of this ex~~rcowinrl.

SPVX r h f ~ t ~ I~:iS~ nlltl
~ h 8:14 for tllp other two. c " h ~ d
, I c ~ l i ~ ~ ~,\I,
~ r l1; ~ . .< J"r r . i , r r 11' 1'r.lra. wilt'. See U e n ~ ~15:
i s 2 , foot no$^< P. f.

1 KINGS 8:55--63

249

248

1 KINGS 8 :6 L 9 :3

mon finished praying to Jehovah with all this ;ghl,;&

twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and
*2Ch 7:5
twenty thousand sheep,' that the king and all the
prayert' and request for favor, he rose up from gy9gjz
before the altar of Jehovah, from bending down r;:;
,7ig sons of Israel might inaugurate' the house of Jeupon his kneesr with his palms spread out to t h e .2cil s:u
hovah. G4 On that day the king had to sanctify
2Ch2:a
E Z 6:16
~
fie u : z 7 the middle of the courtyard that is before t h e
heavens,g G5 and he began to standt and blessUall t%u4&3
*2Ch?:T
house of J e h ~ v a hbecause
,~
there they had t o
the congregationa of Israel with a loud voice, say- :%",$
"IKi 18:38 render up the bwnP sacrifice and the grain offering: Gu'BElessed be Jehovah,' who has given
: : : : ; :a, : '
resting place to his people Israel according to all ,P,s;$;
ing and the fat pieces of the communion offerQZCh4:1
ings, for the copper altar9 that is before Jehovah
t h a t he has prornised.Y There has not failed one ?;yiy4
was too small to contain the burnt sacrifice and
words of all his good promise that he has prom- zci~1-6
4:J
isedb by means of Moses his servant.* O%ay ~Heb
r s ,319
zE\$6d3the grain off eringO and the fat pieces of the comJehovah our God prove to be with us just as he ,:ii&?j;*
e$$$~,, munion offerings. " And Sol'o.mon proceeded to
Ps 403
carry on a t that time the festival,' and all Israel
proved to be with our forefathers." May he nei- ,gE:!i45
%Xu34 8
JOS 13:5
with him, a great congregatione from as far as
ther leave us nor forsake us,Aza so as t o incline $!$g;7
J 3.3
our heart0to himself to walk in all his ways*and ;&:i3:f"g
1;:25 Haimath&xdown to the torrent valley of Egypt,'
to keep his c~mrnandments~
and his regulationsx JOS 1:s
before3ehovahourGod~sevendaysandanother
41:10
seven days,k fourteen days, On the eighth day
and his judicial decisions," which he gave in corn- Isa
Heb 13:5
EgF
17:4
he sent the people away," and they began to bless
mandm to our forefathers. And may these 31Kl
,
,
k,g;&!!2,
the king and to go to their homes,c rejoicingr
words of mine with which I have made request ;g;,1$Z3
n,$i;l;
1 2 : ~ and feeling merry of hearts over all the goodfor favor before Jehovah prove to be neark to dp;e:
De 16:11
Jehovah0 our God by day and night, that he may :;; ;
2Ch 29:38 nesst that Jehovah had performed for David his
;
;
,
h'e 8:lO
servant and for IsraeI his people.
execute judgment for his servant and judgment
PS953
kg;~f,2
eZep 3 14
for his people Israel as it may require dayn by n ~ 1u1 3
t Ex 15:9
And it came about that, as soon as SolPo.mon
1Ch 17:26
day; to the end that all the peoples of the earth r$'i&?&
had finished building the house of Jehovahn
PS 33,5
112Ch i,ll
may knowr that Jehovahe is The [true] G0d.c~$g! i9ji9
and the house of the kingv and every desirable
R:I
4:39
E C 2:4
There is no other."] And YOUR heartu must sDe
thing of Sol'o.mon that he took delight in rnalr1 K i 18:39
r , y ~8:6
h
prove to be completev with Jehovah our God by tg;zo
's l K i 2:3
8 : ~ i n g , ~ then JehovahQappeared t o Solro.mon the
walking in his regulations and by keeping his I s a ~ : a
1Ki 11:9 second time the same as he had appeared t o hirn
Isa 45:5
2Ch 1:7
conlmandrnents as at. this day.''
u l K i 11:4
*2K1m:5 in Gib'e.on.2
And Jehovah went on to say to
2ICr 2 9 3
1's 10:17
62 And the king and aI1 Israel with him were l r l h 2s:g
I I H B : Z ~ him: "I have heard your prayer" and your re171
h c 10:31
offering a grand sacrifice before Jeh0vah.x YnCeF1s:13
quest f o r favor with which you requested favor
I M L6:s
P, 37337
hlle 1215
O8 And Sol'o.mon proceeded t o offer the commun- y 2 ~ a
before me.I have sanctifiedn this house that you
6:17
21:26
ionJ sacrificesz that he had to offer t a Jehovah t -1Ch
- 3:1
zLe
:;:,1,6',$1 have built by putting my nameAthere t o time
a 11, qa.71ak'; LXXTg, "ec.cle'si.a," bliterally, "his good word that
See Joshua 13 : 5, footnote h. b L,LT reads : l%efore Jehorah our

"z:

,,,

he has spoken,'! 31. "The [true] God." 11, ha-El.o.Aiwa', See Deut e r o a o m ~4: 35, footnote d.

clod i n the house that he built, eating and drinking end rejoicing
Iwl'ore Jehovah our Glod." eliterally, "te~its.?'

I KINGS 9:4-9

2 50

1212
indefinite, and my eyes4 and my heart will cer-, PDe
ZC11 G!.111
'
Jcr
X5;l
tainly prove t o be there always." ' And you, if 11'3 1x2:14
1;:i
you will wdk! before me, just as David' your"...I;?
1151 2:4
father walked, with integrity" of heart and with 21\i ;c:3
uprightnessk by doing according to all that I r lt",l < l,l:.u:1
:<:G
:1:9
have commanded youn and you u4ll keep my
7-,<
r's 75,:72
regulationsr and my judicial decisi~ns,~
" then IcPr;;;
:!I
1s
,
I shall indeed establish the throne of your king-. n tls
> l l c G:s
dom ox-er Israel to t h e indefinite,&just as I i+t II.>,..t.4: 1:1
promised David your father,t saying, 'Not a ~ 1 ' S nt . 1 2
I I< I 2:-I
&*.YO
,,,,.
man of yours will be cut off from [sitting ] u v n ,(",,
1% stTJ:.m
the fhrone of Israel.' "If YOU yourse1ves and
YOUR sons should demitely turn hack from following meu and not keep my c~rnmandrnents
and my statutes f hat I have put before YOU men
and YOU actually go and serve other godsv and
bow down t o them." then I shall certainly cut
Israel o f f from upon the surface of the ground
that I have given t o them,u and the house that
I have sanctified t o my nameo I shall throw
awayC from before mez and Israel \rrill indeed
become a proverbial saying- and a taunt among
all the peoples. And this house itself will become heaps of
Everyone passing by it
will stare in amazementA and will certainly
whistIe and say, 'For what reason did Jehovah
do like that to this land and this house?':" And
they will have to say, 'For the reason that they
left Jehovah their God who had brought their
:2&
forefathem out from the land of Egypt' and ,Ch S7.22
eJrr
2:l
they proceeded to take hold of other godse and Jcr 5:10t

bow down ta them and serve them." That is why

Jehovah brought upon them all this cdarnity.' ""
10 And it came Ethout at the end of twenty
years, in which Sol'o.mon built the two houses,
the house of Jehovah* and the house of the
king,br (Hi'rarn" the king of Tyre had himself
assisted Sol'o.monP with timbers of cedar trees
and timbers of juniper trees and with gold as
much as he delighted in,) that at that time King
Sol'o.rnon proceeded to give t o Hi'ram twenty
cities" in the land of GaS'i.le~.~s Accordingly,
Hi'ram went out from Tyre to see the cities that

,
,

, O f ;?

i'h

,
,

'

66.

Or, ' c ~ v ~Isrnel

r
forever." Or, "nnd sorshi p t hri~~.!'a "TII row
awny," E,.LTS-gT and 2 Clirauicles 7: 20, " S ~ n dn~r-riy."31. .'I!ccome heaps of 1-uins."
a minor corrt.&on of t i ~ cI ~ P ~ I - PLcrt
u - (a
n p e e with +It. >I, literally, -.hecame 111ontproltiincnt (onts!nr~rIa

i n g ~mr!-pir~ous)."

I KTNGS 9:1&18

251

"

Snl'o.mon had given him and they were not j u s t

rifiht In his eyes.' IJSa he said: "What sort of
:i?c?'%:
An1 1:9
c l l i l 13:36 cilies Are these that you have given me, my
yJJ':l !I:] 1 b r ~ t h e r ? ' ' ~And
u
they came to be called the
l l i l 9:2H
11iL 1 0 : l O Land of Ca'bulc down t o this day.
I K l Il1:21
el 1.;l -1:G
14 In the meantime Hi'ram sent to the king
Y l < I 523
C l K l G:37 R hundred and twenty talents of go1d.Y
(.lICI 7:1
? t h 8:l
15 Now thls is the account of those conO?So 6:Y
lliY 11:37 scripted' for forced labor* that King Solfo.rnon
Y K l I?:?rl
*Sik14:13 levied to build the house of Jehovahn and his
2 t ' h xi:lfl
?Ch :%:I9 own housc" and the Moundt1dand the wall' of
h's 1:!:1'1 Jerus~lern~ l n dHa'zorF and Me.gid'doW
and Ge'P.l Ll!lEi
rn.ll>S l!l,,'a
(Phar'aoh the king of E,oypt himself
21<l 12,:2:1 zer,"
*.la4 11.11 had come up and then captured G e k r and
J1;5:19
l k1 4:12
l~urnedi t with fire, and the Ca'naan.itesk dwell? I i l 9:27
*Jrrs 10:33 ing In the city he had killed. So he gave it as a
JC:I:prb
k Joa 16;:XO parting gift ta his daughter," the wife of Solf+
1 1 l I i 13 . 1
~.r~).;lR.3 rnon.) fl And Sol'o-mon went on to build Ge'zer
2l'h h:?r
aJb>.;1Y44 and Lower Beth-ho'ron," l5 and Ba"al.aths and
--

~:
X,h-Ga.Ft7';
Or, "nnd wowhi them." b Or, "the ~ f i n circuit."
J,,XX, he Ca.li.lr~i(1; Vg, C;n.li.laeta; thrt is, the rcgion later called
ttnl5.lcc. t Or, '-tllc Znnd an Omd aa no thin^." M, mit?o> liternlly, "the A l l [of' earth]." Possibly, the citadel or acropolis o f

<! r~rusal~rn,

I KINGS 9:19-25

253

252

1 ICINGS 9:26-10: 7

Ta'rnarat in the wilderness, in the Iand, l a and all t2Ch 8:4

26 And there were shipsAthat King Sol'o.mon
made in E'zi-on-getber,O which is by Eloth,'
the storageUcities that became Sol'o.monls and UEXcll
0g2g35
the shore of the Red Sea in t h e land of
the chariot citiesv and the cities for the horse- VlK14.26
+;Eifz;gupon
Etdom.&
27 AIld Hi'~amkept sending in the ships'
men, and the desirable things of Sol'o.mony that YEC 2:lQ
: : :2x ~?
;: ~ hisl own servants,*
5 : ~
seamen,rn having a knowledge
he had desired t o build in Jerusalem and in
IK122 4B
of the sea, along with the servants of Sol'o-mon.
Leb'aaon and in all t h e land of his dominion.
rrGe
' O As for all the people remaining over from the
;$;;$A1 r B And they proceded to go to O'phir* and take
zGe 15:n
Amror.ites,z the HitJtites,'* the Per"~.zites,~
the f$%i$$3
from there four hundred and twenty talents of
$2::
Ps 45.9
goldk and bring it in to King Sol'o.rnon.
Hi'vitesA and the Jeb%.sites,Qvho were no part ij!j;
k?Ch 8:18
nee 10:28
of the sons of Israel,' "'their
sons who had been :&yh'g";9
Now the queen of She%an was hearing
Ieft over* after them in the land whom t h e sons * ~ g
the reporta about Sol'o.mon in connection
r ~ 9~
3 h
of Israel had been unable to devote to destmcIsa 60:s
with
the
name of Jehovahr So she came to testa
hIt 12342
tion," Sol'o.rnon kept Ievying them for slavish
LU 11:3i him with perplexing que~tions.~tFinally she
s J g 14:12
forced labor until this day." 2= And there were
txrt 22~46 arrived at Jerusalem with a very impressive
#
$
.
;
?
u7K1 5:9
none of the sons of Israel that Solco.monconstivGe 12:16 train,u camelsv carrying balsam oily and very
tuted slaves,OR for they were the warriors and ;?:&:&
much gold and precious stones," and she came
$%
;2Ki20;13
:
his servants and his princes and his adjutants
on In t o Sol'o.mon and began to speak to him
rSCh 9:l
*~54:4
and chiefs of his charioteers and of his horseall that happened to be close to her heart."
m a n n" These were the chiefs of the deputies' ;$
SSol'o.mon,
in turn, went on t o tell her all her
:
who were over the work of Sol'o.mon, five hun- r l K l 5 : 1 6
r
n
a
t
t
e
r
~
There
.
~
proved t o be no matter conI
dred and fifty, t h e foremen over the people who
cealed from the king that he did not tell her.'
,
g
;,
"
;&
~2Ch
a c h228
8:10
322
were active in the work.3
4 When the queen of She'ba got t o see all the
wisdom
of Sol'o.monb and the house that he had
24 However, Pharkaoh's daughtert herself tiEj :ii
OEc
2EA12:9
gy
built,+
and the foodc of his tablee and the sitcame up out of the cityu of David to her own lsi",GP
+IIC10:1
e l ~ r 4 : 2 2 ting of his servants and the table serviced of
house that he had. built for her. It was then that
"2Chm
his waiters and their attire and his drinksx and
he built the M o ~ m d . ~ ~
VI~~iK11:27
9:15
I
his burnt sacrifices that he regularly offered up
25 And Sol'o.mon continued threer times in yg;$:'i1,4
at the house of Jehovah, then there proved t o
the year to offer up burnt sacrifices and corn- B
g
k
;
i
;
*YPS 5:l
01K122!21
be no mar, spirit@in her.# "0 she said t o the
rnunlon oflerings upon the aItar that he had
king: "True has the word proved to be that I
built for Jehovah," and there was a making of zlCh8:12
* ~ 30:7
w
heard in my oivn land about your matters and
1Ch 23:13
9:5
sacrificial smokec on it," which was before 9Ch
26:18
c z K l 1794 about your wisdom!
I
And I did not put faitho
Jehovah, and he completed the housemu
~2ch
L K 6:s
8116
I
in the words until I had come that my own eyes
n'rTadfmor," UmarginSy; "Pal.my'ra," Vg. b See verse 15, footmight see, and, look! I had not been told the
note d. = "There was a making of sacrificial smoke:' M, The Hebrew
Or, "dishes."
Literally, "men of ships." b Or, "with riddim."
verb here ia ill the infinitive absolute and hence i~ impersonal and
*Literally, '%he standing," N.

indefinite as t o time.
II

255
half." You have surpassed in wisdom and pas-

n$;E;$

throne of Israe1,y because Jehovah loves IsraeP

t o time indeBnite,Z so that he appointed you as%
;:;; c h 1'7:22
king" to render judicial decisionz and right- 17Ch
9:11
*2Ch D:8
J D I~:49

10 Then she gave' the king a hundred and r ~ + , n z ; ~

twenty talents of gold" and a very great deal of ,?gn-i;:3
balsam oil' and precious stones." There never
934.
came any more the like of that balsam oil for -1Mi
Ps 72:lO
quantity such as the queen of She'ba gave to
EY .31):34
King SoYo-rnon.
,
'Fr 7-15
11 And the ship$ of Hitram that carried gold
$&;:,
from O'phirn also brought from O'phir timbers , ~ ? a , s : ~ s
af almug treesbr in very great amount and pre- gy%24
cious stones," And the king proceeded t o make ;
;::
out of the tirnbers of the almug trees supports
for the house of Jehavaht and for the house of t x h * l i
the king and aIso harp+ and string instru"222
mwtsv for the singers. Timbers of almug trees
7~63~
like this have not come in nor have they been I T ~ L $ ~
seen down to this day.
2 ~ 1 1 512
13 And Ring Solro.mon himself gave the
queen of Sbe'ba a31 her delight for which she
asked,Y apart from what athe gave her according r"t15:29
to the openhandedness2 of Xing So1'o.mon. After a:zi $2
t h a t she turned about and went t o her o m land,
*zchP:=
she together with her servants."
4 'Wen," XVg; ' L ~ i ~ e 5 L,YXS;r;It,
es,'2
b Perhaps timbers, not o f sandal
~ o o d ,but of Juraipe~ue pkocuiceu, wlrich was abunilnntr also on

-Mount LebJn.non.

14 And the weight of the gold" that came to

SoYo.rnon in one year amounted up to six hunand sixty-six talents of gold,"" '"part
";gAg,jz dred
from t h e men of travel and the profit from the
traders and all t h e kingsAof t h e Arabsdand the
OIsa21:13 governors of the land.
16 And King Sol'o.rnon went on t~ make two
hundred
large shields of alloyed gold' (six hun'$Ek?&6
dred shekels'' of gold he proceeded to Iay upon
&2Ch9:15 each large shield) ,"
and three hundred buckl e r s ~of~alloyed gold (three mi'nascT of gold he
x2Ch9:16 proceeded t o lay upon each buckler") ."Then the
king put them in the House of the Forest of
*;lK17:2
I~IK
2239
~ Lebra.non.#
W 45:s
Eze 27:6
18 Further, the king made a great ivoryk
Am 6:Q
RelE:la thronen and overlaid it with refined gold.'
ngf:661lo There were six steps to t h e throne, and the
zei2E,5 throne had a round canopy behind it, and there
were armrests on this side and on that side by
;$h4;i;T
~r 26:1
the place of sitting, and two lionsa were standRe 5 : s
tnchs:la ing beside the armrestsnt B o And there were
uNu 2 3 9
xu24:9 twelve lionsu standing there upon the six steps,
v2Ch 9.19
on this side and on that side. No other kingdom
,IKI. 7:2
had any made just like it,'
2;,7:$,,
'Ge 10:4
21 And all t h e drinking vessels of King SOYI K 1 22.48
2ch 2 0 : s o.mon were of gold, and all t h e vessels of the
Ps 48'7
PS=:lo
House of the Forest of Leb'a.nonY were of pure
Isa 2 2 6
gold,=There was nothing of silver; it was conIsa23.1
$;!* sidered in the days of Salto.mon as nothing at
all. 2 2 For the king had ships of Tar'shish* on
F:;
O1Ch %4

perityo the things heard to which 1 listenednr

; ;$;
"appy3 are your men," happys are these sew- ;gb&;;
ants of yours who are standing before you con- ;
; ;i;i
stantly, listening to your ~ i s d o m "My
!~
Jeho- 11.1 i 11
vah your God come to be blessed," who has ::gig:;
taken delightv in you by putting you upon the ,pSE;X,

POUSI~~SS."'

1 KINGS 10:1"22

:=

Bin modern lJ. S. A. money 666 gold talents equaled $29,410,500.

fiee E x o d ~ ~38:
s 24, footnote a. b "Six hundred shekeIs!" Vg; "six
hnndred mi'nas," Sy; 'bix hundred? 11. Six hundred gold &ekela
qualed $8,832. See Exodus 38: 24, footnote b. "Buckler ( s ) ! ~
J i n . g e b hi. Smaller than the Hebrew tsba.nabr or ''1ol.g~shieldJJ
d A mi&
of gold equaled $368 light, or $738 h e a ~ A.
. mi'na
rqualed 50 shekels in Palestine.

1 KINGS 10:22-29

256

257

1 KINGS 11:l-9

rrs I I : ~
the sea along with the ships of HIfram. Once
And KIng Sd'o.mon himself Toved3many
22Ch 6:32
every three years the ships of Tar'shish would
LDe 1217
foreignc wivesd along with the daughter
9:21
N e 1323
come carrying goldCand silver, ivory: and apes A I K I lO:l8
of Phar'aotl,' Mo'ahblZe,~m'mon
.ite," E'domPr 2:16
~r
6
::
I bnl3.15
and peacocks.b
ite; Si.dotni.an' [find] Rit'titek women, from
bJ?b 31.13
~r 7:s
Fr 23.14
23 So King Sol'o-mon was greater in riches* +#,:j:'2?
the nations of ~vhamJeh.ovah had said t o the
IIKI s 1
-FLU 4 : l O
and wisdom' than all the other Lings of the earth. j.;Lfl!y
clrcr 11:21 sons of Israel: "Yor: must not !TO In among them
'pe 2 3 7
'* And all the people of the earths"' were seekjng %,1;:$
and they themselves should not come in among
* n c 3.9
l r c l l ~YOU,
~
the face of Solto.mon to hear his wisdom that j-;:; ;$;
that they may not turn away vaurt heart
1<2Sa 1 1 3
Godb had put in his heart,mEAnd they were ;;:j~:~s
t
o
follow
their .gods."l~
It ~vtmt o them thet Sol'.
2:::
;
bringing each his gift," articles of silvero and C l r ' h 2!r:4
Ezr 9 1 2 o.mon clung' to love them,
And he came to
Ezr 10 2
articles of gold]<m d garmentsCand armorn and ::;:'8.;:
c l c h i 14 have seven Imndred wjvcs, princesses, and three
IGC3 : 3
balsam oil, horses and mules,r as a yearly mathundred concubine^,'^ and his wives gradually
J K 16:4
te-r of course.s
Sol'o.mon kept gathering ;:;T$Gl
turned away his heart.* ,I And it came about in
more chariots and steeds,~and he came to have p;;;;:
the time of Sol'o.monVsgrowing oldt that his
L L i:33
EcT2S
a thousand four hundred chariots and twelve I-;!wives themselves Ilad turned'9arvay his heart to
f.r 2 , K
t l K i K:42
thousand steeds,"t and he kept them stal ioned in 1\41 ~ rfrj;
UDP 74
follow ofher gods,' and his heart did not prove
!f,- i
na 17.17
the chariot cities and close by the Iring in Jertl- #:[.It
(1, ,. I ' J : I T ~
ye13:26 to be complele with Jehovah his God like the
v2Ch 25:9
salemu '%And
the king came t o rnakr? the silver ,!!:!l''!~2.?5
-CII 1 7 3 healit of David his father. ;' And Solto.mon began
in Jerusalem' like the stones," and cednrwood ~ ~ ' $ ' , ! ~ ~ ~
going after Ash'to.rethY the goddess& of the
he made like the sycamore treea that Fire in the
;2p&$iQSi.do'ni.ans and alter MilfcomVlle disgusting
She.phe"ahd for great quantitj7.y 2 Z And there yZch
$a09
",1f214:s
;1,3 thing of the Am'mon.ites. " And Sol'o-mon bewas the export of the horses that Sol'o.mon hscl
gan to do ivhat was bad in the eyes of Jehovah
cLe 26.30
from Egypt,3 and the company of the king's 'BZK1u:25
xu33:92 and he did not follow Jehovah fully like David
X i 21:3
merchants would themseEvcs take the horse
LYU 2159 his father.'
J R 11:2A
mh
drove for a price. x9 And a chariot customarily
7 It was then that Sol'o.mon proceeded to
,J
jF
/
B?KLE:3
came up and was exported from Ewpt for six
build
a I~jglz-place" to Che'moshAthe disgusting4
c,,,
hundred silver pieces, and n horse for a hundred
thing of Mo'ab; on the mountain" that ~vasin
:h,ei?;$
Dall:31 front of Jerusalem, nnd to Mo'lwh the disgustm d fifty, and that tvas the way jt was for all
1lt 2::15
R 1 . ing thing of the sons of Arn'rnon.~ $ And that
the kings of the HiYtitesz and the kings of Syria.
:j!
p1Ch 1 0 3
.2K123:13 was the way he did for all his foreign wives who
It was by means of themp that they did the
Zer 14:4
I
>lt 2G:30 were rnaklilg secriflcial smokc find sacrificing
exporting,
h c 13%
to their gods?
nEz,
a Liternlly, "And all the earth," but nit11 the pnrtidpla "seeltinp''
9 And Jehovah came to be incenser1 at Sol'o'I0 424
E~
4:1a
in the plural number. "And all tht? kings a t tho enrtl~:' JJdLK8y,
,man,"
because his henrt had tumecl away from
:;$!

11

s",%!f!a
:st:&

,:,

31, El.o.lrimp; Vg, De'ita; LLT, ~ ' J c l ~ a r n h .01-,

~~ "hor~er~~en,"
Or, " t h ~lowlands!' * "It was by menna of th~nr,'"31; "It wna by

sen,"

m.Gadds~s.N
31, eT,a.kin~',tllr plruml of ~?.o'ttla,10 C X P I ~ ~ m
B ~jesty
nnd ~rc-clleneennd dir~nc~~OITPI'U.J~CI'C npplicd to n feulrle dritj'.

LXY.

259

Jehovah the God of Israel,"the one appearing to #gzt3

him trvice.k And respecting this thing he corn-3;:;:;:,
rnanded him not to go after other gods," but he ig:i2
had not kept that which Jehovah had command- 2ch 7:17
ed. Jehovah now said to Sol'o.mon: "For the
reason that this has taken pIace with you and
you have not kept my covenant and my statutes
that I laid in command upon you, I shall without
fail rip the kingdom away from off your and I rLKi12:15
a ~ 17:21
i
shall certainly give it t o your servant. l a However, in your days I shall not do it,s for the sake ;:Ef ;%=
of David your fat2ler.t Out of the hand0 of your 3*Ki8:8.
son I shall rip it away. l3 Only it will not be all
the kingdom that 1 shall rip away.u One tribe 15%;;t3
I shall give to yonr son, for the sake of David PS ~ : 3 3
m y servantv and f o r t h e sake of Jerusalem vlK112:20
yDe mi1
which I have chosen."Y
14 And Jehovah began t o raise up a resister"
to Sol'o.mon,z namely, Ha'dad the E'dorn.ite of !F$1t:256
t h e offsprbg of the king. He was in E r d o n G"Kl3:g
l5
And it came about when David struck down "2S;tg,14
Erdom,b*when Jo'ab the chief of the army came I C ~i i : l a
up to bury those slain,O that he tried t o strike
6g
down every male in E'domeAlfl (For i t was six ,P,S,%H'&O
months that Jo'ab and all Israel dwelt there un- R%
; $\; 31:17
ti1 he had cut off every male in E'dom,) l7 And "NU
De 20-13
Ha'dad went running away, he and some E'dom- $al;
ite men of the servants of his father with him, &,4:4
t o come into Egypt, while Ha'dad was a young E$'&i?
I S a 22:4
9:4
boy,* So they rose up out of Mid'i.anOt and O*NU
came into Pa'ranmand they took men with them
fiom Pa'ran and came into Egypt t o PharJaoh g; i!::i2

P$:z

$:;!,

ltA rwisister!' M, sla.trarat; Sp, $a-to'na; LXX, ara.fan'; Srg, "adrerb ''When Dnvid struck dorm E'dorn," by a slight emnndafion
of the Hebrew, to cornpond with ZXXSy. Likrall;~,LLwhen
David
happened to be with E'dom," M. 0 Literally, 61'little,"M,
say?'

1 KINGS 11:19-26

the king of Egypt, who then gave him a house.

Also bread he assigned t o him and land he gave
'Ge39:4
him. 'O And Ha'dad continued to find favor" in
the eyes of Phar'aoh, so much that he gave him
, ,?
.Job1:4
a wife," the sisterz of his own wife, the sister
11"43:7
of Tah'pe.nesk the lady. 20 In time the sister of
Tah'pe-nes bore him Genu'bath his sen and
;'G,;?& Tah'pe.nes got to weann him right inside the
house of Phaldaoh, and Ge.nu'bath continued
at the house of Phar'aoh right among the sons
of Phar'aoh.
21 And Ha'dad himself heard in Egypt that
David
had lain down with his farefathersr and
rF;i4;y0
2 3 4 that Jo'ab the chief of the army had died.s So
Ha'dad said t o Phar'aoh: "Send me amay,t that
?
;::;",;ft
~ s 3a: ~ s I may go to my own land." 2z But Phar'aoh said
2Sa 3:21
to him: "What are you in need of while with me
that here you are seeking to go to your own
uTer2.31 land?"U To this he said: "Nothing, but you
ought t o send me away without fail."
23 A n d God proceeded to raise up t o him any;g;J;l'g other resister,av namely, Re'zon the son of
who had run away from Had.ad.c'zer~
gi y4; E.li'a.da,
~ 2 ~ ~ 8 the
. 3 king of Zo'bahZ his lordah" And he kept
LCh 18:s
z l S n l C : 8 collectjng men to his side and came to be chief
of a marauder band, when David killed, thern.~"
*E
g
;::
~ 1 SO
5 they went to Damascus" and took up dwell1Ki IB:l5
1~1??.3;1 ing in it and began reigning in Damascus. " And
Ac 9 L
he came to be a resistera of Israel all the days
jdKi 5:4
2Ch15:2 of So1'0.rnon,~and that along with the injuly
that Ha'dad did, and he had an abhorrence4 of
0%a?6%1
. ~ ; ~ ~ Israel
; ~ O while he continued reigning over Syria.
:K,t ::jig 26 A n d there was Jer.o.bofarn+the son of Net-

,,:,,

M, s a . t u ~ ' ; Sy, sa.to'saa; Vg, "ndversary." b 'Zord,"

i4Resi~ter,"
11, a.do.atmt, the plural of a.do'w: to denote excellence. a "Thm;' 11,
01;by correoting one Hebrew consonant, "Sy&t.y'
a

1 KINGS 11:27-33

261

260

bat an Efphra.im.ite from Zer'e.dah, a servant

of SolPo.mon: and his mother's name was 2e.m'- *
EA
ah, a widowed woman, He, too, began to lift up
his hand against the king.u7 And this is the "241
reason why he lifted up his hand against the YIKi 9:15
king: Solto.mon himself had built the Maund."" IKI 3 2 4
He had closed up the gapz of the city of David %: $&
his father.' aaNow the man Jer.o.botam was a ,fg: ,l$"
valiant, rnighw man. When Sollo.mon got to "2Kifi5:20
see that the young man was a hard worker,='Pr
he proceeded t o make him overseerA over all 'lKi516
t h e compulsory service of the housebof Joseph, P~g,"~$~,o
"%And
it came about at that particular time that & g;6
Jer.o.bofam himself \vent out from Jerusalem
/
and A.hitjah' the Shi'lo.nitee the prophet got t o +;pi
5:f
find hirn on the road and heb was covering him- 4:;;;:;
self with a new garment, and the two of them
were by themselves in the field." Ahi'jah now '2Sfi14:6
took hold of the new garment that was on him
and ripped it into twelve pieces.* 3 1 And he went '*ISa 15:=
on t o say to Jer.o.botam:
"Take for yourself ten pieces, for this is what ''1'g&2;6
Jehovah the God of Israel has said, 'Here I am ; & ~ ~ ~ j Z O
ripping the kingdom out of the hand of Sal'omon, and I shall certainly give you ten -tribes.k S7z:;2&3
s2 A n d the one tribe is what will continue his for
I
K
;
~;:"g
the sake of my servant Davidn and for the sake 2Ch 1 2 2
of Jeru~alern,~
the city that I have chosen out
of all the tribes of Israel. ss The reason why is
that they have left mes and begun te bow down ;!:4'i;Tf3
t o Ash'to.retht the goddessCof the Si.do'ni.ans, v,L,c$;::,21
t o Che'mosku the godd of Mo'ab and to MiI'comv zp,?;:

'

See IRings 9 : 15,footnote d, b Ki3e," NVg; 6i8.hi'jnh,"

L,r;XSg. "Goddess.?' h1, ek.o.kirnl. See verse 6, footnote a. d "God.'!
M, sl.o.kim', the plural of el.o'ah, and applied to a pagan deity.
Compare Judges 16 : 23, 24,footnote a,
a BS, mdl.10'.

1 KINGS 11 :34-41

the goda of the sons of Am'mon, and they have

not walked in my ways by doing what is right
in my eyes and my statutes and my judicial
~ 1 K 1 1 1 : 9 decisions like David his father.y 3 4 But I shalI
not take the entire kingdom out of his hand,
because a chieftain" T shall set him for alI the
days of his life, for the sake of David my servant whom I chose, because he kept my comzgE',e:i;i,
D e w
mandments and my statute^.^ And I shall cer1Ki 9.4
i ~ iiiis
i
tainly take the kingship out of the hand of his
2 h i 13.23
son and give it to you, even ten tribes." sR And
psx9:49
P a 13217
to his son I shall, give one tribe, in order t h a t
Isa9:T
David
my servant may continue having a lamp
*::::2,i.:
always before me in JerusaIemIothe c i t p that
15:4 1: have chosen for myself to put my name there.*
ZKi 8 3 9
PS 13z:i~ S f And you are the one that I shall take and you
Lu 1:89
1s 16 will indeed reign over all t h a t your soul cmvesfi
LDe 12 11
IKI 11:13 and you will certainly become king over Israel,
ig;ii!7 38 And it must occur that, if you obey all that I
shall command you and you do walk in my ways
pe\"42;33
PSaa21
and actually do what is right in my eyes by
1Ri ll:X
keeping my statutes and my commandments,
just as David my servant did,' then I shall cer+F;fg;T4
lK16:12 tainly prove to be with youE and I will build you
B D t 31:s
~ o 1:s
s
a lasting house, just as I have buiIt for David,#
*2Sa 7:11
I C li:lti
~
and I will give you Israel, 3%d I shall humili1 ~ ~ ~ / ~ ate
: : s 'the
6 offspringc of David on account of this,'<
not al~ays.'"~
nE:tu$;1y3 2 only
40 And Sol'o.mon began seeking to put Jer.01.2Ch 16:10 bo'nm to death.' So Jer.o.bo'am got up and went
Pr 21,30
off to Egypt to Shi'shaks the king of
;;;;;; running
Egypt, and he continued in Egypt until Sol'o~;~mg;5 mon's death.
41 As for the rest of t h e affairs of Sol'o.mon
and alI that he did and his wisdom, are they not
m Srv rPrse 33, footnote d, k Or, "nn'si,lJ 11. a Or, "seed;'
X.

263
written in the b k 3 of the maim of $olEo.mon?tzgt $2;;
"And the days that So1'o.mon had reifgd in
Jerusalem over alI Israel were forty y ~ a r s ". x~h D m
43 Then Sal'o-monIay down with his Iarefat hersr v
12t!?$T
and was buried in the city of Davidy his father, iEt :%
'
and Re.ho.botarnz his son began to reign In place ,;l:;&l!;,
3:Il :I:YO
of him,"
sic113:11r
And Re.ho.ba'amo proceeded ta go to ;ihl;;,7
She'chem," f o r it was t o She'chem" that :;;.j,p;;%
all Israel came to make him king. And it came f-Gr 1 In:1
"G
about that as soon as Jer.omho'arnbthe son of .I~:Y;E;.T
h'e'bat heard of it while he was yet in Egypt' $? o
(because he had run off on amount of King cf;ii''i\!m
Sol'ol.mon, that Jer.o.bo'am might d~rlell in 'lKi'LL:'yo
lo:2
Egypt) ,' then they sent and caF1d him. After
thnt Jer.o.bo'arn and all the congregation ol
Israel cnmc and began to speak to Re.ho.ho'~rn,
snying:' "'"Yourf a t h e ~ for
, his part, made our .2Ch1as
yolten hard, and, as f o r you, now make Ihc hnrd 3Tafi9:4
service' of your father and his heavy yokc" that $::
11e put upon us Iighter," and we shall serve ~ Q I I , " ~;; ;;;,
5 At this he said to them: "Go arvRy for three
days and return to rneaWFSo the people %vent 11:(-11 111:,1
tlutay, "nd
King Re-ho-b'am began to take """
counsel' with the older men who hnd continued
attending upon Sol'o.mon his father while he I r x : i o

12

r.p(:~)

,$tjy:sa

'":'

"ph:;z

continued alive, saying: "'Ho~v

are you advising
to reply t o this people?"t Accordingly they tach
spoke t o hjm, saying: "If today you would prove
yourself n servant to this peopIe and actually
15.1.
serve them, then you must answer them1 and uPr
Mr 10148
speak t o them with good words,v and they 1~111~ " , P 1 $ ~
be bound t o become your servants always."~ ?;?,:;::T
8 However, he Ieft the counsels of the older 3 i ~ i ilS:20
men with which they had advised him and he
began t o take counsel with the young men that

1 KINGS 12:9-15

had mtvn up wlth hirn,x who were the ones

=E:;z0
* Z C 1~~ : s anending upon him."
And he went on to say
r2Sfllis

lICl 22:6

to them : "\Y11at i s it t h ~ YOU

t
are offering jn
counselz that ~ v emay reply to this people who

have spoken to me,saying, 'Make the yoke that

father put upon us lighter'?"" "' In turn
the youna men that hnd grown up with him
spoke t o him,saying: "'This is what you should
:2Sn 17:7 say?t o this people who h ~ v gpoken
e
ta you, saying, 'Your father, far his part, made our yoke
heavy, but, as for you, make it ljahter upon us,'
this is what you slzould speak t o il~em,'Mylittle
lCh 10:10 finger itself will ceilt~inlybe thicker than m y
father's hips.' And now my Sarber, for his
F;r r ;IS:%
!
i
$
l
'part, loaded upon YOU tl Ileav y yoke, but I, for
Pr 28%
pr 29;ZS my part, shd1 add to1 l*omyoke," My father, for
lsrr 4;:F
his part, chastisd YOU with whips, but I, for my
PEX ::I3
part, shall chastise YOU with scourges.' "a"
Iss 5.55
Jer*a.bo'am and all the people prow 2 ~ ~ 1 1 12
~ . ~And
~
ceeded
to
come
to Re.hoqbo'arnan the third day,
.?%?&,
just as the king hrad spoken, sayhg, "Return to
on the third d ~ y . " " And the king began t o
;1;:S a ?;:S!: l O me
answer t h e people hnrshTyl( and i o leave the
Pr 1rl:lI
rr 15:l counsel of the older rncmjL who had counseled
E~1F.23
I'r
I!~:IZ h i m r lY
And he {vent on to speak to them accordsaying:
yg$;i.:&ing
. to the counsel of the yoring
"My father, f 01' his part, mnde Y O ~ yoke
R
heavy,
fi5h!:$4
but
I,
for
my
part,
shall
add
to
YOUR
yoke.
hIy
A!;-:\;:,
father,
for
his
part,
chastised
aou
with
whips,
Kfrje+;7.31
;2:
but I, for my part, shall chastise YOU with
$:I
:;it5 scourges."t And the Itlng did not listen to the
people, because the turn of affairs took place at
';;;;:::g the instance of J e h w a h , ~In~wder that he might
$;$,, indeed carry out hie ~vardvthat Jehovah had
--i:#!
L2~10:"o~

1'z:$:,7,

I]

'.Sm~rges."The Hebrpw ~ o r ddso tnefir1R "scorpio~~~."

285

spoken by means of A.hitjahy the Shitlo.nite to ~ 1 " 'Il:Jl

Jer.o.boramthe son of Ne'bat.
16 When all Israel got t o see that the king
had not listend to them, then the people replied to the king, saying: "What share do we 1
have in David?" And there is no inheritance in -,T;e,i:,
the son of Jes'se. To your gods,8 0 Israel. Now
see t o your own house, 0 David!"' With that 7EjT;l:,
Israel began to go to their tents,u As for the r$,"jy,,
sons of Israel that were dwelling in the cities of
Judah, Re.ho.bo'am c o n ~ n u e dto reign over
.%IKI11~1.3
themA
2Clr l&17
18 Subsequently King Re.ha.bo'am sent Addor- $$$;!;!;
who was over those conscripted' far forced
iy;?8
labor? but all Israel pelted him with stones,'
;;~.:q;;,~
so that he died. And King Re.ho.bo'am himself
17:4
managed t o get up into the chariot to flee t o ?L!!,l!j!!l
Jerusalem."dnA"'
the Israelites kept up their i: j;$!
revoltk against the house of D ~ v l ddown to this !:?A;[,%

1 KINGS 12:22-28

warja t o Aght against the house of Israel, so

as t o bring the kingship back to Re.ho.boPam

the son of So1'0.rnon.~" Then the word of The
2CJ17.14
5: h 31.2 [true] God" came to She.mai'ahv the man of
-r h I?:& GOC1,CY saying: '"'Say t o Re.ho.botam the son
y l l C l 13.1
I i i l 1 ; . 1 8 or Sol'o-mon the king sf Judah and to all the
house of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of
the people* " 'This is what Jehovah has said:
I
~"YOL-must not go up and fight against YOCR
brothers the sons of Israel.' Go back each one
.?
:;;g .to
x t l :.i:li
his house, for I t is at the instance of myself
ElKI
r r 16:g
11:31 ithat this thing has been brought about.""'"
So they obeyed the word of JehovahAand went
c x - i l I ~ : . I back home according to the word of Jehovah."
25 And Jer.o.bo'arn proceeded t o build She'them*
In the mountainous regian of E'phra.im3
yElJ ,w;?;4:J7
ls
and t o dwell in it, Then he went forth from
there ~ n dbuilt Pebnu'el."4 And Jer.o.bo'am
*I;;;z$y1
H 17
began t o SRY in his heart:' "Now t h e kingdom
-13x 1.1 1
21i1I T : F I
day.%'
nrr s R
will return to the house of David." "If this
2t.h 14!;Lil
1,rl 7:M
20 And it came about that as soon as all 1,s- n.lus 4:9
rlrcl ll:3R people continues going up t o render sacrifices in
"('I1 :'Il:20
rael heard that Jer.o.bo'am had returned they
the ~ Q L I of
S ~ Jehovah in Jerusalem,k then the
,I KI y.20
ll,JZ
at once sent and called him t o the assembly'""'ach5:e
heart of this people will be bound t o return to
and made him king over all 1srael.r None be- PlSnlo:?.~
their lord,a Re.ho.ho'arn the king of Judah, and
came s follower of the house of David except
nfio 26:7
they will certainly kill me1=and return to Re.hoP t 28 :?5
a l K l II:I~
bo'am the king of Judah." '5Consequently t h e
I
U
O
I
;
~
the tribe of Judah by itself me
Hn 1l:12
21 When Re.ho.bo'arn arrived at J e r u ~ a l e r n " ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ MI.\rlvn
XECI
m.1
1 5 1 6 king took counselr and made hvo golden calveszs
9 : I
,,I lr129 and said t o the people:" "It is too much for
he immediately called together all the house of
,y:l\t$it;15 YOU to go up to Jerusalem. Here is your God,fa
Judah and the tribe of Benjamin,' a hundred nch14:s
and eighty thousand choice men able-bodied for
n 1,i trrnlly, "doir~g;(111al;ing) wnl-," 31. "''Tlw
[ tmr] Gorl."' 31, kn-

c;::~

31, n.lta.7im'; literal$, "tents." This is one of the Eightem R l n ~ n .

dations of the Sopherim. The original Hehrcw tpxt is 1 1 1 l ~ ~11)l v l
h a w read ~l.o.Lim' ("gods," or, "God"), hut bp trnnepositirlg tlic
second and third mneonan2s o f the word the Jeftish Soj)h~rilli~ n n r l l a
tbr 3P text rend ' ' t ~ f ~ f s . See
"
2 Ynrllrwl 30: 1. fofontnot~n, nirdt
2 UI~~olliel+=s
16 : 1(5,fontnofe c. 'b LS& ,qr,n.n.pn.g~'.
a

I..'l.rr.lrin~': ldX.Yl'~Sy,'LJr.liocnt~."'
O1'Clod." I T , )to-l:'t-o.ltirnr;
lilerr~I!y,"Tile [tnlc] T;ntl." L X I , ko Z'Ite.oft'; Tr. f i ~ ' l r d ; Sy, d . F a ' I t ~ .
SI-I. nt-utcmr~a~lmy
33: I , S'orrtnotc R, d L ' h ~ I . ' 31.
'
it.do.ni~~~',
thc
j~latrnlnl' ol.r!firr', to rlcirotc cxccllency or nrnjwv. "To the people."
1,S.Y I t ; 9 0 1111 IKP~('~,"
Sg ; r r ttl~~an,*'
~
MYg. 1 01; '*Hprenre your
lyrrf~,"31; the ~ 0 1 ' 1 1p ! . o . / ~tm' l l e i ~ ~Sollnsetl
g
by tllc ~p1.1)'%rougI~t''
In I I I P p l t l ~ i t l~ ~ Z I I I I J > C ~IIowerer,
.
see Exodu?; 31): 1,4, footnotes n, d.

1 KINGS 12:29-13:2

267

266

1 KINGS 13:3-10

ficial smoke UPOH you, and men'^ bones hea will

0 Israel, that brought you up out of the land of
3a:s
burn upon you.' "1 And he gave a wonderu on
2;"2 C gz
Egypt."~l2U Then be placed the one In Rettl'el,'*+ ",.yE!fi;$
h m that day, saying: ''This J
s the wander of twhich
and the other he put in Dan;;u 'I' And this thing :;;:lt;i\g
l t E x 4.9
nc13:I
Jehovah
has
spoken:
Look!
the altar is ripped
cnmr to he a cause for sin,%and the people began ~;xI~I;:;;
1
1Sa2:34
aoh2:18 apart and the fatty ashes that arc upon it wiI1
I 3II
t o go before the one as far as Dan.
LC0 1:22
Jc 1$,29
certainly be spilled out."
31 And he began t o make a hause of hfgh .rr ZO:I
4 And It came about that, as soon 8s the king
:i?:h!ip?q
places* and t o make priestso from the peopIe in ?,<>I<!
27,
heard
the word of the man of Godb that he had
general, who did not happen to be of the sons of ,j,(,
called
out against the altar in Beth'el, Jer.0L e ' ~ i .n?~And Jer.o.ho'am went on t o rnnlce n
{Fi?;
rZCh16:10 bo'am a t once thrust out his hand from off the
2Ch 18.25
festival In the eighth month on t h e Afi~enthd ~ y ;$<%
PS 105b5
h
of himfMv
of the month, like the festival that RRS in 2;;
Jes 20:2 altar, saying: "You men, ~ r a hold
gi;1
Am 7:10 Immediately his hand that he hfid thntst out
Judah; that he might make offerings upon the
3'Gc
2 1 ~19:11
i
;$,;$
against him became dried up and he was not
altar that he had made in Beih"1, $0 sacrifice to :~,t, T I : I . I
p
Ar z
::3~
able to draw it back to hirnse1f.Y I. And the aItar
the calves that he had made, and he put in at- n ~ ! ~ ' ~ ~ ~ < ! ~
itself was ripped apart so that the fatty ashes
tendance a t Ekth'elv the priests of the hIgh $;,;;'I2
~"c"S:n
b,\~la;.l"
were
spilled out from the altar, accordingto the
1K122 28
places that he had made. ??And he began to
1 ~ 1 2 ; : rvonder
~
that the man of God') had given by t h e
makr offerings upon the altar that he had made
J e r 2h.17
1
- E X 8:s
word
of
Jehovah.' The king now anstvered and
in B t h ' e l on thc fifteenth d ~ in
y the eighth
S t 1 21 7
T
.
J
rrma said t o the man of God:b AiSoften,p?ease, the
month, in t h e month that he had invcntcd by
AC
Jn,r:a8 : 4 face of Jehovah your God and pray in my hehimself,ah and he proceeded t o meke A f e s l i v ~ lIT;
hfla7:1.j
;
:
r
;& half that my hand may be restored t o me,"+At
for the sons of brae1 and to m ~ k offerings
e
upon
fils4
2 ~ 113:12
53
) G
:sP51:523this the man of Godh soft~nedthe face of Jehothe altar to make sacrificial smoke.n'
vah and i l ~ eIcing's hand mas restored to him
lS.,c;f;T5
And here there was a man of God1' that
J a l ~ : 2 1 and it canle to he as n t first.' ' And the king
11Sa7had come' out of Judah by the wordn of
21~15:15 \vent an t o say t o the Inan of God:!' "Do come
2 ~ 3
JCT40:s
Jehovah to Beth'el, while Jer..a.ho'amwas standwith me to the house and take sustenance" and
,zc 8::s
I
PC 5:2
i u l ~by the altark to make ~ c r i f i d a fsnlokc.11 <
' $$I;;;:
let me give you a gIFt.""But the man of Mb
:Then he called out against the altar by t h e I;",';
saidto
the king: '"If yougavemehaIf of your
;
;
word of Jehovahr and said : ''0
altar, altar, this vrbn 1.1;
house* I would not came wjth you* and e a t
,
;
',
'
,
B
;F6
is what Jehovah has said, 'Look! a son horn t o
159
*\u 16.26 bread br drink water in this plnce. For that is
the house of David, whose name Is J o . ~ l ~ a p2Kiz2:1
h!~~
13:17 t h e way he commanded me by the word of JeholJq
141:4
1637
And he will certainly sacrifice upon you the
vah,' saying, 'You must not eat bread" or drink
priests of the high places that are maklng sacri:%%,%water and you must not return by the way that
you went.' " IrAnd he began t o go by another
urw of
3
"Rg Idmself." 11, margin, rmde: "in hi^ henri!"
God." Hcrc 31. is71Ebo.kt+nr,without the tl~llnitonrtids Ito ("1'11~"')
'"IIp:
LXXVgSy; 9fhe;gF M. *#'The man of Ood!' M, iah
heiortr Kl.o.lrislf Co~npnlrUeuteronan~;s.33 : 1, footnote R. C 1%)
kn-El.o.Rim'. Compare reme 1, footnote b.
I'o.pki.inPl~$t;
il~etiningm't-ah(u)s~ppfirfs."
lob

13

;:K,:f:z
J"

:;:;;

--

269

1 KINGS 13:20-27

20 And It came about, whlle they were sitting

way, and he did not return by the way by which

he had come to Beth'el.
11 And a certain old prophetk was dwelling
in BeZh'el, and his sons now came in and re- g;$;iz
latedRto IlPm all the work that the marl of Godb
had done that day in Beth'el [and] the ~%~orAs
that he h ~ spoken
d
to the king, and they went
on relating them to their father." "Then their nlT13:5
father spolre to them: "'WhicI~way, then, did he
go?" So his sons showcd him Ihe may that the
man of Gad19that had come out of Judall had
gone. Hc now said to his sons: "Saddle the
ass for me." Accordingly they saddled the assr ry;$y$1

~4:s at the table, that the word3 of Jehovah came t o

Nu 23:1#

the prophet that had brought him back " and

he began to call out to the msln of Godathat had
come out of Judah, saying: "This is what Jeho'18~8 vah has s ~ i d :'For the reason that you rebelled3
against the order of Jehovah ~ n did
d not kcep
the commandment with tvhich Jehovah your
*%e 10:s
God commanded you," "'but you went back that
hu W.12
r;t~zohk you might eat bread and drink water in the
1Sa 18:la
2Sav.7
place about which he spoke to you, "'DO not eat
2% 2 : s
bread or drink water,'"your dead body will not
OlKl ls:a come into the burial place0 of your forefathers,' ''
1KI 1.1:13
Z C 21:20
~
2 ~ 10~28
a
I
23 h d jt came about after his eating bread
for him and he went riding on it.
and
after his drinking that he at once s ~ d d l e d
14 And he went following the man of M b
for him the ass, that is, for the prophet tv11orn
and got to find him sitting under the big tree.%BIK1lo:d
I
he had brought back. '%And
he got on his way.
Then he snicl t o him: "Arc you the man of Godh
Later
a
Ijon"
found
Ern
on
the
road and put him
tixi
133
t ~ h ohas come out of Judah?"l to which he said;
Pr3:13
t
o
deafhle
and
his
dead
body
came
to be thrown
"I am." In And h e went on to say to him: "Go
Am :I:19
e ~ d;zt
s
onto the r o ~ dAnd
. the ass \v&s standing beside it
wit11 me ta the house and eat bread," But he
23a 6.7
2 ~ 1 2 1 2 4 and the lion was standing beside the dead body.
said: "I am not able t o go back with you lor to
""
'JAnd here there were men passing by, so that
come in with you, and 1. may not eat bread or
they got to see the dead body thrown onto the
drink water with you in this p1ace.u For it Bas uIa;&.-:
road and the lion standing beside the dead body.
heen spoken t o me by the word of Jehovah,' v l x l 2 0 s
Then
they came in and spoke of it in the city
'You must not eat bread or drink n7ater thew, ,xu=:m
in which the old pmphet was dwelling.
You must not go back n ~ a i nby thc w ~ by
y $ ~ ~I ' ~
26 When the prophet that had brought him
which you went.' " "'t
this he said t o him: "I, ,$$,$na
back from the way heard of lt he immediately
too, a m R propheP like you, and an angel,' him- zgf p;;I
said : "'It is the man of Goda that rebe1led against
self spoke to me by the word of Jehovah, saying,
"2sa 12:14 the order of Jehovah," and so Jehovah gave him
'Rave 11im come back wilh you ta your house ~ A F $ ~ I
to the lion, that he might crush him and put hiin
that he may eat bread and drink water.' " (He R O 1s is
*p~ne:labto death, according to the word of Jehovah that
Sohe went back wit11 tiim that
lied to hirn.)z
g:Rf;ii1 he spoke to him."' 27 And he went on to speak
he might eat bread in his house and drink water.' ; ; * ?jigo
$,bji;mto his sons, saying: "'Saddle the ass for me." So
*"And 11Er mais now cnimo in a ~ i dr~lnhil."J,.XTT'KT~S~; "and bin
mL'Theman of God." M, ia?~ha-?3Lo.kim1. Colunare verse 1. h o t FO?3 nnnr rntilP in m d m l n t ~ ( ~ ,If.
" b"Tho rum1 v f God." $1, isls
xu 24:.1

k25&;#

Mt 7 , 2 1

J O I~3 :5i

I
I

4$y1$?iP

ery5;:;::5,,

~ ~ ~ . ~ ~ :

f t r t - b l , n . l /i~rr'.I'nr~lynreP P I - ~ C 1 , footnote l,,

1 KINGS 13:28--34

270

they saddled it.1~38 Then he got on h h way and

found the dead body of him thrown onto the
rond with the ass and the Iion standing beside
the dead body. The Iion had not eaten' the dead
body, nor had it crushed. the ass." "' And the
prophet proceeded to lift up the dead body of
the man of Goda and ta deposit him upon the
ass and to bring him back. Thus he came into
the city of the old prophet to bewail nnd bury
hiin. Accordingly he deposited his dead body
fn his orirll burial place, and they kept wailing
aver him: "Too bad, my brother?" ' And it
came about after his burying hirn that he went
on to say to his sons: "When 1 die YOU must
bury me in the burial place in which the man
of GodR h burled. Beside his bones deposit my
awn hones.b"
For without Pail the word that
he called out by the word of Jehovah aaainst the
altar that i s in Beth'elt and against all t h e
houses of the high places" that are in thc cities
of Sa.mar'i.av will take place.''
33 After this thing Yer.o.botam did not turn

W 14:E

18:"

~ l ~ ; l l ~ { ~
:::;&$J

:!ji
f;:t;f;:ln

~~;,I;~~la

;;;$j;
1
t$:;i\:g$
III.I~~~,:,I~I
l l < l I?!2!l
l l i l 19:"11
v l l i l 1ti:;'l
zr 11 2; 1.x

back fmm his bad way, but he agajn went malc- !<;''s';'i"
Ing priests of high places from the people in
genera1.y As for anyone delighting in it, he YJA;gj??
irould 811 his hand tvjt h powcr,''Z I say ing1 : 21-1 i3.:+
dr-r 3:s
"And let hirn become lone of thc] priestsc' of .I:,L.:.YI
high places." 54 And in this thin^: there came t o
bc EI cause of sin on the part: of the hotisehold i,;;: :;'ii
of Jer.o.bo'arn* and an occasion for wlplng them
out and annihilating them off the surface of the i!:i
21<1 J7::O
gr~und.~
I'r 13:F

*:e:T%!{n

~~~~

m " T l i ~mnn o f Qod." N, ish Rrr-El.o.hinrt. Canlpn~c!

V P ~ WI, PnotL.LY rcnds: "Deposit me thnt m y I m n w mn!' hr ~i11pmlnlong

with his bones.'' Or, "he mould instnll l l i ~ n . " a ' ' [ O t ~ aof the]

nntr 11.

prir$.st*,"31; "a pried,?'LXITgItSy.

particular

So
to
up, please, and you
'ZE? disguiseCyourself that they may not know that
gAz:E you are the wife of Jcr.o.Wam and you must go
to ShilohnoLook! there is where A.hitjah*the
$?%
:,;:
prophet is. He is the one that spoke with reference to me as t o becoming k j n p over this peoe*i11:3i
ple." And you must take in your hand ten
loaves of bread" and sprinlrled cakes and a flask
*$%9,i7,
wKi5:15 of honey and you must come in t o him.*Heit is
that will certainly tell you what is going t o
m83
happen to the boyhl'r
L U 7:3
~ o h 4 : ~ 4 And the wifc of Jer.o.bo'nrn proceeded t o
d a so. Consequently she rose up and went t o
i8j1 Shi'lohs and came to t h e house of A.hi'jah. Now
::;+!e? A.hi'jahb himself was unable to see, for his eyes
t ~ 2-1
had set because of his agent
Ge 4820
ne 3 4 : ~
5 And Jehovah himsell had said to A.hitjah;
ISa 2 2
S'I no:lo
"Here
is the wife of Jcrto8bot~rn
coming t o apEc 1 2 3
ply for a word from you regarding her son, for
he is sick. This way md that is how you should
speak to her. And It wlll occurP that as soon as
she arrives she \tvjIl be making herself unlycognizahle,"'
'~~1$
:~
Am 3 5
6 And it came ahout that as soon as A.hi'jahh
Ac 10:M
heard the sound of her feet she was coming
into the entrance he began to say: "Come in,
you
Why is it that you are
"
:,I2;;,3 wife of Jermolbo'm.u
~~~~ zR2Q making yourself unreco~nizableflwhiIe I am
being sent t o you with a severe
Go,
v:Ezi::f$
say to Jer*o,bo'am, 'This is what Jehovah the
;ztEig
~ l n 4 : 1 9 God of Israel has said: T o r thc reason that I
raised you up out of Ihe middle of your people,
A2Sa1.E

-1

that
time A.bitjah the son
of Jer.o.Wam fell sickA
Jer.o.b'am
14
said his wife: "Rise
must
At

It1"! ":I3

('An ta bmming ki~g?LXIIAVg8g; ('as king," M,

let it, occur."

IJI~,
Literally, "And

M,A.h Gaia'-

I KINGS 1 4 r G 1 5
272
that I might constitute you a leader over my p m

ple Israel,r @andI went on t o rip* the kingdom

ntvay from the home of David a d give it to
you, ~ n you
d have not become like my servant
David, who kept m y commandmentsc and who
walked after me with all his Ireart by doing onIy
what was right in my eyes,' a but you began t o
act worse t h a n all those who happened to be
prior to you and you went and made for yourself another goda" and molten images to offend
n ~ eand
, ~ it js I whom yau have cast behind your
back,: ]"or that reason here I am bringing
calamity upon the house of Jer.o.bo'm,"c\nd I
shall certainly cut off from 3er.obo'am anyone
urinatjnp against a wall, a helpless and worthless one in I ~ r a e l , and
~ " 1 shall indeed make n
clcan sweep behind the housc of Jer.a.bo'arn,
just as one clears away the dungPuntil it is dlsposed of,k "The one dying of Jer.oaba'amk in
lhe city the dogs"il1
eatn and the one dying in
the Aeld the fowls of the heavens will eat,'' because Jehovah himself has spoken it." '
12 "And you yourself, rise up, go to your
house. When your feet come into the city the
child will certainfy die. "'And
all Brae1 w j l l
indeed bewail himq and bury him, because this
onc alone of Jer.o.bo'am'swill come into n burin1
place, for the reason that something good toward Jehovah the God of Israel has heen found
Sn him in the house of Jer.0.bo'am.t And Jehovah wil1 certainly raiseup t o himself a king" over
Israel who will cut off the house of Jer8o.bo'nrn
the said day,; and what if right now T V ' V n d Je--

Or, L u o t hgods.)'
~ r 31, e1.o.kiint a-bh~.r;i~t'.
Cotnpn~*r1 R i n g ~12: 25,
ffiotnot~f. b literally, *%me r e ~ h n i ~ ~anrl
c d u~~uIrt go (OF, nIm11t i a ~ t r a v lI ." # h rhl~-utmanorny3'5 : 31;. fur~tn(ltvn.
a

1 KINGS 14:16-23

273

hovah will indeed strlke 1slqaeldown, just as the

;&","g,jp
Ps52:5
reed mays in the water,Y and he will certainly
Am 2 9

u p r o o t ~ I ~ r a e l othisgoodgraund'thathegave
ff
to their forefathers and he will indeed scatter"
OZKl 35 29
2E;I 35:il them beyond the River,n for the reason that they
made their sacredo poles," so crffendjna Jeh0vah.O
12:~ I 6 And he will give Israel up' on account of the
I l K i 1-1 I)
-ps 81 12 sins of Jer.o.be'an1 with whjch h e sinned and
1srr 40 24
which he caused I s r ~ e tl o sin."a'
;:A
;;
:;;g with
IKI 16:2
17
At that Jerbo.bo'~m's
wife rose up and
>Tic 636
~ r t 1 8 : ~went her way and came t o Tir'zah.' As she was
arriving at the threshold of the house, the boy
'JOS
I ~12:-c
lj;:lr
i
C;t6:4
1Ki16:6
himself died.# In So they burled him, and all
2:a 3sraeP went wailing for him, accorclina to Jehovah's word that he had spoken by means of his
servant A.hi'jahb the prophet.
19 And the rest of the affairs of JerfoIbo'arn,
k2m 12;15 how he tvarredlt and how he reigned, there they
2Ch 133
are written In the bookt1af the affajrs of the
n;#;Gj;l
I K I 22.39 days of the kings of Israel, 20 And the days that
1Ch 21~24
Jer.o.boramreigned were twenty-two years, after
ES 6:Y
V l K 1 2:lQ which he lay down with his f o r e f a l l ~ e r sand
, ~ Narlh1 11-43
Job 1~112dabR his son begm to rl~iffn
jn
place
of
him.
s l K i 1535
21 AS Sois Rc.ho.bo'aml f he son of Solre.mrmn,
1;Ri
A C I1I~?~: i 34 3he had become king In Judah. Forty-one years
MISCIR16 old Re-ho.bo'am was ivhen he began to reign,
IKl 1126
, . P ~ ~ S : = and seventeen years he reigned in Jeiusalem,
z2g:jf the city" t h a t Jehovah had chosen out of all
the tribes' of Isr~elt o put his Mmle there.y
:
2Ch ~ 2 x 3And his mother's name was Na'a-mah the Am''dki35:19 mon it.ess.x"d
Juclal~went on doing what
2Ch 1 2 2
Jcr 3:7
was
bad
In
the
eyes of Jehovah,* so that they
CDC 4:25
P<7 8 : S incites; him to jenlousy marc Than all that their
forefathers had done by their gins with which
:tj,6,~?E
;:! they sinned." " And they, too, kept building for
zepz:;

>:t E l 3
* J 23~15 ~

I
I

That is, the En.pliralfrs.

h 31,

..l.kf i.irrfl.~r.

275

themselves high placesb and sacred pillars' and tz:J(I":?

sacred polesa upon every high hillsq and under
every luxuriant tree.* " And even the male, :;g ;;;lo
temple pmstitutea proved to be in the land.' Mf;~;$1;3
n.rclh :LH 4
n 5; 5
They acted according t o all the detmtable things *.Il \rci
5:rz
of the nations whom Jehovah had driven out
02~123.7
on account of l 3 e sons of Brae]."
25 And it came a b u t in the A f t h year of
King Reho.hEamthat Shi'ahakA the king of
EgypP came up against Jerusalem. *' And he got 3JKi 1a:L.l
t o take the treasures of t h e house of Jehovah
and the treasures of the house of the king, and
everything he took." And he lvent on to take '::;lg$g
all the gold shields t h d Sol'o.mon had made.'
!J;;y
z7 Consequently King Re.ho.bolm made in place I T .><'T..
of them copper shields' and he committed them c"R
to t h e contro1 of the chiefs of the runners,' the
guards of the entrance of the king's house.'( \% $2:ja
a And it would occur that as often as the king l r ~ 1?:16
h
came t o the house of Jehovah the runners would
carry them, and they rett~rnedthem to the
n X l r 12:11
guard chamber of the r~mners,'"
29 And the rest of t h e dfairs of Re.ho,bo'arn
and all that he did, are they not written in the
book of the affairs of the times of the kingss @2Kls:g
of Judah?' 3 D ~warfare
d
itself took place he- r:# $i:j
tween Re.hs.boram and 3er.o.h'arn always.' 2Ei; :;j;l
51Fina11yRe.ho.htam lay down with his fore- 1 ~ I:,:&
1
fathers and was buried with his forefathers in
11:13
the city of David.And his mother's name was rlK,
IKI rrr:at
NaPa.mahthe Am'mon.itess.u And A.bi'jamb' ,'2Fr$?$3
I v~t
t c hI:?
J:10
his son began to reign in place of him.

;:4'
:'

74

'::;:;:;.:,

"The male h p l e p d t n t e ? Bf ; "effeminate men? Vg. b "A.bitjah," in abmt 12 E c b r e ~manuscripts ~ n the

d born her^ cdition o!
the Bebrew Bible o f Jacob ben Chajim (A.D, 16241525); "A.hi
jam," I L

3,

KINGS 15:l-10

15

And in the ei~hteenthyear of King Jer.0Iso'nmy the son of Ne'bat, A-bi'jarn bezzCh
came kin^ over 3udahax' Three years he reign&
in Jeirzsnlem, and his mother's name was Ma%2('h 13::
A*bish'a.Eom.bn:And
t-:r11
11:il cahLthe grandd~ughternof
2 : ~he !vent on walking in all the sins of his fatheP
" 1 34.31
~
that he did prior l o him," and his heart did not
prove to be complete with Jehovah his God,like
':$i;~,ij the heart of David his f0refather.O ;Folb, on
account af David,' Jehovah his Cod gave him a
X * ~31I.:1' ?
Lrl12a.z
? , s l i L b . v llilmp'Sin Jerusalem by raising his son up after
@<;4> 3 2 2
{;I* .I!( l o
him and keeping Jemsalem In existence,"'
1 4 .T
.: 12 cause David djd what was right in the eyes of
JchovaP~and 11e did not turn aside from any\:$!&' :
that he had commanded him all the days
y:.!jlj!&:"thing
of his life," only in the matter of U.ritah the
(
7
L
:
Hit'tite.'~ "nd
warfare itself took place be.Trrh 1
~3 I< t

12-20

-~~~

.,,,
I

-eb"

)+

#]

Re$a.bo'amd and Jer.otborarnall the days

;?&,R\; , ' ~ tween
bf hi# l i f ~ . ' ~
1-5

m l l i l 1 Z:Fl
I
2 :

7 As for the rest of the affairs of A.bi'jam

and all that he did, are they n o t written in the
1 , ~ ~ / / ; : 3 0 book of the nff~ialmof the days of the kings of
-I '1 1
~ Judah?r
5
Thew was w~rfnrealso tl- at took place
rAhIl L3:22
~:('111:4::l bet~veen A-t~i'jarn and Jer.~.bo'arn.~ FinaIIy
A.biljam lay down with his forefathers and they
huricd him In the city of Davidntand Aka" his
~ ~ ~ h ~ $ ,
1.7
son began t o reign In place of him.
9 In the twentieth year of Jer=a.b'am the
vzCh1q:2 king of IS PA^^, Arsa reigned as king of JudahmV
l o And forty-one years he reigned in Jerusalem,
tK1
l l C n and his grandmother'se name was Mara.cah-"the
--:rli 132

l<*,htl

11:4

1 \ n l m 51

J,it~rnlly,"dnnglttrr." I[, hath. S ~ SP Chronielm 13:1,2. b"AhF3 C'll~nnirl~~

1 2 :20, 22. a Liternlly, ''making JmsaIern
+ ~ ~ I I I ~ F , ' ';\I. Concpnrc Rxorlue 9: 11;. 6 "Rc.ho.l,o'mt~,"Jll'g.; "A.bi'
jnrll( I))," 12 I1rl)rra tnnlruscripts; "A.hi'ja the son of Re.ho.ho4am,j'
Sy. a Litp~nll~.,
+'f1lothrr'4,"31,
n
- ~ ~ . l r l n t , * nt
'

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276

granddaughter of A.bi~h'a.lorn.~"l And A'sa 4F;iE;,

proceeded t o do what was right in the eyes af
Jehovah, like David his forefathee lzAccord- *gk
ingIy he had the male temple prostitultesb pass '],K,'i$!
out of the landa and removed a11 the dungy idols" 31m 2l.:zs
that his forefathers had made," l3 As for even A:Et ;i,li&
Ma'a-cah4 his grandmother," he went on to re- %2;$04j&
move her from [being] lady,' because she had *;g
made a horrible idol t o the sacred pole, after +DG 13:s
no 339
\vhich A%a cut down her horrible idol* and 7Ch
15:16
burned it* at t h e torrent valley of Kidrron.*
l4 And the high places he did not r e r n o ~ eNever.~
,E ?gs3
theless, A'sa's heart itself p r o v d to be complete ;g;TA
with Jehovah all his days," l3 And he began to
bring in the sanctified things of his father and *aEg;;o
2~a
22.43
his own sanctified things into the house of Jeho- klKi
"IKI 8;61
vah, silver and gold and artic1es.r
rlCh
2 c h 15:17
x : ~
16 And warfare itself took place between Arsa xh 11":18
and Bata.shas the king of Israel all their days. gZChf6:l
l r So Ba'a-sha the king of Israel came up against
Judah and began to build Ra'mah,t to allorv no ter;8;;5
one to go out or come in t o A'sa the king of naro:?e
Sudahu At that A'sa took all the silver and
the gold that were left in t h e treasures of the
house of Jehovah and the treasures of the house
of the king7' and put them in the hand of his v2Chle:2
servants, and King A'sa now sent them to Benha'dady the son of Tab.rimrmon the son of y2%;F+1
He'zi-on, the king of Syria, wlho was dwelling in
D a r n ~ s c u ssaying:
,~
"There is a covenant* be- ~g;:i5"i2'5
tween me and you, between my father and your ;:pr;;:g
father. Here I h ~ v sent
e
you a present of silver
;A, %i2
and gold, Come, do breakD your covenant with $
1:s
02"a21:2
Bata.sha the king of Israel, that he may with-

:$s

zi;
z:t$?7

UJ$:$;z

See verse 2, footnote b. "The male temple prostitutes," 11; '"the

effeminate luen," Vg. G Literally, "mother," X.
a

OZKL 15:29
+Ge 14:14
JR 18:29

WSa 20:14
~ J o s11:3

Jos 12.3

draw from me,"" " Accordingly Ben-ha'dad

listened to King A'sa and sent the chiefs of the
military forces that were his against the cities
of Israel and went striking down I'jonbnd Dan'
and Abl-beth-ma'a.cahm and all Chin'ne.reth,*
as f a r as all the land of Naph'ta.li.G# a* And it
came about that as soon as Bafa.sha heard of
i t he immediately quit building Ra'mahk and
continued dwelling in Tir'zah." 2 2 And King
A'sa, for his part, summoned all Judahr-there
was none exempt-and they proceeded t o carry
the stones of Ra'mah and the timbers of it, with
which Bata.sha had been building, and King Arsa
began t o build with them Gefbag in Eenjamin,
and Miz'pah.t
23 As for the rest of all the affairs of A'sa
and all his mightiness and all that he did and
the cities that he built, are they not written in
the book of the affairs of the days of the kings
of Judahfu Only a t the time of his growing old
he got diseased in his feetv 24 Finally A'sa lay
down with his forefathemy and was buried with
his forefatl~ersin the city of David his forefather," and Je.hoshra.phat* his son began to
reign in place of him,
25 As for Na'dab' the son of Jer.o.bo'am, he
became king over Israel in the second year of
Arsa the king of Judah, and he continued to
reign over Israel two years, zB And he kept doing
what was bad in the eyes of Jehovah" and went
on walking in f he way of his fatherQand in his
sin' with which he caused Israel to sin. 27 And
Ba'a.shaQ the son of A-hi'jah of the house of
Is'sa-charDbegan t o conspire" against him, and
Bara.shagot t o strike him down at Gib'be.thon,#
which belonged to the Phi.lisftines,while Na'dab

1 KINGS 15:28-16 :3

278

and all Israel were besieging Gib'be.thon. So

Bra.&& put hfm to death in the third year of
A'sa the king of Judah and began to reign in
place of hirn.k *OAnd i t came about that as soon kDe
ns he became king he struck d ~ t m
a31 the house
of Jer.o.bo'am He did not let anyone breathinp
remain of Jer.o.bo7am'suntil he had annihilated
them, according t o Jehovah's word that he had
I
spoken by means of his servant A.lliljah the
Shi'lo-nite," on account of the sit~sof Jer-o- n;/$$iO
ho'am wlth which he sinnedr and with which ~!K!,;!;;O
he C ~ U Israel
S ~ to sin [and] by his offensive- E l l < ! 1 ' 1 : ~
ness with which he offended Jehovah the God
of Lqrael.8 As for the rest of the affairs of 'IK' 19:22
Na'dab and all that he did, are they not written
in the book of the affairs of the days of the '
kings of Issael?t 3? A n d warfare itself took place L::i\
lxtween A'sa and Ba'a.sha thc king of Israel sll ;; ;;;:!
U ~ C I I~ ~I S
their da;ysau
33 In the third year of AFsn the king of
Judah, Ba'a.sha the son of A.hi'jah became lrlng
over all Israel in Tir'zah for twenty-four years." Y I K 1 lei8
Y 4 Ancl he kept doing what was bad in the eyes
of Jehavah~a d went walking in the way of Y:E;E&
Jer.o.ho'~rn~
and hjs sin with which he caused -rry I G . M
Z l I \ l 1:q
Israel to sin.'
I I< I 1 : ~ : s
The word of Jehovah now came to Je'hus I,,, I:.I1.1,:fi
t h e son of Ha.na'niA against Bara0sha,";!
:,?&
:I
saying: a "Inasmuch as I raised you up out of r;iiFf :'i,7
the dusP that I might constitute you lender over; ; :0
my people I ~ r a e lbut
, ~ you went walking ln the +?;\!;7
way of Jer.o.botam* and so caused my people
;Z;I;~J
Israel to sin by offending me wlth their sins,' +mi
11CL 15:34
a here I am making a clean sweep after BaRa.shaeEs 32:21
and after his house, a d I shall certainly con- :% :i?ia

16

OJI<I

,2zl,

"An~onehathing!-' Literallyl"every brentb," MLXB,

1 KINGS 16:4--12

279

stitute his house like the hause of Jer.o.bo'am

theson of Ke'bat.'' Anyoneof Bata.shadyingin
the city the clogs will eat. and anyone of his dying
in the field the fowJsof the heavem f ~ v i l leat-''*
5 As for the rest of the affairs of Ba%.sha
and what he did and his rnigt~tjness,are they
not written in the boolr of the nfrnirs of the days
of the kings of Israel?l( Finally Bala.sha lay
lq&5/~~.$f
down with hls forefathem" and mas buried in
,"mi
1$7;::;;
1 5 : ~Tir'zahll' and E'lnh his son began t o reign in
r1K1 1437
1 K i 15:21 place of him. ' And also by means of Je'hu the
son of Ha.natni the prophet, Jehovah's word
rExms itsel had come against En'sr.sha and his house,$
both because of all the bladness that he cornt1K'16:m d f t d in the eyes sf Jehovah by offendingt him
rvith the work of his hnncls," that i t might b e
lsa 4J:9
come like the house of Jer.a.Wam, and became
"2Ki
E:++
;: he struck h imRdown
8 In the twenty-sixth year ofA'sa the king of
Judah, E'lah the son of BaPahskabecame king
over Israel in Tir'zah for two years. And his
s2K' 9:31 servant Zlrn'rir the chief af half the chariots be"Eii5Z7 gan to conspire" agsllnst him, while he was in
z2f
:gi:t Tir'zah drinking' himself drunk at. the house
f.T_;Jls:mofArrza,who was over tlre householdRin Tifmh.
'15% 25:96
2-3 1 3 : s ~ And ZjmFri p~*ocedyled
to come in and strike
? X i 2'.:16
~ r 2 < , : 1 - him do\.nLand put him fodeath in fl~etn~entyJer 51:37
L
. 2 1 : ~ seventh year of A'SR the kin^ of Judah, and he
rGc 2 4 : ~
r;, 39:-t began t o reign in place of him. l 1 And jt came
about that when he began t o selm, RS soon as
he sat down upon Ills throne, he strucli down all
the house of Bata.sha. I-le did not let anyone of
his remain that urinatesPaaalnst R wall or his
2rcks:s avengers of bloodh or his friends. "Thus Zirn'ri

"I,I:+g
+g;;j
# l K i 1G:il

ugz:4

.'

'j

rn

.~ni,,,
." That is, Nn'd~bthe son of drr.n,ho'nm.-1

Or, "hi. pt~ls," 11; '#hi. r~Inti~m;'TkSy.

Engs 15 :25-29.

281
annihilated the whole house of Ba'a.sha, according to the word of Jehovah* that he had spoken
against Ba'a-sha by means of Je'hu the prophet,"
I S on account of d l the sins of Ba'a.sha and the
sins of E'lah his son with which they sinned and
tvith which they caused Israel t o sin by offending' Jehovah the God of Xsrael with their vain
idols.&' As for t h e rest of the a f f a h of E'lah
and all that he did, are they not written in the
book of the affairs of the days of the kings of

Tsrael?k
15 In the twenty-seventh war of A'sa the
king of Judah, Zim'si became king for seven
day+ in Tir'zah, wkiIe the people were encamping against Gib'be.thon,' which belonged to the
Phi.1is'tines.
time the people that were encamped heard i t said: "Zim'ri has conspired
and also struck down the king." So all Ir~rael
made Orn'ri,g the chief of the army, king ovcr
Israel on that day in the campi3 Om'ri and all
Israel with him now went on up from Gib'bethon and began to lay siege' t o Tirkah. l 3 And
it came about that as soon as Zim'ri saw that
the city had been captured he then came into
the dwelling tower of the king's house and
burned the king's house over himself with fire,
so that he died," l9 for the sins of his with which
he had sinned by doing what was bad in the eyes
of Jehovah' by walking in the may of Serabdam and in his sin which he did by causing
Israel ta s h y n g As f o r the rest of the affairs of
Zim'ri and his conspiracy with which he conspired, are they not written in the book aP the
affairs of the days of the kings of Israel?=
a Liternlly,

'Ylrejr ~anities: M.

1 KINGS 16:21-29

21 It was then that the people of Israel began

to
divide themselves into two parts.*There was
'
J y u 19.2
one
part of the people that became followers of
nrt 1 2 2 5
Tfb'nj the son of Gl'nath, to make him king, and
; the other part follotvers of brnki.t 2TFinallythe
people that were follo~vingOm'ri overcame the
people that were following Tjh'ni the son of
Gihath, so that Tjb'ni met death and Oa'ri
began t o reign.
23 In the thirty-first year of A'sa the king of
Juda h, Orn'ri became kin@ over Israel for twelve
years. In Tir'zah he reigned six y e m . '*And
he proceeded t o huy the mountain of Sa-marri.ab
lfKt2b:m from She'mtlr for two talents of silver,k and began to buiId [on] the mo~tntainand call the
name of the city that he built by the name of
''2KlR;m She'rner the n l ~ s t e r cof
~ the mountain, Sat*lI<l 13:32
I I ~is::!
I
mnr'l.a.ljA
'
U
n
d
Onl'ri
kept doing what was
1 l i l 211: 1
l f i l : j 3 : : $ 7 bad in the eyes of Jehovah and came to do worse
2lil 17:l
"'nd
be went
17:44 than all who were prior t o himnV
walkinninallthenayoPJer.o.bo'amthesonof
!
"[Il! Ne'bat' and in hia, sin wlth which he caused
;':,I l#h ;$
:;!j Israel t o sin by offending Jehovah the God of
1c.2 Israel with their vain idols." =? As for the rest
1181
yj ' , I
IN t'i.'?~ of the affairs of Om'ri, what he did and his
YICI
i..r~.11
17,1.5
;'D
mightiness with uPhlchhe acted, are they not
1,.

,,,. ,., written in the book of the affairs of the days

of the kings of Israel?' 3 Finally Orn'ri lay down
,
1:. lg with his forefathers and was buried in Sa-11x1 1 31
1r.4 I(::." rnar'i.al) and Khah his son began t o r e i g in
"1lCl 1 I:% place of him,*
tl<b 15 2b
I '
29 A n d A'hab the son of Om'ri himself be.i4.t H 115
:)

"llrrnt~~cb
k i ~ l ~ .not
" o~llyh~ 1~gnlriplit l ~ r YIO\\*
t
n l s ~in fmt. COITIIlnrrl 1.4~1'1~1~ .)!I, blq1t~.tll.r~j~a',
;\I; rnrn~hin:! L'R~lonping
to the ?Inn
h l ~ ~ - ' t i ~a~( rlrl
. * 'lLl~l.d'l;31, n.do.tinc', ll~eplural of rr.ilafl*,to denote
u p \ t ~ ~ ~ ~ l dv Iir~rnbly,
~ t ~ ~ + ~ "~t ltvir
.
~nnitim.''

1 KINGS 16:30--17:1

I KINGS lT:2--12

283

282

2 me ward of Jehovah now came to him,*

saying:
a "Go away from here and you must
of A'sa the king of Judah, and A'hab the son
your nFayeastlvard and concealk yourself
of Orn'ri continued to reim over Israel In Sn- ~ ~ ; ~ ~ ; j turn
~
a t the torrent valley of Che'rith that is east ofa
mar"i.aktn7en2y-twoyears. And Nbab the son ;;
the Jordan. ' And it must occur that from the
( * t i 13
of 0rn't.T proceeded to do worst in the eyes of ?>:ET
.b. 17
torrent vaIley you should drink," and the ravens7
7
Jehovah than aU those who were prior to him."
I shall certainly commrtnd' l o miupply you food
" And it came about that, [as if it were1 the ,'i:!llmi<''
there."s Immediately he went and dld nccordmost triviaIlhthing for him t e walk in the sins
ing to the word of J ~ h o v a h iand so went and
of Jer.o.bo'arn the son of Ne'bat," then he toolc
took up dwelljng by t.he torrent valley of ChePas wifet Jez'e.belu t h e daughter of E;lhnba'althe I lI,:,c
\ n iS, :l l37
rith that is east ofn the Jordan. " And the ravens
king of the Si.da'ni.ans\' and began to go and r;;i; ;:;;;
themselves were bringing him breado and meat
r(:rh
6
t
serve Ea'alao and to bow dorvn to him? ' ? FUY-1 7L-I
in the morning and bread and meat in the evether, he set up an altar to Ba'aHa at the h o u , ~ r ~ O R2 ~ 2
ning, and from t l ~ torrent
c
valley he kept drinkof Ba'aIa that he built in Sa.rnar'1.a."" dAn"
; U"'1"2"
;KI : s . ~
ing."
=
But
it
came
about
at t h e end- of some
A ' h ~ bwent on to make the sacred pole,c' and
days
t
h
a
t
the
torratlt
vnlIcy
lmame dry, because
A'hab came to do more t o offend Jehovah then
:<!;
there had occurred no do~vnpourupon the earth.*
Goc?of Israel than all t h kings
~
ool i s r ~ e lt h ~ &
t l;l:jp
8 The word of Jehovah now came to him, say11;i +I:M
happened to be prior ta him,s
S l i l Itl:IS
ing:
""Rise up, SOto Zar'e*phath,Ywhich belongs
34 In his days Hi'el the Bethrel.itebuilt Je f i = 'I? t( i'!It lT:t(i
l!Jq?
t
o
Si'don,"
and you must clwell there. Look!
choP At the forfeit of A.bifram his first-born p 1 i 110:%1
I shall certajnly commnnd ihcare n woman,"
he laid the foundation of it, and at the forfeit !:irr"I':I:d
a widow, t o supply you food." Accordingly he
of Se'gub his youngest he put up it^; doors, ac- $:?A;,!5
rose
up and wcnt to Znr%.phnth and came into
coi-ding to Jehovah's word that he spoke by :;;$2,L1.
the cnwaace of the city, nnd, look! n woman, a
means of Joshuad" the son of Nun."
R ~ L 11.14
2
Ii 7
widow, was there gathering up pieces of \vood.
A n d E.li'jahePthe Tish'blte from the En- :d,'if;t
So he cdled to her and said: "'Please, get me a
t36e
%
:
I
7
doh 4:;
habitantsr of GilFc-ad-'procccrled to say .I-?KI
, I , , -33
sip of water En a vessel that I may
2CO XI:!&'
to A'hab: "As Jehovah Ihc God of Israel before ,;&l;;z6
Heb 11:31
When she began to go and get it, he went on
AGe 18:s
whom 1 do standg' is living," there will occur
1K118.4 t o caI1 to her and say: "Please, get me a bit of
i?;f'L
41% 14:39
during these years neither dew nor rain, except .k;j.r>i8
1% 20:3 breadAin your hand." L a At this she said: "As
1Sa 25:26
,1116 5 , If
at the order of my word!""
1Sa 26:I.O Jehovah your God Is l E ~ l n g ,I~have no round
. I1t'XJ:G
2538 19:21
cake,b* but a handfulmof flour in the large jar
J c r 4:2
'&hrrb-Rrr"nZ;
I,
literally, "the Bn'ul." b "fin mrir'i.~.'' Res v ~ ~ * s24,
s
Jer 5:2
and a little oilqjn the small jar, and here I am
+Ge
18:6
fnotnate b. Or, "the A.shc'mli,*' Irl, d '6Ji~.liosll'~~.n,''
h i : I'i.tlhw",
sblt 15:33 gathering up a Pew pjeces of \vood and f must
Sv: "Jesus,'! L,LY. eEE.i.ia'l~a,3T; nlrnning "Jrburnh (E'n'kti) is
WZKl 4:2
Ilod." L,UVg, "E.li'a~," "r,
p~0~61ibIy~
hy n p l i ~ l l t corr~rtion,
Litera*, "in front of," that in to my ea& of* b Or, "1 have no
"From Tish'bell." ZXX, '%~n Tlsl~'l~~l~."
~ I V F P "Prnrn
~,
tflr in-

came king over Israel in the thirty-elahth year

,, ,:,

MKL 12322
1Ch li:3
Jer 7:1

)Id

r.$l

17

hnhitnntr."

Or, "upon rrhom I do atrmd."'

pantv to t m to.!'

* LiteraSl;r, 4rtwo:' 3l!

1 KINGS 17:13-20

284

go fn and make something for myself and my

son and we shall have to eat it and die.''*
13 Then E.li'jaha sajd to her: "'Do not be
afraid." Go in, do according to your ivord. Only
from what is there make me a small round cake
firstfl and you must bring it out to me, and for
yourself and your son you can make something
afternard. " For this is what Jehovah the God

1 KINGS 17:21-18:s
with whom I am temporarily residing that you
must bring Injury by puttfng her son to death?"
And he proceeded t o stretch himself upon the
child "" three times and call to Jehovah and say:
"0 Jehovah my God, please, cause the soul of
this child t o come back within hfm."O " FinalIy
JeI~avahlistened to E-li9ah1svoice,' and the soul
of the chHd came back within him, so that'he
came to life.' z 3 E.li'jah now took the child and
brought him down from the roof chamber into
the house and gave Izlm to his mother and E.li'fall then said: "See, your son Is
Upon
that t h e woman said t o E.Ti'jah : "Now, indeed,
I do know that you are a man of Godn"and that
Jehovah" s~osdin your mouth i s t n ~ e . " ~ ~
And It ~ o tot be many days,n and Jehovah's own word came to E.litjah in the
third year, saying: "Go,show yourself to A'hab,
as I am determined to giveCrain upon the surface of the ground."r Accordingly E.1i'jah went
to show hinzself to A'hab, while the famine was
severe in Sa.rnar'i.a.r
3 Meantime, A'hab called O.ba.di'ah,d who
was over the household.' (NowOababdi'ahdhimself had proved t o be one greatly fearing Jehovah,ll ' Hence it came about that when Jez'e-belv
cut off Jchovah's prophetsr 0.ba.di'ahd proceeded to take a hundred prophets and keep them
hid by fifties in a cave, and he supplied them
bread and \vater.z) And A'hab went on to say
to O.ba.di'ah:" "Go through the land to all the
springs of water and t o all t h e torrent valleys,
Perhaps we may find green grass,' that we may

G e 21:18

LR41.9

$p,if;1,9
jcp,;y,;T

"ItJ;

&rt2,
1 : ~

3:n

of Israel has said,"The large jar of flour Itself

will not get exhaustd and the small jar of oil
itself will not fail until the day of Jehovah's

giving a donmporrr upon the surface of the

ground.' "S So she went and did according to
.21i!:9 1
E.li'jah7sa word and she continued to eat, she I T ~ + I : A ,
together with him and her household, for days,! t;$hl$;y
Is The large jar of flour itself did not get ex- ~r 1 : : ~
hausted and the small jar of oil itself did not
fail," according t o Jehovah's word that he had u:;&!fi
spoken by means of E.li'jah.8
17 And it came about after these things that
the son of the woman, the mistress of the house,
fell sick, and his sickness came to be so severe
,,:,
~ K4 2I0
that there was no breath' left in him,^ At this VAtn
?ir:p
she said t o E.li'jah:&"What do I have t0 do with yssn 1fi:EC)
you,br 0 man of god?^ You have come t o me t o
t;iz2
bring my errora to mind and to put my son to ?A:!f;::,
de~th."" IgBut he said to her:" "Give me your fiz:',::;:
son." Then he took him from her bosom and
;j;
carried him up to t h e roof chamber, where he _A[. n m
-I.:\:
1
:S
,1 xu I;5.]I
xtas dwelling, and laid him upon his own coucl~.
20 And he began calling t o Jehovah and saying: $,$ ifw
'Q Jehovah my God,' is it also upon the widow

18

,,(I,

:z;

Ebi.firrltzf,,31, Fee srrsc 1, footnote e. LitcralI;a, 'TJtnllnt ( i tbare]

~
to u ~ e
snd t o you I"
See Joshtan 4'2 : 24, footnotr 1). * "'hfnn a! God.'"

JI, islc kn-El.o.ki~#'. See Dwt~ronomj. 33: 1, fwtrlotc n.

E:.Iifjfih sflid t o the rronlnn," IA+xy.

".A Itinn of God." 31, i.4 El.o.kinaP. See 1 Kings 13: 1,footnote b.
rm'rlb. Lrlcrnlly, '*trath!' Or, "anti let me give rain: X
@ 'U.lr~rd.ia'kzr,SL; lucani~rg"Servant of 1-nh(u)!'
b ,\Il

"But

,I

1 KINGS 18:&15

286

jah mid: "& Jehovah of armiesAbefore whom

I do standa is living,+today I shall show myself
IKL 22:14
Hab 3.17
21i1 3:l.L f~ him.''
" So they divided bet~veenthemselves the land Cg;:!ig
Irn e 3 : ~
through which t o pass. A'hab himself went
16 Accerdlngly O,ba.dYahbent off to meet
nlone by one way and Obbabdi'ahnhi~nselfwent
A'hab and told him and so A'hab went to meet
q e r 14:3
nlonc by finsther may?
E.liljah. And it came about that, as soon as
ClKl 11:29
Aphab saw E.litjah, A'hab immccliatcly said to
7 As O.ba.di'aha continued an tlle may,bwhy, .2K11:8
+Jos 7:25
36
I
K
I
2t.m
him: "Is this you, t h e bringer of trouble upon
thme was E.rj'jah to meet him. At once he rec- 3It
3It11.9
Jrr W:.l
Israel?"' TOthis he said: "1 have not brought
ognized him' and fell upon his face" and said:
,
,
,
$:;:;;'
23.2
trouble upun Israel? but you and thc house of
"Is this you, m y lord:' E.liJjnh?" %At
this he i ~ ~ , ~ ~ ,%,. ,Ir;hJO
YOLIP father have, because YOU men have left
is I. Ga, say t o ysttr
snid t o him: '"I
G
' :,;?:2:;l3
*;$,"A?;2
Q-!cb ~3
the commandments of Jehovaha"nd you went
'Here Is E.li'jah.' " But he said : "What sinlc ~ I K1 I7 : ~
following the Ba'alsaonlU
And now send, collect
have I committed that you should be putting
$;19
L'ur 1 s : ~ together all Israel t o me at Mount Car'melk
your servant into the hand of A ' h ~ bto put me
l > r11 19
311i1 ifi.31 ~ n also
d the four hundred and fifty prophets of
to death?" "As Jehovah your God is living,' ;gagi
l<JlNIt3:2(i
Ba'al"
and the four hundrd prophets of k e
21ri 2
there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord :K,i %
;
.It r S I i i 1X
sacred pole,cr who are cat ing a t the table of
has not sent to look far you." After they had 8 ~ ; : ; ; ~
nri'e
l<':l?'Fy''
said, 'He js not [here],' he made the kingdom
rLhI 1.~13 Jcz'e.be1."~ ?"And A'hab procediled t o send
l!*"!Qrnong all the sons of Israel ~ n dcollect the
and the nation swear that they coulcl nat find
?I< l J ,4 11
~11\11!3.1
prophets together a t Mottnt Car'rnel.1
y0u.t And now you are saying, Go, say to t+Ef;;;$
2Iil f ) 22
1ilh2:?;
21 Then E.li"ah approached all the peoplee
your l ~ r d , ~ ' H eis
r eE.ljfjrth," ' And i t is hound PS 3 1 : ~ ~
t.:lil?.
and said: "How long ~ v i l lYOU be IImping upon
2.' o
to occur that, when I myself go Sso1t.11you, then
l ! l ) p d 35
If Jehovnh is T h e
the spiritI1of Jehovah itself will C R I T ~you away U&K; ;2,1,
* x i 17.41 two different opinions?a14t
~ 1 1
[true1
God,'
go
follo~t~ing
him,'
but. i f nn'al is,
to where I shaIl not born, and I shall have come gz ;;3%
PUO 1 n . n
r.c F l i
go ToIlo~vinghim.'' And the people did not say
to tell A'hab and he will not find you, a d he :.It 4::
V I U ? l
S:a9
a word in anstver t o hirn.r And E-li'jah went
.I ,,# ;.I ,;a
will be bound to kill
as your servant him- VAC
I S A2 1 6
on t o say t o the people: "I myself hnve been left
self h ~ feared
s
Jehovah from his youth.s l:'Has ~2,;; $7:
:?I:
S$:ze
PSzorl:a
not my lord been told w b ~ It did when Sezre.bel Ps 73:17
9,-;,r2.1,91 as a prophet of Jehovah,= I alone, while the
t l ~ l ~ prophets
~ ~ : ~ Q
of Ba'al are four llundred and fifty
k1lIed the prophets of Jehovalr, lrow I kept some
'hit7:13
men." 2 S Now let them give us two young bulls,
of the prophets of Jehovah hid, a hundred men e(3e2tr:J
and let them choose for themselves one young
by fifties in a cave," and kept supplying them I K I ~ X : ~

preserve the horses and mules alive and may

~ S
not have [any morel of the ~ R S cut

olsn 1 9 : ~

I~II

:I;.

'

15:21
Ijread and water?" l4 And now you are saying, +Ps
=I 2034
'Go, say to your
"Here Is E.liJjah."' And *$:$!i$
he will be bound t o kiIP me."n I u However, EN-

Eir&?&

Rrr! v m e 3, footnote d , b "Lord," M, findaajtina', in the plural

nlunber of a.d6n', to denote excollrnce n r m n , j ~ ~ t y .

Or, "apon whom I do atiund"

See verse 3, footnote d. Or,X'of

thn A.sbe?mh."
Or, "two crutches.'" L~.viron i t r Vet~riaTe'eartaqn~nti I,ihro~-HoehEer-Hanmgartner) "Thr [trnr] God!'
31,
ho-Rl.a.kdar', with the definite articla Ira (&The") preceding the title
RE.o.hittst. Thirr doile far emphasi8 in contr~ntwith the h l a e god

Dn'nl.

1 KINGS 18:24-29

288

bull and cut it in pieces and pu.t it upon the wood,

but they should not put fire to it. And I myself
shall dress the ather young bull and I must place
it upon the woad, but I shall not put fire ta it.
"'And you must call upon the name of YOUR
godRand I,for m y part, shall call upon the name
of Jehovah, and it must occur that The [true]
Codb that m v e r s by fire; is The [true God."CC
To this all .the people ms\~~er&
and said: "The JK
I~:IIt :?I:=
21
2 c h 7:1
thing is good.""
4 > f ! 399
25 E.li'jah now said to the prophets of Ba'al :a
"Choose for yourselves one young bull and dress
I t first, became YOU are the majority, and call
4x9
upon the name of om god,a but YOU must not 1:Ira
MI 6:7
put fire t o it."l aGAcc~rdingly
they took the 'p: :;?:?,
young bull that he gave them and they dressed i;r;
it and they kept calling upon the name of Ba'alfl J,;;;:;if)
.?:?a
from morning till noon, saying: "0Ea'al,O an- isn
111th2: I8
swer us!"$ But there was no voice and there was
w.1
1:0 m.la
no one answering.+ And they kept limping 1Ir7rr~:):x
" If1 J(i.10
around tlie altarc that they had
z 7 And ;?,V r y 1 3
it came about a t noon that Ehllrjahbegan t o
mock them" and say: "Call at the top of your ;:f,hP15::z9
voice,B for he is a gad,&" for he must be con- 1:,cL$$d7
cerned with a matter and he has excrements ,plt;j
and has t o go t o the privy.lE Or maybe he is ;;I ;!;;:
asleep and aught to wake up!'""-'And they be- Jbn . I I I . : ~ R
gan calling at the top of their voice and cuttingn 'f;:: ::;'?'
themselves according to their custom with dagQ,
gers and 114thlances until they mused Mooclc ::icl J1zlB
te flow out upon them. '"nd
it came about that,
"God."

U,~i.o.Ri~',
the plurnl nf et.oralt and nppIying te tlwil-

false god Ba'nl. 3 "'The [tme] tbil.'' 31. Ira-E1.n.Binr'. f ( * l l ~ r v @ ~ljy

l
thc irlatire clause "that an+\vets by titr." O0'T!rc [true] 1;od."
;\I, Ira-El.o.lri>~",
absolnte, in the pretiirate. Src verse 11, I'floti~ntr?
Q,
d *.Ra'al.'' X. kab-Bnr'nl; litcrrrllp, "'tl~rBri'nl." e Litcinnlly, "Clall
ujth a grent roicc? Y.

1 KINGS 18:3047

289

soon as noon was p ~ s tand they continued

behaving' as prophets' until the going up of the
grain offering,there mas no voice and there was
no one answering and there was no paying of

RS

:lgIIil
d E:!

n tten tion

r t G 4:s
~
vJTCl 1%14

."

30 Pit length E.1l'jah said ta all the people:

Rbl113
>:.:ur.;,i ,"Approach me." So all the people approached
$:',::',$, him. Then he pmcwled to mend t h e altar of
El;'ziii 'Jehovah that was torn down.' " So E-li'jah took
~7 >: 7 .16 lwelve stoncs, acceding to the number of the
T;/P .;:.la
ztnam
I;(.;c?'yII
3-..'H tribe5 of the sons of Jamb, to whom Jehovah's
.J.,.!O
word had corne,y saying: "Israel is what your
iy::a
name will become,""" A n d he went on t o build
rhll4F:l
=I.\ 2 25
the stones into an altar* in the name of Jeho, ,
I. i.: :;I 1
7:17 vah3 and t o make a trench, of about the area
sowed \trjth two seaha measures of seed," all
xO
,;,',I; ';:
around [he altar. "After that he put the pieces
a:;;;
IJr 1-:Y
of wood" in order and cut t h e young bull in
1 J P !!7:ci
pieces ~ n placed
d
it upon t h e pieces of wood.
2
Lo 1 .'I
He now snit\: "FILLfour large jars with water
'Jg
nnd pour0 it upon the burnt offering and upon
pieces of tvood." 3* Then he said: "Do it
*EKPS:&I t l l ~
again," So they did it again. But he said: '"o
???.:$
I t R third time." So they did it a third time.
l
JTTh
the
~~
water went all around the altar, and
'
3 ~ 5 3 the trench also he filled with water.
t
2 2 'I
36 And it came about at the t h e ' that the
.
l ( " I L"':18
;&:I\
fl grain offering goes up that E-Ef'jah the prophet
Yt ?-':A2
began to approach and say: "0Jehovah, the
,-,.,,,
,
C:"''
Y '1,' l8 God of Abraham,"saacO
and Israel," today let
i t be known that you are God in Israel" and I
am your servant and it is by YQUr word that I
i:;t;A:t;a
m:\ll?F
:* have done all these things." 2 7 h m - e r me, 0
. l ( ~ l l11:.12
c_!il Lr; Jehovah," msrver me, that this people may
l'chm:t~

*a:

;1-

t ! : :p

:;i;,ih

, _,
,,

A ~ r n l ~ nbnul 11.2 tlunrts

/r.8, A,).

h o w that you, Jehovah,k are The [true] Goda k,; yj!ll

md you yourself have turned their heart back. "n ;;;zg
38 At t h a t the firer of Jehovah came falling
and went eating3 up the burntQoffering and the gizf
pieces of wood and t h e stones and the dust, ~ n dni;!s;;f
the water that was in the trench it Lfcked up:
!,I;:$
$"Wen a11 the people saw it, they immediately r;cb n w
Y
fell upon their f acest and said: 'Tehhoah Es The & :%?
[true] Godlb Jehovah is The [true] W ! " h , f ~ t ~ ~ : f 2 I
Then E.Li8jahsaid to them: "Seize the proph- t J p
I
ets of Ba'al?cDo not let a single one of them
escape!" At once they seized them and E.li'jah
brought them down t o t h e torrent valley of
Ki'shonm and slaughtered them there.v
VDC
U Js
I~R:n
:~
,'1
41 E-li'jah now said to A'hab: "Ge up, eat and ' '"'
drink, for there is the somd of the turmoil of
a downpour,"y
A'hab proceeded t o go up y A c m : l d
to eat and drink. As for E.liljah, he went up t o
the top of Car'rnel and began crouching to the
earthz and keeping his face put between his ',0,e,2,4!:2
knees.' Then he said to his attendant: "Go up, E,":l?&a
please. Look in the direction 02: the sea." So he *$:;c?i13
went up and looked and then said: "There js r c a I ~ I . ;
nothing at all.'' And he went on to say, "Go
back,'"fforseven times." 44 And i t came about at
~
the seventh time that he got to say: "Look! L L 18:7
there is a small cloud like a man's palm ascendS:T
ing out of the sea."* He IBOIV said: "Go up, say AJob
RC 4:lo
to A'hab, 'Hitch up!O And go down that the @ " l c l : l J
downpour may not: detain you!' "' And it *AC
came about in the meantime that the heavens
themselves darkened up with clouds and

E&

"""'

mL'Rnow that p u are Jehe~ahGod'' LXX. Here "The

[true]
God" is ka-Ek.o.him' in &
hoI;
~he.m<LXLX. 'The [bun] Qod."
M, htc-ELo.lrim'. See verse 24, footnote c. 'Bn'al)' M, hub-Bn"crl;
literally, <'the Ba'al."

1 KINGS 18:46-19:7

291

I"&",\$% wlndh@and
#Jar rs.18

:?;:il

fI;;;;;1;;3
k - X l :#:IS
I * ~ L8 I1
I:,.,, 1 :3
K.:FC
3:14

a neat downwur began to occur.'

And A'h~bkept riding and made his way to
Jezrre.el." * U n d the very hand of Jehovah
provecl: ta be upon Edi'jah,k so that he girded
UP his loinsn and went runnfng ahead of A'hab

all the way to Jez're.el.r

Then A'hab" told Jez'e.belt dl that E.Ii'jah had done and all a b u t how he had

J,,lr :U- 3
rl:'r- :' 17

all the propl~etswith a sword.. a At that

;y;lf ;j:$ killed'
Je;rre.hel sent a messenger t o E-li'jah, saying:

:'<II r i r 25 17
: : ~ ~

"SOmay the godst3?

dov and 50 may they add to
jf &tthis time tomorrow I shall not make
:i.T4 your soul lilce the soul of each one of them!"z
' And 11e becnmc afraid.= Consequently he rose
,~,!~l,C,:~?,
la1il1?1.2$ up and began t o go for his sould' and came to
1'1" 27 1
c.!(:h
*I,{1.'31:s
13 Beter-she'baIoo which belongs to Judaha4 Then
Ilc left his attendant behind there. 'And he him1 I
lSfi 27:1
tcj<i 20:2o self went into the wjlderness a day'so journey
i';:'," $! and at length came and S R ~down under a cer$;l\;pl rz;:il i $ l d t ~ i nbroom treea0And he began ta ask that his
soul" might die and t o say; "It is enough! Now,
11:75
0 Jehovr~h,take my soul away,' for I am no
-.I11i1r~:11
i 1"11
J r r C ~ I ~ I Qhettc? than my forefathers."
,Inn 1 , l
..\!u
5.1n:s
sm:!
5 Finally he lay down and fell asleep under
the broomKtree. Bul; look! now an angel* was
1
"I r> t> 3):d ,
3 1 ; Itouching him, Then he sajd t o him: "Rise up,
I " l.':10
eat." IbIVhen he Iootred, why, there at his head
j:::i*j 4:
,:
17:12 was a round cakcl; upon heated stones and a
i'..'r.A
cRnteenh of water. And he began to eat and
[ r 33.16
-ti:ri 'clrlnk, after which he lay down again.
Later
IlKr lC31
ullCI 1H:40

\.llcr

:.rj:lo ft,y

4 i y t

,,II,

11:

u n f ~ i i ~ d31,
. 7 *rn8(tcrlrh; L-KX.pvrrt'rnn; Vg, t-rn'lus. Co~npnre&a1 ; 2, i~wjllint* (1, nnul C : P H P L ~ 6 : ll f ~mtuotet), h "Tl~epiTs."
51, rl.o.lri?rrP, ncron~pnnirtl1 , ~thcb rrrt) "tln" in the p t ~ ~ nmhiber;
nl
" - h d he became
I , S S . hn flrr!.n..' ("l-io!l") ; TJT, r7i'i ("gads").
11 l r~iid,"LLSST'gS;r nntt mauy T1rI)rrw lunuuscril~te
; "And he get
d.&

1,s

wt,,''

bt.

*'I!

r ~ , "17,

LXS,p,*tf.cJi?'.

~jt>p!t'~d~;

293
I

the angel of Jehovaho came back a second time

and touched him and said: "Rise up, eat, for
the journey Is tm great for you,"' So he rose ;E;$$?;i3
up and ate and drank, and he kept going in the jJ;jIy
power of that nourishment for forty days8 and ,!;;;!$,,
forty nights' as far as the mountain of
& l h +:lo
tl:\ 3.1
H~'reb.~t
h;\ 3!1:18
d:J
9 There he now entered into a cave," that Uhlal
~ AWL
y
he might spend the night there, and, look! there f ~ ? ~ , ' ~ ? : ~
was Jehovah's word for him and it went an to Vb:j:$Gi:
say to him: "What is your business here, E.11'y&; :,;3,
jah?"v l a To this he said: "I have absolsMy
tolerated no rivalry? against JehovahGthe God
of armies,O for the sons of Israel have left your ;,:fi;;;m
~ o v e n a n t your
, ~ altars they have torn down' W;~j:I ~;;I,;I ~ I : ~
and your prophets they have killed with the
sword,u so that I only am leftd and they begin
i+ii3
lookjng for my soul to take it away."$ "13ut ;:l;;,;
it said: "Go out, and you must stand on the
mountain before Jehovah."' And, look! Jehovah * ~ $ ; ; y "
a;;;;
was passing by+' and a great and strong windh' e;#j
t ~ ,1o::o
was rending mountains and breaking crags be- :!:$!i:
fore Jehovah." (Jehovah was not in the wind.)" ,% $,:
And after the wind there was a q ~ a k i n g(Jeha.~ &
:;:
I
vah was not in the quaking.) l 2 And af'ter the
quaking there was a fire." (Jehovah was not in
;;,,:J;i:;
the fire.) And after ;the f i e there was a calm, :
I-, 50.3
law voice."' '"nd
it came abmtt that as swn
as E-lf'jah heard it he immediately wrapped his Ic/,:;gl:kf5
I
face in his garments and went out and stood at K; &?,
the entrance of the caw, and, Imk! there was
a voice for him and it proceeded to say to him : ,'G'
:i

~4;

.g:f;j!:8

wc:?

:c:$',

a4'God," N, ha-ELo.hinzp; Iitmltp, "The [true] God," Comparo

Exodus 3 :1. "Wind"
r~r'akk; L-LT, pneti'm; Vg, upi'ri4 z(8.
Compare Genesis 1:2,footnote a. =LSXA reads: "~oicv,rind Jchasah vas there?

1l

1 KINGS 19 : 14-21

"What is your business here, E.li'jah?"t Ta

this he s ~ i d :"I have absolutely tolerated no
rivnfry a g ~ i n s tJehovah the God of armies, far
the
sons
of:
Israel have left your covenant,ll your
lr'+%:n
1ZfT,
2,
":
3
a1tel.s
they
llavc torn down and your prophets
1.0 1 4
JM 2r.9
they have killed with the sword, so that I only
llub 5 9
am left and they begin Eaaking for my soul ta
\'lKI 1910 take It fiway,""
15 Jebm7nhnow said to him: "Go, return on
>$jg,y;5 your way to the wilderness of Darnascus,y and
,leg::!
you must come in and anointz HazSa.el' as king
*?>Sfl1I1:f
,sn :,.3
over Syrja. And Je'llu' the grandsonn of Nirn'1
45:l
$hiAyou ~110uldanoint as king over Israel, and
*s,i;i h.q
.1CI 9:14 E . l i ' s h ~ ' >the
~ son of Sha'pbat from A%el,,,,,
,
4
rLmIiI
9:2
mne.horlah' you should anoint as prophet in place
tr
( ? I id::,7
l~ : ' 3 of Y Q U . ~L 1 And it must occur that the one escap.J *7:::
ing from Haz'a.ells sword' Je'hu will put to
I?<! ,,:I2
: r i ~ : . i n death, and the one esc~ping
from Je'hu's sword*
. ~ 1 i n:12
1
: 8 1 i l o:1.1 E~li'sha"wi13, put to death.lt IbAnd I: have let
2121 ro:a
I
I:,: seven thousand remain in Israel,rhall the knees
*"<I o.O.I t h ~ have
t
not bent down to Ba'alr and every
?lil31c0
"i;!;'r;.!<2.L
t n o ~ ~ that
t h has not kjssed him."#
19 Accordingly he went from there and found
, l/;;Lz;$L
EaliJsh~"
the R O of
~ Sha'phnt while he was plow\;:;i1P
.
ing wlth twelve spans before him and he with
212
the twelfth,' Sa E-li'jah crossed over t o him and
I I :
11\71
threw his ofllcial garmentu upon him. '"At that
,I, i . 1 1
SP 70 he left the bulls and went running after E.lirjahV
,,:,,,
15m?7
YI<b 2:q
rind said: "Let me, please, kiss my fa*er and
3 \ T L .I.-o
'
nzy mother.."Then X wit1 go following you." At:
j I .!I 9 ti1
this he said to him : "Go, return, for what have I
done to you?'q1 Co he returnzd from following
him arrd t1.1cntook a span of the bulls and sacrir24r@24:22
ficed themz and with the implements of the bulls
t l m lo:9

hit

L;r<r

'

1'9

a 1 ,ill>riblly, dsmn,"11. b M ~ n n i n g"God

mti,(,'; VE, E./I',Y~MY,

is enli-a.ntion.'' LX-I, EE.li-

v
295

1 KINGS 20 :1 G 1 4

he boiled thefr flesh and then gave it t o the people and they proceeded to eat.' AfXer that he *Lu 5:a9
rose up and went following E-ll'jah and began
UEX =:la
to niinisterc) to him.
Nu 27:18
Asa for Ben-hatdadAthe king of Syria, iEi::j43
he conected all his military forces to- zE;;i;;,
gether and also thirty-two kings with him4 and $giB;?~
horses' and chariotse and he proceeded to go Jer49:27
up and lay siege"to Sa.mar'S.affand fight against o$?&$
it. Then he sent messengersk to A%ab the J,$w1:7
7:~a
king of Israel at the city. And he went on + $ ~ ~ ~ : : f
t o say to him: "This is what Ben-ha'dad has ,pgg
said, 'Your silver and your gold are mine and
&; ; ;*Le%:=
;
your wives and your sons, the best looking, are
De 28:52
mha' 'fn To this the king of TSFR~?~
answered *2Ki
624
and mid: '%ccording to your word, my lord the Gg
g"; ; ;
king* yours 'S am with all that belongs t o me."t
$;;
5 Later the messengem came back and said: n.p;;;$
'This is what Ben-ha'dad has said, 'I sent to rgg:g
you, saying: 'Your silver and your gold and J 15.11
& 13:s
your wives and your sons you will give me. But l=L
18:14
about this time tomorrow I shall send my servants to you and they must carefully search your
houseB and the houses of your servants, and
f t must occur that everything desirable' to your t G e 27.15
eyes they will put in their hand and they must FJ*;

v ~ K 19:29
i

20

::;

sai$:z

take it away." ' "

7 At that the king of Israel called all the oIder
men of the landU andt said: "Take note, please,
and see that it is calamity that this one is seek-

La 1 : ~
HOIS:I~

uE$g
Thy$r
sons and my silver and my gold and I did not
hg,v

for he sent t o me for my wives and my

hold them back from him." a Then all the older

men and all the pmple said lo him: "Do not
obey, and you should not consent,'' * So he said
*This is chapter 21 in L a .

v!;pI:.&
36:4
PS

'

t o the messengers of Ben-ha'dad: "Say to my

lord the king, 'All that you sent to your servant
at first I shall do, but this thing I am not able to
do,' " With that the messengersmwent off and
brought word back to him.
10 Ekn-ha'dad now sent t o hlm and said: "Fa

it,= if the dust of Sa.mar'i.a will be sufficient

for hmdfuls for all the people that follow me!"'
In turn the king of Israel answered and said:
:;:gig I1"You
men, speak [to him], 'Donot let m e girding on boast about himself like one unfasten17:44 ing.' "= l aAnd it came about that as soon as he
Pr n:1
1~~.10:15
heard this word, while he himself and t h e kings
were drinking" in the booths, he immediakly
said t o his servants: "Get set!" And they began
LU 2 1 : ~ t o get set against the city.
13 And, Iook! a certain prophet approached
~ K i 6 : 9 A'hab the king of Israel4 and then said: "This
+a917a
is what Jehovahb has said,"'Have you seen all
@Ex 14E;Y m u this great crowd? Here I am giving it into your
~ ~ 37:zo
~l.318
hand today, and you -1 certainly know that I
01sa42:8 am Jehovah,' "bo@
l4 Then
A'hab said: "By
whom?" t o which he said: "This is what JehoOZK124:f2 vahb has aaid, 'By the young men of the princess
zAc23.12

2%

Literally, "that

are at m q feet!" X. bMJehovah," M ; Kytsi.a,q,

LXX-*B; literally, "Jehovah:' dquilajs Cheek version. In palimpsesk
fragments of the b o o b of Kings aomrdi~~g
to the Cheek trandation
of the second centmy by the Jew~shproselyte hquila, found in the
synagogue genixah a t Cairo, Egypt, hut now in tho T~ylor-Schechter
Collection nt Camhidge (Englarld) Unirersity E l ~ r a ~ the
y , tr-tmgra~nmatouof the divine nmnc oceurs here mitten in ancient Hebrew characters in the midst of the && text, p r o ~ i n gthat the
divine name did appear in the ancient Oreek versions o f thc Hebrew
Ber*iptures. On this Dr. C. Taylor, iu his prrface t o Flag-ntel-its of
llro Books of hliwg~acco~diagto the trallslatiow of Aqrtila by F . C.
Ui~rEdtt (Caml~ridgeU&r,~ersity Press, 1S9Y ),
: [See boitoiln of
t1c.r t

page.]

1 KINGS 20:1%19

296

of the jurisdictional districts.' " Finally he said:

"Who will open the battle engagement?" to
which he said: "You!"
15 And he proceeded to take the count of the
young men of the princes of the jurhdictional
districts, and they came to be two hundred and
thirty-two,"and after them he took the count of "f&y\66
all the people, aU the sons of Israel, seven thou- 2 C h 14:n
sand. " And they began to go out at noon whilej
Ben -haOdadrvas drinking himself dntn km In the F g 6 ; g
booths, he together with the lcin~s,the thirty-two g;
kings that were helping him." When the young
k~P,"$;;
menr of the princes of the jurisdictional dis-'nlKl20:14
tricts came out first, Ben-hatIda at once sent out
and they came telling him, saying: "There are
men that have come out from Sa.rnar8i.a."l8At
that he said: "Whether I t is for peace that they
hnve come out, YOU should seize them dive, or
whether it is for battle that they h ~ v come
e
out, r
g :j:12
a1ive YOU shouId seize
IU
And these were i%:47;;3
the ones that came out from the city, t h e young p r 1 s : ~
18:12
men of the princes of the jurisdictfanal districts Pr
Lu 1421

and the military forces that were behind them.

And they began t o strike down each one his
man,a and the Syrianst took t o fljghtu and Israel
went in pursuit of them, but Ben-ha'dad the
king of Syria got to escapev upon a horse together with the horsemen. But the king of
35

$9,~"o&;z t i ; 5
2SR h.',

?$I\

'

Israel went out and kept strikjn~down t h e

,
homes and the chariots, and h ~ struck
:
down
i$,:i;,3
. .
the Syrians with a great s1aughtcr.s
,

*,.

r*m.16

22 Later the prophetQpproaclld the king of

Israel and said to him: "Go, strengthen yourSJf: 3 ':H
d note and see what you are going
r4 i:?~: l f k take
1 ,a f 1.20 to do, for a t the return of the yeara the king
l % nL7:~2
of Syria is coming up ageinst you."'
r:k!
23 As for the servants of the king of Syria,
;
*: CII :>:a
they said to him: "'TheirGod is a Gdd of momT'r 2:' 3
PT 2*).18 t ~ i n s . ~That
'
is why they proved stronger than
C 2 5 n ?,
:I
1
we were, So, on the other hand, let us fight
1r.l~
3 ? I I :W:IO
against them on the level land [and see] wheth!$',i$:"1% er we shall not prove stronger than they are.
'%d
do this thing: Remove the kings5 ezch
1\11 4 2 : ~
1'~1:'1:1
R(r 1 21
one
Prom
his place and put in governors instead
Clfil?1 1
le of them.' " As for you, you should number a
'li<b 22.31
military force far yourself equal to the military
2
force that fell from your side, with horse for
horse and chariot for chariot, and let us Aght
against them on the level land [and see] whefhQFs10:a er we shall not prove stronger than they are.""
Accordingly he listened t o their volcc and did
rs,s,fi:fi

:I;I

I
1

1ir:S

.IM

-#I

[CotlfJt~tr~d
from bottom o) prerimra pagr] L'Questioning the
attktetUi?nt o f Origen nnd St Jerome tbnt tn tho Old T~stamentin

Grcek the Name it139 T~SI s o n ~ e t i ~ t ~writkn

rs
in archaic Hebmw
cl~ui.ncters,Gc~enimin hia G~ac71icltic
drr brLrilieclren Sprache wptd
Grl~rrSF (1816) gave persdh~iveI'ebROllR f ~ wf liinkillg that Origen,
'eilt mittdmlisaiger Sprachke~merund wol~lnor11 ~chlcclitcrei~
Pal$og~~n]>ll,'nnd aftef him 'dcr gelehrterc Ifiaroiigmus' niistook pipi
in Oiurek capitnls for letters o f tlre Gnuimitnn nlphnbet; hut a Cairo
nli~iipas~t
now shem the Tetragrsinarrtlot~ twittcn ns they had said.
t 18
. s r ~ s u l tfit onre i n t e r e ~ t i nil11d
~ not ttnirullortant that a aord
f roa the lnonth of h o such tritncsqe~,allich lnrbed rerificatian,
fibonld a t length have heen estah2ishcd. C. Tnylor, Combridge, 15th
Sovptnhe~160'T.f'
111 ronfim~tionof this sea our Foreword to the h*ew World
IPrc~s~alatda~r
of tks Christdnw Gren7: B r ~ Curee,
i
page 12, para~ r n p h1, snd p g e 15, foot not^ b. Bee 1 &age 1:17, Lotnote a.
C'ou~pnro1 Kings 22: 0, footnote a.

'l

m:m just t h a t way.

26 And it came about a t the return of the
-11' ??I? year&that Ben-ha'dad proceded to muster the
I ' I' "":"'
Syrians' and to go up to A'pheku for battle
I..ll 9 12
against
Israel. a7 As for the sotls of Israel, they
"i;i';
,::f
*.
lrAt u ~ ra o t ~ ~ rofn the yea," that is to ray, "next apt4ng." b Or,
VPYHU 2H, Iloutnote h.
"l'llcir bwd~nre gads of mountains," Bat

I ru ?6:5
:,ICI~ s:3
z
n.*

1 KINGS 20 :33--39

299
were mustered and suppliedk and began t o go kfp$!ll
out to meet them, and the sons of b r a d went
into camp in front of them Ifke two tiny flocks
of goats, whiIe the Syrians, for their part, Riled
the
lU Then t h e man of God"' approact~cd
nml:gim
and said to the king of Israel, yes, he went on %jt!;;:s,
t o gay: "This is what Jehovah has said, 'For p::r,y?;;y
the reason that the Syrians have said, "Jehovah 1x1:-t:ls
is a Godh of mountains and he is not s. Godh)of "'l'm:m
IOW
p l ~ i n s , "I shall have to giv@all this great ,E,no:a;
crowd into your hands and YOU men wlll cer- F&3$?27
.Talk U.16
tainly know that I am Jehovah.' ' I t
rc %:lo
29 And they continued encamped for swen
days, these in front of thaae.u And it came sbout ,4y6;;::'1:0
an the seventh day that the engagement in bat- rd.r 7.5
tle begm and the sons of Israel went striking!:!,'1.;"
down the Syrians, a hundred tl~ousandmen on E$*,?h14
foot tn one d~1y.vaP And those t h a t were left ';2L;:;:B
went fleeing to A'phek,y ta the city, and the wall v;?;
came falling down upon twenty-aev!venthousand 5::;; :A;*
men that were 1eft.e As for Ben-ha'dnd, he fled" 4,yi3;;$
n %jars
and finally came into the city into the inner- h*IhChF
4s: I 1

my soul live.' " To thls he said: TI^ he sWl dive?

He is my brother.'" So the menk themselves
tmk it as an omen and they quickly t w k it as a
decision of his awn accord and went an to say:
"Ben-ha'dad is your brother."'" At that he said:
"Come, fetch him." Then Benmha'dad went out
to him, and he a t once hncl him get up into the
chariotwonL4 [Ben-ha'dad] now sald t o him:
"The citiesr that my father took from your
father I sl~allreturn, and street9 you will assign t o yourself in Dsrna~lcusthe same as my
father assigned in Sa.rnarrE.a.""And as for me,
in a covenant" T shall send you w a y . ' ' With that
he concEudcd a covenantn with him and sent
a certain man of the sonst of the
said to 111s friend by the wardu of
'Strike me, please."" Rut the man re-

ovah,r here you ehrc going away

d a lion wlll certainly strike you
down.'' After that he went away from b i d e
lion= got to Rnd him and strike

moste room.
A111 :I: I I
31 So his servanw said to him: "Here, now, ?!I%:!;'

we have heard that the fdngs of the house of

Israel are kings of loving-kinciness,VPlease,let

'i,'kL.;-':iB

.':'.zs
u s carry sackclotR3 upon our loins* and ropes1?;;;
upon our heads and let us go out to the king of a;$;f:s
Israel. Perhaps he will preserve your soul <;,.s; :$
five,"^ " Accordingly they girded ~salccloth fi'i'; .?j'?&
alsout their loins, with ropes upon their heads, y(:L2?j/
and came in to the king of Isrnel and said: w":5m1:1''
"Your servant" Ben-hardad 11as said, 'Please, let ;lfie 2 : l l
' l:(r i l , I !3.:!4

;;),I

$'Man of fled.'", ish ha-El.a.hi~~s',See I)eutt.ronorny 33 : 4, footnote

R.

"11

God4'' XI Ei.o.7ris'; the pIurnl th Ii'l,o'ah, to (l+bl~ota

cxcclln~caor rnajdy,

38 Then the prophet went and stood still for

I

at as the

khg WBB passing by he

m'LSonsof the propheta!' The Rt4st time thia =pression o e e m .

b "Striking and wounding." The Hebrew verbs here a r e in the inflaitive ahsolute, and henoe are irnpcrmaal and iodeflaite rta to
time. Con~pareE x o d u ~20 : 8, foothate 1.

cried out to the king and proceeded t o say:' Yf,Q;"Zi,

"Your servant himself went out into the thick z s n 14.4
of the battle and, look! a man was leaving the
litie and he came brin,&g a man to me and then
s:tid, 'Guard this man. If he should in any way
hc mhsing, then your soul" will have to take C;ZK1k27
Ihc place of his soul: or eIse a taIent of silvern OE;it;:$
gau will weigh out." ig And it came nbout t h ~ t :$21
ns your servant was active here and there, why,
11e himself was gone." At this the king of Israel
snld to him: "Thus your oun judgment le. You i'4 4 k 7
yourself have decided."" Upan that he hurriedly removed t h e bandage fPom over his eyes and 42
the Icing of Israel got ta recognize him, that he i;;h2i5;:
was from the pi-ophets."f2 He now said to him :
1,!;;,:1i
"Thk is what Jehovah has said, 'Forl l l e reason rl.<;l 15:9
thnt you have let go out of your hand the man ' ; \ ~ / $ $ ~ ~
clcvo2cd to me for destr~ction,~"
your soul must i2$;
i$'g
lrh<c the place of his soul]<and your people the ?j;;tg
place of his people.' "n At that the king of r;;fbf;:;h
I ~ ~ . n cwent
l
on his way toward hls house SRCT
nr~ddejected= and came to Sa.rn~r'l.a,
.JK 0.33
I hn 29: l
And it came about after these things that ;z!;:ls
there was a vineyard' that happened t o ;;;:\1;;:28
belong t o Na'both the Jez're.el.jte, which was in 1.1P Yrb ,21J T
Jezrre.eP,e beside the palace of A%ab t h e king .ra.r?~:17
of Sa.ma9i.a. ? So A'hab spoke t o Na'both, say- :!,'$
:9
ing: "Do givet me your vineyard," that i t may l'i.1 G[:I4
serve as a gardencv of vegetablesy to me,for jt ::2:,2:{7,
is close by my house, and l e t me give- you in ~,*,;:4,727
place of it a vineyard better than it. [Or] If $:;,;:qO
jt is good in your eyesz I will give you money
K;;lfi;yo
as the price of this," But Na'botl~said to A'habr

$G;A~

21

the iwrd that Na'both the JexFre.ePen t o him, when he said: ''I shall not
give you the hereditary possession of my forefathess,'TThen he lay down upon his couch and
kept his face turned, and he rlid not eat bread.'
5 Finally Jez'ebbelmhis wife came In t o him
and spoke to him: "Why is it that your spirit
is sad' and you are not eating bread?" At that
he spoke to her: "Because I proceeded 20 speak
to Xa'both the Jez're.eI-ite~ n say
d to him, 'Do
give me your vineyard lor money. Or, if you
prefer, let me give you another vineyard in
said, 'I shall not give yurt
t you that now exercise the kingael?k Rise up, e a t bread and let
merry, Z; myself shall give you
Na'both the Jezleael.ite."n U c -

?.:L

It4

"A t ~ l ~ on ft siher." Its weight wns 115 I ~ R

troy
. nnil equaled
81,'?14,40 (r.
R. A,) in April, 19.72. Fee F,soclas 38 : 24, footnote 11.
LiternU~;"tl~elunn rn7 derot~dthi~~g."
M,

"It is unthinkable' on my part, from Jehovah's

me to give the hereditary' pos-

I'

in tile letters, saying: "Proclaim11 a fast

have Na'taotb sft at the head of the people.v
make two men,y good-for-nothing" felsit in front of him and Iet them bear
s against him,' shying: 'You have cursedh

te

uGood-for-nothing fellows," Litey,ally, "HOHI 011 Betli.~I(or,~ o i q h Irbssness)," 11. $ Literally, "blefinetl, AE. 13111 unr~ilcuplietl~iubicall;y
for
"cursed" out of ~ c s p c c t ,hecnuhc, < j r > r l n11t1 t h r h king n r e the ones
~wwrd. This ia one o i t11c IaIigl~kv~>
I':~~lcnrlrttivn%
of the deffi~h
S1113E1vrin1.See &!~esis 19 : 12, f onlfirrt~n .

I KINGS 21:11-18

303

'3z;

1 KINGS 23 ;19-26

God and the king!'" And bring him out and stone
ehe is h t h e vineyard of Na'both,
;f::$
i$p whereT hhee ~has
~t 26~65
him that he may die."*
gone down t o take possession of
Ac 23:5
4:10
11 So the men of his city, the older men and * ~ ! $ ~ ~ yGe
z r ; a ~ : 9 it. Is And you must speak to him, saying, 'This
H a b 2:9
the nobIes that were dwelling in his city, did
ZEX 2 1 ~ 2 3 is what Jehovah has said: "Have you murdered
just as Jez'e-be1 had sent to them, just as it was
g,"g:lland also taken possession?"'y And you must
written in the letters that she had sent to themc oE
speak to him, saying, 'This is what Jehovah has
;i;:S *Job
;
lY
They proclaimed a fast1 and had Na'both sit lF;e2;:!4
said: "In the placp where the dogsBlicked up
at the head of the people. l3 Then two of the
,K, ,:,,'the blood of Na'both the dogs will lick up your
men, good-for-nothing fellows," came in and sat
*Zqf
g;? blood,' even yours." ' "*
down in front of him and the good-for-nothing
20 And A'hab proceeded t o say to E.lirjah:
; 22:8; *'Wave
men began to bear witness against him, that is,
you found me, 0 enemy" of mine?"" to
2Ch 18:17
Na'bath, in front of the people, saying: "Na'Am s:ro which he said: "I have found you. 'For the
Mr 12.12
both has cursedh God and the king!"' After that +lKtZl:lo
AIKI 16,30 yeasun that y o u have sold yourself to do what is
they brought him out t o the outskirts of the
igf bad in the eyes of Jehovah: here I am bringcity and stoned him with stones, so that he
O&~~~?;10ing calamity upon you,O and I shall certainly
+2K18:8 make a clean sweep after you+ and cut off from
died." "They now sent t o Jez'e-bel, saying: ' j ! $ ~ ~ ~ ~
2I<i 10,7
"Na'both has been stoned so that he is dead."" zs$3:$$
anyone urinatinf against a wa1P and the
f ; ~ ; ~ ; : : ~A'hab
~
z ~1 i0 : i ~helpless* and worthless onea" in Israel. ? ? And
15 And it came about that, as soon as Jez'e- i g j fi2&
2K1 10:N
#mi l4:lO I shall certainly constitute your house like the
be1 heard that Narboth had been stoned so Ec5:S
that he died, Sez'e-be1 immediately said to
h o w of Jer.o.bo'amn the son of Ne'bat and like
I
kDe
2Ki m:%
9:8
A'kab: "Rise up, take possession of the vine:I
,2gi:";f$the house of Ba'a.shar the son of A.hirjah, for
the offense with which you have offended and
yard of Na'both the Jez're.el.ite," which he re- u$$\:37
then eaead Israel to sin.'a And also as refused to give you for r n ~ n e y , ~for
k Na'both is pJ$l$;J
ajz;;;;;;
1 ~ I$:ZB
1
gards Jezre.belJehovah has spoken, saying, 'The
no longer dive, but dead." ]%And
it came about
t2K1 9.10
z i
very dogs will eat up Jezle.bel in t h e plot of land
that, as soon as A'hab heard that N a ' h t h was
Ps 7 2 6
" A n y one of Athab's dying in the
dead,' A%ab at once rose up to go down t o the-!&$:;
,,IK~14:Ll of Je~'re.d.~
vineyard of NaJboth the Jez're.el.ite, to take g;g:13
:f!::;icity the dogs will eat up and anyone dying in
RO 1:3z
the field the fowls of the heavens will eat
possession of it,a
ZFe 2:15
25 Without exception no one has proved to be
17 And Jehovah's3 wordt came to E.liljahu g;cEg;:l9
y:,K: ;
;::2F like
A%ab,y who sold himself to do what was
the TishJbite, saying: " "Rise up, go down t o ,'2"1~~2!;62;
:;g;:;;g
18:4 bad in the eyes of JehovahJZwhom Jez'e.bel"
meet A'halo the king of Israel, who is in Sa.marrIKi 19:2
I
And he went on t o act very
pr 2214 his wife egged
Wood-for-nothing fellows." Literally. "som of Berli.al {or, ~ o r t h detestablp by going after the dungy idols? the
E??i!zPa
ly,
A'l. But wed euphenlrstlcally foz
Iessness) ," X, J ~ ~ C ~ n l"blessed,"'
I
:i78 same as all that the Arnror-itesdhad done, whom
''cursed" ant of iberpect, bemuse God and the Hiu:, are the one5
cursed. This is one of the Eight~enEmendations of the JPTF~G~ r
a Literally, "and one restrained end one let go (or, abandoned) ," M.

v2Fi

el$?;:

Gophei-im. See Genesis 1 S : 22, footnote a,

Ree

Deuteronomy 32 : 36, footnote a.

1 KINGS 21227-22 :6

304

Jehovah drove out on account of the sons of

ace IS:IB
I~rael."'~
Ilr 12:!31
27 And it came about that as soon as A%ab
;
!
;
;
I
head these words he proceeded to rip his
clothes apart and to put S R C I ~ C I O ~ ~ 'upon his 'F:n3:iyf
flesh," and he went on a fast and kept s i t t l n ~ "1"
E2e
jn s~ckclothand walking despondently ,""Rd
Jehovah's word came to E-Ii'jah the Tish'hitc,
saying: 2o "Rave you seen how A'hab has humbled himself on my a ~ c o u n t ?For
~ the reason *$;#$
that he has humbled himself because of rnc, I
shall not bring the calamity In his ovn d ~ y s .g
'',M:,P;A;
In the days of his son I shall bring the calamity
*EX m!~
lpon his house.""
21CI n:*a
10:1
And for three years they continued ;$Kt
21-c b I(E:U
dwelling without war between Syria and
Israel. 2 A n d it came about in the third year,
that JchoshJa.phatk t h e king of J u d ~ l h pl'0-'k2fi1&!4
ceeded t o go down to the king of Isracl, T h e n 2C'h ~ : 3
the king sf Israel said t o his servants: "Do sou
redly lmow that Ra'moth-gil%.adn belongs t o ; ; ,4
us? Yet we are hesitating t o take it out of the ;E;$g
hand of the king of Syria." %d he went on

305

Jehovaha wlI1 give it Into the king's hand,')

7 But Je.hoshra.phatsaid: "Is there not hem
a prophet of Jehovah still? Then let us inquire
j.21f13:11 through him.'" * At that the king of IsraeI said
ZCh 18:6
to Je.hosh'a.phat: ''There is still one man
L - I K ~ ~ B * fhro~tghu~homt o inquire of Jehovah,%but I
lI<1 19:lO
*1!i121:20 myself certainIy hate him,' far he does not
2 C h =:I6
rJs ~ 2 1prophesy good things concernfng me but badDHe b 11.37

t o the fight at Rakmoth-gil'e.ad?"FA t thjs Jehosh'a.phat said to the kina of Ismcl: "I am

t h e same as you. My people are the same as your

peoplenSMy horses are t h e same as your horses.'":;
3&
5 However, Je.hosh'a.phat went on t o say t o
the king of Israel: "hquire,t pkase, first of all ty;g;%sl
for the word of Jehovah." So t h e king of Israel
i$
collected the prophets together," &bout four Ip:$l
4%
hundred men, and said to them: ''Shall I go ~ ~ l l ~ l l H : 1 e
against Ra'moth-gil'e-ad in war, or shall I re- '';F$i',i!T
frain?" And they began t o say: "Go
and ;!3;',%!+

Mi.caitahb the son of Im'lah," However, Je.hoshta.phat said: "Do not let the king s ~ ay thing
MCh 18:7 like that,"b
9 Accordingly the king of Israel called a
certain
court off)ciaIphandsaid: "'Do bring
ggt
P !
153.39:;
Mi.caikhb
the son of Imrlah qujckly.'" ""Now
'2Ch 16.8
the king of Israel and fe.hosh'a-phat the king of
%Es5:1 Judah were sitting each one on his throne,"
'EF 8:8
clothed in garments,' in the threshing floor a t
the entrance of the gate of Sa.marri.a, and d l
ezc~ls:llthe prophets were acting as prophetsu before
them.# Then Zed,e.ki'ah the son of Che.nat@;,hg::&
&e 133 a.nak made for himself horns of iron1<and said;
1c Jsr 27:2
Jer ZF~:IO "This is what Jehovah has said," 'With these
Jer 2E:2
nJer
23:17 you will push the Syrians mtjl you exterminate
J e r 29:21
'*
l
other prophets were
~
~ them.'
~
3 l'"And
~
6~ l the
1"2Ch18:10prophesying the snme RT that, saying : ' G o up
s J e r 2 m to Ra'rnoth-gil'e-ad and prove successf~l,~
and
Jehovah 1r.ill certainly give it into the king's
t26h 1Rll hmd-tbt
13 And the messenger that had gone to call
Mi.cairahb spoke to him, saying: "Look, now!
"Jehovah," in ngrcen~entwith tll0 Oreek v r r ~ i o no ~f A q n i l ~ gym,
CIK1 m i 2

I
1

22

f o say to Je-hosh'a-phat: 'Will you go wit11 me

1 KINGS 22:7-I3

inncht~sant1 Theodotion ; T nttd 20 I T ~ b t o ~mnau~rriptu

v
; "A.rlo.tmyp
Itlie Lord],') 11;Do'rni,rrire,, TTg;h'g's'i.o~,
Jftrrf7jcr, Rg. (Colar n r e I Kings 20: 13, footllol,~L.) Thin is nue o f tile 131 places
11-here the J e i s h Sopherila nllored l"lto.trrrL' iri tllc 1l~lircmt e x t to
wnd .A.rJo.nuy'. S c c C4encrig IF; : 3, fool note n. b ;Micbd'irh tt, M;
1111vatililg" T h o k like Tnll(u) l"

he said: '1 shall

and 1 shall certainly become a decepf ~ ~ tive
~ ~ spirit
l B in the mouth of all hls pr~phets.'~
So he said: 'You will fool him and, 13rhat is more,
eRez1$:17
i n you will came off the wlnnm.16 Go out and do
that way.'^ an And now here Jehovah has put a
r2Ch 1R21
deceptive spirit into t h e mouth oP nZ1 these
prophets of yours,^ but Jehavnh himwlf has
y,E,X,$&
De 2:m spoken calamity concerning you.'jx
ZCh 2 - 5 3
24 Zed.e.kitah the son of Che-na'anah now
,Isa,,,B:9,:,,approached
and struck Mi-cai'ah upon the cheek*
;g13
'4;"3
and
said;
"Just
which way did the spirit of
z~;,%;&
?ch15:22 Jehovah pass along from me to speak with
*7R13"T
~ C I1
, 6 : ~yo^?''^ zJ At that IMi.caifaahsaid: "Look! you are
3Ir 1 4 f 5
seeing [which w a y ] on that dayd when you wilI
A, 23:2
enter
the innermost4 room t o hide yourself."'
2:F,"&23
mountains, like sheepathat have no shepherd."O: $:\$?
'"
Then
the king of Israel said: "Take Mi.cai'ah
g;z
And he went on to say: "Jehovah is not a mas- OJ;"
and turn him back t o A'mon the chief of the
'B2m*'25city and to Jotash the Iting's son,' ?'And you
tcrb t o these. Let them go back each one t o his ;*:: ;;;;
MI 0 : : ~
house in peace."'
must say, 'This L what t h e Icing has said: "PUT
1H.16
18 Then t h e king of Israel said t o Je.hoshta- *2l'h
this fellow in prisonQnd f ~ e dhim with a rePr 1n:a
~~~~o
phat: "Did I not say t o you, 'He will prophesy
duced allowance of breadu and a reduced allow??13;32
1 3 2 ~IS:=
1
concerning me, not good things, but bad1?"@ mh18:1'
ance of water until I come in peace," ' ."')< W PQn
19 And he went on to say: "Therefore hear .m ,:.,
that Mi.cai'ah said: "If you return at all in
the word of Jehovah:' I certainly see Jehovah ' ~ ~ ~ ~ : l , peace, Jehovah has not spoken withame."n And
18:Zf h e added: "I-Iear, all You peoples."r
sitting upon his k n e * a n d all thearmy of the ;;y7'??
heavens standing by him, to his right and to his $ ~ ; : f , ~
29 And the king of Israel md Je.hosh'a.phat
lefLk " And Jehovah proceeded to sny: 'Who I-'$10i:m
the
k2ng of J u d ~ hpmceedc~lto go up t o RdmathAeen18:28
will faol A'hab, hat he may go up and fall nt Ink aR +6 .t2a
giIk.ad.8 36The kin^ of Israel now mid t o JeRatmoth-giltenad?'And this one began t o s ~ y
hosh'a.phat : "'There ~villbr n rlIsmd.slng and ensom.ething like this, while that one was saying ~ t : ~ ~ I~ ~ , ,
teringh into the battle [for rnc I , but you, for
something like that.D Finally a splrttmrcame $;61$,;
~ ~ ~ b ~1r2n: Flu, TIIF IFF PI mill be a
out and stood before Jehovah and said: '1 my-1;,:
Or, "spoken by." C o ~ t i p on~' m
~lisguisingand eiltesiog,"31. TIIF Il rlhr19w \'FI'~IU hcl'c nre nnd~rstood
self shall faol him.' At that Jehovah ~ a f dto him :
In I)P in the infirlitive n ) ~ ~ o l ! Rl tI ~I ~~~ I F I I I ~1F1 1 ' ~i i l l l ~ ~ ~ u ~and
l l n lintlcfinite na to time. "Tnke nrnrnr nnt3 P I I ~ P ~ ,Tr;
''
''1 sl~nllcampletelg
Literally, "one month," M. Or, Tord." M, aodo.trim',tho plural
the words of the prophets are unanlrnoudyBof
g a d to the king. LRt your wad, please, k o m e
like the word of one of them, and you must
speak W."Y
l4 But Mi-cai'ah said : "As J e h u
~x h la:*
vah is living'v what Jehovah will say to me, Y * K l ~ ~ l ~
that is what I shall speak."y la Then he came in y$hT%$
to the king, and the king proceeded to say to f~~2;::;
him: "Mi.cairah,shall we go to Ra'rnoth-gil'e-ad J6 W, P :>lma
In war, or shall we refrain?" At once h e snid 2c0 7:d
i!:l7
to hlm: "Go up and prove s~ecessful,~
and Jeho- &!gf.$.jT
vah will certainly give it into the Iring's hand."' .;j(;,:j;,
%
I A
t that the king said t o him; "For how many
tc;!4
times am I putting you under oathQ that you ql;i~;rlx:s.~
"'
should not speak to me anything but truth I11
r
the name of
l 7 So he said: "I cer- A2ch
tainly see all the Israelites scattered on the

s2Q118:m

' B y what meansl'a a T o thfs

go forth

"'

bz:$$

~~~~~~

of

cl.d6>1',to denote majesty or exeellen@e.

vlrvrr rn~w?fand enkl-," LSX TS y.

1 KINGS 2 2 ; 3 1 4 8

308

your part, put on your garments.'"

,
the king ofkraeldisguisedUhimself and entered Tqy,yf
into the battle.' As for the king of Syria, he ; it;&
had comanded the thirty-twar chiefs of the h;!2%
;2
;
. J ~ . T~ s . - . t
chariots that were his, saying: "You must vl'(:h
1b,?8

fight," neither with the small' nor ihe great, y l r \ ~YI,:~

but with the king of Israel alone,"I And It: &PI,):!?;
came about that, as soon as the chiefs of the " \ $ ~ : I ~ I , ~ ~
chariots saw Je.hoshta.phat,they, for their part, ,jf;< g;:,
said t o themselves: "Surely it is thc king of
I ~ r a c l , "So
~ they turned aside against him t o "2Chlg:sl
fight, and Je.hosh'a.phat began to cl-y for aid, 'F:g;$'
And i t came about that, as soon as the chiefs F; ?&,I::
*
of the chariots saw that it w a s not the king of
Israel, they immediately came back from fob
ech 1 8 : ~
lowing him.'
34 And there was a man that bent the bow in
his innocence3 and he got t o strike"the kjng of ;;%
?;;;
I
Israel between t h e appendages md the coat" of~;f~
;;;
I
mail, so that he said to his charioteer; "Turn t i l m 9:e
IrSUh 18:s
your hand around and take me out from the
camp, because I have been badly wounded."" ni$,"lz,35
Y%d the battle kept rising in intensity on that
'1
day, and the king himseIf had t o be kept in a
standing position in the chariot facing the r l ~ t ~ Q ~
'"15
Syrians, and gradually he died" in the evenlng'
and the blood of the wound kept pouring out
upon the interior of the war chariot.^ wJAndm2C1'18!S1
the ringing csya began t o pass through the camp
about the setting of the-sun, saying: "Everyone
t o his cityt and everyone to his Innd!"u " Thus tq:jlifj:!
the Icing died, When he was broughtqto Sanmar'- t;!$72,
I
La, then they buried the king in Sa.msri.a.
$;
$
"And they began t o wash o f f the war chariot
I

"

&

Or, ,possihlg, ('And the herald."

cnnre, JZSF; " t h q came," L-U".
1

"He was hror~&"

1 KINGS 22 :39--47

309

A~ccodingly trK122:10

l'g;

"110

;blz,P Iby the poal of S~.mar'inm d the dogsv went

Ed$$; ,licking up his blood (and the pmstitcrtes them; $ 7 selves bathed there), according to Jehovah's
had swken.s

z..?Iil3i.l9~WQ~YI
he

that

:e:a%1,and39allAsthatforhethedidrest
of the affairs2 of A'hab
and the house*of ivory" that

>j/$:z:,

he built and all the cilies that hc built, are they

not tvritteiz in the boolc of the affairs of the days
~ 2 27.15
Eze
; : 6
~ m & . d of the kings of Israel?
Ancl A'hab got to lie
ADe 31.18
253 ; : i ~ down with his forefathers," and A.ha.zi'ahah
his
l l i i 2:lO
Ira 14.31 son began to reign In place of him.
t21<l 1:2
41 AS for Jebhoshrabphnt'the son of Aka, he
zCh
2c:35
+lFk:!O, had become kin^ over Judah in the fourth year
of A'hah the king of Brael. 4 3 Je.hosh'a.phat was
3it 1.5
"!lr-:a
4:17 thirty-five years old w11en he began to reign and
2x1 S:16
X I ; ; ~ li:n for twenty-five yenrs he reigned in Jeiusalern;"
lhl 10.2
x i 3510 and his mother's* nRme WRSA.zu%ah the daugh* T h 1;:3
ter of Shil'hi. 4 9 And he kept walking in all the
I L I K 15:s
~
lllIiiI5:ll
way of A'SRhis f~ther."He did not turn aside
:IC1,
from it," by doing what was right in the eyes
$$;;;;;i3
of Sehovah,1' Only the high places1'themselves
r:$:i;g3
lr:i 15:1-1 did not disappear." The people were still sacri21iI 12.3
144 ficing and rnalcing sncriflcial smoke on the high
15:4
21ir 16:D places. " And Je.hoshPa.phatkept peaceful relal'Ch 1317
39.2 tions with the kina of Israel." " As far the rest
"06-1"of
the affaiizs of Je.hoshha.phatand the mightit!:<j
?:..I1
l a l i : 2 9 ness with which Ile acted and how he warred,
1135 19:12
-I 1424 are they not written in the boolcl o f the affairs
1::12
nv 1 : : ~ of the days of t h e kings of Judah? *a And the
1Co 6:9
rest of the male temple prostitwtesll that had
I ,'II.LO
Jtlrle
, G , Y B . ~ S been left over in the dnys oP A'SR his father he
cleared out S ~ o mthe land,
E:
47 AS regards a king, there was none in
>'"""4
,:.cl 3:9
Erclom;'
a deputy mas king.y
-111"O
I-'.- 1i~s.9
not
;t.ltJvrz.idk~,Sf; mcnning "ITnlr (a) hns trrkcn hold?'
~lisnppear," N;"he did not re~norr?L.LYt'gEy.

$2;!,'g22

48 Je.hoshFa.phat, for his part, made Tar'.

shishs &ips to go to B'phir for gold, md they
did not go,' because the ships were m w k e d at
E'zi.on-ge'ber." " It was then that A.ha.ziraht l ~ e
son of A'hab said to Je.hoshta.phat: "Let my
servants go with your s e i ~ a n t sin the ships,"
stnd Je.hosh'aqhat did not consent.
50 Finally Je.hosh'a.phat" lay down with hjs
forpfathersQand was buried with his forefathers
En the city* of David his forefather, and Je.hot.
ram4 his son began to reign in place of him.
51 As for A.ha.zitah1the son of A'hab, he became king aver Israel in Sa.mar'l,a in the seven1
teenth year of Je.hoshfa.phatthe king of Judah,
and he continued to reign wer Israel for two'
years. " And he kept doing what was badmin
Jehawh's eyes and rvenl walking in the way of
his rath~rkand in the way of his mother and in
the way of Jera-bo'amn the son of Ne%at,who
had caused Israel t o sin.' h 9 And he continued
serving 13a'alnand bowing down t o him and kept
oflendingt Jehovah the God of Lsrael according
t o all that hls father had d0ne.u

THE SECOKD OF

KINGS

or, scoorfing to the Gmek Sepkmght,

TL-TE FOCRTR OF KWGS

@mm1
-CC 1933'1

II
I

Nu 2J:17

QSa 8 3

began revoltuagainst Israel

after the death of A'habP
1And
through
gratRTo'abcm

to

2 Then A.ha-zitahfell down

the
ing
in his rmf chamber that was in Sa-rnar'i.a
:-"<I
3:s
t1Ki l:16 and g o t sick. So he sent messengers and said to
ML 10:25 them : "Go, inquire of Rar~l~ze'bubao
the god"' of
ut3 2 2 4
Ek'rsn' whether I shall revive from this slckEi
:
?:5
+J
1 ~I!:
li:33
?<1
ness."' As for the angel of Jehovah,' he spoke
lsa 5 : 1 2 to E-ll'jahc tlre Tish'bite:
"Rise
go up to
6lSa 510
LK!14:s meet the messengers 01' the Ling of Sn.mnr'i.a
"Kl E B
-1crls 22 and say t o them, 'Is it became there is no Godrn
*Sp 13 5
alT in Israel4 that YOU we going to inqujre of
,, ,,:, at
Ba'al-ze'buba the god', of Ekrron?t So thcrefore this is what Jehovah has said: "As regards
k~k~;;:,
~ . l r c i l s : ~the couch upon which you have gone up, you
~~~i11notcomedoanoflit,healuseynrwillposi
tively die." ' "U With 1hnt E.li'jczhcwent off,
P
2 :
Jon 1 : s
LIT 3.22
5 When the messengers came back t o him he
11Gc" 17
1-:ci..:1
imrncdfatelysaidtothcm:
"lJ71yisitthatrOu
xu ? C : G
I T 11:19 have come back?" " So tl~ey
said t~ him: "There
I<c R+13
~ s s-11
n
was a man that calm up t o meet us and he psoceedcd to say to us, 'Go, return to the king who
I
sent YOU and YOU must speak t~ him: "This is
2t;i 3:s
1CblB:l
1.s w.8

1
I
I

11
I

:cii,:9x

a Npa11in~iWrvnnb

LOP^) of ? ~ P R , ' ' C ~ l n p ~ rkei n t t l ~ ~ w

12 : 24,
footnote 13. B "CIOII." JI, el.o.hi~r~
, tha p111rul of rl.o't{lt, tn dcnnte
fizccllence nurl rlicin~pnwrs, nnd IIPTP ppplied to nn'nl-~c'llnh.
Cbn~pfireJuqlzcar 16 :23, footnote n. El,r.ivlfi', 11; El.i.ott', L.LY;
EF.i'.rrs, T-g, Cotr~llnra1 Kings 17 : 1, foot note e.

2 KINGS 1:7-12

313

312

what Jehovah has said, 'Is it because there is no!

God at all in Israel that you are sending to In-;
quire of Ba'al-zerbuba the g o d h of Ek'ron? I
Therefom, as regads the much upon which you
have gone up, you will not come clown off it, because you will positively die.' '' ' " v
spoke to them: "What was the
t h e man that came up to meet

kM"
,;:&

g;2ils

n&':2&

rIaa
g b1:s
p;p
J e r 5:3

spoke these words to YOU?'" So they snid l o , a f ~ 20:2

n
him: "A man possessing a hair garment," ~I!!I
$:ic4
st Peathcr belt girded about his Ioinrj."~ Irnn~ediately he said: "It was E . l i ~ a 1 1the
~ Tlsh'l~ita."\;y;;;+~~
?:g
9 And he prcceeded to send to him a cl~jefl.cf
fifty u3th his fifty." When he went up to him, ~'iki
there he was sitting upon the top of the rno::n- I :F:bi,':r
11 3
tnin." He now spoke t o him: "Man of God,rFt ! ~ e7.JIL
1f<l I H . 4 2
king himseIf has spo!ren, 'Do come down. , ,, I 3.w
But EJj'jahg answered and spoke t o t h e chief $2;I"27
of the fifty: "Well, if I am a man of God,]' Ict jl:(i:
Are' come down from t h e heavens and eat up 'i;
\/,\;,
you and your fifty." And Are came descendii~g;:j 3);8:
from the heavens and went eating up him and !rcZj 1.':28
CUR 3 2 2
Ilks fifty.&
11 So he sent again to him another chiefc of
Afty with his fifty." In turn he ans~verdand '2$n1$i1
spoke to him: "Man of God,? this is what t h e , 15n2S.il
king has said, Qo come down quickly.' "" But'*lSn
PT m22:18
12
E.li'jahd answered and spoke t o them: "If I am lhn
3J-.;T
a man of God.' let fireC come down from the1 :?K~":W
)I&

ai6Bn'nl-zo.'lb~~b,'*See verse 2! foatt~oten. ~ " ' O c ~ d , ")7r~VBI.HO 3,

footl~ate11, C Litern1l)-, <"Arnan nn 01vnci3 (btcn'el) o f l i i ~ i t - , " RI,
d Fee verse 3, footnote c, e "Chief," 31, srtr; Tg, p ~ i t ~ ' { ~ t ~ if aL, <a, l I n ~ ~
of God," M, is71 Fta-El.o.7iimt; literally, "mon ol' Tlu~rind." Scbc
Dcnterononry 33 : 1,footnote n. E'l.i,ic~'krt, 31. pro 1 Kiiigs 17 : 1,
f'ocrttlofe e. "'>Ian of God.'' 31, iab EF.o.hii~r'; ~r-lthoattlu dcflnite
nrticlc ko ['.The") before the title El,o.lrim'.

aEx 11 s
Ku 12:ll
60.14

2 KINGS 1~13--17

heavens and eat up you and your fifty." And

firek of God came descending from the heavens
and went eating up him and his fiftyen
13 And he went on to send again a third chief
of fifty and his Afty.' Rut the third chief of fifty
went up and came and bent doi~rnupon his knees
in front of E.1itjah*and Degnn to jmplares favor

of him and s p e k~ to him : "Man of G ~ d ,please

~t
let my soulti and the soul of tl~esefifty servants
of yours be precious* in your eyes, Here fire
K
:,:$
l,:7
came down from the hewens and went eating
,
:
;%
:
,2
1
P S ~ Z : Iu
~ p ~
the two former chiefs of fifty and their
y2Kt 1:10
:ml:rr fifties, but now let my soul be precious in your

'?$,"$::&

i eyes.OZ

Ps 116:15

Pr 5:26

h ~ t16:%
Ac 20 2 1

*GE 13:l

Ps 213

lsa 51:U

$&kg

i:E1&&

,ysp1:ls
;9?jf$

<e2:17
Xu 26:65

&
+

15 At that the angel of Jehovah0 spoke t o

Eli'j&:a "60down with him. Do not be afraid
because of him."' So he rose and went do119
with him to the king, lU
Then he spoke to him:
"This is what Jehovah has said, 'For t h e reason
that you have sent messengersn to inquire of
Baral-ze%ub4the god^ of Ek'ron,O is it because
there is no Gad at all In Israel of whose word to
inquire? Therefore as regards the couch upon
which you have gone up, you will not come down
off it, because you will positive!y die.' "* '"And
he gradually died, according to the word of
Jehovah that E.lj'jahn had spoken, and 3e-borramdo began t o rejgn in place of him, in the second year of Je.hotrasn the son of Je.hashra.phat
the king of Judah, because he had not come to
have a son,

'El.k.h'hzr, M ; thns th-angh the! red of the! nccount t o 2 R i n g s

10 :17, and a t 2 Vhr~oniclc*~
21 : 12, b "Man o f God," 31, isla Lrit~~l.o.kinet;
literally, "mnn of The Qod!'
3ce Deutcro~~otny
33: 1,
I'notnote a. a
>II pl,o.Jzin~'~&P Y ~ 3,Cfnothbte h, "Je.ho'rrlnl," 31; "Je.botralu his b r o t l ~ ~ r ~ X L Z , T ; L R f lodlrlon.
~ ~ I f ~ t ~TgS,r.

"

315

18 As for the rest of AA.ha.zirah's'

things that 'Wl
he did, EWE they not written in the baoku of the L:Ef z;g

2 KINGS 2:7-14

JordanmPJx
But he said: '% AsJehovah

js Jivingf
5
and
as your soul fs 1iving,k 1 will not leave you.""
affal~sof the days of the kings of Israel?
SO both of them went on. And there were fifty
menr of the sons OF the prophets~that went and
isa
1
5
:
~
s
And It c m e about that when Jehovah was
2Ki 4:M
n2K12:2 kept standing In view at a distance; but, as for
t o take E.liPjahbin a windstorm up to the l ~ ~ ~ ~ " : 1
11cavens'~E.litjah and E.li%shanrproceeded t o go filch
r:Ei :iI:ii:3 both of them, they stood by the Jordan, 'Then
r ~ G 6:24
e~i:l6
7-li'jah took his omcia1 garments and mapped
from Gil'gaLbs zAnd E.li'j~h began t o say to FJl;::;q
~~~~~&~~
up and struck the watersQand gradually they
EJi'sha: a "Sit here,' please, because Jehova11 t;;~pr;;,;~
; : &m 3e;;:;: 4 itwere
divjded this wng ~ n that
d
way, so that
hrmself has sent me clear to Beth'el."o Rut E.11'-ozli~n i r s
Mt 11:8
11:31
~ E X I ~ : both
~I
of
them
went
across
an
the
dry gr0und.c
shn said: "As Jehovah is Iivingo and as your nljlb
t 1 L U 1:15
Jos 3:16
9 And it came about that as soon as they had
PS 111:5
soul is l i ~ l n gI, ~will not leave you."r SO they j':P,z;$g
gone across E.ll"jaht1 himself said to E.li'sha :
went down to Beth'eI.e a Then the sons' of the ~ ~ ~ ; ' ~ $ j U*g,"bl:il&
h I t 173
propheiFo that were at Beth'el came out to ;fp:;;,
V I C ~m:19 "Ask what 1 should do far you M o r e I am taken
Edi'sha and said to him: "Do you really know Sii
?s.l;!>s
,
$:& from you."" To this E-li'shasaid: "Please, that
9 h u X : m two parfsy in your spjrft"2 may came to me."'
that today Jehovaho is taking your master4 67"r L~ 4;:Yl
l lh G
De 2?:17
a:9
lo At t h a t he said : 'Tou have askedo a dWicult
flmm headship over you?" At this 1;le said: "I, 2Sn ''I"
15:21
Lu 19'1
. l r ~ hD.W
A
C
I : ~ thing. If you see m e when taken from you, it
too, well know i t B e silent."
sr:c 2 ~ 1 9
Ac 8.17
1 ICt 12:20
will happen to you that way: but if [you do]
*IKI 3:9
4 E-li'jah now said to him: "E.lisha, dt here, *IS,,
I:,:L.u
not, it will not happen.''
6!$
:igZ4
please, because Jehovah himself has sent me to !ji:i
aim 2:iz
11 And it came about that as they were walkJer'i.ch~."~
But he said: "As Jehovah is livingA,4';;Yi.2,
AC 1 : ~
ing
along, speaking aa they walked, why, look!
~ n as
d your soul is living, I will not leave you." &;,I:;;,,
!%: :&
a fiery war-chariotQpand tlery horses, and they
a1.n
So they came on to Jer'i*cho. Then the sons of
proceeded to mnlce a separation between them
the prophetsc that were at Jer?.cho ~pproaclied
p$&a
H e b l : 1 4 both and E.li'jah went ascending in the windE.1Ysha and said to him: "Do you really know
+Eze 1:4
A11 the while E.litsha
thht today Jehovah is taking your mnsteld from
ec;e 5 : ~Storrnl to the heavens.*
cJo8121
hcadshfp over you?"* At this he said: "& too,
Heb
He> u
mr
1
5
3 was seeing it and he was crying out: "My famai s:n ther,= my father: the war chariot"
Israelf
\vcII know it.' Be silent."'
*2K15:13
~.GP
2 1~8:10
2:s
~ 1
and
his
homemen!"
And
he
did
not
see
h
h any
6 E.liPjahnow said to him: "Sit here, plealse,
z:l:l5
13:14 rnoredkConseqtiently he took hold of his o m
because Jehovah himself has sent me to the
kLu W:54
dothes and ripped them into two pieces." After
AC 1:9
n a I:U
1 I I ~ n ~ l i n "God
g
is salwtion.'' L,YX', B.llaacliae'; Vg, E n ! i ' ~ p ~ s ,
1:20 that he picked up the ofilcial garmentr of E.li'k L~Cifl'gnl,'J
Not Gilfgpll do\m in f l ~ c b Jnrtlnll v n l l ~ yilenla dn~*'i.rho,
jah that had fallen off him and he went back and
rf&%~8
hut tlv> Giltgal not far away fronl Brtl~'r1nnd do113~ I'ranl \r.Ilirl~
sit4 stood by fAe shore of t h e Jordan, Then he
they rotilrl go to Betb'el, as etnted in \-erne 2. Rtw 2 T i i n g ~4: AS,
adlSon*o f the prophets:' See 1 K n m 2 0 : 35, L'nntl~otcn. * O r j
a "Sons of the prophets." Bee 1 Klagn 20: 95, fuotnate a,
Or,
lllorcl."+JI,a.do.rrhnr, the p1ma3 of a.rf,ifirt,to ~lryioteCXPPTIP~PP or
"war chariots." M, recb'sb; poseiblg i n s colleative senae, as also
grmtneas.

rG13:10
308 1s

?sa 1 ~
%-Sa 14:s
1:29
kl5a 1:25

'""

in v m 11.

2 KINGS 2:15-21

317

316

2 KINGS 2 :22-3

:6

rgZiF435 causing of miscarriages result from it.' "'" And

took the officials garment of E.litjah that had 32Xl2:8
Re22:17 t h e water continues healed down to this day,
rGc t2.8
fallen off him and began t o strike the waters'
according to E,li'sha1sword that he spoke.
'la1
28:20
and say: "Where is Jelrovah" the God of E.IiL
~
~
;&
a
;le
-4m 3:14
23 And he proceeded to go up from there to
jah, even He?"u And he kept striking the wa- Ufz3l,:,
tJob 19:B
Beth'el.8
As he was going up on the may, there
ters, and gradually they were divided this way Pps,X&
;
;gj;; were small
boyst that came out horn the city
xsn 1:4
v z x i z:9
and that way, so that E.1itsha went across.'
11Go 21:9
and began to derideu him and that kept saying
Z C %:I6
~
15 When the sons of the prophets that were
Pr13:13
at JerFi.chogot to see it from in front, they beIsa 2a:2z to h i m ,, "Go up,' you baldhead! Go up, you
Z f FinaIIy he turned behind him and
gan to say: "The spirity of E-li'jah has settled yNU
LU
IT^Ikl"aldhead!"
a:8
N Ua7:m
n:m
saw
them
and
called down eviP upon them in
down upon EJi'sha." Accordingly they came t o T;f:2
v;;g;&?
c i ~ 16:2
h
the name of Jeh0vah.O Then two she-bearsz
meet him and bowed downz to him t o the earth.
came out from the woods and went tearing to
And they went on to say t o him: 'Here, now,
i;
:is7
there are with your servants fifty men, valiant ZJOS 4:14
5Z12i2Fpieces forty-hvo children3 of their number,*
z s And he kept going from there t o Mount Carppersons. Let them go, please, and look for your 2 K i 4;37
YE 957
Jgg:2p
2K11:10 rne1,O and from there he returned t o Sa-mar'i-a.
master.a I t may be that the spirit" of Jehovah *g;; $?;i2
3sr 2826
A C 5:9
"'
11:14
has lifted him up and then thrown him upon one g;:
AS for Je,ho'samA the son of A'hab, he beAc 13:ll
of the mountains or in one of the valleys." But a c 8:39
came king over Israel in Sa-ma9i.a in the
z2~a
17:s
he said : "You must not send them.'"%d
they
eighteenth year of Je.hosh'a.phat the king of
;;gi
g
kept urging3 him until he was embarrassed, so ~ ~ ~ 8 Q 2 2
HQ13:s Yudah, and he continued to reign for twelve
*Be 3235
that he said: "Send."" They now sent fifty men flSa 18~23
IK~
1 . 3 : ~years, And he kept on doing what was bad in
1Kl 20:36
and they kept looking for three days and they
Jehovah's eyes,O only not like his father' or like
N n 1.2
did not find 11irn.~Is When they returned to him Ogt;;;:3
his mother, but he removed the sacred pillar3
he was dwelIing in JerFi.cho.lThen he said to l:gTi;Fg
of Ba'al that his father had madenoW n l y he
diZ',k2~,
them: "Did I not say t o uov, 'Donot go'?"
to the sins of Jer.oaboram9theson of Net,!:; 1:$&~ 3 1stuck
19 In time the men of t h e city said to E.litbat,
with
which he caused Lsrael to sin.* He did
a8iI<L16:s~
sha: "Here, now, t h e situation of the city is +Nu12,11
not
depart
from them.
'
;
h;
:
;
$
good, just as my masterc+ is seeing, but the :zi:iia
IT15:li
alKi ~ : 1 6 4 AS regards Me'sha the king of Mo'ab, he
watere is bad and the land is causing rnkcar:&:& ::fb$';'
became a sheep raiserk and he paidn t o the king
riages.""?OAt that he said: "Fetch me a small xE$$y
rlzsa 8:2
of Israel a hundred thousand lambsr and a hunrIsd 16:1
new bowl and put salt* in it." So they fetched
dred thousand unshorn male sheep." And i t
;
;
;
;
;
;
#
I
it for him. Then he went on out: to the source g$gn
s z r ~ i ~ : l came about that as soon as A'hab d i d s the king
of the water and threw salt in it1<and said: ATr 9:5b
tach 21:lQ of Mo'ab began t o revoltt against t h e king of
"This is what Jehovah has said, I
Ido make this 2'??, 2%'
,,lSnn:s Israel. Consequently King Je.ho'ram went out
water l~ealthful.~
No more will death or any f i $ ~ ~ ~ s
IFij :;'i";, on that day from Sa.mar'i.a and musteredu a11
a Or>rrlord."&I,a.cle.ndtn'. See verse 3, footnate d. b Or, "wind+" 31,

t%,3z12

sw'ahk j ZXX, p~teu'liaa; Vg, ~pi'ri.21ts. Or, "illy lord." 31, a.do.gzi'.

Or, "the wool of a hundred tboasand male sheep."

319
Israel. 7 He went furfher and now sent to Jehoshta.phat the king of Judah, saying: T h e
king of Mo'ab himself has revolted against me.
Will you go with me t o Mo'ab in war?Ov To this vVC122:4
he sald: "I shall go. I am the same as you are;
my people- are t h e same as your peop1e;y my J1m5:25
~ a c 18:3
h
horses are the same as your horses.'" H d he
went on to say: "By which particular way shall
we
up?" So he said: "By the way of the zNu 21:4
Ma1 1:4
wilderness of F d ~ r n . " ~
9 And the kingG of Israel and the king of 02Cha7:g
Juclah and the king of E'dorn" p r p r d e d t o go, ?ig:,11"4'
ancl they kept going their way around for swen &",i&?$
days, and there proved t o be no water'' for the ;
;g;;
N u a:14
camp and for the domesticGanimals that were <Job
19:3

fallowing their steps. 1At length the king of

Israel said: "How unfortunate that Jehovah
hns cal~edthese three kings to give them into
m:a
Pr
the I3anrl of Mo'ab?"" I' At; t h ~ Je.hosl~'a.phat~
t
Isn 8:21
~
said: "Is there iiot here a prophet of Jehovah?+ C I K22:7
Then let us inquire of Jehovah through him."m;$:A*+"
So one of the servants of the king of I s r ~ e lan- "FZ::!
s\reted and said: "There is l~creE.li'shsn the
$;;
19:19
son of Sha'phar, nrbo poulwl out water u p the ~ G 1S:4
E
Ilnnds of E.1i'jal-i."" "'en
Je.boshta.phat said:
2226
"Tl~oword of Jehovah exists with Ilirn."" Ac5111R:31
corclingly the king of Israel and Je.hoshta.phat 1~11ci
214
and t ? ~ lring
c
of E'dom went down to Ili~n.~ 1'2Ki":2j
Isa 49.23
13 And E.litsha proceded t o sny to the king
:9,iT2
of Ismel: "What do I have to do with yo~?a"$;iz
Go" to the prophekt of yotlr father and to the S$~;G;$
prophets oaf your mother.'"~ut the king of Israel tly<i 1 ~ 1 9
said t o him: "No," for Jehovah has called these %%%
tllree Icings t o give them illto the hand of hZo'w " ~ , " ~ ~ m
n Lilrmlly, "JVhnt [is there] to me nntl to youC" 8 e J~o ~ l l u n22 : 2.4.

&

fof~tt~rrtc
b.

vt$/
zlcl

ti;;,'
,
s:la

::$
y :::::
1

21:70
f r r 1 13
f l : ~ r , t ~

' I S A 10 5
l c 4 h25.1

G l K k lN:4&

I . ; ? ~I..(

l.:/c

,:,

14

2 KINGS 3: 14-21

ab," "To this E.li'sha mid: "As Jehovah of

armies before whom I do standa Is I i ~ l n g if, ~it
were not that it is the face of Je.hoshPa.phat
the k9ng of Judah for which I. am having consideration,y I would not look at you or see you.';
'"nd
now YOU men fetch me a string-instrument player.'" And it occurred that, as soan as
the string-instrument player played, the hand'
of Jehovah came to be upon him. '" And he went
on to say: "This is what Jehovah has said, U t

there be a makingb of this torrent valley full of

dltches,GA"for this is what Jehovah has said:
"You men will not see a whd nnd YOU will not
see a downpour, yet that torrent valley will be
':&fm
fllled with water0 and YOU men will certainly
.F,":4;j7
:*!n
drink
[from it],' YOU md YOUR Ilvestack and
C I K I :6:31
4p.u
YOUR dometic animals." ' I d And this will indeed
Jr~r2 17
*1y!,?n 2~ be a trjvial thing in the eyes of Jehovahmm d he
* h U XI 17
will certainly give Mo'ab into YOUR hand."" And
. J 6:16
~
YOU must strike down every fortified city" and
2;
;
:
1
:
2
i
:
,
Cx1fi:4
every choice city, and every good t r e e you
should fellk and d l the springs :sf water YOU
should stop up and every mod tract of land
1.011
should mar with stones."
I1E* aa:s 20 And it m e about in the morning," at
PF;,
y;u& the time of the going up of the grain afferingrr
na 9:21 that there water was coming fom the direction
of E'dorn, and the land came to be filled with
flEg$flthe water.#
21 As regards all the Mo'abJtes, they heard
that the khgs had come up to flght against
them. Consequently they called together as
Or, "npon whom I do attend." b"Let there be R making," Tha
fj:

,:,,

IJ~hrmverb hero is in the infinitive abuolute, and hence is imp~raonnlnl~rl, i1tdeA11ite r s to tinie, Compnro Exadua 20 : 8, foott1c11o1. "Pn11 of ditches.'' Lrterally, "ditchsu, ditrhee," M.
Q

2 KINGS 3:22-27

320

many as were girding on a beltt and upward t19i20:n

and they began standing at the boundary.
When they got up early in the morning, the
sun itself flashed upon the water so that the
Motab.ites from the opposite side saw the water

red like blood.o aSAndthey began t o say: "This 02K'a1:16

is blood!" The kings have unquestionably been ,u" 6:ig
put t o the sword and they went striking one anJ 5:a
other down. So now, to the spoil,^ 0 Mo'ab!" yExf5:Q
ee When they came into the camp of Israel, the 2 e h z ~ : a
Israelites immediately rose up and began striking the Mopab.ites down so that they took to
flight because of them." Hence they came into ziosgi$
Morab.a striking the Mo'ab.ites dorm as they lfh5:3
came.b e5And the cities they went throwing
9:45
down* and, as for every good tract of land, they *J
z ga 8:2
would pitch each one his stone and actnally fill Isa37:26
it, and every spring of water they would stop
upu and every good tree they would fell,* until u ~ ; ~ ~ f ~
they left only the stones of Kir-har'e.sethb re- t,D,e,Eio
maining in it, and the slingers began going ";,"Pg,g
JW 4 8 : s
around it and striking it do~vn.
26 When the king of Mo'ab saw that the battle had proved too strong for him, he at once
took with him seven hundred men drawing
sword to break through t o the king of E'dom,'
but they were not able to. z T Finally he took his
first-bornQson who was going t o reign in place eON^~ ~IO:M
e : 2
of him and offeredGhim up as a burnt sacrifice
;g$;
upon the wall. And there came to be great in- ;g;;g
dignation against Israel, so that they pulled p;7"~;7
away from against him and returned to their E,, I G : ~

'

land,"

Eze 20:26
x1Sa 14:46

. ..

Literally, "it," If,b"Hence they came into IIo'ab, striking

the^ came." This rendering is I)y au eluendntion of the Hebrew
test in agreement wit11 L X X .
as

Now there was a certain woman of the wives

of the sons* of the prophetso that cried out
1 ~ to
3 E.li'sha, saying: "Your servant,O my husis dead, and you yousself well know that
;g2&1:2 band,@
your
servant
himself had continually fearedk
3?;:3
nEx21:2
Jehovah, and the creditor" himself has come to
qc 25-39
Le
15j12 t a k e both my children for his slaves." %Atthis
t:r5i$14
E.lilsha said to her: "What shall I do for you?'
; ; Tell me; what do you have in the house?"To
""23:2
this she said: "Your maidservantc has nothing;
s M t 15:34
~ u h 6 . 8 at all in the house but a spouted jar of oil."t
t l K i 17:12
Then he said: "Go, ask for vessels for yourePs31:11 self from outside, from all your neighbors:
1E,S;;:i4empty vessels. Do not hold yourself to a few.U
And you must go and close the door behind
your~elfvand your sons, and you must pour out
into all these vessels, and the full ones you
should set aside." Upon that she went away
j711<i17:15 f ram him,$'
When she closed the door behind herself and
her sons, they were bringing the vesselsa near
zlKr
hxr 6:41 to her and she was doing the pouring out.% And
Mr 8 3
doh 2.8
it came about that as soon as the vessels were
Joh 6:11
full she went on to say to her son: "Do bring
'3It14:19
Mt x:37
c,Ch 2:10 still another vessel near to me."* But he said to
;1"' :$!T4 her: "There is no other vessel."' At that the oil0
,J,O,t;$f stoppedno So she came in and told the man of
God,b and he now said: "Go, sell the oiI and pay
$;;;AT
0 1 ~ ?:9
h
off your debts,* and you [and] your sons should
IT11 4:12
liveCoff what is
PSO 5:2
+Jos 19,18
8 And it came about one day that E.li1sha
IS^ 2 2 4
A: 3= went passing along to Shu'nem,' where there
kb2z was a prominent* woman,and she proceeded to
~

2K1 2:s
2 6:l ~

~essela?'Literally, itthem," It. '%Tan of God." M, ksh haEl.o.him'; literally, "man of The God." See Deuteronomy 33 :1,
footnote a,
a "The

2 KINGS 4 :l a 2 7

constrain' him

t o eat bread. And It came about

that as often as he w o l d pass by he ~vouldturn
adde there to eat bread. "At
length she said t o

(1

her husband:* "'Here, now, I welt know that it

is a holy man of God" that is passing by us
constantly. loplease, let us make a IitrIe roof rlJq 3:211
chamber" on the wall and put there for him a 1I i l l7:lD
4:ii
couch and a tablec and a chair and a l m p ~ t a n d CYUII
,-JJvr
~ sz:ln
and it must occur that whenever he comes I n l o
rMt lb:4P
us he can turn aside there."'
~t 25:.in
12:T3
11 And it came about one day t h a t as usunl Ilo
Ilch 13:?
he came in there and hrrned aside t o t l ~ eroof' R J K 351)
chamber and sat down there,
he said lo
4:2R
Ge.ha'zit his attendant:" "Call this Shu'nam- t2K1
zry s::*
21\!
\!>I
her
that
she
mite' ~voman."At that he called
t l l l \ I tti:43
1!1:3
m k h t stand before him. la Then h e said 2 0 him: 1At.f i i 1:!:5
I!l:lF
"Pluase, say to her, 'Here you have anxlor~slyu.Irr.;
1Sn :'!I:.\
cal.ed for us with all this anxious care7 What is .t'hTt 2ll:,!O
L k l O:,I
thcre t o be done for you?"Is there anything to Stri
Ici:O
7 1r.h (>:In
speak to the king* or to the chicP of the nrmy x>bl<l
:?:!I
:![<I
.!:;I
Tor you?' '' To this she said: "'In among my own '2l<t
h:3
1!1:13
people I am dwelling."" lAAnd Ile went on t o W!)<IS n 2:.v
L !t!,
sny : "What, then, is there to be done for her?" A!7..I<
:11 1:4
6e.ha'zi now said: "For a fact, a son she does Llii
S:1
I !ril, ld:5
not havebarrd her husband is old." I m r n d i - t z ;c 1 5 2
PI:?
ately he said: "Call her." So he cdId i ~ c rand t;v
.r17 I:{!?
I
S
n
I:?
she kept standing at the entmnc~, Then h e 1.u 1:7
51's
1Oi:fR
said: ''At this appointed3 time next year') you
will be embracing a son."' But she said: "No,
my master, 0 man of G~d!~"o not tell Iies in
connection with your maidservant.""
17 However, the woman became pregnant"

fir, is71 El.a.him'; nithout tlre dpfltlitr nrticlo I ~ r s

("Tllr") hcfore the title Ebn.kivr'. b "At thia nppointrd till>@
next
yenr,"Compnre (S~nesjs18: 1 0 , footnote c, a c'Jlnn of Qnrl!' 31,
id, An-Bl.o.kinr'. See vmse 7,footnotr 2.,
a."Wnn of Qod."

I
I

and gave Wrth to a son at this appointed t h e

the next year, just as E.li'sha had spoken to
"saq;&her.' And the child kept on $rowing up, and
itl came
about
one day thnt he went out as usual
~
;
~
~
ileb 1::~ to his father with the 1eapcmk
And he kept
IcRu 2:4
t ~ d o h l 4 : l saying t o his father: "My hcnd, oh my head!"n
At last he sald to the ~ttcnclnnt:''Carry 11im to
'IS" 4g49'f5 his mother." 1,
Acmrdingly hc carried him and
ISA 6623
Ln 7 ~ 1 2 brought him t o his molhcr. And he kept sitting
upon her knees until noon, and gradually he
diedb3 Then she went up and laid Ilirn upon
'k:i2g17
1VeS:l
Jon ?4:6 the couch of the man of Godni and closed the
'-2:n door upon him and {vent out." She now called
-1i1 1-9
t k i i i7:ig her husband and said : "Do send me, please, one
!of the attendants and one or the she-asses, and
/let me run as far as the mnn of God"" and revJ0hn:3 t u r n . ' ' ~ =jBut he said: "Why are you going to
Ac 9 : 3
him today? It is not a new moonr nor a sab-1m23:31 bath.'Ic However, she said: "It is all right."
) N U la.lo
SO she saddled up the she-assz and said to her
$jh2,jli1
Iaa 1:13 attendant: "Drive and go ahead,' Do not hold
X E Y4 2 0
l s a 2 5 : ~back
~
for my sake from riding unless I shall have
'ISa 25.19

said so to you.'"
23 And she procded ta go and come to the
man of Godmat Mount' Car'mel.' And it came
ri$Jg;&
1"118:Qa about that, as soon as the man of t 3 d a saw her
"K12:25
1 s ~~ : 2out ahead, he jrnrnecliately said to Ge.hafai his
:$LS=2$:4
FA $yg attendant:&" h k ! the Shuham.mite' woman
over there. ?* Now run; please, to meet her and
'%PC 2:4
'~:~29:6
say to her, 'Is it all right with you?" Is it all
sight with your husband? Is it all right with
the child?' " To this he said: "It is all right.""
27 When she came to the n ~ a nof God& ~ t the
.
mountain she a t once took hold of him by his
feet." At this Ge.ha'zi ca~nenear t o push her
"hf:~nof God." Tir, i l r Im-El.o+Bim'. See vrl-se 7,footarot~S.

324

2 KINGS 4 :28-35
aw~y+k
but the man of Godan sald :

khit 15:23

nZKl 2:15

alone,r for her SOUPis bitters within "Let

her and %$I22423
Jehovah himself has concealed' it from me and $;
112;
p r 14:m
not toId me." 2k She now said: "Did I aslc for a tGe
1827
son through my lord? Did I n a t say, 'You must
u2KL 4:15
not lead me to a false hope'??'""
I
v2Kt
rl!12
29 Immediately he said to G e . h a ' ~ i :"Gird
~
LKt 1%46
up your loinsy and take my staffx in your hand 2Ki 9:1
~
and go. In case you encounter anyone, you must z E 4:17
not greet him,' and in case nnyone should greet 'LU10:4
you, you must not answer hjm. And you must nEx'l:lEl
place my staff upon the face of the boy."n $"At
!'1::!&::
this the motherz of the boy said: "As Jehovah OXh 15:1"
is l i v i n e and as your soul is living,O I will not
leave you.'"erefore
he got up and went with *$
;:&
her." a%d Ge-hatzi himself pkqsed dong be- 2x1 2:J
fore them and then put the staff upon the hoy's
face, but there \\-asno voice nor paying of attenlion.' Sa he went hack to meet him ~ n dtold 'Fri?ii6
Woh 14:12
him, saying: "The boy did not wake up."=
&I: 5:39
32 At last E-Ei'sha came into the house and "I1 I1:l1
there the boy was deadi3 being laid upon his
couch.' $"Then he came in and closed the door f;c.&?;
I,
behind them bothu and began to pray to Jebo- * ~ : t6:6
v ~ h . 1"~Finally he went up and lay down upon
the chjld'" and put his own mouth upon his
mouth and his own eyes upon his eyes and his :I,;
own palms upon his palms and kept bent over n$k;$J21
him, and gradually the child's flesh grew warm. AC 20:lo
3b Then he hegan walking again in the house,
once this way and once that way, after which
k
he \vent up and bent over him. And the boy
began t o sneezec as many as seven times, after

:zg

Ezi\$!,,

"Mnn o f God.'' 31, kslr ha-Ebo.lrin~',Ree verw 7 hotnote b, Or,

"aftrr hcr." TVLcrc we ~ ~ o u Ray,
l d G h t o ~ e t~l ~y irtrt hcr,t~
l
the EIehrews

mid, "l~ehindher;-op,

"after her."

Or, h o ~ i n k , ' J

t!Jl

$1;;

which the boy opened his eyes.' a " H

now
~ called
Ge.haPzi and said : "Call this Shu'nm.rnitea

wornan." So he called her and she c m e in to

Then he said: "Lift up your sen."t 37 And
, ~ ~ u , . uhim.
~
d at his feet
.?A?,' lg she proceeded t o come in ~ n fall
5
.I 011 3 1.44
I

, T;m: ?3

nnd bow down to him t o the earth," ~ f t e which

r
she
tifted
up
her
son
and
went
out."
li;$;':,s5
38 And E.lflsha himself returned to G i l ' ~ l , ~
u5;
i i :.IT
r:,?.l
I
7.16 m
c
1 these nfasfamine." in thc land. As the sonsz
2l<i 2 1
1
:i:r
of t h e prophets were sitting before I~im'he in
:I-. b 1
ll:13 time said to his attendant:= "Put the large
I,H4:?5
cooking pot on and boll stew for the sons of
Y , ~21,:sa
, ~ ~ ~
the prophets.""
Accordingly R certain one
!
went
out
to
the
field
to pick rnalbws and he got
1 . ~ 1"2
,la.
h:??
3
8-r357-:17 to find a wildG vine- and wtient picking wild
'"-I<l i 12
gourds from it, his garment full, and then came
. ' ~ ; T6 97
1-11 !I 13
and sliced them into the stewpot, far they were
*I,,, a,.:
JI.r .' 2 1
Later they poured
35:13 not acquainted with them.
it out for the men to eat. And it came about
thnt, as soon as they ate from lhc stew, they
tl~emselvescried out and began saying: "There
is death* in the pot, 0 man of God."L4l' And they
;
were not able to eat. "' So he mid; "FETCI-I,
then,
'Eu1v25 flour." After he threw i t into the pot' he went
x i 2.q
J ~ ~ l l ~ . on
r ~ to say: "Pour out far the people that they
'Ac 26:s
mfiY eat.'%d nothing jnjczrious" pmved to be
in the pot,
42 And there was a m a n that came from BafaI~ h ,he
~ came bringing to the man of
l{ISn
II.ET 23.18
Q:4 s h ~ l ' i ~ s h and
.v 11':35 Godh bread of the first' ripe fruits,n twenty barrr)c H:b
I
i . ley'.loaves, and new grain in his brend bag. Then
Jult
pi,.n!lh~ ,he said: "'Give it to the people that they may
I : I ~ 1 i.17 eaf.''s49Ho~vever,l~is-rvaiters~id:
'Xow~hallI
;
IDutthis hefore a hundred rncn?+'iTo this he said:
a " i 4 i t'gnl.'~Ape 2 Kings 2 :1, footnote b, "SInn of Oorl," M, is?&
krr.R/.o.kitr~';Lee verse 7 , lootnote b.

"Give it to the people that they may eat, for this

is what Jehovah has said, 'There will be an eating
and a havingof leftovers.' "au 4 4 A t that he put it

V ~ 4U
57

Ug:iga
before them and they began to eat and they had

leftovers according t o the word of JehovakT',"GI &

?;
Now a certain Nata.man,Y the chief of the
!i%
army of the king of Syria, had become a %?$!is
great=man before his Iordbn and held in esteem,C mlch zl:3
because it was by him that Jehovah had given * ~ ~ 1 3 : 2
salvationd to Syria, and the man himself had ?&',2:jA0
proved t o be a valiant, mighty man, though a gF!,T$,,
leper.e0* a And the Syrians, for their part, had ~ ' ~ 1 h 2 2 1
gone out as marauder bandsn and they got t o ;&;I;T
take captive from the land of Israel a little girl," APS 1 2 3 2
and she came to be before Nata.man's wife? wCh 8:11
In time she said to her mistress: ''If only my
lord were before the prophet4that is in Sa.mar8- i1;Y
i.a! In that case he would recover him from his
leprosy."' SubsequentIy someone came and re- +EiE?s
ported t o his lord,b saying: "It was like this and Lq Inr2
that that the @I spoke that is from the land
of Israel."
5 Then the king of Syria said: "Go, come,
and let me send a letter to the king of Israel."
So he proceeded to go and take in his hande ten
talents" of siIver and six thousand pieces of ;;~;y;:%
gold* and ten outfits of c1othing.k "And he came kGe 4522
bringing t h e letter" to the king of Israel, say- $g$154;i2
jng: "And now at the same time that this letter n
~

YLU 9:17

a"There will he an eating and a having of leftovers?' The Hebrew

verbs hare are in the infinitire absolute, and hence art! impcrsonn1
and inddnite as to time. Compnre 2 Kings 3 : 16, footnote h. b Or,
"master?' 31, n.rZo.lan'm', the plural of a-ddn'? to denote excellence or
greatness. C "Held in estem.'j Literally, "hfted up of face." d Or,
"reacue; delive~ance.~'e Or, "stluck with skin disease." Today
medically called a Hansenotic, becauae of being striaken with
"Hansen's disease!)

~
I

comes to you, here I do send t o you Na'a.manr

my servant, that you may recover him from his

leprosy,'' And it came about that as soon as
the king of Israel read the letter he immedisGe 37:29
ately rippedg his clothes apart and said: "Am
Xu X4:B
Jer 36:24 I Godjat t o put to death and to preserve alive?u
A I t 26.65
Ac14:~*1 For this person is sending to me t o recover a
tGe 302
ne 3 2 3 9 man from his leprosy, for just TAKE: note, please,
?H o 6:1& and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me."v
~ 2 . I5 O~ : ~ 8 And it came about that, a soon as E.li'sha
1LU
1 ~11.54
1
2 0 3 the man of Godb heard that the king of Israel
ma3:31 had rippedy his clothes apart, he at once sent
to the king, saying: "Why did you rip your
clothes apart? Let him come, please, t o me that
Z I K I I ~ :he
~ ~ may know that there exists a prophet in
So Na'a-man came with his horses and
izf:ui3"srael."z
his war0 chariots* and stood at the entrance of
5;z7F;i4
2"' "32
Tsa 6 0 3 4 the house of E.Lirsha. lo However, E.li'sha sent
;lit 1526
a messenger t o him," saying: "Going there,c
L?Ki 221
must bathe" seven timeso in the Jordan that
zJ O~I $:w;- ,i~ : ~ you
your flesh may come back to you;' and be
:2Kr13:19 clean." l1 At this Nafa.man grew indignaht?
:Le 14.7
x u 19:4 and began t o go away"and say: "Here I had said
*Ex 4:7
[ t o myself],* 'To me he will come out all the
3
Joh6.66 way and will certainly stand and call upon the
"Pr 3:"l
I= 55:8 name of Jehovah his God and move his hand ta
J O 4:48
ICO
~
and fro over the place and actually give the
leper recovery.' l a Are not the Amba'nahdkand
:;Gc,"~,:~~
~
;
~
~
the~ Phar'par,
the
rivers
of Damascus,' betker
"$7,3ji5 than all the watersn of Israel? Can I not bathe

" "God."

31, ~l.o.hina'. ''Rfan of God?' Jf, ikh ha-E2.o-him'; liter~llly,"man o f Thc God.'' See Denteronomp 33 : 1, footnote a. = Or,
"Let there be a going." The Hebrew verb here Is in the inhitive
rtbsolute, aud hence i s indefinite as to time and is Impersonal, Bee
2 IIings 4 :,43, footnote a. d "A.ha'nahlf 3USIXVg; "A.ma'nah,'$
KyThlmar~ln~

2 KINGS 5 :13--18

328

in them and certainly be dean?" WIth that he

rPr WIT
turned and went away in a rage.r
E.2 7 : 9
13 His serYrrntsa now approached and spoke

,c~~$~:~
to him and said: " M y father,' had it been a
,~~~$y,~;$3

great thing that the prophet himself had spoken ;jE\ 2;;
ta you, would you not do it?'' How much more, ,;:;::;:
then, since he said t o you, 'Bathev and be V I ~ E51::
clean'?" IS At that he went down and begun to kjj,'i;L;s
plunge intoa the Jordan seven times according ,zrci 5 : 1 0
to the word of the man of God," after which
24''
his flesh2 came back like the flesh of a little clut
boyx and he kcarne clean."
! JLO~~$27
~I 3 . 1 : n
15 'Then he went back to the man of God,b' &yLi;;':&
he with all his camp, and came and stood before Ajtl,i,!:i7
him and said: "Here, now, I certainly know that ?;o:;;
there is no G o d c anywhere in the earff~bbutin 1 ? y l i i lg:ls
I s r ~ e l . 'And
~ now accept, please, a blessing gift' I ~ & ~ l i , ~ ~ ; : "
from your servant." 11'Howwer, he SAM: "$s 1 *;% f?;:~
Jehovah before whom I do stando ig livlnp, I ;; i;i;s
will not accept it.""" And he began t o urge him a r , ~ ~.l:.s
,
t o ~lcceptit, but he kept refusing, Finally Lk1;;k'
Na'a-man said: "If not, please, let there be given .f:;'
$
;!;
to your servant some ground," the loadQ of R "u lJ.15
pair of mules, because your sewant will no more
render up a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any
other gods3 but to Jehovah.* In this thing may I .ITEI 1916
I:+
Jehovah forgivec your servant: When my lord ' x i ~ : 4
comes into the house of RimJmon t e bow down
there and he is supporting himself upon my
hand and I have to bow down" a t the house of 'ip1:$!,
Rim"mon, when 1 bow down at the house of srt117:35
Rim'rnon may Jehovah, please, forgive your
a Or, ''divrd inta," or, "dipped hilnself in," This Hebrpm vcrh ia

$:,::

also nscd for baptizing. ">In11 of God," M, idr lit/-Kl.o.lrdtn', As

in versa 8, "God." 31, El.o.bim', the pFn~.nlof El~i'rrb, to denote
cxeetlcnce and diline powers. d Or, "upon mlruru 3 nttend.'"

At this he said to
n ~ ~ ~ : : ~ s e rinv this
a n trespectAwnlP
Jtr sL.:m him r "Go in peace."'
Accordfngly
he went away
rlSa 29::

frorn him for a good stretch of the land.

1 20 Then G.ha'zim the attendant of E.ligsha
2Ki F.4
~ g h d ~ xthe
a man of Godntsaid : "Here my masterb3has
a03 14:s
spared Nara.rnanu this Syrlnn by not accepting
1Sa 2 2 7
from his hand what Ile brought, As Jehovah is
2Ki 1:9
!a?Ki
Lu 4:27
5:1
living,V f: will run after him and take something
v1Sa14:m
2% 12:5 from him."',' a1 And Ge4ha1ziwent chasing after
Na'a-man. When Naratrnan saw someone running after him, he at once got down from his
chariot' t o meet himz and then said: "Is all
YET$;!+
J o s 6 : l g well?"' 22 TO this 1,
said: "All is well. My
15a 6:s
~9 10:s
mastep
himself
has
sent
me," saying, 'Look!
P s 1:19
z u I::W
just now there have come to me f\-voyoung men
1T1 G:lQ
from the mountainous regjon of E1phra.lmfrom
ZLU 7:6
- 4 8~4:as
31
the s o n s h f the prophets. Do give them, please,
a talent of silverc and two outfits of dothing.'
c,lE:-;'
:
,:18
*=$a539 2 S At Ihat Nata.mm said: "Go an, take two
J e r 9:3
doh s:-14
talents." And he kept urging" him and Anally
OlK120:35
2 ~ a:3
1
bound up two talents of silver in 4x0bags, with
*2KI 5::
s2Ki 2.17 two outfits of clothing, and gave them t o two
of his attendants, ttmt tllcy might carry them
before him,
24 When he came to O'pheld he immediateIy
took them from their hand and dcpositd them
7:n in the house' and sent the men away, So off they
went. '"nd
he himseyf came in and then stood
w12K-'2:3by his master,"" E.lilsha now said t o him:
''$$il$t, "Where [did you come] from, Ge.haki?"'" But
he said: "Your servant did not go anyvhere at
Zaa.2

B?XI 4 7 2

7534-36

"+

''Alan of God." 11,i,sh 11n-Kl.n~lini';n9 ill VFrW 8,b or, "my lord,"
?IJ
o.do.aa". Pee 1 'Iiinpil30 : 3R,f o o t t ~ o t on. "0"phel.l' In F4a.m~'i.n, "O'phd," nlcuning "llulgc, sw~lliag,projectinn or wninen~e.'~
* Or, "lord." 31, u.do.wi)>tr, tlic. phrrnl of a.rldn', to denote excellence
or greatness.

2 KINGS 5:2-:8

At that he said to him: "Did not my " * ~ 5 : 2

s 6 3 : ~ ~
heart itself go along just as the man turned rPs~ 140:11
[to get down] off his chariot to meet you?' Is!pr 12:19
it a time t o accept silver or to accept clothing or f;,":;,
olive groves or vineyards or sheepo or cattle or <:&C,hl,"i$
menservants or maid~ervants?~
" So the leprosyt 2;&
;
of NaJa.man will stick to you and your offspring ti% ?
;
to time indefinite."au Immediately he went out 1~t223
from before him, a leper white as sn0w.v
173 G:IQ
And the sons7 of the prophetso began to say
i:;i2
2Sa 329
t o E-li'sha: "Look! now, the placez where VEX
4:6
we are dwelling before you is too cramped* for ~T~?;;O
lo:~a
us. * Let us go, please, as far as the Jordan and >-isa
2x1 2:3
take from the-re each one a beam and make for 2 ~ 1 4 ~ 1
all."n

ourselveso there a place in which to d1vell.j' SOAEf

he said: "Go." And a certain one went on t o 2k&9i4T
say: "Come on: please, and go with your serv- AzK15 : s
ants."+ At that he said: "I myself shall go." 6Jg4:8
Accordingly he \vent with them and they finally came to the Jordan and began t o cut down
the trees?' And it came about that a certain gt:,8z0
one was felling his beam and the axheadh@
itself ez:,E!$
fell into the water. And he began to cry out and x;,a,i%a
say: "Mas, my master,"or it was borrowed!'"
a$~;jl;4
O Then the man of Godc said: "Where did it 2Ki 4:7
Ps:37:2i
fall.?"So he showed him the place. Immediately k~
x 15:28
he cut off a piece of wood" and threw it there n$g;j;2;
and made the axheadb fl0at.n He now said: E;:;2;
"'Lift it up for yourself."r At once he thrust his Ig$
Zjz6
LU 7:15
hand out and took it.
Ac 9:41
i
8 And 8 e king of Syria,%
for his part, became a ~202
2034
involved in war against Israel. Accordingly he 1KI
1x122:31
took counsel with his servant^,^ saying: "At tLXCi20;a3
pr 21:30
a ('To time inddhite," 01; 'Yorerer."
Literally, "the iron: N.
"Man of God." M, b h ha-ELo.hP'na'. See Deuteronomy 33 : 1,footnote a.
C

2 KINGS 6:9-17

330

such and such a place YOU will encamp with

me."& T h e n the man of Godbu sent t o the king
of Israel, saying: "Guard yourself against passing
v l ~ ~ $ ~by; this
~ ~ place,' because there is where the
Pr3'32 Syrians are coming down."^ lo So the king of
yAm 3:7
Israel sent to the place that the man of Godb
zF;$T2 had said t o him." And he warned* him, and he
kept away from there, not once or twice.
*gp&8
Hea11:T
11 Consequently the heart of the king of
Syria became enraged over this mattert3and he
nT8.y;8,::5,,

Ug; fi
g
:9

called his servants and said to them: "Will YOU

not fell me who from those who belong to us is
; $ for the king of Israel?'jn " Then one of his serv'
ET42 ants said: "None, my Iord the king, but it is
CPs139:2 E.li'sbao the prophet who is in Israel that tells+
Ec l0:20
the king of Israel the things that you speak in
*$","$i~
~So he said: "YOUmen
Jer&:26 your inner b e d r o ~ m . "la
k l s ax:i7
*Ge
24:2 go and see where he is, that I may send and take
Ei&Z7him."* Later the report was made to him, say3oh 26:55
~t
18:3 mg: "There he is in Dorthan."# l+Immediately
he sent horses and war chariots and a heavy
nF~,:;$i;
2~13:11 military force thwe,k and they proceeded to
2Ki 5%
ac 13:s come by night and close in upon the city.
rZCh 20:12
~t 8 9 5
15 When the ministern of the man of Godb
t 2 s n 14.13
SEX
22:31 rose early to get up, and went out, why, there a
zggi: military force was surrounding the city with
horses and war chariots. At once his attendant
:;f;!2
; ; said to him: "Alas, my masterIr What shalI ~ v c
ps%:18 do?" lWut he said: "Do not be afraid,3afar
RQ 8,31
IJO4:4
there are more who are with us than those who
And Ealitshabegan t o prayu
~ 281:15
UPS
17:7
~ 1 are with them."e
Jbs 5:i7
vFs 119:18 and say: "0 Jehovah, open his eyes,v please,
that he may see." Immediately Jehovah opened
AlSa 2 2 8
42Ki 5:3

z:$:::,8

"At such and such a place YOU will encamp ~ S t m

he." By a CQITeCtion in the obscure for111of the Hebrew verb. "Jlan of Uod." X,
i s A ha-El.o.hin&'. SPO D F U ~ ~ ? ~ O33
~O
: 1,
U Eowtilote
Y
a.

2 KINGS 6 :1&24

2 KINGS 6 :2=2

332

the attendant's eyes, so that he saw, and, look!

the mountainous region was full of horses and
~PS23 2:11
4~
:~ 1
war chariots of fire all around E.1i'sha.y
18 When they began to come down to him, g;:?:;',
E.lirsha went on to pray to Jehovah and say: 2;!j;
"Please, strike this nation&with bIindness."~So ML26:53
he struck them with blindness according to the zgg:$!i
word of Edi'sha. Ig E.li'sha now said to them: FAz&
"This is not the way and this is not the city." *tU":16
Follow me and let me conduct YOU to the man
YOU look for." However, he conducted them to
Sa.rnarri.a.
20 And it came about that as soon as they
arrived at Sa.rnar'i-a E.li'sha then said: "0
Jehovah, open the eyes of these that they may
seewDImmediately Jehovah opened their eyes = L u 2 4 : ~
and they got to see,* and here they were in the "Jg 21140
middle of Salmar'i.a. " The king of Israel now
24:4
sajd to E.li'sha as soon as he saw them: ''Shall 1 s n 2 ~ a
I strike [them] down, shall I strike [them] b: :i59
down,cmy father?"o' ?%ut he said: "You must ?2"g;252'4
not strike [them] d o n n e Are those whom you $$:
have taken captive3 with your sword and w i t h ;::):?
;
II
your bow the ones that you are striking d ~ w n ? ~ ~ ; ; ~ ; ;
1
Set bread and water before them that they may
eat and drinku and go to their lord.'Ib Accord- ' ~ L ~ ~ ~ '
ingly he spread a great feast for them and they R0 12:"0
began to eat and drink, after which he sent
them away and they went to their lord." And k1SaH:16
2ch z8:15
not once did the marauding bandsn of the S y r - ,i;fs%
2Ki 2 4 2
ians come again into the land of Israel.
24 And it came about afterward that Benha'dad the king of Syria proceeded to collect
all his camp together and t o go up and besiege
a Or, '(these Gentiles (heathen) ,l' bULord.') 31,a.do.tbi~m', the plural

:zq4

of a . d 6 ~ ' ,to dcnote excellcnce or mtijcst~.

Sa.rnar'i.a.r " In time a great famine2 arose in

Sa.marri-a,"and, look! they were besieging it uns ~ e a s : z s ti1 an ass's headt got to be worth eighty silver
1Ki 18:2
2 ~ .i 14
pieces and the fourth of a caba measure of
Jer 14:lS
t n e 4-14 dove's dungu was worth five silver pieces. 2%d
r'Ea'4:15 it came about as the king of Israel was passing
along upon the wall t h a t a certain woman cried
out to him, saying: "Do save, 0 my lord the
J-2% 14~4 king!"v 27 TO this he said: "If Jehovah does not
Isa 10:3
LU 1R:3
)-Ps60:11 save you, with what means shall I save you,y
PY63:s
either from the threshing floor or from the wine
Ps 118:8
P S I Q G : ~ or oil press?" 2a And the king went on to say
J~~ 2%
Isa
lT:5 t o her: "What is the matter with you?"" So
she said: "This very woman said to me, 'Give
:;12,
$fsa~ 22:1
l ~ j your
; ~ son that we may eat him today, and m y
own son we shall eat tomorrorv.'* " Accordingly
;&?;:;:De 2 ~ 5 3 we boiled' my son" and ate him," Then I said
to her on the next day, 'Give your son that we
Tsa 9:X
1sa49:15 may eat him.' But she hid her son."
=c 5 2 0
L u I B : ~ ~ 30 And it came about that as soon as t h e
L U 2329
cLa 4:lo
LDe z
m%!i king heard the woman's words he immediately
bGe 31:~s ripped3 his clothes apart, and as he was passing
1K1 2 : 2 7
along upon the wall the people got to see and,
2Ki 5 7
2K1 1 9 3
okt sackcloth was underneath upon his flesh.
" ' A n d he went on to say: "So may God" do to
+2Sa3:9
7;2g:p7' me and so may he add to it+ if the head of
E.li'sha the son of Sha'phat continues standing
ElK1 13:17 upOn him today !"*
1K1 ?9:2
32 And E-li'sha was sitting in his own house
and
the older men were sitting with him," when
$,2;,;:4
fie
he sent a man from before him. Before the messenger could come in t o him, he himself said to
the older men: "Have YOU seen how this son of
a A cab equaled four logs or one sixth o f w, seah or one third o f rr
l h or about two qunrts (U.A. d.).b ('Gcrd." M, EZ.o.himT; LXX,
ClCha1:12

rDe 2 8 5 2
1~ 2 0 : 1
2K117:5

h a Z'lte.os';

Vg, De'zas.

2 KINGS 6:33--?:4

334

camp of the Syrians. If they preserve us alive,

a murdererk has sent to take off my head?' See y,K:t$!,
we shall live, hut if they put us to death, then
t o it: as soon as the messenger comes, close the ,;:\ ;g:;u
wc s h ~ l Ihave to die.'jk Wccordingly they rose
dour and YOU must press him hack with the
;l%,dP&
up in t h e evening darkness to entei. the camp of
door. Is there not the soundn of the feet of his I.(;c .I
the Syrians, m d they got to come as far as the
lord=hehind him?" 3"VhiIe he was yet speaking ,?,;I:!~:I
outskirts of the camp of the Syrians and, look!
with them, here was the messengerb coming $iT!tj:il
do~tmto him, and [the klnglr proceeded to say : "<
;:,\;
fik-g:? nobody was therc.1'
Were this is the calamity from Jeh0vah.r Why F; i7,:?;t I
6 And Jehovahn himself had caused the camp
Iun ..17
slrould 1 wait any longer for Jehovah?""
of the Syrians to hear the sound of war chariots,
I t l l h I' 3
I2tl lc. 1
~ ? S I I ~ : Z the
~
sound of horses, the sound of a great mihE.li'sha now said: "Hear, you men, the -ti,. lG.fi
tary
so that they said to one another:
Z
ZKI
K
3:23
E
I
~
:
~
word: of Jeh0vah.f This is what Jehovah ;I ;: ~ ~ : : I ' ~ T n
"L00k! the king of Tsrnel has hired against us
'.; 14
6.i5
5
has said, 'TomorrowDabout this time a s e ~ h ' " ~ ~ ~ ' ; ~ ~ IRe
the kings of the Hit'titwb and t h e kings of
v:.1
measure of fine flour lviIl be worth a shekel and tl1,;IJ*
:,::~~~,;!,Z,
.\ S * L ~ : I
e . ( ' f l I.:!
Egypt to come against us!"t "mrnediately they
twf-o seah measures of barley worth a shekel in {g,;1:;:(I
I >:1 34-b.:)
ti 1'. 4s 5
got
up and went fleeing in the evening darknessu
~I .
the gateway of Sa.rnar'i.a.'" Y * At that the acl- '"I 1.q 4 ""
1 9 &:i2
['rh:l:l
and
leavlng their tents and their horsesV and
jutant upon !VIIOS~ hand the king was supportL'C 3 : 1
t
h
e
i
t
asses-the camp just as it was--and they
,rt.r
iH:8
ingv himself answered the man of God"" and $:I>,F;:,'R
vrJs
I,, Y I I , ~
kept fleeing for their ~ o u l . ~ y
said: "If Jehovah were making floodgates in the\ : ; :;?
,\TI1 :':I5
8 When these lepers came as far as the outheavens,* could this thing take place?" To this ":a: ;;;I
yN.ru :+?:I?
I'C 8:3
he said: "Here you are seeing it with your own ~ , . v , ; G J
skirts of the camp, they then entered into one
tent and began to eat and drink and carry from
eyes,= but from it you will not eat."A
P N it':23
~
24-'it 25':20
tflere silver and gold and clothes and go off and
.3
3 And there were four men, lepers,t that hap. arR~cO s327
sljck
them away, After that they returned m d
llrb3:17
pened t o be at the entrance of the gate,+ and
~ ~ a s 7 : 2 1entered lnto another tent and carried things
they began to say t h e one to the other: "Why 2I.r. la$e
:'."'
"R 5:: 1
from there and went off and stuck them away.'
J,,
:H
me we sitting here' until rve have died?m ' If y); :,*:,
a i l :?:Is
9 Final1y they began t o say t h e one to the
we had said, 'letus enter the city,'when t h e .,Frlh::f
I , , 1 1
?I{\
,,]
!*:IT
other: "It iq not right what we a r e doing: This
f arnine is in the city, t11m w e rvould have t o c..rrr
die there.' And if we do sit here, then we shall 'Lu 1517
xlk
, 1.15 day is a day of good news!"If we are hesitating
cJ"h I:,'fl and we actually wait until the morningT Ught,
have t o die." So now come and let us invade the *29n 1 4 9 4
thcn mill m7ill certninly catch up with us."So now
21:l(i come and let us enter and make report at the
""Lard." fir. a.do.aivr'; ss in wrae 31. b a r , posdhlp, "tl~c! killg."

A;;;?;

"""'

TIIPR C ~ Wmllrginf11
W
reading s h t s thnk

r lpttpr (rrlrpi) rrmntnkcnl?- inserted illtb the TOYT~ to m & ( ~it r ~ n d"ruesengcth'*jtl.lrnd
of "king."' "The king.'' Literdlr, "he," 31. But kmto r r i w 2 nf
the tt~rtchapter, d A srnh eqnnled nbollt U.9 qanrtw IT. S. h . ) .
e ''Jlnn of God!' M, i.ph Im-El.n.laitn'; Iitc~dly,"~unno f Tho Cictd.''
See Ileutcronam~33: 1, footnote a.

L'Jrl~ovnE~,''
tho originnl rrading. This is one of the 134 plnees
x h ~ r rthe Jmrish S o p l l ~ r i nnltercd
~
I'*ba.~anlt' in the H e b m text
to rrnrt R.dn.~~ny' ( " t l ~ c I ~ r r l " ~8w
. Ge~nesis 15: 3, footnote a.
I X S , iiJt~liocnIt (ICy'r.i.os) " ; Ilk, "Jcl~ovnh (DormiAnrss)
" ; Sy,
".rdlcrvnfl (Jfrrrr.rjn)
Or, "life."

."

2 KINGS 7 :ID-I7

337

336

king's house.'' lo
So they came and called to the
gatekeepers0 of the city and reported to them,
saying: "We came into the camp of the Syrians
and, look! there was nobody there nor sound of
a
but only the horses tied and t h e asses
tied and the tents just as they were.'" At once
the gatekeepers called out and they reported t o
the Iring's houseminside.
12 Immediately the king rose up by nighP
and said to his servants:" "Let me tell YOU,
please, what the Syrians have done to us.' They
well know that we are hungry,lc and so they
went out from the camp to hide themselves in
8:4
the field,n saying, 'They will come out: from the nJos
Jos 8:12
20:29
city and we shall catch them alive and into the Jg
J g 20:3T
city we shall enter.' " la Then one of his servants answered and said: ('Let them take, please,
five of the remaining horses that have remained
i T:4
in the city.' Look! they are the same as all t h e m
Jer 14:18
L
a
4:9
multitude of Israel that have remained in it.
Loolr! they are the same as all the multitude of
Israel that have perished. And let us send out
and see." l4 Accordingly they took two chariots
with horses and the king sent them out after the
camp of the Syrians, saying: "Go and see." At
that they went following them as far as the
Jordan, and, look! all the way was full of cloth. sEs f :7
Isa 2 2 2 4
ing and utensilss that the Syrians had thrown tJob
2:4
2:20
away a s they were hurrying away.t Then the Isa
Isa 10:3
3P:7
messengers returned and reported t o the king. Isa
Mt 1G:Z
M
t
24:17
16 And the people proceeded to go out and ul Sa 1E53
34:14
plunderu the camp of the Syrians, and so a seah 2Ch
ZC1> 20:25
m17
measure of fine flour came to be worth a shekel Job
Ps 65:12
and two seah measures of barley worth a shekel, Isa 3 : 4
vNu 23:19
according to the wordv of Jehovah. 17And the Isa 40%
445%
king himself had appointed the adjutant7 upon yIsa
2 U 7:2

2 KINGS 7:J&-8:4

whose hand he was supportingZ himself t o have

charge of the gateway, and the people kept
'$Efg!$ trampling* him in the gatervay, so that he died,
just as the man of Goda had spoken,= when he
$yc2$
;
spoke at the time that the king came down to
@2chx.16
2~?,:;
him.
l8Thus it came about just as t h e man of
Pr 13,13
Isa 5 35 Goda had spoken to the king, saying: "Two seah
c;1"$i2' measures of barIey worth a shekel and a seah
measure of fine flour worth a shekel it will come
?+A:6
to be tomorrow at this time in the gateway of
A2Tci
Sa.marPi.a"* lB
But the adjutant ansu7eredthe
man of Goda and said: "Even if Jehovah were
making floodgates in the heavens, could it take
place according to this word?" To this he said:
"E-Iere you are seeing i t with your own eyes, but
O?Ki7:3
from it you wiU not eat.'" 20 Thus it happened
+l;';hyil& to him like that,+ when the people kept trampling him in the gateway, so that he died.
j$rb,7"::23
Heb3118
And E.litshahimself had spoken t o the wornan whose son he had revived,O saying: "Rise
E:,K,$' i3:4
iijy up and go, you with your I~ousehold,and resideo
temporarily wherever you can reside temporar*$;gi
g ily,"for Jehovah has called for a famiie* and,
zsa z l : ~ besides, it must c o r n e h p o n the land for seven
1x1 17:l
SOthe woman got up and did accordPS 105.16 y e a ~ s . "a ~
L~ 2 121
Hab
~ 1 1 ing t o the word of the man of GodR and she
, ~ took up ternkEy;;&went, she with her h o u ~ e h o l dand
$?;lQorary residence in the land of t h e Phimlisrtines~
for seven years.
r;$a32;;1
."a
14:4
3 And it came about at the end of seven years
2Ri 4:13
:~16:26
that
the woman proceeded t a return from the
Ps 8 2 2
Jer 22:16 land of the PhLlis'tines and go forth t o cry out
t$&ifg to the kings for her house and for her field,
~ ~ ~ ~Now
; f the
0 king was speaking t o Ge.haFzit the
"Man of God." If,i ~ha-El-o.himP;
l
6ta7a11yl $'man of The God?
See Deuteronomy 53: 1,footnote a. Or, "it has eome!'
e2Ki5:18

"z

2 KINGS 8:5--11

338

attendant of the man of God,&saying; "Do re?;Ge 4 ~ , z man of God&gave way t o weeping.QY l B At this
:Ne8i9
Haz'a.el said: "Why is my lord weeping?'To
late t o me,u please, all the great things that uE;&lg
:LU
;?;$~%
: 4 1this he said: "Because I well know what injurys
E.li'sha has done."v And it came about that as vigf $2'0"
221<i 10:32
?T<i 12:17 YOU will do to the sons of Israel. Their fortified
he was relating to the king how he had revived ~ 2;[;4;
.Am1:3
places you will consign t o the fire and their
the dead one,y why, here the woman whose son 2 ~ 1 5 1 1 4
2IC1 G:fi
choice men you will kilI with the sword, and
he had revived was crying out t o the king for 2K17:1
"2K' 15:16 their sucklings you will dash to pieces" and their
her house and for her field." At once Ge'ha'zi zfi:i$i5
said: "My lord' the king, this is the woman and y,>;~g;,l
rFA\3;\6 pregnant women you will rip up."5 IWpon that
L L 6:12
Haz'a-el said: "What is your servant, [who is
this is her son whom E.li'sha revived." At that $1"
LICL 6:26
AlSEk 1 7 4 3 I , , , ,
dog,A
that he could do this great
the king asked the woman and she went on t o
2% 9%
Ps22:20
thing?"
But
E.li%ha
said: "Jehovah has shown
relate t o him the story." Then the king gave her "2Ki 4:32
:Jer 17.9
Jit,26:35 me yon as king over Syria."'
a court of%cial,"saying: "Return all that be$::3:,;, '
c l I C ~19:15
JIic 2.1
longs t o her and all t h e products of the field
14 After that he went fom E.li'sha and came
F2"i5'"
from the day of her leaving the land until now.''0 P,De:?:3
to his own lord,h who then said t o him:" "What
did EJi'sha say to you?'* To this he said: "He
7 And E.liesha proceeded t o come t o Damas- $fa;!;
"2Ki
x:la said t o me, 'You w
ill positively revive.' "" l5 And
as,' and Ben-ha'dada t h e king of Syria was sick. +,FE:i;:5
>It ZB:ZB
i t came about on the next day that he proceeded
Accordingly t h e report was made to him, say- ;&i?;N
to take a coverletC and dipd it in water and
k g : "The man of Godax has come as f a r as m:$;gj;8
spread it out over his face,* so that he died.k
1
here." At that the king said to Haz'a.el:* "Take 2 ~ sli*
"&f&lix
a giftk in your hand0 and go and meet the man : ~ $ ~ ~ ~ , : , 9
,3217i!,,And Hazta.eln began t o reign in place of him.
of Godm and you must inquiren of Jehovah $$;$:,
16 And in the fifth year of Je.ho'rame the son
6 0
through him, saying, 'Shall I revive from this #"IE:~;;~
of A'hab the king of Israel, while Je.hoshra.phat
,,:%%it
sickness?' " ' So Haz'a.elr went to meet him andl klsn 9:;
was king of Judah, Je.ho'mml' the son of 3er;$ O: ; :f
2Chzl:3 hosh'a.phat the king of Judah became king.
took a gift in his hand, even every sort of good \:\; ?i3
thing of Damascus, the load of forty camels,* $
l 7 Thirty-two years old he happened t o be when
",:;
and came and stood before him and said: "Your ;fi J;$
~2ch
21:s he became king and for eight years he reigned
l l K i 2252
s o q S Ben-ha'dad, the king of Syria,has sent me r l I < ~1 ~ 5
in Jerusalern.~Is And he went walking in the
?K13:2
to you, saying, 'Shall I revive from this sick- Si%?i!
way of the kings of I ~ r a e l just
, ~ as those of the
ness?""O Then E-li'sha said to him: "Go, say 2i'"34'4
house of A'hab had done," for it was A'hab's
:EA5'
1
:::3
2 2 : ~
to him, 'Yaw willbt positively revive, and Jeho- tmi
;:Kk;& daughter that became his wife,v and he kept
uGe 43:39
vah has shown meu that you will positively Jer%:21
/doing what was bad in Jehovah's eyes. I9And
Sijb
die.' "Y l1 And he kept a fixed look and kept it ,"G"d2:i2"
"Mon of God.'' M, iaB ha-El.o.ki?nJ; as in verse 2. blZorcl." IT,
set t o t h e point of embarrassment. Then the EFj
rr.~70.r~inaf,
the plural of n.d6n, t o denote exeellel~ceor m q j e s t ~ *. Or,

"Ifan of God." hIj + A ha-El.o.kim'; as in verse 2. b "Say to him,

T o n will,'>' XmarglnLXXTgSy and 18 Ecbrew manusct?pts;
'[Say, 'Yon will not: " h1,
a

"netted cloth." d This Hehrev word is also nsed f o r haptrzing. Cornpare % Kings 5 : 14,footnote a. e Literally, *'Jotram,'> 11. But com1wrc 2 ICings 1.: 1 7 ; 3 : 1.

2 KINGS 8 2-27

340

341

Jehovah did not want t o bring Judah3 t o rujn Em21:5

2 5 1:13
~
for the sake of David his servant,y just as he had 3'1x1
1138
promised him to give him a lamp' for his sonsa
,1:;i6

PS L":SI
alway~.~
Lu 1:BD
20 In his days E'dorn' revolted from under ;:*; i; if;
the hand of Judah and then made a kinga rejgn
;c:?n
over them. " Consequently Je.ho'ramc passed r$G!: Yl:i7
= 47
over t o Za'ir, also all the chariots wlth him.
And it came about that he himself rose up by
night and got t o strike down the E'darn.ites that
were surrounding him and the chiefs of 'the
chariots, and t h e people went fleeing to their
tents. 2 2 But E'dorn kept up its revolt from un21:s
der the hand of Judah down t o this day." It uras
then that Libpnahd: began to revolt a t that time.' '$8
A:3!
23 And the rest of the affnirs of 3e.ho'ramc
:;;;;$:;.
and d l that he did, are they not written in the ;t >!i:
book* of t h e affairs of the days of the king5 of I; ;;:1;,
~h 2i:'iz
Judah? Finally 3e-ho'ramc lay down with his 6.1KI
2141
forefathers" and was buried with his forefathers 1~ r rI I ,1s
in the city of David," And A.hn.zi'ahpUhia son .>Cll
;;$21 241
began t o reign in place of him.
% l t l l l 3 11
25 In the twelfth year of Je8ha'ramcthe son :;<k$t;g
of A%ab t h e king of Israel, A.haazitahPthe son hP'<:;;jl
h 2.9
oP Je.harram t h e king of Judah became king.1~n-I
t?KI 1. 1
Twenty-two years old A.ha.zi'ahq'was when he / i i r 11.13
began t o reign and for one year he reigned in ,fji:
Jerusalem." And his mother's name was Ath.8- :.>A
li'ahfr the granddaughterc- of Om'ri" the king Clc'lla.27
of Israel. 21 And he went walking in the way of
the house of A'habbnd kept doing what was
zfjA3
a lrGive him a lamp atld to hie sang," LXXATRT nnd fibout 00 IIebre~vttlt~un~cripts
2nd 2 Chroniclee 21: 7, Jditnhnlly, "fill the d ~ p . ' '

;:::::?
%:::

'$!$!cs

Litcrnlly, i ' J ~ ' r ~ u ~ 31.

, " Cotapnre v P a e 10, fnotnota 0, i'Lihrr~nlr."
A priest citr; see Joshzw 21 : 33, +A.kkrr:.inrlra, AE. Conipnro
1 l i i n g x 22 : 40, footnote a. 1 '8.tJrrr biu'lrll, RI ; prohn)>lymcnuing
(~Ynb(u) is ~sntkrt." literally, "dnughter:' JI,

cam19a

2 KINGS 8:28--9:6

bad in Jehov&'s eyes: lfke the house of A'hab,

for he was a relative of the house of A%ab by

rnarriage.11 ?q Accordingly he tve~ltwith Je.ho'rama the son of A'hab to the warv against Ha$V ~ K I
22:4 a.eF the king of Syria at Ra'moth-gil'e.ad," but
2Ii13:7
Z C 18:3
~
the Syrians struck down Je.ho'rarnna So Jey l K i 19:17
2Ki9:15 ho'rama* the king returned t o get healed at
e:gi:l:8 Jezfre~elufrom the wounds that the Syrians got
,!Ei i?;;to inflict upon him at Ra'mah" when he fought
~ j " s l j i l 8 Haz'a.el the king of Syria. As for A.ha.zi'ahcA
1% 29.1
2sa 4.4
the son of Je.hoFramthe king af Judah, he went
mil B : I ~
1 C h 2 : 6 down to see Je.ha'ram0 the son of A'hab in JezP41Ki22:34 revel,for he was sickab
And E.Hpshathe prophet, for his part, called
one of the sons' of the prophets and then
*IK'
2Ki 20:35
4:l
said t o him: ''Gird up your loinsp and take this
2x1 4.29
Jer 1:17 flaskd* of oil in your hand and ga t o Rapmoth*Isa i o : ~ gil'e-ad.' When you hnve come i
n there, see
*lKl22:3 1
arrrs.28 Je'hulcthesonaf Je.hoshk.phat thesonofNim'klICi 1937
shi there, and you must come in ~ n make
d
him
get up from the mldst of his. brothers and bring
"
gYi%him
:$into
? the Innermost r0orn.n And you must
~ E 29:i
take the flasks of ail and pour It out upon his
L.s:lz
headp and say, This is what Jehovah has said:
?,;$:;: 1snl.j:: "(I do anointC you as king" over IsraeE." ' And
yournust open the door and fleeand noturait."t
I5n. 16,;2
F., n . 7
4 And the attendant, the prophet's attendant,
got on his way to Ra'rnoth-gil'e-ad. a When he
t!g:'1:$
came in, why, there the chi& of the military
force were seated. He now safd: "There is a
uJg3:19 word I have for you,i"
clzjef," At this Je'hu
said: "For which one of all of us?" Then he
said: 'Tor you, 0 chief.'' So he got up and
a Po.ro*', M; as et verse 101. ~'I3~n'nrnh,"Af, A ~hnrtenedform for
Rn'moth-giPe.nd. .4.blrnt.iirflru, .\I.
Untnpnre 1 h n g s 22 :40, footIIO~C
a. Or, d'jriglat.'' Of rera~uirsnrs.
t*2K1X:lg
2ch m3
Ec 2 2 6

2Co 6:14

"

343

came into the house^ and he proceeded t o pour ;If;%;:

the oil out upon his head and say t o him: "This 1~
2Ch 19.16
225
is what Jehovah the God of Israel has said, '1 :s2;;L,
do anoint you as kingr over Jehovah's people,"
that is, over Israel. And you must strike down

I,.,

2.21

:?.;:$iz

2 KINGS 9: 1%19

Se%uy the son of Je.hoshFa.phatthe son of N h F shiz proceeded to consp3rem against Je.h~'rarn.~
And Je.horramr hln~selfhad happened to be
;Eg%i6
2K';G:3
2 K l 15:3 keeping guard at Ra'moth-gille.ad,' he with all

>-IKi19rf6

:=;&,

:IKi 22.3 Is~ael,because of Haz'a.elA the king of Syria.

2Ki P.28
19:15
the house of A'hab your lordo and I must
j;j$
Later Je.ho'ramE the Icing returned t o get
3KI Pi?
avenge' the bloodb of my servants the prophets ,,g>iJbi;
21ri a:i5 healed a t Jezfre.el' from the wounds that the
and the bloodb of all the servants of Jelrovnh ;:;+;;I)
ljki:,'li?&Syrians got t o inflict upon him when he fought
L
a t the hand of Je~'e.bel.~
And the whale house ~ I :':4,.,2
Hazta.el the 1dng of Syria."
of A'hah must perisha and I must cut off Pmm i!i<i,ij30
Je'hu now said: "If YOUR soul
do not
A'habA anyone urinatingP against a wall and. n l j i l it.,-t
let anyone go out in escape from the city to go
any helpless and worthless onec in Israel.' " And ij;! $j iiz
and make report In Jw're.el." laAnd Je'hu be*?Kt 8 . L
I must constitute the house of A%ab like the " ~ ~ ~ : J , ? $ ~
q
~ B:za
i
gan to ride and go to Jez're.el, for Je.hoJrarna
"Gh 1 2 6
house of Jer.o.bo'amathe son of Ne'bat and like ,;'$$?,
k%,
13:M was lying there' and A.ha.si'ehcmthe king d
the house of Ba'a.shanthe son of A.hi'jah. l o And s;~;b;;;l
2%
r,e z1:6
15-24 Judah himself had gone down to see Je.hoPram."
it will be Jez'e-be1 that the dogs will eat in the i i i r : . i 21
' V n d the watchmank was standing upon the
Iqa
EZ,,,2
62.6
tract of land at Jez're-el and there will be no 'f;'::; in
tower9 in Jez're.el,n and he got to see the heavii",i;$&
one bwylng her."' With that he opened the
ing mass of Je%uls [men] as he was coming,
BJa 8!18
door and went fleeing.'
and he at once said: "There is a heaving mass
11 As for Je'hu, he went out to the servants
[of men] that I am aeelng.'VAt that Je.ho'ramR
said: "Take a c~vnlrymanand send him t o meet
of his lordla and they began to say t o him: "Is
them and let him say, '1s It peace?' "r Accordeverything a11 right?k Why did this crazyll man IcaKI
H J C29x6
4:26
~
come in to you?" But he said t o them: "YOU ~ITOF)::
ingly a rider on a h o s e went to meet him and
t 3.3
+
yourselves well h o w the man and his sort of J In M
rlSalk4 said: "This is what the king has said, 'Is it
talk."' "'But they said: "It is false!" Tell us,
peace?"' But Je'hu sttid; "What do you have
f ~213
Lu10:5
i
to do with 'geace'?dn Get araund to my rear?"
please." Then he said: "It was lilcc this and like r's-"'!'''D
";
;
$
;
?
Zer IS:J
that that he talked to me, saying, 'This is what
And the watchrnant went ~m to report, sayJehovah has said: "1 do anoint you as king over
t2sa1E:aa
158 2
::11 ing: "The messenger came as far as to them,
Israel."' "a la At this they hurriedly took each ;f:'&!
he has not returned," SO he sent out a
gZ,$E%but
one his garrnentt and put it under him upon the ,$,l:&o
second rider on a home, who, when he came to
bare steps and they began to blow the trumpetLt
them, pmceeded to say r "Thfs is what the king
has said, $15 It peace?' ' I r But Je'het said : "What
and say: "Je'hu has become king!"Y l4 And ;$,:'?%
Po.ram: M: aa at 2 Rings 8 : 18, b Liternllp, "If there is POUR
~ ' Z n r d , ' W ,a.do.nb$', the plural of a.ddn', tu denoto sx~~Dcncc
~;oul:l M. e A.hJanr.inrkrr, h1, Comprti-0 1 I i i n ~ n22 : 40, footnote a.
or mnjesty, b l i t e r d l ~ ,l%bloods!' C Liternlly, "ane tcslrninrtl nnd
d Liter~llp,' V h n t [in thcre] l o you and to pencet" See Josha
ono let go (or, aha~doned).'~
See Deuterbtlblny 32: 311, footnote n,
L"1: 24, footnote b.
d llte~*ally,
"Falsehood I"

::

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II~.

2 KINGS 9 :20-26

344

345

2 KINGS 9:27-35

utterance of Jehovah.' So now, lift him up;

do you have to do with $eace'Ta8 Get around to spz2$ji2
Jer 165
throw
him into the tract of land according to
my rear!"
Hu 3:17
vfKi 21:19 the word of Jehovah.+
20 And the watchmant went on to report, i:;g:F
27' And A.ha.zi'ah2 the king of Judah himself
saying: ''He came as far as to them, but he has
NU
2Kj 16:26
8:29
;?;%
saw it and took to flight by the way of the garnot returned, and the driving is like the driving u l R i 19.16
$$hl,22i:
c2K1 21:18 deno house.' (Latera Je'hu went in pussuit of
of Je'huu the grandsonb of Nim'shi,~far it is
!b21e
'1x1 21:2
him and said: "Him also! STRIKE him down!"
with madness that he drives."~ At that Je.ho'WOS17:11
~ g 1 . 2 ~SO they struck him downb while in the chariot
ram said: "Hitch up!"" So his war chariot* was :";'1',?;i3
LJg 1:27
hitched up and Je.hoJram the king of Israel and l;$gz5
J 5
: ~ on the way up to Gur, which is by Ib'le.arnnnAnd
A.ha.zitahc1 the king of Judah went out, each in $
l
lKi
&
i
~
9:15
:
I Z he continued his flight to Me.gid'doA and got to
!:;:;
21<i23:m die there, " "Then his servants carried him in
his o ~ w a r chariot ." A s they continued on out
2Ch
23:9
;$; ;&
13:20 a chariot to Jerusalem and they burieda him in
to meet Je'hu they got t o find him in the tract 119 21:18
ILLa l : ~
of land of Na'both" the Jez're-el-ite.
62KI 9:17
zgf
E;i: his tomb0 with his forefathers in the city of
+Ika 48:22
2~114:20
22 And it came about that as soon as Je.ho'- Is, 5s:s
-2K1 8.74 David.' 2p And it was in the eleventh year of
Je.ho'ramc' the son of Afhab that A.ha.zifah
ram saw Je'hu he immediately said: "Is it Je'16:"
R O 3:17
2Ch 2i:ia
2ch
22:2
had become king over Judah,)@
8:25
peace: J e ' h ~ ? ~But
' ~ he said: "What peace' ~ : , C , ~ ~ ; ~ ~ E2Kf
x2KI 9:15
WKI 19:~
could there be as long as there are the fornica- ;gf :;
30 At length Je'hu came to Jez're.eljXand
kJcr 4.30
z~~ : ?
tions of Jez'e.bele your mother and her many IP,:!K2;20
Ezs 2 3 ~ 0Jezre.bel*herself heard of it. And she proceeded
47:9
sorceries?"" A"2t
once Je.holram made a turn
nxsc
h a 32.1:17
: ~to paint1<her eyes with black paint and do her
with his hands, that he might flee, and said t o
head up beautifullyn and to look down through
A.ha.zirah:c "There is treachery," A.ha.zi'ahrH i;:::
the window." IAnd Je'hu himself came in by
zg;&?2,
ICh :2:18 the gate. She now said: "Did it go all right with
2f And Je'hu himself filled his hand with a b o e
; :$
Ps 118.6
Ps 124:2 Zirn'rir the killer of his lord?"d s2 At that he
and proceeded to shoot Je.hofram between the EC
Ps 50.21
8:13
t G e 3;:36
arms, so that the arrow came out at his heart? ;&; %;;
~ s ~ s : lraised
s
his face toward the window and said:
1Ki 2 2 3
r2x.i 9:21
and he collapsed in his war chari0t.k " He now s1K1
"Who
i
s with me? Who?"s Immediately t w o or
zs
1
11)
21.29
said to B i d ' k a r q i s adjutant:" "Lift him up; J er 23.33
three court officialst looked down at him. a 3
,$$13:j711
Y2Ri 7:20 he said: "Let her drop!"u Then they let her drop
throw him into the tract of the field of Na'both c?c"h'l's.lz
Isa 25:10
L31:15
the Jez're.el.ite,r far remember:" I and you were i$E :!%
and some of her blood spattered upon the wall
h1lC 7.10
Ma1 4:3
riding teams behind A'hab his father a d Jeho- L2:;$l!
and upon the horses, and he went trarnplingv
18:41
vah himself lifted up this pronouncementa Uv2;f;;451Ki
ES 3 : ~ upon her. 3 4 After that he came on in and ate
C P s IX9:21
against him; eo ' "Certainly the bloodt of Na'- g;; ;;if5
21K121:25 and drankr and then said: "You men, please,
both and the blood of his sonsU I saw yester- r G e 9 : 5
Tnl6;i5 take care of this accursed3z one and bury her,
day," is the utterance of Jehovah, "and I shall kE"1f::z
for she is t h e daughter of a king."q5 When they
.$~~$..
certainly repayv you in this tract of land," is the $$+ii:,

:;;

XXLa

:z9

L'Latcr.'' See 2 Chronicles 22: '7-9. "'So they struck him down."
111serteEE in agreement with VgSg, and f o r sense. To.rnm', 31.
d "Lord.', &
I II
. ~,
o + H ~ as
~ I in
~ ' ;verse 7 .
a

See verse 18, footnote d. b Literally, "son."

"'BBidfLar,''

U;"Ben-dek'pe (Bar-d'qar)," ST.

d.hJ!az.a'a'bu, 11.

2 KINGS 9: 36-10:5

346

bury her, they did not find anythlng of

her but the skuU and the feet and the palms of
the hands." nE When they returned and told him, O E b , F 3
he went on to say: '"lt is the word of Jehovah R;;g
that he spoke by mean9 of his servant E.liffaha
went t o

the Tish'bite, saying: 'Ln t h e tract of land of ?[<I1.1.2s

Jez%e.el the dogs will eat the flesh of Jezk.kl.( o l l c i 21:23
" And the dead body of Jez'e,bel will certainly
become as manuret upon the face of the Acld in +?,&!j: ,lO
~
the tract of land of Jezfre.el, that they may not J c J8:4
say, "This is Jezfe.bel." ' "
Now A'hab had seventym sonsr in Samar'i.8' Therefore Jerhu wrote letters j;;;;$4
and sent them t a Sa-marEi.ato the princes* of w;>,'\;r?
Jez%e.el,the older menk and the caretakers. of arIc11<1ri;E lrr;
.3
A'hab,h saying: ? ''NOW,then, at the very time lr< i : ~ : L I
n""":"
that this lettern cGmes t o YOU there arc with
you the sons of YOL% lord= and there are with
1
I-ou the war chariotsr and the horses and a f orij- r2Kl8:la
Aed cityn and t h e arm0r.t a And YOU must sce rt##j$3
which is the best and most upright of the s o ~ ~ s
of YOUR lordc and put him upon the throne of
his fathermuThen fight for t h e house of YOUR u . j ~ a \ ~ A $ ~
~ S 2:9
R
10~d~''~~
lTil 1 . 5
4 And they b e m e very greatly afraid and
~$y
Iil12:~
began to say: " m k !two kings,' themselves did iJ<a:\
1& %
not stand before him, and haw shnll we our- y : ~11~2 1i ~
selves stmd?"" Consequently the one who was :d:.j,'"
over the house and the one who was over the LuL4.31
city and the older men and the caretakers' sent *2Kllo:l
t o Je'hu, saying: "We are your servants: nnd
everything that you say to us we shnll do, We 11<12U:~J

10

zEiz,&10
3t3

I.;;

.El.d,ic~'hr~,hl. See 1 king^ 17:1, footnote c, b Or, 'Ylie tru~lteea

of h'hob," Jr; "the caretakers of the - o m of A'hnb," T X X ' L ~ ~ n r f l f n l ~
I
*deiloll, a "Lord." M, a.h.n~sn',ha p l u ~ ~of
l n.dBn', ia denote cscrll~nceor mnjes@.
I

347

2 m G S 10:6-12

shall not make anyone king. What is goad in

your own eyes do.'"
21%
6 At that he wrote them a second letter! saying: "If~~ubeIangtorne~and
it Ismy voicethat
YOU Ere obeying, take the heads of the men t h a t
g-5 are sans' of YOUR lordnand come to me tomorrow
De 5:9
Now the sons of the
Jas 7.2.4 at this t h e at Je~'rec1.''~
Isa 1!:21 king, seventy men, were with the djstinguished
Re 2:LO
EZKI 9:30
men of the city t h ~ were
t
bringing them up,
'And it came about that as soon BS the letter
came t o them they went taking the sons of the
king and slaughtering [them I , seventy men,"
2 ~ i11:1
after which they put their heads In baskets" and
PCh 21:4
= ~14:s
t
sent them to l ~ i mat Jezrre.el. Then the messen~~~~$ger:~eameinandtoldhim,saying:"Theyha
m%i*i~6:%
brought the heads" of the sons of the king..."'
So
he said: "PUT them in two heaps at the entrance
r-mw
of the gate until rn~rnlng,"~
"And it came about
.IS. 12:s in the morning that he proceeded t o go out. Then
1 people: "You are
tE:$g he stood still and said t o ~ 1 the
, ~ ~ I myself conspiredt against my
ifiiT;i6r i g h t e ~ u sHere
ZICl F:,N lordu m
d I got to kill
but who struck down
vlba
~1.8
VHO 1.4
a
1
1
these?
"'Know,
then,
that
nothing of Jehoy1Sa 329
1Sa 15:s vah's rrrord will fall [u~~fulRlled]
to the earthy
Ps m:11
that Jehovah h m spoken against the house of
GILT
?%;$% A'hablz and Jehovah Ilimseli has done what he
spoke by means 00 his servant E.li'jab.'"c*
"Momover, Je'hu went on t o strike down all
$y\;iz
PC13:20 who were left over of the house of A'hab in
r-1ICI 3319
IKI18.m Jezrre.el and all his distinguished menDand his
l K i 22:6
2 1 ~ 12321) acquaintances and his priests;' rintil he had let
dJos 1030
lK1 14:10 no survivor of his remafn,O
12 And he proceeded to rise and come in,
h:',g;f; then get on his way t o Sabrnarti,a.The binding
'"Lord."
M, a.do.a~im'; na in vene 2. b Or, 4'innoc~nt!' 0 EI.LhPAu,
+$

:;

3i. See 1 Eiings 17:1, footmate c.

2 KINGS 10:13-18

348

house of the shepherds was on the .rvaymsI8 And

JPhu himself encountered the brothers at A.hazj'ahh- the king of Judah. When he said t o them, +a,R,tEg
"W
' ho are YOU?" then they said: "We are the ;
:;;;;:7
brothers of A.ha.zitah,band we are on our way
dotv11 to ask if all is well wIthc the sons of the
kingmand the sons of the lady,'" l4 Immedi~tely9E!
he said: "SEIZEthem alive!'" So they s e i z d ugi!;g;;
them alive and slaughtered them at the cistern

II

ROW

one be missing, because I have a great

sacrifice for
Anyone that Is missing will
keep
living."
As
for Je'hu, 'he acted slyly,#
Y ~ ; ~ i ~ h o t
I for the purpose sf destroying the worshipers
of B~'al,=
20 And Je'hu went on to say: "Sandffy a
solemn
assemblykfor Ba'al.''a Accordingly they
k:gH:JF:,9
Joc1.14
proclaimed it. After that Je'hu sent through
nJncs:a
Jot?3,11 all Israel," so that all the worshipers of Ba'ala
r~ 16;32 cnmr in.r And not a single one was left aver that
did not come in. And they kept comlng in to the
house of Ba'al," and the house of Ba'ala came to
nJe16:n be full from end to end.ba 'We now said to the
one who was over the wardrobe: "Brina out garmt2a:12
ments' for all the worshipers of B~'al."a So he
braught the aftire out for them. Then Je%u
entered with 3e.hon'a.dabu the son of Re'chab
Uj,K,1$?ji6
J W ":"
into the house of Ba'aL' He now said to the
worshipers of Ba'al: a "Search carefully and see
'MtH:n
that there rnag be here with YOU' none of t h e
lvorshipers of Jehovah, but only the worshipers
of Ba1&l.''8Y24 Finally they came in to render up
m 2 : r : 3 3 sacrifices and burnt obel.ings, and Je'hu himself stationed eightyc men outside at his disposal
zz:$t:ii
1)e In:>L
and went an to say: "As for the man that
escapes from the men whom I am bringing into
' l C J ryAID
P a m hands, the one's soulBwill go for the other" s0u1."~
b ~ 1n:l.l
~ c single
~
?I<! 111:11

Ir

Or, "Betb-ekted of the Shepherds umnaon tho rny." A.RAn:.iaChtr,

If, a L~t~lnlly,
''on am trey d o n fox t h e w~11'nw?farn'
BI. Or,
"ci~t~rrrof Bdh-ek'ed." "Je.hon'n+dnhTn3E ; Illrwnma "Jehov~h
i s l i h ~ r n l(or, has impeiletl) ." Crln~parc3 S n i n n ~ lI3 : 3, footnote a.
f lbThe?.," 11 ; ''Ire,"
L,YX*Sy. g El.i.in'k rr, 11; RR in r p r w 10. h Literfilly, ''serr~d,"'31. IHab-BaP'al,11; literally, "tho Ra'nl." Cortlpare
K t ~ n i b ~ r22
a : 41,footnote a.

82K1 10.L1

of the binding house," forty-two men, and he

did not let a single one of them remain.k
k2x1
zch 22:s
11:1
I5 As he n7asgoing along from there he got
t o encounter Je.hon'a.daben the son of Retchabr nj:f,3,t9
[coming] to meet him. When 11e blessed4 him, ;&$h",;Ez
he accordingly said t o him: "Is your heart up- g;;;;,
sight with me,just as my own heart Is with your
heart?"' T o this Je-hon'a.dabp said: "It is."'Ut1Ch12"7
J O ~~
~ 1 5
"'If it is, do give me your hand." So he g w e him ~ ~ 12:cls h
his handv At that he made him get up into the vgff$
;!:
charjot with h i r n . ~
Is Then he sflid: "Do go long
yyc
$%
with me and look upon my toleration of no nc s:sr
25:11
rivdryz toward Jehovah."%nd theyr kept him zKu
co 11:2
'a0 10:2
riding with Ilim in his war charioi. ::Finally he
came to Sa.mar'i.a. Now he went strjking down
I
all who were Jeft over of A'habk in Sa.mnrri.a
s:s
until he had annihilated t h e m n accol*cllng t o $FIE:::
Jehovah's word that he had spoken to E.ll'jah.aA QL;xL~;'I
K
;
16.31
18 Further, Je'hu collected all the people OlKi
1Ki 18:19
together and said to them: "A'hab, on the one , I -\I. 1 ~ : 2 2
hand, worshiped11 Ea'ali a 1ittIe.O J e h , on the AE;iyjM

-,

other hand, will worship him a great deal, I* So

call 821 the prophets' of Ba'al,47 all his worF

zgi3
f3 shipers* and all his priests' t o me. Do not Iet a

i/ib?$30

I H u h - B P n l , Y; liter all^, Yhe Ba'al?' Cotnpare Yurnh~r~

22:41,
footnoto n, Li ternIIy, 'pfuU,mouth to mouth," h1. P o ~ ~ i bmeaning
lg
~tantling80 close to one another. m'tEigl~ty,"A I L S S V g ; "three
htintlre~land right;rJ1'Sy; "three thousarld,'%XXLa8aralan ~ ~ l t l o
I ~ l i e ~ l o n e ct~dex,
~ ~ ~ l amargln.

l ~

2 KINGS I0 : 25-33

350

351

2 KINGS 10:3 4 1 1 :4

Jordan toward the rising of the Bun, all the land

of GjlteBad:: the Gad'i tesa and the Reu'ben,iteso
.Jna Id:$ land the Ma+nas'sites,+
from A.roter;" which is by
:Nti 3%:33I
r l s n IC::!
the
torrent
valley
of
Arfnsn,@
wen Gilkad and
*]>I> 3:lJ
r Jns 13:9 ,BaPshan.*
'Eg:?
L J v %13.12
the adjutantsqbegan t o strike them dotm with!,; :; i
34 h d the rest of the affairs of Je'hu and all
the edge of the sword and t o t h m them out, 3t;:;:,
that he did and at1 his mightiness, are they not
md they kept going as far as the innermost Y ] < ~ ( F : ~ J
written in the bookm of the affairs of the days
room" of the house of Ba'al." 2'Then they :E;*fi21
of t h e kings of Israel? 3TFinally Je%u lay down
hrougM aut the sacred pillarsbcof the 11ouse of I J S ~1 . 1 : ~
with his iorefathers,k and they buried him in
Ba'aI and burned each one.c*f 7 Further, they $!' R:'i:
Sa.mar'i.a, and Je.ho'a.hazn his son began to
pulled down the sawed pillar af Ba8al'and pulled t; :" :'gm
reign in plnce of him. '%And
the days that Je'hu
down the h o w ' of Ba'al and they kept it set
had reigned over Israel were twentysight years
aside for priviesP down to this day.
~
ZIii' :':t:~
513
h
in S~.mar'i.a.
28 Thus Je%u annihilated Ba'al out of Israel. ;,?1;!;2
As reg~rdsAthIadirahr the mother of
2u It was only the sins of Jer.o.b~'arn'~
t h e sen of I ),:2:!i
A . h a . z i ' ~ h ,she
~ ~ saw that her son had
ltllrl IS:&?
Ne'bat, with which he caused Israel to sin," that ,,IW I.I:IG
died.[ So she rose up and destroyed all the offJe'hu did not turn aside from following, [that .$,~'&'~~'
spring of the kingdorn.~E However, Je.hosh'e.bav
is,] the golden calves' of which one was in j:",':",:'"
the daughter of King Jeah~'ram,by
the sister of
Beth'el and one in Dan.Os Consequently Jeha- ;;;if %
?;:,
Aha-zi'ah,n took Je.ho'ashc2the son of A.ha.ziPah
vah said to de'hu: "For the reason that you
and stole him from among the sons of the king
have acted well in doing what is right in my
that were t o be put t o death, even him and his
eyes,t [and] according ta all that was in my ,,F;~$$:Z;
nutsing woman, into the inner bedroom, and
heart you have done to the house of Afhab,t1 Ir;i st::;
theya kept him concealed* because of Ath.asons themselves to the fourth generation will sit Vzj21
li'ah,@and he was not put to death. %d he confor you upon the throne of Israel."v And Jethu
:'$PI
t i n u d with her at the house of Jehovah in hidhimself did not take care t o walk in t h e lawc3;;;O);$
1 jng for six years, while Ath.a.li'ah was reigning
";mzy8:12
of Jehovah the God of Israel with a11 his hearty 1:, ~(,):iz
over the land."
IT1 2:12
$sl$o
He did not turn aside from the sins of ~er.0.b~'-I:!I'r
war u : ~ 4 And In the seventh year Je.hol'adan sent
4.23
t ;sf3 H 1H
am with which he camedl Israel to sin.=
z11<1 1 . ' a
I
1..
and then tmlt the chiefs oaf hundreds of the
I K l k.\.M
32 h those days Jehovah started to CUt off Ilib I i:3F
Ca'rI.an3 bodyguard and of the runhers' and
"sll
;sn:'z:i'l
h:ll
Israel piece by piece, and Haz'a.elW
kept striking *iii L'y[L'
brought them to himseIf at the house of Jeho:;ij
-them in all the territoe of Israel, fmm the s ~ c ' l lE2
2?
t la

25 And it came about that as soon as he AnIshed rendering up the burnto offering Je'hu
immediately said to the runners and the adjutants: "Come in, strike them down! Do not
let a single- one go out."" And the runners and

CP% BD:?
FUc 3:12

11

,,,,,,,,

c$:jC;1

:A:iz

LiternIly, "the eit;~,'' 31. b "Sacred pillars:' hf; "satred pilEnr?

L,'LYTgS7 ; possibly khe "stlcred pale" or "Pc.she'rah'' he in^ ltli-n ut .
e LiternIly, "it" (feminine), 31 thnt is, each snrred pole inditir2unlly,

35, Po.mmt, 3f ; Iit~rfilly, t'Jo'mm!" E t e d p ,

'Ldn'nsl~," 31; hnt see Trme 21, footnotr d. a'cThq+,'rY;rr&e:r
LXX\-gRy, 'R.dhn!.ih'J~n,31; mmning, possibly, "Pah(n) is esni t ~ t 1 . I ~
a ..l.klr n.-.intAtr,

"

353
vahOand concluded a covenante with them and g:zg::F
made them swearx at the house of Jehovah, %
: $;a
after which he showed them the son of the king. i$;l&a
5And he went on to command them, saying: "Gea0:25
1X:lO
"This is the thing that YOU will do: One third IKI
N e 5:u
of YOU are coming in on the sabbath" and keep427
ing strict watchk over the king's house;n %and nlK1
k l C h 7:1
23:s
one third will be at t h e gate' of the Foundationa r i c h 26:13
and one third will be at the gate behind the runners; and you must keep strict watch over the
house by t w n s . 'And there are f x o divisions
among YOU that are all going out on the sabbath,
and they must keep strict watch over the houses siFA Fi::,
of Jehovah in behalf of the king. And YOU must
encircle the king a11 around, each one with his
weapons in his hand,and anyone entering withi n the rows will be put to death. And continue
with the king when he goes out and when he
comes in."
9 And the chiefs of hundredsu proceeded to do
;:i6
according to all that Je.hoita.da the priest had
QK121:8
commanded: So they took each one his men
that were coming in on the sabbath,v together v Z m B : g
with those that were going out on the sabbath,
21:9
and then came in to Se.hoifa.dathe priest. The ylsa
2Sa 8:7
priest now gave the chiefs of hundreds the$
:;;:;
spears and the circular shields that had be- gg; ;19
longed t o King David, which were in the house .1sa s : ~
of Jeh0vah.Y And the runner# kept standing :% ?$ig
each one with his weapons in his hand, from the ;$! iy!y
right sideh of the house* clear to the left sidec L:E!, gE
of the house, by the altarDand by the house,"
M.
{iFoundation," according to 2 C h n i c l e s 23 : 5. Iiiternlly, dLXiir,''
Literally, "the right ~lioulder,"M. That is, the south side, when
one faces enst. E t e r a l l ~ '(the
,
left shoulder," N,That is, the north
side, mhen one faces east.

2 KINGS 11:12-18

all around near t h e king. l2 Then he brought t h e

son of the king outv and put upon him the dia'ZSa 1:1 dem* and the Testimonp and they madea him
2Sa 121.30
La5:]6
king" and anointedb him." And they began to
EX z5,at
clap
their hands1<and say: "Let the king live?""
;:$
FS 1 8 : ~
13 When Ath.a.litah heard the sotwd of the
PS 78.5
people rumling, she at once came to the people
Ica s:l6
at the house of Jehovah.' Id Then she saw, and
there the king was standing by the pillarg ac:,Kt:;%
cording t o the custom and the chiefs and t h e
;$g:z;::;2
2c11 %:a1 trumpetsct by the king and all the people of the
rYu 10.2
ich 5/12 land rejoicingu and blowing t h e t r u r n p ~ t sIm.~
h1K1 1.40
mediately Ath.aali'ahvripped her clothing apart
I C 1k40
~
Pr 29:?
21:9
and began crying: "Conspiracy! Conspiracy!"Y
l:iF l5 But Je.hoi'a.da the priest commanded the
; ~ $933
~ : ~chiefs
; ~ ~ of hundreds,= t h e appointed ones of the
miIitary
force, and said to them: "Take her out
zZKl h : 4
2ch 23:9 from inside the rows and, as for anyone coming
after her, let there be an execution of deathd
$14;;:L;
with the sword!"" For the priest had said: "Do
not let her be put t o death in the house of Jeho+?i&il
la Sa they laid their hands upon hero and
~ e r 3 1 :vah.""
~
she
came
by the way of the horse entry' of the
ZlEf ;it2
king's
house,&
and she got put to death there."
"G,",9,:,+,
E x ~ 2 3 17 Then Je.hoi'a.da concluded the covenant0#
Le 24:17
between Jehovah and the kingk and the people,
T;p7.30
ISA B 11
that they should prove thernseIves the people
>It7:2
? ~ J o s ~ ~ of
: E Jehovah, and also between the king and the
After that aU the people of the land
'';;,";gas people." lB
came
to
the
house of Ba'alr and pulled dorm his
;$Ff;&6
E2xi11:2

:;;z;z!5

"And they made," 3LVgSy ; <'and (he) made," L S X , " h d

(they) anointed," >IT
"and
&
(he)
; anointed:' L X X . " Etraight
trumpets; nat the sha'pknr trumpet, which was curved like an
anilnal's horn; a cornet. See Nunhers 10: 3. "'Let there be an esecution of death." The Hebrew ~rerbhere is in the infinitive absolute and hence is il~ipersonaland indefinite as to time. Cornparo
2 d n g s 4 : 43, footnote a,

2 KINGS 11:I U 1 2 :4

354

altars," and his imagesDthey broke up thorough- ~ ~ C , h l ~ ~ V~ E

ly,t and Mat'tan the priest of Ba'al they killedg&

;F;'LI IN 13 s
before the altarsu
TIP 1
And the priest proceeded t o put overseersa
siaj?
over the house of Jehovah. I @ Flirther, he took
the chiefs of hundreds and he Catri.any body- yI=AK I1~ :: l ~s
guard and t h e runnersz and aU the people of the
;!;:
land, that they might bring the king down from ;f:;;;$
the house of Jehovah, and they came gradually
by the may of the %ate'of the runners to the i:g f?;Ej g
king's house, and he began to sit upon the ;: ;$,
throneo of the kings. '"And all the people of the :;: ;;!
land continued t o rejoicePAand the city, for its ;l;'';{f:l
2s
p a k had no disturbance, and Ath.a.lj'ahh her- ~i 2i::tl
self they had put to death with the sword at the
:c\!$'
62rh 2 3 : ~
king's house.co
21 Seven years old Je-hdashd' was when he
1'2:I
a2i 11
began to reign."
I11 the seventh year of JP%U,"Je.ho'ashaY*i%\ffi
became king and for forty years he ,2,2;;:2
reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother's nome JCII:I:XI
was Zib5ah from Be'er-she%a, And Je,ha'ashd k 2 ~ 14:5
1
continued doing what was right in Jehovah's :?,],;9:
eyes all the days of his that Je.hai'a.da the ;:l;$$:
priest instructed him." a It was onIy the high" "lc'll 1t;:3g
places t h a t did not disappear.n The people were ",1,K,I;?:i"
still sacrificing and making sacrificial smoke on p: i;2i
t h e high places.
~ Z Cm
R4
4 And Je.hofashe proceed& to say to the ,$,:\'%:;$
priests:" "MI the money2 for the holy offerings ':'::,'
that is brought to the home of Jehovahfu the .$ki:i!j

money at which each one Is assessed,aPthe

money
for the souls according to individuaI valT,!:
yI,r 27
x:?12 u ~ f l o n
fill~ the
~ money that it comes up on the
3:s heart of each one t o bring to the house of Jeha!:Y : l - ~ . ~ ,
i . : :.;.22
~
vah," Iet the priests take for themselves, each
1Ch 9 . 3
1y.11;,l:lf one from his own acquaintance,' and let them,
T.)r 1 11
for their paiwt,repair the cmckd of the housen
I.:IP
2 I;B
K/!'Y !O
~vh~lvlver
any crack is found.">
,.,, \":
I,u 21.1
6
And
it
came almut that by We twenty-third
*sa I S 3
?,a!
I < .'s
year of King Je.ho'ashb t h e priests* had not yet
c.
a
<''I;I?
:.I:'?
::KA :
:5 repnlred the cmcks of the house.' 'So King
J:.lt 5>:1.1 Je-ho'ashb called Je-hai'a.daa *the priest and the
-1 Slb 2'1
prjests and said t o them:' 'Why is i t that you
;;;;I
II 5
arc not lmepalrIngthe cracks of the house? Now,
cq:{~ll:i:5
then, do noi: tnkc any more money from YOUR
r . ~ i l l 4l
?<'I1
2.1: 1.
acquaintances, but for the cracks of the house
y l : V ~nhould
u
give it." %At that the priests agreed
not to tnke any more money from t h e people
and not t o repair the cracks of the house.
9 Je.hai'a.d~the priest now took a chestck and
bored
a hole tn its lid and put It beside the altar
,11:r<l;,2F:::42:1n
on
the
right RS a person comes into the house
*l<l ~ 3 . 4
HAICI:':I:IN
o
f
Jel~ovah,n
and there the priestqr the door1C:h 13:1$
1(q111p,:2.~keepersIclRput all the money that was bein;:
J', H: 10
hroi~ght into the house of Jehovah. lo And it
,
Jcr X.24
came nhout that ws soon as they saw that them
,s,
,
isn ;lrr:lS
I H : ~ was a g r e ~ tdeal of money in t h e ch&
the
:.);I 17:s
secretary'
of
the
king
and
the
high
prieskc
would
:$I1 2"4
:jii
come up md they would bind it up'' and dunk
:IT%2;:32
I,.G~I5 ?:!
the money that was being found at the house of
\:-c?I:t.11 Jeh0vnh.v IIAnd they gave the money that had
,-rc,
2:'m:
.r-2, 2 ;
;,:,, ,.;: been counted off over to the hands of doersr of

mLiteraIlg, "or~rsighk;charges," Id; the abstract bcinp put for

the concrete. 'd.thaLi#'hn, 31; as in vcrae 2, Cl~aptcr11 in the
Hebrex text ends here. 31, Yla.atrkt; caning L ' J ~ h o v a his
strang," or, "Jehovah bas ktowed." LiWaIi;c; "silces,'"

nh

':ti

12

X ~ : X ~

,,,

,L

Literally, "the mone of e r ~ bone pmsing by," If. b TrJio.ush$M;

i n vrme 1. 6 A.ri;n 7, 31; ns at Exodus 2:: 10, footnote e. Gterrtlly, "li~r.l>ern
of the threshold," hi, Or, "chief priest" G t ~ r d l ~ ,
''grcnt ( c g t ) pri~gt,"11.

T
2 KINGS 12: 12-8

356

I
the work that were appointed at the house of
Jehovah. In turn they paid it out to the workers
I
in wood and to the builders that were working
at the house of Jehovah, l2 and to the masonsZ " m 3 : 7
and to the hewers of stone,"nd to buy timbers %2i2;i7
1
and hewn stones for repairing the cracks of the
house of Jehovah and for all that was expended
upon the house to repair it,
13 Only as respects the house of Jehovahf 02Ch24:14
there were not made basins' of silver, extinguish- 11KI
em,*bowlst4trurnpets,a+any sort of gold" article
:7423
and a r t i d e of silver" from the money that was !&thl;;;2
being brought to the house of Jehovah, " for it &$h$;z
was t o the doers of the work that they would give n r 1:11
735
it and with it they repaired the house of Jeho- *Nu
czr 1:10
vah." And they would not call for an account- LFgg:l/l
inglCwith the men into whose hand they would nZCh34:10
give the money to give to the doers of the work,"
because it was with faithfulnessr that they were Ek2$$5
working. lC As for the mmey for guilt' offer- "PS68:21
NU 5:s
ings# and the money for sin offering^,^ it was sLe5:15
not being brought to the house of Jehovah. It t227":"7:9
HO 4:a
continued to become the priests'."
uNu 18:8
17 Then it was that Hazta.elv the king of v;E;91;5
Syria proceeded to go up and fight against
Gathy and capture it, after which Raz'a-el set ,Iyi;;4
S, 2 7 : ~
his face2 t o go up against Jerusalem,' l a At that :Fig:%
Je.ho'ashb the king of Judah took all the holy ,$$,h4"$::3'5
offerings3 that Je.hoshta-phat and Je,hotram ,g2h9;2;23
and A.ha.zi'ahc his forefathers, the kings of
Jndah, had sanctified and his own holy offerings and all the goId to be found in the treasures of the house of Jehcvah and the house;
2ch 16:2
of the king and sentAthem to HazPa.elthe king of { A%KLIS:I~
a Strdght tmrupets, ns at Kumbera 10: 2. Teho.nsk', RZ; as at
verse 1. A.hkrrr.iu'hu, hI.
a

357

2 KINGS 12:19-13:5

Syria. So he withdrew from against JerusaIem.

19 As for the rest of the affairs of Je.ho'asha
and
all that he did, are they not written in the
blKi
;2!;4;$9
booko of the affairs of the days of the kings of
+2xi14:5 Judah? 2o However, his servants* rose up and
s2Ch 24:25
2ch 25:27 leagued together in a conspiracp and struck
x1K19 15
2 ~ l r & : 2 4 Je.ho'asha dovv a t t h e house" of the Mound,b*
42Sa 5:9
[on the way] that goes down to Sil'la. And
3R19.24
;$g Jo'za.carCk the son of Shim'eath and Je.hoz'a2&'3,2%,
badk the son of Sho'mer, his servants, were the
n2Ch $4127 ones that struck him down, so that he died.
1.2kl 11:2
21ii XI:^
Accordingly they buried him with his foreZICI 11:21
e2K18:26 fathers in the city of David, and Am.a.zi'ahn
t2:U 1035
his SOIT began to reign in place of him.
uPKi
VHU5:11
)'IKj 1?:28
I n the twenty-third year of Je.ho'ashar
lEi1 13.33
z l K l 14:16
the son of A.ha.zi'ahda the king of Judah,
*Le %:I7
Je.ho'a.hazZ the son of Je'huu became king over
~e 4.94
i 5 Israel in Sa.mar'i.a for seventeen years. And
he continued t o do what mas bad in Jehovah's
$ ;
E;;:;,
eyesv and went waIking in pursuit of the sin of
t;gj:~47 Jer.o.bo'am~-the son of Ne'bat, with which h e
2x1i?:i7 ,caused Israel to sin.= He did not turn aside from
A2Ki 1324
NU 21:7
it. a And Jehovah's anger' became hot against
$i!k610 Israel, so that he gave them into the hand of
,P:iT$
Haz'a.e13 the king of Syria and into the hand of
+pX%+u
Ben-ha'dadA the son of Haz'ael all their days.
g
2 4 In time Je.hola.haz softenedb the face of
PsM:15 Jehovah, so that Jehovah listened to him, f o r
CPr 3836
W K ~14:zs he had seen the oppressiona upon Israel,' ke* JP 3:9
cause t h e king of Syria had oppressed themea
J~ 3 2 5
K e 9:?7
1 3 a 1 9 : ~ Consequently Jehovah gave Israel a savior,"
so that they came out from under the hend of
Literally, "Jo'ash," 31. But see 2 Kings 12 : 1,2, 4, B, T , 1 8 . b "Tile

:zA

13

Mound!' N, Kik.lo7, "Jo'za.car," Ca and a number of other Hebrew manuscripts ; 2 Chroniclee 24; 26 reads ('Za3bad," ('Joa'a.bad,"
N, A,hhas.ia hzo, JI.

Syria and the sons of IsraeI continued to dwell *gB1,947

in their homes" as formerly.' " (Only they did k2zIg;?
not depart from the sin of the house of Jer.0- n;;z;&
bo'am, with which he caused Israel to sin.k In r ~ e . 7 : ~
16:33
it he walked;" and even the sacred poleb itself 1x1
2 ~
117:16
.
stood in Sa.mar'i.a.)r ? For he had not left to gg
Je.ho'a.haz any people but fifty horsemenGand wc'l 8:"
ten chariots and ten thousand men on foot,s
because t h e kingt of Syria had deskoyed them, :?$$:%
t h a t he might make them like the dustu at +zi37;7
threshing.'
t2Ki S:IZ
2Ki 10.32
8 As for the rest of the affairs of Je.hora.haz U P T 18:;32
and all that he did and his mightiness, are they ,"$,"$:
not written in the booky of the affairs of the
days of the kings of Israel? FinalIy Je.ho'a.haz
lay down with his forefathers, and they buried
him in Sa.marri.a,z and Je.hofashc* his son be- zg:
* z ~14~8
i
gan to reign in place of him.
10 In the thirty-seventh year of Je.hdashc
I
the king of Judah, Je.hdashd' the son of Je.hoJ- D2KLr4:1
ahaz became h g over Israel. in Xa.rnar'i.a for
sixteen years. llAnd he continued t o do what
was bad in Jehovah's eyes! Me did not depart ~ ~ 1 ~ ~ ;
fyom all the sin of Jer.o+bofamthe son of Ne'bat,
rvith which he caused Israel to s i n b In it he

8z$:F5
Y$s:$z

bz,Lf$s

walked.
12 As for the rest of the affairs of Je-ho'ashc
and all that he did and his mightinesse [and]
:,4~7~
how he fought against h . a - z i ' a h the king of 2ma5:17
I
Judah, are they not written in the book" of the "$g,K,$g
,L
affairs of the days of the kings of Israel? lS Finally Je.horashc lay down with his forefathers,' *!gzg
and Jer.o.bofamekhimself sat upon his throne. :&i&i4"&

a Literall$, "tents,* M. b Or, '%heA.shefmh." Literally, "Jo'asb,"

31; as in verse 1. d Yeho.raslzr,BI. *Meaning Jer.o.ho'am 11.

In t ~ ~Je.horasha
rr~
was buried in Sa.marri.awith

n$z;$:;

the kings of Israel."

14 As regards E.Iirsha,rhe had taken sicks
2Ki ;:I
2 ~ 1 9 : 1 with the sickness with which he was to die.t So
B G 48:l
~
2rci 20:1 Je.hofash&the king of Israel came down t o him
Joh 11:3
P), 2.26 and began to weep over his face and say: "My
father,u my father: the war charioth of Israel
m d his horsemen!"Y "' nd
E.li"sha proceeded to
ZeC
AC 2:29
Ac13 36 say to him: ''Take a bow and arrows." So he took
Heb 11~13
to himself a bow and arrows. Is And he went on
U~;E;;;Z
1c04:15 to say to the king of Israel: "Put your hand to
2Jq 4
v Z K 1 2 : ~ the bow,""Accordingly he put his hand to it, aftyGe 49:24
,K, 4:34 er which E.lirshalaid his handsy upon the hands
, ~ ; ~ $ i of
~ the king, l7 Then he said: "Open the window to
the
east.'' So he opened it.=Finally E.li'sha said:
J";;
%
;:$
EPS 22:~s "Shoot!" So he shot. He now said: "Jehovah's"
arrow of salvation,' even the arrow of salvation
*p7"::$7
2&5:24
against Syria! And you will certainly strike
down Syria at A'pheko t o the finishing point."
Ei$,"g2
20:26
I8 And he went on to say: "Take t h e arrows."
At that he took [them]. Then he said to the
AEm4:1 king of Israel: "Strike on the earth."" So h e
sstmck three times and st0pped.O la And the man
2'EZ2,'l
grew indignanto at him;@hence he said:
fmF;,uI;!lfo6 : l s 02,"ItGodd*
was meant t o strike five or six times!e In
that case you would certainly be striking down
x2Ki 13:25
~ C I 2,4 2 6 Syria t o the finishing point, but now it is three
times that you will strike down Syria.""
ef8h8fo:u
k2Ki S;Z
26 After that E.litsha died and they buriedm
2Ki6'23
And there were marauding bands" of the
~ ' & ~ him.*
2
2% Mo'ab.itesn that regularly came into the land at
r;;;f

9;b;i

2x1 5:s

sfi

.Literally, "Jofash,'j IS; a s in verse 1. 8eo 2 Kin@ 2 : 12,footnote b. c Literally, "Wnke your hand ride upon the bow," 31.a W a n
of Gad.)' 31, iah ha-EGo.him'; literally '{man of The God?' See Deu.teranorny 33: 1, footnote a. "If you had struck f i ~ eor six times;'
L X X ; "If you had struck five or six or seven times," Vg.

2 KINGS 13 :21-14: 4

360

the coming in of the year. And it came about

that as they were burying a man, why, here
they saw the marauding band. At once they
threw the man into E.lirsha's burial place and
went off. When the man touchedr the bones of riy$jp
Eli'sha he immediately came to life" and stood af&$F9
doh 5 : ~
upon his feet.t
Joh 11:4
22 As for Haz'a.elu the king of Syria, he opm;~;
pressed Israel all the days of 3e.ho'a.haz. 25 How- iPS
106:a
ever, Jehovah showed them favory and had
mercy3 upon them and turnedy to them for the
3
;
?
;
sake of his covenant with Abraham,a Isaac' $$
$
,
and Jacob," and he did not want t o bring them gags
t o ruinAand he did not cast them away from Jcr 12:15
La 3:32
before his face until n0w.O 2 4 Finally Naz'a-el the YE,
z:a
the king of Syria died and Ben-ha'dad his son "g: i$i+6
began to reign in place of him. 2 5 And Je.hoJash g2,2::
t h e son of Je-ho'a-haz proceeded to take back *,%;?:"I3
again from the hand of Ben-ha'dad the son of Ak; "96;;~
Haz'a-el the cities that he had taken from the rs lr)4:8
7:20
hand of Je.hota.haz his father in war, Three OMic
Z K ,1718
times Jebhokashastruck him down and he got t o $t\?4iy
m 2 ~ 11319
recover the cities of IsraeLe
In the second year of Je.ho'ashaXthe son "2KL13:10
of Je+ho'a.hmb the king of Israel, Amhazi'ahc" t h e son of Je.ho'asha the king of Judah "ICh
became king, Twenty-five years old he happened to be when he began t o reign and for

1r2Ki 15:4

z",'f;;f

ing "Tah (u) is mighty!'

the high p1aces.U And it came about that as

soon as the kingdom had become firm in his
hand he began to strike downv his servants that
Y $ $ ~ ~ $ ~ Ohad struck dawn the king his fatheray And t h e
~ h l s : 1 3sons of the strikers he did not put to death,O
according to what is written in the book af
Moses'
law that Jehovah' gave in command,'.
z$:7
saying, "Fathers should not be put to death for
sons, and sons themselves should not be put to
*De 24.18
deathfor fathers, but for his own sin should
each one be put to death."" He himself struck
o z ~ 8.20
i
GE2,h,2jii1down the E'dom.itesn in the Valley of Salt: ten
thornand men, and got t o seize $e'la4 in the
Tiup
cIsa 42:11 war, and its name came to be called 3ok'thehela'
ob 3
down to this day.
*Jos 1338
e?ch 25:17
8 Then it was that Am-a.zifahsent messen'2Sa 2:14
Pr I ~ : P O gers* t o Je.ho'ash the son of Je.hota.haz the son
Pr 1724
pr 1 s . ~ of Je'hu the king of Israel, saying: "Do come.
Pr 25:8
that
#lKi 4:33 Let us look each other in the face."" "At
Je.hofash
the
king
of
Israel
sent
t
o
Am-a.zi'ahb
k$&,ys:4
E~e2"?9 the king of Judah, saying: "The thorny weed
n2Ch 25.18
12~114:7 itself that was in Lebra.non sent t o the cedar"
PJob 5.22
8De 8 14
that was in Lebra.non, saying, 'Do give your
2Ch 26:16
2Ch 3 2 2 5 daughter to my son as a wife.''< However, a wild
$i2$ii beasta of the field that was in LebPa.nonpassed
g2$i by and trampled the thorny weed down." l o You
J"s4m6 have unmistakably struck down EJdom,r and
~tEx 8:9 1
~
#
R~ 133
your heart has lifted you ups8Enjoy your honort
u2Ch 35:X
Pr s:a
and dwell in your own house. Why, then, should
Pr 15:18
Pr 26:17 YOU engage in strifeu under unfavorable condi$$h'&31'9 t i o n s ~and have t o fall, you and Judah with
"
~ you?"^
~ l1 And
~ Am-a-zi'ahb
$
~ did not
~ listene
2Ri 15:35
vGe 9.6
E%2212

FU?;$\

14

twenty-nine years he reigned in Jerusalem. A n d ~

~
his mother's name was Je.ho.ad'dinl' of Jerusalern. And he continued t o do what was upright m;;~::;~
i n Jehovah's eyes," only not like David his fore- a2Ch 24:2
2Ch 24:17
father.r According t o all that Je-ho'asha his zc
TI Z5:15
father had done, he did.s It was only the high f:; ?G7
A-mas.iathzc, M; meana Literally, "Jotash," M. b Jo.a.hkazr, X .

that did not di~appear.~

The people were
ti$tEii4 places
still sacrificing and making sacrificial smoke on

~I

This name gircn t o Se'ln i s o f doubtful meaning. hA.mam.iu'hzs, M ;

rts in

verse 1.

2 KINGS 14:%28

363
So Je.hofash the W i g of Israel came up and
they proceeded to look each other in the Pace,' he *2ch m21
and Am.a.zi'aha the king of Jrtdah, at Beth-she'mesh,' which belongs to Judah. And Judah mOSm10
Jor N : ~ R
came to k defeated before Israel,*so that they
took t o flight, each one to his tent.@IS And it was
$
&
!:
Am.a.ziY~ha
the king of Judah the son of Je.ho" -:isni:ir~
35'1 1H.17
ash the son of A.ha.zi'ahb that Je.ho'~sh the !I;L
king of Israel captured* at Beth-she'mesh, ~ f t e '$$:,g~i:.~
r
which they came to Jerusalem and he made a ''2::
G:LG
breach"
the wallC of Jerusalem at the gate
of E'phra.irno" clear to the corner gate," four 2tCh
,, ,1,2:9,3
hundred cubits. "And he took all the gold find ;
;TL;6,
silver and all the artides t o be found a t the
:; .r:
house of Jehovahk and in the treasures of the k:~.lcl
,\l17:ls
I~ouscof the kingn and the hostagcsf and then k r l :?:IS
n l K I 1'1.2G
returned to Sa-mar'i-a.
2 l i l 21:13
15 As for the rest of the aRain of Je-ho'ash,
what he did and his mightiness Find how he
Iotrght against A.ma.zitahn the klng of Judnh,
are they not written in the bookr of the a f f n h ' if$ ij:;
of the days of the kings of Israel? l a F l n ~ l l y
Je.ho'ash lay down with his forefathersR and
was buried in Sa.mafi.at with the kings of Is- ,$[t ;!;?
rael, and Jer-o-bo'mdu his son began to reign *1;~;~;!i7:13
l i l l l !,l
In place of him.
17 And Anz.a.zi'ahav the son of Je.hofasha the \<??i
king oi Judah continued to live after the death
of Je.hoPashr.the son of Je.hora.hazthe king of ':?$: $$:$!
Israel for fifteen years."3"'
for tbe rest of the ':!if !$?$
affairs of Am.a.zi'ah,& are they not written in ;;it y$:D
the book' of the affairs of t l ~ edays of the kings ;; zf;j(o
of JudahPDID
At length they leagued against him c2~:11>5::6

!:c2,
I

A;mn:.iaV~lt, M; as in verse I. b A.khnz.da'btt, 31, a Litarollg, "find

the mnrr of the pledges," M, a Serbo.bo'aru 11. * Literally, "Jo'agh,"

BI,

in a conspiracyha t Jerusalem and he went fleeing to La'chi~h,~

hut they sent In pursuit of hirn
to La'chish and put him to death there.' 30
they carried him upon horse!? ~ n he
d was buried
in Jerusalem with his forefathers in the city of
David.' Then all thc pcoplc of Jtldah took
Az.a.si'ah,'l he at the tlmc bring siixtccn years
old, and they maden him king jn place of his
father Am.amzi'ah,nt' He himself built E'lathq
and got t o restore it to Juclah after the king
lay dotm ivith his forefathers.
23 In the fifteenth year of Arnoa+zi'aha
the son
of Je.hopashz'the klng of Juclalz, Jer.o.b'amt
the son of Je.ho'ssh"tl~e king of Israel became
king in Sa.mar'1.a for forty-one years.u 2d And
t~lllc$38
~ K1I5 : ~
,he continued to do what was; bad in Jehovah's
(eyes. He did not depart from all the sins of
rlKL12:2F Jermo.bofam
the son of Ne'hnt, with which he
$t:Eigo caused Israel to sin.v '3 He it ~ V B Sthat restored
the boundarf of IsccleE from as far as Ha'mathy
$?:2"0,;
clear
t o the sea of the Arka.bah,zaccording to
Eze -17:16
~1~3.1:s
6 : ~
t h e word of Jehovah the God of Israel who spoke
zGe 14 3
De 3:17
by means of hfs servant Jo'nah' the mn of
*Jon 1:L
?.It 12.39 A-mit'taf, the prophet that mns from Gath-he'W a s 19:13
phermD
'"For Jehovah had seen the very bitter
aWictIona
of Tsrael." There was neither any
:gJz9,Ri9,I ~ ; ~
helpless
one
nor any worthless one,c nor was
Fs 1
x.44
there
a
helper
for I s r a ~ l . ~And Jehovah had
+zIy;y0
1Kr21:21 promised not to blot* out the name of Israel
+Ex52:32
n, 9 3 4 from under the hc~vens."Consequently he
" ~ ~ saved"
~ ~ $tbem
i ~by ~the hand of Jer.o.ha'am the son
"'2Ho
% T25 of Je-ho'a~h.~
28 ASfor the rest of the affairs of Jer.o.botam
T It 3:4
A-rnoz.fa'ist4, M,

Literally, 'iJ~'nah," M. 0 Liternlly, "neither any(or, nbandoned)," X. Compare

one restrained nor nnyonr! I

d go
Deuteronomy 32 :36, foot note a,

and all that he did and his mightiness: how he *g:j,4;;:

fought and how he restored Damascusk and ~2K113.12
P K 11:?1
I
Ha'rnaths to Judahr in Israel, are they not writ-. ;&\%B$
ten in the book of the affairs of t h e days of the r2Sa s:6
kings of IsraeI? e0 Finally Jer.o.botamlay down
with his forefathers, with the kings of Israel,
and Zech.a.ri'ahs his son began to reign in place s2K"5:8
of him,
In the twenty-seventh year of Jer.o.bo'am
the king of Israel Az.a.riPaht the son of t5FAg:":
Am.a,zi'ahu the king of Judah became king, uZK11k17
a Sixteen yeass old he happened to be when he
began t o reign, and for fifty-two years he reigned
in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Je.coli'aha of Jerusa1em.v And he continued to do v2ch2s:3
what was upright in Jehovah's eyesy according y2Ki 12:z
to all that h.a-zi'ahb his father had done.2 * It
was only that the high pIaces did not disappear," "2;
The people were still sacrificing and making sac;;;;2
rificial smoke on the high places." Finally Jeho- 7 ~;223;3 :
vah plagued the king" and he continued to be a
;4;$
leperv until the day of his death and he kept ~ c h 2 6 . 1 9
dwelling in his house exempt from duties,' while ,%:$:?'
Jo'tham the king's sons was over the house, +;!\$;$
judging' the people of the land. % for the rest g," g421i4
of the affairs of Az.a.ri'ahc and all that he did, ,2,EA'2;6":2:,,
are they not written in the bookn of the affairs ,,Z$tig5"
of the days of the kings of Judah? At length,
i5i2
Az.a.ri'ah lay down with his forefathers, and ,7&:2,:,
they buried him with his forefathers in the city iEf i:::"
of David,k and Jo'tharn his son began to reign- $gh'&!$
kIsa 6:l
in place of him.n
n X h 28:23

15

,:FA%$$

;::

:z

Ypc3~o2.ia'hu,3T ; meaning " Y R ~ ( uhas

) been able." b A.mrr.?.ia'Lts,
M. C ' d . r a ~ ~ i a ' kfir;
u , ~neaning"Yah(u) has helped," C ~ l l e dUz-d'ah
at verse 13 and n t 2 Chronicles 26 : 1-23; Isaiah 6 : 1 ; Zechariah 14:5.
0

1 14:n
8 In the thirty-eighthyear of Az.a.rifahar the
aK114:2$
king of Judah, Zech.a.ri'ahbs the son of Jer.0bo'am became king over Israel in Sa.mar'i.a for
six months. And he went on doing what was
bad in Jehovah's eyes, just as his forefathers
had d0ne.t He did not depart from the sins of
12:28 Jer.o.bo'amU the son of Ne'bat, with which he
1Kl 13.33
2 ~ 13111
i
caused Israel to sin.' lo Then Shal'lum the son of
vGo 20.0
EX m 2 1 Ja'besh conspiredy against him and struck?;him
1Sa 2 2 4
at B"e.amc* and put him to death and be1KI 14:16 do~vn
gan
to
in place of hirn,O l1 As for the rest
i&5\:i:9 of the reign
affairs
of Zech.a.rirah, there they are
.fgj.jgu
JE ~ 2 7 written in the bookAof the affairs of the days of
2K! 927
cml ~ s : 2 8 the kings of Israel. l 2 That was Jehovah's wordb
1K1 16.10
a91 9 4 4 that he had spoken t o Je'hu,' saying: "Sonsm
'22; themselves t o the fourth generation will sit for
t"pf;ih,9?; YOU upon the throne3 of Israel," And it came t o
FzB;l:;g be that way."
+2Ki ID:~O
13 As for Shal'lum the son of Ja'besh, he bce2Ki 13.1
2Ri 13:io came king in the thirty-ninth year of Uz.zi'ahd*
21<1 13:13
a m 14:29 the king of Judah and he continued to reign
"Nu 23:19 f OP w full lunar month@in Sa.rnar'i.a,k
Then
PK19:26
*'~~12~:"~n'a.hern" the son of GaVi came up from
klK116:15 Tir'zahr and came to Sa.marri.aand struck down
Ps 5533
Pr25:2
Shal'Iumfi the son of Ja'besh in Sa.mar'i.a and
n
~ J2O~Sleka
15.23
1
put him t o death, and he began to reign in place
1K1 14:17
for the rest of the affairs of Sha1'IK~
15:21 of him. s"l
,"2Bi:Ei;o lum and his conspiracyt with which he conspired, there they are written in the bookn of
L:K,:?li,
1 K i 2 2 : a the affairs of the days of the kings of IsraeI.
a

4 'd.;nr.in'hu, 3l; irienning I-'ah(u)

has helped!) Cnlled Uz.S'ah ~i
Terse 13 nnd nt 2 Chronicles 2 6 : 1-23; Isainh G : 1; Zechariah 14:5 ,
b Z e c h n r . i d h ~31
, ; nleaning 4iYah( u ) has remelnbwed." c ''Ib'le.am,v
L X X t a g a r d l a n edition) b'publi~ly,''Vg; "before [in Ar.a.rna'ic]
people:) 31. d 'Gz.zi.iak , RI ; meening "31y strength is Tah." Cnlled
Az.a.ri'& in rerse 1. See verse 8, footnote a. LitaralIy, "a, lunar
month of days," M.

2 KINGS 15:25-41

2 KINGS 15 :16-24

It was then that MenPa.hern proceeded to

strike down Tiph'sahv and a11 that was in it vlKwa
and i t s territory out from Tir'zah, because It did
not open up,' and he went striking it down. All
?In8 8:a
its pregnanp women he ripped u p 7
v2KI R:l2
17 In the thirty-ninthe year of Az.~.rl'ahbthe Inn 13:G
mlT
king of Judah, Menta.hem the son of Ga'dl became king over Israel for ten years in Sa,rn~r'-*; ;/;;;,
la

x:Ei gIz sins of Jer+o.bo'am"the son aP Ne'bat, wIth which

he caused Israel to sin.' "n Then Pe%ahTthe son

.:gi&~
=:a of Rem+a.li'ahnhis adjuhnY conspiredo against
EC

1% ::24
lsi

him and struck him down In Sa.rnar'i.a in the

dwelling tower of t h e king's house' with Ar'gob
and A.riFeh,and with him there were fifty men
,'1Ki16:LS
?2i!i:?
of t h e sons of Gil'r-ad," So he put him t o death
and began t o reim in place of hlm. = U s for the
61K1
2Ki10:W rest of the affairs of P e k . ~ ~ h j ' ~
~ hn dd l that he
* Z C h 285
La, " And he continued to do what was bad in nl1 rcl
rsa 7:1
did,
there
thcy
nre
written
in
the
booke of the
1 ~1
IY:YN
1~ 1 3
l l s n 7:4
i II
Jehovah" eyes.' He did not depnrt fi80mall the ; j ~I:[:
rsa 7:8
affairs of the days of the kings of Israel.
k2Kl 13:2
sins of Jer.0-bo'arn" the son of Ne'bat, with 'jiz$!yl
21Ci14.24
27 In the fifty-second year of Az.a.ri'ahc the
:KI s1228
which he caused Israel to sin,? all his days. ~ ~ ; . ~ n~11ii13:33
king of Judah, Po'knh' the son of Rem.adi'aha*
Z > l i l 1I:'T
2x1 13.1:
lo
PdAthe king of As.syr'i.ac' came Into the land. Llc 'h 5 SG
became king over Israel in Snmar'ia for twenty
r c c m:9
Consequently Men'ahem gavee Pul n thousand -;;;f;)i!,
E Y 31:2t
I S ~ ? : ~ - Iyears. ' U n d he continued to do what was bad
talents of si1wr.k that his hands might prove to e;i;; ;dl
,'2$!1;;+6 in Jehovah's eye.4~ He did not depart from
ir;:n
be with him to strengthen the klngdom In hja ,!$I
&hi
17:s
the sins of Jer.o.bo'amn the son of Ne%at, with
iEE
awn hand.' mSoMenra.hcrnb r o u ~ h tforth the 21iiIr:m
~ ~ ~ $ tvhjch
~ : 2 0 he caused Israel t o sln,r Po In the days of
silver at the expense of Israel, a t t h c expens@'of iiE
Pefkah
the king of Israel, Tig'lath-pil-e'sera the
E;A :sg
all the valiant, mighty3 men,! to give t o Zhe king A!nf;j
r
l
kCi
:lr:39
king
of
Asayr'i.a CRme in and proceeded t o take
1
-f$,14
of As.syr'i.a fifty silver shekels for each man, ' 2 ) i l 14:5
I'jont and A'bel-beth-m~l'a~c~l~~~
find J a b ~ ~ ~ r a
At that the king of As.sys'1.a turned bnck, ~ n Vd{, I C ~ ~23:35
rJ",","g;::,37
7:5
I ~ U
2:1
and
Ke'deshr
and
Ha'zorz
and
Gll'e.ad'
and Gal'.
he did not stay there in the 1and.n 21 As for the I 2Sn
19:W
rest of the affairs of hlen'a.hemr and all t h ~ he
t ~ , , Ib s
:.
:t:hsU,:, 18:4 i.lee,dOall the land of N~tph'ta.li,~"
and t o carry
did, are they not written In the book0 OF t h e " $ > ~ ~ ~ $ ,Uh3jt; them into exile in As.syr'l.~.~
" Finally Ho.she'a
edos x 7
affairs of the days of the kings of Israel? ;i:i i;'j:!
the
son
o
f
E'laR
farmed
a
conspiracy'
against
,:,
'=
Finally Mvlen"a-lzem Iay down with his fore- 2 x 1 l1):3l
Pe'kah the son of Rem.a.lirahnand struck him3
fathers,! and Pek.a.Mrahuhis son began to reign 1$2?;4:ig
F,"&:gand put him to death, and he began to reign in
21<i 1 0 . 1
in place of him.
rlZK1 15:16
E; $& place of him In the twentieth yew of Jo'tham"
23 In the fiftieth year of Azuahrl'ahh
the king
the son of Uz.zi'~h," " As for the rest of the
.iE1:6!$3
Ho 103
of Judah, Pek.a-hitahthe son of Men'a.hern beaffairs of Pe'k~hand all that he did, there they
,:,,,,.
came liing over Israel in Sa.rnar%~for t w o v : ~ : ~ ~ ~ i ~ l
4 RB9~tul.iu'h~1
nrlorned," b L i t e r n l l ~"sons
~
years. " And he continued to do what was bad ~ ~ ~
~ ites,"
~3L;R.Z.u~eaning
~
!"Pnh(u)
, bf' * hns
nf Gilfe.nd
a 'A.;.mr.inhF,
cfillctl U x . ~ i ' n hin rerbae13. See
in Jehovah's eyes7 He did not depart from t h e ~ ~ / $ ~ ~ : : &verse 8, footnote a, dhf, hrrpdnmli'ialr; L.W, Gn.tE.laiFa; Vg, Grrli.lrsePa. See Joshua 20: 7, footnote d. a "Gz.ziFnh." Called Az.a.ritah
rlcll
I

&:6

:it6

z!;'

;::;

[,I'

,,

.,,,,,:,,

~''Becnusethv did not open np (the ate) to him," LXXTgSy.

b 'd.zar.aaA', 11; called Cz.ifalr ih verse 13. See remu 8, footnote a.

r-

I!

in verse 1.

369

2 RINGS 16:GII

fireu according to the detestablev things of the

are written in the booV of the affairs of the %P1i;:!
ug$;$
2Ki 17:17 nations whom Jehovah drove au t because of the
,L~I2 f ; ~
days of the kings of Israel.
r
i
i
W:10
>It 19
- c h m3 sons of Israel. 'And he kept sacrificing and maki r :n
32 I n the second year of Pe'kah the son of n.;,i<l
"Ch 33.6
*:\I l%l
ESslcen h g sacrificial smoke on the high placesr and
Rem.a.lltaha the king of Israel, Jopthamk the I 3 IZ
JEP 7.31
:er
3535 upon the hills= and under every luxuriant bee,'
son of Uz.zi'ahblk the king of Judah became king. g:fi$:$
,
~
~
~ 5
2 It~ was
~
fthen that Re'zinrl the king of Syria
Twenty-flve years old he happened t o be when :1)I<I-h~15:3
I?:%
I
he began to reign, and far sixteen years he ,;$:;;$;;tl
;gi %:2, and Pe'kah" the sen of Remlalli'ahnthe king of
Israel proceeded to come up against Jerusalem
reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
; ; ; ; ;<; : ,
Yg4
was Je-ru'sha the daughter of Za'dok.1' And ;j$
i;?;;g?i in war and laid siege against A'haz, but they
-ne12:2
were not able to fight." At that time Re'zin
he continued t o do what was right in Jehovah's : , ~ Y I:?.?:iz
Isa 5-.5
E2Ki i5:n the king of Syria restored E'lath' to E'dom,"
eyes.* According to a13 that UznzfPahr'
hfs father $' { 4.f::'
Lr'&h?::6 after which he cleared out the Jews from E'lath,
had done, he did.t ""I was only that the hiyh ,!?.h1;:'fl7
and the Efdom.itcs, for their part, entered E'lath
places did not d i ~ p p e a rThe
. ~ people ivcre st ill Iiiiy:liijl
'"1":B
anand kept drvelling there down to this day. 50
sacrificing and making sacrificial smoke on the
:l;,$J
A'haz sent messengers to Tig'lat h-pil.e'se9 the
I?.rs
high place^.^ He I t was that bujl t the upper gate ?I-.\
f
:
g
i?;?
.);""."
c2Xi 17:~ king of As,syr'i.a,:saying: "I am your servanr
.
:
I,
x:?
of the house of Jeh0vaR.y as As for t h e rest of
*Ps 13G:3
.'-"I ' 1 1U.32
Jer 1 7 5 and your son. Come up and save" me out of the
the nff&irsof Jo'tham," what he did, are they j.:t :!;:;39
k2Kl 12.18
nlKI
1i:18 palm of the king of Syria and out of the palm
not written in the book' of the affairs of the l'?:$' 2:;:
ZKI15:3
14;14
of the king of Israel, who are rising up against
days of the kings of Judah?O " In tltose d a y 9 .j;<)?,(;:$
;$y:24 me." 8 Accordingly A'haz took the silver and
Jehovah started t o sendb against J u d ~ bRe'zln' &i;hTi;ia
the gold that was to be found at the house of
the king of Syria and Pe'kahE the son of Rem- a~;t;,;:;a
i1 d m 1:s Jehovahlr
and in the treasures of the king's
a.li'ah.naHFinallyJo'tham lay down with his *jp;:$g
GZCh 19:7
t I = 22.6
housen
and
sent the king of &.syr'i-a a bribe.O
forefathers' and was buried with his foref~thers1 ~ 1 1 . 1 , .+13
Am 9:7
ursa ;.:I
At .that the king of As.syr'i,a listened to him
in the city of David his forefather," and A'hazk ;':'::);
and the king of As.syr'i,a \vent up to Damascusr
$$j9j&
his son began to reign in place of him.
l i ltcl 1:1
51
I:I
and
csapt~t.edIt" and led its [people] into exile
> l t 1:9
I
=ne
yzxi
fn the seventeenth year of Pe'kah the son r:!? XI
at Ki-r,c and Re'zinu he put to death.
3
$
:
2
3
of Rem-a-li'ah,"A'hazn the son of Jo'tham ":;;/ ;:\'
10 Then Ring A%azv went to meet n d a t h the king of Judah became king. :Twenty years :1
: :?$ ;
pilse*scrr
king of Assyr'i-a a t hmasms and
*gg& he got tothe
old A'haz mas when he began to reign,r and for
;
:
;
see
the altar that was in Damascus.
;gi
;g;
sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem, and he did 5;::; ;!;
PS ICB:~~ SO King A'haz sent U.ritjah the priest thc denot do what was right in the eyes of Jehovah his~;;t
olsa
DIC~40:18
28:18 signC0of the altar and Its pattcrn' ns respects
God like David his f ~ r e f a t h e r ."nd
~
he went I K I 1G:73
a11 its ~~~orkrnanship.'And U.ri'jahUthe priest
L&8$a2:ss
walking in the way of the kings of Israel,t ~ n d!jEj
proceeded
to build the altar," According to a11
Eze
Jer
23:11
21:26
even his arm son he made pass through the :&,ymj$
Remal.ia'ka,
1
1
.
b "E'dnnl" ahould c15dcntly be rend hare insteed of
a R%mal.ia'ku, ?6, m in 2 Emga 15 : 25. b 'U.z.hia'Au, M, Compnre
"SJTia (d.ra?n?)r" Or, "liktncsa."
verse 13, foornoie d

4:;:

:;it

!&!;$z8

16

;;;zR

2 KINGS 16:12-18

370

that King A'haz had sent from Damascus was

the way that U.ri'jah i3e priest made it pending
the time that King A t h a came from Damascus.'VI1en the king came from Damascus the king
got t o see the altar and the king began to go
near to the altar' and make offerings upon it.'
And he continued to make his burnt offering'
and his grain offering smoke" and to pour out
his drink3 offeringk and to sprinkle the blood of
" -

the comunionn offerings that were his upon

the altar. " And the copper altarr that \%?asbefore Jehovah he now brought near from in front
of the house, from between his altar and the
houses of Jehovah, and put it at the north side
of his altar. Is And King A'haz went on to cornmand him, even U-ri'jaht the priest, saying:
"Upon the great altar make the burnt offering
of the morning smokegualso the grain offering
of the evening3 and the burnt offering of the v t o 1 2 2
kjngv and his grain offering and the burnt offer- 25~1lim17
r<l 3:
ing of all the people of the land and their grain 1XI<I
ti:lrd
?( :I1 7,-1.
offering and their drink offerings; and all the x C ' h:oral
blood of burnt offering and all the blood of a 1,:dP . \ G A
sacrifice you should sprinkle upon it. As for the
copper altar, it will become something for me
to take under consideration,"r IR
And U.ri'jahz
the priest \vent doing according to all that King
A'haz had commanded.'
17 Furthemore, King A'haz cutz the side
wall9 of the carriages5 in pieces and removed
from off them the basins,"and the sea7+he took
down off the copper bulls' that were underneath it and then put it upon a stone pavement. 15 And the covered structure of the sahbath* that they had built in the house and t h e
king?, outer en&wayk he shifted from the house I

371

2 RINGS 16 :19-17:7

of Jehovah because of the king of As.syrtiz.

19 As far the rest cif the affairs of A%az,
?#~~,2%what he dld, are they not written in the boo@
'~~:?o
of the days of the kings of Judah?
"<'tl 3 : 2 G of the ~ffairs

Finally A'haz lay down with his forefatherst

and W R S buried with his forefathers in the city
of David,. and Hcz+e.ki'ahRthis sun began to
>,I,rr.,,II,,lI reign in place of him.
In the twelfth year of A'haz the king of
M1c 1.1
>TI
"""
I:g
Judah, Ho.she'au the son of E'Eah became
ll2Ki l?!m
,>:1i1
ir:ln king in Sa.mar'i.av over Israel for nine years.
2ril 3 2
And he continued to do what was bad in Jehovah% eyes, only not as the kings of Israel that
ii<,l,!$;:$
x?KI lk:9
was against
l1:1 1 14 happened to he prior t o hin1.y "It
him
that
Shal.man.etsel"
the
king
of
sls.syr'i.a'
;:; / i i ~ up and I-Io.sheFacame t o be his servant
- ~ r ~ ~ o lcame
and
1\11 I.%
rsn m:n
h
c
~
a
n
t
o
p
~
tributen
y
to
him.
'
However,
the
king
Ydsn
, of As.syrli.a got to And conspiracyAin Ho.shera's
;j:l ::jy4 case, in t h a t he had sent messengers t o So the
L - l l king of Egyptt and did not bring the tribute up
21il 2 l:M
37:117 to the king of As.3yr'i.a yearly as due.* Hence
'2l<IlH:21
r6.il 3
):. the king of Asbsyrti.a
shut him up and kept him
1\11 31:l
I,:IC l i : 1 5 bound In prison."
.zrci IM:I*I
crw 2 s : ~
5 And the king' of As.syx'i.a proceeded t o
21Ci 1 5 : f
came up against all the land and to come up to Saz t 711
b:
1'3 14.1:s
mnrli.n and lay siege against it for three years?
";: :;j," '' In the ninth year of Ho.shera,the king of As1 ~ ~ l1q 10
~ 1 syr'l.n2 captured Sa.mar'i.alt and then led Israel
I f < >13 16
nr.~b nfi xt into exlletl jn As.syr9.a and kept them dwelling
I M 4.??
2h.lii in Ha'lahr and in Ha%or at the river Gokans
I f i l i.15
and in The cities of the M4es.t
r7t:hi 2
1
:
7 AnditcameabouthecausethesonsofIsrael
had sinnedu against Jehovah' their God, who
~!;!\~~l!i3
1 1 ~,,,
~ J.{
nl,al
1 1 17
brought them up out of the land of Egypt from
2

r l l i l 11 :i1

IL'

A I A 12:.s
:(f ), 25 y:
r,lrh ln:,
ir 31 :I 13

17

Liij

$:8

:(

. 1 . 3 3

"IIlri:.gC.idJ~~r,
fir ; ulemning "Pnh(u) has utrengt?wned.l'

2 KINGS 17:%15

under the hand of Phar'aoh the king of Egypt,'

and they began to fe& other gods; Randthe)
kept walking in t h e statutes3 of the nations
whom Jehovah had driven out because of the
sons of Israel,y and [in t h e statutes of 3 tire kings
of Israel that they had made; and the sons of
Israel went searching into the things that were
not right toward Jehovah their God-nd kepi
building themsehes high places" in all their
cities, from the towern of the watchmen clear t c
thc fortified city; lUanclthey kept setting u~
for thernselves sacred pillars" and sacred pales'
upon every high ha-and undw every 1u.wriant
tree;" l%d there on all the high places they
continued t o make sacrificial' smoke the same
as the nations whom Jehovah had taken into
exile because of them and thcy kept doing bad
things to offend" Jehovah. And they cantinuad
l o scrve* dungy idols,"'= concerning ivhich Jehovah had said to them: "You must not do this
thing";" '%and Jehovah kept rwrningl' Israel*
and Judaht by means of all his prophcis't [and]
evefy seer," saying: "Turn back from Yavn bad
rvaysr and keep my cornrnandrnents,~my stntutes,' according t o all t h e laws that I cornmnnded YOUR forefathers' and t h a t I have sent t o
YOU by means of my servants the prophets";"
and thcy did not listen but kept hardening
thcir necksvike the necks of their forefathers
that had not exercised faithmin Jehovah their
God;' " and they continued rejecting his regwlations and his covenant' that he had co~~ctluded
with thejr forefathers and his reminders" ~ v i l h
n-hEch he had warned them," and they 11.eni
lollo\tting vain idolse ;and became vain!{ them-

* Or, "worship." b Or, d'testit~loni~s,"

2 KINGS 17:16-23

372

selves, even in imitation of the nations that

1
were
all commanded
around them,
concerning
Jeholoem 1 vah had
them
not to dowhom
like them;.

n-=:xi
XhS2
rDe4:2
szu
PS 3 2 3

i iIK
s ni 44:9
12~28I IG

and they kept leaving all t h e commandrnenrsr

C:14i: t,$& of Jehovah their Cod and proceeded to make for

;,5:g themselves molten statuestB two caIves,'~ and
rvc r : ~ s

to make a sacred polcJil nnd they began to bow

Jer 8:rlrgG:sl down ta all the w m y ol' thc hcnvensv and to
Ikl 22 53
they contlnuctl t0 make
2RL 1(1,21 SeTVea Ba'a1;Y IT~ n d
,t;'&i8 their sons and their daughters pass through the
firex and t o practice divjnationl ~ n to
d look for
zkA
omensPn1and they kept selling' themselves to
Jer7:31
do what tvas bad En the eyers of Jehovah, to
6 z e Xl:31
I De IE:IO offend him; l 3 Jchovah therefore got very inJ> IC1 ~
2~73.9
: 1 2 censedCagainst Israel, so that he removed them
m2Ki 21:6
33:6 from his sight.' Ife did not let any remain but
'
+the tribe
~ of Judah
~ alone,4
~
~
~
19
Even
Judah
itself dld not keep the cornt,nKci9;,S:,
mmdrnents of Jehovah their God," hut they
by;s22";;;
Jer 15.1 went walking in the a t ~ t u t e sof Israel that they
t l K i ll:32
IIU 12:20 had made. 5Consequently Jel~ovahrejected all
the seedhJ3
of Israelq.and kept amisting them and
,"z6y~1"::10
giving them into the hand of pillagers, until he
:,&
1x3
For
*lKt 12:% had cast them away on his own account."l
kGe 2 ~ 9 he sipped Israel o f ffrom the house of David and
Ei a::??
1 ~ 2.17
a
they promcd~dto make Jcr.o.bo'nm the son of
l K i 14116
~ < > t1,8.11 Ye'bat king, and Jer.o.ho'amn proceeded to part
nIIC6 1 2 2 8
l K l 13:83 Israel from following Jehovah and he caused
$2;$3sthem t o sin with n great sin.* And the sons of
,E[A5.j?Israel went walk in^ in all the sin of Jerbo.bo'arn
that he had done." They did not depart from it,
D.
2111 1?;:23
XI
until Jehovah removed Israel from his sight,r
@II<113 2
lrri 1 i : l s just as he had spoken by incans of all his servI10 1.4
A m 5.27 ants the prophets." So Isracl went off its o \ ~ n
exile in Afi.syrrj4adown to this day.t
, ~ ~ ~ f ~soil
; ~ l into
,
a Or, bnw~rship."
b Or, "offspring.."

:z:

ea%T:,"

/
I

375
24 Subsequently the king of As.syr'i.auUEzQ2
brought people from Babylonav and Cu'thah and ;ig-::;g
Av'vay and Wa'mathE and Seph.ztr.va'im* and had ~1SE2 3:13
19:13
~ 1
them dwell in the cities of Sa.mar'i.an instead of ,pzig&
the sons of Israel, and they began t o take posses- Isa 3619
sion of Sa.rnarPi.aand to dwell in its cities. z5 And UOh' o s lo''
it came about at the start of their dwelling there Jer 22%
10:7
that they did not fea+ Jehovah. Therefore Jeho- y,","i2E
vah sent lions0 among themv and they came to :$y,l,l;E
12rY:x
be killers among them. 2o So they sent word to IK'
2ICl 294
the king of As.syr'i.a,saying; "The nations that Jer 5:6
you have taken into exile and then settled in
the cities of Sa.marti.a have not lolowr~the religionb of the GodCof the land, so that he keeps
sending lions among them,+and, look! they are +:%$$I
putting them to death, inasmuch as there are
none knowing t h e religionb of the Godc of the
land." z2'Atthat the king of As-syrfi.agave orders, saying: "Have one of the priestse go Ulere
whom YOU led into exile from there, that he 2chll:15
may go and dwell there and teach them the religionb of the Godc of the land." '"Accordingly
one d the priests whom they had I d into exile
from Sa.mar'i.a came and began dwelling in
Eeth'el" and he came t o be a teacher of them as :%;",:&
*Isn 2823
50 how they ought t o fear Jehovah.'
M t 15:14
29 However, each different nation came to be
kg;g;~
a maker of its own
which thgr then de- Isa 4 1 9
posited in the house of t h e high places that the 2ti%5
Sa.mar'i.tanse made, each different nation,* in gF&%
a Or, " B x l ~ e l . 'H,
~ Ba.bel'; L,'EZXTg, 'FBnbgl~n.'~b Literally, ('judgment," or, "judicial decision.'' LXX, kryma, 8 'God," If,Elbo.Lirnd;

'z3$l

L a , ha IThe.03'; Vg, D ~ Z I dS "God!'

.
&
el.o.him8
I,
Vg, ds'rs. Or,
"gods"; L X , rite.oiJ (plural of the.osr). "~a.rnar'~.hns."The first
oecurrcacc o f this mord, and its only time in the Hebrew Scriptures.
Literally, "nation, nation," ilistributirely, as in the preceding p a ~ t
of the same verse.
f

2 KINGS 17:30-36

their cities where they were dwelIing. And

t h e men of Babylon,& for their part, made
Suc'coth-bernoth azld the men of C'uth," f o r their
;
part, made Ner'gal and the men of Ha'rnath,
2ch 2 8 s for their part, made A-sht'ma. ai As for the Av'PSl m : n
Isa53:5 vites,~they made Nib%= and Tar'tak, and the
der T:31
Eze20:31 Serphar.vitesr were burning8 their sons in the
fire t o A.dram'me-lech and A-narn'me-lech t h e
of Xeph.ar.va'im, 38 And they came to be
;:EIsa2::13
i :;% gods
fearers
of Jehovah and went making for themRO 1U.2
z e p 1:s
selves
from
the people in general priestst of high
v M t 6:24
'Lu 16 13 places and they came to be functionaries for
z2ICi 18:11
them in the houseu of the high places. ss It was
~ G Q
g: ,3ji5 of Jehovah that they became fearers,v but it
was of their own go& that they proved to be
Ha2::!
wosshipers,~according to the religion" of the
GlCh 11324
nations3 from among whom they had led them
~
;;!;:c;
n

~17%i

$:!;

2:;:

ee%i4
me26
Jon 1:9

AD^ E:II

into exile,e
34 Down to this day they are doing according

~Z'$.?"to

their former re1igions.b' There were none

fearing Jehovah" and none doing according to
E,",:: hisc statutesAand hisc judicial decisions3and the
Go 35:m lawf and the commandmentwthat Jehovah had
Iya 45'1
#Ex 19:s
commanded the sons of Jacob, whose name he
De 5:2
So Jehovah concluded a covekEx20:4 made Is~ael."~
J g 6:10
Jer lD:5 nant' with them and commanded them, saying:
''YOUmust not fear other gods," and YOU must
"'D,E"4,":&!25F4 not
bow down to them nos servewern nor sacJos 23:T
CPS 53:s
rificeO
to theman 3e But Jehovah, who brought
1'Ex 6.8
E X ~ S YOU up out of t h e land of Egypt with great
De 5 3 5
s ~ e l 9 : 3 3 power and a stretched-out arm,' is the One
De 6 13
whom YOU should feara and to him YOU should
t ~ 26:10
,
ug8.
;;3, bow down1 and to him you should sacrifice.u

"

M ; as in verse 24. frReligion(3) ,'' As in vemeg 28, 27.

*literally, "their,'";
likely n~eaningthe sons of Jacob mentioned
in t h e next dause. d Or, "worship!'
a Ba.bel',

377
And the regulationsv and the judicial deci- V D e 1 Z : l
sionsy and the lawz and the commandment that $,D,e:+::B
he wrote" for YOU,* YOU should take care to do ?$,"3F$l
alwaysD and YOU must not fear other gods. m e 913
s8 And t h e covenant that I have concluded with
YOU, YOU must not forget' and YOU must not :fig3
fear other gads.# But it is JehovahC YOUR God clchn:19
that YOU should fear, as Re is the one that will
deliver YOU out of the hand of all YOUR enemies,'" 40 And they did not obey, but it was ac- 'Ne 9:27
carding to their former religion= that they were
doing," And these nations came t o be fearers wDe 4:28
of Jehovah," but it was their own graven images "OS =:I4
that they proved to be serving.bS As for both *Edi8iz1
their sons and their grandsons, it was just as Mt 6 : a
their forefathers had done that they themselves
kEzr 4:3
a r e doing dawn to this day."
n2Ki 15:30
And it came about in the third year of zFA!..;$
Ha.shetan the son of
the king of $(h12gzr
Israel. that Hez.e.ki'ahr the son of A?lazs t h e
$;$; ;gjp
king of Judah became king. Twenty-five years IIEX1 5 2 6
old he happened to be when he began to reign 2"c"<i'182(]
and for twenty-nine years he reigned in Jeru- v$$/f;li
salem, And his mother" name was A.bi'jahc the ;; ;;;;
daughter of Zech.a.ri'ah.t And he continued t $
o;;",:",
IKI 3:z.
do what was right in Jehovah's eyes," according IKL
1554
t o all that David his forefather had d0ne.v * He 2Ki 14:e
it was that removed the high pIacesY and broke zg,":i53
the sacred pillars2 to pieces and cut dowm the if.2iZ3
N.7
sac~ed"poled*and crushed to pieces the copper
serpentc that Moses had made," for down t o ;$,"$;;13
those days the sons of Israel had continually ;$,3i;i
been making sacrificial smoke t o it,Aand it used' 4 2 ~ 1 1 6 : ~

18

C "A.bi'a "Rcligian." As i n rerses 28, 27, b Op, "~+orshiping."

jnh," nccoi- din^ to 2 Chroni~les29 9: 1; "A'bi" (an nbbreviation for
A.bi'jah) , MTgSy ; A'EEou, L X X . Or, "the A.sherl.nh."

2 KINGS 18: 5 1 3

oPs
~ ~ 135
! , ~ ~ i j to
. O be called the copper serpent-idol." "n Jehovah the God of IsraeI he trusted,# and after him
Art 2;:as
'2K119:15 there proved to be no one like him among a11
lKi 23:25
E:C~IJ:II
the kings of Judah,' even those who had hap:%
:!& pened t o be prior to him.Bs And he kept stick~~$:~o''2:~0ing to Jehovah."" He did not turn aside from
,&
:+;, following him, but he continued keeping his
Jer 11.4 commandments that Jehovah had commanded
liGc 2122
c e 3 9 : ~ Moses." 7 And Jehovah proved t o be with him,k
2Ch 15:2
PS 46:n
Wherever he wouId go out he would act pru>It 123
and he proceeded t o rebel against the
n ~ ~ a p ,dently,"
: ~
1Sa I S 3 4
It was
,.ZK1 16:7 king of As.syr'i.a and did not serve him.'
he
that
struck
down
the
Phi.lis1tinesg
clear
to
";C,;Isa14129
&4:,
Ga'zat and also its territories, from the toweru
tJus 13.3
1 ~ ~ 6 ~of
1 7the watchmen dear t o the fortified city.
u2Ki 1?:9
2Ch2G:lO
9 And it came about in the fourth pear of
Isa 5:3
King
Hez.e-ki'ah,b that is, the seventh year of
;fli o~i;;ii
f~ : i 4 Ho.she'av
the son of E'lah the king of Israel,
Z
*:H
K ~1~
175
3 : M that Xha1.rnan.e'ser-Y the king of As.syrFiaa
came
up
against
Sa.marli.a
and
began
to
lay
siege
to
&
:;'
"
And
they
got
to
capture
it*
at
t
h
e
end
of
;
years; in the sixth year of Hez-e-ki'ah,
;1g- x i$:j!17:6 three
that is, the ninth year of Ho.shefa the king of
&?Ki19:l.l
ich 5 . a Israel, Sa.mar'i.a was c a p t ~ l - e d . ~After that
110 8:4
Isa
8:9
the king of As.syr'i.aAtook Israel into exile i n
i'fE:i7jE As.syr'i.a and set them down in H a ' l a h h n d in
HaJl~or+
at the river Go'zan" and in t h e cities of
"i",ii:;:a2
-Jaa13:17 t h Medes,'
~
l2 over the fact that they had not
8:20
listened"
to
the
voice of Jehovah their God, but
;;1gt;+7
ItJns7:ll kept overstepping his covenantsk even all that
der 3.138
rrxu 12:7 Mosesn the servant of Jehovah had c~rnrnarrded.~
Ilv 3 4 5
They neither Iistened nor did.
1.1)8 5.L
13 And in the fourteenth year of King He2.eF:C~
I%, g32:1
s:~
kilah, Xen.nach'er.ib8 the king of As.syr5.at came
q;j:
:$3
--0 1 1 , ~uoreli'wrally, "one ( h e ) h ~ g n nto an11 it Nehh~~sh'tan."
b HhisIlIle

qi.ii~'Erl8, 11;as at 2 Icings

16 : 22.

2 KINGS 18:14-20

378

up against all the fortified cities of Judah and

proceeded to seize thern.u So Rez.e.ki'ah the
king of Judah sent to the king of As-syr'i-a at
Lapchish, saying: "1 have sinned. Turn back
from against me. Whatever you may impose
upon me I shall carry."' Accordingly the king
of As.syrPi.alaid upon Hez.e.kiJaht h e king of
Judah three hundred silver1 talents and thirty
gold talents7 Therefore Hez.e.kitah gave all
the silver that was to be found a t the house of
Jehovahe and in the treasures of the king's
house.' lo At that time Hez-e.kiPahcut off the
doors of the temple of Jehovah" arid the doorposts that Hez.e.ki'ah the king of Judah had
overlaidA and then gave them to the king of
As.syr'i.a.
17 And the king of As.syr'i.a"raceeded t o
send Tar'tana' and Rab-sa'risb and Rab'shakehca from La'chish" to King Hez.e.ki'ahd with
a heavy military force to Jerusalem, that they
might go up and come t o Jerusalem. So they rrZK120:20
7.3
went up and came and stood still by the conduit* kIsa
nIsa 3 6 3
of the upper pool," which is at the highway of rZR119:Z
ISa 22:20
t h e laundryman's fie1d.n I8And they began to Isa 37:2
~lsa35.3
call out to the king, but there came out to them I s n 36:22
22.13
E.li'a.kim~the son of Hil.kipah,e~
who was over tIsn
~2S8
a9 7
v2Sa
8:lF
the household, and Sheb'naht the secretaryu 2Sa 20:24
I K i 4:3
and Jo'ah the son of A'saph the recorder.v
2Ch 3-338
yIsn
36:4
19 Accordingly Rabfsha.kehr said to them: z1sa 10:s
Ica
37:13
"Please, say t o I-Iez.e.kitah,d 'This is what the Da 4.35
2x1 10:lO
great king,^ the king of As.syrti.a, has said: 8ZCh
39:10
4:2
"What is this confidence in which you have Ps
Isa 3 6 3
trusted?* 20 You have said (but it is the word Isa 37:10
a Or, "tbe commander."
Or "tho clGef court-official." t Or, "the
chief cu~bearer." d ~ h i t . a a . i $ h i ~M;
. as a t 2 Kinas 16:20. BHlniZ-

"

qi.3a'h~;JI; meaning

paltidn is' Yah(u),I'

1
I

379

2 KINGS 18:21-26

c2Chz:5
qr =ldl

of lips), 'There are counse13 and mightiness for

the war,'n Now in whom have you pu.t your
"g,1,1g;zt m t , that you have rebelled against me?*
? l Look! now you have put your trust in the support of this crushed reed,+ Egypt,' which, if a
"&%%
+ h a =:2
man should brace himself upon it, would cerfsa 30:7
IS. 31:i
tainly enter into his palm and pierce it. That is
*2K'17:4
the way Phar'aoh" the king of Egypt is to all
Jer 46:17
those putting their trust in him. ??Andin case
C2-2Ch3:s YOU men shouId say to me, 'It is Jehovaho our
F a 355
God in whom we have put our trust," is he not
-4t 2743
#zch31:1 the one whose high places* and whose altars
2Ch 32:11
klsa36:7
Hez.e.ki'ah" has r e m ~ v e d ,while
~
he says to
Judah and JemsaIem: 'Before this altar YOU
should bow down in Jerusalem'?" 'n 23 NOW,
n2Fh?j2g
r l s a s : 8 then, make a wage^,^ please, with my lord the
king of As.syrti.a, and let me give you two thouslSa IF44
1Ki20110 sand horses [ t o see] whether you are able, on
h e 1.2
your part, t o put riders upon themes How,
pu1i3:4
then, could you turn back tke face of one gover<Isa
Tsa 10:13
10:s
,c;lCh13:5 nor of the smallest servants of my lord,t while
YOU, for your part, put your trust in Egypt0 for
Y D C IT16
r s ~ 3 1 : l c h a ~ i o t sm
~d for h o r ~ e r n e n ? ~ ~ W o w
it iwiths
lea 96:Q
'erx:7
out authorization from Jehovah that I have
Eze 17 15
ylr<i 1s:in come up against this place t o bring it to ruin?
2Z1I ~~119,22
1L9 5 Jehovah himself said to me,y 'Go up against this
land and you must bring it to ruin.' "
I" ":20
26 At this E.li'a.kimz the son o f Hil.kitahband
*Isa 2215
OSiCi 18:18
Sheb'nah*
and Jokhn said t o Rabfsha.keh:*
36:11
"Speak
with
your servants, please, in the Syrian
'Fsy3"2117
language,c4far rve can listenjdand do not speak
2.4
with US in the Jews' lanmagee' in the ears of t h e
-,.D n 13:24

'zir&z,

31; as at verse 17. bHAil.gz".ia'h?c,11;as at verse 18.

~?~h.~i.dd?aq
"<'The Syrian langnage." The &.st time this expression occurs,
Wr, "~nderstand?~ "The Jews' language." The st time this
a

expression occurs.

2 KINGS 18:35-19:4

381
people that are on the wall." Pr But Rabtsha,keh
said t o them: "Is it to your lord4 and t o you
that m y lord has sent me to speak these words?l
Is it not to the men sitting upon the wall, that
they may eat their own excremente and drink
their own urine' with YOU men?"
28 And Rab'sha-keh continued to stand m d
call out in a loud voice in the Jews' language,"
and he went on to speak and say; " ~ A Rthe
word of the great king,k the king of As.sWiaa,
P9Thisis what the king has said:a 'Do not let
Hez.e.ki8ahbdeceive YOU people,P for he is not
able t o deliver m u out of my hand." " And do
not Iet Hez.e.ki'ahb cause YOU t o trust in Jehovah,' saying, "Without f a 3 Jehovah will deliver0
usu and this city will not be given into the hand
of the king of As.syrti.a."V Do not listen t o
Hez.e.ki'ah,b for this is what the king of Assyrrfha
has said, "Make a capitulation t o mery and
come out to me and eat each one from his own
vine and each one from his own fig treea and
drink each one the water of his own cistern,'
until I come and I actually take YOU t o a land
like YOUR own land,O a land of grain and new
wine, a land of breado and v i n e y ~ r d sa, ~land of
oil-olivemtrees and honey,band keep living that
YOU may not die. And do not listen to Hez.eki"ah,b for he allures YOU, saying, 'Jehovah
himselfwill deliver as." Have the gods of the
nations at all delivered each one his own land
out of the hand of the king of As.syrfi.a?i
=* Where are the gods of Ha'math" and Ar'pad?'
Where are the gods of Seph.~.va'irn,~Ne'nan
"Lordw X,(~.$o.nim',the plnral of a.d&', to denote excrl1ence LW
majesb, Hhi:.qi.i~'Firr, 31; ns at 2 E n ? 10: 20. a More titernlly,
"Mnke i e t h ue a blesing (vhat rrill he n bLessing),la M,

and Iv%vab?l'Have they delivered Sa.marti.aout

of my hand?* 3 V h o are there among aLl the
gods of the lands that have delivered their land
out of my handt so that Jehovah should deliver
Jerusalem out of my hand?'" ''u
36 And the people kept silentv and did not
Rnsnper him a word, for the commandment of
ihe king was, saying: "You must not answer
hirn."r ,''But E+li'a.kimr the son of W.kitah,
wha was over the household, and Sheb'nah
1 the secretary* and Jo'ahn the son of A'saph the
recorder came to Hme-ki'ah&with their clothes
ripped apartAand told him the words of Rnb'shn.keh.
And it cRme about that as soon as King
Hezne.lrf'ahR:
h e ~ r dhe immediately ripped
his clothes apart' and covered himself with
sackclo2ho'"and crime into the, house of Jehovah,' Turther, he sent E,li'a.kjm,* who was
over the household, and Sheb'nahk the secretary and the older men of the priests" covered
rviih s~ckclothta Isajahbr the prophet the son
of A'rnoz." And they proceeded to say to him:
"Tl~lsis what Hez.clci'nhn has said, 'This day
Is R day of distress' ancl of rebuke" and of scornful in~olerrce,~
for the sons have come as far as
the womb's mouthy and there is no power to
give bisthV2 Perhaps Jehovah your God will
hear* all the ~vordsof Rab'sha-keh, whom the
Icing of As.syrti.ahis lord? sent to taunt" the livi n g God, and he will certainly call him to account for the words that dehotpah your God has

19

'I

IrBi:.qi.in'lrrr, 31; ns at 2 Icing9 10 : PO. "*da'irr'k?c,

H;meaning
"5itlr.n tbon of Yo h ( n ) Thc iiwt n ~ r a r r m c eof the nnrnr. LT.eni'ns,:'
1-g ; '*E.~ni'ns,"JAU.
0 "IdrtE," I T , a.rfo.rrimf, the p l m l of (i-d69a',
to detlotr! cxccllcnce or ntnjesty.
a

."

383

n!

2 KINGS 19:lA-21

heard, And you must lift up pray& In behalf of *E$JT?

;g
lmathTand the klng of APpsdn and the king of
0 1~n 37. I
3 x 3 the cities of Seph.ar.vatlrn,He'na and Ivrvah?"'t
the remnantothat are to be found.' "
u; sa E l 4 R
rrxl s:m 1
14 Then );Iez.e.kltahn took the letters out of
5 So the servants of King Hezoe+kiFah~
came .+I=sI:.
Ezr 9.5
P S 7.1:10
the Rand of the messengers and read them,u
In to Isaiah.puThen lsaiahb said to them: "Thls
Ps 91:2
went up to the house
P3123:I after which Hezmemkiraha
is what YOU should say to YOUR
'Thls is ij;cfiy
of
Jehovah
and
spread
it
out before JehovahmV
what Jehovah has said:" "Do not be afraid' beT
2uh
~
S
*
,
:
U
,
7:18
;!i;
l3 And Hez.e.l<j'ahr~
lsegan to prrlyY before Jehocause of the words that you have heard with ::+;:{I
:
'Ex 2592 vah and say: "0 Jchovah the God or Israel,"
which the ~ttendants*of the king of As.syrtiba I n : l s
1% 4:4
rs so,^ sitting upan the cherubs,"' you nlonc are The
spoke abusively of me. Kere I axn putting a lt$lhqi!
ClCh 28:18
111ci1
[true] Godh of all the kjngclomsP of the earth.+
spirjtk in him and he will certainly hear a re- 11i,!$?21;14
rllCh T:15
port" and return t o his own land and I shall ;i;T1'*'
clCh ;9:11 You yourself have madc the heavensAand the
r ~ ~ l l e
sar:th
~.O lUlneline your ear, 0 J e h ~ v a h ,and
~
certainly cause him to fall by the swoyd6 in his ;;;;j,?21
2Ki 515
1.a
@:s
I \ n 37.38
hearm+
Open
your
eyes,m
0
Jehovall,
and
see,
and
own land." ' '"r
Da 4:5I
w e 1.1hear the words of Sen.nachrer.ibthat, he has
8 After that Rab'sha.kehgretwmed and found aaKl 1817
P5 9 6 : ~
ps
I>?:%
sent
to taunt' the livjng God.cWI K It is a fact,
the king of As.ayfi.a fighting aaalast Ub'nah,l
;!j$
for he had heardu that he had pulled away from jz i?;!," ti$:g:$ 0 Jehovah, the ktngs of As.syr'1.a have devastatu I \ n :+I 3
Ln'chi~h.~
" H e heard it said respecting Tlr.ha'- vJou
;Tg& ed the nations and their 1and.k And they have
12 I1
consigned their godsVto the fire,n because they
kahy the king of E.thf.~'pi.a:~
"I-Iere he has I I ~ I 15,rs
Y :IA
Da9:IS
were no gods," Put the workmanship of man's
come out t o fight against you,"z Therefore he y niic
l\n ~ 7 : ~
siSa 1C:lO
Isa 3 7 : ~ hands,B wood and stone,t so that they destroyed
sent messengers* again t o He~.e.kI'nh,~
saying: fiz ;:F:
*I<a3717
1;5~116:9 them. lo And now, 0 Jehovah our God,'' save
"This is what aou men should say to HezeuslV please, out of h h hand, that a11 the kingk h h a t h e king of Judah, 'Donot let your God in asR118:5
whom you are trusting decejve you,= saying:
n:Sn
,?, lli:l
5 2 1 d o m of the earth may know that you, 0 Jehovah, a r e God alone."y
"JerusaTemOwill not be given into the hand of "(('tl
7$2%::9,
n?Sa15:31
m:10
20 And l s a i ~ hthe
~ son of A'rnoz proceeded
the king of Assyr'i.a."A" W k ! you yourself
-r-Jg 6 . 2
1:. a: a ta send to Hez.e.ki'ah,n saying: "This Is what:
have heard what t h e kings of As.syrJi.adid to all!,,
C 3 i m.18
t c h 1;:sJehovah the God of Ismel has sald,' 'Theprayerg
the lands by devoting them to destruction,: and F,hlE\s
zIsa 37.21
;.a a
that you have made to me concerning Sen.nachfn41F you yourself be delivered ? ' Have the gods'!' &1;3,1i;,:
er.ib the king of As.syr'ila P have heard." ' T h i s 1s
of the nations that my forefathers brought t o % ; ~ / , ! 7 6 ~
t
ruin delivered them, even G o f m ' and Ha'rann *jc 1 1 : : ~
$$;24Vhe word that Jehovnh has spoken n ~ n i mhim:
and Re'zeph and the sons of Edenk that were in I;:
a Hhi:.gi.ia'hw, M ; ns in T C ~ R C 1. "Tl~e [ t r t l ~ ] Unrl," 11, haTel-as'sar?" l3 Where is he--the klng of Har- kF;&T$9
El. o.Rimf; the defl~iitenrticle h a ("'Tho'" prrr~tbrlingt l ~ cti tlr! El.+
him'. See Genesis 5 : 24) footnote n. 0 11, Rl.o.hirr8' Irbr/?/; t h @adjecaAhiz.gi.ia'7~ar,M ; ns in vexse 1,b Y~.?Taa'ia'ltu,
M;t i ~ e a n i n"Rnlvn~
t i r e hkrap - ("living") bdng h r ? ~in
. ~ thr, ~ i l i ~ ~~ ~ ul nnl lrl cnlthongh
r
tion of Tah (n)," 'cI.saiJas;,"'TE: "E.sai'na," LXXY. 0 "I~ord." RT,
F1.o.him n the plural 11l111lh~rof F:Ibo'rtk : I1H 111 VPTW 4, o r , "not
ndomim', the j?lnral of a-dad; i o d e n ~ t ci x c c l l e n ~ar U I R ~ P R ~ ~ ;
God."',
lo e7.0.hirnr. L,LX'l'g, "ria gods." VY'shn'irt'krr, hZ; as in

?:,',",7f3

L'E.thi.o'pi-ri,'v m

; Cttsh, 31Sy.

Terse 2.

2 KINGS 19 :22-25

2 KINGS 19:26-31

384
I

"The virgW daughter of Zion has despised

yoqQ she has held you in derision."
Behind you the daughter of Jerusalem'
has wagged her head:*
2z "Whom have you taunted' and spoken of

n8

84

~~;P~;~~7
p;zj4

strange waters,'

*l?s 82:7
P s 302:11
Isa 4O:B
Jas 1:10

~~2;:;
clch 26:12
A P s 9.15

r w , Tg; Xot-'yn,

'

153

Irja 3 : 2 5

'iJcbovah," many Hebrew manuscri ts; Ay'ri.o~, LXX; Do'lnC

SF; A d o - m y ' , M. #his ia one o f the 134 places
where the JeTFijh Sopherim changed Yefao.wah' in the Hebrew text
t o r~.ed A.do.uoy' ("the Lord"). See Genesis 18:3, footnote a.
@"Wlch the mdtitude;' AInlarsinLXXVgSy and st Isalah 37: 21.
a

"And their inhabitants will be feeblehanded;@

They will simply be terrified and will be

ashamed."

"They must become as vegetationo of the field

and green tender grass,"
Grass of the roofs,lCwhen there is a scorchP:l q1:8
ing before the east wind,n
SPS IAD:I
Jer23:24
nr"And your sitting quiet and your going
tIsa 37:28
l l P S 2:l
outr and your coming in I well know,"
Pe 7!6
P s lO:l3
And
your exciting yourself against me,t
Ps 46:6
v2m 18:35
P 8 "Bec&use your exciting yourself against
Ps 6 5 3
Fs 74:4
meu and your roaring have come up
P S 822
Isa 10:li
into my e a m v
yJob 41:2
me3 8 ~ "And I shall certainly put my hook in your
Am 4:2
nose and my bridle between your lips,Y
~21111 9 : ~
Isa a 2 9
And I shall indeed lead you back by the way
.EX 3:12
1Sa 2 3 4
by which you have c ~ r n e . " ~
Z K 20:s
~
Isa 7:11
LU 2.1a
29 " 'And this will be the signQfor you:' There
aps 7~
3 ~ 2 e5 5
will
be an eatinga this year of the growth from
A t e 2522
4Isa 37:30 spilled kernels,=and in the second year grain that
E
' ! :j2' shoots up of itself, but in the third year sow
seedAand reap and plant vineyards" and eat their
CNe10:3s
90 And those who escape of the house
QIsa 37:31 fr~itage.'~
.Isa 10:21 of Judah, those who are left,*will certainly take
Jcr 44:14
~a 1.3
mot downward and produce fruitage upward.'
Ro 9:27
3 1 For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go forth"
RO 11:'s
+Isa 37:32
kXsa 9 : ~ and those who escape from Mount Zion.* The
7;; zi: zealk of Jellavah of armiesWwil1 itself do this.
1cPs 129:6
nIsa 3727
rue 28:s
De 28:19

*:E
CEX

28

ws ~ 2 : 1 6

F S I ~ : ~

And I shall dry up rvith the soles of my feet ;gs;g

XU 2322
all the Nile3 canals of Egypt.'"
Jos 9:9
20 "Have YOU not heard?" From remote times
%
;
;
:
I
;
it is what I will do,*
E X "17
33~11
From bygone days I have even formed it.' 1mPs
p s 76:lO
Now I will bring it in.'"
PS
PS'i8:5s
'izm51
"And you will serve to make fortMed cities 4:,",":0"i2L
become desolate as piles of ruins.'
Isa 5496
37%

der 3 3 7
XPS 48:5

+Isa 3722
abusively?'
@Job16.4
And against whom have you lifted up your k . :$&
ZlSa 1 ~ 4 5
voice"
m2Ch 726
59
And do you raise your eyeso on high?"
2x1 16:m
~ C Z I CIP:M
~
It is against the Holy One of Israel!r
Isn 10:13
"Ey means of your messengers0 you have F~
;$TrPs
;! 7122
taunted Jehovahu and you say,4
5.24
'With the multitude" of my var chariots Isa
Jcr i1:5
I myselftO ~J K
S
O IQ:B
11:2
I~
I shall certainly ascend the height of ,g$Fg::,7
PS 20:7
mountainous r e g i ~ n s , ~
uIsa 10:10
V C E31:s
~
The remotest parts of Lebra.non;V
And I shall cut down its lofty cedars, its
~Ex3
e1:s
choice juniper trees.y
And I will enter his final lodging place, the
aIsa 2.7:~
forest of his ~ r c h a r d . ~
'I myself shall certainIy dig and drink
iz;::

'I

eNU14:B
PS &:6

'

"There will he an eating." The Hebrew verb here is in the infinitire

absolute, and hence is iupersonai and indefinite RS to time, biiJphoah of armies," LXYVgSyMm&rgln and wang Hebrew manuscripts ;
also a t Isaiah 3 7 : 32, Tlus is one o f the ten bstancea of Qerd welo
kyhiib ('<read but not mitten"), where the vowel points of the eupresEian "of armies" are written in R.I hut the consonants do mt
accompany. See Judges 20 : 13, Eootno~ec,
a

32 " 'That is why this is what Jehovah has saJd

concerning the h g of As.syr3.a: "He !trill not nrM ""4
come into this cityr nor will he shoot an arrown ,T$Ejy
there nor confront it with a shield nor cast up
a siege rampartZ against it. "By t h e way by8t$zp:$3
1 ~ 3
which he proceeded t o came he !vill return and
into this city he wilI not come, is the utterance,
of J e h ~ v a h ."~ And I shall certainly defendv ;:z,\;?
this city t o save it for my o m sakes' and lor the&;?:;$;,
lsl14.39:)
sake of David my servant."
:3u:22
35 And it came about on that nlght that the.~;;!Al.;;
angel of Jehovah proceeded t o go out and strike
"jZ

'A

selfwlllindceddieand~illnotilve."*~~~A
:izF&
)ps m:15 that he turned his face to the wallv and began

I%a 35:2
~ r6 t6
zGe 8 I

to pray to Jchovah,y saying: a "I beseech you,

xeli:za 0 Jehovah, remember,* please, how I have

Ps 113:49
*Gr?s:n

' 2 ~ 41 z . n

&2sai:~
*1Sn 9:16

down a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the

20

el,o,hina'; the plurnl of el.oJnls hero nppliad to the Enlrce

excellenq or divine gon.nnn,b " n i ~
wnns,"
.kfnln~~t~~L.L.XTgSy
and many Hebrew rnn~~uarl-ipth
; n l ~ on t I ~ n jhn
37:98, Another QFT; ~L*'IDliCfAiIl, Eee verse 31, fr)otllntn 11. a ".ir'ornt,'! IILXXSy; "the Armenians," Vg, Flhir.gi.irr'lrtr, 31; as nt
2 Ziinpn 16 ;21). Fdm'ia'ktt, 31 as nt 2 I<fng~ID ; 2.
n "Ofirl,'91,

~ b Nidroch,
d
to denote

4 And it came about that Xs~iahOhimself had

not yet gone out t o the middle co~~rt'l
when
~ s x l o : Jehovah's
~
word
itself
cRme
to him," saying:
2Sa 5:2
j "GOback" and you must say to H.ez.e.kiJah=
the
Ic2ch ~3
'This
~
& leadeP
~ of my
~ people,
~
$ is what Jehovah the
Godk of David your forefather has said : "I have
Ft,S.h,pjm
Psy.i9
heard your prayer." I have s e n your tearsr
L u 1.13
Here
am healing':' yyo~~.~
On t h e third day you
%
;:!;PS m:12 will gaI up
to the house of Jeh0vah.t fl And E shall
Ps 56:s
PS 126 s certainIy add fifteen ye&rsl"o your days and out
,g:yi26 ofthepalmofthekingof As.syl.'i.aIshalldeliver
g;E;z you and this city, and I will defend*'this city
t$; E;:4 for my own sake and for the sake of David m y
h e 3822 servant." ' " Y ' And Isaiah" went on t o say:
uIsa 38:5
YZKI 1 8 : ''TAKE=
~
a cake of pressed' dried figs." So they
2Ch 32~22
I s a 1 0 : ~ d took and put it upon the boil,%after which he
zi;:K"1
Fit gradually revived."
8 Meantime, Heze.ki'ahB sajd t o Tsaiah:a
.
iz3,Eg "What is the sign: t h a t Jehovah will heal me
and I: shall certainly go up on the third* day to
E{&b&.;l
'J66:17
t h e house of Jehovah?'"'To this Isaiahc s d d :
2Js1 19:s
I s a ~ : 2 2 "This is the dmGfor you from Jchovnh Ihat
*Ho 6:2
@Isa35:7 Jehovah will perform the word Ihnt he has
m IG:I spoken: Shall the shadow actu~lllygo forward
ten steps of thc stairs or should it go back ten
a Bhia-qi.ia'llc, M ; m at verse 1. b Litrrnlly, "with a great weeping: M. = ~esl~a'h'hw,
M; ns nt rcmc 1. d " V o ~ r t , ' ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~
Isam
EIsa 3 : 4

14:t.p

campCof the As.syr'i.ms.*When people rose up 4ch

*2cll 31222
221
early in the morning, why, there all of them 1~
m24
were dead carcasses.co Therefo* Sen.nach'- c'2Ch12::10
eraibA
the kina of As.sylSI.apulled away and went 8$$!,'j,
nncl rcturnedP and took up dwelling in Nin'e- oy;; ; ;
vch.' :" Ancl it came about that as he was bowing *!f;;nlyjy
down at the house of Nis'racho his godaT .1t~13-:
1:1
A+dram'me.lechand Shar.etzer, Ills sons," tl~ern- No
N., 2 : s
selves struck him down with the swordm~ n dEP$:z
tl~cythemselves escaped t o the land of &'a- TX
j;s?!f
ratVcAnd E'sar-had'donnhis son began t o reiw ,-,;;!;I;:;o
In place of him.
I kt.~t.
, J ( ~ IR.'I?1 21
Tn those days Hez.e.kf 'ahd got sick to the &Jr!i8in
point of dying."Accordhgly IsaiahvR t h e P:t;,!: ffij4
son of Armoz the prophet came in to him and ,:/$;<;?.;
"{11":"
said to him: "This is what Jehovah h ~ said,
s
'Give orders t o your household,t for you yorw t23n17:23

walked'kefore youin truthfulnessOandwitha

t
good in your
iy1?i4complete heart," and w h ~ was
eyes I have done."# And Flez.e.ki'ahn began to
Zg;tzg
Om1 1493 weep prof usel y.

I
I

I
11

TgSy; literally, "city,"' 31.

389
steps?" Then Hez-e.kf'aha said: "It is an easy
thing for the shadow t o extend itself ten steps,
but not that the shadow should go backward
ten steps,"'" At that Isaiah" t h e prophet began ' $ ~ t
to call out to Jehovah and he made t h e shadow
that h ~ gone
d
dorm gradually go back on the
steps, t h a t Is, on the steps [of the stairs] of
.m 38:~
A'haz, Zen deps backward,"
12 At that time Be.rordach-hal'a.dank the kmnl
sonn of Bal'a.d~nthe king of BabylanCIhsent lettelwaand R gjft to Hez.e.ki'ah,(lfor he had heard ;:r :f$o
that Hex-e-lci'ahd had been sick. I S And He2.e- ;:; ;;rg
ki-'ahcuproceeded to listen to theme and show e s e ilis
them all his treasure house,[ the silver and the t " h x ; f l
goldu ~ n the
d balsam ailv and the good oil and tl:,/,?,0::f2,
his armory and all that was to be found in his ;:';;;$j;
treasures. There proved t o be nothing that Weze-kl"ah4Idid not show them In his orvn housey y B $ g "
Z I3.1:~
H~
and in all his dominion."
14 After that Isaiahb the prophet came in t o
Xing EIez.e.kjtahd and said to him :" "What did '1" 39:s
these mcn say and from where did they proceed 2:FA yGy
141:s
t o come to yort?"" So Hezbe.kikh4said: "From P.
IAr27 12
a distant land they came," from Babylon."f ~ u n!);fi: ~ l ~
%
l A
n
d
he went an t o say: "What did they see In i.q f l 13:s
your house?" To this Hez.e.ki'ah9aid: "Every3jf $
thing that Is in my house they
There ;:;::i3
proved t o be nothing that I did not show them in ?; ;;;:3
my treasures."' Iq Isaiah-now
said to Hem- ' c:l&',$ilB
Iri'ah:" ""Hear the word of Jehovah:' Look! n, tmi ~;:le' t o

~ ~

nz$;

)(I$

S'hltr'z.qi.id!~w, &I; meaning "Tnl~En)atwn$hens." bPrnhn'in'Atr,

M : IIR nt VPI-sc 1, "Babylon." L S S ; "thr Enbyloni~na,'Tg;"Rn'hellu ht5yr Tlie expression "the king of nnhylon'' first ocrulag here,
d Hhir.qi.in1lr~r,11; as at verse I. "Listen tn them," 31; "rrjoicc
w e r tl~rin,"L,Y3I7g rind ILwinfl 39 :2; ".rntertR;n them,)' SJ*. *En'be!,'' S15y; "Enllylon," L9NI'g.

2 KINGS 20: 18-21

:3

days are comfng and aU that is in your own

house and that your forefathers have stored up
rrbs:a d o ~ mt o this day will actually be carried to
2K'?4."
.*:Lf) Babylon.&*Nothing will he left, Jehovah has
~3Ch
said.'< "And some of your own sons that will
;;/$;;f
fc.r 72.17 come forth from you to whom you will become
n ~ ~ i3l'1'.r~ . ifather
ltrhn
:h
will themselves be taken" and actually
2~11Tq3.11 become court oMcialsr in the palace of the king
YU
rT>n I341
1
of Ijabylon."~sI*At that Hez.e.ki'aha' said to
Isaiah:" "The word of Jehovah0 that you have
3;;:;m7:3
p''":g
: it
L!l 3:22 spoken is goodhvtAnd he went on to s ~ y "Is
L n 3:3+1 not so, if peace and truthti themselves will csnUJer37:O
K * !I .<o
f i n ~ einmy awn days?"V
2cc S. 19
vlsn:r')fi
20 As for the rest of the xEafrzr of T3ez.eZI'C h :1' 70
2
3
ki'ahb and all his mightiness and how he made
~ZIKCII15:11
l n : ~ g the pool and the conduitz and then brought the
CIKl 1 f i . 2 ~
CIC:II
water into the city, are they not ~vrittenin the
>co21.18
?Ich
:~:23 book' of the affairs of the daysQof the kings of
Finally Rcz.e.ki'ahb Iay down with
L
ol(:?h x l z:<,l .L:lI F Judah?
his
forefathers,'
and Mamnas'sehA
his son began
;
:; ;;;jy3
h i 1 l m l o to reign in place of h h .
+l<n132.I
B?Iil 1 R . 2
Twelve years old Ma.nas'sehq was when
2Ch 3t.2
Dl'ICt 1 0 3
he began to relm, and far fifty-five years
L,~, ~b 5
LC*1s." he reigned in Jerusalcrn. And his mother's name
UI, 12."11
2t:h : i ~4
~ ivas Heph'zi.bah,'
And he proceeded t o do what
J,'YP 1 tv:51
: iI .I W R S bad in Jehovah's eyes: according to the detestable"things of the nations that Jehovah had
$;:,:
S C 34.3
~
riven out hecause of the sons of Israel." So
1x1 3 s 211
he built again the high placesk that Hez,e.kl%hb
his father had destroyed and he set up altarsn
~
h,i,i i h
,l:,27
,
to Ba'al and made a sacred pole," just as Ahabr
2 K l 17 18
the kingof Israel had done, and he began to bolvs
2,il
down
to all the a r m p of the heavens' and t o
~J',"~~;~'j~Jfl

21

,s,8,

"'Rh'hel," MSy; *Babylon," LXXTTg. H k k . q i . i ~ ' A ~M;

, as in
2 Ki 1 1 g 20 :1. Ycska'icl'kt~,M; as in verse 1. d Or, "an A.sbe'rnh.''
1

2 ICINGS 21:4--12

390

fl

servea them." And he built altarsVIn the house ;% g::&

of Jehovah,~respectingwhich Jehovnh had said : v.zJ c~r1:b3?:94
'5
"In Jerusalem I shall put my narne."z And he
went on t o build altars to all the army of the l l i 1 9 :t
I~eavens'in ttvo courtyards of the Iiouse of Jeho- : %+':!3
v a l ~ %d
. ~ he made his own son pass through '::::;':
the fire" and he practiced magico and looked for f,!!,! :[k5
omens' and made spirit rnediunlsmand prof cssion- *:,I;;,!:
nl faretellers9of events. He did on n large scale A:!l;l~;;

x:!,;

+$51$%1@
1 Jerusalem' and Judah, of which if any one hears

1
I

what was bad in Jehovah's eyes, to offencl l ~ i m .

7 FL~rthes,he put the graven image" of the iiy,"gy:;9
sacred pole* that he had made in the house of
which Jehovah had said to David and to Sol'o- :tI-'' ) *I+.II
~ ':27
mon his son: "In this house and in Jerusalem, q ~ c ~ ~ . ? . ~
tvhich I have chosen out of all the tribes of
Ts!*ael,I shall put m y name to timeQindefinj te.lc z
R
: is!
"' And I shall not again make the ioot of Israel ::,:?#
go homeless from the grattnd that I gave to
theiv forefather^,^ provided only they aye care- !${n 2Jz:
I
fuI t o do according to all that I have corn.
manded'' them,r even concerning all thc law ihat yi$h2i$s
my servant Moses' commanded themmnn
a And :zc:l~ "10
~ I I C5:2n
they did not listen,t but Ma.nas'seh kept seduc- t;;!;l~;i~$
I
i n p them to do what was badv more than the ,,j;,",iy;E
nntlonsy whom Jehovah had annihilated because Y T , 2:~:s
i b r ?!' ! 2
ol the sons of Israel.
vl?rt*-lfi 17
ylJC
10 And Jehovah kept speaking by means of
his servants the prophet^,^ saying: l1"For the z2"h
('11 8;:15
"'lo
I
reason that Ma.nas'seh" the king of Judah l ~ a s -,!?:
"
done these detestableCthings, he has acted more ;'k1, c;;$o
wickedly than all that the AmPorbitesA
did thatA; : , $:;id
2:1:24
were prior to him and he proceeded t o mtike A C:I<I
11:'7
cven J u d ~ hsinP with his dungy idols.a l2 ThnC c ;:I~~ ,I:,:IO
9s why this is what Jehovah the God of Iar~el ?i$
I?i&
has said, 'Re1.e 1 am bringing a calamity upon
:;;::

F:f

c;

a Ut; "\~piuliip."

'::::

[both his ears will tingle.'" l 3 And I shall certainly

stretch upon Jerusalem the measuring line' ap~2231E.2
!plied to Sa.mar'i.aband also the leveling instrukk2f87 ment applied to the house of A'hab," and I shall
Zec1:16
w2K117:6 ,simply wipen Jerusalem clean just aa one wipes
, ~ $ , , " , 2 ~ ~ ~ the handleless bowl clean, wiping jt clean and
turning& it upside down.tw And I shall indeed
nlKi
2 ~ 10:11
1-1
1 lo
lsa 1-1:23 forsake the r-emnant~
of my possc~4ontand ~ i v e
FjI;:,"$$; them into the hand of thelr enemies," and tlley
will sfrnpXy become n spoil and plunder t o all
t ~ 1su::
their enemies,u In for t h e reason that they did
De 329
uLe 2 6 : ~what
~
was bad in my eyes and were continually
Uc 2225
offending me from the dny that their forefathers
lie P:Z
P C ? 0:21
came out from Egypt down to this day,' "V
D,,,.B
3 g 2.13
.~~106:36 16 And there was also innocent blwdQthat
Eze 29:4
EICh 11:19 Ma.nas'seh shedy jn very vent quantity until he
xu 3333 had filled Jerusalem from end t o end," besides
De2i:S
his sin with which he caused Judah to sin by
2Ki 21:4
P.108
doing what was bad in the eyes of Jehovah.5
Pr 6:17
IS^ 5 3 , 3
" AS for the rest of the affairs of Mramas'seh
Jcr 9.34
hrtF3:3u and all that he did and his sin with which he
ZEx .32'21
ld:16 sinned, are they not written in the booka of the
of t h e days of the kings of Judah? 'Wi.%5FEi1"9affairs
nally
Ma.nas'seh
down with his forefathers3
EtgTj and was buriedAilay
n
the
garden) of his house, in
C2Txe13:-a
1i.S
the
garden of Uz'za,l and A'mon his son began
r g f ~ to reign in place sf him,
L X 2?:19
12Ki 2 1 ~ 2 6
19Twenty-hvcyeassoldA'mon+~vaswhen
n2Ch
c h ,33:21
,~,
nrt 1:lo he began to reign, and for two years' he reignccl
* ~ ~ ~ i!n ~Jerusalem,
~ : ~ ' And his mother's name was Me~~~~i~~shl'lemeth the daughter oE Na'ruz from Jot'y c a:B
:er 19:s

S2Sa 3 2 1

sz:;;i;n

"Wiping it c l e ~ nand tming!TThta

Er1,rew vorba here are taken

to be in the h f l n i t i ~ enhsolute, nnrl l l p n c ~na i~npcrrronnland iadednite as to h e . b "Upside down.'' Litornllg, "upon its face," 31.
" Literally, "mouth to luouth;." Cowpnro 2 Kin@ 10 ;21, footnote b.

2 KINGS 21:ZQ-B: 4

392

bah, n%d he continued to do what was bad In '%h%ltz

:$g\
$:41 him complete. the rnanep that i s being brought
1:
Jehovah's eyes, just as Ma'nas'seh his father ,k;,7;'1!3
into the house of Jehovah" that the doorkeepersr
had done.* And he kept walking in all the way I:;;
have gathered from the people, and let them
'
f
;?;2
that his father had walked' and he continued jg; i:.;;
2c.3 + I I
put it into the hand of those doing the work,=
11 :19
serving the dungy idols" that his father had 2 1 . ~li:l.
the appointed ones, in tbe house of Jehovah, that
I..; H4:Ilj
wZ'Iil I ? I1
server1 ~ n bowing
d
down to them, "Thus h e d$C?i?2a
they may give it to those doing the work who
,l;I1
A:
9
H
I - .'
abandoned JehovahEthe God of his forefather;: '7$y:;!5
;'h:h?-1.7 are In the house' of Jehovah to repair the cracks
r l 11:33
1"
2.1 $ of the house,! to the craftsmen and the bulldels
and he did not walk in the way of Jehovah.
2:l~
2 [ 11 9 1
" EvenhtnDy servants of A'rnon conspired 7;1 [6;1 1 ulurl;.,r.n
and the masons and ta buy timbers and hewn
Efr 3 : i
hk1 3I :<
~ I : ~
against him and put the king t o death in his own M:'sll
Only na accountc~cn
2 ~ : 1 4 stones" to repair tlae house.u
house. '"ut the people of the l ~ n struck
d
down I I< I I:).I
\-lrci!?:la ing should be taken of the money wIth them
"CII I:14
all t h e ccsnspiratorsr against Klng A'rnon and ${:!
!:i:
into whose hand it is being put,* for it Is in
Y
F r 2rl:B
the people of the land made" Jo.si'aha' his son
faifhfulnessf t h a t they are working."
p r ;R:2
;:
L u 16.10
Iring in place of him. P9 As for the rest of the t;vit17";$,
8 Later Hjl.ki'all'*xtlze high priesta said t o
affairs of A'mon, what he djd, are they not y;;/:$;;Q
Shil'phan' the r e c r e t ~ r y :"The
~
very book' of
:
,
i
s
*acl~
34:s the lawLI have found in the house of Jehovah,"@
written in the baoku of the ~ f f a i r sof the days ;;; y:
C 2 K l 12:La
-[<I 9:::a SO Hil-ki'ah gave the book ta Sha'phan ~ n he
of the kings of Judah? mOl?entheyb buried him Y I ~ I :~I:IR
d
31 ?.1
in his tomb' in the garden or U z ' ~ a and
, ~ 3o.si" ~.~l?~f,%? ~.l'.m31
,x began t o read it.' 'Then Sha'phmo the secrcC2l.h 35 14
ahn,' his son began to reign in place of him.
I(-11 I:'
~ 1 . l
.;,-I, a;:is tary* came in to the king and replied t o the
Zt'h :34:1
-2Iil 2 : . 3
klngPL and said: "Your servants have poured out
,
,
E i ~ h tyears old Jo.siEah""was when he $.;:;R~:;i
the
money that was to be found in the house
*?rri
11
31
,
:
!
;
;
:
(
;
,
began t o reign,hand for thirty-one years
'
*k;r'h
- r ' h ~' iltl :17
l f l and they keep putting i t info the hand of the
hc reigned En Jerusalem. And his mother's name f!F g..!
ire~l.:,
doers of t h e work, the ones appointed, fn the
~ v a sJe-di'd~h the daughter. of A.dai'ah from ~ ~ ' b ~ ~ ' nKc
H :!
r
i
I
:
house of Jehavah.'"{ I " And Sha'phan the secreBox'lr~th,~
"nd
he proceeded tn do what was
\iiF
J cr 'U5 8
r~r:h':~.i:i8 tary went 011 to tell the king, saying: "There is
~ i g h in
t Jehovah's eyesA and to walk in all the
RUC l;.lq
a bookn that Hil.ki'ah the priest has given
:?;2
, ,3
way of David his fol.efathesf4 and he did not 91:c'lt1i t 3.63
li:l 11 3
$F 5; And Sha"pharrbegan to read it before the king.l
turn aside to the right or to the left.'
l i i l 117.5
tc;I!4i:13
,
11 h d it came ~1mutthat as soon as the king
+rJe.
, heard
3 And it came about in the eighteenth year ,J 617 !,;7_
the words of the hook of the law he imrne,
;
of King 5o.siPahathat the king sent Sha'phanD ;:iklQ
the son of Az.a.li'ah the son of Mebshulrlamthe o.21~12 : 9
I
7:L-LI
WID diately ripped his clothes apwt.t " Then the
J$r 3 ~ 2 . 1 king commanded Hil.kl'ah the p r i ~ t "
and A.hiflsecretaryC of the house of Jehovah, saying: .it.'j:$,y:
J r v "'13
kamV
the
son
of
Sha'phan
and
Ach'bor
t h e son
I
.
"Go up to Hil-ki'ah" the high priest* and let
1.7 37
, P ~ , I ~"I 5 ; ~ of Mi.cairaE1 and Sha'phan t h e secretary and
a I'o.nhi,drr'!kt/, s[; meaning "Tnl~(u)
~ l l l l p ~ ~ t''Thpy,"
~ . " J.S.XT7p
Adsai'ahJ'the king's servant, saying: " "Go, in$Gk':(f20
fiT'TIfi~ll
I.(~[IL~
It
; "one (or, IIP) ," 51, E Or,"sr~-il,c."
31, ~ o . p l i ~ r ' ,
"hilrqi.irr'!tit,
31: meaning "hEy portion is Tah(a3.1' Litcrnllp,
a " C ~ O I I I ~ I P ~ C ,31;
" "pour out:' T, bHhiLqi.in'Aa. M;R S In verge 4.
"tbu prvnt gi-itct,'' X d L Yj'g.
t t~rnlly, *'the great prier1," It &N,K; pontti.fex, YE.

;r;.z

3;

'"

#>..

"""

,,-,,:,

l , r h

22

.,,,:

"

E;:

quire^ of Jehovah in my own behalf and in behalf of the people and in behalf of all Judah con- ~ ; ~ ~ : ; ~ s
cerning the words of this book that has been
found, for great is Jehovah's rage' that h ~ been
s *gg
&:.I.
set afire against us over the fact that our fore- r I,, :cl:L1
fatherso did not listen t o the ~ ~ o r o
dfsthis book kt*&,'i
by doing according t o all that Is written con- '$iF;,jI:::fi"

cerning us.""
TJII B~ cf la
i
14 AccordinglyHil-ki'ahst h e priest and Abi'kam and Ach'bor and Sha'phan and Asai'ah <,fi:,
went to Hul'dah the prophetessc"he wife of ;!;
;:;
Shal'lum the son of TiKvah the son of Har'has, .;:ry7f;p
.'_"?+i!D
the caretaker of the clothing; as she \\'as dwell- r"''<'l~
ing in Jerusalem in t h e second quarter, and they '<\?I :'i~
proceeded to speak to her.@laIn hlcn she said to ,J,'g12:iff2
them: "This is what Jehovah the G d of Israel ;j:,yi;:,$'i
has said,*'Say t o the man that has sent YOU men j;,;l;:j"
to me: la "This is what Jehovah has said, 'Here I i8!~.*(i
a:! :75
I am bringing calamity" upon this pl~lceand r v
upon its inhabitants,n even all the words? of the ( 5 %:.:
b w k that the king of Judah has read, lrdue to I!:'
u 11 lti"pi:%
the fact that they have left me and gone making ,i!;P$\j.:',
sacrificial smoke to other godsa in order to offend me with all t h e workt of their hands, and
my rage has been set a f r e against thfs place and X;;!?~I;
will not be extinguished."'
la And as t o the J ~ : C ' T 20
king of Judah who is sending YOU to inquire of k ~ ~ ~ ~
Jehovah, this is what YOU shenld say t o him,
'This is what Jehovah the God of Israel has y;iy:;
;:
said: "As regards the I \ - Q ~ ~that
s
you have j <a57
tx 15
.:
:3
heard,~In
for the reason that your hearty was tr.:,
I>,.
,*Y
soft so that you hmbledz yourself because of
;
;
;;
Jehovah at y a w hearing what I have spoken j3,s;
against this place and its Inhabitants for ith to
P:'
ni4hiE.qi.ia'l~u, K;as in verse 4, b OF,"them"; the pronoun king
J

~c;~:;:iz

):

?.Jajk::1:25

z~j;

111

:r:l:~rr

z.,;l:

!I

~up~lled

23

:'(

"

become nn object of astonishment and a maledj~tlon,'"~~ n dthen you ripped" your clothes
I )r LT: 13
,., s:,I apart and began weepingPbefore me, I, wen I,
hnvc heard, i s the utt~raaceof Jehovah.' = O That
~~!~~2;.~;11
i
s why here I am gathering@you to your fore;Is"."
0.C 11 3 l:27
d l ; , :'.~.s
fnfhers
and you will certainly be gathered to
1t.h lT.11
v:lmtr .71:38 YOUP own graveyarda in peace and your eyes
r[lr 31 JH
2 . 1.!) ~ :.o will not look upon a11 the calmity that I am
k.'L'I1 :'!.:?I
bringing upon this place." ' '*' And they proceedb,...l "a,
115rt 5
, .,., 4 20 bring tlse kine the reply.
3 .il :r~:ls
3:. 1::
Then the king sent and they gathered toF : W 31:ll
'h 173
gether' to him all the older men of Judah
[ I I V 31.26
nnd Je~.usnlem.lc After that the king went up
S:
i'Yjy4 to thc house of Jehovah, and also all the men of
:'[-I: ::!:Ix
Judah ~ n all
d the inhabitants of Jerusalem with
C1t II ~hi.13
::<I I I : I T him," and also the prjestsLand the prophets and
a11 the people, from small to great;' and he began
gi;;
:'c7h H
!: ;!.
to read9 in their ears all the war& of the boakt
r:/,l'
,<
of t h o covenant"that had been found in the house
N I LR::W
of Jchsvah.U And the king kept standing by the
:,It-i-,5<tb!5
:
plllarv and now concl~tdedthe covenanty before
'
JCIIOVR~,
t o walk* after Jehovah and t o keep his
O l > l &.s:.15
1 1 ~ 1 commandments*
~
and his testirnonieshg and his
2.1 I? P.11
:XI 37:ia S I I I I L I ~ with
C S ~ all thc heart and with all the soul'
c l h 9 fi;s
Ilr t,..~a by carrying out the words of this covenant that
* ! I , . Y lm13
were written in thfs book." Accordingly all: t h e
.{I: 31
, E.%(-b7 i,!:&
people took their s t ~ n din the covenant."
4 And the king went on to command HdJr.r .I 2
* Il (r -~t l l :-:a
t; 13 ki'ahc* the high priestd and the priests of the
11!1:11 ::I:T
$wondk rank ~ n tdh e doorkeepers~to bring out
12.2
from tl1etcmpleofJehovah~1theutensiIsmade
,lib
I
1 'tl "7 7
for
Bn'alt and for the sacred poleu and for all
L;:C'lr :i3:3
; ( - I \ r,:.!
r i :3 h e army of the heavens.' Then hc burned them
1 Lit c~ nlly, "1)urinl plncca." b Or, '{re~ni
riders." a Hkil.qiia'Aic, 31;
~ P 1ob.17
B

,,,,L,~

.-:,

na in 2 Icings 22:4.
poarli.fc, Vg.

Literally, "ttm grertb pries$" N&XXSy;

.82 KINGS 23 :5-10

.396

z:!

.outside Jerusalem on the terraces of Kid'ron,~ YE;!:;:^

valley of the sons of H i n ' n ~ r n that
, ~ ~ no one
2;; the
and he brought the dust of them to Bethfel." ~ ~ ~ 1 2 : 2 Q
might
make
his
sona
or
his
daughter
g~t;g23.15
;;5 through t h e fireOyt o Mo'1ech.z l1 Further,pass
And he put out of business the foreign-god
he
EICh 14.12
priests,&whom the kings of Judah had put in
caused the horses that the kings of Judah had
cp,
that they might make sacrificial smoke on the
r&;l,sz given to the sun0 t o cease from entering t h e
high places in the cities of Judah and the surof Jehovah by the dining room* of
~;gy;T house
roundings of Jerusalem,*and also those making '2Ch 3 4 3 3
Na'than-me'lech
the court oRcial,P which was
$+g
l m
sacrificial smoke to Ba'al,' to the sun and to the
N e 10:38 in the porticoes, and the chariots3 of t h e sunn
Jcr 5:2
moono and to the constellations of the zodiac OJob25:5
he burned in the fire. l 2 And the altars that were
ED^ 4:19
and to all the army of the heavens.* Furtherupon the roof of the roofAchamber of A'hmo
i',i!G
zgE
iiiz
more, he brought out the sacred poleb from the OJ
3erg:a
3:7
gk $:;? that the kings of Judah had made, and the
ADe 22:s
house of Jehovah to t h e outskirts of Jerusalem,
;$g
Jcr 19:lS altars* that Ma-nas'sehmhad made in two courtto the torrent valley of Kid'ron, and burned' it in;:5 1":;
yards of the house of Jehovah,b the king pulled
02 116
1:;1 0
the torrent valley of Kid'ron and ground it to +EX B:ZO
+ 2 ~ 1 2 1 : 5 down, after which he crushed them there,c and
2Kl 21'21
dust and cast its dust upon the burial placeB of % ijz
he cast their dust into the torrent valley of
G2Ch$:5
ZZec 14:4
the sons of the people. Further, he pulled down
the high places that were in
$:T
Mt21:1 Kidlron. I%nd
the houses of the male temple prostitutes" that 'gi $;4:,
front of Jerusalem, that were to the rightd of
,
f
E
:
&
$
were ln the house of Jehovah, where the women" &5i$g46
the Mount of De~tructien,~'
that SoI'o-mongthe
yg.f;?
were weaving tent shrines for the sacred pole,k mO;:',;
7i4
king
of
Israel
had
built
to
Ash'to.rethk
the dis1Sa 12:10
IKI 11:s gusting thing of the Si.dofni.ans and t o CheT8 Then he brought all the priests from the egp8;14
1Ki 11.33
cities of Judah, that he might make unfit for lr;;e2;;i16
nNu21j29 moshn the disgusting thing of Mo'ab and to
Jer 48:7
worship the high places where the priests had;: 'n;~;
wChZB:3 Mil'cmr t h e detestabIeOthing of the sons of
Am'mon, the king made unfit for worship.
made sacrificial smoke, from Ge'ban as far as 1-bh 6:60
;zp&
Ex 32:213
And he broke$ the sacred pillars t o pieces and
Be'er-~he'ba;~and he pulled down the high $ , " ~ ~ : : ~
13e~
7.5
2Ch &:3 went on t o cut down the sacred poles and t o All
places of the gatesb that were at the entrance ifify&!3
Xic 1:7
NU 1 9 : i s their places with human b0nes.t "
'nd
also the
of the gate of Joshua," the chief of the city, @Ex17:9
Jer 8 1
which was at the left as a person came intoCthe EIEzea:10
CEzr 2:28 altar that was in Beth'el,su the high place t h a t
gate of the city. Only the priestss of t h e high
2:8
:I:gi :$i$:Jer.o.bo1am" the son of Ne'bat, who caused Isplaces did not use to mme up to the altar of tk%%3$9
",E/j&J rael to sin, had made,r even that altar and the
Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they ateCunferment- ~ ~ $ ~ ~ j ~ a
a "The valley of the sons of Hin'nom," If; "the vnlley of the son of
edo cakes in among their br0thers.t lo And he u,I;;,3%jp
Hin'nom:'
L,XXT'gSyNm&rgin and many Hebrew manuscripts.
made unfit for worship Tofpheth,d"which iS in 2;
Compare Joshua 16:16, footnote h, and 15:S, footnote b; and the
Appe~~dix
article on page 852 of T-olume I. "Jehovnh.,' See 1 Kings
a YI?he foreign-god pkests." $1, ha-ekentmar.<m'.b Or, probably, "de20 : 13, footnote b. a "He crushed thnn there"; by a rorrection o f

*$'zA

mons" (Koehler-Baumgnrt~ler; R. Kittel) . c "As a person (man)

came into," LXXLagardIan edition. d " T ~ ~ p h e t hNTg.
, ' ~ The first
mention of this name.

the Hebrew text. d That is, the south, when one faces tha east.
e That is, the Xount of Olires, particularly the southern extremity
now known as the ''"Uo~utt
of Olfense."

399

high place he pulled down, Then he burned the

high place; he ground [it] t o dustaz and burned zDeQ:zl
the sacred pole.
16 When Jo.sikhVurned he got to see the
burial places that were there in the mountain.
So he sent and took the bones from the burial
places and burned* them upon the altar, that he 'lK'13:"
might make it unfit f o worship,
~
according to
Jehovah'sc word t h a t the man of G o d d had proclaimed, who proclaimed these things." " Then;?,I %:?
he said: "What is the gravestone over there that
I am seeing?" At this the men of the city said
t o him: "It is the burialA place of the man of *
~
Godd that came from Judaho and proceeded to 41mfl:l
proclaim these things that you have done
against the altar of Beth'el."' Is
So he said: "Let +IKi l2:=
him rest. 130 not let anyone disturb his bones."
Consequently they let his bones alone along with
:;;:
the bones of the prophey that had come from $E;;;r
UZCI1 30:6
Sa-rnar'i-a.
2Ch 3 1 2
19 And aIsa all t h e housesxof the high places ,:c,;%&
that were in the citiesu of Sa-rnarti.athat t h e
gigs
kingsk of Israel had built to cause offenseen nz;;::;T
Jo.si'ahb removed and he went on to do to them ;,",7;;g
according to all the doings that he had done at
&:iy
Beth'e1.r
Accordingly he sacrificed all t h e &y&obF
priesbs of the high places that were there upon ~$,1~&,,
the altars and burned human bones upon them.t igt :;%
l s a 34:6
After that he returned to Jerusalem,
Eze 13:2
21 The king now commanded all t h e people,
%$

,, ,,:,

ryz

a LXX

reads : "He pulIed d o n and ground its stones and ~ednced

[them] to dust." Po.shi.ia'ha, $1; as a t 2 Kings 22:1. c "Jehovah's!' See 1 Kings 20: 13, footnote h. d "hfan of God," 31,kk ka-El.o-him'; literally "rnntl of The God." See Denteronnrny 33: 1,
footnote a. "TOcause offense," M; "tooffend Jehovah," LXXVgffp.

"

2 KINGS 23 :22-27

saying; "Hold a p a s s ~ v e rto~ Jehovaha

~
YOUR
God
according
to
what
is
written
in
this
book
of
Le 2 3 5
xu 9 2
the
covenant."Y
22 For no passover like this had
Nu 2836
ne i 6 : i been held from the days of the judgesqthat had
3% 2Gi033 judged Israel,~nor all the days of the kings of
izkgi:8 Israel and t h e kings of Judah." 23 But in the
g!; eighteenth year of King Jo.si'ahb this pwover
"k,e ;z,g was held to Jehovaha in Jerusalem.*
24 And also the spirit mediumsz and the pro2Ki2k6 fessional foretellersA of events and the teraIsa 8:19
~c 1 6 : ~ phirnca+ and the dungy idolso' and all the disEEZC 21:21
cJer50:2 gustinp things that had appeared in the land
CJg 1 7 5
a ~18.17 of
$ Judah
~ and in Jerusalem Jo.siPahbcleared out,
+Ls 26:30 in order that he might actually carry out the
, ~ ~ words
i & ~of the
~ ~law9hat were written in the book*
11:s that H2.ki'ahd the priest had found at the house
lICi 11:7
x~~ 19:31
of Jeh0vah.k 25 And like him there did not prove
Le 20.27
D* 1830 to be a king prior t o h i m n who returnedr to
#2K1 22:8
I ; Z C ~34:14 Jehovaha with all his heart and with all his souls
Y6$!4:fi5 and with all his vital force, according to all the
law of M o ~ e s neither
,~
after him has there risen
:$:$' &
up one like him.
u2KI a
2
2
2~121:2
26 Nevertheless, Jehovah&did not turn back
'Ch 36:18
with which
GKI2217 from the great burning of his angerer,
iF:?i$$ his anger burned against Judahti over all the
92Ki,
24:3
,,, offensive things with which Ma-nas'seh had
made them 0ffend.v "But Jehovaha said:
&@&?;?
P s 5 1 : l l "Judah,~too, I shalI remove from my sight,s
La 2:7
just as I have removed Israel,' and I shall cer*;;f ;i
zrri 21113 tainly reject this city that I have chosen, even
DDe 12,5
Semsdem, and t h e house of which I have said,
jK18:2FI
ig! 5';5 $Myname wilI continue there.' "O
L ' J e l ~ ~ ~See
u l ~I, Kings
~7
20: 13, footnote b, b Yo.ahi.ia'Ru, %I;as
u2Ch 3j:l
yEx a 3

,,

at verse 16. a "Teraphim," U X X ; "figures of idols," Bg;'(idols,"

Sy. See Genesis 31 : 19, footnote e. a Bhil.qi.ia'lra, M; as in 2 Kings

2" 4.

2 KINGS 23:28-35

4M

401

28 As for t h e rest of the affairs of Js.si'ahn

and all that he did, are they not Itlitten in the
bookAof the affairs of the days of the kings of
Judah? 1n his days Phar'aoh Ne'chohj9: the $61i!:!,
king of Egypt came up against the king of As- O:l':
syr'i.acby the river Eu.phra'tes,hand kin^ Josii" ~ j ; l ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ' ,
nha' proceeded t o go t o meet him, so that lle got IIKI34:
to put him t o death3 at Me.gid'dowas soon as he u$cT
saw him.* 80 So his servants conveyed him dead i ki';~!;:
9:in a chariatk from Me.gidrdo and brought him to 2lCl
rtmc
12~11
I?<. l(i:16
Jerusalemn and they buried him in his tomb.: OI.:, si.:s
Then the peopler of the land took Je.Ilo%.hazn ;+?\ !%k\
the son of Joai'aha and anointed him and made ,,~;,',;~~~t;~',
V<:;[;I 1 1 21
him king in place of his father.
*lik ?L .-4
31 Twenty-thmz years old Je.ho'a.hazt was 5;';:pi;
when he began to reign, and for thme months J C ~ : - ' . ~ L
he reigned in Jerusal~m.And hPr; mother's name
WRS Ha-rnu9alu the daughter of Jeremiah from u2K1z4:Ia
Lib'nah. " And he began t o do what wTnsbad in VZKIm a
212
Jehovah's eyes, according t o all t h ~i to r e f ~ t h e r sC"1CI
~ C 2I 1 ~ 2 1
of his had done.' "%And
Phar'aoh Ne'chohlYygot ,gl?;c!ijo
t o put him in bonds= at RJb'lah* in the land of ,:l;;,'!$;f3
Ha'math, to keep him from reigning" in Jem- ,;:;!:
salem, and then imposed a finea upon the land
id:;::
of a hundred silver1talents and a gold talent? $;:. $:!:;
a+ Furthemore, Phar'aoh Ke'chohb made E.lira- yir,'; :.&
kirnCthe son of Jo.siPahaking in place of Jo.si'- :i,yl\ i4
aha his father and changed his name' t o Je.hoj'- 'kitfail.;7
a.klmSm
and Je.Ilo%.hazhe took and then brought ,&;';3 ,:I
to Egypt,"where he eventua1ly died," 3"~d the k!;.: ;!?$
silver1(and the gold Je.hoi'a.kim gave to Phar'. !L?t5t
soh.* Only he taxedn the land, to give the l l ~ : ~ ~ ~ . ~ ~
4

:::

z::?

Po.~Ri.ia'kzs, 3f; ns at verse 18, b Or, "KeZnm [Ke'knul." a That

is, the Hnhplonian concperor of Asbsy-rria,du'To kepp him frola
xeigt~ing,"U"e'g~~TL,LXS'g;
" ~ ~ t l i l rhc
! nms rcigriug," 31Sy,

2 KINGS 23 :36-94 :6

a t the order of Phar'aoh. According to

leach one's Indfvldual tax rate he exacted the
giii: silver and the gold from the people of the land,
J
e
r
z . ? to give it: t o Phar'aoh Ne'ch0h.a
u I K ~14.22
36 Twenty-flve years old Je.hoita.kimr was
32
when
he began to reign, and for eleven years he
2Ki S:18
2~11!:2
reigned
in Jei~~salern.*
And his mother's name
v2Ch L S : E
2ch 33:4 was Ze-bi'dah the dnugl~tcrof P~~rlai'nh
from
2Ch 33:22
t o do w h ~ was
t
Ru'mah, 3i And he conti~~ued
yLe 26%
,;E',ig: badt in Jehovah's eyes," ~ c c o r d h gt o all thut
iEg
&?: forefathers of his had doneqV
Ezr 1:7
In hfs day# Neb.u.chad.nez'zaPthe king
of Babylonb came up and Je.hoi'a.kim
J e r 16:2
D a 1.1
*axi?an cametobe hisservant for threeyears.However,
,222::g he turned back and rebelled' against him. And
~ehovahbegan to send against him marnuder
;:b$,;
bands of Chal.de'ans2 and marauder bandsAof
!i:&
C Z K I3:5
Syriansc and marauder bunds of Mo'ab.itesb m d
+2Cll 70:1
e2Kl %:IT marauder bands of the sons of Am'mon,'and he
2K1 21:12
2Ki 23:27 kept sending them against dudah. to destroy it,
to Jehovah's word* that he had spolcen
:",",";?A according
o " ; $ ~ , ~ ~by
~ , means of his serv~ntsthe prophets, It was
only by the order' of JehovahCthat it took place
x2ch
G r 5G:w
a4:z.l
against
Judah, to rcrnoveq it from his sight for
*De
~ e 24:?6
fi:33
De 2 ~ $ 3 the sins of IYla.na~'seh,~
according to all t h a t he
21Cf 2 ~ ~ 2 7
LZKL21.2 had done. ' And there was also the illnocent
Zii:; "blood" that he had shed, so that he filledr Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah did not
rlm3:~5lsilver

,&%::,

'

zzt
:<,"&:&
g;,l;;6

consent to grant

5 As for the rest of the ~ f f a i r sof Je.hoira-

;:,",1g::F kirnr and a11 that he did, are they not written
k;,"6PB in the boeku of the affairs of the days nf the
O
~~~~&~~kings of Judah? Finally Jeboi'n-kim lay down
.Or, "Ne'kaw (Me'lta~)?~b b'B~hylon,"Z,LYYg; "'Bn'beI," MSy.
*rr$pians," 3BXXVg; b'E'dom.iten," Ey.

2 KINGS 24:7-14

402

with his fo~efathers,' and Je.hoi'a.chin his san -$?;$

of the people of the land. l5 Thus he took Je.hoi'J G ~,%:$I
began t o reign in place of him.
, R . c ~ ~into
R
exile to Babylon,&'and the king's
lo
Jerz+
7 And never again did the king of Egypt
mmother%nd
dthe king's wives and his court offiE3K124.1Z
' ~ r29
r 2
come out from his land, for the king of Babylona
cials' ancl the foremost men of t h e land he led
had taken all that happenecl to belong t o the
away as exiIesl people f m JerusaIem to Babyking of Egypt~from the torrent valleyZ of pJ":$z
loma tc AS fw all the valiant men, seven thouaCc 1:,:19
Egypt up to the river Eu.phra'tes.'
sand, ~ n dthe craftsmen and the I~uiFdersof
K u 31:5
8 Elgl~teenyears old Je.hoi'a.chino was when ,:g ;:;
bulwarks, A Ihousand, all the mighty mcn cnrryhe began to reign, and for three months he:;;;I,
ing on war, the king of Babylonutproceeded t o
uJcr 52:28 bring them as exiled people to Bnbylon,lLL Furreign4 in Jer~salem.~
And his mother's name, J~~ 't L : I
was K s l ~ u s h ' t a the daughter of Elma'than of
ther, the king of BabylonLiCmade M~t.ta.ni'ah
Je~usalern. And he continued to do what was "2Ch
r2Ch m10 his tincle* king in place of him. Then he changed
Jer 521
bad in Jehovah's eyeslbaccording to all that his ~ : ~ t : ~ l $ ~ s2Ch
36:11 his name 10 Xed.e.lri'ahSbr
father had done.' lo During that time the s e w 18 Twenty-one years old Zcd+cbki'nhCnwas
2
T
;z
2C11 36:12
ants of Kebhu.chad.nezpzar
the king of Babybna +2rii i s h
when he b e ~ n nto reign, and for clcvcn ycnrs he
Jcr37:2
came up to Jerusalem, so that the city came
reigned in J ~ r ~ ~ ~ lAnd
e r nhis
. mother's name
Jer B : 5
1:1
under siege.' And hTeb.u&ad.nez"zarthe king
Eze?l:25 was EJa.m~t'tnPL the daughter of Jeremiah4 from
VEh 91;
of Rabylona proceeded to come against the city, gyh?Ji;:o
r e 2 : 3 ~ Lib'nah. And he continued to do what was had
1'74:21
while his servants were laying siege against it.' ;;;;;7
2 k 1 Z X T in Jehovah's eyes, nccoding t o all that Je.hoi'a21;l 23:26
n.
#Le1 7 : E
12 At length Je.hoi'a,chin t h e king of Judah kJer
dons." For on account oI thc anger
oi~ip3:27 lrim I ~ n d
2'72
t ",'!I 25% of JehovahL it took place in Jerusalemv and in
went out to the king of Babylon,m" lhe with his nJar 2:i:l
,
:
,
,
,
mother1<and his servants and his princes0 and
until he had cast them out of his sight.Y
fir
J e r 27:*
5:17 J u d ~ h
his court oficials, and the kina of Babylonangot &$;:<:.$
EZE 1;:~
And 2ed.c-kl'ah~began to rebel against the king
# j r 3d.i
t o take hfmr in the eighth year of hisa k i n g : 2 ~ ~ 1 1 ~ 1 ~ ' , $
EEzc H:I
of Babylon.'~
N I C L 24:l
king. '
"en
he brought out from there all the, $2:7;
And I came about in the ninth' year of
Jrl' 27.8
Jer2rl:~
trensures of the house of Jehovaht and the v21il
Jer X:28
t3:XS
his being king, in the tenth month on the
Ich 43.10
Jcr
trensnrcs a the king's house"nand went on t o En 1 ; 7
tentha
of the month, that hTeb.u.chad.nez'gBg:Fzar" thedaylrlng
cut to pieces all the gold utcnstlsv that Sol'o.mon f;', :$.\'
of Babylona came,5 yes, he and
,pc.4.1
,. : L a 1 3'217
the king of Israel had made In the temple of Sgf;,
Jcr 323 all his rniIitarqyforce, against Jerusnlcm and beJehavah,r just as Jehovah had spolcen,"" And ZC'h
-1sa3:s
Z C 'I3210
~
st
Jer .,z:ze gan camping* against it and building ~ g ~ j n it
he taolr into exile* a11 Jerusnlem and all t h e
:!%l"
R siege mall all around.$ And thc city came t o
gZzi,222
princes' and all the valiant, mighty men-ten ; y ~ a ~ ~ ~ % l e
,k,",l&:y be under siege until the eleventh year of King
thousand he was taking into exile-and also JPF 2 1:1
L-XTT'R;"nn'hel,'' XSg. b Or, "his nnnm wlls chnnged
every craftsman" and builder of bulwark. No ' ~ ~ ~ $ ~a +aBahSlonJ'
$
to Zed.e.ki"7
e ZirE,qi.icrlLn, M; meaning "l'nh(11) is rlgl~tmwone had becn left behind except the lowly cIasst 2;:

&{z;

::;::y

,,,,,:,

;E:?$%

,,,
t

25

l.Ui~l,ylon,"LS1'Vg; '"Bn'b~l," N8y.

ness." d Ti.rCtm.ia'b rr, 11; rncnni!g, powibly, "Tnl~(n)loonrt~s(llhe

~vomhj."

2 KINGS 25:3-10

405

404

Zed.e.k1'ahma On the ninth" day of the [fourth]

m o n t h v h e farnine was severe in the city and1*$;::;:
there proved to be no breadk for the people of t n . t i
r:ze 2 12
the land. %d
the city got to be breached" and LJC .IS
011 the men af war [fIed]c by nightr by t h e way
of the gate bekeen the doub1e wall that is by
the king's garden,"while t h e Cha1,de'snst were $;: !yi:
all around against the city, and [the king J a be- y,@
I
; !;lji
~
gan t o gatt in the direction of the Arla.bah,v n.f1 th1r ?n:.s
:N: I
d"
a military force of Chal.de'ans1 went chas- t ,I YI.I
lng after the king and they g o t to overtake himy :%r!?12
jn the desert plains of deii.cho,z and all his own )j?i g::i$8
military force itself was scattered Dom his side. ,jy;:l$
Then they seized the king' and brought him "$:$;i;{;l
up to the king of Babylone a t Rib'lah,o that they Oj;\i(jr$
might pronounce a judicial" deehion upon him.
' And Zed.e.ki'ah'sR sons they slaughtered be- Jcr .~CI.G
forc his eyesA and Zed.e.ki'ah'sn own eyes he '$rf!j?&
blinded,# after which he bound him with copper '?$k iz:kl
I;A 107:JCI
fetters' and brought him t o B a b y l ~ n . " ~
1 r 14!t:A
3 And in the fifth month on the seventh @$;r,';$,;b
I
52:12
[day] of the month, t h a t is to say, the nine- *JI-I.
m.1 tJr:{!>:!I
teenth' year of King I\Teb.u.chad.nez'zar the kina JPP 411:l
of B a b y l ~ n ,Neb.u'zar.adfan"
~
t h e chief sf the ::;!;'I"!;':
bodyguard, the servant of the king of RabyIon,'
came t o
And he proceeded to bum ~$n'~~~Ir
the housen of Jehovah and the king's houser
and a11 the houses of Jerusalem,* and the house
of every great manf he burned with fire.t I n And ~Alll
I K 7:1
!
!
2:3
the walk of JerusaIem, all around, the entire a f ( , r 94:22
military force of Chal.deransthat were 1vlt1-1the
:ziT3
n%idaqi,ia'li1i,h i ; as at 2 ECinm 24: 17, 18, b'LBainhthmonth," nE
doreminh A2 : 6. Kt; "month:' 31, heye, "Fled;' addcrl Pol, s c ~ ~ n irr
o,
~r!-earnent~ 4 t hSg and Jer~miab52 : 7. d
; ir8rd.c.ki'al~,"
A

&:*;?+I<\

:;;!~~;mz

;$:t\z;19

l 1 J E ~ , " M

YE: "thq," SF, a few Hebrew mnnn~criptsn t ~ d Jer~sninll52 : 7.

* "Bnhylon," T - d t X T , a ; '.Ba%el," MFp. 1 OF, by R torrectian of
rouqel pointing, " e ~ e r ygreat honse!'

2 KINGS 25:ll-18

chief of the bodyguard pulled dawn.'"%nd

U%$&
Jer 39:s

the

rest of the peoplev that were left behind in the

City and the deserters that had gone OWI* f a the
Eze 6 . 5
E Z ~12715 king of Babylon1>and the rest of the multitude
Eze 2 2 : ~
Neb-u'zar.ad'an the chief of the bodyguard took
;iIE Ey4into exi1e.F lpAnd some of the lowly peopler.of
;;;g;+o the land t h e chicf of t h e bodyguard let remain
*Jer 5 ~ 1 6 as vinedressers and compulsory lnborers.* ' U n d
of copper that were in the house of
C ~ ~ ~ the
~ ipillarsn
$
Jehovah
and
the c ~ r r l a g e sand
~ the copper seab
A;Ek;;$ that was in the
house
of
Jehovah
the C11al.de'0;:;::;;
am brake in pieces and went carrying the cop'ZK1%17
perof them toBabyl~n.~''
I' And the cnns and the
shovels and the extinmlshers and the cups and
$*r, all the utensils' o l copper wid h rvh1cP1 they used
QChx:w to minister they took.'
And the chlef of the
bodyguard
took
the
fire
hoIdersm
m d the basinsk
"ECE::~
1Kl7:50
Isxu 7:13 that were of gold RS gold and those there were
Ezr I:;!
of silver as s i l ~ e fE'l. ~AS for the two pillars,13the
n2Ch 2-i.14
Eir 131 one Sean and the carriagest that Solhnon had
Da 5:2
711<17!15 made for the house of Jehovah,there happened
t o be no way ta tell the weight of the copper of
all these ~ t e n s i l a . ~EIghtecn
~
cubitsv was the
,:$~~::$~
2Ch4:14 height of each p j l l ~ rnlld I11e cspitalr upon it
Ulkl 7:47
t l x i 7::s tvas of copper, and the height of the capital was
J c r 5211
ylxi r.16 t
h a~Sits,cand the network and the Dome3 ~ 52.22
r
alri17.:t~ granatesz all around i~ponthe capital, the whole
Jer 5 2 ~ 3
of it, was copper, and t h e seconcl pillar had the
same as these upon the network.
're=52:24
18 Furthermore, the chicf" of the bodyward
took Se4rai'ahJthe chief prlesta and Zeph-a'&5:7"::i4
Jer 52:14
rJer 17.2

?z?;ii$

Or, '<that had de~erted";litcivully, "thnt bad fnllm," 11, b"nn11yion,'> E n T g ; 'B~a'hel," MFp, a * ' T h r ~ nmhita,'' RI; not including
the network, which is desarilwd aepnmtely and rnnst hnve h e ~ nt v o
cuhits, to make a total o f flw cul5its. Ser I. K i n p 77:lfi; 2 Chronides 3 : 35. d Literally, "the h m d prirst," 31; "the ihyt prie~t,"

KXXTg; "the great prierrt,'"y.

2 KINGS 25; 19-24

406

"

nl'ahnAthe second priest and three do~rkeepers,~ $&

loand from the city he took one court oficial' ,$&:%:?
that had a command aver the men of war and +;g;%p
five men from those having access to the kingh 21~~203181
that were found in the city' and the secretaryy fig:;:
of the chief oi the army, the one mustering the
people of the land, and sixty men of the people
of the land that were to be found in the city,
".and
Neb-u'zarad'an* the chief of the bdy--g::i
guard then took themk and conducted them to k"grf$!?,
the king of 'Babylonc at Rib'lahbn" And the king ng; g:$
of Babylonc proceeded to strike them dotvnr and Jer
J e r 39:5
52.8
put them to death at Rib'lah in the land of Har- rJvr 5 z : n
math," Thus Judah went into exile from off its nk
i::gl
1K18:65
soiLt
tLe 26:33
22 As for the peopleu left behind in the land ;
:;A?&
af Judah, whom Neb.u.chad.nm'zar the Mng of D2 E!~28.64
1
:
1:
m
Babylonc had left behind, he went on to appoint x;p
;
over them Ged.a.lirahdvt h e son of A.hiPkamYthe ~,,25:9
son of Shatphm.Z When all the chiefs of the
military forces,*they and their men, heard that
&
!;
the kjng of Babylonc had appointed Ged adi'ah,d i;; Eii4
they immediately came to Ged.a.li'ahn at Miz"- Y~KE
2Ch %:XI
pah: that is, 1sh'ma.d the son of Neth.a.ni'& der m 2 - 1
%:i::?
and Jo.ha8nan the son of Ka.rebah and Serrai8ahDJer
the son of Tan.huPmeththe Nc.taph'a.thitt and
Jn.az.a.niPahp
the son of the M&.acFa.thile,they
nnd their men. 24 Then Ged.a.li'nh4 sworec. to 2&l$s
them and their men and said to them: "Do not
be afraid0 of [being] servants t a the Chal.de'ans. + J e r z z u
Drvell in the land and serve the king of Babylonc
*Jer m9
and it will go well with YOU.""'

Z*phan~ia'ku,N; meaning 'Tah (n) hnn conrenlrd (treapnred)?

b1,itr~rnlly "froiii those scciilg tho king'^ face," JI. '*Uahylon,"
J,SX 1 ' ~h~al,cl,l'
;
XSr. d GFdrrr.in'/! rr, 31; rllenning "Ynh (u) iEl
grcnt," Prt.~l.nrrmTb'ku, 11; mcauing. ''Ynll (u) g i v c ~ear!'

25 And it came about in the seventhe month

t h ~Tsh'ma-eY
t
the son of Neth.a.ni'ah the son of
' l 1 E.lish%.ma of the royaI offspringAcame, and also
ten men with him, and they got to strike dona
kJer41:2 Ged.nUlirah,&k
SO that he died, and also the Jews
and the Chal.detans that happened to he with
nJ@r4r:1e him in MEz'pah.ll 2 W t e rIhnt till the people, from
small t o great, and the ehicrs 01 the military
forces row up and came into EgyptYrfor they
Jcp.l?:lol
11nd
hecome afraid because of the Cha1.de'ans.a
Jcr G : 7
~ J ~ ~ r . ~ l : 1 27
R And it came about in the thlrty-seventh
of the exile of Je.hoi'a.chlnt the king of
t;:;
;3;y2 year
~ 1 ~ r z l : Jud~lh
l
in the twelfth month on the twentydnr 37:t
> r t 1:1t
seventh
day of the month E'vil-me.ro'dachu the
uL'r "l 1
~c,r:ti,:l~ Iting of Babylonb in the year of hIs becoming
lclng raked up the headv of Jc.hoi'a.chin the
v:;:;',:;$
king of Judah out of prison, 7n and he began t o
s1~;lk
good thingsr with him and then put his
sg;2?j;11
un n : ~ tllrorae higher than the thrones of the kings that
a J ~ $r 2 9 2 mere urlth him i
n Babylan,E~~
" And he took off
"CQ
GI?42:14
~t:.r: his prison clothes," and he ate breadn constantly
J.:q
hcfore him all the days of his lire. a0 As for his
~ i ' qn:lR
K.'Nn 9 7
nllowance,4 an allowance w s constmt1y given
I-Nc 11 :23
h i m from the king, daily as due,c all the days
ob
48:'s I of his 1ife.O
*Jcr40:1&

rer??;$

11; meaning "Tah (u)is pent," bt'Babylon~L X X V g ;

"nnl~el," 3TWya b i ' D d l ~as due." Ljlt~mlly,L1nthing o f n day on
its dey," 31.
a O'rlnl.ia'kn,

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ic 1u:9

'4

'Eze R 1 0
'Co 10:13

Enosh,"

2 Ke'nan,"
Ma-hd'a.lel,+
JdredPe
3 E'nuch,'
Me.thuYsdah,*
La'rne&,k
4 Noah,""
Shern,r H&m and Jatpheth.Pt
5 The sons of Ja'phth were Go'rneru and ~ ~ i S ~ : : ~
Ma'gagv and Ma'da-iy and Ja'vanz and Tu'bal* ""'
II~:EI~lo.'
.we
rRc 2 ~ 1R
and Mc'shech" and Ti'rasaA
y21C1 l i : 8
6 And the sons of 6otmer were Ashtke- ::;,!;j;,lR
r ~ t . : / ,; ~L ~ : z
nazP and Ri'phatk" and To.gar'mahnG
fi8t
1r1:2
7 And the sons of Ja%an were Enlitshah'p;,:;r&;$T
and Tar'shishtC' Kit'tirnlt and Ro'da.nim.dn
y;: p 7 1 4
8 The sons of Ham were Cushy and Miz'ra- ;!; ;f;j:
i m , ~Putt and Ca'naan.~
n II~:.L
rl-.<i 1 l : I l
9 And the sons of Cush were Se'bav and y;,!;;!;;!5
Hav'i-lahy and Sab'tahz and Ra'a-rnah' and u(;r 12:s
v 1'9 72.10
Sab'te.ca.2
y1Sa 13 7
And the sons of Ra'a.mah were She%ar
- I \ , L nth R
and De'danP
L J c r 25 23
s ! ~

Literall;r, "The Mdn of the Days:' M ; t'Parntip6~n~non

(= 01
Things Omitted)," LXITg. bURi'phath." LS-'Kg, ahout 30 ReFII+PW nutnuscripts and Genepis I0 :3; '"Di'phath,".\I, * "Tar'r;hirtl,"
L-SYT'g and Genesis 10 :4; "Tnrahi'shh,shh,''M. "Ro'da.nim,"
3ILKY; "Do'da.nim," Tg, many Rebrew manwcripta nnd lfeae~is
10 : 4 ; 'LBo-mnirn8,"
Sy.

408

t c f . 25:11) 1
G!?2i:.tfi ,
191

,,-

v4

it> ~1Y::z

1::21
?Sh ?::I8

Ti#,?!l:li

y4;e l!l:llj
Tje 7 ; l

7 cr3:x
~ ~

2):s 3:s
l l i l Y:20
'(;I!

IU:l7

L P:tP

2i:ll
111:1.9

:,f;l.

i J 4 r ~13:L
'I<fl ?I:>
4 ]*:at=117:23
'I,cI 8 : 3 R

, n c ~ 10:22
>
I; l l C ?(i:5
111,tl

'i:Pl,

rl-;t:

ll:l:!

tcic I i 1 : 2 3
IN 11 ! .I:LL-I
I d L l %,I5

11r;c J I : ! ~

j.Ca f0:25

rGs l b ! H

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1 CHRONICLES 1:1 L 2 2

10 And Cush himself became fatherCt o

Nirn'r~d.~He it was that made t h e start
In becoming R mighty one in the earth.'
I1 As for Miz'ra-im, he became father
ta tu'dim4 and An'a.mim1 and Le-ha'bim"
and N~ph~tu'him'3 P and Path.ru'sinmand
Cas.Iu'11irn (from among whom the Phialis'tlnest1went forth ) and Caph'to.rirn.1'
13 As for Ca'naan, he became father to
SiVdona his first-born and Hetht and the
Jeb'u.siteu and the Am'or.itev and the G i f ga.sl?jter rs and the Wi'vjtez and the Ark'ite* and the Si'nite' '"and the Ar'vad.itQ
and the Zem'a.ritc' and the Hatmath.ite."
17 The sons of Shemo were Elm- and
As'shur" and Arqach'shad' and Lud" and
A"rarn,'c
And Uzmlr and Hulr and Ge'ther' and
Mash.br
18 As for Anpach'shad, he became father to ShetlahjH and She'lah himself became father t o E%er.t
19 And t o E'ber two sons were born.
The name of the one was Peleg,'u because in his days the earthd was divided;
and the name of his brother was Jok'tm.~
20 As far Jok'tan, he k a m e father
to Al.mo'dadz and She'lephz and Ha.zarma'veZhS and Je'srthz ?%nd Ha.do?am*
and YzaI and Dik'lah* and O%alr and
j4

"And r~,"
JISyf'g; "And thc sons of A'mm m-err rz," L,XTB.
nnd IFebr~w llrnnnscript ( K c n a i ~t l 3 73 ) and Genesis 10 : '13.
bLGMnsll,"S y , six Hpbrcs mnnn4cripts ~ n Ciene~is
d
10:23: "NeJshcrh," hl; "3Ia'mrh," T,XI*Tg. .C "Petleg." Meaning ('r)i%an;
1'11rt." d Or, 6 ' ~ ~ r t 1 i $opalntialr!'
'9
o"O'h~l," Ky ad 19 Bebrew
~ l r ~ b n r r ~ c ~and
i p t gI3~ne~rs
1I): 28 ; "E'hnl,'? JJ1's.
a

411
10:n
A-bim'a.elAand She'baA 89 and O'phir * ACE
1KL Q:29
and Hav'i-lah* and Jo'bab;@ all these g;pG24
1 ~ 13.12
n
were the sons of Jok'tan.
pcc 2:11
GI? 115:18
24 Shem,"
151 15:;
Ar.pachyshad,#
F ( : P lr1.m
.(;P 1 J : l l J
She'Eah,k
1.u :h%
25 E'berjn
#I:*
k < ;10
11
~ 12
:3
LU 3.37
Pe'leg,.
nr:c 11.14
> U ;'I :!
ReJu,3
l"r
11: tb
N.e I I ; I : ~
26 S E V U ~ , ~
t!;l' 11:21
Na'hor.~
tlc;e 11 :-2
v r i v 11,:t
Te'rah,v
y{ ; v I I :.,ti
2'7 A'bram,Y that is to say, Abrahamqx
~ hk.
t 9
1 k7
5, s
28 The sons of Abraham were lsaac' and ,ftc?\$iT
cil*K ~ G
Ish'ma.el .?"
uf:~, 1 f i : l l
29 These are their family origins: Ish'ma-el's ACP 2R:9
first-born Ne.ba'iothA ~ n Ke'dasv
d
and Adtbe.el' ~i?:.l'j%~~
and Mib's~m,+ Mish'ma" and Du'mah: mas's^, ~:;'!~~:17
Hil'dadg and Te'ma,lC Je'htr,ll Na'phbhI1 and ~ ~ ; 2 , ~
ICeclle.mah.#These were the sons of Ish'maael.
32 As for the sons of Kejtu'rah,y Abraham's
concr~bine,~
she gave birth t o Zirn'rant and Jok'- ;;!$;:;a
nm 3 5 : ~
shanu and hle'dann and Mid'i-any and Ish'hak~l rtJ1'r
:J1;:25
and Shu'ah,~
IlCO :br1.2
vr;,.aim2s
And the sons of Jok'shan were She'baz T.:~2:1:,
y J o h 2:11
and Deldan.*
z11C1 1o:l
33 And the sons of Mid'i-an were E'phahc
and E'pheF and Ha'noch' and A.bi'cEab and FI;:g:yf
of
21:3
El-da'ah.;
611 ,I,;
lAU
-1.~4
All these were the sons of Ke.tuJrah.
,I,. 7:n
34 And Abraham came to be father to Isaac. 2;
l?ryerLI:I:S
The sons of Isaac were E'sauG' and Israel.*
.I <;. 31: i
35 The sons of E'sau were El'j.phaz,' Red;i: k0
c;~.
::l;:jJ
el" and Je'ush* and Jalam* and KoPrah.*
k .I
!!t 7
Iz
36 The sons of Elpi.phaz were ?"etrnatl~{

nCs M:XI
rCl0 3&19

*NU 13:2!1
lS0 I511
~ C 3EL . 1 3
&lGl!?a::L%

, ~ ~

;;:f;r;;::r;,

'en

T3r?:313

:V

,:;

r b r

and OFmar,nZe'phoan and Gaptarn,"Ke'nazm

and Tim'nar and Am'a.lek.n
37 The sons of Reu'el were Na'hath,t
Ze'rah,t Sham'maht and MfiPzah.t
38 And the sons of Se'irl were L o ' t a n u and

Sho'balu and Zib'e.onu and A'nahu and Di'shonv

and Eberv and Dl'shannV
yDe 1:12
39 And the sons of LbYan were Hoyriy and
mr ":E
rGv
He'rnm. W d Wtan's sister was Tirn'na.'
40 The sons of Sho'baZ were Al'vanc and
'ee9a:as
Uan6a.hath'and E'bal,' She'phod and Wnaun.'
e e m:24
And the sons of Zib'e-onu were A'iah" and
A'nah."
act S B : ~
41 The sons of A'nah were Ditshon.&
O C3~6 : ~
And tlre sons of Di'shon were Hem'daneb
and Esh%hanEand Ith'ranP and Che'san.0
*lCh I:SB
42 The sons of Ekze' were Bil%ane and
a ~e S G , ~
Za'amvanm
and A'kantfm
#Lad:21
The sons of Di'shanp were Uz" md A'ran.*
*GO ~ : n a
43 And theae are the k h g s that reigned hi
the
land of E'domlr before any kingn reigned
l,'GE$::;i
O
V
~
the
T
sons of Israel: Be'lar t h e son of Ee'or,
r;2$;:;
the name of whose city was Din'ha1bahqr44 EvenBe'la d k d , and Jo'babs the son of Ze'rahs
:p:;E!F I tually
from
Roz'rahl
began t o reign h place of him.
Jabr 4:) la
n:n r .iz *'Eventrtally Jo'bnb died, and Hu'sharnu from
n ! h ":I2
,,,, x,31the land of the Te'man.itesv began to reign in
VJ,,l,.12.7
J O ..:I
~ 1 place of him, *aEventually Hu'sham died, and
~G*36:2E

Z.'

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1 CHRONICLES 1:37-46

m'mZ~'pha:'ahont 30 Behrem rnnnnsmipts and knesis 38: 11;

"Zdphi," 31. D " I-Ic'mnln," LXX nnd O e n e s i ~31J : 1 2 ; *'IIo'~naq"
3 i V ~ S y 01. a'Al'mn," ntnnp EIelma mnnatscripts nnd Ilcnrsis 31i : 23;
"d.lt'n~l," MVg. d " S I I P ' ~ ~mmc
~ , " Bebrcw nranltsrripfs nnd Benpsis 31;:23; "Flie~pt~i,"
31Vg, ~ ' - I I e n i ' ~ l n u , L-LT.'
''
: I I I ~Inany Hebww ~ n n ~ l u a c l i patid
t ~ C;cnt.siu 36: 21i; '*Ilnn~'rjin," 315~;
"Ham'~annl," T'K. f "Anti r i ' k n ~ ~ ,LSX"
"
and 22 I lebrew manuscripts and
C~CIIPR~S36 : 23 ; ".ln'n.knn," 31. a "Ui'"shttn," in agreeiuent with
Grorsis 36: 2ti and I'gy "'Di'sh~n," Afl,XNSy.

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412

Ha'dadr the son of BeYdad,Y who defeated, "1"-,?;PI '

Mid'ialnl in the field of Morab,v began t o reign E
' ;, P;:;;
In p l ~ c eof him. And t h e name of his city 3rwasl;~y,;;.;:~
I
:18:ua
Atvith.u '? Eventually Ha'dnd c l l d , and Sarn'lah? ML)Q
from Mas.re'kahx began to reign in place of him. ,r;,. ~ :,~Y . . s b
*" Eventually Sm'lah died, and Sha'ul* from .r.t. 36!37
15.18
Re.l-loPboth*by the River" began t o reign in --I;
-SR r:3
I
place of him. *"ventually
Sha'ul died, and
Ra'al-ha'nanA the son of Ach'hor" began t o reign 'ar
in place of him. Eventually Ba'al-ha'nan died, :Cca:3R
ancl Ha'dadab began to reign in place of him, :c~-?s:.rt~
C:" ?#xil
.f;p ;d,..l!!
and the name of his city \vas F ~ ' u md
, ~ the '=<:,.
;'.#;:,Id
name of his wife was Me.l~et'a.bel,;
the daughter ,;I.:, :i:;r,
of Ma'tred,O the daugI-lter of hle'z~.hab. Even"2;
Is :'3:32
tually Iqa'dad died,
'fa.,
I:;!
31i.15
And the sheiksq of E'darn" came to be sheik 2.;'
-c'h -7:s)
Tlrn'na,' sheik Al'vah:' sheik Je'theth,' "= sheik; i; $:.$
O.l~ol.i.l~n~m:~l~,~
shcik 12'11111,"b shcik Pi'non,' t;t;;:;i;l
:cr.:qs
" shrik ICc'naz,' dlcilr Tc'rnnn,' sllelk Mibtzar,*,qr:c

uJos 7:l

~ 1 K::i31
j

1Ch 4:1
7%

~ J C
13:n

Jas ;:u
JMk18

-'oqnz:m

1rGe G:12

p1Ch ?:25
Flu 9,19
Mt 1 : 3
clSa 25:3
I C 2:42
~

ja

+6u 4 2 0
1:t 1 : ~
' X U 1:7
XU 2:3
X u T:12

N U 10:14
*Flu 421
Lu 3:32

CRu 2'1

Mt 1:5
' R u 4:17
*Ru 4:B
lSa 16:l

Isa 11:1
A c 13:22
l:lSa i6:E
1% 17:13
2218
the 1 ri r; v' ,-i.I,l
'~'!'~~
~ r 1Ch
I
2 c h 5:2
1
nlSa
16:8
)'I ,v :'Jl:L\l
1% li w
r;<<
" j I , I:j
1
11%
16:9
zT;rc bh:fl

nd sheik Mag'di-el," sheik I'lanrn.*'

These were
sheiksE'of E'dom.
These were the sons of 1srael:n Reu'ben?''
Sirn'e.on,s Le'vit and Judah,u Is'sa-&arV """
f ; ~i
p"
~16 :
and Zeh'u.lun,Y "an,% Joseph* and BenjaminF 'i;;;2,:;;
a I{ (:;ITp zj,!s
1;' *:o
Naphfta.li," Gad0 and Ash'er."
3 The sons of Judah were Ermand O'nan" ancl 2::
:!;'\ji7
She'lal~.~
The t h e were born to him from the ::$";', y:
daughter of Shu'a, the Cn'naan.it.ess. And Er ;:i.
:;::
the Rrst-born of Judah came to be bad in thc 'li:i:.?
eyes of Jehovah, so that he put hlm to death,]<Tt';;Ch$'j
L;tl ,,-:fl
And Ta'marcn hls daughter-in-law it was that 11C:c
&:ll

''Ittt'd~id,'~ XCLTVg SF; "Hn'd~r,"nt Genesis 36 : 39. b "Pn'u,l'

SyV~TI,S.TI&sardlan edlllotb nnrl many Hebrew rnanuatripls nnd
Orilvsis 3U : 39 ; "Pa'i," 31. 0 '';il'm tl," TVg3lm"rgin, man* 1lehl.e~
arn~ultsci-i
pla and Genesis 30 : 111; "A.liPnh,"11.

Judah were five.

5 The sons of Peyrez were Hez'yont and

V.J~S;:~~

:I#

~retah~mPe'rezrmdZe'rah.nA1lthesonsof
:Ezg
t ~ 4 e6 : ~

1Ch Tll:7

FISP.X . 1 3
1 3 lf:12
>!L

1:6

Lu 3:31
t?Sa 2.18
sSn 3 39

I~?SUIT25

v;Sa 26%
ZSU I(':IO
:.<a 16:9
s t 13.2
"'a 2157
> 5 a 2.i3
2 5 3 E 16
2sa 20:10

I C 11:s
~

2258 2:18
'ISA 9 30

2Sa 2-3.24
:ch x:7

Ka'in~I.~
6 And the sons of Ze'rahil were Zfrn'ri and
E'thanVand He'manv and Cal'coIv and Da%aqV
There were five of them in all.
7 And the sons of Car'mir mere A'chara
the bringer of trouble" upon Israel,= who
committed an act of unfaithfulness respecting t h e thing devoted to destruction."
8 And the sons of E'thanYwere Azari'a h ,
9 And the sons of Hez'ranl' that were
horn t o him were Je.rah'me.ell1 and Ram*
and Che.l~'bai.~"
10 As for Ram, he k a m e father to
Arn.min'a.dab.bAm.min'a.dab, in turn,
became father to Nah'shonb the chiefh i n o of the sons of Judah. Nah'shon, In turn, became father ts Sa1'ma.+Sal'ma, In turn, became father to
Ro'm." l2 Bo'az, in turn, became father
t o O'bed.' O"bed, in turn, became father
t o Jes%e,* '"esfse,
in h r n , becnme
father to his first-born EBlipab,'(
and
A.binta.dabn the second, and Shimte.ar
the third, '"e-than'el
the fourth,
Rad'dai the fifth, Is O'zem the sixth,
Dnvid" the seventh. And thrir sisters
were Ze.rutiaht and Als'l.gail,'l and the
sotla of Ze.ru'iah were AA.sh'aiv and
Js'abs and Asla.hel,z three, l7 As f o r

+'Arebar."Cnlled Ah'chnn n t Joshua 7: 1, 11. bi'Thc bringer of

trouble." M, 'o.ckrr'; in n plny of 1pfirh against 'A.clrar', the man's
nnmc. Called Ca'leb a t vprses 19,1F,42.

415

AWi.gail, she gave birth to A-ma'sa,' '3

and the father of Amaka was Je'thero ,
;11ct
:;,,:2.3J
f
the Ish'ma-eI.ite.
18 As for Caleba the son of EIezPma,* he became father to sons by .LiCh2:s
A.m'bah his wife and by Jer'l-oth, and
these were her sons: Je'sher and Shotbab and Ar'don, Eventually A.zutbah
died. So Ca'leb" took to himself Eph'- " ~ ~ ; ~ j ~ ~
rathXbwho in tjme bore Hurt t o him, hyl;r;;;
'"Hw, in turn, became father t o U'ri." * \:..*:\t 1212
1'.1:14
:4!:2
U'ri, in turn, became father t o Bez'- :-I.:Y
V:s :?i:311
a1.d."
1 ;Y 3;:1
21 And afterward Hez'ron had rela- i:.: $Ijiz
tiom $nththe daughter of Mfi'chir" the .$~,hr~,'~,
father of Gil'e.adakh d he hirnsclf todc ;:,:",:;id
her when he was sixty yents' old, but she ;cqI:;i!g9
bore Se'gub to him. Se'gtzb, in turn, k; t:,i;o
became father to Ja'ir,ll nnd he came t o sns'??~
I I N ~:32:41
I
have twenty-three cities1' in the land of 1 I(. 3.1.)
Giltemad.'"ater
Gesh'ur-nd
Syriat
took the tent viZlagesu of Ja'ir from
P+l:il"
them, with Ke'nathv and its dependent tc;;;;;j38
tot%ms," sixty cities. All these were the ;;;;y~~:f$
sons of IMa'chir the father of Gil'e.~d. d6:12
24 And after the death of Heztronr in, :;:;<'
Ca'lebeph'ra-thah, with A-bi'jah F>eln~;,;3 ::,
the wife of Hez'l-on, she then bore him rj;.t$;,;-~
*11'11 .1,5
Ash'hur* the father of Teako'nnU
U?S:r 1.1 2
r * l ~U:B
25 And the sons of Jemrah'rncaelA
the -2(-'ll
20:n
first-born of Hez'ron were Rnmv the N,, 5::
first-born and Bu'nah and O'ren and ydfiq':
':g
O'zem, A.hi'jah.c " A n d Je.ralz'me.e] "1";ll
: li.'il 2 2 7
JI,
a Cnlled Ch@.lu'bai n Terse 9- Literally, Nn~id
her dnu~htclr~,"

$.,a?!:

e ' L ~ ' ~ & r l l , A.hirjah,"

hrot bcr," I,.YAX

AI; "O'mm aud A.hi'jfill," Vg;

' h Q ' x m ~ his

1 CHRONICLES 2~27-39

came to have another MPe, whose

name ~ v a sAtra.rah.She was t h e mother
of O'nam. And the sons of Ram' the
first-born of Je.rah'rne~e1 came to be
Ma'az and Jfi'mh~ and E k e r . :q And
the sons OF O'narnmcame t o be Shamtma1 rind Ja'da. And the sons of Sham'ma1 were Na'dnb nncl A.hi'shur. " And
the na~neof A.bi'shurls nrIfewas AbYha.ll, who in time bore him Ah'ban
and Mo'lid. "And the sons of NaWabb"
were Se'Eed and Apfpa.im. But S e l d
died without sans. :I1And the sons of
ApPpa.jrn were Ish'i. And the sons of
Ish'i were She'shanju and the sons of
St~e'shan,Ah'Eai. "And the sons of
Ja'da the brother of Sharn'rnaik were
Je'therk and Jontatthan, Rut Je'ther
died without sons. a%nd the sons of
JonPa.than were Pe'lcth and Zatza.
These became the sons of Je.rah'rnehel.
34 And She'shann came to have no
sons, but daughters. Now She'shan had
an E ~ y p t i a servantm
n~
whose n a m e was
Jar'ha. *30
She'shan gave his daughter to Jar'ha his servant as a tvffe, arho
in time bore him At'tal. At'tai, in
turn, became father t o Nathan. Nathm, In turn, became father to 2a'bad.t
Za'bad, in turn, became father t o
Eph'lal. Epllt1al,in turn, k c n m c father
t o O'bed. ;Iq O'bed, In turn, became father to Je'ha. Jc'hu, in turn, became
father to Az.~.ri'nh. As.a.rlfah, in
turn, became father to We'lez. He'lez,
in turn, became father to El.r?.a'sah,

1 CHRONICLES 2:40-51

4 16
i

Elearsah,in turn, became father to

Siskai. Sis'rnai, in turn, became father to Shal'lum. " Shal*lurn, in turn,
k a m e father ts Jek.a.ml'ah. Jek.ami'ah, in turn, became father t o
E.lish'a.ma.
2:D
42 And the sons of CalebaU the UICh
ICII a:18
brother of Je.rah'me.el were Me'sh~ :gkg;g
his first-born,v who was the father of
; :
:;:;
Z i p h , ~and the sons of Ma.re'shah the v$uv
4 s:i
father of He'bron." '"nd
the sons of ji::y$;23
He'hron were Ka'rah and Tapfpu.ah y.$;
and, Re'km and Shemma. I * She'ma, In .K:
turn, b e m e father to Ra'ham the
father of Jorlce.am. Re'kem, in turn, :f
do

:.Y:z

:3;hf;

became father t o Sham'mai. " And the 1z1,~:5:

son of Sham'mai was Ma'on, and Makn
os l6:SB
was the father of Beth-zctr.O As for 0 Ch
11:5
E'phah the concubine of Ca'leb, she ,m;41!
gave birth to Hatran and Mo'm nnd
Ga'zez, As for Ha'ran, he became fa- $ti $;G<2
ni
ther to Ga'wz. "And the sons of Jab'dai were Re'gem and Jo'tham and Ge'- if':,
;!/J
shan and Pe'let and E'phah and ShaJ- ~;;;',::2l
eph. 4e As for Ca'leb's concubln~'Ma'acah, she gave birth to She'ber and Tir';,!: j;
hamah. " In time she bore Sha'aph the p
Ilc;irkfather of Mad.rnan'nah,o She%a the .;"::::iTT
father of Mach.beJna and the father of ,&:;P.',
Gib'e-a,* And Ca*leb'sg daughter was E?;
Ach'sah." " These became the sons of kl~,~;;j::
Ca'1eb.O
1(:tl l+:,b
Mlc. ?$
The sons of Hur* the flat-born of hlr:ll
tl..,~
Ephfra.thah: Sho'lalt the father of kyk,'; ;'?,
Kirti.ath-jetar.im,n "Sal'ma the father :;;lydF
lil

a Cslled

Che.ln'bai at vexse 9.

ace 3
5
:
s

of Beth%.hern,* Ha'reph the father of

Beth-ga'der. "And Shorbaltthe father
of Klr'bath-jdar-imn came to have
sons: Ha.roteh, half of the Menu'hoth.
O3 And the families of KIr'i.ath-@'a-rim"
I C ~1 3 5
u2Sa 23:38
were the Ith'rltesl%d the Pdtthites
1Ch 11:40
and the Shu'rnnthrlte~nnd the Mish'raTJ 133
l
b
4:2
ites. It was from f hose tlmt the Zo'rath~ J O 1S5 : s
Jos 19:43.
itesv and the Esh'ta.ol.ilcsY cnme out.
Jg 1 3 2 5
J 16 31
The sons sf Snl'mn were BelhtIe.hernn
e2ga &:29
and the Ne.t~ph'a~thites,~
AttrothclCh 4 9
CJg 1:16
beth-jo'ab and half of the Man.a.haJJ 4.11
I& i 5 : ~
tllites, the Zor'ltes. Oa And a
h
te families
4Jos 19:Z
'2Ki 13:15
o
f
the
scribes
dwelling
a
t
Jafbez"
were
Z K I 1323
Jer 3 5 2
the
Ti'ralh.ites,
the
ShimJe.ath.ites,
the
JCFE l 3
WSa 3.2
Su'cath.ites.
These
were
the Ken'ites"
-2Sa13:l
that c m e from Harn'rnathqhe father
25s 1 3 : s
rt190,25:49
of the house of Re'chnh.*
1Sa 2i:3
kJos 1 3 6
plsn25:14
And
these became the son8 of David that
1Sa 2539
1Sa 25:4%
were
born to him in He'bmn:m the ArstRlSa 25:5
A.hin'ooarn*the Jeireael,ft.ess,k
t2sa 13:1 born Am'non,?f
:g:i$ the second, Daniel, of Ab"I.gaflr the Car?neI-itess,# the third, Ab's~~lornt
the son of Mata.cahu
the
daughter
of
Tal'rn~IY
the
king of Geshkr,y
~5;;;;::;;
1Ch 2:?3 the fo~lrth,Ad.obni'j~hZ
the son of Nag'gith,'
z l K i 1-3
:KI~I?.~
the fifth, Sheph.a-titah,*ot A.bi'ta1,' the sixth,
Ith're.am,Rof Eelah" his wife. There were six
';Eii:f born to him in HeJbron; find he continued to
P$2;5"::1"3 reign theresevenyearsandslxm~nths,~andfor
thirty-three years he refgrid in J c r ~ s a l e m . ~
f;;:,h:?;f
"Z,',ci:"3:i25 And there were these born to him in
and Sho'babl and Nathan"
*$,s:2+:24 JerusaIem: Shim'e+am
and Sol'o.rn~n,~four of Bathushe'baak the
k~~~~~~
daughter of Amhi.el,n and Ib'harr and
:fz,S
!:i
RU 1:s
R u 2:4
~t 2:1
JOh 7:4a
t f C h 1:I
nJos 15:9
Jos 1360

;gz
!%z;

"'Bathde'ba," LEK"Tg; "Bath'sh.a,"

M.

1 CHRONICLES 3:7-22

418

419

E.lish'a+maCLh
and E.liph'e.let,t ' and Ko'gah and ;Fhy:+
Ne'phegu and Ja.~hi'a,~
a and E.lish'a.rnav and
;gk
E.li'a.daY and E.liphfe.let,r nine, a a11 the sons S Z S ~ B . ~ ~ !
of David besides t h e sons of the concubines, and f s n 1 3 : ~
lIii 12:43
Ta'mara their sister.
L i K t 15:1
AiIC1 1 5 9
10 h d the son of Sal'o-mon was Re.ho.boP-?liilt5:n
am,' A.bi'jahE his son, A'saA his son, Jhhash'a- ;:;',
phat-is son, " Ze.ho'ramh his son,+A.ha.zi'aha ';?$\!#:,f
<'
his son, Je.ho'ashc' his son, '* Am.a.ziYah"his "-'1) "2Kl
1 +:21
son, ha.ri*ahk his son, Jo'thamn his son, fj5;,
" A'hazr his son, Ha-e.ki'ah* his son, Ma.nast*
seht his son, l4 A'monU his sonj Jo.si'ahY his son. "rrj;,~;,:~1::~z
And t h e sons of Jo-sirahwere the first-born G:;? i;::
Jo.ha'nan,d the second, Je-hoi'a.kim,a the third, $J:'y:'
Zed.e-ki'ah,' the fourth, Shal'lum, laAnd the ""'C1l".'
2(-h:?:I
sons of Je-hoi'a-kim were Jecoai'ah his son:
Zed.e.kifahhis son. And the sons of Jw.o.ni'ah
ns prisoner were She.al'ti.elAhis son lB
and MaL 1ii151XI:ZU
21:10
chidram nnd Pe,dai'ah and She.naz'zar, Jck.a- v71k 11
r 7;1:1
3i:1
mi'ah, Hosh'ama and Ned.a.bitah. And the X'll
31i 1
sons of Pe.daifah were Ze.ntb'ba.belPand Shim'.
e.i, and t h e sons of Ze.rub'ba.be1 were Me.shu1'- ,&;%f:lA
lam and Han.a.ni'ah (and She.loPmithwas-thelr ; ;;,jo
sister) ; a0 and Ha-shu'bah and Orhel and I3er.echi'ah and Hasadi'ah, Ju'shak-he'sed, Ave, 4:q;;y:;l
2111 9:~:z
" h d the sons of Han.a.ni'ah were PeI.a.tifah'
arrd Je-sha'iah, the sons of [Je-sha'iah] Re.pha'lah, the sons of [Re-pha'iah] Arhan, the sons ,;:;:;!?
of [Ar'nanl 0-ba-dirah,the SOW, of [O.ba.di'ah]
Shec.a.nitah,"P2 and the sons of Shec.a.ni'ah,B &
:;:
She.mairah, and the sons of Sbe.mai'ah, Hat'- t:;:!:?

::;!

'*

z;:?

i(;;'c~

'g",::?

U[
,'!h:Lq
?.!I
:F 2 3

L,,

:A:=3

>:t 1.3

1 CHRONICLES 3 :2%;10

tush a n d I'gal and Ba.ri'ah and He-a-ri'ah and

Sha'phat, sh.2n And the sons of Ne.a.ri'ahwere
E.11.o.e'nal and Wizki'ah and Az.ritkam, three.
" And the sons oC Eli-e.epnaiwere Hod.a.virah
and E.li'a.shih and Pe.laJiah and AKkub and
Jo.ha"na and Denlatiahm d A-na'ni, seven.
The sons of Judah' were Pe'ra," Hez'mnk
and Car'min aild Hurr and S h ~ ' b a l . ~As for
Re.a'la11t the son of Sha'bal, he became father
t o Ja'h~Eh;Jn'hat11, jn turn, became father to

i
':"t$,::;'2 A . h l l ' ~ ~and

La'had. These were the families

,,.,,,:, of the 2o'rath.ites.u "nd these were [the sons

of] the f ~ t h r of
r E't~lm: Jez're.elY and I s h k a
"2;
lr'h
and Icl'hash, (nnd t h e namp of thcir sister was

SIJU,7
\ I

::I:)

# I <'I1 >::>!I

H R Z . Z C . I P I . ~ O ~' ~n~ ~dPc.nutcl

}
the father of
Ge'dor" and E'zer the father of Hu'sshah. These
I W ~ Pf l ~ t ?sons of I-IurVthe first-barn of Eph'raYfhr
),$,:; :;,"F0 thuh tho f ~ t h e orf Bethileahem. %d Ash'hurg
aJ
1 1l t8 >1 ' ~I ; I ~ The father of Te.ka'aA came t o have two wives,
1 t : h . j : ~ ~We'lnh and Nata.mlz. 21tl
time Na'a.rah bore to
II " : ! I
rl~cr~:!:::~
him
Arhuz'zarn
and
He'pher
and Terme.ni and
t'.!qn 1.1'2
2
I . Ha.~.hash'ta,rI.These were the sons of Na'a-rah.
N c S:[I
:Ant1 the sons of I-Ie'Iah were Ze'reth, Iz'har"
AS for Koz, he became father to
6lcha:sa m"dEth'nan.
A'nub nnd Zo.betbah and the families of A.har'*C*
I c n s+:lD
.IR,.J
at
n t G he1 the son of Ha'rurn.
CiO a%:
18
15a I.-t
9 And Ja'hez! came t o be the most honor1:':s
able' of his brothers, and it was his mother t h a t
II;~, I(; 8
55.16
c~llcclhis name Ja'bez, saying: 'T have given
,
J;';,';hI1-';:'-:;l? him birth in pain."" l o And Ja'bez began to call'
upon the Gad' of Israel, saying: "If you rr-ill
I
.I.,
-{---a
without
fail bless" me and adtiaIIy enlarge m y
1
I I , ~ L I , ~ territory
) I ~ ~
and your handf really proves to be
I..,
rr;l.l ~ ~ with
: ~ u me, and you really preserve [me]from
t r ' , 3::s
it may not pain me,t-"Accordr ~ u ~ , l calarnity,"that
:l~
--,IUI,~:.-~~

.It'll,?:'I:<39

t1Jo4

,lH

;th

Ii:?
1-9

L<:

I(tnt8

NLX!XgSp; YEE,liff;h-i~.n,N
two Hrhwr mnnnarript.; nnd 1 Chronicles 14: 5 and 21 Satnuel 6:15. bL'Jcnho'mrn,"
ns n t 2 Kings 1: 13. Literally, " J o ' r a n t ~ ' 31. ~"Je.lto'nslt," ns nt
3 Kings 11: 41. Literall?; "Jo'ash," 31. '(Jo.ha'nnn," 3ILSSVgSy;
a

"E.Iish'n.mn:'

-Jo,n'hazl:qd~Lcgardjanedltion.

nJl1.i

.&:'lll

I '.]s'jllkr,"

?.IfFg;"rind Zot~lnr," J ~ a r t m r s i n L + ~ y l n a n ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t

1 CHRONICLES 4 :11-21

ingl y God brought [ t o pass] what he had asked." ~$rh~s:;ta

11 As for Caleba the byother of Shu'hah, he
hecame father ta Me'hir, who was the father of ptr;sl;n
Esh'ton. E s b f t o n , in turn, became father to
Beth-ra'pha and Pa.serah and Te.h jn'nah the
father of Ir-na'hash. These rwre the men of
Re'cah. l q Bnd the sons of Ke'nazv were 0th'- vJOaI5:tr
ni.elS and Se.rai'ah, and the sons of Othtni.el1 yj!j;J3
I-Ia'thath. As for Me.otna.thai, he became fa- J# s;ll
t h e r t o Oph'rah. As for Se,raitah,he became f~ather t o Jo'ab the father cf Ge-h~r'a~shim,"
for
craftsmenz are what they became.
am
sc111
2414
:35
15 And the sons of Ca'leb* the SOTI of Je- 'j;:;;;;:g
phun'neh" were I'm, Elah and Na'am, and the j;,;~;13
sons of E?ah, Ke'naz. Is And the sons of Je.hal'- c,su 13 5
14
le.lel were Ziph and Zi'phah, Tir'fa and As'a.rel. h'u
J,, I t G
And the sons of Ez'rah Evere Se'ther and Me'red nncl E'pher and Ja'lon; and she got to concrlvc Mir'i.am and Sham'mai and Ish%ah the
rather of Esh.te.mo'a.' la.As for his JewishEwife,
jri!:
she gave birth to Je'red the father of Ge'dor"F;:;?;;2H
nnd He'ber the father of SO'CO and Je.ku'thi&el TI^ ltij
1.) 18
ihe father of Za.no%h. And these were the sons Jna
ICII .i:,~
aC Bi.thj'ah the daughter of Phar'aoh, whomm
JTe'recl took.
19 And the sons of Hadi'ah's Wfe, the sister
of Na'ham, were the father of Kei'lah' the Gart- m*R";34:
mIte a d Esh.te-ma'a the Ma.ac'a.thite. ? U n d
the sons of Shi'mon were Am'non and Rlnknah,
Bcn-ha'nan and Ti'ion. And the sons of Ish'i
were Zoqtleth and Ben-zo'heth,
21 The sons of She'lah* the son af Judah were yz 3;f2
Er the father of Le'cah and La'abdahthe father y$hz!;gQ
of Ma.retshah and the families of the house of
a "Ca'leb," EXXVgSy; "Chepl+" N. Neaaing "h11ey of crnfb4,

111en:'

1 CHRONICLES 4 :22-37

421

420

\varkersof fine fabric' of the house of &!Ik;:fEF the

be'a;
and Jo'klrn and t he men of Co.zetbs a x ?
$;: ;g6
Jo'ash and Sa'raph, who became owners of
22

MoPab.ite~v!ves,~"
and Sashtu+bi-le'hem.h d t:ie
sayings are of old tradition. They were the
Ps 2:9
n of Ne.ta7rn ~ n Ged
rsa 4115 pottersr and the i n h ~ b i t n ts
de'rah. It was 1~1ththe king In his work that
$;&??$ they dwelt there.
Qch15:9
24 The sons of Sim'e.on%were Nern'u.ela and
SGe 46~10
EX 6.15
Ja'minlt
Ja'rib, Zeprah,lI Sha'ullP ="h ~l'lz~m
his
r y a312
~ ~
IIAU 2633 son, Mib'sam his son, Mish'ma his son. '"
And
vGe 4 6 2 0
the sons of MlshPrna were Hambmu.el his son,
Zac'cur his son, Shirn'e.1 his son,' And Shimre.i
sixteen sons and six daughters, but h;s
afi"2Qhad
YNU z:4
xn2:13 brothers did not have mnny sons, nnd ]lone of
xu 2634
xu26:z their famiEies had as many as the sons of
eC+ 21;14
Jos 1 ~ 2 8Judah.Y 28 And they continued to dive11 in BeterJos 19:2
U'~~~
~ J O S15:26 she'baZ and Ma.latdah" and H L Z ' Z R T - S-'"~ md
ip,:'12e in BiYhaho and in E'zem" ancl in To'ladP and
5,'; n11:n in Be.thu'elu and in Hor'maho and in Zik'lag'
and in Beth-mar'cahoth nnd In Hfi'zar-su'sim*
DJos 193
and in Beth-bir'i and In Sh~'n.ra'irn,'TIlese were
their cities down till David reigned. R%nA their
~JOS
Jos 19:5
ISa 27% settlements were Ettam and A'in," Rim'mon"
and To'chen* and A'shan," five cities. ? . And all
:$%:
their settlements that were all around t h ~ e
$.?:;!,
cities were as far as Ba'al.lc These were their
*
$
;
:
$
:
;
2
CICh 7 . 9 dwelling' places ancl their genealogical enroll*dos 19
kJas i 8 : 8 rnents for them, B4 And MeashoFbnb
and J ~ m l e c ! ~
and Jo'shah the son of Am.a.zirnh1 ,*'and Joel
and Je'hu the son of J o s t ~ ~ i ~ b i ' ntht!
h son of
Se-rai'ah the son of Aspid,.I1'and E.li,a,e'nai and
Ja.a.kofhah and Jesh.o.hairah and Absai'ah and
Ad'i-el and de.sirn'j.el and Be.nalfah, " and Zi'za
the son of Shi'phi the son of A3'lon the son of
Or, 41wboruled in Siof~b."
"Ru4:10

rlCh4:14

ei8,:2

z;;Q

'j

Je.dariah the son of Shim'r.! the son of She.maItah, d B These who came in by names were the
chieftains among their families," and the house- $
:;$
;
hold itself of their forefathers incre~sedin mul- .C;F 4 7 : ~
titude. 3%And
they proceeded to go to the entry- '!: !?&
way of Gerdor,' clear to the east of thc valley, ';'::;.]:g
t o look for pasturage for their flocks." Evenlu,ri
lually they found fat and good pastursge,s ~ n dc:c
7H.51
the land was quite wideat and having no dis- II >,11,:,:23
turbanceu but at ease, for those dwclling there ;
:iii
h former times were of Ham.' " And these P
. d;l:
written down by [their] names proceeded t o
come in in the days of H@z.e-ki'ahhythe king of $;nI:;
Judah and strike2 down the tents of the Ham" -y;~+
itesc and the Me-u'nim that were to b found .Ec& s
I l c 1.2
there," so that they devoteda them to destntc- el.:,
i';:~~
tion down to this day, and they began t o dwell 3cR2$;7
in their place, because there was pastura~e"for ;;;:;iB
their flocks there. 4 2 And from them there were ";! f;j;
some of the sons of Sim'e.ono that went t o ";&:a;:;
Mount Seqr,' five hundred men,with Pelqa.tItah {;txai9:3
and Ne=a,rirahand Re.phatiah and Uztzi.el the :i ;$I
sans of Tsh'i a t their head, .13 And they proceed- " ~ ~ $ ! ~
ed to strike down the remnant that had escaped k;
:>7:m
of Am'a.lek,@and they continued to dwell there rLIC
L..e 4r 15
rJr?:'I:IZ
down to this day.'
v<:t .1q:29
And the sons of Reu%nU the first-born of ky,'yj:"fiG
Israel-for he was the first-born,I' but for
::::b
his profaning the lounge of his father" hjs right' ;; ;;$;
ti7
as first-born was given t o the sons of Joseph' nI4v 7h
2i:i:I
the son of Israel, so that he was not to b~ en- tr:~41):?1
rolled genealogically for the right of the AI-st- ?$'i:i$
born.8 ' For Judaht himseIf proved t o be supem i:; :)347!

rior among hb brothera and the one for leader

Ug2F5was from %lim,tLbut the right as first-born mas

1
'
;
. 138
30s 1 6 3

:I;",i;l

z:;.;":

,c,C:;':$*

ISS

LiteroUg, "mas spacious on both (dl) ddes," 31, TPhki:.qa'.in'htr,

BI; as nt 2 Kings 20 : 10. c "The tents of t l ~ cHn~li'ites."Or, nccord-

i1.p to the rorvcl-poinhg of 31, ''their tents!'

Joseph'svthe sons of Reu'ben the first-born

of Israel were Ha'nochY and Pal'lu,z Hez'ron*
l!r! 11:s and Carbi,*i.' "The sons d Joel were She-mai'ah
11C1 11:31
1K1_12:25 his son, Gog his son, Shimte.i his son, Wi'ccah
P S rE:67
r G e d 6 9 his son, Rena'inh his son, Ba'al his son, Be.efah
his son, whom Tiltgath-pil,netserrl the king of
i
As.syr'i.aCtook into exile, he being a chieftain of
2Sg!
2;
:
g
9
2K116:7 the Reu'ben-ites, ' And his brothers by their
~~l~
by their
":,1ChT:M
CF::i7 families in the g e n e a l ~ g l cenrollment
descendants
were,
ns
t
h
e
head,
Je.i'e1,
and
ZechEzr 2 6 2
a.riPah,*and Be'ln thc son of A'zaz the son of
mh5:4
She'rna the son of Joelb-he waq dwelling in
A-ro'er'
and as far ns Ne%04"and Ba'al-meton."
-g
F2
JOS 13:16 " Even to t h e east he dwelt as far as where one
Zsa 1i:2
GNU ~ 3 enters
8
the wjldcrness a t the river Eu+phraptes,"
De 32:49
for their livestock itsell' Elad become numerous
ne 34:1
Isa 122
wJos :3:17 in the land of Gi1'e.ad.k '"And in the days of
Saul
,~;el~
~ i they
~ mnde \var upon the Hag'rites," who
came
t o fall by their hand, and they began to
Jos I:$
2Sa8:3
dwell
h
their tents throughout all the country
kJos 22:9
ca 4:i
easta of Gil'ead.
Mic ;:I4
11 As for the sons of Gndr in front of them,
n l c h 5:14
,zFj& they dwelt In the land of Earsban* as far as
,-j";?:,U Sa1'e.cah.t lvoel was the head, and Sba'pham
the second, and Jn'n~innd Sha'phat in Ba'shan.
1309'75
JOS 12:11
their brothers belonging to the house of
their forefathers \yere Ml'cha.el and Me.shul"am
and She'ba a d Jo'rai and Je%m and Zi'a and
E'ber, seven. These were the sons of Ab'ihamilthe son of I-Iu'ri, the son of Ja.rofah, the
son of Giltenad,the son of Mltehnrel,the son of
Je.shishtai, the son of J~h'clo,the son of Buz;
A'hi the son of Abfdi.el, the son of Gu'ni, heads
-a Liriterall~,''aU the face of the cnetlt," M.
1.@4Qm
ce4 3 3

~ f

1 CHRONICLES 5 : 16-23

424

of the llouse of their forefathers. ls And they ,,G, 31:21

continued to dwell in Gil'ead," in Ba'shan" and g; 81:;
in its clegendent to!imsr and in a11 the pasture<$:;j
,1
grounds of Shar'on as far as thelr terminatlans. g5\;;r
" They were all of them enrolled genealogica1ly p.!,,?
art1 ~ r b q
in the dqys of Jo'Khmc the king of Judah and J 1177 . 1 ~
in the days of Jer=o.bo'awL the king oh Israel. ::'1:12
18 As for the sons of Reu%en and the Gad'- "k', $4
ites and the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, of those
liv
IG
ix4-10 were valiant fello~vs,men carrying shield- CC2I;i
Iri.5
and sword and bending the barb and trained in
+;
\17ar there were forty-four thousand swe:~",";~l
WI:;
ir.2
dred and sixty going out to t h e army.*
17.11)
they began to make war upon the Hag"rite~,~'
$2i::j;
and Je'hr' and Na'phish" and No'dab. Po And 'JoS
(
Jos l : 1 3
they came t o be helped against them,k so that e;,rll;;:c;l"
I
the Hag'rites and a11 those who were with them ; y ; ~ ; : !
were given into their hand, for it was l o Gocl ltJor 1it~14
that they called for aidn in the war and he let
lrimsell be entreated in their favor because they ].pr~ : 1 0
trusted in him.' " And they got to take captive F:
their livestock," their camelss fifty thousand, rtT,Stl,t;:A,
and sheep' tmo hundred and Pfty thousand, and
'%
asses two thousand, and human soulsc a hundred u13c f;"'(I:.\
thousandnt 22 For there were many that had $::iyi:!
fallen slain, because it was on the part d The Kth":;'5
1
'
ll
[ t r ~ e Godd'
j
that the fighting rvas.u And they m ~ c2.3
continued to dwell in their place down to the
,v,
time of the exile."
2k1 17:6
23 As for the sons of the half tribe of Ma.nast- sJ";':iT$:i
seh,y they dwelt in t h e land from Ba'shan=a tto
I).7

:'

11

J!f(r:/;&/tJ

;;

Jm-o.hotam

n,of 2 Icings

,, I
:y:znf,,
tlre

14: 16-29. b Literally, "treaditig

l~ow,"thnt is, by planting the foot dnnlp against the r~liridlcof it,
a Liter~lly,"and sod of man (mankind)," 11. d "The [true] Cod."
31, ha-E4.o.him" f i e title EI.o.hiraDbeing preceded by the dclinite
nrtide Jla ("The") f ~ fhe
r enk~of mphseir Iiere. Con~po~-c
Iirnreia
8 : "3, foottzote a.

Ba'al-hertrnon' and Se'nlrDand Mount Her'rnonP

They themselves became numerous. :'And these
tiere the h m b of the hour. of their forefathers :
:
I
ifiFi;yla E'pher and Ishl and E'li.el and Az'ri-el and
Jeremiah and Hod.a.vitah md ;lahFdi=eT,men
' ?(:ti
~ *262~:14
l3
Jlrfi:a
that were valiant, rnIghty fellows, men of fame,"
Itdt(l 1i:1?1
1
1 . hcadq of the house of thelr forefathers. 25 Arid
1;Jl
l > 29
- I 1
they began to act unfaithfully toward the God
r l ~ 111
i 12
t.;lci 1 ; : ~ of their forefathelLsand went having unfaithful
\ 773.21
intercourse>&with the godsC" of the p p I e s o
~f
lb2L.11 3 ZQ
the land tvhorn God had annihilated because of
,,,,,,
,,,,
1 1 5 1 37:12
~
them. Consequently the God of Israel stirred
XI:.tl
4 : 1 up the spirit of h I k the king of Assyr*i.anand
K\ tb.lfi
'"
:UP 3:9

"1

)p

+.la

133:3

1'3

t [ .l'

the spirit of Til'gath-pil.netser" the king of Asthat he took into exiles those of the
I I.:.; 6.15 Reu%en.ftes m d of the Gadltes and of the half
"p$j,+J,;:f3 tribe of M~.nas'sehand brought them to Haqaht
;:; *!:$,! and Hatbarit and Ha'ra and the river Go'zanv
[ t o continue] until this day.b
I:I it;;?
1c:lr
I XI
<,p;x fi:ri
The sons of Le'vir were Ger'shenS2 KO?I d * ll):,l
~
~
1
1and Me.rarlnU
~
~
hath'
' ~~ n dthe sons o i
.I.:u li.:'ll
Ko'h~thl
were
Arnfrm,d
Iz'haro
and He%ron+
=r,:t Li";;I3
Jr,n 2-\:5 and Uz'zi.eI," q n d the sons of Am'ram were
- 1 i ; h ?3:18
I ..I
AaronC*and Moscs," and there was Mifi.am.Ok
1,Eu 2 . 1
r,:? q And the sons of Aaron were Na'dabn and A-bithu,ljr E.le.a'zaroam d 1th'a.rnar.t * As for E-le-aF;
th[.:r;G2.7
zar,hc he became father to iPhin'e.ha~.~
Phin'e.has
1,:x 2.1,I
11 : 1
himself became father t o Ab.i.shuta.y Ab.iLC'I r l 1
.LC' 1 ( 1 , ~ ashu'a, in turn, became father to B ~ k ' k iBuk'ki,
;~
11 c 11 143
1Z:h ii I in turn, became father t o Uz'zi.~ Uz'zi, in turn,
~I!:s G 25
Zer.a.hi'ah, in
vsu 2.7 ;I became father to Zer.amhi'ah;z
turn,
became
father
t
o
Me.m'ioth.'
3Te.ra'ioth
IC-il
,, ;..;,
7l.>r
hi rnsel f became father to Am.a-ri'ah; Am.a.ri'ah,
SII

:r 17

:;1i:h
:i!& >:<:I3

SYF'~.FI, SO

* Literally,

"men of nnmes," M. bFrtr~nhere chapter 5 of 31 eontitirlrs on to c ~ m c41, R I Q with

~ ~ T,XI, But T*gPy end chapter 5

1 CHRONICLES 6: 2 5 4 0

427

And the sons of E1.karnahy were A.macsai

and A.hi'moth. a s As for El.ks'nah, the sons of
:%,:& El.ka'nah were Zophain his son and Nafhatho
his son, m'E.li'abn his son, Je.ralram his son,
*lSaI:1
El.ka'nahA
his son. And t h e sons of Samuelv
4lSa l : M
were the first-born [Joel] and the second A.biP,:.
3xx 6~19 jah,ar a s The sons of Me.rarriwere Mah'li," Lib'rri
Nu 333
1Ch 23:21 his son, Shimre.i his son, Uz'zah his son,
ShimrrlC1l 15.16
e.a
his
son,
Hag-gi'ah
his
son,
A=salrah
his
son.
;m$&
Ps132:a
31 And these were the ones to whom David"
klCh 16:4
1c1116:37 gave positions for the direction af the singing
nlCh 16:42
at the house of Jehovah after the Ark had a
FS f a 2 5
resting place.' And they came t o be ministersk
'p1"8":::?
the singingn before the tabernacler of t h e tent
$ $ In
of
meeting until Solro.mon built the house of
:;4
Jehovah
in JemsaIern,#and they kept attending
t;2ch29:25
g ;;3: upon their
service according to their commis2Ch 31-2
vah took Judah and Jcl-usnlem into exile by the zec s:n
And these were those in attendance and
2Ch sj15 s i ~ n 3.3 ~
hand of Neh.u.chad.nezFzar."
UEX 6 : ~
also their sons: Of the sons of the Ko'hath-ites
16 The sons of Le'viu were G e r ' s h ~ r n Kof, ~ ;El?;:
Hermanu the singer, the son of Joe1,v the son of
ig;
2C1'5:U Samue1,Jr
hath and Me.rar'i. And these are the names eF&3417
the son of El-katnah,z the son of
ZCh 29:14
visa
8:z
of the sons of Ger'shom:" LibfniY and Xhirnfe.i.z T;&G,?dg
Je.ro'ham,*
the
son of Efli.el,*the son of Ta'ah,"
ICh 16:a
Is h - ~ d
the sons of Kdhath* were Am'ramz and f;&2&Y3
ylSa 1:20 95 the son of Zuph," the son of El.karnah,the son
1% 8.1
Iz'har" and He'bron$ and Uz'zi-el.' l o The sons of ;EEL%
of Ma%ath, the son of A-rna'sai, a"he son of
zlsn1:19
Me.rarriewere Mah'li-and 3Tu'shi.#
I C ~1.53
El-ka'nah,
the son of Joel, t h e son of Az.a.ri'ah,
2:;
1Ch %:30
the son of Zeph.a.nitah, "?the son of Ta'hath,
And these were the families of the Levites by +EL 6:22
t
z
&
;
i
10:Q
their forefathers : Of GerFshorn,h Lib'nik his LB
son of As'ssir, the son of E.bi'a.saph,+ the
lCh
's;B.gl
:l,l, the
Titto
scn, Ja?lath his son, Zim'mahn his son, Jotah" !
soni
of Ko'rah,' aa the son of Iz'har," the son of
:
;
eNu 16.1
NV 2&a
his son, Id'do his son, Ze'rahr his son, Je.athre- ;Ek $$;;!
KKoaUI,
the son of Le'vi, the son of IsraeI.
"Nu 3:18
r a i r his son. " The sons of Ko'hath were Am- # ~ h ~ j ~ a 8 l C h 16:7
39
As
for
his brother A'saph,' who was at2Ch 512
mink.dab his son, Ko'raht his son, As'sirn his ICFA%;%
tending
at
his
right, Afsaph was the son of BerI
P+~;E50
son, 2u E1.ka1nahu his son and E.bifa.saphu his ,ici, 6:41
e.chirah,k
the
son
of Shim'e-a, 'O the son of Mi'k
l
c
h
15:17
son and As'sir his son. 2 4 Ta'hath his son, U.riklv t Exuu 6:21
16:32
his son, Uz.ziPahhis son, and Sha'ul his son. ~ ~ $ ~ i ~ ~ "The
5 first-horn [Joel and the second A.bltjnh." In agreement

in turn, became father to A . h i ' t ~ b ,a ~A.hi'tub, n ~ a ~ : 1 7

h turn, became father t o Za'dokyb Za'dok, in
turn, became father to A.himca.az.O A.him'a.az, ;g ;&
in turn, became father t o Az.a-ri'ah. Az.a.ri'ah, 055: g;g
inturn,became father to Jb.hatnan. lo Jo.hatnan, 2$818:19
in turn, became f a t h a to Az-a.ri'ah: He was +2Ch26:17
the one that acted as priest in t h e housemthat e;F;t
Sol'o.mon built in Jerusalem. " And Az.a.ritah
7:3
came t o be father to Am.a.riPah."Amari'ah, in Yb
7:2
t ~ nbecame
,
father to Anhittub.*l2 A.hiPh1b,in
turn, became father to 2a'dok.k Za'dok, in turn, me fi!ll
becnrne father t o ShaI'lt~rn.~
l3Shalrlum,in turn, n1Ch 9:11
became father to Hil-ki'ah.' Hil.ki%h, in turn,
became father t o Az.a.rifah. l'LAz.a.ri'ah, in
turn, became father t o Se-rai'ah.~Seraitah, in nr 7:l
2 5 : ~
turn, became father t o Je.hozfa.dak. l5 And
Je,hoz'a.dakt it was that went away when Jebo- t22R5j21

YEX6:a

1Ch 6:s a a

,,,

'

lzEizi$

2%3i2?17

2;;;

&

ML-XX end chapter 6 here, as verso 41.

veree 1.

b Called

"Ger'shon" at

edltlon and 1 Samuel 8 : 2 and 1Chrond t h Sy and L X X L a p a r

icles 6: 33. In ;\.I the name Joel is missing, and the text npyears to
read : "lhe first-born Vnsh'ni, and A.bi'jal1," 31,

429
I

cha.el, the son of Ba-a.seP3ah,the son of Ma]chi'jah, " the son of Eth'nl,ll the son of Ze'rah,'~
the son of A-clai'ah,~42 the son of E'than,B tl~c
son of Zirn'mah, the son of Shim'e.3, the son of I.Icha:.
Ja'hath,' the son of Ger'shom,B the son of Le'vl. 7:; ,G:3:
44 As regards the sons of hle.rar7t their broth- ~ ! ~ , - T $ ~
srs on the left hand, there was E'than" the son of yI):/;$;;;
I
Kish'Lv the son of Ab'di, the son of Mal'luch, ;3.;ihR~;617
*"the son of Hash.a.bi'ah, the son of Am.a.zi'a11, mt ;320
the son of Hil.kitah, '"he son of Am'zl, the son of ":! /?i:::
Ba'ni, the son of She'mer, the son of Mah'li, y;;',::TF:7
the son of Mutshi,Y the son of Me.rar'i,z the son .L.$!.l&..!:n..,,
1
of hR'vI.
ll(<'+l
- h2:<:2
:'::Lo
I
48 And their brothers the Levites' were the O;;;
ones given for all the semice%f the tabernacle
h
;i
of the house of The [true] God." And Aaron" a i . . ~io:.u
and his sons were makjng sacrificial smoke up- +i.i: :&
on the altar of burnt ofrcringC and upon the :R,,:$:
a l t ~ raf incenseD*for all the work of the mast 3""12G:r0
holy things and to make alonemen tVor Israel,
according to all that Moses" the servant of The h~~$;".?~,
[true] Godh had commanded. And tliese were )P 3 1;',
11,
mfl:23
the sons of Aaron:* E.le.a'zark his son, Phin'e- * y4t1
has" his son, Ab.i.shu'ar his son, Buk'kin his kr;\~
r ' s2. : ~
1~11 i
son, Uztzis his son, Zer.a.hiPahshis son, "'Me.ra" nLCrb4:
1
Iotht his son, Am-a-ri'ah his son, A.hi'tubu hls 1g.9p.20
1
son, b s Za'dokv his son, A.him'a.azY his son.
1;::::i;;
54 And these were their dwelling places by ;,]2kP, ;&
their walled' camps in their territory,"or the $",:?:
sans of Aaron belonging to the family of the i;,:;;q?;;;i
Ko%ath,ites,' for the lot had come to be theirs. ",lun 11 ' 5
11:13
Accordingly they gave them He'brw~Vnthe Wrru,
I
,r ria I n : l J
l ~ n dof Judah, with its pasture grounds all ip$.!6L1
a3

I7

'

I4The [tnt~]God." 11, ha-ELo-Aimt; LXX, Ira Tlre.oa'; TfiS?,

udchot.ah!l b "The [true1 Glad." ;1I, ka-E1bo.f~im';LXX, hu Tht.08 ;

Vg, De'rce; Sy, "Jehovah?

1
I

;u
JQS
2 51323
:3

I CHRONICLES 6 :56-66

around it. unAndthe field d the d t y and its

settlementsA they gave to Ca'lebzp the son of

~ ~ 1 6 : s

CXu

1316

Je.phun8neh.*" And t o the sons of Aaron they

gave the cities of refuge,hHe'bron,"and tib'nah'
;?,"Gig with its pasture grounds and Jat'tirk and Eshte.moran with its pasture gsounr3s, an m d Hi'lenr
v2S$F!,
its pasture grounds, Dc'bir" with its pas*J",",":g;i; with
ture grounds, 5%and A'sh~ntwith Its pasture
Beth-she'rneshu with its pasture
;f
n
;;$ grounds andand
rJos is:s~ grounds;
from the tribe of Benjamin
30s 21 l5
with it!ppRsture grounds and Al'e-methy
E J O S 1038 G e t b a ~
i:z gjii with its pasture grounds and An'a.thothz with
iitspa~turegrounils,Alltheircitieswerethir?:;;2$f
u J n $ l = . I o teen' cities among their fnrnili~s.
3% 6 - 2
VJos ~ 2 4 61 And to the sons of Ko'hath that were left
JOP =:17
over they gave from the family of the tribe,
;m;;i;8
na I L , : ~ from t h e half tribe, the half of Ma.nasrseh, by
*jz:&, the lot ten cities."
62 And t o the Rons of Ger9honl by their fam'
140s21:33
os z1:28 ilies they gave from the tribe of Ieksa.ch& and
030s 2130 from the tribe of &h'er$ and from the tribe of
;%:?% Naphrta.lI+and from the tribe of Manas'sehe in
Ea'shan, thirteen cities.
xs-21:m
63 73 the sons of Me.rar'P" by their families
*J-n:x they gave from the bile sf Reu%eneand from
tribe of Gad'lc and from the tribe of Zeb'u;nJos
"J'z;F11:34
& the
1 m n by the lot twelve cities.
rJ0sa:41
64 Thus the sons of Israel gave the Levltes'
Q5:2
the cities wlth their pasture grounds."O n W t h e r more, by the lot they gave from the 2rlbe of the
sons of JudahL and from the tribe of the sons of
:i
g
U J O ~ I ~ :Simte.onU
~
and from the tribe of the sons of
clCh
Benjaminv these cltiea which they proceeded to
call by names.
66 And some of the fsrnillcs of the sons ofKo'hath came to have the cities of their terri!xu 13:6
De 1%
a g 1.2.

1iF;$.$;

1 CHRONICLES 6 :67-78

430

tory from the tribe of E'phra.im.y

Accord- YJonJ 21%

21:s
~
ingly they gave them the cities of refuge, She1chemz with its pasture grounds in the mountain- "$qT?;y7
ous region of E'phra.irn, and Ge'zer* with Its ;nsii,r::zj
pasture grot~nds, Ls and Jok'rne.amc with its d$ ?;$,
pasture grounds and Beth-ho'ron" with its pas- n0.i 2 1 . 3
ruse grounds, "9 and Airja3anl with its pasture
?i'?z
grounds and Gath-rim'mon* with its pasture :-;;
;c:
'kl
grounds; and from half of the trihe of MR- i; $: :
nas'seh, A'nerc with its pasture grounds and (j:;:;;,;;
:'.i
Bil'e.am' with its pasture grounds, ta the fam- J01K It!.*R
ily of the sons of Ko'llath that were left over.* .30s ~ : , . i $
71 And t o the sons of Ges'shornl; [they gavel c.:;::: <;:;A
from t h e family of the half tribe of bla.nns'seh
Go'lanT"in Barshan with its pasture grounds find :
$;:A,:jP,
Ash'tamthr with its pasture grounds; '' and rb! JL* 1:
. ';38 ~ , ~
from the tribe of Is'sa.cha~,"Ke'ctesh~with its $ 1 ~j;,;,,
~ a s t u r egrounds and DabJe.rath~with its pns- d:l Li:y
twe grounds, i3 and Rarrnoth' wfth its pasture yj::,:??i~li
grounds and A'nemY ~ r ~ i its
t h pasture grounds; "3""3!':''1
and from the tribe of As!lrer,"Ma'shal' with
!ijz!
its pasture grounds and Ab'donz with its pasture
grot~nds,"'and Hu'kok' with its pasture grounds
:,8,:1m
:J/!7~sn
J C I I:9
and Re%hob"with its pasture grounds; :a rind &J"a
from the tribe of Naph'ta.li,O Ke'desh' in Gal'i- !j;:yg$$+f
lee" with its pasture grounds and I-Ta'mon with J U A 1 9 : ~ ~
its pasture grounds and Rir.i.a.thafim(with its $y.~?r~t;
'
",I
pasture gmunds.
FIKl ~l.11
77 To the sons of Plle.rat.5that rvere left over i;:
fi\:?7
[they gave] from the tribe of Zeb'u.lunQ'Rim'- r-fi*.,
o s '1134
mo-no' with its pasture grounds,Ta'bor with its *Job 21:n
pasture grounds, SF and in the region of the Jordan at Jer'i.cho to the east uf the Jordan, from lrJas 2 ~ 3 3
the trihe of Reu'ben,'' Ee'zern in the wilderness n.IDosc 42:nl J: ~
with its pasture grounds and Ja'l1azRrwith its I'J":g:?ijt

:::

@
:

pasture grounds, and Ked'e.mothn with its

pasture grounds and Meph'a-atht with its pasture grounds; and from the tribe of Gad,u
Ra'rnothv in Gil'e.ad with its pasture grounds
'I

Y with its pasture grounds,

and I-Iesllrbonxwith its pasture grounds and

Nmv the sons of 1s'sa.char"ere Ta'la4 and

Furah,$ Ja%shub-and Shim'ron; folts, And

.&

"sf:, r;:'
I+:<

"Ja'haz,"
a

as nt

:::,

Isaiah 15 :4 and Jewminh 45: 34; L'Jnl~'znhj"3f.

rs,valiant, mighty men, and their

1~1lrnmt~
w m twenty-trvo thouPour. And the sons of l3e"er
and Jo'ash and EX-e'zer and
.-Fire," MLXSVg; "foas," ST. b Or, "tliey nidtiplied." N.
@

1 CHRONICLES 7 :9-18

433

432

E.li.o.e'nai and Om'ri and Jer'e-moth and A.bi'- r29a24:2

jah and Anra.thoth and Al0e.meth, all these the $Ek
sons of Be'cher. And their genealogical enroll- E&6Z
mentv by their descendants as respects the heads 7;",*1"$72
of the home of their forefathers, valiant,m ;
;;
mighty men, was twenty thousand two hundred, q~;$;n
ID
A n d the sons of Je.di'a.eP were Bil'han, and xe 11:
the sons of Bil'han were Je'ush and Benjamin gjCtT:
and Efhudz and Che.nata.nah and Ze'than and 2&,$6,,
Tar'shish and A.hish3a.har." All these were the n$z,"ii;;0
sons of Je.di'a+el, according t o the headsk of 3f2&F;;219
their forefathers, valiant,' mighty men,' seven- SF^$;^
teen thousand two hundred going out t o the
army for war.
t ~ 46:al
e
l2 And the Shup'pims and t h e Hup'pimt were F$~:IF
t h e sons of Ir;U the Hu'shimv were the sons of ,Uk$hh,,7;&
N u 26:42
Ather,
%Ge30 ' 8
13 The sons of Naphfta.liPwere Jah'zi.el' and * g$:;~
1
Gu'nio and Je'zeP and Shaltlum,@the sons of

::;:,

'

;mi; $gjm;
Bi1'hah.O
4Ge 30:3
14 The sons of Ma.nas'seh+ were As'rl.el, gE
whom his Syrian concubine0 bore. (She- bore
Ma'chiP the father of Gilte.ad. l 3 And Ma'chir ,gi$:1;7,
himself took a wife for Hup'pim" and for Shup'- 2 ;:?
pim, and the name of his sister was Ma'a.cah.!
y;s7;jgl
And the name of the second was Ze.lofphe.had, J 5:14
'leh ~':I2 ~ 3
#NU
but Ze.lorphe.had came to have daughters.* loIn
time Mata.cah, Ma'chir's wife, bore a son and k,",Ug2
called his name Pe'resh, and the name of his
brother was She'resh, and his sons were Ulam
and Ra%ern. 17And the sons of Ulam were hl~z.l

zzh,&fl

Beldan.n These were the sons of Gi1'e.ad the son

of Ma'chir the son of Ma.nastseh. And his sister was Ham.motle.cheth. She gave birth t o
a (iShal'lam,yJ
M L n ; "Shjl'lsm,"~ ~ X L s g m ~ d edition
ian
and swefi
Hebrew manuscripts and Genesis 40 : 24 and Sumbers 26 :40.

1,

1 CHRONICLES 1:19-49

Ish'hod and A.bi.erzerr and M&?ah, Is And the

sons of She.mi'da came t o be A.hi'an and Sherchem and Lik'hi and A.ni'm.
sGe 4152
ce48:17
20 And t h e sons of E'phra.ims were Shu'theh'u 1.33
ne aJ:is lab-nd Ee'red his son and Ta'hath his son
Jos 14 :4
p a ao;7 and E.le.atdah his son and Ta'hath his son, and
txu 26:35
xu2 6 : ~ Za'bad his son and Shufthe.lah his son and E'zer
u$',"aS,1K72 and Erle.ad. And t h e men of Gathu that were
born in the land killed them because they came
~~;~:i:,
lSa27:2 down t o take their livestock. 22 And E'phrairn
vGe 37 W
Z s a l : ~ their
~
father carried on mourningv f o r many
Ps 69.11
days, and his brothers kept coming in t o cumgb~!;i
CIC~
I;~:z f o e h i m 7 2Wterward he had relationsz with
*Ge 4!1
his wife and she became pregnant" and gave
GeZ1:2
to a son. So he called his namea Be.ritah,
ig i::; birth
it was with calamitya that she happened
nF;hyi:; because
to be in his house. 2 A And his daughter was SherI S a l 3 : l R e.rah, and she got to build Beth-ho'ron;
the
2Ch 8:5
OJos16:3 lowerb and the upper,* and Uz'zen-she'e-rah.
',8;3 25 And there was Re'phah his son,and Retsheph,
Qx u I3:m and Te'lah his son, and Ta'han his son, " La'dan
his son, Am-mi'hud his son, E.lish'a-ma his son,
"Ex 17.8
EX 24:13
Ex 32:17 liNunbe his son, Joshuacxhis son.
28 And their landed property and their dwelli;igg
aps 107:~ ing; places were Beth'elu and its dependent
*Ge 2859
J O S I B : ~ towns and, to the east, Na'a.ranlC and, t o the
Jg 1:22
lisos1G:7 west, Ge'zerll and its dependent towns, and She'nJos 1.93 chemr and its dependent towns clear to Ga'zad
rce ss:la
its~dependent
towns, zg and by the side of
~ ~ , "and
S2
1
the
sons
o
f
Ma.nastseht
Beth-she'anu and its de:% :lZo
v$%3s'fl pendent towns, Tala.nachv and its dependent

TF;;,;~
Jsa:2

E;

"We called his name,') M; "she called his nsme," SyT and four
J3ebrp-n manuscripts. Or, "his name was called.'' "Inn," Vg;
"K6n," N. c LiterallyI 6mJ~.hosh'u.a,"M. d dcGa'za,'r T . and many
Hebrew mannsetipts. Not the Ga'za in Phi.lis'ti.a, w h ~ hmas assigned to Judah.
a

435
tarvns, Me.gid'do~and its dependent towns, Dorz $Jg.,l;=&
and its dependent towns, In these the sons of $$! ;i,%D
2 ~ 1 1 2 522
Joseph' the son of Israel dwelt.
Z e c 1L:ll
30 The sons of Ash'er3 were Im'nah" and zp2s?;3
Ish'vah and Ish'vio and Be-ri'ah;' and Se'rah *+~;;;l;
was their sister. a1 And the sons of &e.ri'ah were
;r1f2;1
He'ber and Malrchi.el, who was the father of 3Gc3o:13
Birrza.ith. 3 2 Afor
~ He'ber, he became father t o $i$:"z!
Japh'let and Sho'mer and Ho'tham, and to Shu'a
: : : : tg;
:,",I
their sister. 35 And the sons of Japh'let were -su2":"5
Pa'sadl and Bim'hal and Ash'vath. These were
the sons of Japhflet. $&And
the sons of Sho'mera
were AEhiand Roh'gah, Je.hubtbah and A'ram.
3B And the sons of He'lem his brother were Zorphah and Imfna and She'lesh and A'mal. " T h e glC1l
sons of Zo'phah were Su'ah and Har'ne-pher
;gi
and Shu'al and Befri and Imfxah, Be'zer and 2S6 3111:3162
Hod and Shampma and Shil'shah and Ith'ran
and Be-e'ra. And the sons of Je'ther were NC 11:s
Je-phun'neh and Pistpah and A'ra. And the "lch
11ch 417:13
53
sons of Ulla were A'rall and Han'ni-el and :Ekgj:
Ri.zifa. 4 0 All these were the sons of Ash'er,
gji2
heads" of the house of the forefathers, select, gf&m
valiant," mighty men,' heads of the chieftains, 4%?;
and theb geneabgicdl enrollments was in the m
2chi~:n
u 1.41
army in the war, Their number was twenty-six NU
2:?8

thousand men,t
As for Benjamb,u he became father t o
Beflav his first-born, Ash'bely the second
and A.har"ah= the third, No%ah" the fourth
and Ra'pha the fifth. And Bela came t o have
sons, Ad'dar" and Ge'raA md AA.bilhud, and
Ab.i.shu'a and Nara.man and A.ho'ah, "nd Ge'ra
and She.phu'phand and HuYam.' And these

"Sho'rner,'<XX*Tg

; LbShepmer: IPLXXB.

Nu 2g:47
Ge 4334

uGe 3x18

g;$;g

rlCh7:6

rGe 46:21

26:B

%'*"2%!U u 26!39
-Ge 4 6 2 1

'g', $"6::"3'9
:gk&.?s

1 CHRONICIXS 8: 7-24

were the sons of E'hud,+These were the headsm

of {the houses of] forefathers belonging to the
inhabitants of Ge'ba," and they proceeded to
take them into exile* at Man'a.hath.' 'And
Nafa.man and A-hi'jah; and Ge'ra-he was the
one that took them into exile,* and he became
father to Uz'za and A-hi'hud. As far Sha.harafirn, he became father to [children] in the
field' of Mo'ab after he sent them away: Hufshim and Bafa.ra were his wives. a d by
Ho'desh his wife he came to be father to Jo'bab
and 2ib'i.a and Me'sha and Mal'cam, lo and Je'uz
and Sha.chira and Mir'rnah. These were his
sons, heads4 of [the houses of] forefathers.
l5 And by Hu'shim he became father t o A.bi'tub
and ELpa'al. =?Andthe sons of El.paFal were
E'ber and Mi'sham and She'med, who built
O'no* and Lodc and its dependent" towns, l 3 and
Be.ri%h and SheJma.*These were heads of [the
houses of] orefathers,lc belonging to the inhabitants of Ai'ja.1on.n These were the ones that
chased away the inhabitants, of Gath. "And
there were A . h i ' ~ Sha'shak
,~
and Jer'emoth,
'%d Zeb.a.dirah and A'rad and Etder, " and
MiJcha.el and Ishrpah and Jo'ha, the sons of
Be.ri'ah,r l r and Zeb.a.di'ah and Me-shullam and
Hiz'ki and He'ber, IB
and IshPme.raiand Iz.li'ah
and Jo*bab, the sons of El.pa'a1, lg and Ja'kim
and Zich'ri and Zab'di, Z0 and E.li.e'nai and
Zilt1e.thai and E'li-el, 21 and A.daitah and Be.ra'iah and Shim'rath, the sons of Shirn'e-i,r " and
Zsh'pan and E'ber and E'li-el, "%and Ab'don and
Zich'ri and Hakan, P4 arid Han.a.nirahand ETIm

kt'Aild [there were] A.Gfo,'' M; "And their h~ulthelsmere," LXXALagardial1

edition.

1 CHRONICLES 8:25-39

436

437

1 CHRONICLES 8:4&9:9

second and E,liph'e.let the third. 40 And the sons

and An.tho.thi'jah, ZS and 1ph.depiahand Pe-nu'el,
",::v ?::::
2S:bL'3_:2fl of U'lam came t o be v d i a n t , ~mighty men,"
the sons of Sha'shak, and Shamrshe.ral and
x3L,h 1 r , l 3
* I C a~ 1~ bendlng the bow,* and having many sonsz and
She.ha.rirahand Ath.a.li'ah, 27 and Ja.a,re.shi'~h
fUtll12.
alCh 6,11
~
i l u ~ : ~ . g: r ~ n d s o n a
~ ,hundred and fifty. All these were
and E.li'fah and Zich'ri, the sons of Je-ro'harn. rlct, s:ls
1'3 12*:.i
from
the
sons
of Benjamin.
t
E
a
r
2
:
~
:
~
B~hesewere headss of [the houses of] fore- uiE;zi?!
E i c ' l ~'1.33
fatherst by their descendants, headmen. These if,
lC'kl5
1
As for all Israelite~,~
they \'clere enrolled
;,::;dl,
I( h 3,7
C Z C ' ~:' 16
were the ones that dweltu In Jerusalem.cP
1 C h 7:8
gene~logfcally ,O and there they are mitten'
vlSn ?7::4
l l 'h 7 40
29 And it was in Gibeany that the father of :?;:;&
~ 3 . - : 1 3 5 . 1 $ in the Book' of the Kings of Israel. And Judah
-3,.7.5
Glb'e-on, CJe-irel,]agdwelt, and his wife's same ?A!; O!,;;
Itself was taken into exile' at Babylona for their
X~ 1 I
0.
cr :I
was Mak.~ah.~And his son, the first-born, $*sil
unfaithfulness. "And
the first inhabitants that
'$:.;?i&
21, %
was Ab'don,' and Zur* and Kish' and Ba'al' and :I;I 3.5
were
in
their
possessionb3
in their cities were
g;?2:si9
IC'Il 2 I :m
Na'dab,' 3' and C;etdor and A.hi40 and Ze'cher.' i~,-tl
!r:x,
the
Israelites,~'
the
priests,'<
the Levitesn and
WEzr ? TI
" As f o r Mik'loth, he became father to Shimp- E:F::;i$
It:?+ 7.73
the
Nethti.n
irn.Or And in Jerusalemm there dwelt
I 1 h C 11 :n
e - a l ~And
. ~ these really were the ones that dwelt *Ich g:3F
of the sons of Judahl and some of the sons
;I.:rr2:i88; some
in front of their brothers in Jerusalem along
of Benjarninu and some of the sons of E'phraI
l<?m7:?A
with brothers of theirs.
ImVand of Manas'seh : 4' UZhai the son of AmF:sr R!:O
33 As for Ner,"e
became father to Klsh;' Og:;{;g
rnj%url the son of Om'ri the son of Im'ri the son
;
;
nnll:il of Bn'ni, of the sons of Pe'rez*' the son of
Kish, in turn, became father to Saul;" Saul, In ,;k/;;;,a
nNo 11 1
turn, became father t o Jonfabthanb"and Mal'chf- @YACSa1s:zz
t ~ 1 o1 , i
JudahD And of the S h e J a ' n i t e ~ A.saf'ah
,~~
Ule
R:%
u N o 11.7
shu'aff and A.bin'a.dabk and Eshnbakl,n And 1sll rrJ:lr
v x ~ l j i : l efirst-born and his sons. "
d
of
the
sons
of
2CIl m:lH
Jonra.than'sb son was Mer'ib-ba'al.' As for
Z e ' r ~ h ,Jelu'el,
~
and six hundred and ninety
v:,,~~l
;T:C d6:ld
Mer'ib-ba'al, he became father ta Mi'cah.' O D And
N!, 2 6 : ~ brothers of theirs.
2:h
the sons of Mi'cah were Pi'thon and Me'lech and ?
7 And of the sons of Benjamin, Sal'lu the son
;
;
:;l;[ , ICIl
T C,I:I~
Ta.re'at md A'haz. 38 As for A'haz, he became ;;;;;;;;6
of Me.shul'lam the son of Wod.a.vi'ah t h e son of
I
father t o Je.hoPad-dah;Je.hofad.dah,in turn, beA.uu
N @ 12'i.20
15
Has.se.nu'~h, and Ib-ne'iah the son o f Je.roJf;;;;
came father to Al'e-meth and Az'maweth and ki$n 3 1 2
*.:fl ham, and E'lah the son of Uz'zi the son of Mi&'I( 11 9:no
h ' r i :'t: 20
Zirn'ri. Zirn'ri, in turn, became father t o Mo'za; n2l;n n:n
~ C t r:':.I
and Me,shul'Iam the son of Sheph.a.tiPahthe
3 7 Mo'za, in f u n , became father ts Bin'e.a, R
a'. , ~ ; t ~ : ~I ' 1611s:o rip
son
of Reu'el the son of Ib.ni'jah. 'And the
phahv his son, R.e.a'sah his son, A'zel his son.
brothem
of theirs by their descendants were
"5
19.24
And A'zel had six sons, and these were their :,,: -1 1v.w C
nine hundred and fifty-six. All these mere men
names: Azri'kam, Bokhe.ru and Ish'ma.el and ;:;;;i,;+
She.a.ri'ah and O.badi'ah and Na'nan. A11 these V I C ~~3
4'Bn12ylon," LIXYr ; f'Rn'hrl," 318~.b Or, "Innded pmpaty."
were the sons of A'zel. s8 And the sons of Eshek
Or, '.srrc Tsm~l.'" Or, ''te~aplpS~FITPS.'"Lit~mlly,''g-iren one?'
I
Compai~Burlihem 3: 9, foot not^ n. ""The son of Bn'ni, o f the sons
his brother were U 7 m his first-hrn, Je'ush thc

z;;!;yo

a '"The father of Gibpe.oo, Je.i'e1," LXXf.aE~alsm

~~~~f~~

1 Chronicles 9 : 35.

b Feho.na.tbn',

M,

rlE PPrcx,'"l'g nnd four ~b~~lut~wripts

OC J , S X , "Tlie She-Fa'nites."
Ere X u m b r ~2(i r 20. Litrrnlly, "the Phi?o.nitea," M ; hut not r e
f ' r r r i n ~to inho1)itnnta of Slii'lob.
f

; Jfia
I

ites,y over the work of the sewice, tho doorthat were heads of the fathers by the house of
,;$tgT9
zP5 81:10 keepersa of the tent, and their fathers over the
their forefathers.
camp of Jehovah,+the keepers of thc entryrvny.']
10 And of the priest8 there were Je.dapiah"PC:$l,a,
:!;y5
239 2 u And it WRS Phin'e.hasL the son of E.le.a'zar4
N p li:lo
and 5e.hoiia.riW and Jn'chin,* " and &.a.ri'ahlc -k1Cl1
L
l
J
i
l
11:16
U:15
LC]) 2 ~ that
3
t l ~ cson of Hil.ki'alr t h e son of bIe.shul'larn the 3 31:11
happened to be leadera over them in t h e
L:-, 6 . V
X,.SZ%I
Jehovah was with him.' Zech.a.ri'ahq
past.
son of Za'dok the son of Me-ra'ioth the son of r,Nu 4:18
J~m:25
the son of Me.shel.e.mifahwas the fq~telceeper
A.hl'tub1 a leadeFrl of the house of The [ m e ] zii ::$?
I ~ 1L'6:3C
S
(Cs6:23
of the entrance of the tent of meet in^, ' A l l of
G ~ c l , I-'~ )and A-dai'ah the son of Je.ro'harn the
,
i;;:,
them
who were selected as gatekeepers at t h e
son of Pash'lzur the son of Malbchi'jah, and G:!1,irj7
y,yg;j":i
tfh~esholclswere t\.rVohundred and hvelve. They
Maka.saithe son of A d 7 4 the son of Jah'ze.ra11,):;;O:;;
&
;' ZIF8;i
~ i 7:"
c
rvwe in their settlements' by their gencalo-gical'
Ill@son of Me-shul'lam the son of 3Te.shil'le.mith~?
,;.I ;,lj;-r
C l C h Lk1.4
SP B : X
enrollment. These Davidk and Sarnuetl*the seer
the son of Im'mer," l - and thejr brothers, heads 5,:fi' I
ordainedt>in their office of trust. "I And they and
$
oC the House of their foi*efathers, a thousand tik:$?ii:%
*1Ch 9:1
their sons were over the gatckc~pcrsor tht! house
seven hundred and sixty, mighty men of abilityt ~ d ! ' l ~ ~ j ' ~ '
,ICI?2,:u
25.1
of Jehavuh, even the house oS thc leni, for ~ n n r d
Tor the work of the service of the house of The J!:y!Ei
Y I C - G~ : 13
service.r
2 4 It was t o the fow dir~clions'.
Ih:~t
[ t r u e ] God."
;l;c?;;;:3
Kc, 1 1 ~ 1 5
u 3757
the
gatekepea
came
to
be,
to
the
enst,"
to
the
14 And of the Levit@ there were She-mai'ahv z~t Cll
g;1$
!i::
"!)
@1Ch?6:17 west,t to the northu and to the south." = 3 And
the son of Ha'shub the son of Azai'kam the son IC:II tit;.s:r
t iCh 26.16
of Hash.a.bi'ahY from the sons of Me.rar'i;a 'GE
I ~ T Z6:1!
C ~ their brothers in their settlements w r e t o come
.
E~
from time to time, along with
"'and
Bak.baktkar, He'resh and Ga'lal, and ~~&~~~~~~ UI l C h I";I3 m for S ~ V I ? I 'days,
?C'h 23.8
Mat.ta.ni'ahHthe son of Ml'cao the son of Zich'riA
these :'I For in office of trust there nlerc four
::;',$ 1
the son of A'saph,' Is and O.ba.di'ah*the son of . .,;l:,?
capable men of t h e gatekeepers. They were
Levits and they proved to be in c h a r ~ eof tile
She.mai'ahc the son of Ga'lal the son of Je.du'- ~2f;:I
dining mornsxand of the treasures' of the house
Ithw," and Ber-e-chi'ah the son of A'sa the son 1 0 1 5 : 3
2'i;C
1Ch23:B
of
The ltrue] G0d.d 27 And all around t h e house
of EI.ka'nah, who was dweEIIng In the settle- 31Ch
i
.11 3:;: IS
1 C h ?%I2
WTN(
rh
.726
!>:~IL
of
t r u ~ ]Gad" they would spend the night,
ments of the Ne.toph'a.thites."
%
;: forThe
KF 10.38
guardhservice \rr&s upon them and they were
17 And the- gatekeepers1<were Shal?umn and k!ljlt;I?:
GlCli 23:32
Ak'kub and Tal'man and Ahi'rnan and their i?;,::::!:in charge of the key, even (to open up] from
A1Sa3:15
morning to r n ~ r n i n g . ~
brother Shal7um the head, I' and up till then r1 m -111i::4 19
Mal 1:10
he was in the king's gater to the east. These ;1:; gd;l
O&;,C,:F,22 28 h d some of them were In chttwe' or the
were the gatekeepers of the camps of the sons rlNu zr;: I I
utensils' of the service, for it wax by number
&
;:
-12
of L e ' ~ i .I D
~And ShalrIurn t h e son of Ko're the P.y111111
1. h t l l n l 4.1
that they would bring them fn find it was by
son of E.btkbsaphtthe sonU of Ko'rahv and his '~f~~~~!;'"
" "Lrndm?' Vg, d ~ t x . Litrrnll~,*founded," 3f. Utrrslly, "the
brothers of the house of his father the Kolah- Vc;i34
four winds,"' 31. d *'The [ t r n ~ ) God." 31, IER-Js'l.n.kint' : 1,-LT, La
a " L ~ n d p r , ' ~frg,pon'fi-ft-~. *'Tho [true] God." M, ha-El.o.Lint0;
3'lt~.aa'; T'gSy, 'Vrhovnh."
'To opm np"; ~nsrrtrrlfor ncnw.
AX,\; b o T1te.osr; Tg, U e ' t t ~ ;Sy, "Jchovt~b."
I-XX adds: "to open 1113 the dool-s of the temple!'
rq

>

:;/;;

,z;

I*

;:.

441
number that Wey would take them out, 2FAnd*Exgn:aa
1KI ::.IS
some of them were men appointed over the ulen- ,
:
;
cn,j;5
sils' and over all the holyE utwsils and over the z~!;l;~LIQ
fine flour' a d the wine' and the oilEiand the it>2 : ~
1.1 10
frankincense-" and the balsam oil,' " " And some 1-0
xu T : I J
=KP13.5
of the sons of the priests mere makers of the H K 9~51 10
ointments mixture of bdsam oil. And Matt i- k7,5:!;.1i3
t h i'ah of the Levites, who rtfas the first-born of 511::;$
Shal'lmt the KoPrah.ite,was in the ofice of
i )a 8.1 r.3
trust over the things baked in pans.ta And n3:u
31) 5 1
some of the sonsV of the Ko'hathites, their L,.2 2
K c 1.7 9
I91.01 hers, were in cha~geof t h e layer hready t o rr:,. 43.11
?,:<I 1t1.10
pwpare it sabbath by sabbath.a
+!.'I1 lr3.14
33 And these rere the singers," the heads of:::n
the fathem of the Levites in the dining rooms,"
;:;::;f
1
those set free from duty," for by day and by y;,jr
night0 it was their responsibility t o be in the o.rvh d:la
ivork. These were the heads of the fathers' ;!:i'!ajl'ji?
of the Levites by their descendants, headmen. $[;!;$?iZe
These were the ones that dwelt in Jerusalem.
35 And in Gib%.on+was where the father of ;$;;;;it
Gibre.on,Je.i'elFm
dwelt. And his wife's name was ;
; ;il?
hlaPn.cah.* so And his son, the first-born, was
;
~
!l;q n?i
Ab'don, and Zur and Kish and Ba'al and Ner ~
and Nafdnb, "7 and Gefdor and A.hi'o and Zech- *;?:' :,1':,?!
a.riYah"and Mik'loth. 3b As for Mik'loth, he became father to ShimYe.am.And it was really ,:;Z;z1
they that dwelt in front of their hothem in ;.;
I:
Jerusalem along with brothers of theirs. "' As rl5,1
1.~3
31 .r
13:16
f o r h'er," he became father to Kish;k ICish, in I.:, 2rt.ia
turn, became father to Saul;nSaul, in turn, be- i > , l 2Y.Iti
I I ;(j
came father to Jan'a-thanarand Mal'chi-shu'a"
and A+bin'a.dabtand Esh-ba'a1.u J V And the son ;:,!'
of Jon'a-thana rvas Mer'ib-ba'a1.v As for Mer'ib- Y:',,:;!;;~
ba'al, he became farher to Mi'cah.r "And the ;:':49*12

sons of Mi'cah were Pi'thon and Me'lech and

Tahr'e.a [and A'h~z].Rx d c As for A'haz, he became father lo Ja'rah; Ja'rah, in turn, became
father t o Alle.meth and Az'ma.veth and Zirn'ri.
Zirn'ri, in turn, became father to Mo'za '4 As
for Mo'za, he became father to Bintebaand
Rc.pha'lah' his son, El.e.a'sah his son, A'zel his
son. And A'zel had six sons, and these were
their names: Az.ri'kam, Botche.ruand Ishlma.el
and She-a.rI'ah and O.ba.ditah and Ha'nan.
These \rere the sens of A'zel.
h d the Phi.Tjs'tine~,~for their wt,
made war upon Israel, and the men of
Israel went fleeing because of the Phi.ljsrtines
and kept falling slnln fn Mount Gil.bta." h d
the Phj41is'tineskept In close range of Saul and
his sons, and the Phi.lls'tines got to strike down
J o n p ~ . t h a nand
0 A.bJn'a.dabVand Mal'chi-shuta,(B
sons' of Saul. And the fighting became heavy
gain st Saul, ~ n d
those shooting nith the bow
flnnlly found him and he got wounded by the
shooters,# Then Saul said t o his armor-bearer :
"Draw your swordt\ and run me through with
ft, that these uncirctllncisedCr men may not
come and certainly deal abusivelys with me."
And his armor-bearer was u n ~ i l l i n g because
,~
he rvas very much afraid. So Saul took the
sword and fell upon It." a When his armor-bearer
saw that Saul had died, then he too fell upon
the sword and
" Thus Saul and three sens
of his died,Y and all his house itself died iogethcr. ;When all the men of Israel that were in
the low plain saw that they had fled and that
Saul and his sons had died, then they began to

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443
leave their cities and flee,^ after which the
Phi.lisrthes came on in and tmk up dwelling
in them.
8 Apld it came about the next day that, when
the Phi-lis'tines came to strip-he slain, they
got t o find Saul and his sons fallen upon Mount
Gil.bo'aWr
' And they proceeded to strip him and
take off his head" and Ns armor and send into
the land of the Phi.lisrtizlesall aror~ndto inform:
their idols' and the people. Finally they put
his armor in the house of their god,ac"and his
skull they fastened to the house of Da'gon.
" And all those of Ja%esh4 in Gil'e-ad got l a
hear of all that the Phi.lis'tines had done t o
Sau1.k '30all the valiant men rose up and
carried off the corpse of Saul and the corpses
of his sons1 and brought them to Ja'heshn and
hurjcd ' !heir hones under the big tree1' in Ja'm
1,esl1," nntl they went Pasting1Cor seven days,
13 Thus Saul died for his unfaithfulness with
which he had acted faithIesslyll against Jehovah concerning the word of Jehovah that he
had not kept and also fur asking of a spirit
rnediumv to make inq~rfly. L4 And he did not
inquire of Jehovah. Consequently he put him t a
death and turned the kingship over to Davida
t h e son of Jes'se.'
In t h e all the Is~aelites~
coflected them=
selves together to David at He'bron,"
saying: '"okl
w e are your bone and you1
flesh.:: 2Both yesterrlay and previously even
while Saul happened to be king you \%?ere
the
one leading Israel out and bringing it in,' anc

11

* Or,

'.gods.'' >Ifelo-him', the plural o f slo'nk, to rlenote excell~t~q'

and ma,les* of the Phi-lis'tine god Dargon. C'o~apnreJudgrs 16 :23,
24, footnote n. LAX?& flte-08'; XTg, deStts.

Jehovah your God proceeded to say t o you, 'You

yaursel f will
my people Israel and you
yourself
\\?ill
bccome
leadermover m y people
I,:\ .llklf
E : f ~ ~ i . 2 Isruel,'
a So 811 the older men of Israel came
? I W rb.4
' - 5 :.';:IUJ
~
to the king at He'bron and David concluded a
L>:b r 21
I r i t I.X
covenantu
~ 4 t them
h
in Re'bron before Jehovah,
i r ' t i 1' 7
arter which they anointdk David ac king wer
U S5 %
'i?:':'il' Tsrnel, according to Jehovah's warrll~by means

-3::;:
1'<.7h:3

I'

,, ,,

>>.# :,.A

of Samuel.'
4 Later David and all Israel went to Jemsa1
:
1
1
lem,n
that i s to say, Jerbus,t where the Jeb'ur"<rr 5 fi
~r,.ss sites" were the inhabitants of the land. And
, 1 4 1 ~ I\.?H
the inhabitants of Je'bus began t o say t o David:
J
1
JK In la
11, 10 "YOU wilI not come in here."" Just the same,
t ;P, 7 : 1 2 1
David p r o c e d d to capture the stronghold of
7;'2;:5,g Zion,Y t h ~ ist to say, the city of David.= SO
David said : "Anyone striking* the JebSu.sites
1.. e:ll
first, he will. become head and prince." And
PA4h:2
m:fi~ Jo'abu the son of Ze.ruriah got to go up first,
7,n 4 : 1 1
n,, n:aa and he came to be head. ;And David took up
1 il>l?1 2 2 2
dwelling in the place difficult t o approach." That
.
~Osar;;10
> ~5:9
\ n ]Is why they called it the city of Davida48And
he began t o build the city all round, from the
yj:8:l;Ir
!sn :?:Zs Mound' to the surrouncling, but 30'ab himself
01Su L.1H
2 12
b r o ~ g h to
t
I h e rest of the city. And David
2.<,1 N
Jeho:.+I n: ra went on getting greater and greater,"fos
A1 'r 2.G
vah of armies was with him,*
r:sn s 7
*tI<l9.13
XO NOW
these are the heads of the mightyk
,C,',':zmmen that belonged to David, holding strongly
with him in his kingship1\ together with all
':'?>a
+I 3.1
5:10
I :
Israel, to make Iilm king according to Jehovah's
1;: 11 !I m
wo~ul' concernfng Israel. "And this is the list
1.i11.;

,,, ,,:,
.L ,~ as.;
Rh.10

lr.'sn :3,9

of the mighty men that belonged ta David:

:!i2:E'$d;:':2 Ja.shorbe.mnflthe son of a Hach'mon-ite, the

n::>1 2:::s
,,.,,,-., head of the three." H e was brandisl~inghis spear
r

m * T ] ~ ~ ~~ xpJT~ 6 ~ f i r edltlon
d l a n ; r . b l ~ i ~ tJu~xvgSy,
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over three hundred slain at one time. l2 And

after him there was E.le.a'zart the sun of Do'doU :,F;2z;g4

1 CHRONICLES 11:20-30

20 As for A.bish'aiD the brother of J ~ ' a b he

,~
himself became head of the three, and he was
the A . h ~ ' h i t e .He
~ was among the three mighty vlCh 8 4
brandishing his spear over three hundred slain,
:E&E
rnen.y He it was that happened to be with I~aC 23:17
~2sa
3:30
and he had a reputation like tlze three." 21 Of
1~1:19
David at Pas-dam'mim,~where the Phi.lisrtines zlsnlr:l
the threeb he was more distinguished than the
had gathered themselves together for war. Now * i p ;$;L
two others and he came t o be a chief t o them,
c2sa2s:ra and yet up to the three he did not cornem4
there happened to be a tract of the field full of
4 2
1Sa 31:l
*2Sa 8:18
barley, and the people, for their part, had fled ncem:19
2SaM:23
22 As for Be-nai'ah' the son of Je.hoiJa.da,"
2Sa 23:20
because of the Phi.lis'tines.' I-ut he&took his g2$32
the son of a valiant man, who did many deeds
1R11:8
stand in the middle of the tractL and delivered'
eiEi2:y in Kab'ze.el," he himself struck down the two
it and kept striking down the PhLlis'tines, so
of~ Mo'ab,~ and he
de.
~ [sons]
~ of Arti.el
~
~ himself
i
that Jehovah savedAwith a great salvation.$ $yl$i;o
;;Chl$:,l"scended
and struck down a lionc#inside a water1736 pit in the day of snowfall. ea And he it was that
15 And three of the thirty* head ones pro- fip;;;;;~
ZSa 1123
struck down the Egyptian man, a man of exceeded t o go down t o the roek,O to David at the a$~;;;;l
RD@ 311 traordinary size, of five cubits.k And in the hand
cave of A.dd'lam," while a camp of the Phi.lis'- + 2 ~ 23:13
a
1% 17:4
n1Sa 17:7 of the Egyptian there was a spearn like the
tines was camping in the low plain' of Reph'- a:i:iaiT
beam of loom workers, yet he went on down to
a.irn.* ' W n d David was then in the place hard .&~~::~;
him with a rod and snatched the spear away
to ~pproach,l(and a garrison of the Phi.1isttinesn
from t h e Egyptian's hand and killed him with
wns then in Beth'le-hem. Alter a while David $,"SG%
nlSa17:51 his own spear.$
These things Be-nai'ah the
showed his craving and said: "Oh that I might 1;~;:~;
son of Je.hoi%.da did, and he had a name among
have a drink' of the water3 from the cistern of 32ch 1 8 ~ 2 6
the three mighty men. 25 Although he was more
Bethle.hem,s which is a t the gate!" At that "?~~1"3"~3
distinguished than the thirty, yet t o the rank
the three forced their way into the camp of the dzEk!;:?
L l C h 11-19
However, David
uzsa mlzs of the three he did not comeBP
Phi.lisYines1 and drew water from the cistern
!:;$
over
of Eethtle.hern, which is at the gate, and came
v
~
~ put
~ him
.
:
~ his
~ own guard.u
carrying and bringing it t o David,t And David t2Sa23:'6
26 As for the mighty men of the military
2s:i
zsa23:2e
3:m
did not consent to drink it, but poured it out to uLe17:13
,.?&: $i;g4forces, there were Asra.helv the brother of Jorab,
ELha'nanY the son of Do'do of Bethtle.kem,
Jeh0vah.u And he went on to say: "It is un- ,Sl ,a2,':,
k;gg.f5
23$6
27 Sham'mothz the Harro.rite,*He'lez the Pel'othinkable' on m y part, as regards my God, to do &;s':J,
LlCh 27 9
t 2 ~ a + ~ nite," 23 IEraA
the son of Iktkesh the Te.ko'ite,
this! Is it the blood"^ of these men that I should Le
G C TWO
9:4
A.bi.eFzert h e An'a.th~th.ite,~
" VSib'be.cai+the
?%r7-+:$
drink at the risk' of their souls?b For it was at %
:::
Hutshath.ite,
I'Eai the Amhothitc,"
" Ma'ha.raiX
f
~
~
,
"
&
?
~
the risk of their soulsbzthat they brought it." x;:i$t
the Ne.toph'a.thite," Herledlr the son of Ba'aAnd he did not consent t o drink it.' These are iFkd%i
a "He had a name among the three," XXIVg(Sy) T and many Hethe things that the three mighty men did.
*%a
l S a 19:s
23:17
brew manuscripts. See also 2 Famuel 23: 18. "Three," MLXX;

":$,&?;!

;gg ;:&

;::;

Fz:
$z
-

C : H17 ~L X X nnd 2 Samuel 23: I?; 'rtl~ey,"lITTgSy.

Or, L*Lives,"

"second three,'> Vg; "thirty," Sy.

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nahn the Ne-toph'a-thite, I'thai" the son of n2Sa 23:9

sons of She.maFahthe Glb%.ath.ite,' and Jef/
9Eg::;
~ ; ~ h l l :zi.el
S
Ri'bain of Gib'eahr of the sans of B e n j ~ m l n ,3:
~
and Pe'let the sons of Az:ma$veth,r and
23.33
XZCh ll:B Eefa.cah and Je'llu the An'a.thoth.lte,= and
Re.nai'aht the Pifa-thon.ite,LJ= Hu'rail from the
torrent valleys of Ga'ash,~~
A.bi'elv the Ar'hath- ~3Jp~f::~ 'ig:i32 Ishma'iah the Gib'e.on.lte," R mighty man
~ 3 : 4 among the thirty- and over the thirty; and
jtp,v .'A Az'maveth~, the &.ha'rum.ite,~ E.li'n]l. \ . X n R.31
Isn 2S:21
rich u:15 Jeremiah and Jn+hn.zi'et nnd Jo.haPnan and
bay the Sha.a1'bo-nite,' 3 1 the sons of Ha'J~cms ~ f i ~
L.JOS
the Gi'zonite, JonPa.thanYthe son of Sha'gee the
Jo'za.bad the Gedc'rnt lln31c," ".htlzni and Jer'iHar'a-rite," A.hitamr the son ol Sa'cnrx the a S n 2 S : B
moth nnd Bc.o.Zi'ah nnd Shem.n.ri'~I~
nnd ShephWarfanrite,E.litphal" the son of Ur, :Ii7 We'pher *2* 23:31
a.tiJah the Wnr'u~phitc," El.ka%nah and Is*shjtah
the Mc.chetrath.ite, A.hitjah thc Pal'o.nHc,
and Az'ar-el and Joa'zcr and Ja.sho'be.am, the
(XU
:" Hez'roY the Car'rn~3~ite,~
Na'a-mi thc son of rl?Sn53!33
Korrah.ites,)
' and Joae'lah and Zeb.a.di'ah the
1Ch 9:19
Eh'l~ai, Joul' t h e brothcr o l Nathan;' Mib'har "Isn
i c h 2 s a sons of Je.m'hern OF Ge'dor.
Elsa2354
thc! son of Hag'ri, " Zee7ek the Am'rnon.ite,
8 And there were some of the Gacl'ites that
1Sn 23:29
13=24:9 separated themselves to D~vid'sside at the
Karha.rai the Be-wth'ite. the armor-bearer of
I C b Il:l6
Jo'ab the son of Ze.mTah, 17 I'raG the Ith'rite,' , amx+:B
x 2 c h 25:s place difficult to app.oach in the wilderness,"
Jer 429
2T.ripah' t h e 1-IiZ'titete," ;\':B,
Ga'reb4 the Ith'site,
<Sal:?3 valiant, mighty men, m y men for the war,
Za%bd the son of Ah'lai, 42 Acl'j-na the son of b$:; ;: ;g
Shi'za the Reu%en.ite, a head of the Reu'ben- , l( l i, j15ipi
21
lpC,%,1:;22 whose faces were the faces of lions,' and they
C2C1121:ll were like the gazelles upon the mountains0 f o r
itrs, by whom there were thirty; Ha'nan the dl1.
1' ;) L!I
son of Mata.cah, and Joshta.phat the MithtniIel ;$,:ik:o
k.s;:2,:m speed,k O E'zer was the head, O.ba.dl'ah the
ca 8 3 4
'Wz.zita the Ash'te.rath.ite, Sha'ma ancl Je.itd, Lbi:! y\2q
second, E-ll'ab t h e third, lWlsh.mnn'nah the
the sons of Ho'tham the A.rorer.itcl 4Ve.di'a.cl y.; : d;i7
fourth, Jeremiaha the flfth, At'tni the sixth,
the son of Shim'ri, and Jo'ha his brother the h k 0:s
E'li.el the seventh, " JoahnYnanthe ejghth, ElTi'zite, dh E'li.el the Mafha.vite, and Jer'I.11~i
and,
za'bad t h e ninth, 1.' Jeremiah'' thc tenth, MachfJosh-a.vi'~hthe sons of El'na.m, and Ith'mslh:
ban.nai the eleventh. " These were of the sons
the Mo'ab.ite. 4 ; E?i.el and U'bed and Ja.a.si"1
.of Gad,n heads of the nrrny. The least one
n$$g::g
su1:24 was equal to a hundred and the greatest to a
the Me.zo'$a.ite.
*lSn m2
D e 3320
V l X a 2i:ti
JOS ~ : 2 4thousand.F
These are the mesl that m s e d
And these are the ones that came to :s, I:I
sLe 26:s
e 32:m .the Jordan in the first month when it was overDavid. a t W'lag' while he rvas still un- ,~(~?,'~~$ 1 Ddos
3,12
Rowing all its banks,m and they proceeded t o
BJOS 3:16
der restrictions because of SaultC the son of ,;$&9,.,5:,
chase away all those of the low plains, t o the
Iiish, and they were among the mighty men," if;;{:;I!
jJcr49:19
:;fa!E
east and to the west.
Ihe helpers in the warfare, armed urltlz the d~~?;;::
16 And some of the sons of Benjamin and
how, using the right hand and using the l e f t y ~~;:;?~a
:'% Ef4 Judah pvoceeded to came clear to the place diE1l~ndwith stonese or with arrowst in the bow." L I ~ :w, : ~ u
cult t o approach,t to David. l 7 Then David went
They were of the brothels of Sad, of Benjamin. ,,%:L!$;" ig?$i$2
T h e r e was the head Amhi-e'zerand Jo'ash the :',$,&: I
a Yi~.r)i9ia&', M. b rfr,mr.in'Ai~, hf.

:$;::

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out before them m d answered and said to them : ~$?;jg

of those equipped for the army that came to
"If it is for peaceu that YOU h a w come to me to ;:;
David at He'bronoAto turn the kingship' of Saul
help me, my orvn heart7 will become at unity i * I::?'
,
over to him accordingto Jehovah's- order.' The
with YOU-Y But if it I s to betray me t o my ad-?:?::'
sons of Judah carrying the large shield and t h e
velxarles3whm there is no wrong on my palms,a iIF$:i:
Iance were six thousand eight hundred, equipped
let the God' of our forefathers see to it and set ~ . ~ : ~ ~ ! ; ~ for
~ the army, Of the sons of Sim9eaonthe val-

it In order."' And spirit" itself envelopecln A";;~$.&~

1 K I H::P
A.rna'sai,$ the head of the thirty:
K4.r W!"P
"Yours [we are],' 0 David, and wlth you 15il3l.r.l
:'l,i 23
1 ' . 7:l.
[we are]," 0 son of Yes'se.
Peace, peaceo be yours, and pcacc lo the :$:::":::?
one helping you,'
t..~g
J uric
fi:.w
9
For your God has helped you."*
l h n I:<::$
J,So David received them and put them among 4z,2; $:,$
3121r:f
the heads of the tro0ps.k
lL'j12.17
la 0
19 And there were some of Ma.nas%ehQthat :;!:I*
*,\i 11 I :.
desertdh to David when he came with the rm?r11 : 1 ~
Phl.llsftines* against Saul for battle, and h@ ??!!?:?
did not help them, f o r on purpose the ~ x i s rlorcls ,?~:~~,,9"
I ' p l ~17'13
of the Phi-lis'tines sent him away, saying: "At ,+LsrLy5;28
the risk of our own heads he will desert t o l-zis ;;;;$r;2!1
lordd Saul.""""Vhen
Ile came to Zik'lagt there;;;;?:;I
deserted t o him from Ma-nas'seh Ad'nah and t>Ir,r
{I:?:!
1 <I1 3 2
Ja'za-bad and Je.difa.eland Mikhanel~ n Jo'znd
r.ra 35c
bad and E.li%u and ZiI'le.thai, heads11 of the .!::: 2y4
thousands that belonged t o Ma.nkq8seh. " And ,!,&I:'
they, for their part, were of help to David 1:; $;,y7
sgainst the marauder band,' because all:of them ;
were vaIiant, mighty men,Y and they came t o ;yj: ;;.A;
be chiefs in the army, " for day by day they x;slr 2 : i w
kept corningZto David to help him, until it was ?'A; ?;':s
O l ' u 7R:JU
R great' camp, like the camp" of God.D
nGt\ 3 2 2
23 And these were the numbers of the heads :::q4z,i
*I:(-

r l : ~ . ~ ~

LiCcrall~., "fell (away) ," If. a "IIe,'"

" t h ~ y , " ~ I A ~ X ~d *TdOrd."
~ n ,
>I,
a.~la.nim',the plnral of e.diaP, to denoh excellence or uhnj~sty.
a

LiternIlv, "clothed," 31.

~ , y > \ ~ & k a r d r a n edltlollvg;

iant, mighty men of the army were seven thousand one hundred. 'Wf the sons of the Levites
four thousand six hundred. 1t And Je.hoifa.dawas
the leaderyof the sons]&of Aaron,* m d with
him there were three thousand seven hundred.
2S And Za'dok" a young man was a valiant,
mighty man, and, as re~al-dsthe houseo of his
forefathers,therc were twenty-two chiefs. 2P And
of the sons of Benjarnin,~'t h e brothers of Saul,ll
there were three tllousand, and up till then t h e
greater number of them were keeping strict
watch of the house of Saul. And of the sons of
E'phra.irna there were twenty thousand eight
men of fame,b
hundred, valiant, mighty
by the house of their fostlfalhers,
31 And of the half tribe of Mamnas'seha
there
were eighteen thousend that had been designated by name to come to make David king. And
of the sons of 1s'~a.cIlar~~
having a k n w l e d ~ e
of how to discern the timesu t o know what Israel
ought t o
there were two hundred head ones
of theirs, and at1 their brothers mere at their
0rders.Y "Of Zeb'u.lun' those ~ a j n gout to the
army, drawing up in b t t l e formation1 with all
the weapons of war, therc wore fifty thousand,
and for flocking together [to David I "hey were
not of a double heart,* And of Naph'ta.lia

* OT,'.of the house," L S X L a ~ a ~ d l a "

j4

@dllionl "of the 0ofi~1,"r o t in

If,but inserted for sense, b Liternllp, " n i ~ nof ~ ~ n m c s 8. "L,LT reads :

"for helping David."

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collect themselves together to us. a And Iet us

there were a thousand chiefs, and with them
Ft
bring the w k V of our God around to ourseJves."
with the large" shield and the lance0 there were A;$;$i~
:J F 3~t . 1 2
8n.G
For they had not cared for it in the days af
thirty-seven thousand. "And of the Dan'itesn *Gr
r;,' ~ 3 . 1 1 3
Sau1.Y
* So all the congregationa3said to do that
IP
??
those drawing up in battle" formation weate '!"?;!?
y ~ h z tl-.T8
::1511
2 5 l*:ql
~ 3 way, for the thing seemed right in the eyes of
twenty-eight thousand six hundlpd. "'And of n:2e2(?1 Il'!" '.ii
;(.llh:ri .I aU the people." Accordingly David called d
l
Ash'eP' those going out to the army for draw- Ff;,:&l ;,1l
-311 G 1
Tsr~eEtogether' from thc river1)of Egyptw all
.
r ' h 7.9
ing up in battle formation were forty thousand.
: - . x u 51 5
37 And from across the Jordann of the Reuc y".f!14:;"
. I : 3 l l ~ euJny up Q akl.la'mnth,t'" to bring thc ;irk6 of
'"I
'L
.
%
;
?
;
;
The 1 true 1 God" from ICirPi.nth-jc'n.rim.'
ken-iteskarrd the GadFitesnand the half tribe of J,,,',?
:.xt1 3 i N
. l n ~1.1.9
Ma.nas'sehr with all the weapons of the mili6 And David and dl Israel proceeded to go up
:]<I b . 6 3
i!,
:;<i
?I
t a r y army there were a h n n d r d and twenty 'x'al...'j
:, , , I to Bafnl.ah,' to Kir'i.ath-je'a.rim, which belongs
tho~~sand.
" 4 1 these were men of war, flocking
,.:,, ll>,'l
,- to Judnh, to bring up from there the ark of The
together in battle Iine; with a complete heartq fl:?! $:!
c a l l e d b y
- !S1I fi :'I [true1 ~ , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i s[the]narnemJehothey came t o He%ron to make David king over
vah,
who
js, s e n t 4 upon the che~wbs,';No%vever,
1
I
~
1
U
1
lr1:9
~
:
1
all Israel, and also all the remainder of Israel ;zll;;i$
L,,b I:;IJO they l z ~ dthe ark of The [true] Godd ride upon
2 9 1 v:.+
were of one heart for making David king.i lE:!jyfl
a new \vagonlt from the l~otlseof A.bin%.dab,"
l:, 21,;4
3%d they continued there with David three f$l;g;;a
were leading the wagon,
,1:u :'3: ? L and Uz'zahll and AmZ~l%tl
days, eating and drinking,u for their brothers
U n d Dnvid and all Iwael werp celebratingr beal:s ,,<.-2
"" "'
had made preparation for them. I" And also $;,&;9r : ~91:s.i
,
x L l 7.VI Pore The I true] God" with full pozves and with
those near to them, as far as Isrsa0charYand ,$?I", 72'17
I ~ L .iI I
songst snd with h ~ r p s and
~ ~ lwith string instrul l l i l 111:15
Zeb'u.lunY and N a ~ h ' t a ~ l were
i , ~ bringing foodn ;jG
rnei~ts~
and with tarnbourines~m d with cymi I
i'u f)!1:I
with trumpets.' h d they came gradupon asses' and upon camels and upon mules, ;+:; :[::,
I:,,~S::IO 13~1~Wncl
hG:';n25.1~
and upon cattle, eatabIes of flour,O cakes of .lrr Y ! . l
k:$\unlly as far as the threshing floor of Chi'don,'
pressed figsi and cakes of raisins4and winef and
t o grab
:,<L;:;$?j7nnd Uz'znh now thrust his hand-out
; ; ;a
;y$P
I
0 5
oilffiand cattle' and sheep* in great quantity, for
hold
or
thc
Ark)
for
the
bulls
nearly
caused
an
t L ' l i ?:{.I8
there was rejoicingk in Israd.
that Jehovah's anger blazed against
'?kin 17:m
I I I1.5m
%
A I ~ 1l[r:IU
~ " i upset. "n't
Uz'znh and he struck him down because he had
L I:, l;.iin
And David proceeded t o consult with the ?,??I:"$?
t l < . l l2 1 . 1
chiefs of the thousands and of the hun- i!>'Ij!i;:J
-:[.I,
I:% thntst his hand out upon the Ark,+ so that he
: !%h fi:fi
dr-eds and with every Ieader,n and David went y;P22;y5
. 3 . died there before Cod.' And David Mame
~
:
S
R
~
)
:
~
angqf because Jehovrih had bmken through in
en to say to d I the congregationbof Israel: "If >lib 23.1
:
.L,. la,.:
a rupture against Uz'zah, and that place came to
it s e e m good t o YOU and It is acceptable with ;!.;; :>:;$
(,.:
+?.;a t; W
Jehovah our God, let us send to our brothers l ' r l c ' . ~ )
be
called Pe'rez-uz'zahe' down lo this day.
.,,,.
lr, 7
that are left over in all the lands of Tsraelr and r1c:tt
r %it a i i
Cl;.l.I~.si'n,J-SX; ar "cc.cl~'~.n."3f(Tg), Ski.kor'. *Etaally,
with them [to] the priests* and t h e Levjtest in rjI.j: :5.:
'*rind np to whcrr nnr rntm Hnrmrth." "Thc [true] God." M,
their citieslawith pasturegrounds that they may ~ > . ' ; , ~ ~ ~ ' l hn-1<!.0.hl1n'; L X Y , ko Tl,c.oa'; f i g , -.lcharnb." e31eaning " R n p
t w r l ngnirlst Tz*xnh.''
a LitcraIlt., 'Ohread." bEk.l;T~~si'fl,
LXX; or "ecbclc'rii.n!'
*<

,,
,,
A">

:baa

-:cil?;:l:,jo,

:,;$;

<':;

z;;,

13

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the Phldls'tines," and rvilE you certainly give

them into my hand?'' At this Jehovah said to
him: "Go up,@and I shall certainly give thpm
into your hand.'' 1-0 David went up to Ba'alpem'zim' and there got t o strike them down.
At that David said: "The [true] Godm"has
broken througW my enemies by my hand like a
gap m d e by waters.""That is why they called
the name of that place' Ba'al-pe.ra'zlm.' l2 Consequently they left their gods1)there. So David
said the word and they were burned in the Are.:k
13 Later the Phi.lis'tines once ~ g a I nmade a
rald in the low plainn At that David InquiredP
a g ~ i nof God, and The [true] Godn now said to
him: "You muat not go up after them. Go around
from directly against them, and you must come
at t h e m in front of fihe baca bushes.ct I S And let
It occur that, when you hear the soundu of t h e

12 And David became afraid of The [true]

GodL on that day; saying: "How nhsll 1 bring ?

'$$?
:
the ark of The [ h e ] Gad& to me?'" 1%And Ps119:120
k2Sa 6:9
David did not remove the Ark to himself a t the
city of David, but he carried it wide t o the house n~% fi:?8
of O'bed-e'domn the Git'titemr And the ark of $:; gi:
The [true] Goda kept dwellinp with the house $:; ,
:g
hold of Obed-e'dorn, at his h o t l r n and Jehovah
ig
gi
qr
kept blessingt the housel~oldof (Ybed-e'dom and
all that was his.
pi- 3.10
hIal k10
5:ll
And Hi'ramu the king of Tyrev proceeded 1KI 5:l
to send messengers t o David and cedar
timber# and builders of walls= and workers in&;;;;;~vY I K ~5:s
wood to build him a house. And David came t o X1JK1 55.10h ~

a$:,?;

14

know that Jehovah had firmly established' him&

,:::,
over Israel, for his kingship3 was hlghly yK:5:"17
exalted on account of his people Israel."
P$m:21
3 And David went on to t n k more w i m 4 in mu 2.15
;g9
marching in the tops of the baca bushes,cv then
Jerusalem and David came to be f ~ t h e rt o more 2%
zca z : ~ l
ODe 17:17
you go out into the fight,"' because The [true]
sons and daughters.' And these are the names 1x111:3
of the: children that became his in Jerusnlern: i ~ ~ h ~ l ~ Gad* will have gone out before youic to strike
the camp of t h e Phi.lisftines down." So David
Shnrn.mur~@
and Sho'bab: Nathan' and Sol'o- %
:
%
,
:
:
did
just as The [true] Godl had commanded
mon,l a and Ib'harn and E.ll'shu.nr and El'pe.le.let,p
,5;&4F24
him*
and they went striking down the camp of
and No'gahs and Ne'phegn and Ja.phi'a,n and a m 5 %
rlC? 3 6
ttre
Phi.lis'tines
from GibDe.on0to Ge'zer." And
E.IishYa.matand Be-e.liDa.dauand E.liph'e.1et.u elCh
3:7
David's farned"an
to go out Into all the lands
8 And the Phi-lis'tines gat t o hear that Davidv :A?h5i1!
and Jehovah himself put the dreadbf hlm upon
had been anointed as king over all Lrae1.r At $2; g':ol
all the nations.'
that all the Phi.lis'tines came up to look for $$$s
D ~ v l d When
.~
David heard of it, then he went
And he continued bullding hou~es' for
*;g; gig
out against them." And the Phi.lis'tines, for
himself in the city of Davjd and he went
;:;
thelr part, came in and kept making raids in $
an
t o prepare a place' for the ark of The [true]
~ Z I F low plain of Rephta.jrn.' l o And David began 211~;
Goda and pitch a tent for it. * It was then that
2Sa 2:1
t o inquire of God,3 saying: "Shall I go up against:?
David said: "No one is t o carry the ark of The
;
;
:
:
-ss king

15

'"The [true] God." M, ha-EE.o.him'; ZXX, ha Theboa'; Pg, Ds'w;

-

By, "Jehornb." Literally, "in front of them." But compare Genesis

10 : 0, footnute b.

C 1

"Thp true Qod?' hf, ha-ET.o.Fiimr; L X X , I I D Thr.08'; Vg, De'trs;

gy, I,& ova ," a a i O ~ d ~nr,
. v P ~ . O . ? A ~ W ~ ' ;LxxvgI 4 ' g ~ ~ O
i ~B
a 1~y, C
(in the plursl), M ; "pear trees," LXXTg. d Liler~lly,''naule,'! 31.

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455

1 CHRONICLES 15 :16-24

- EX 375
the ark of The true] md,ajust asMoses had corn[true] Godl but the Levites, for they are theaq;;$!*
X u 4:6
manded by Jehovah" word, upon their shoulders
ones wlrom Jehovah has chosen to carry the
tiu $9
ark of Jehovah*and to ministcrk to him to time" p?b:
with the rods upon them.@I" David now snicl to
2 ~ ~ 1m:$
1
.'I V.L
'?&k y21, ithe chiefs of the Zevites to station their brothers
indefinite.'" Then David c ~ l l c daI1 Israel togeth- P!!('l)
1C ~. L h:13
I
;? !the singers-wlth the instruments of song,"string
er nt JerusalwU t o bring the ark' of Jehovah , ~ ~ ~ ~ q u:~,t
!
1r21
iinstrun~entsl"ad harpsn and c y m b a k , ~playing
up to i t s place that he had prepared for it.
,,,,,,
1I? ~
pi~3\4B:3
3.~:2
r L C h 5 : ~ doud to cause a sound 05 gladness to al-ise."
4 And David proceeded to gather the sons of B$;:64,0
r 2 c h '523
lcr, ti 33 I; Accordingly the Levites statiancd I-le'manl the
Aaronwand the Levites:' wf the sans of Kol-,b$: ;?L
hath, U.ri'elv the chief and his brothers, a hun'
, son of Joel and, of his brothers, A'saphll 11-1~son
;
of Ber.e.chirah;and, of the sons of Me.r~r'itheir
dred and twenty; of the sons of M~.rar'i,YA.sai'- I ~ .rlI;I:
1: ~- 1
:
;
!
:
;
2
v S u Pli.37
v
$
;
s
l
,
Ibrothers,
E'thanv the son of Kusha'inh; I" and
nhg.t h chief
~
and his brothcm, two hundred and .aclt fi.1
I t ? t lt .9
? lc!>
;1Ci1
16
-39
5
with
them
their brothers of the second tlivision,Y
trtpenty;:of thesonsof Ge~'shom,*
Joelz the chief ~is,,
3.'i*;.
Zech.a.ri'~h.~
Ben and Ja-a'ziel and Shemifaand his brothers, a hundrect and thirty; * of the '''" "
;;I;
~
i
g
moth
and
Jc-hi'el
and Un'ni, Eoli'abnnd Bebnaitah
n
r
h
6
.
k
sons of E.li.zatphan," Slie.rnai'ahVhe chief and tF;:ic,,l
lCll 16.41
and M~8n.sci'n1~
and Mat.ti.thirah and E.liphle.le.
his brothers, two hundred; O of the sons of He'- ;s$i;y
d
bron.' Eli~li.elb
the chief and his bmthers, eighty: ;;: &
$gkZi3, hu and Mik-ne'iah, and O%d-e'donl"' ~ n Jci'ef;
'the gntekeepers, and the singers I-Ie'man.'
l o of the sons of Uz'ziel,' Arn.mln'a.dabW
the chkf
rF;:;3&
;%
Xsaph- and E'than,O with the copper cymbals to
and his brothers, a hundrM and t~r-elve. Fur- ;~g
zn -5
~ l t l ~play aloud;' "and Zech-ari'ah and A'ti.elUand
themom, David called Za'clok" and A-bi.a.thark 2s:$>;:
CIC'11 6'44
dlrll
13:8 She.mir'a.rnoth and Je.hireland Un'ni and E.litab
the priests, and the Levites U.ri'e1," A.sai'ahr fE
1Ch 16:s
rctl 2s:l a n d Mataqsei'a11and Be.nai'ah with string jnstruand Joel,. She-rnaiPahtand E'1ibeluand Am.min'- :$f 2;:
91Sh 15:18
and M~t.1,i.thi'ah'
a.dab,Yl P and he went on to say to them: "You ntic11
l c l r 15.7
.pbRlmG rnent~tuned to Alla.moth,"'
11:s
-and E.1lph'e.le.h~ and Mik.ne"iah and 0 ' 4 4 are the hendsy of the fathers of the Lwites.
.
,
:
FF6:5
1t:sa
C
I h 2ln:5
5 : ~ erdomand Je.I'e1 and Az.a.zi'ahwith h~lrpdc
tuned
Sanctifyr yourselves, You and YOUR brothers ;;$y?;;
~c~~o..zr
51-31
PS 332
to Shem'i.nith~11
t
o
act as directors; and Chenand you must bring the ark of Jehovah the God 'ICh
x ~ l!3:lr~
,
1% 92:3
n r s a l n i e a.ni'ahl the chief of the Levitea in cnrrying, he
of Israel up to the place thath I have prepared
Pknlnl 12
givingjnetructfon~~in
carrying, for Ile~vasexTIII~?
for it. 'V~ecauseat the Arst time YOU did not,\?;;$;'=
llCllls-a7
2j;7
1pert;l.
z
s
and
Bcr.e.chiPah
and El.ka'na11 the gateJehovah our God broke lhwugh against us; &g,T;:i
"!&
$$: I keepems for the Ark; a4 and Sheb.a.ni%ih and
for we did not search after him aceording to the
l
custom."' '90
the priests and t h e Levites sanc- ,?,c:y:7:ic
.'The [ h e ] Gad," M, ha-El.o.Rimt; Lay, 710 Tlrr.oP': Vg,DP'I~.P;
1
D
c
31.9
tjfied1 thernseIves to bring lip the ark of Jeho- eLeil:s
SF, "Jellovah,'' b "Altn.n~otll."5F:rid~ntLy.T tter?i CIP t ~ i ~ ~ u i CXCCIIt v ~ l
vah the God of Israel.
tion not explairlcrl. ProbnJ~lymcnning "{the rrolce of') puunn woln2~ h 2!1:51
2cll
SY:IS
rn,'+ither liiternlly or the wptnanoor the falsettn of ~ O J ~ U .'+l~e~il'i15 Then the sans of the Levlees began to carry' +$::"'$v'::
nith." Literally, Lnthovixl~t
11.'' P o ~ i b l yr r f e r ~11g
i 20 t l l ~ciel~thkeg
or to the octavo, n lowvr o t t a ~ r .d "[Hc] $riua ~ ~ ~ s t r u r l i The
t~~.''
a "Tlie [[tn~e]God." M, i~a-El~o.Bim\LXX, ?to T h o s ' ; Vg, Do'tts;

:,

b.>..3

'

z4:1

SF! "J~trl~flmIi.'*
"The plnce ths t," 'l'gT nnd fonr Hebrew mnnn~c'nptg.>'fl&.lillg
ffam n1.

Hehew relab llc-rp is in t h ~nllnitive

~
~beolutcnnd hcncc
ron.1 and intlrfl~~itc
nl lo tint^.

is i i n l ~ r -

1 CHRONICLES 15:25-16 :1

456

457

Joslt'a.phaE and Ne.than'e1 and A.m~'sai and th'u

Zecl~.a~ri'ahand Be.nal'ah and E.li,e'zer the l c h 1 6 : e
b:12
priests loudly soundiilg the trumpetsL before ZCll
~,g1:3
t h e ark of The [true] God,& and O'bed-e'dorn &??%?,,
and Jc-hi'ah the gatekeepers for the Ark.
v ~31
>'hk1
P I14
i ~
25 And DavidU and the older men of Israelr g;I;l,',
~ n the
d chiefs7 of the thousands came to be the
ones walking d o n g t o brim up the ark of the ~;;r:;r . 1;,91 ~143
covenant of Jehovah from the house of O'bed:$:s
c'dansvvlth rejoicing.' " And I t came about Eg lt:::
when The [true]
helped thc h v i t e s while zi:~.:kv
carryIng2 the ark of the covenant of Jehovah
that they proceeded t o sacrificeA seven young
;;I&
b ~ ~ l and
l s seven rams. 7 d David was dressed aui) , I Y S
C I C4't:23
ill a sleeveless coat of fine fabric,4 and also all anso.t i 14
the Levltes carrying the Ark and the singers
and Chcnani'ah" the chief of the carrying by $ [;
t ! ~ csingers;" but upon David there was an ;$yRf;:>
ephkod' of
P B And all the Israelites were
yCy;.rh!;sf:8
bringing upmthe ark of the coven~ntof Jehovah $5; 2.;;
n.it1.l joyful shoutingk and wit11 the sounding of l,.. .\?;I
ms
the horn" and with trumpets and with cym- -n1,6.I) th'11 nIrb:14
bals,* playing aIoud on string instrumentst and Tv?;\g!,:''
't~arps.'~
''IAnd it came about that, trVhenthe ark
of the covenantv of Jehovah came as far as the g;i$;z;a
city of David,Y Mi'cha1,Z Saul's daughter, herself
Ioolced down through the wjndolv and ~ otat see ;f;;~;&,(:j;i
$:;?F~
l i i n ~Dnvltl skipping about and celebrating,' ;,S2s;
3'15
and she began t o despise' him in her heart.
*"fl. 3T):lL
C L ' h T, 3
Thus they brought the arkoof The [true] .:sir r~:;n
Gadi1in" and placed it inside the tent that ~ $ < ~ ~ h 7 ' : 7
David had pitched for it,O and ihey began to o3:1,Ti:;
present burnt offerings and communion offer- gt',;,:j,

ings before The [true] God.a' a When David

finished
offering up the burnt offering'Qnd the
I LP1:3
r . 3:1
~
con~munlonofferings,' he went on t o bless" the:
"C11 33:lS
l ~nffme of Jehovah."ll "rther,
he
= Y U ~ : 2 3 ' p e ~in~ the
Jnq i2:6
apportiondl
to
all
the
Israelites,
man
as
well
as
:ss
6.18
l< i 5 . X
~voman,
to
each
one
a
ring-shapedr
cake
of
bread3
la, 2<:29
-0113:11 and a date cnke" and a raisin cake."
*Then he
I,L'SR 6 2 8
put
before
the
ark
of
Jehovah
some
of the
:;$:?;I;
LevltesMas ministers,~both to call to remern\r;'snlm 3s hrance't and t o thank' and praisey Jehovah the
Psalm 70
A'saph' the head, nnd second
T I ~ L C SGod of Tsrael,
to him Zech.a-ri'ah," and Je.i'e1 and Shemjr'a1Ch 16:7 r n ~ f and
h ~ Je.hi'elJand Mat.ti.thihhC and E.1i')ICb 2 3 5
PI 2 2 : ~ abr and Be.nai'ahn and O'bed-erdorno and Je.it'1Ch 6:39
=1~1115:13 el," with jnstruments of t h e string type and with
.'.lCh 1321
and A'snphDwith the cymbals playing
.1c111i:17 harps;
-lCh 15.16
+xulors aloud,' " and Re.nailah and 3a.ha.zl'et the priests
2Ch 5:i2 with the trumpets" constantly before the ark of
,,,,
covenant of The [true] God,h
S a 221
"h?"2Vthe
-'sa 231
7
It was then on that day that David made a
'1Ch tF:4
contribution' for the first time to thanku Jeho$
s
;%
;.i
vah by nieans of A'saphk and his brothers:
IIPB
IJS II6.1
1 :
''THANK
Jehovah,n call upon his name,'
el's 672
i -'Sn %:ja
Mnke Ids dccds known among thc p ~ p l e s ! ~
3Sn 2 3 2
-21.115:12
"I'Si~lg~~
10 him, make melody to
ul'.; 71 .I7
Talk of all hfs wonderful acts."
I'S 1 ~ 1 2 2
1'':2r
10 "Make YOLT boast in his holyy nime,v
v PS 1r5:3
T,n 45 95
Let the heart of those seeking Jehovah
Jcr p.2;
.5K.K'F:5
, ~ 5:6
h
EzrG,17

,z'$&
,,:,,

"'

v:Ch 2s:9
7 J ~ ,m.13
r

1-6

"The [inre Gad."' 3T, An-Et.o.7rinr'; LXX, ho Tb~.as';l'g, DF'IIs;

SF, "drrl~orn ." "Thp [true] God," $I, An-E[.o.kisar; L,LT, ho
I'lre.as'; SF,"Jehorab:'

1 CHR0NI;CLES 16:2-12

1.ejoice.r

"Search after Jehovah and his strength,"

Seek his face constantly.'
IT "RernembeF his wonderful acts that he has
-2Ch 6:42
- T s 1cw2
performed,"
FS 111.1
'.The [frae] Oad.'' It, firr-B1.o.kim'; L,LY, Ao Tkp.08'; SF, "the

sr
ZCP
m 5:s
2 3
*P,27:s
Ps 105:4

II

ark of Jehovfih.'" b"he [trw] God." 31, B~t-F2l.p.l~inr'; L.TX, Ira

11tr.o~';Sy, '*Jcl~o~.sb."

1 CHRONICLES 16 :13--23

458

His wonde~sa"and the judicial decisions of

his
la "0 offspringb of Israel his ser~ant,~o
You sorls of Jacob, his chosen ones.'
Id "He is Jehovah our God;" in all the earth
are his judicialD decisions."
"Remember his covenant forever,*
The word that he commanded to a thousand
generat ionsI31=
Zu "'5.Yhich
[covenant] he concluded with
Abraham,n
And his sworn3 statement to Isaac,""
Ir"And he went on to make it stand as a
regulation t o JacoblJY
As an everlasting covenant t o Israel,t
l8 "Saying, 'TOyou I shall give the land of
Catnaan,@U
As an allotment that YOU men wiI1 inheritn7Qv
l9
"It was when YOU happened to be few in
F G 34:30
~
number,$De 261s
Z P S 10x12
Only a short time, and temporary residents Hcb 11:13
'GI! 2c:i
in it.=
G @4b.d
'And they kept walking about from nation c $ ;~;i+j13
t o nation*
r ~ e
31'29
And from one kingdom t o another people. Ge
Ge 31:42
"He did not aUow anyone to defraud them,"
' -: - %:i7
. g
-- .But on their account he reproved kings,c $;:;i31,
eu'[Saying,] 'Do noi: YOU men touch my %
:'$;:1Jo
; 2.27
anointed ones,dL
6Ge 20'7
And t o my prophets do nothing bad.'3
Ps 105:15
8w'Sing to Jehovah, all YOU of the earth!"~~,"%Announce from day3 to day the salvationQ :;2:19:'
sPs 40:lO
he gives!*
PS 71:15

Or, "tokens."

Lite~xlly,"seed," 3i. Liferally, "The altoti~ientof

"31y anointed ones." M, w~a.shi'akl~( i n the
plural nurliber) . Sy, nl'sl&iI~la{in the plltral n u m b ~ r ) ;LXx, clrristcil; Tg, rhrist'f
a

TOTR inhaitarrce," N.

1 CHRONICLES 16 ; 24-33

459

"Relate among the nationso his glory,"

Among alI the peoples his wonderful actsmn
Zb "For Jehovah is gi-eat and very much to be
praised,"
And he is to be feared more than all other
gods.&s
"For all the gods" uf the peoples are worth-

c2Ch 2~

24

k2Ki 1!l:19
PS n:zJ
Isa a 4

nEx x : 1 4
Da 4:3
YIsa 1096
Re 15:3
HEY

15:11

less gods.bt
As far Jehovah, he made the heavens.u
"Dignity and splendor are before him,'
Strength and j o y are at his p1ace.Y
"Attribute t o Jehovah, 0 farniIies of peo-

- --.-Ps 28:7

gPs 27.6

ples,=

Attribute to Jehovah glory and sbength.*

e9 "Attribute t o Jehovah the glorys of his
name,u
Carry a gift and come in before him.*
Botv down t o Jehovah in holy ad~rnment.~
90 "Be in severe pains because of him, all YOU
of the earth!'
Also t h e productive landc is Arrnly estab-

Ps 132
Ps 96:6
WCh 7:2

LPY67:4
Ps e6:9
PS 1W:I

Isa 1 1 : I O
'Ps 299
Ps 6834
Ps 115:l
ups 89:s
Ps 10F:5
PS148:13
&=I.
831
Ps 72:lO
Ps 72:16
Isa 60:7
CPs 28:2
P s 110:3

+Ps 96:9
&Ps 3 3 3
Y P s9 3 3

W:1f
Ps B7:l
kPs 86:lO
Ps 98:1
R e 13:&
"PS

nPs
934
PS %:I1

rPs 98:8
sPs 96:12

Isa 4633
C2Ch 1 :lo
~ P S
96~3

lished :
Never will it 'be made to totter."
a1 "Let the heavens be glad,
let the earth be
joyful,*
And let them say among the nations, 'Jehovah himself has become king!''<
su'"Letthe sea thunder and also that which
fills it,"
Letthefielde~ultandallthatisinit.~
88 "At the same time let the trees of t h e forest
break out joyfully on account of Jehovah,a
For he has come t o judgeC the earth.t

* "Qods." 21, el.o.lsim'.

"irlols" ; Sy, "images:'
a?; Tg, or'bis.

"Wo~thlcs~l
gods,' hT, e.ll.lim'; L X X V g ,
"The productive land." 31, te.beEf; L a ,

1 CHRONICLES 16: 3 M 3
'n

460

''TE~AK-K
Jehovah, for he 3s good.U
For t o everlasting is his loving-kfndness.av

Accordingly David went laround to blessqis

OWII house.
And it came about that as soon as David
I * ? S71
~
had begun drvelling in his own Rouse*
David
proceeded
t o say to Nnthank the prophet:
1iEF;i
1Ch29:29 "Here 1 am dv~elllngIn fl housc o
f' ccclarsn but
nlCh 14:l
Ha 1 4 the arlcP of the covenftnt of Jehovah is under
r*c 5:&
rE~l0.19 c~rtains."@~UponthstNethansaldtoDavid:
2Sa 7:2
"Everything t h a t is in your heart do,t for The
l ~ h
t1&",sf37 [ t r u e ] God& is with you.''"
3 And it came about on that night that the
\vordv of God came t o Nathan,r saying : "Go,
&
!?;:
and you musk say to David my servant, 'This is
z;g$&
1Ch ~ 2 : s what Jehovah has said : "It will not be you that
' 2 5 8 7:6
1x1a.n will build me the house In which to dure1l.x For
CEx 60:2
I have not dwelt In a house from the day that
2 ~ 6:17
a
? 1 brought Israel u p until this day,' but I continued from tent t o tent and from one taber:; ' ::
nacleg [to noth her].^ *During all the time that
1 a2:iG1611
1-.
I walkedh about In all Israel, did I speak a single
e2S.a I::=
*lCh
;:i
*:sa7:8
word with one of the judges0 of Israel whom I.
C L Z F 4.3
SEX 3:10
commanded7 to shepherd my people,' saying,
1% 16:12
F , T T 'Why have YOU men not built me a house of
Jos ?::I5
Ps 1622

"And say, 'Save us,0 God of our salvation,y

And collect us together and deliver us from
the nations,~
To give thanks to your holy name,'t o speak
exultingly in your prai~e."~
I' 'Blessed be Jehovah the God of I s r ~ e l
from everlasting t o everlasting.' ""
And all the people proceeded to say, "Amen!"
and a praise t o Jehovah.b?
37 Then he left there before the ark of the
covenant of Jehovah A'saph' and his brothem
to minister3 before the Ark constantly, according t o the requirement of each day;' 3 9 and O'bede'dom' and his b m t h e ~sixty-eight,
,
~ n cO'beril
c'ilon~tlic son of Je.du'thunk and IIo'sah as
gntckccpcrs; "' and Za'dokn the priest and his

17

:::

hrbotltorsthe priests before the tabcrnncl~rof

Jchovnh an the highz place that was at G i b ' ~ . o n , ~
"90o f f e r up burnt offerings t o Jehovah on the
altar of burnt offering constantly morning and
evening and for all that is written in the law
of Jehovah that he laid in command upon Israel? " and with them He'manu and Je.du'thun
and the rest of the select men that were designated' by names to thank Jehovah,r because "to
everlasting is his loving-kindness'>;"=d: and wl th
them He'rnan' and Je.du'thun,= to sound forth
the trumpetsA and cymbals and Instruments of
the song of T h e [true] God;C and t h e sons4 of
Jedu'thun a t the gate." 4 3 And all the people
a Or, "loyol love." b Or, Crdndlet all Ille people any, 'Ainon l' find

they t l ~ l i h tp r ~ i Jehorah."
~e
Vg, "And let n l l tlie p ~ o p l rany, 'Arir~n!*
nrlrl n hyi1111tm Jehorah!'
"The [true] Clod." M, hrl-Klbo.Jnim';
L.Y.'L', )to The-0s'; Tg, DE'IIS.

1 CHRONICLES 17:IEl
procwded to go each one t o his own house.*
6;g$;g
1 ~ : 1 ~
461

A ~ I 7I . 1 ~
hf

1Sn 17:15

cedars?' " 'a

7 ''Andnow th2sIsn'hat YOU willsaytomy

n;sa~s;3~)

,2Ch11:?
,,

25aGm21 1

servant Davld, 'This is what Jehovah of armies

rGe m13 has said:"'I myse1f tookn you from the pasture
ground from following thc floclrlt to become a
$; ~ ;31:s
5I;14
sIlsa
26:10
a
leader" over m y people Ismcl, And I shall
~ ~ r t 2 2 : 1prove t o be wltil you whcrcvcr you do walkr
t2hn 8.13
Ezr 4:20 and I shall cut aPf all your enemiesRon your
g:$i$' account and I shall cert~inlymake for you a
pu{l&7namet like the name of the great ones that are

"The

[ h e ] God."' N,k~-El.o~Birn';
LLY, hko

Tlre.od; Vg, Ddu8.

I CHRONICLES 17:9-l7

462

7:9
upon the earthu And I shall certainly appoint u2Sa
r.PS 4 4 2
a place far my people Israel and plant themy o;Ey:il
and they will indeed reside where they are and *gg?jp
no more tvill they be disturbed,~and the sons of IIsa 4 ~ 7
f sn 60:18
unrighteousness' will not wear them out' again AEX
1:13
just as they did at the first," In
even since the !g&:to
days that I put judgesv in command over my 'g$T,z::
people Israel. And I sha11 certainly humble all
your enemies.' And I tell you, 'Also a housea $g
;; i
I I 1 ~5:s
Jehovah0 will build far you.'e
1-Ieb 3:6
11 " ' "And it must occur that when your e s m : 4
days have come t o the full [for you] to go [ t o ,fs",72jj'P4
be] with your forefatliers' I shall certainly raise
up your seed after you that will come to be one tpu:;%
of your sons" and I shall indeed firmly establish
s ~
his kingship,lc l-e
is the one that will build ~ 2 ,:lo
me a hausen and I shall certainly establish his %h%'
throne firmly f 0rever.r l3
1 myself shall become 4':gt

,:,;;!g

his fathers and he himself will become my son;

and my loving-kindnessh" I shall not remove z,Zg;;
from him' the way I removed it from the one *pa;;
Eze 37:23
that happened t o be prior to y0u.P l4 And I will Da
2:84
cause him to stand in my house= and in my joi1~:49
kingship" to everlastingness and his throne" will $z&iii
Lu 1:32
itself become one lasting forever.'' ' ''
Heb 1 :8
15 According to all these words and according to all this visionFwas the way that Nathan o2Ch 3232
C2Sa $-I8
spoke to D a ~ i d . ~
2Ki 19,14
16 After that King David came in and sat +%
down before Jehovah4 and said: "Who am I,**;gn6;:Z1
0 Jehovah God, and what is my houseg that you ;$i;T+g
have brought me thus far?" l7 As though this %
;
should be something little in your eyes," 0 God," kxph 3:20
nMt 21:B
yet you speak concerning the house of your mt Z:42
servant down to a distant future timen and you Ace 13:34
22:16
a "A house." That is, a line o f kings; a dynsstr, b Or, " l o ~ n llove."

;z:i
gj;

have looked on me according to the opportunity

of the man in the ascendancy,r 0 Jehovah God.
rE\f;l!
Re 1 x 4 I s What mare could David saya t o you as t o honRe ID:16
szsa 7:ao oring yow servant,s when you yourself know
your servant well?t 0 Jehovah, for the sake
tis;l,i;+4
lfisa 37:35 of your servant1' and in ag-reemenl with your
YEPR 3 5 own heartv you have done a11 these great things
c&Ic11:26
all t h e great achievcrnents 1mown.y
:2;,1521by0making
=De 4:3
Jehovah,
there is none like youz and there
PC,
14720
AEK 3.8
i
s
no
Godb
except
you* in connection with all
Eu 1D:5
And what
ue 15:15 that we have heard with our ears.
other nation in the earth is like your people
PS
T~~77:lB
2:14
C P ~91:s
Isxael16whom The [true] Godc went to redeem3
to himself as a people: to assign to yourself a
4E;s4;$
rsa 6 3 : z namebof great achievements' and fear-inspiring?
B e 20:9
+ne4:s things by driving out nationsxan account of your
@Ps 69:s
people whom you have redeemed from Egypt?
PS 6 6 3
Isa 64:3
2zAndyouproceededtoconstitute yourpeople
.D,7:1
,Israel
as your people t o time indefinite," and
iE: iyiz
'YOU
yourself,
0 Jehovah, beeame their
$y&!;11
*De7:6
And
now,
0
Jehovah, let the word that you
De 26.18
l s a 12:22 have spoken concerning your servant and canBGe 17!7
c e r n h g his house prove faithful forever,,and do
De 7:9
gg just as you have spaken." 2%d let your namer
prove faithful and become greats forever, say$t$gl,
Joh12:m ing, 'Jehovah of armies,t the God of Israe1,u is
Soh 17:s
t l s a 1:11 mdb to Israel,'' and let the house of David y o u
uder 31:29
v d e r 3 l : l servant be one lasting before y0u.Y * F o r you
Web 8:10
Heb 11:16 yourself, my God,Z have revealed to your servhzsali:17
VPS
89.36 antd the pullpose to build him a house.' Tha.t is
why your servant has found occasion to pray3
?;gtE+8
before you." B%d now, 0 Jehovah, you are
The
z,"kQ21g [true] God,CAand you speak of this good?O

~~~~

Literall3+, "ndcl," M, hwGod." N, El.a.hh~'; Vg: De't~a. = "The

[true] God?' 31, ha-El.o.him'; LXC, ho T1re.osF; Vg,De'us. d Literally, "have uncol~eredthe ear of Four servant.," M.
a

2 CHRONICLES 17:27-18 :8

464

465

ness concerning your servant.4 27 And now you 12Sap28

will have to go ahead and bless the house of
your servant [for it] t o continue forever before
you,' for you yourself, 0 Jehovah, have blessed +%a 759
~ P S7217
and it is blessed forever.""
Eph 1:3
And it came about afterward that David #~ 21S~a8:l
5:s
a
proceeded t o strike down the Phi.lisrtines<~;
and subdue them and take Gath# and its depend- 1y:U&17
ent townsa out of the hand of the Phi-lis'tines.
And he went on t o strike Mo'abk down and the n;;~ 3"::
Mo'ab.ites came to be David's servants bearing r 2 ~ a8:3
tributehn And David went on t o strike down
Had.ad.e'zerr the king of Zo'baha at Ha'matht as ~ a ~ ~ '
he was going his way to set up his controlc at the ,&?',e:,
river Eu.phrattesPu h r t h e r , David captured y;,"lg;F
from him a thousand chariots and seven thou- Ex 23:31
sand horsemen and twenty thousand men an
foot,' Then David hamstrrrngv all the chariot .;&s,"fit6
horse^,^ but he let a. hundred chariot horses%f $;gi6
them remain.* When Syriae' of DamascusA PS
came to help Had.ad.etzer the king of Z ~ ' b a h , ~ :$725
David went striking down among the Syrians A:gFi?z4
14:47
twenty-two thousand men. O After that David put
[garrisonslf' in Syria of Damascuse and the +%;Biz
Syrians came t o be David's servantsu bearing
tribute.' And Jehovah kept giving salvation to @;~;E;E
=psix:ea
8:6
David wherever he went." Moreover, David U2Sa
1C Z C17:s
~
took the circular shieldsn of gold that happened n ; ~ ~ ~ ~ : :
935
t o be on the servants of Had.ad.e'zer and brought
P2s&8:7
them t o Jeru~alern.~And from Tibthaths and sZSa
8;8
Cun, cities of Had.ad.etzer, David took very
much copper. With it SoIro.monmade the copper

18

1 CHRONICLES 18:9-17

the copper utensi1s.v

9 WhenTo'uathekingof Ha'mathyheard that
David had struck down all the military force of
Had.ad.etzerz the king of Zo'bah, lo he immedi2258 5'3
1Ch 19:18 ately sent Ha.do8ram*his son to King David to
f Ch 18:19
*2s08:lO ask him about his welfare and congratulateb him
r2Ch 9:1
ZCh 9 2 3 over the fact that he had fought against Rad.ad3Ch 9:24 e'zer so that he struck him down, (for HadIsa 33:1
AE,: 3535
ad-e'zer had become trained in warfare against
Jos 6 2 9
1Ki 751 To'u,") and [there were with him] all sorts of
1Ch 29:14
2Ch 5 1 articles of gold and silver and copper:' I1 These
hIic 4 3 3
42Sa 8:ll also King David sanctified" to Jehovah together
IPS83%
~ +2Sa
o 8.12 with the silver and the gold that he had carried
E l C b 90:1 off from all the nation^,^ from E'dom' and from
%2Sa5:25
#1Sa 27:s Morab+and from the sons of Arn'mon" and from
1Sa 30:N
$Ps 8 3 3
the Phi-lis'tines" and from Amka.lek.Q#
JilSa 26:8
2Sa 3 : N
12 As for A-bish'ai" the son of Ze.rulah,n he
2 S a 10:10
2Se 20 6 struck down the E'dorn.itesr in the VaIley of
n25a IG:9
ZSa 19:21 Salt," eighteen thousand. j3 So he put garrisonst
2Sa 2157
in E'dom and all the E'dom.ites came to be
1 C h 2%
rPs 60:9
e2Sa 8:13 David's servants. And Jehovah kept saving
2KI 143 David wherever he went." 14And David con1 C h 2511
iISa l0:5
tinued t o reign over all Israel~and he was con1Sa 13 3
u2Sa 8:14 tinually rendering judicial decision and rightv l C h 12:3E
pZSn 8%
eousness for all his people7 l5 And Jo'abz the son
Ps 78,32
Ps 89:14 of Ze.ru'iah was over the army," and Je.hosh'a22% 8.16
* l C h 11'6 phaP the son of Ahi'lud was re~order."~And
D1K1
4:3
~a2Sa
~ 20.25 Za'dokA the son of A.hiJtub and A.him'e.lecheQ
C LSa 8 3 7 the son of A.bi'a.thar were priests, and Shav'-1K14:3
m2Sa 8 2 8 sha' was secretary. I r And Be.nai'ahm the son
x29a 23 24
1Ki 1%
*1Sa Nm14 of Je.hoi'a.daX was over the Cher'e.thitesu
Zep 2'5
lclK1 1:44 and the fel'e.thites,k and the sons of David
tIKi 7%
I C h 4:15
ulKi 7:15
?Ch 4:12
Jer 5217
vJer 5 2 9 0
Y l S a X:9

seat and the pillarsu and

~~i";";:,

,:: ::$:

Literally, "and hw daughte~as,"'nf, b Literally, '(gift? If. E LiteraHg, "his hand,'j 31, Or, ~ossihly,<'teama.'> e Or, "the Sp14ans.J'
"Put garrisons," LXSVgSyT and one Hebrew mrtnuseript and
2 Samuel 8 ; 6.
a

"To'u," MVg; but '$Tori'>nt 3 Snlnncl 8 : 9,lO. b Literally, ''bless,"

M, cliterally, "become a Inan of wars of To'u:' M. Or, more
liternlly, "relnmhraneer."
L'Amhim'e.l~~li,'
L X n g S y and 19
llebrelv ~ n ~ n u s c r i pand
t s 2 Saniuel 8 : 17; "A.bim'c.lech," 3fLXXn.
a

1 CHRONICLES 19 :1-7.

466

were the first in position at the side of the

1
And it came about afterward that Naf*Sa
fl:l
hashy t h e king of the sons of Am'moncame to die and his son began to reign in place :
of him.$ At that David said: "I shall exercise s*R10:1
I
loving-kindnessat toward Ha'nun the son of, tik ?iZ6
Na'hash, because his father exercised loving10:2
kindness toward me.'Iu Accordingly David sent Ga
messengers t o comforF him over his father, and
,
the servants of David proceeded to come into,
:$
the land of the sons of Am'monv to Ha'nun to N , I ~ : I
&9:4
comfort him. However, the princesy of the: vlSa
1% 29:s
lZ2ch
'a23
sons of Amfmono said to Ha'nun: "h David
honoring your father in your eyes in that he "J","s9::f
has sent comforters to you T IS it not for the $ !i2;
sake of making a thorough search and causing ;; Ei;
~ L 19:27
C
an overthrow and for spyingz out the land that "
his servants have come in to you?" So Ha'nun hJera m41:sa
Jer 45:37
took t h e servants of David* and shaved themcAIsa
20:4
and cut their garments in half t o their buttocksh &?B%: $
X:16
and sent them away." Later people went m d -2~tCh
' 1S.31
I
told David about the men,+and he a t once sent G ; ;$&
~
I
to meet them, because the men had came to ;&.%%
feeling very humiliated, and the king went on EX 5:21
t o say: 'Pweli in JerriehoO' until YOUR beardsx 3Sa 13 4
&%z2h:
grow abundantly. Then YOU must return."
kZSa IO:I
6 In time the sons of Am'mon saw that they I&:,%!$
had become foul-smelling" to David, and Ha'- igk ::;!
n m k and tile sons of Amrmon proceeded t o send ;g; E::,
a thousand silver1 talentsn to hire for them- p$38:4
selves chariotsr and horsemen from Mesa-po- t& 111:E
14:47
ta'mi.ahR a d from A'ram-ma'acaht and from ulSa
29a ~ : 3
Zo'bah." Thus they hired for themselves thirty%T

19

z,"z4;

Or, 'lo?.al Io~e."b '3Ies.o.po.t~'1ni.a,1' Vg ; "Sylia of Mes.o.po.tatLni.a," L X X ; A.mnaP tzn.ha.t.a's~ls(113, m e a h g "A'rfim of the two
rivers."
a

'Ex14:

two thousand chariotsv and the king of Ma'a-

~ and~his pwple,
~
: And5they proceeded to come
cahy
in and camp before Rged'e.ba,z and the sons of
nsn lo:a Am'rnon themselves gathered together from
zNu 21:30
;t,sa 122
J3;9 their cities and then came in for t h e war.
8 When David heard of it, he immediately
*la11:6 sent Jo'ab* and all the army [and] the mighty
cqSa1c:7
men.aO " And the sons of Am'mon began t o go
&
iz:;i,a out and draw up in battle formationAa t the en1 . m 31:l
trance of the city,' and the kingsvthat had come
G2Sa 10.8
were
themselves in t h e open field. '"hen
:-K;
mil4 3ofabby
saw that the battle chargesbhad come t o
be against him from the front' and from the
rear, he at once chose some of all the choice
men in Israel and drew them up in formation
e2*10:9
to meet the Syrians." And the rest of the peo"'1% i"gi:t ple he gave into the hand of A.bish*aiXhis brother, that they might draw up in formation to
W a 1 k l O meet the sons of AmPmon.* l 2 And he went en
?
' J;&;, to say; "If the Syriansk become too strang for
;E
Z,;i me, then you must serve as a salvation for me,"
2Ki2-1:2 but if the sons of h ' m o n themselves become
nSe 4 : 3
EC 4:9
too strong for you, then I must save you.' la
Be
r2Sa 1k11
, ~ we may show ourselves courageous
aDc 31;6 s t r ~ n gthat
in behalf sf our people and in behalf of the
iE: $aa
cities of our God,' and, as for Jehovah, what is
,$z;j;&
3~18 good in his own eyes he will d a " l4
~ Then Jo'ab
2Sa 13:26
P S ~ U : ~and the people that were with him advanced
P S x:22
P S 4 ~ 4 before the Syrians to t h e battle,^ and they took
Pr 28%
to flighty because of him. l6 As for the sons of
~ f z s la:13
a
T L 2~6 3
bm'rnon, they saw that the Syrians had fled,"
and they themselves also took t o flight because
$,?j21,
~r,e26:8 of A.bishrai his brother and then came into
R O S 31
*2sa io:14 the city.* Later Jo'ab came into Jerusalem.
~
~
lCli 18-4

2 c h 1419
?. 303 33:Ll

'Literally, "all the nrnmy-the mighty men," M. Bnt see 2 Samuel

1 6 : 6 ; 20 : 7 ;23 : 8,b Llternlly, "the face of the battle," R1,

469
16 When t h e Syrians saw that they had been
k0:15
defeatedt before Israel, they proceeded t o send
messengers and bring outa the Syri~nsthat were gl:;;Izl
in the region of the RiverlD.OA
with Sho'phachb4;g;rz;;g
the chief of the army of Had-ad.e'zerbefore them.
yIG
When the report was made t o DwJd he immedlately gathered all Is~aeltogether and crossed
the JordanT and came to them and drew up in eJab40:m
formation againstthem.+When David drewupin +mfD:L7
battle formation t o meet the Syrians, they began t o fight against him. lP
But the Syrians took
to flight: because of Is~.aelmd David went killy;"3;FJd
ing of the Syrians seven thousand charioteers m;ps4s:fi
and forty thousand men on h o t , and Sho'phach
the chief of the army himself he put to death.' *lO:Is
IvWhen the servantsm
of Had.sd.e'wr saw that $
they had been defeated before I ~ r s e l ,they
~ *! ggl
promptly made peace with David and began to ,~,"2
PS 1 s : ~
serve him," and Syria did not want to try saving niF!$t17
r2Sa 1U:19
the sons of Am'mm any more,S
s3K1 20.32
2U:26
And it came about at the time of the IK1
2K133.20

tzgi
e$z;

20

year's returnln a t the time that klngs ,;c:$:1

sally forth, that Jo'abu proceeded to Iead the ,y;$,S,:,
combat force of the armyCand Pny the l ~ n dof c?':hE:s
the sons of Am'mon in ~ l n end
v to come and v;g$;:B;

besiege Rabtbah,r while David was dwelllnp in

&~T~;~
Jurusnlem, and Jo'ab went on to strikes Rab'bah YZSa
17.2~
and throw it down, And David got to take the $&%?%I
crown of Mal'cam" off its head,' and then found ,$s",&?f~
It to be a talent of gold In weight, ~ n ind it there .pG zg
were precious stones? and it came to be on
Davld's head. And the spoil of the city that he m,s:11
brought out was very muchP a And the people E!i&

* Thnt ie,

the Eu.phraYtes. Shcr'bn~l~,

nt 3 k m n c l 10 : 18. '9folC
clrol thcir kinp,'I LXX; "Mel'chona!' YE. Sca 2 Saruusll3 ; 30, footnoto d. d OI.,"there was a preciau~s t o ~ ~ o . "

JOI? 13:2
r--.

1 CHRONICLES 20 :4--21:2

that were in i t he brought out' and Izept them

ernploycdd at salving stones: and at sharp instruments of iron and a t axes,"' and that was t h e
way David proceeded to do ts all the cities of
the sons of Am'rnan. Finally DRVMand all the
people returned to Jerusalem.
4 And it came about after such things that
war began breaking out a t Ge'zel"' with the
Phi.lis'tine~.~
It was then that Sib%e.caiathe
Hu'shath-ite struck do\vrt SIp'palb of the children
of the Reph'a.im,Ckso that they Evere subdued.
5 And there came t o be war again with the
Phi.lisrtinesj and El.ha'nann the son of Ja'irn
got to strike d o m Lah'mi the brother of Go.li'athPthe GitVtite,dathe shaft of wl~osespmr was
like the beam of loom 1vorkel.s.t
6 And there came to be war again a t Gath,"
when there happened t o be a man of extraardinary sizeV whose fingers and toea were in sixes,
twenty- four,^ and he, too, had been born t o the
Reph%.irn,elt ?And he kept taunting* Israel,
Finally 3on'a.thanVhe son of Shim'e-a' t h e
brother of David struck him down,
8 These \vere t h e ones that had been born to
the Reph'a.irnec in Gath," end they came t o fall'
by the hand of David and by the hand of his

servants.
And Satang* proceeded to stand up
G:,.;n
against Israel and t o incitea David to
*?% 2:13
number
Islsrael. So David said to Jo'ab' rind the
<?::!i:!3
nv a 8 a

HI' 12.0

21

"Axclr," hp ri s l i ~ l ~miwetion
t
of the Rrhrrw trxt I n n p r e Kith
2 Snniael 33 : 31 ; liternlip, "done ~ m , "
31,' "Sn~,lt," nt 2 Rnmurt 2 1 : 1s. a A'rr-R*phn.i)r~', M; "Raphnitn," V,E; ' ' ~ I Iginnts,''
P
LSI.
d Or, "Ctn.lifnth af hinth." eHa-Rrr.pkn', 31. J,tt~*rnlly,'The Ra'phn."
Tht! f n t t i e ~ ' aIlnale llpsp is. tsken to htnurl for tho c~itii-rginnt r ~ c e .
L I J e l l i o ~ ~ '31,
~ BgtOr,
h~~
"a~resi~ter,~'
~'
31, Gu,dnn'j l'gl Sa'tcrn;
8 y, So.ta'#tr; LXS,di.n'bo.loa.

471

1 CHRQMCZES 21:13-17

chiefs of the people: "Go, counta Israel from 'F;gz3

be a famine9*or far three months there is to be a
Be'er-she'bak to Dan" and bring it to me that 1 kiFnT,;o
away because of your adve~ari&"
,E&! sweeping
may know their number."' 'But Jorab said:
and
for
the
s~rrordof your enemies to overtake
:;
%
lgi ?171
l:~
"May Jehovah add to his pmpTe a hundred times ,-k
2 6 : n [YOU]' o f for three days there iw t o be the sword
?;<:+ :t;.n
De 2 3 2 5
as many as they are." Do they not, 0 my lord' ;,i~,!'R'fTc
x ~ h 2 0 : g of Jehovah,*even pestilence,:' in the land with
the Icing, all of them belong t o my lord as s e w - ~ ~ ~ l ~ ~ . & ,
:7,"r5i71,Jehuvah'~'angele'bl*lnging ruin in all the terriants?E Why does my lord seek this?'"Vhy
tory" of Israel.' And now SPC w h ~ It should reR~;i',.~;~,4
;:h.g;3
~ l q19
should he become a cause of guilt3 to 1srael?l1vc,,,Iarl
Llr
, sl:l8
ply to the One sending mc." '.' Sn Dnvirl wid to
-De
D e 22$:27
522
4 And the king" wordy itself prevailed over t!$ j:,! ;j
D e 25:35 Gad: "It fs very clisil-essing to Ine; Please, let
ZSs 24:13
Jo'ab, so that Jo'ab went out^ and walked 1r;l'ir)s
f Jehavah,S for very many
EEx 12.23 me fall into the hand s
'ZK119:35
through all Israel, after which he came to Jeru?:!I
t:,, are his mercies,'c but lnto the hand of man do
salern.' Jo'ab now gave the number of the ,zLt!i: ,$gA$$14not let me fall."'n
registration of the people to David, and ati ~ ~ 1 , ' . ~ : ' 6
:
24 Then Jehwah gave a pestilencer in Israel,
PS 5n:l
Israel amounted to a rnillion~ one hundred
1sasj:T
so
that out of Israel seventy thousand persons
;
<
n?-Ch E:9
thousand men drawing mvord3 and Judah ' lour1I:[!: *hfi24LH 9-l
fell."'SMowover,
T h e [true! Gcda sent an
t ~ 16:46
:4
u:15
l~undredand seventy thousand men dr~lwinff I~.I~;>;:IL~ :s:Sa
PS %:7
angel3 to Jerusalem to bring ruin to it,' and as
.dYll .,. r?Sn ??:I6
sword." a And LerviQand Benjamin' he did not , X 26 :,I
soon as he began bringing the ruin Jehovah saw
JC, 212
r c ~ i s l . ei
rn among them, bccausc the king's word :?$1'i?24
CJob 42:8 it and began t o feel regrev over the calamityu
,
:
,
,
@F.n.3.27
hut1 h e n detestable to Jo'ab.':
JF: 2:ls
? S ~JL3:10
md so he said to the angel that was bringing the
7 Now this thing was bad in the eyes of The ti::;-'^^.&
ruin:
"It is enough!v Now let your hand drop.''
~ 2 %
pps
a:18
[true] God," "and so he struck down Israel." ,l;;5is
2ch3:1
And Jehovah's angel was standing close by the
zGe lO:l8
Consequently David said to The [true] God : h ;
E~ 3 : ~ threshing floor of Orkanby the Jebruasite,
;
Jos 15363
"I have sinned" very much 3n that I have done k:;
sn n2:1a
16 When David raised his eyes he got t o see
2SaS:fi
this thing. And now, please, cause your s e r v ~ n t ' s
I
*Ex 1.1:19
Jehovah"
sangel' standing behveen thee& a d
,ZT:31
errorC to pass away,nfor I have acted very fool- iEa$txO ,
the
heaven$
with his clraitzr swordL in his hand
F4c'1!!?3
5.13
ishly.*'r O And Jehovah prweedecl to speak to :;:;;!j;3
6:17 extended toward Jerusalem, and David and the
Gad,= David's seer,t saying: '("'*GO,
~ n dyou :]sir:.:::II
'11
?
;: older men, covered with s~ckcloth,"at once fell
must speak to David, saying, 'ThLs; is what Jeho- lt .l1
;1 ~ 2 % I
down upon their faces.: l 7 And David proceeded
+puyj;;
val~has said: "There are three things t h ~ It '?i?l
Nu16:22 to say to The Itrue] God:' "Wnq it not I that
am directing against y0u.u ChoosrP for yoursaid t o make a numbering of t h e people, nnd is it
r r * 1 s1:15
::~
self one of them that I may do It t o you." ' '"p c , llJlh
+ 2 ~ 2a4 : i ~ not I that have sinned and have unquestionably
l 1 Accordingly Gad went in to Davidx and said
Ps 51:4
bad?' As for these sheep: what have they
,::(;;2,
s l ~ i2 2 : ~done
~
t o him: "This is what Jehovah has said, 'Take 7j;b 1 : ~
PSN:ll
3:12
'2Sa 24:l done?" 6 Jehovah my God, lct your hand, please,
your pick, '"whether
for three years there Is to z:sn 2 r.u

.,

.,,

ll

zT

LO*

";+:

(:

l;zl
I

Literally, "a thcin~nnd thoamntf~,"31. bl'Thc [ t r l t ~ ] God"'

Jtn-E1.a.h im'i L X X , ko Tiae.mi'; l'g, De'us; S>-t"JcIiovnI~."

M,

ka-Kl.n.lr im'; ZXX, ha Slr~.os'/ SF,#'Jeho"The Itrue] Fod.'"I,

rah." b "d.mu'nnh~' nt 2 S a m u ~ l2.1 : lct, a "Thr [true] God." JI,
ha-El.o.1tim'; LA=, ho Z ' h ~ . 6 6 ;Vg, L)P"~J; P?, "J~hol,ah."

P CHRONICLES 21:27-22: 5
zjgi E::f0offering. 37 Moreover, Jehovaho said the word to
473

come to be upon me* and my father's house,k *g;$jt

P4 1 0 3 : ~the angel,' who accordingly returned Ms sword
but not upon your people," for a sc~urge,"~ kJohln:31
lfeb 1:14
F:u 20:s
* J I I ~4 7 ' ~ to Its sheath.'
q
n
1
!,I0
At that time, when David saw
18 And Jehovah's angeI,~for his part, sajd to ?#I ,s7
P ~"'1:30
P
aii
2
k
:
!
that
Jehovah
had
mswered him a t the threshing
Gadl to say to David that David should go up ;&;;;j;!f
3oh I n 11
=?SR 2.1 25 floor of Or'uan the Jebfu*site,he continued to
to erect an aItw to Jehovah on the threshing
sacrifice there.* Put the tabernaclek of Jehc:3':,&''',;
floor of Wnan the Jeb'u-site." l?Accordingly p,x<. U : ~ G
16mm vah that Moses had made in the wildernm and
David went upVat the word of Gad that h e I13d ::Fa5'~?1.8~
71'h 1.3
Zr'h 1 13 the altar of burnt offering were a t t h a t time on
spoken in the name3 of Jeh0vah.y Meantime, ,$/: i,"., rrw
1(1!
12
?snGq
tI~ehigIlplaceatGib'e.on.l~~~AndDavidhadna
b r ' n m twned back and saw the angel, and his ;$;,; 1;!,
1Cn 13,12
l3:21
been able t o go before i t to consult God,a for he
four sons with him were hiding themseIves.* $3;!;(5
I'~llrI.13
I I R ~ k e n terrifiedr because of the sword of
r<ir
2s
17
r
S
~
I
:
~
Now Or'nan had been threslljngWwheat." So ""'""'
L)c. 1 2 5
Jehovah's angel.
David c m e as far as Or'nan. When Or'nan
3 s 7s CO
t 2511 2.l:lA
looked and saw David: he immediately went out c2sn24:m
Then Davld sajd: "This is the housea of
11'11 Z1:1H
of the threshing floor0and bowed down to David eg$%
2t-11 :<.':12
Jehovah Tlae [tiue] God,b and this is an
U I K Iy:al
with his face to the earth.' "Then David said *1Sau:23
2011 :):IT altarL far burnt offering for Israel."
21.31 w:7
to Or'nan: "Do give me the place of the thresh1911 61:5
2 David now sald to bring together the temVL'SA
5:11
ing floor, that I may build in it an altar t o Jeho1!rr s:17 porary residentsc" that were h the land of Isk . / . ~ :4:7
vah. For the moneye in full give it t o me,"that
~ 1 1 I;~T 1 rael, and then he set them aa stone hewersv to
the scourges may be halted from upon the peohew squared stones" for building the house of
; : , 1 :-;;;#
ple." as But Or'nan said to David: "Take it 8s
The [true] God.Q And irono in great quantity
;
;
;;:;19
,$[$,',~~,
your own,k and let my lord the king do what kc:, 2:1:11
'.lr:l1:'9:2
for nails for the dooils of the gatesA and for
l V h :9:7
is good in his own eyes. See, I do give the cattlet1n;E$;jl
clamps
David prepared, and also copper in such
;:;
for burnt offerings and the threshing' sledge for rrsa 2k27
S+VL~?:.:Q quantity as to be beyond ~ e i g h i n g , ~
and aIso
42Yn !?:I1
the woods and the wheat as a grain offering. m2Snld:Pa
cedarb
timbers
without
number;
f
o
r
the
Si.do41 I ,
raga z4:23
m2l'h "
The whole I do give."t
niannsmand the Tyr'iaans9rought in cedar timI,,,, 5
24 However, King David said to Or'nan : "No,
bers In great quantity t o David. Accordingly
'I?,!
but without fail I shall make the purchase for
kl'cl cg 8
David said: "Solto.mon*my son is young and
?t'h
2
R
the money in full,u because X shall not carry :%I;;$
? r ' h7.21 deIicate, <and the house to be built to Jehovah is
,.uf Is:le
I:zr 3 12
what is y o W to Jehovah to offer up burnt ,;$: id?!!
;;;n ;l,l,r to be surpassingly magnlflcentlCfor beautmusn
sacrifices without C D S ~ . ~ ' Y SO David gave Or'$,'!4"
H : ~ K 2.3
distinction@to all the lands. Let me, then, make
(.l 3
nan for the place gold shekels to the weight of 01
L1.c. 3 I
blGad.l'hI, 66a.Lim'; L,LT, Bo T1re.a~';Pg,Dr'rr~;Sj., "Jehovah?'
six hundred=25 Then David built there an altar' c;yy9;.?5
""The [trtle] God." N,ha-EIs.lrim'; LXY, ha T1rp.o~';TTg, Ddus;
to Jehovah ahd offered up burnt sacrificesDand y:~;.y:az
Sv, AhrBn. * Or, '*the so.i,ia~~rners."
51, kag-orr.iaa"; L1,LTT",gJ'fhe
communion"oflerings,"and he proceeded to call .I G t
pros~l!.te~."
d '*The itrue] God," 31, Brr-ELo.krrrt'; LALT,
bo Tbs.0~';
1. 13L"
upon Jel~ovah,~
who .hen answered him with '1 1 ~ 1
E'g, Ur51rs; Ry, LiJ~hovnh.v Libternll~.,"for a ]lame nnd for beantfl
fire' from the heavens upun the altar of burnt it:l:lFg
31, A Bgrrre of herldindys; cualpnce Genrsb 3 : 16, footnote g.

;;;A;;:;

JUT)

22

1 CHRONICLES 22:6-13

434

preparation for him.'' So David made prepara- ,D, n:2

Ec 9:10
tion in great quantities before his death.'
s N u 2738
6 Moreover, he calIed Sol'o.rnon his son that
Re might commands him t o build a howe to
Jehovah the God of Israel. And David went on ~2~
7:4
t o say t o Sol'o.mon hjs son; "As for myself, it 2ch
Ezr 6 2 2
became close to my heartt to build a house to V I C ~ ~ P : ~
t h e nameu of Jehovaho my God. "ut Jehovah's Egj:ik
word came against me, saying, 'Blood in great Z:gk&4
quantity you have spilledv and great wars you
have waged-y You will not build a house t o my 3E
;p
;7
;
name," for a great deal of blooda you have spilled ;%
2Sbl2:24
on t h e earth before me. Were there is a son" Abag
623
being born t o you. He himself will prove t o be + P S W : T
a restful manb and I shall certainly give him rest
$,&
from all his enemies" all around,' for Sol'o-mancA
9,1:,:;$
is what his name will becomeQand peace* and
quietness I shall bestow upon Israel in his days.
= @is
I the that will buiId a house to my name,$ *'py2;~i3
and he himself will become a son* to me and I t, 1:35
a father# to him. And I shall certainly establish::$,
::$
t h e throne'= of his kingshipn firmly over Israel 3;",,8::$
forever.' l1 Now, my son, may Jehovah prave t o ; k.; p!?
be with you and you must prove successful and
:+;14
build t h e house of Jehovah your God just as he &
;
&
;
:
has spoken concerning you.' l e Only may Jeho- RIKI 3;9
vah give you discernment and understandings
1
and may he give you comrnandrnent concerning Uf$; ,I;$
Israel even t o keep the law of Jehovah your, v,D,e:f;&
G0d.t ITn that case you will prave successfulu 3%; ;if;
if you take care t o carry out the regulationsVm
and the judicial decisionsr that Jehovah corn- zDe li:20
mandede Moses respecting Israel. Be courageous *2,".3:,2
and strong.* D o not be afraid" nor be terri-,& " , h ~ ~ ~ Z O

,za3,;i4
g;:

2;

ty$t$61z

::A;;;

Literally, "many bloods," 31. b Literwll~,"a rnnn of calming (rest= Meaning "Peaeenble.'"

fnlness}!'

475

1 CHRONICLES 22 :l L 2 3 :3

"J"s1:9
fiedBAl4 And here during my afflictionb I have
dos 8:1
,11K'2:1 prepared for Jehovah's house a hundred thouJob 14:1
RO 8 z
sand talents of golda' and a millimb talents of
-1Ki 10.14
IC~B':~
and the copperw and the ironx there is
GZKI 2516
Jer52:20
'ICh 29:7

no means of weighing because they have come

to be in such quantity, and timbers and stones

I have prepared, but t o them you will make additions.dnA"'
with you there are in great num=2Sa 511
mi 5:17 ber doers of work, stone hewers and workers in
1Ki 6.7
mi 7:9 stone" and wood and every one s k i l h l in every
~ K22:6
21<i
~I . sort
B
of work.'< loThe gold, t h e silver and the
coppern and the iron there is no means of numBEX
Ex 328:6
1.3
bering. Rise and act,r and may Jehovah prove to
rJos 1:2
be with y o ~ + ' ~ s
Jg 434
"89
17 And David went on t o command all the
&a!
li.37
tichale princes of Israelt t o help Solco.man his son:
%i?2?1" l8 "1s not Jehovah YQLT God with .younand has
Y ~ S U SU:3
z2Ch
5 2 6 he not given mu rest a11 aroundlv Far he has
5:zit:; given into m y hand the inhabitants of the land
and the land has been subdued before Jehovahy
iEA8,iY
2C":11
and before his people. " Bow set YOUR heart and
=Job 2:4
YOUR mulo to inquire after Jehovaho YOUR ad,^
-De 12:21 and rise and build the sancfxaryp of Jehovah The
X I 5:s
LKI~ 2 0 [true] God,d*to bring the arknof t h e covenant of
1 ~~ 9:3
X 11
: Z ~ Jehovah and the holy utensils of The [true] Godd
&1Ki 1 : l to the house built to the nameAof Jehovah."
+1Kr1 :33
And David himself had grown old4 and
IKL 1 3 9
1 C h 28:5
had his fill of days and so he-made SoI'o1Ch 29:23
man+ his son king over Israel. And he proceedE I C 22:17
~
;gkzi& ed to gather all the princes' of Israel and the
priests' and the Levites.' Accordingly the Le;~~~~~~~

:zki$43

yc;%;

23

At the 1952 ralne af gold this amounts to nbollt $4;~6,000,000

rt,
Liternil$, "a t h u s a n d
thousands," 31. At the 1952 value of silrer this amounts to abut
$1,214,400,000 (U. S. A , ) . See Exodus 38: 24, footnote b, d '.Tho
[true] God." M, ha-El.u.hitw'; LTX, ho T h 8 . d ~ ' .
a

(U.S.A * ) .see Exodus 38 : 24, f60tnoke

477

I CHRONICLES 23 ;1&28

41Ch2s:2s to be called among the tribe of the Levites.@

vites were numbered from the age of thirty k$':$.
ymrs upward," m d their number, head by head k:
l3The sons of Mmes wew Ger'shom' and E.li.eragqR%
of them, man by man, came to be thirtyeight $: t : ; ~
3 1914
~
~ e r l.o~The sons of Ger'shom were Sheb'u.elar
-1Ch 74:20
Nkr PI.17
th6usand.n Of these fw acthg as super~lsor%~'
the head. And the sons of E.li.e'zer came to be
*lCh 26:25 Re.ha.bi'ahU
over the work of the house of Jehovah t11el.e :$1',"r;:.%
the head; ~lndEbli,e0zer
dld not come
were turenty-four thousand, and as oflicers:* and ,::I;
to have other sons, but the sons of Re-ha.birah
judgesLsix thousand; %nd dour thousand gnte- #;:.;
did themselves became exceedin~lymany. la The
keepersu and four thousand givers of praiseYto 2; ;;:;2
sons of h'harl' were She.lo'rnithll the headman.
t$h$iT22
Jehovah on the instrumentsy that Lhc snld] "I tf;j:
1 c h 26% ID
The sons of He'bronr were Jc,ritahR the head,
rNu 2633
2 ~ 19:s
1 ~
have made for giving praise."
slch 2.!:23 Am.a.ri'ah" the second, Ja.ha.zi'elR the third and
hlhl 2.7
6 Then David distributed them in dlvislons~1 1 1 ~ 1 1:):n 1 $; : ;Ft
Jek.amrne'amRthefou~~.P1lThesonsofUz'zi.e
Z C tl 1':?3
to the sons of Le'vi,' t o Ger'shon, Ko'hath and vrf
, t l b.31
were Mi'cah the head ~ndl1s-shi'ah the second.
~ l c6:19
uE%
6
h:19
13
Me.ra?i. To the Ger'shon-ites, Ln'dan and yll-'ll
3.m 26:s 21 T h e sons of Me-rar'i" were Mahliv and
l,c~
1Ch T1:3
Shim'e.i. The sons of Ea'dan were Je.hl'e13 the ,:>(;:
zlch 2 : ; ~
Mu'shi.). The sons of Mah'li were E.lle.a'z@ and
'Xu
2t;,%
headman and Ze'tham and Joel," three. The c11
L S U ~ S Kish. 223utE-le-a'zardied, and he had come to
"1:: 116 rG! IB
"?Ch 21.30
sons of Shimre.i were Shelo'moth and Ha'zi-el - ~ L ' I Ib 33
. ' the sons of
( x u 30.1; have, not sons, but d ~ u ~ h t e r sSo
and Wa'ran, three. These were the heads of The
Kish Vieir brothers took them [as wives]."
.$,U:;21
fathers for La'dan. And the sons sf Shimred
The sons of Mu%hl were Mah'liA and E'deF
were Ja'hath, Zi'zaha and Je'ush and Be.ritah.
and Jer'e-moth,a three.
These four were the sons of Shirn'eal, And
,k"I:$9 24 These were the sons of Le'vib by the house
Ja'hath came .to be the head, and Zi'znh the sec= 8cchh s1:17
of their fathers,' the heads of the fathers: by
2s:ls
NU 1 2 2
Nu1:18
and. As for Je'ush and Be4rl'ah, they did not u;~~~;~;~*su4:4
their commissioned ones, in the number of the
xu 4.30
have many sons; so they became a paternnlo ;riyi;;':';:;s~
names, head" by hradh of them, the cloers o f the
1ch 28:13
1ch
f i : ~ work for the service"of tllc house of Jehovah,
house for one official class.'
r13u:1::7
asu 4 3
X U KT4
22 The sons of Ro%ath* were Am'r~rn,":!%hr,%?j
.,,,., from the age of tnventyyears upward.' '"For
b'har,k He'bnmn and Uz'zi.eI,r four. l 3 The sons !~ < ~ ~ ! ~ 1 4
David had said : "Jehovah tlie God of Israel has
I C h z : x given rest to his people,k and he will tent in
of Am'ram were Aaronia and Moses.1 But "L;:
,l
n.KJ S:13
Aaron was separatedMthat he might sanctifyv
Irci
PS 9.u
~ f iJerusalem to time indeflnlte.R s0 And also the
the Most holy,^ he and his sans t o time IndeflPS 68.16
Levites will not have t o carry the tabernacle or
Fs 13a:14
nite, t o make sacrificial=srnol.te before Jehovah, $;y:!
any of its utensils for its ~ervicr;."~
2 1 For by the
PS IW:ZI
Zec 6 : s
ta mlnlster to him* and t o pronounce blessingn x P~ 2 : !
Iast wordsr of Davicl these were the ~iurnberof
TXU 4.5
In hfs name t o time indefinite, l P As for Moses b?,:L!i3f:
&"h'&g15the sons of Le'vio from the age of twenty years
the man of God,hAhis sons themselves contjnuecl l:;?/,'::!
s;","71?4 upward, PPFor their function was at the dis-

e?!

c:;.3$

I:

,,I

,,,,,,:,

;iz;y:;~

adtZi'znh," LXXVg and one ETehrm mann~rriptnnd in r p w 11;

"Zi'n~,"BI, b Or, I'a man of The [true] God," Jl, isk bid-El.o.ltdt~';
see Ucutei.on6mp 33: 1,footnote n.

'.Shurha.el" at I Chronicles 24 r 20, nlennina "Ba retawed to

God." r n d d o o d t o refer t o Noses' grntir19m Jonrn.thnn. 8heb'u.d
e

may also mean "Captive of Qod.'! bhterally, "8kuElF U,

I CHRONICLES 23 r 2 S 2 4 :4

478

479

pasala of the sons of Aaront for the service of 'NU

the house of Jehovah over the courtya~dsuand t1:2/76,'p
aver the dining roomsNand over the puri flcat ion 9;::;
: :+!
of every holy W n g Y and t h e u-ork of the s e n - $ ( ' I I !* !n
CI';~
ice%of tile house of The [true] God," z v even for ..I.:\ ?!):A3
the layer breadhnd for the fine fourc for the I,,. 2: 1
73
grain offering3 and for the wafers" of unfer- mhl- 111
"!,:;
rnented breadhand for the griddle" [cakes1 and
$2,
for the mixede' dough and for all measures of 2;y::;,
quantity' and size;# $"andfur stnndtnp morn- ":;;,\?;?5
ing by rnorningn to thankl' and praisewJehovah, *k; !;!?
and likewise st evening;- and for every offering up sfthe burnt sacrifices t o JehovaP~at the J?.~,.;,.I
k I, tti,n
~ a b b a t h s , ?a ~t the new moonst1and at the festi- ,(i::2:i:;:
val seasons,v by number according to the rule
concerning them, constantly before JehovaIt. ;>;h14;t::
"And they took care of the guardings of the *;,II'~;:;,$;J
tent of meeting and the guarding of the sanctu- I;;; ;p;;
RTY" and the guarding of the sons of Ani.on their I , P 2n:as
brothers for the service of the house of Jehovah," ?$,'i&
IINU llr:Io
Now the sons sf Aaron bad their divi- i:,y;f!;
sions." The sons of Aaron were Ka'dab ;pkn>t3
and A.bi'hu,"E..afzar+ and IthJa.mar.*' How- :!;$;is
1 213
ever, Na'dab and A.bi%uo died before their ~ - 1 j6:9.1
father" and they did not h a p p n t o have any 31hx
v i a l . Pn.1
sons, but E.1e.arzarand 1 t h ' a . m ~continued to $K!:lii7*;
act as priests." a And David, and Za'dokjr from; ;* :$,
the sons of EJe-akz, and A.hirn'e.leclzl1 from ,::,"t-';::f
the sons of Kth1a.rnarproceeded t o make divi- P;j,:
sions of them for their ofice in their sem~lce.?fi;l&$,
*But the sans of E.le.a8zar were found t o be
$:;!,
more numerous in headmenr than the sons of
1th'a.mar. So they distributed them to t h e sons .;:

of E.te.a'zar,a as headst for [thelr]a patemala

;?&Fig
uach23:fl houses, sixteen, and to the sons of Ithta.mar,

'is

,L;;:,

24

Uz;
"[:

Literally, '+hunt?.*b "The [ b e ] God." hl, ku-EF.s.Lim'i T X X , ha

TIIts.0.~'; T'ESJ~,
"'Jehovah.''

1 CHRONICLES 2 4 : L 1 9

[as heads] for their paternal houses, eight.

5 Further, they distributed them by lots,'
AC1:26
these along with those, for there had t o be
Yigg?: chiefs ofthe sancluaryv and chiefs of The [true]
from the sons of E.le.ntznr and from the
Ftg;;l Godh
sons of It11'n.mar. " Thcn Shc.mnIkh the son of
t h e secretary%aC the hvitcfl wrote
zEA%sl3 Ne.than'e1
,,,
them dawn before the king and the princes and
IK1
I~a'dak.the priest and A.hlrn'e.lecha the son of
QSa F:17
1 C h 1 ~ 6A.bi'a.thar;*and the heads of the fathers of the
.C?3a 19:ll
i ~ I:?i
priests and of the Levites,' one gabernaIt house
C l C h ?3:24
being picked out for E.le.a'z~Pand one being
%
-: $;;
picked out for Ithra.mar.c'
CE\1%:9
Le 1CI:12
7 And the lot proceeded to come out: the fird
XU 1G:39
far Je.hei%.rjb,"for Je.da"oh1' the second, "or
Ha'rimli the third, for Sc.o'rim t h e fourth, for
;
m F ' 2
UlCh 9 10 Makhi'jah the! fifth, for Mij'a-minr the skth,
Ne 12:19 l u for Hakrkoz t h e seventh, for A.bi'jaha the
kCzr %:36
K G 7:39
eighth, for Jesh'u-at the ninth, for Shecbaanitah
Ne 11.10
the tenth, l 2 for E.1ira,shibllthe eleventh, f o r Ja'n ~ z Z&
r
E u 10.21
s e 7 : ~ kim the twelfth, I.'for Hup'pah the thirteenth,
:for Je.sheb'e.ab the fourteenth, for BiI'gah the
;
,
i
-fifteenth,for Irnfrnervthe sixteenth," for He'zir
,&1&
the seventeenth,for Hap'piz-zez the eighteenth,
h e 7.39
for 1Pettn.a.hi'ah the nineteenth, for Je-hez'kel.
ulie 12:10
rEzr 2:37 the twentieth, for Ja'chin thr turenty-first, for
E7.r 10.20
Ga'mul the twenty.seconcF, '"for De.ln'j~h the
Ne7:60
7lCh 8:25
3Ch 2 3 4 twenty-third, for Maba.zi't~hthe twcni y-fourth.
SCh 23:s
19 These were their ailicesY for their servicea
ZNU 4:49
Lu 1.8
LU 1:23 to come into the hause of Jel~ovalnaccording to
their due rlght* by the hnnd ol AaronC their
gZb1$.E

,,:,,

I
I

:$?:,

h"'Their,"Sy :nd five I.lebr~w~nnnunrripts,b6'The [tlae] Gad."

11, Ian-EI.o.kim ;Tg, n p ' ~ e p ; Sy, ' ~ I t ~ l ~ o r n ~L'C.Y
~ . ' ' reads: ''a PBternal h a a s one hy OIIP for E.le-n'zni*nnd rille by one far Itbta.m&r."

I CHRONICLES 24:20-25:1

48 0

forefather, just as Jehovah the God of Israel

thunn the ones prophesying with the harp^,^
$:: Fr 11:17
3:: with
had commanded him.
the string instrumentsu and with the cyrn1 1 1 'h 113.5
1 .
20 And of the som of Le'vi that were left over.
h
a
l
s
.
~And from their number the official men
l)J,{.tl
1-,:I0
:
of the sons of Am'ram" there was Shu'ba.el;+of %
-11 2:im13 for their service came to be.^ a Of the sons of
;hf :q:3
r. Lc: I1 lL.4''
the sons of Shu'ba.el, Jeh-de'iah; of Reha.bi'- oictl Y?!i:ra
and Joseph' and Neth.a.ni'ah
I l t r 3.10 SI'saphlb ZFLC'CU~
l i 'kb ,;bl;:2*
y-c:t1 31.2
ah:' of the sons of Re.ha.bifah, Is.shi'ahc the * I ( . I ,i. 1 7
3 , ,a rtnd Ash.a.re'fah,"t h e sons of A'saph under the
head: of the Iz'har.ites," She-lormoth;" of the '$<$?:;.'"
control' of A'mph the one prophesying under
x$!r:ysjir
3 1'8
1'7n111~73 the control of the kin^. Wf Je.dufthun:" the
sons of She-lormoth,Ja'hath; =%and the sons 1of xu
-su P::
sons 01 Je.duPthun,Ged.a.li'aho and Ze'ri' and
He%ron],k Je.ri'ahn the head,= Am.a.ri'ah the *;I: g::
second, Ja-ha.dfeI the third, Jek.a.mePam the lc$yi;!:;q
r:qh
Je-sha'iah," [and Shirn'e.t]a Hash-a.bi'ah and
t.l,( I ) 11;.;2
fourth. ? m e sons of Uz'i.el,r Mi'cah:' of the alcqtl2 3 . 1 4
Xat-ti.thitah,"six, under the control of their
.
c.1) ::;.I.;
1 L > l l 24>''it
$l(-il
sons of Mi'cah, Sharmir.25 The brother of Mi'cah rlt-tl:
*:.dl
,-I,
;,,.;I father Je.dufthun, rvha was prophesying with
li.IS
mas Is.shirah;~
of the sons of Is.shi'ah, 2ech.a- m7(-tY
1 5 20
y::,','%':Ij':;:: t h e harp for thanking and praising Jehovah.'
' I(.,,
4Gmll
ri'ah.~
1:x G:19
Irr :l? 11. * Of He'rnan :I< the sons of Herman, B~~k.ki'ah,n
Mat.ta.ni'ah,P
Wz"zi.el,QSheb'u.elh~ and Jer'i26 The sons of Me.rar'it were Mah'liu and L,r;E.7S
~1;31:17I I ~ 2
:15.19
I7 I1 m ~
3
Mu'shi;' the sms of Ja.a.zi'ah,b Be'no. O T The v.$yl$F;[fi
moth,rl
Man.a.ni'ah,~
Ha.nabi, E.ljJa.thah,r Gid,~u 1~ l r- ~1L 12.1.2.1
10
sons of Me.rarli:Y Of Ja.a.zitah,h Be'nb and ;r j!.:;
dal'tiz ~ n dRo.mamtti-eRzer,V~h.be.kash'ah,D
11cpx
1111 I1 21 .HI
I ) 5.31
~
lTnZ.le'Zhi,4 I-Ie'thir, Ma.ha'zi.oth, All these
Shotham and Zac'cur and Ib'ri. Of M~h'li, 1J 1'11
1rlr.11 A
:;.:
ii ti3
E,le.a'zar, who did not come t o have any sons.' Z K ~21,:s~
were sons of Hehm~tn,a seer"of the king in the
I
$:::/,'
$
??:
" Of Kish: the sons of Kish were Je.rah'rne.el, ~ ~ ~ 5 ' ~ & ~ 1 ' ' " *l<-ll
, lc.tl 25::11
75:LL,, thing8 of The [true] GodCto raise up his horn;
'PAnd the sons of Mu'shi* were Mah'li3 and;!::r
The [true] Gada proceeded to give He'rnan
tf
F;
;;:; thus
AIC I) ;!:1.13
+rsn
o:n
E'deP and Jer'i.moth.*
fourteen
sans and three daughtersnB All these
QJL'II .2;i, I 1
"11
21:11
n 1 t l 7 : 1 2 were under the control' of their father in song'+
These were the sons of the LevStes by their ,&:),:;I;,!,
ur 3.1::
paternalt houses. BIAnd they themselves also
at the house of Jehovah, with cymbals,'= string
1 1
instrumentsn and harps' for the service0 of theproceeded t o east lots+exactly as their brothers rnILl1
Ck?:'
1
'
i
u13
nl: I$:*.I.#
' I <'I, Y p . 2
the sans of Aaron did before David the k i n g -1ch Zr.13
IIIOUS~
of The [true] God." Under the control of
.,c:I,
' " ' I~ t?.4:J
and Za'dok and A.him%.Iech and t h e heads of " ~ ~ . ' ? ~ ~ IP?
~ 'l . 2 : the king were A'saph and Je.dutthun and He'the paternal houses of the priests and of the if:5;f
man." And the number of them together with
::;
Levites. As respects paternal houses,' the head
t h d r brothem tmined In song to J ~ h o v a h ,all
~
:
)
;
:
I
;
,",l$ ,
1(.ll 16
one ivas exactly as his younger brother.
t rrc '' t~ltRf1
y!.i I experts," came to be two hundred and cightyTS t1 5.12
, I T ~45322 eight. A SO they cast lots' as to the things to be
U
Further, David and the chiefs* of the
?:a\3
I r m 1i.1 u
service groupsk separated for the service I,.',
:z,'j:l taken caw of, the little being just t h e same as
same of the sons of A'saph,n He'manT and Je.dut'.~tuclSliimFp+i,"L.XYnh ant1 one TI~brmwtrlnnuswipt. See verse 17.

!:i!:2;y4
";.-bm'4

:':I

:!

,t.

25

r?cJA

zi.:;z,;:.!

;:
,

"The mns of Re'hron, Je-ri'ah the head." L S X h g a r d f a t l *allloti

nt upwe 20 find 2.1 : 20. '*The [fine] God."
b L'Sllt~'hrt.pl,"=
I., ,
nnd two Hphreff ~ n a n u s ~ i p tnaasgiw;
#,
nail to agree with 1 Chwnirl~a
AC, hrr-Ei.o.ltit~~',thc drflnitr nrtir-le kn ("T~IP")preceding the title
23 :19.Literally, "'his sous," 31, m.Ja.a.ziknh,"
A1 ; ''UZ.P;~'~~I,'V~SS.l~l.o.l,irrr',
d '*T~IP
11I'UP] i 4 od." )I, hn-El.o.i~imr; T'g, ''J~~hor:~il?'
@

1 CHRONICLES 25 :9-31

I CHRONICLES 26:1-14.

482

the great,r the expert along with the learrrer.zlyg($;z 1

9 And the lot proceedd to come out: the Asst IAy;~y;z;2
belonging to A'saph for Joseph,' for Gcd.a.Iitah"
the second (he and his brothers and his sons .lCh 29:2
were twelve); the third for Zac'cur,' his sons Z I C m
~3
ond his brothers, twelve; I' the fourth for h'ri,"
1
his sons and his brothers, twelve ; ' the A f t h for
N e t h a d a h , ' his sons and his brothers, twelve;
I
the sixth for Buk.ki",
his sons and his brothers, twelve; the seventh for J ~ h ~ n . r e ' l a his
h , ~alCh2%a
sons and his brothers, twelve; '"he eighth far
Jesha'iah, his sons and his brothem, twelve;
'"the ninth for Mat.ta.ni'ah, his sons and Elis
brothels, twelve; ?'the tenth for Shim'e.i, his
I
sons and his brothers, twelve; I @the eleventh for
Az'ar-elnohis sons and his brothers, twelve; ClCl12ti:4
IYhe twelfth for Hash.a.bj'ah,' his sons and his 'm25:s
brothers, twelve; ""for the thirteenth, Shu'.
baael,(his sons and his brothers, t~velve; for
the fourteenth, Mat.ti.thirah, his sons and Ills
brothers, twelve; 'a for the fifteenth, for Jer'eI
moth, his sons and his brothers, twelve; '"or
the sixteenth, for Han.a.ni'ah, his sons and his
brothers, twelve; for the seventeenth, for Joshbekash'ah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
'"for the eightenth, for Ha.nnrni,his sons and
his brotheix, twelve; =" for the minetenth, for
Mal.lolthi, his sons and his brothers, tu~elve:
" f u r the twentieth, for E.li'a.thah, Ills sons and
his brothers, twelve; 2q for the twenty-first, for
I-Io'thir, his sons and his brothers, tnlelve; fox
the twenty-second, far Giddal'ti, his sons and
his brothers, twelve; for the twenty-thlrd, for
Ma.hatzi.oth,$his sons and his brothers, twelve.' @lCh m:4
for the twenty-fourth,"for Ra.mam't1-e'zer,' %
' nc:,$ 1 1 : ~ ~
his sons and his brothers, twelve,
.L1b

=1Ch 23:8
,:I,
;ctt 15:1s
, 5 7 I1 2
-ch 23:a

For the dlvislons* of gatekeepers:" Of

the Ko'rah.ites,l"e.sheE.e.mi'ahr the son
r r u 16:1 'of Ko'res of the sons of A'saph, " c l
Me.she1.e.\u 2631
the first-born, Je
Fralr7 a mi'ah had sons: Zech+a.riPah
T$%'Q4g dida.el the second, Zeb.a.di%ah the third, JathtT t l n r n the fifth, Jeho.haPnan
: ~ ~ 9ni.el
~ ~the
j ~fourth,
4
lC1' 9:19 the sixth, El'ie.110-e'naithe seventh. A?d 073ed::!: e'domt had sons : Stle.mni'~h the first-born,
' c h ~ ? - 4Je.hoz'a.bad the second, J o ' ~ h the third and
Satcar the fourth and Ne4than'eJ the fifth,
!jAmtrmi.el the sixth, Istsa.char the seventh,
mPe.u171e.thaithe eighth; for God had blessed
tlICh 13:14'him.u
Ps 128:2
1 6 And to Ske.maS'rrh his son them were sons
,born that were ru1el.s of the house of their
'lm=hB'father,
2ch 2217
for they were capable, mighty men.'
11~14 , :T h e sons of She-maihah, Oth'ni and Reph'a-el
and O'bed, El-za'bad,whose brothers were capable men, E.lithu and Sem.a.chitah. BAll these
were of the sons of B'bed-e'dorn, they and their
"51tE15
E Q ~ Sand their 'brothers, capabler men with the
power for the service, sixty-two belonging to
I' And Me.sheloe.mi'ahs had sons
ZICh
1ch m"rbed-e'dem,
26:14
and brothers, capable mcn, cigh teen. '"And.
*ICh
Hotsah*of the sons of Me.rar'i had sons. Shim1ri was the head, for he did not happen to bbe the
first.born3 hut his father appoit~ted him as
%
'-lCh5:1
&
;
head;" l a HI1.ki'ah the second, Teb.a.lirah the
r l c h 24-31 third, Zechaa.rl'ahthe fourth. All the sons and
lch ~ s brothem
l ~
of H o ' s F ~were
~ thirteen.
Ne 12:24
12 Of these divisions of the gatekeepers, the
:ES 2 2
-Up
17
5
- P C 3~1 : ~ headmenm had duties exactly as their brothers
&LC16 8
to
at the house of Jehovah,' IS So
IS;^ 14:41 didgo
1Ch 24:5
f hey cast lots" far the small the same as f o r the
,lc 126
~ ~ ~ ~ " 3great'
: : " 1 by
~ their paternal houses,* far the different
gates,
" Then the lot to the east fell to
+$:

485

I CHROXCLES 26:IS--25
454
Shel.e.rn1'ah.k For Zech.a.rl'ahn his son,a c o n -

1 CHRONICLES 26 :27-27

:1

of the thousands and of the hundreds, and the

yi:
chiefs of the ru'my had sanctified, 27 F r o m the
selorr with discernment, they cast the lots, and lb:z;7:;:
warslc and from the spoiln they ]lad sanctified
hb lot got to c o m e out to the n0rth.l l6
O'bed;G~?;:S,
3@14:32 [things] to maintain the house of Jehovah.'
e'domt had his t o the south, and his sons had B;g~;?m4
t l c h IS:\
P1S.I 9.9
1 1 ?R
2:sa
15.20 ? B And also all that SamuelRthe seer and Sault
the stareh~uses,~
" Shup'plm and Ha'sahv had rctl
ICI, sf:)
u:Sn 11::i
l S a 1 7 : ~the
~
san of Kjshu and Ab'nerv the SOTI of NerY
theirs to the west dose by the gate Shall'lwheth " ~ ~ h , ~ ~ ; . ~ " rr 15a
1150
by the highwayy that goes up, punrcP gmup
kzsa 10:9 and do'abz the son of Ze.ru'iah' had sanctified.
' 2 5 0 228
~1 1
corresponding with guard gmup;' l r to the eastn ~z l C h2 Lil.12
tlCh 23:18 What anyenc sanctifieda was under the control
of She.lo'mothliz and his brothers.
there were six Levites; to the north for a day, ;y;:;$l;:
~ - l l : 1 ~
29 Of the Iz'harites," Chen.a.ni'ah and his
four; to the south for a day," four; and for the fizrll h 1.1
*l''h 23:4
Ye 1 1 : ~sons were for the outside' business as offlceis*
stores,* two by two; lS for the portico* to the !.jE:$t:llf
Qm!le
l6::3
2ft:16
De 1 2 9
and as judge@ aver Israel.
west, four a t the highway,' two at the portico.
X
C
h 19 8
30 Of the He'bron-ites," Hash.a.bitah and his
'These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of "ZU, i7ii';1:t
>raI 2 : i
the sons of the Ko'rah.itesmand of the sons of f,;;;;;; :J
:'gk 'z?i"g brothers, capable men,' a thotzsanrl seven hunT~LIcII
Me.r~r'i,*
u ~ f ~ dred,
2 ~ jwere
~ over the administration of Israel in
*xu 3:35
the region of the Jordan to the \vest for all the
20 As regards the Levjtes, A.hl7ah was m r
k;g;5'2l9
yi
2:11 work of Jehovah and for the king's service. .I1
Of
the trennwrea* of the house of The (true] Gada $2,
Ppl5:27
<!;$;
r h u 37.1 the Re'bbron-Ites, Je.ri'jahk was the head of the
~ n over
d t h e treasurm of the sanctified things." l c n 9..1,
Jos 13:25
3C.1 28 la
JOS 2::39
Re%ron,ltes by its generations by forefathers.
" The sons of La'dan,r the sons of the Ger'shon- rniil,?;
Isa 16:9
Jcr 48:3Z In the Porllethn year of David's kingship they
ite belonging to La'dan; the heads of the pater- gGii
I nCe
xu332:-~ ~ 1were
.
sought out, and valiant, mighty men came
nal houses belonging to La'dan the Gerrshon.ite, :'i:",;iz
to be found among them in Ja'zerl' in Gi1'e.nd.e
Jebhi'c.ll.~P 2 The sons of Je.hjte.li, Ze'thamt and hF
:J
"? And his brothers, capable men,' were two
Joel! his brother, were over the t l ~ a s u wof
!yg;j;g
2 j : n thousand seven hundrecl, heads of the paternal
the house of Jehovah. '* For the Am'rmites,T
v\ u 1.21
;;,;J
~ O 3.15
S
houses.k1So David the king assigned them over
for the Iz'har.ites,yfar the He'bran.ite~,~
for the N? IO:X+
3Ch 12.37
htlZ~i,~sY
the Reu%enn.ltesvand the Gad'JtesY and the half
YNU 1:as
Uz.zi'elmjtes,'
P4 even Sheb'u.elbu
the son of Gerr- ~ICI,
2:;,12
Jps 13.24
tribe of the Ma.nas'sites,z for every matter of
shorn the son of Moses wns R lcndcr over the EE:.!:<j
.
The [true] Godc and matter" of the Iring.
stores. " .
'regards his brothers, of E.li.etzer*E:si
CiCh 23:11
there was Re-ha-bi'ahbhis son and Je.shariahhis AEyk!.FO
As for the sons of Israel by their number,
I C ~21.4
lCh
24.31
son and Jo'ram his son and Zlch'rl his son and
LEY 18:25
the heads of the paternala houses ?sandthe
,
;
E
k
$:;$
lSn P i 2
Sh~~lo'moth'his son. ' T T h lsShe.lo'moth and
chiefsA
or the thousands and of the hundredsP
1Ch
13:l
I;N~
;:u;I31:51
his brothers were over all the treasuxes of the C
hfic1.13
5:2_ and their offlcers that were minjstering* t o the
sanctified4 things t h a t David the k i n g 9 n d t h e :$$
king in every matter of the divisions of those
heads of the paternal houses," and the chiefs Z;'J:h $;ji ' ~ C , h , ~ ! ~ ,

,,,,,:,,

v$:dcj
? ? m i

E;::

,is;$,i7,

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27

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"Thc [trap] God." M, ho-EI.o.Ailn*; VF, L)~'NF; L-SX, "Jehovnh."

b

LhShu'ha.el,"LXXT-g. Compare 1 Chron~ctes 23: 16, footnote a

Lit~raLlp, "Ereyrone ~anrtif?-ing[anflbing] it." hl. b "Sha.10'"The itme] Gorl," It, 84El.o.ltIm'; Vg, I I p ' r t s ; I..XS, "J~horah.'~

moth," LXIT; "S1ie.!ott~titl~:' JET-,o.

1 CHRONICLES 27:2--12

486

487

l,lzi$:,

X CHRONICLES 27:13--24

that came in and-thatwent out month by monthi

thousand. The tenth for the tenth month was
for all the months of the year, each dlvIsion was
a l L h 235s
??a
11:m Ma'hn.rafY the Neatophta.thlte=of the Ze'raha ~ 17:14
h
Wenty-f our th~usand.~
*xu2G:m i t s , - and in his division there were twenty-four
2 Over the first division of the first month
thousand. ''The eleventh far the eleventh
month was Re.nal%ahzt h e PIr'a.th.hon.iteAof the
there was Ja.sho"be.ammthe son of Zab'di.eI, and "hFz,
3hF:g
CJg12:15 sons of Ephra.im,' and in hi9 divlsion there
In his division there were twenty-four thousand.
"ome of t h e sons of Pe'rez* the head1' of all *$EapG!;g
were twenty-four thousand, '"The twelfth for
the chiefs of the servicen groups were for the k$;;yi;
aESa 11:30
+lCh
2 3 . 3 the twelfth month wwns Hcltdal' the Ne.tophtaflrst month. And over the division of the sec- ny;!~;;;;
l'h
Ezr 2 2: 2s thite,e of Othrni.e1,' and in his division there
h.? 7%
ond month there was Do'dair the A.ho'hiteHwiih
were fxentpfour thomand.
"Jn3:9
his division, and Mik'loth was the leader, and in ny;;;~;!:~
I c h -133
~ r - tH:I
l
16 And over the tribes of Israel,"of the Red*lCh 25:1
his division there were twenty-Pour thousand.
ben.ites,k
E.1E.e'zerthe son of Zich'ri was leader;
k
IISU
s u Z:E
2:10
m e chief of the third service group for the
rxu
s u 3:9
a : ~ ; of the Sim'e.on.ites,'Qheph.a. ti'ah the son of
third month rvas Be.nai'aht the son of Je.hoi'n- tyhyJz,
26:30 Ma'a-cah; If of Le'vi,= HasR.a.bi'ahs the son of
I1Ch 4"'2T
dau the chief priest,^ and in his division there
Kem'u.eE; of Aaron,t Z~'dok;u
JudahjV
u
i
~
5:2g
h
$:;2?
were twenty-four thousand. This Be.nnitahy u;%
1i.11 12 n
E.li'hu,Y
one
of
David's
br.others;l
o
f
ls'sa.char,'
,?<t:',$F1
59
was a mighty man of the t h l r l y ancl over the v3:t
~ 2 :.?,...s ~
OOmi tithe SOIF of Mi'cha-el; '"of
ZebPu.lun,"
~;2;-;&3
thirty, and [over] his division there was Am~
"XU12:s
16.6
s ~Ish.matiah the son of 0.ba.di'ah; of Naph'ta.li?
mizra.bad his son. ' T h e fourth for the fourlh
su7:18
Jer'i.mofh t h e son of Az?i.~l;'"of the sons of
ziti
nsu 2:'i
2% %3.ZS
a','
month was As'ahel,' Jo'ab's brother," ~ n Zebd
r ; ~ 7 : 2 + 1 Erphra.im,4 Hn.she'a the? son of Az.a.zi'ah; of
*"SlI :: lU
A N U 2%
a.difah his son after him, and in his division
the half tribe of Ma.nastseh,' Joel the son of
XU 7:'i~
there were twenty-four thousand, The fifth w r . t i ri::o
Pe.dairah; 21 of the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh in
chief for the fifth month was Shamthuthh the h;F.jrl$;2,5,
Gil'ead, Id'doQ the son oC Zsch.a.ri'uh; of Een1z0rah.ite,+and in his division there\iVeretwenty- ej(.lr :7c;.:r,
jamin," Ja.a'si.el the son of Ab'ner;' ::oE Dan,""
?a
:2;j
four thousand. "e
sixth for t h e sixth month ~'"tt1 c . ''3
h11.25
292
Az'ar-el the son of Je.rorham. These were the
was Irra*the son of Wkesh" the Te.kotite,'and "?I1:,?l!:iZ
I.r:Jcr princesn of the tribes of 1si8ael.
327
In his division there were twenty-four thousand.
i>G
lihu 2 2 5
23 And David did not take the number of
,:,,,
'"The seventh for the seventh month was He'- c!$;20
I
those
:&th1i$i17 from bwnty years of age and under,r beIteta t h e Pel'e.nitek of the sons of Ephra-im,
cause Jehovah had pram3sed t o make Israel as
and in his division there were twent y-four thou- ;$;:if!
many as the starsr of the heavens." z 4 Jo'abt the
sand. The eighth for the eighth month was 1 . i h 1 I i:zu
$
211:X(r
Sibtbeacainthe Hutshath.iter of the Z e t r a h . I t enNu
s 1.I~
~
~
.
2.3 ;IT
,,H,b&?j,12son of Ze.nltlah had himself started to take t h e
and in his division there were twenty-four thou. ,>"r \;': ij.;';
count and he did not Anish,u and for this there
1
sand. '"The ninth for the ninth month was ,$:,/:
Y.f:;
$:i+5 came to be indignationv agalnst Israel, and the
A.bl.e'zert the h'a.thoth.iteu of the BenPja.min- F;:',r :;y9t
number did not come up into t h e account of the
iteqY and in his division there were twenty-four vG;:;7;.i,
affairs of the days of King David.

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1 CHRONICLES 27 :25--34

488

489

1 CHRONICLES 28~1-7

v JM 23!2
25 And wer the t m s u r e s of the kingv there y2yigF
And David proceeded to call together all
rlCli 27.22
~ I L - 1 1 ??:I
wm Az'rna.veth the son of Ad7.el. And over the 8Ge 41:48
the princesv of Israel, the grinces~of the
131 b . 3
treasures in the field,=in the cities' and In the m
c
:
tribes
and
the princesz of the divisions of those
o;
Cl )P 1'15
villages and in the towers there was Jon'a.thana ; 4y
1 c h ;:7:1,
ministering
to the king and the chlefsa of thounlr:l1 27:26
the son of U~~zi'ah.as And over the doers of #;?EX;;;;~
NPIO:~
snnds"
and
the chiefs* of hundredsu and the
:IC~~~I~,F
-1q1
work In the field,' for the cultlvati~n~
of the soil, "lSa
chiefs of all the property4 ant1 livestockP of the
1 S a 22!7
I,
there was k ' r i the son of Chequb. And over ~
kin^
and
of 2his sons,' together wit 11 the court
~
1
~
~
~
~
C I
i
the viney ardsk there was Shirn'e.l the Ra'math- n;yr1g55j13
omcials-hand
the mighty men,' even every
*sn
7
ite, and over that which was in the vineyards g.iaigi;g
11il h : l l
valiant,
mighty
man, to Jerusalem. Then David
I r n 17.2
of the wine supplies there was Zab'di the Shiph'~t.:so:::l the king rose t o his feet and said: ''Hear me,
11~1
5,'l
mile. 2 n And over the olive grovcsll and the xmmr,
2Ch I:IS
I r I 1;:s
my brothers and my people. As for me, it was
n
l
r
'
h
2!1R
sycamorer trees that were in the She.phe'labb" ,6y2$27
close t o my heart t o build a resting house for
ZG:I
F:SI~
_,,,;1ti113
:,
there was Ba'al-ha'nan the Gede'rjte; and over i;; &
the ark of the covenant of J e h o v ~ hand as the
1:'; 78.70 footstool of o w God,and I had made preparathe silt supplies there was Jo'ash. a0 And over the 238h1:9
%:lo
c,,,:,,,
11erds'~
that were grazing in Shar'anv there was $~_:1%&
tr;13
XU c! I~I . ~L ~l :tion
~
to build.# And The [trueJ Godb himself
Shlt'ral the Shafon.ite, and over the herds in
1 4:: :
3%
said
to
me, 'You ivill not builcl a house t o my
the low plains there was Sha'phat the son of ~;gyz;;;
~ n T:IZ
t t 8 w nnrnerk for a man of wars you are and blood you
IrRu .I 1%
d d ' l ~ i ,8o And over the camelsr there was O'bil :$:ii:
have spilled.'" 'Accordingly Jehovatl t l ~ eGod
ku , i . l n
1
.1:?2
the I~h'ma~el.ite,~
and over the sh+asscs there &",h35i$j
,ri:l~ of Israel chose me out of all the house of my
klsa13ht4
I*A IH.IA
was Jeh,detiah the Me.ron'o.th1te. " And over ,Fg,4,7;$7
fatl~errto become kingA over Israel to time inthe flocks there was Ja'ziz the Hagtrite. All
definite, for i t was Judah''( that he chose as
,y;i!J;;;
these were the chiefs' of the property that mas A ; g g 1 4
leader and in the house" of Judnh my father's
*:sn
2 % ~p:i
.):3
Q2Sa s:17_
c-5~13.2
houselv and among my father's sons's I was the
King David's.
2Sa M.25
L l i i t 1:13
one in whom he delighted,n to mnkc me king
11 . \ I
32 And Jon'a-than,anDavid's nephew,^ was a
;$::
Q l i i i1.17
l Israel,' and out of all my sons (for
,7.1., over d
c~unselor,~
a man of understanding, he being
?;;::;:
I(*ll 2!1:2:4
Inany
are the sons whon-I Jehovah has given
,,.,,
also R secretary,@and Je.hi'el the son of Hach':!ji
'me)"
he
went
"
~
~
l
\
~
~ , on to choose Sol'o.monh' my son
ma.nit was with the king's sons.' 3 3 ~ Anhithtd
ig; :!;;:
'
I
to
sit
upon
the throne! of the kingship of Jcha&:(:IT l T , l 3
o.phelmwas a counselar of the king, and Hutsshai1< 1\2~;~~::g
2:7
vah
over
Israel.
Turther, he said to me, 'Sol'oI.u u:3
the Ar'chitell was t h e king's companion,i- And TPSK 116:1"
6:1;
build
1
my
J , , ~ InnJ man your son is the one that ~ ~ 1 1
7 1.1
after A.hith'o.phe1 there were Je.1lcl'a.da the ~ ; , -:saI~
house' and
for I have el~osenhim
,R:r::a ~
~m y courtyards,
~
son of Be.nai'alls and A.bita.thar,t and Jo'abu 8:g
.tE"::T?lI as my sone and I myself shall become his father.'
tlK1 1:7
uraschief of the army of the king.
And I shall certainly establish 1119 kingship'
ulCh 1l:B
,
Armly t o time indefinite if he will be strongly re!
I'V~o~aa.tJtnn', N. Or, "tho lowlandn," * "h'aphew,ll 31, dddd,
jir~n~mllyrnenning "uncle:' but llcrc m ~ n n i n g ' L u ~ ~ c l cs' so n ; h r
" Or, " ~ T ~ I I C B K . "lf, an.r.ina', b "The [truc Ilo~l,"131, hri-E?.a.hiwr;
'.n~l~l~crr~."
Compare 1 Chronicloa 2U : 7 nnrl 2 Kntnuel 21;21.
Lxs, 110 l'/i 8 4 0 8 ' j Tgl Df'e~8j X)*, " J ~ ~ U1."'Y I I

28

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1 CHRONICLES 28:8-14

solved t o do my commandmentsk and my judlclalL"lK1

decisionsn as at this day.' And now, before the
eyes of all I ~ r a e lJehovah's
,~
c~ngregation,~'~
and

I18:i$1

riF):~:~

in the cars of our God, tale care and search for :],l,';~i~,,
all the commandments of Jehovah YOUR Gad in ;,!:; il;,$
order that YOU may possess the good land' and
!1;~; : ;1; ,
may certainly pass it an as an inheritance to :!~:;y:;
ram sons after YOU to time indefinlte.w
n l ~.I::I.
I>cfll3
,
9 "And you, Sol'o-mon my son, l m w V the
gl,
God of your father and servez him with a corn- r r ~ 7 3
plete heast"' and with a delightful soul? for all o$Y?~!.&?
hearts J ehevah is sewchine and every incf ina- ~~!,G~~,':la
:' 1
tione of the thoughts he is discerning4 If you )P fl31.21
1
clu
:n.xa
search for him he will let himself be found by + X I 1 15.9
you,' but if you leave himR he will reject you k:,r;i"
forever.* See, now, for Jehovah himself has
chosen you t o build a house as a sanctuary. Be o;;:~~sls
II~I'~I:G
-1)r. 31.17
courageous and act."*
11CI !!:?
11 And David proceeded to give SaZ'a.rnan 2$h7:a3R
his son the architecharal plan]< of the porchn y,:!:i!f,:$'
and of its houses" and its storeroomsRand its
:;.;~!
roof chamberst and its dark interior rooms and :-P, ;!?
2:1:17
the house of the propitiatory cover,"" even the o12:
n. 11 3: 1
architectural plan of everything that had come ;. 4915
t o be with him by inspiratjonb* for the court%:<:'
yards-' of Jehovah's house and for all the dining 2:: $3
roomsz all around, for the treasures' of lhe ,~:$$~2.i
house of The [true] Gade and far the treasures u:;';I';FT!
of the sanctified' things, l 3 and for the divisions"
j;
ofthe priests3ancl of the Levites and for all t h e 7:;;
;
!
:
+
work of the sewice of Jehovah's house and for yiiir: -.ii
all theutensils of the m i c e of Jehovah's house; ,:?$ b,kil
14for the gold by weight, the gold for a11 Xhe,.f_::.;fj.;*

;:

( x,.

511k1

"Co?gregntion? X, go-Id'; LIX, ~ P . k l ~ . ~ ib' oUternll,~,

.
")IF the
spirit, M. c "The [t~ue]God." K, hn-El.o.liinr> LXXI'g, " J ~ h o -

wh.'"

I CHRONICLES 28:B-21
-1c11g:2D utendls" for the different services, far d1 the
491

490

utensils of sglver by weight, f o r all the utensils

for the different servjces, "and the weight for

'F$hy::;lthe lampstands' of gold and their I m p s of gold

by weight of the different lampstands and their

lamps and for the larnpstnnds of silver by weight
lampstand and its lamps according to t h e
* ~ ~ 1 2 ~for
. \ the
~
;
, service of thc diflercnt Inmpstands,' "'and t h e
old by weight for the t ablcs of the layer bread?
~ I . Y3~
::I33
:'KI:'i IS tor the different tables, and silver for the tables
kh~u: !.I
7.la, 7 5\) of silver, " and the forks"and the basins" and
n > u .; ,:, the pitchers of pure goEd and for the gold bwlsk
rI:\ 3n.1
by weight for the different bowls and for the
,,<,
2.1Qilver
bowlsmby weight for the different bowls;
121c1
;..ro 1
15
:I I.:rr
'h t If!,+
t ~2
)0 I q and for the incense altarr of refined gold by
weight and for the representation' of the char5;5y71;;
2.;:':0
namely, the cherubsl~~
of gold for spreadIhn .I"!
II.;I r;,23
ing [tlleir wings] out and screening over t h e
1's 1q I f >
nrk of the covenant of Jehovah, I P"He gave inI*?, <w:!-!
H":\silgl~t
for the entire thing in lvritingt from the
P ~~I:I:I
"'"
L
311q179:5 hand of Jehovah upon me,u even for a11 the
Ii . : ~
zn:-Io
.:1.
:tl.::T
~vol-ksof the archl tecturalv plan."
t1c :II:d.I
1,.
:
20 And David went on to say to Sol'a.mon his
3 11:l
?>:I1
I )7
son:
"Be courRgeousr and strong and ~ c t Do
,
JnH 1 G
- z t X e :d~:la not be afraidcE nor be terrified,' for Jehovah3
'11 :4.':10
*!,, 31.s God, my God, is with you.DH e will not desert
.('I1 22.13
.,,,,,. you" or leave you until all the work of the
,:j servlce of Jehovah'f house Is finished.* And
-r,lm313 here are the divisions of the prjests' and of the
:..l on 1 5
: t1r7b 1 ~ : f i kvit&' for 811 the service of the house of The
:I( lr PI L
- I t . ] ! :4:m 1true 1 God,a and 1~3th
you in all the work there
l!'h 5 1
-FA, x, 2H !1s every svilling one with skill for all the sew113' ,i
Ice," and also the princesk and a11 the people, for
:
I( , ~I, I,
-I ,
v:
: m
,~all
~
your words."
*ZQC
4:2
Ro 2 1

:l

,, ,
['%

"Thr [frnc]

Qod." 31, hn-El.o.Rim.';

"Ji~li~rnl~.'~

LA=, ka The.os';

'GgS;r,

493

I CHRONICLES 29: 8-14,

David the king now said to all the con?::$::;

Eiggj:: worth five thousand talentsa and ten thousand
gregation: an "Solco.mon my son, the one 257;F;j
daricsb and silver worth ten thousand talents
t,De;%,:lo
[whom] God has chosen,' is youngs and deli+I& 8 M and copper worth eighteen thousand talents and
;
;
;
;
$
PS roi:a
ate,^ but t h e work is great, for the castlebu is
r z c o 9.7
iron worth a hundred thousand talents. $And
not for man,' but for Jehovah God. 'And ac- 0 ; ~ % 6 1 8
what
stones were found with any persons they
"r6"1&'
*SCh 20:26
cording to all my powerv I have preparedy for ty28ni?
gave to the treasure of the house of Jehovah unU I C 25:10
~
ps 146:2
the house of my God the goldZfor the goldrvork ig2 $929
the control of Je.hi'elo the Ger'shon.itemA
:+g:$:";.! der
and the silver* for the silverwork and the cop- vi$hgi;21
And
the people gave way to rejoicing over
I&;;;
per* for the copperwork, t h e iron" for the iron- ;:;;f6
their
making
voluntary offering~,~
for it was
~5;;$16
work and the timbersa for the timberwork, ,:gkz$;i
RO 117
with a complete heart' that they made volunt ITI
n a 41:17
:s
onyxA stones and stones* to be set with hard :&",hZy;4
tary offerings to Jehovah: and even David the
yf;PhS'&m:17
$, king himself rejoiced with great joy."
mortar and mosaic pebbles and every preciousd E; g,yl
y1Sa 15:s 10 Consequently David blessedu Jehovah bestone and alabaster stones in great quantity. ~ ; ~ ~ ; o
r l C h 16:27
fore the eyes of all the congregationck and
ps8:1
a And since I am taking pleasure* in t h e house
+Eg;
David
said: "Blessed may you be,n 0 Jehovah
of my Cod, there is y e t a special ppoperty of ,r;hFj,24 'g f&t,,
the
God
of Israelr our father,^ from everlasting
E
P
4
,
2
z
,
mine,@gold and silver; I do give it to t h e house x;;g+4
cNe 1:5
even
to
everlasting. Yours, O Jehovah: are
rps
g7:i
of my God over and above all that I have pre- :g; ;iTG
~ s ~ 9 : the
i
greatnesst
and the mightinessu and the
Ps 145:L
pared for the holy house:" three thousand :F;i39"8:3i
~ a 7 , 9 beautyVandtheeminenceyandthedignity,'for
L y e 9:5
talents* of golda of the gold of O'phirl and seven
;8;6
p S ~ i : 9 everything in the heavens and in the earth is
thousand talents of refined silvePk for coating
yD",h&:d8 [yours] .* Yours is the k i n g d ~ r n ,O~ Jehovah,
the walls of t h e houses; for the gold for the
_%;Fr
T-:,0;?:8:18 even the One lifting yourself up as head over
goldwork and f o r the silver for the silverwork
all.& The riches0 and the glory' are on account
FDa 6 2 6
*
~
o
9:19
b
of you and you are dorninatinp everything,and
and for all the work by the hand o f the crafts- nZ$g:
P s 62:11
*De 2 2 4
in your hand there are power" and mightiness"
men. And who is there volunteering to fill his rF;~z::,
2Ch 20:6
d c h 2331
1~2Chl:12 and in your hand is [ability] to make greatk
hand today [with a gift] f o r Jehovah?"n
I C h 24:4
and t o give strength to a1l.n And now, 0 our
$z?il:9
6 And the princesr of the pateinal~housesC
, : ~ ~ ~
$
~
g: g:g2 God,~we are thanking your and praising# your
and the princest of the tribes of Israel and the 32,":$,15
;;;::;;: beauteoust name. l4 And yet, who am Iu and
chiefs of thousands" and of hundredsY and the ~~1~~~
:g who are my people, that we should retain power
chiefs a t h e businessy of the king proceeded t o $:5,$:
,
2?,",'1:;3to make voluntary offerings like this? For
volunteer. Accordingly they gave t o the serv- ,1,C,;;7:,i5
ice of the house of The [true] Goda gold :gk$:ji:
= A t the 1952 value of gold this nmounts to about $132,480,000
(U. S.d.).See Exodus 38 : 24, footnote n . b "nnrics.'' A dario was a

29

:4;

"Congregation," 31, .gfl.ltalt; L X X , s7c.J:le.si'a; Tg, "eo.rle'si.a.~'

Or, "temple." M, Zli.r~~It'.CLiterally, "of t h e fathers," 81. d "The
[trtre] Goct.'' 11, ha-EE.o.Aintr; Tg
i , Uerils; LXIS7, "Jehovah?,

a
b

Perman gold coin equi~alentintrinsicnlly to about $5.60. Probably

derived from King Da.rifus' name, c "Cong.~-egution?'N, qa.Bu1';
L X X , e l .kle.ss'a.

1 CHRONICLES 29 :15-21

1 CHRONICLES 29 :22---30

494

everything is from yous and out of your own y" ":IZ

hand we have given to you. la For we are tern- zGe 47:9
poraryO residentsx before you and settlerswthe; :? !$!,
same as all o u forefathers.
~
Like a shadow our
days are upon the earthm and there is no hope. 32Ch
--Job 3219
14:2
Jehovah our God, all this abundance that
we have prepared to build for you a house lor
your holy name, from your hand it is and to
you it all belongs.* l 7 And I well know, 0 my
God, that you are an examiner of the heart"1c"8:9
and that it is in rectitude t h a t you take pleasure.+ I, for my part, in the uprightness of my +ge;4;;9" I
I
heart have voluntarily offered all these things,
and now your people who are on hand here I
have enjoyed seeing make offerings voIuntarily *;;;711r,
kIKi 8:6l
I
t o you. la 0 Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaac :gii"s:::
and Israel our forefathers,@do keep this forever :
;
as the inclination" of the thoughts of the heart "IsaZ6;3
of your people" and direct their heart to you.'
I%nd to Solta.mon m y son give a complete ,,, ,:,,
heartk t o keep your c~rnrnandments,~
your. testi- ,'DC,h4257
moniesar and your regulationss and t o do every- y;;i;i
thing and t o build the castleht for which I have
me;$:
made preparation."U
t l c h 29:1
ulCl122:11
20 And David went on to say t o all the con- vrch
2~:s
7, ylCIl 1 6 : s
gregation:cv "Bless,Y now, Jehovah YOUR God. S C 20~21
~
And all the congregationc proceeded to bless gz:Ei:,
Jehovah the God of their forefathers and bow zg12$?;$,
lorve and prostrate* themselves to Jehovah and gfi $3;,
to the king. And they continued to sacrificeC *@;;;;7
1
sacrifices to Jehovah and offer up burnt offerw
~
;
$
6
q
a
ings" to Jehovah on the day fallowing that day, Err 6 2 7
a thousand young bulls, a thousand rams, a AkZ?i;31s4
thousand male lambs and their drinkC offer- ,gh1z/,7

zEi?g,

;:A&

Or, "remintle~.s.~~
b Or, rrtm~ple,"
31, hi.?&',
'cCon~eg~tion."
M, qn.7tal'; L X X , ek.kls.si'u; Tg, '+ec.cle'~i.n~>

ings," even sacrifices in great number for all

Israel.' 2 2 And they continued eating and drinking before Jehovah on that day with great
,,
rejoicing: and they proceeded a second time
y e S;IZ
2Ch
7:10
x ~ ~ h 2 3to
: ~ make Solfo.mon t h e son of David kingx
*lKl X:39
k l S a 2 5 : ~and t o anoint* him to Jehovah as leaderk and
IKi 14:7
lrci 162 also Za'dokn as priest. '"And Xd'o.mon began to
:,K,&
' % sit upon Jehovah's throner as king in place of
his father and t o make a success of it,s
sO?Ch
~ ~ ~11:4
. $ 2 1David
,
and all the Israelites were obedientCto him. 24 As
t l c h 2 ~ for
1 all the princest and the mighty menUand aLo
r11Ch 23:l
\-2Sa5:13 all the sons of King David,' they submitted
themselves to SoZ'o-mon the king." e6 And Jehovah continued to make Salfo.mon surpassingly
greaty before the eyes of all Israel" and to put
9
4
ZCh I:1
upon him such royal dignity as had not come to
be upon any king before him over Israel."
~i$:Fih,;~
26 As for David the son of Jes'se, he reigned
over
all Israel,' 2 7 and the days that he reigned
';3:14
over
Israel were forty yearsg I n He'bron he
c?Sa
I I C 311
5:4
~
I C 3:4
~
reigned
f o r seven years" and in Jerusalem he
LZSa 2:ll
reigned for thirty-three [years] .O z s And gradu23a 5:5
?1K12.ll
+G, 15:13 ally he died in a good old age,' having his fill of
Ge W:8
days,@riches and glory, and SoIto.rnon his son
Pr16:3t
began
to reign in place of him.* ae As for the
OGC
lCh 33.29
23:1
affairs"ofDavidtheking,
thefirstonesandthe
"1KtZ:l
IKI 2 1 0
1x1 2 1 2 last, there they are written among the words d
*lKI 11.41
;r<i 14129 Samuel the seerbk and among the words of NaH e b U:32
thann the prophet and among the words of Gadr
Iclsn 9:9
the visionary," "together with a11 his kingship
nzs
2, ~ 12:1
?:a
a
;$Ey,21x28
,1;:4 and his mightinesss and the timest that had
passed over him and over Israel and over all the
tDaI:21
kingdoms of the lands.
cLe2313
NU 155
+ m i 8.63

,,:,

a Literally, "theg gave (put) hand under

b .;S~er.'' MJ vo.eh'. C Or, "seer," That is,

prophet. 11, h o . eh'.

~

SoTfo.mon the king," If.

one seeing a ~ i s l o ua s 3

I
THE 8ECOSD OF
I

'=I2 : u
'1KI z ; a

to get strength in his kingshipCand Jehovah

his God was with himA and kept making him A ~ ; , ~ $ ~
surpassingly greakP And Solfo.mon proceeded :j;t;;;l
to say the word to all Israel,' t o the chiefs of
the thousandswand of the hundreds' and t o the F;,A~ : I zs:m
I
fudges* and t o all the chieftains of all Isi7ael,l{ $I:;,${;'
the heads of the paternal h0uses.n T h e n Sol'o- ':I-:I:
mon and all the congregation''"with him went 1SN h 1:
to the high place that was at Gib0e.on,afor there ,:;!1,;$,1
was. where the tentLof meeting of The [tlwe]
&:;
gad,^ which Moses the semanta of Jehovah had k1i.k1 : ~ : i
made in the wilderness, happened to be, How- $::I ?vr;
ever, the arkv of The [ t r u e ] Godc Davjd had
brought up from Kir'i-ath-jePabrimsto the place, ,:$$2;
that David had prepared far it,z for he had flic,t.;l;~,,
pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.' OAnd the
y' ;$
!t;;,
copper altarO that Bez'al.elA the son of U'rib Ihe
i:j
\I t ~c 31"5
son of Hur6 had made had been putQbefore the VZ1?R
(i:2
tabernacle of Jehovah, and Sdta.rnon and the )4%?\,rl
:\
congregationb applied as usual to it.' a Sol%-mcrn1:'.?: :;it
now made offerings there before Jehov~hupon ,F"i,z(;i
the copper altar that belonged to the tent of
meeting and he went an to offer upon It a + l I i i 3 4
~ c 16:4u
h
thousand burnt offerings."
1 8 t h 40.16
7 During that night God appeared to Sol'o.mo-n
and then said to him: "Ask! What shall I give

:"

1 ~ 1 ,

;;;z;:;Q

ELit~rnlly, "The Affairs of tlre Dnp~,"hM: "Pn.mmli.po'n~e,non

= OF TIring~Omitted) ," L-erIVg. b " C ' n n ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ n t ibl,
o n y,r'l'm h < r l ' ;
L X X , el:.ble.$i'ra. "The [true] Ood," A!, hn-El.n.ltim1: J,S.Y, Ilo
3'k p . l r p r j Sy, "Jehorah." ti Litri*nlly, "he lonr) hcd ] > ~ l t , '11,
~ B~rt
I I I R I I IYeb~ew
~
manuscripts read : " ~ ~ attcm."
o
dba

'1K13:5
pr 8:s

you?*'= * A t that Sol'o.mon said to God: "You

are
the One that exercised great loving-kindness&
ICh 3T:23
FS m:za toward David my fatl.rernand that have made
lrlCh -5
nzsa 7:s
em!:
king In place of 11im.k " NOW, 0 Jehovah
God, let your promise with David my father
:%:%:
1p,C h8g.35
25.6 prove faithfull1)for you yourself have made me
,
$
'
;
,
l
zz;;l kingr over a people RS numerous as the dustg
E P s 3 i : m particles of the e ~ r t h . ""iGive mc now wisdom"
I.IK1 3,7
13 16 and knowledge' that I may go out before this
G e 2217
N U 23.10 people and that I may come jn," for who could
CJoh 2?:22
judgec this great people of yours?"*'lY
Then God
rlgi 3 9
Ps Ilk34
said t o Sol'o.mon : "For t h e reason that this has
p, 3:13
proved to be cIose to your hearty and you have
7$z3Tb13
?ak2
n
o t asked for ~ ~ ~ n l riches
t h , and honor or for
c s ' s T2.2
~ r 2 : 3 , the soul1'of those hntfng you, neither is It even
F'Ch 13:7
days' that you have asked for,'. but you. ask
;i C h 292 many
for wisdom and knotvleclge for yourself that you
I C 23:T
pr
~19:17
may judge my people over whom I have made
king,' the wlsdom and the knowledge arc
gji; you
being
given you;' also wealth and riches and
T;2;.F3
honor
I
give you such RS no k3ngs that were
D
;Fg:;i prior toshall
31.rt6:m
you happened to haveAntld such as no
E h 320
L.I&
&:E one after you nil1 come to hnve."?
2Cl1 9 2 2
Ec 2:9
I3 So Sol'omon came Ifrom I the high place
C E x 27:Zl
crw 3 1 3 that was at Gib'e+an,' iroin before the tent3 of
'ZKI 3.2
meeting,mt o Jerusalem ~ n coritinued
d
t o i-eign
h
E E r 4 1.2
over Israel.' ' U n d Sol'o-mon kept gathering
chariots and steeds11so that he came to have a
thousand four hundred chariots and twelve
&$YiF5
lcK1
9:dS thousand steeds" end d
he kept thcm stationed in
z3Ch 8,s
ri$A:!;i7 chariot clties"li and close by the king at Jentsalernmnl6 And the king came t o make the silveP
cgb$fi24
:Fz:$,?& and the goldo in Jerusclleln like the atones,r
;andcedamvood he made llke the sycamore treest
7:s

CHRONICLES"
A n d Sol'o-mon' the son of David continued

2 CHRONICLES 1:&15

497

,s!l;+.%

:zh&?

a Or, '-1opl 101-e."

Or, "life." " F ~ I ~ I , ' % X X V

Ox,
~ ."bo~eemen."
Q

2 CHRONICLES 1:16-2

;5

499

498

that are in the She-phe'lahau for great quantity. '\",*I 8;

And there was the export of the hors~sthat jy1;;:40
Sol'o.mon had from Egypt,' and the company v!$t$!$a
of the king's merchants would themselves take c i ~ c li i l ; . ~
the horse drove for a price.s I 7 And they custom- i'!;?; i'k"'
arily brought up and exported from Egypt a :I.;.:',?!:
chariot2 for six hundred silver pieces and a
horseQfor a hundred and fifty, and that was the
way it was for all the kings ofthe Hit'titeaL and
2;: 10
the ldngs of Sycia.. It was by means of them

f'::!.:.:

:-,

y0 ; >2:18
~,~:;

that they did the exporting.

[:)I
So. 7,777
Sol'a.rnon now gave the rvord t o build , ~ ; , 7 { ~ ~ 5
house' m Jehovah's namen and a house7:
;;i;~
for his kingshipew ' Accordingly Sol'oman
;
counted off seventy thousand men as burden I~:SU 5:El
bearersb and eighty thousand men as cutters in ,:;I?:
the mountain,' and as overseers over them three 1;; ::<tE:f
thousand six hundred." Further, Sol'o.rnon ,:i;:fif
sent to Ri'ramc"the king of Tyre, sayjng: "Just ;:!; $;&
as you dealt with David1<my father and you f;r,:;:,i
kept sending him cedarwoodn to build himself a
17
iP4t:.H
house in which to drvel1,- here I am buildlngr XI:<
?,;U
~ 5 . ~ 1
a house t o the names of Jehovah my God t o , ' ~ ! ~ ~ ' ? o
sanctifyt it to him, t o burn perfumed lncense rl;.?!;;
before
with the constant layer b i ~ a c m
l ~d nK;l,:";$O
burnt offerings in the morning and in the eve- ,c;l;<;,!r
ning,Y on the sabbaths" and on the new m m s '
~ n at
d the festival seasonsCof JehovaI~our God. dr>;:;p
:)Y,
!I q
To time indefiniteAthis 11411 be upon Israel. And CIKI
Y (-I,
the house that I am building wiII be great,{ for '?: i 2 2'
our Goddois greater than dl the [other] gods.ea c$% :"$

b Chapter 1 ends Ilcre in the Behr~rrt ~ x t .

L-XTTgSy nnd mule Rrhrm ~ ~ ~ n n n spts:
r r i "Y'Iu'rnni,"
31. But we 1 Chmnicles 14: 1. "Hod." 331, El.o+kittl', tho plarnl of
El.o<ltk, fa dencte majesty and di-iine power& a "The [other] gods."
31,ha-el.o.himr; A n , B o i tke.oi'; Yg, d6'&

a Ox, "the
a "Hi'mm."

lowlands."

2 CHRONICLES 2:6-12

"And who could retain power to build him a

house?O For the heavens and the heaven of the
heavens cannot contain him,' and who am P
'i$LS,:z
3:11 t h a t 1should build him a house except for mak'S-ja 7.18
ing sacrificial smoke before hfrn?lc ?And now
i;;:~~;d
k 1 ! ~ 1 5 r i send me a skillful man t o work in goldnand i
n
n1.u 31.3
silver and in copper and in iron and in ~ v o dyed
d
I 1
reddish purplc and crimson and blue thread and
knowing how to cut engravings, along with the
skjllfuE ones that are with me in Judah and in
Javsalem, whom David my father has prepared," @Andsend me timbers of cedar,q jmi:fgE2,:l5
pert nnd alrnugn11 from Lcb'a.non,v for I myself
r l l C i 5I: ~
IIIKI
8 ~:II
I
. I we11 know that your sefvnnts are experiencdb
59
~t ct~ltjngcla~vnthe trees of Leb'a.non,y land
here my servants a w etogether with your servzlKig:$
1 ~ ~ ~ l ~ : "~7 ni t s , )I1even for prepwing timbers for me in
?:;$ great number, for the house that I am building
1 1 1 ~ 7:1, ' ! H will be jireat,~yes, in a wonderful way. J0 And
s
: 1I
here t o Ih ~gatherers
!
ofwood, the cutters of the
llil h ' l
I l i r 911 I, trees,l I do give wheat as foodc for your servants,
W h 1d;t
twenty thousand cors,lcand barley twenty thoui r l , - 7:H
l)n 33.3
sand cors, nnd wine'?ll twenty thousand baths,'
,
c I%23 5
and oil: twcnty thousand baths."l(
1.1I< I 5:7
,t'r 711, IH . I1 At that FIi'ramd the king of Tyres said the
ivord in writing and sent [it 1 t o Sol'o.rnon : "Be,.,,
,.
Jr'e
cause Jehovnh Zovedt his peopIe he has constiyl-,,' 1:1
C;-3:1
tutecl you king over tbem."a 12And Hi'rarnd
33:8
ilq 14,~:m
went on to say: "'B~essedbe Jehovah the Gad
1'3 I:l:H
p Y 1.tc.5 of Isr~el,Y
who made the heavens and the earth,r
1's 1
rvn 1. is because he has given to David the king a wise
. 4 1 son, experiencedIndiscernmentand anderstandc!;l,:'$
i ing,r who will i)uilcl a house ta Jehovah and a

'mW:1

1'5

1t;:ti

*\I.

"Alniu~."M, nLgnm.nrim'. Sm 1 Kings 10 :U, footnote b. LiteraHy, "knowing," 31. "Food,'">y n slight correction of the Hebrew
tcxt; "food," Q B y T and 1 Icings 6 : U. See verse 3, footnote a
Q

2 CHRONICLES 2 :13-3 :I

500

house f o r his kingship.' And now I do send a *zma:x

Accordingly he started t o buiId in the second
skillful man,experienced in understanding, bemonth on the second [day], in the fourth year
02Ch 4;16
longing to Hi'ra~n-a'bi,~'
l4 the son of a woman
{::; &lI1 of his reign.n a And these things Sol'omonr laid
of the sons of DanD but whose father was a man "Jer 4:15
;:; g:; as a foundation for building the house of The
of Tyre,b experienced,+to work in gold and in t3$.%3 1crlz8:zo [true] God," the length in cubits by the former
siIver, In copper,' in iron, in stones' and in tim- ;F;g;;
measurement being sixty cubits and the width
~
bers, in wool dyed reddish purple," in blue x E391
twenty cubits,s 'And the porcht that was in
;
thread* and in finek fabric and in crimsonn and ;E,x,\t:Z,
front of the length was twenty cubits in front
$;; %;:
at cutting every sort of engraving' and at de- ;;$h3;:;4
of the width of the hotwe, and its height was a
2ch 293
fch
29:17
signing every sort of device8 that may be given BE;
hundred and twentylband he proceeded t o overt o himt along with your own skillful men and LEX 3 5 : ~
lay it inside with pure gold. And the great
UIKi"l5
the skillful men of my lord David your father. E X %:%
houseu he covered with juniper wood, after
l5 And now the wheat and the barley, the oil
which
he covered it with good gold,v and then
v1ch
E ' 6m:4
:n
and the wine that my lord has promised, let him ulKi 5.11
he
brought
up upon it palm figuresr and chains.z
E!;! %; "rther, he
2ch i i e
send t o his servants.u '"As for ourselves, we vlK15.8
overlaid the house with precious
*lCh 29.2
shall cut down trees from Leb'a-non according
I C ~2
, 938 stone" for beauty,* and the goldu was gold from
;;zi7$48
t o all your needv and we shall bring them t o you Ezr 3:T
$251.9' the gold c0untry.d And he virent on to cover
8%
as rafts by seay t o Jopfpa,9 and you, for your Ac
A c 10:31
E
k:h&i the house, the rafters, the thresholds and its
02ch 3 2 9
part, will take them up t o Jeru~alern."~
walls and its doors with gold,Aand he engraved
L$;
17 Then SoYo.mon took a count of all the men
upon the walls.0
QEX
P 1%:I
~8 : ~ cherubss
~
"flfi:29
that were temporary residents," who were in the
8 And he proceeded to make the house of the
land af Israel,"after the census that David his fa- "%I gig
Most Holyl+its length in relation to t h e ~ v i d t l ~
*El?;$
ther had taken of them," and there came to be ! :$ gi
Ki s:6
of the house being twenty cubits and its own
Web 9:3
found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six U I C ~ B : ~
width being twenty cubits? and then he covered
6:20
hundred. IsSo he made seventy thousand of them
it with good gold to the amount of six hundred
burden bearersa and eighty thousand cutters in n&5i&\5
x l C h 2 2 3 talents." " And the weight for t h e nails"was fifty
Tsa 4123
the mountain and three thousand six hundred $;?gpu
gold shekeIs, and the roof chambers he covered
overseers for keeping the people in service.'
with gold.
+;kv5"?;5
10 Then he made in the house of t h e Most
Finally So1'0.mon~started to build the house
$$&
of Jehovah' in Jerusalem on Mount Mo- 11Ch22:l
a "The [true] God.)' 31, ha-El.o.ki?uf;L X X , ho Tke.ost; lrg, Ds'us;
*Ge 2 2 2
ri'ah," where [Jehovahlc had appeared to David Ge 22:14
SF, '(Jeharnh." b "A hundred and twenty,'! MLXXE; "turenty
his father: in the place that David had prepared
cubits," L X X A S y , By a, tsanspoatioll of the ldters of the Hebrew
$$:g
word here for ('a hundred!! it would read i'mYits,'' to produce the
on the threshing floor of Or'nank the Jeb'usite, k,zi
expression "twenty euhits." Or, "stnrlded the house ~ i t precious
h
a Or, "Hi'ram my fxtherl' 31. Compare 2 Chronicles 4 : 18, foot~tones.'~d rrGolil count^,'' M1 pnv.wa'im; L X I , planroueins, *At
note d. b ''Tmpora~yretidents,!' 31, gci.~i?it'jZSXTg, i*prosclytes,l~
the: 1952 d u e of gold BOO talents equaled about $26,496,000
c ;'Jchowh," L L U ; L'he," X.
(U.CS, A,). See Exodus 38 : 24, footnote a.

'fz

2 CHRONICLES 4 : L I O
503
Holy two cherubs* in the workmanship of H
ten cubits fmm its one brim t o its other brim,
t lK~~6:2s
El28
!
images, and overlaid them with gold." l1 As for ng; ;2i;8
+ x i r a circular all around, and its height was five cubits,
ss:~
the wings of the cherubs," their length was cExx 37:7
kl"K"i ?iil ' and it took a line of thirty cubits to circle all
twenty cubits, the one wing of five cubits reach- XU 7:m
,"E",' &% around it.# And there was the likeness of gourding to the wall of the house and the other wing % ?&g
shape@
ornamentsan under it clear around,
,"1741,i2,
4,
of five cubits reaching t o the wing of the other :E:i3j6
surrounding
it, ten in a cubit, enclosing t h e sea
~zg&;i\
EXe 1~10 all around.7 The gourd-shaped ornamentsa were
cherub.' le
And the wing of the one cherub of five
ig;:
Re 4:T
cubits was reaching to the wall of the house,
U K ~~ 2 5 in two rows, being cast in its casting. It was
uJor 52:21
and t h e other wing of f i v e cubits was in contact ry;~z$4
standing upon twelve b u l l s , " ~
facing the
v l ~ 6:18
i
6:s
with the wing of the other cherub." ' T h e wings RIKI
north
and
three
facing
the
west
and
three fac6:Y
of these cherubs were spread out twenty cubits, t IKi
ing
the
south
and
three
facing
the
east,
and the
~ ,25:20
pkGi,1,.2,6,
Ex38:8 sea was above upon them, and all their hind
and they were standing upon their feet with
Hcb 9:lO
31t 2 7 5 1
rurl - i : ~ g parts were inward.'
their faces inward.t
And its thickness was a
Heb 9:3
b p s 513
ICO 6:ii hmdbreadth,u and i t s brim was like the work14 Further, he made the curtainU of blue :i",b,Al$o
$LC1:9
As
threadv and wool dyed reddish purple and crirn- rZEx
Eze 4 a : B manship of the brim of a cup, a lily bloss~rn.~
IK~
3
7.15
~
1
:
s
*Ex 29:4
a
receptacle,
thrw
thousand
bathby
measures
son and fine fabric, and brought up cherubs
Heb
4
:
9
&2;,
were what it could c0ntain.z
2Ch 4,12
U P O ~ity
&j
3er 5290
6 Further, he made ten basins* and put five
15 Then he made before the house two pi.- '1K17:16
I
*;::4'?15
25:11
to the right and five t o the left: to wash in
lars," thirty-five cubits in length,a and the capi- 2K1
J e r 52:22
~
~te 5c311
45
them: Things having t o do with the burnt offertaY that was upon the top of each one was five "Egg,Pi;i
%hl~;iz
L E U Z ~ : ~ I ing@
they would rinse in them. But the sea was
cubits. l"ther,
he made chainsa in necklace
Ex 3--17
to wash in it.'
styleb and put them upon the tops of the pillars *Ef;;:&
leh i
~fox: the
~ priests
~
IIeb 8:5
and made a hundred pomegranatesh and put :z;;2;23
'
7
He
then
made
larnpstandss of gold, ten of
rlKli.49
I
kExE:23
them on the chains. IT
And he proceeded to set b l _ ~ i 7 : 2 1
them
of
the
same
plan,"
and gut them in the
Ex,?,,
7:12
up the pillars in front of t h e temple,* one t o the +2a
1,?9:;
e;e22j6L, temple, five to the right and five to the left.*
right and one to the left, after which he called "g4j2?11
8 Further, he made ten tabIesok and stationed
the name of the right-hand one Ja'chine' and the F;T1,!O::,Z,
them in the temple, five to the right and five
nlK1
DNe.5:17
7:49
Isn 45:?4
name of the left-hand one B ~ ' a z . ~ *
r ~ 27:3
x
to the left," and made a hundred bowlsr of gold.8
&EX2 7 , ~
Ex 55:s
l K 1 8:22
va2:ll
9 Then he made the courtyardct of t h e
Then he made the copper altar," tsventy 2K116:14
alKi $:50
x
priests"
and t h e great encHosurev and the doorsy
cubits being its Iength and twenty cubits . ~ ~ e 4 3 j ~ 3 t Ex~ 2i:8
%:9
tllK1 6 : s belonging to the enclosure, and their doors he
its width and ten cubits its height.
Zec
EX 35.8
13.1
overlaid with copper. lo And t h e sea he placed at
;&:'&i:l$
2 And he proceeded t o make the molten sea" z:Z,j
the right side, to the east, toward the south."
zy$iy;g
a "Length," MSy; "height," A X a b "In necklace style." b~ a slight

&;;Fg

:i",L5z4

'f;$?zi

;;f

correction of the Hebrem text; literally, 'Lin the innermost room,"l M.

Meaning "He mU firmly establish."

strength,"
E

Possibly meaning ''In

Literally, "bnlIs," 31. Possibl ornamenh shaped like bulls7heads,

equaled about 9.8 gallon. (0.S. A.)
and reambling gourds. b
or Xoth of a cor.

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I

11 Finally Ki'rama made the cans' and the

shovels" and t h e bowls.*
So Hi'rarn finished doing the work that he
did for King Sol'o.mon on the house of The

'F;,y2s
993

=I:Y

N U 4.14

A;!?J?;$4

;:;.ma
Eg the rule; and the blossomsr and the lampss and
the snuffers,t of gold, (it was the purest gold,)
;,'y+:g and the extinguishersIt and the bowlsy and the
LEX

of pure gold, and the

CUP^ and the fire
I K I . 10
-:KI5 3 3 entrance of the house,* its inner doorso for the
[true] G o d b The two pillm~soand the round t l K 1 I7. .15
II
LlKt 6:31
AII<i 6 : Most
~
Holy and the doorsL of the house of the
capitals' upon the top of the two pillai3 and the f/.{:g:!z
temple,
of gold,
two network$ t o cover the two round capitals :!ii,7$)
CP, 7 3 : B
FinalIy all the worko that Sol.'o.mon had t o
that were upon the top of the pillars and the e:5!$yfa
four hundred pomegranatesVfor the two net- k;k;i:g
do for the house af Jehovah was a t its comFmi7:51 pletiond and Solla.rnon began t o bring in the
works, two r o t s of pomegranates for each net- l >Jl>r
>
;;
*fC"14
sanctified thin@ of David his father;' and t h e
work to cover the two round capftals thnt were r l llTCI
il
GlCh 26:26
.JOS 23:2
upon the pillars,ca l4 and the ten carriage+ and C; t:i ?!;;
silver and the gold and all the utensils he put in
1KI 8.1
the treasures of the house of The [true] Godse
the ten basinsn upon tile carriages; l3the one :l.t,':>>!{s
L C &:
~I
*Jos 24:l
sear and the twelve bulls under it,# and the Y(;<.
~ I C I I L ~ ': It
~ was then .that Sol'o.mon p r o c d e d to call
Y - ' m13.10
'
l3
2Ch Si:31
1ci1
1:~
cans and the shovelst and the forks" and all 3I;';
the older men of Israel' and all the heads of the
their utensilsv Hiyarn-a'bivdr made for 1 C i n ~GaI gI ai l :t 1:
%
;:?;:m a 6 ~ 1 2 tribes,- the chieft~ins'of the paternalk houses
Sol'o.men for the house of Jehovnh, of polished CL,.?-(# 7
1Ch 1 6 2 of the sons of Israel, t o Jerusalem, to bring the
2Ch1:4 apkn of the covenant of Jehovah up fromr the
copppr. 17 In the district; of t h Jord~nx
~
the t1icj;~3
I(:,, ~ 2 : s
42Sa 5:7
city of David,R that: is to say, 2lon.L " And aL1 the
kin^ crtst' then1 in the thick ground1"between ~ ~ , ~ ~ ~ : IPS
# 2.6
,
Ps
K.2
together to the
Suc'cothUand Z e r ' ~ . d a h , ~Thus Sol'08monmndc FG;,' l$;T3
ps13?:13 men of Israel c m e nssernbll;ngL1
CExr 6:22
king a t the festival,' that of t h e sevenlli month.v
all these utensils in very great quantity, for the
ulK18:2
J r ~ rbl':l8
weight of t h e copper rvas not ~scert~ined.~ en.,
4 So all the alder men of Israel came,y and
';$i2$M
3'; TIP,
the
Eevitesg began to carry the Ark, %d they
19 h d Solto.mon proceeded to make all the
,2,C9::S,
m e bringing up the Arlc' and the tent of meetutensils- that were at the house of The [ t r u e ] ";!;
,E,2!l,2
;;/I,,
J ~ s 3 . 6 ingCand all the holy utensilsAthat were in t h e
du 37.10
Godt and the golden a3t& and the tabless'with .KT
JOB6:8
37 :7
I I C I s.3
tent. The priests tlle Levitesb brought them up0
the sho~vbreadcupon them, %Oandthe l a m p II;I;.I~
3C.h 1S:P
I C 1212
~
%d King Sol'o-mon and all the assembly" of
stands* and their lampsk of pure gold, to I1~ht?!:;
SJoh 15:34
them up before the innermost room according toU;,:, y,,
-EL37:1 Israelites that were keeping their appointment
with him before the Ark mere sacrificing*sheep
a ~ I X i i ' r n ~KLTTg;
~~~"
"HLI'~DI,''
31. b l * T h p [true] God," hM, Imand cattle t h a t could not be counted or numS8&:
:
3
Elno.h in?\ ;XI, lro YJ~p.08'; T'g, DP'II~."Upnit the pi l l n r ~ , ILLY;
'~
1"' & : 5
lCll 16.1 bered for multitude, ' Then the pricsts brought
"in frant o f the illar- 31,d Or, "Hi'rnm his f'nttror," 11, Coinl7nro
1~1129!21 the ark of the cove~~ant
of Jehovah into its
2 C l ~ r o n i a l o2~: A, foolnote a. e Libmllg, ' ' l l ~thlt~kn~ru
~
(compnct
I ~ R )of the gromd,'' 11; thnt is, t11c r l ~ ~ y pthouilrl.
rg
Poas~hly114' n
.'The [time] Oorl." M,krl-k:t.081ri?rr': Tr, Dr'tt~; LXSSy, $'Jeho~ o ~ ~ ~ + rof
~ t ithe
o l lHebrew text, "fit tlw i ' o ~ r lot' hd't~.Tllnli,~SCG
4 I r i r

41:;'

~
~
;;;:J
,;

~~,~~~~

'+

1 Icings 7 7: 40, footnote c. f '"lh [true] Gorl." >I., I!N-~<!.O./I;II~';

Tg, DU'MP;
L+LK,''JeIt~vaEt.'~
g Or, W e llrend of Pre~oncc."L-TXTg,
"the lrsn~cso t prescut:rtion."

valt" b "The ~ I ~ C tllp

P ~LFc ~ i t c ~hl;
, " "Tl~rI > I ~ C nnd
~ ~ Hthe Le~ites,"
LXXSyT and 24 Hebrew mnnuscripts; 'r'g, 'The priests with the
Levites."

2 CHRONICLES 5 ;&I3

506

place? into the innermost" room of the house, ?F##!j8

into the Most Holy,Rto underneath the wings
$:$
of the cherubs.k Thus the cherub9 were con- I C I I ~ !p.6
tinually spreading out their w i n g s over the place
of the Ark,n so that the chenlhs covered over n E x n B
the Ark and i t s palesr from a have. But I he ;F;12z::+4

his loving-kinclne~s,'~=V
the house itself was filled
with a cloud,Vthe very house of Jehovah,l
1 K i e:11
and the priests were not able to stand to min'
~ ister~because
~ of the
~ cloud,'
I for~the gloryq of
E;?",;C t 2i:16 Jehovah3 filled the house of The [true] GodBb
Isn 6:d
It was then that Sal'o-mon said:A "'Jehovah
pales were long, so that the tips of t h e pdes
Eze 10:4
hirnseIf snld hc was t o tent in the thick
Hag 2:7
were visible at t h e Holya in front of the Innec- IiKi B,8
2Co 311
a ancl I, for my pnrt, hnvc h i l t n home
RP 15:S
most room, but they were not visible outside, U I Z X 9 i : m
of
lofty
abode for you' and an cstnblishcd place
and theyb continue there down to .this day.t fj:T:ik5
for
you
to
dwell in to time ind~flnite."~'
E,
u
$
!
1
,
8
ib There was nothing in the Ark but the two
~ ; ' ~ ~ \ ~ $ Le
3 Then the king turned his face' and began t o
rs 1s.s
431
tabletsu that Moses' had given ~t H ~ ' r e b , 'rib.,
~'.; 7I TO: ?~O , ~ D
~ s 9 7 : r bless" all the congregationd of Israel while all
when Jehovah coven anted^ with the sons of r;:;
Heb 1218
+ Z S ~ T : I I the congregation4 of Lqrael were standing upk
Israel while they were coming out from Egypt," Y;;;;:;
I K I 8-19
ETI, 1712 * And he wcnt on t o say: "Elessed be Jehovah
11 And it came about when the priests came ;;:;:,
$k?il'' the God of IsraeIanwho spoke with his omn
out from the sanctuary (for all the priests t h ~ tf;;l;,;.p
m m t h with David my f ~ t h c r rand by his own
.7;,Y;i4
were t o be found had, for their part, sanctifidcl"
hands has given SuIfillment,* saying, 'From the
y!;tll):;tf
"XU
J
O
6
2
~
3
2
3
5
tkemselve+there was no need t o observe the :;:,I 14 n
day that I brought my people out irom the land
1 ~ 1 6163
1ch
:bS
division^),^ l2
and the LevitesAthat were sing2ch :9:29 of Egyptt I lllavc not chosen a city out of all the
kNC 8 5
em'' belonging t o all of them, namely, to Atsaph,O
tribes of Israel to b~?lldR house for my nameU
MI 13.2
to He'man,' to Je.du'thma and to their solla nnd i;::);::;:o
n l C h 20:IO
I C M~ : ~ Oto prove t o be there and 1have not chosen a man
to their brothers clothed in fine fabricYwit11 :;:;;;;;;
g: $$;:$ to become leader aver my people 1srael.v But
cymbals* and with string instruments" and 1~:112!,:1
oc I I l'!r.'?S
I shall choose JerusalernY for my name ta prove
F
r
U
!
i
E
;r,x,
harps," were standing to the east of the altar
Lu1:;O
to he there and 1 shall choose David t o come to
slKi : 1 5
and aIong with them priests to [the number of l I,-!, 16 :
t-;a
1.6
be aver my people I s r ~ e 1 . l ~And It came to be
I I E Y5 . 2 4
a hundrml and twenty sounding the
LTe12:s
close t o t h e heart of David my father to build
v l l i l S:16
anti it came about that as soon as the trum- ,:;: :;il",'i
r : ~ ~ l a house t o the name of Jehovah the God of
peters and the singers were as ones jn causing kE1;l];,,l;7
P.;463 Israel.* But Jehovah snld t o David my father,
zlsa
one sound t o be 11emd in praising and thanlcing
the reason that it groved to be close to
$$'pit 'For
Jeliovah, and as soon as they lifted up the sound
your heart to bulilrl n house t o my name, you did
;!i:;;:;~i?+4
4
,
wit11 the trumpets and with the cymbals ancl .I,,a::%
because it provcd t o Isc closc l a your heart.*
*;g;
$g well
wit11 the instruments d songt and with praising tr*An8:s5
ltlm s:i9
Only you yourself will not 11ullcl the house,k
Jehovah, "for he is good,u Tor to everlasting is '$'zr!:::OjW
bttt your son who is coming forth from your
v-13~1

$jjz

ril,L;:;;

:). :(;

a"EIoly," LXX and fire IleSrew ~~~nnuscri nnd 1 H i n p 8 :8;

kq

"Ark," M. h "They,:' LXXSgT and nmoy d l l r e w mmnarripta and

1 K i n e 3 :8; "it," BZ.

Or, ''loyal lore.'J b "The [true] Clod.'' 31, Ao-E1.o.kiai'; LXX, ho

Tlae.o,s'; Tg, DF'WS.
a BI. 'o.ln.wii~n' ("timcs indetlnitc").
"Congseg~~tion."
31,g a - k t ' ; LXS, ~k.klc.si'a.

2 CHRONICLES 6:10-16

509

508

Ioins is the one that wiLI build the house t o myn

name.'n l o And Jehovah proceeded to carry out n,zi
his wordr that he had spoken that I might rise
up i n the place of David my fathers and sit upon &~~e&:14
the thronet of Israel, just as Jehovah had alCh m:23
spoken,u and that I might build the hause t o the t'H'&:Ei'2
name of Jehovah the God of Israel: " and that
I might place there the arks where the covenant.',g!i$z,O,
of Jehovah is that he concluded with the sons $F;b;9,
2ch 91fi
of I ~ r a e l . " ~
IIQb9:4
12 And he began standing before the altar of KIKL8:21
Jehovah in front of all the congregationa of ,:,,*
Israel,*and he now spread out his palms." l 3 (For
Sd'o.mon had made a platformAof copper and Cg;;;g
then put it in the middle of the e n d o ~ u r e Its
. ~ ;%p;h3
length was five cubits and its width five cubits 1 +IKI 8;s
and its height three cubits, and he kept standing %9??0
upon it.) And he proceeded to kneel' upon his ~
~
knees in front of all the congregationc of Israel OZCh 28:14
and to spread his palms out to the heaven^.^":^;
And he went o n t o say: "0 Jehovah the God
of Israel,"there is no Godb Iike youe in the heat.- "G,',;?jjP
ens or on the earth,k keeping the covenantiland &,h;3;;0
the loving-kindnessc toward your servants who $2; ;&
are walking before you with a11 their heart;' ;;P;;;o
YOU who have kept toward your servant David Jcr 1 6 : ~
my father what you promised him," so that you
made the promise-with
your mouth and with
4, ; : : : "
your own hand you have made fulfillment as at rE;;;,l
this day.' lC
And now, 0 Jehuvah the God of ;%!$;
LU I:B
Israel, keep toward your servant David my sZSa
712
father what you promised him, saying, 'There ~ c 22:s
h
1Ch 22.10
will not be cut off a man of yours from before t l ~ <8:24
i

A$;+;?

sonsv
~
gl,!;p
;
s~s26:~

zc;

"Congregation." 11, qn.hnl'; E X X , sk.ble.sira. w ~ o d . " 31, E1.ohim'; L X X , TRe.os'; Tg, Ddzrs. Or, "loyal lore'' d Literally,
"yon spoke," U,

me to sit upon t h e throne of Israel,"if onIy your

will take care of their way by walking
in my law,"Y just as you have walked before
Ps 119:i
Z I K ~s 2s me.'=
And now, 0 Jehovah the God of Israel,"
'Ex 24:10
1 ~ a 1 , 1 7 let your promisea= t h a t you have promised ta
your servant David prove trustworthy.*
$7>$3:
9
E2Sa 7:25
18 "But will Godb truly dwell with rnankindc"
lCh 17:15
$2",1& upon the earth?O Look! heaven, yes, the heaven
of the heavens themselves,' cannot contain you;&
y,Ii,X,.i;
Isa 57:ls how much less," then, this house that I have
+De 10 14
2ch 2 : ~ built?' l a And you must turn toward t h e prayer
2Co 12:2
~ P S I I ~of
: ~your servantk and to his request f o r favor,"
Jer 23:24
"2Ch 32:15 0 Jehovah my God, by listening to the cry of
2Ei,9,F2joy" and t o the prayer with which your servant
is praying before you," 'O that your eyes may
.
prove t o be openedLtoward this house day and
n;:h,:;k13
r ~ s 5 : 2 night, toward the place where you said you
~ 1 K8i 28
tar<i ~
1 9 : ~would
put
your
:
:
~ name,uby listening to the prayer
with which your servant prays toward this
$?::
p1ace.V 21 And you must listen to the entreaties
UgE,x2"6"::24
of your servanty and of your people Israel when
,:;:gm
g;51;p12:5
9 they pray toward this place," that you yourself
may hear from the place of your dwelling, from
ZCh -.I2
*2ch %:27 the heavens;' and you must hear and
Ec 5:2
GJO~
12:4
22 "If a man sins against his fello* man and
c2Ch 7.14
Mlc7.18 he actually lays a cursing upon him to bring
AEX n:n
Nu 5:19 him under liability to the curseAand the curse
:i,K,'
$:i7 actually comes before your altar in this house,O
ps 1231
Sl:CI S:32 2s then may you yourself hear from the heavens'
* ~ u 5 : 2 7 and you must aci? and judge you^ servants so
2Xi 9.26
PSIO:M as to pay back the guilty by putting his course
Pr 1,31
Tsa 3:ll upon his own head* and by pronouncing the
BJob 36:7
righteousm one innocent* by giving t o him acane25:1
cording to his own righteousness."
lCAS,n,
$:,:

mfg$:$

'fz;

2 CHRONICLES 6 :17-23

, " b rlC+~d:' 11,ET.0-kimr; LXXf .The.osr; Vg,

I I ~ i t e ~ ~Ll rl(vl ~~o ~ * d31,
De'lrs; SF, L'Jehovah.'' 31, ha-a.da*tP; lite~aUg,"the mnn."
a

2 CHRONICLES 6 : 2 L 3 0

510

24 "And if your people Israel are defeated n$g;g

before an enemyn because they kept sinning p::,
against your and they indeed returnn and laud
;fi,y7
your namet a d prayU and make request for riT+r2b:.lO
favor before you in this house,' z3 then rnny you tcz ?::I
yourself hear from the heavensy and you must
;I&
forgivex the sin of your people Israel and bring;; * ( : , ;;:
(
them back* t o the ground that you gave to them E;;;,r;;B5
*I-:/r I !G
and their f~refathers.~
1 ' ~10tim47
~
26 "When the heavens are shut up so that no n t : ~12:15
'
rain mcurxAbecause they kept s i n n i n ~against
~
~ky\:ll
you and they actually pray toward this plnee'
and l ~ u dyour name [and] fmm their sin they
turn back because you kept afflicting them," me;y2a; n 1
a; then may you yourself hear from the heavens I:,' g
j::
and you must forgive the sin of your servants, ,I:',].:,!,'.:?
even of your people Israel, because you instruct' j;,;;:;!
them regarding the good wayn in which thry I;I,~;~>,T;~
should walk, and you must give r d n k upon your
land that you have given to your people ns n nIf;ic;li&
, ~2 : ~
hereditaiyDpossession.1=
r ~~I <C uI:I
IPCP!$
28 "In case a farnine' should occur In t h e $l'$!Aiia
lmd, in case a pestilences should occur, in case fk;,??,gL
blight1 and mildew,' Iocrrstsu and cockraachesv ql;f:,
should occur, in case their enerniesr should be- tl.fl*ah :!I:.;
55
siege them in the land of their gatesn-ny
sort v r j ~:*..I6
- 1 ' ~9 l . i ' l
of plaguez and any sort of diseasem- ?" whatever ,I.,, :L.;r
prayer,r whatever request for [avo? there may $[:!;
occur an the part of any man or of all your ;Ajzly;:jl
people IsraelSbbecause they know each one his ny;r$;!;:t
own plague' and his own pajn, when he actually ~;;,{q;;;~
spre~dsotrt his palms toward this house,O the11 o IKIId!lO
il.w
may you yourself hear from the he~vens,the m*llr
l k a 7 : I.,
place o f your dtvelling," and you must forglve" ';r.!l.r; 1O:l.h
and give to each one according t o all his ways,h i':&yi$$

elb\

.TOV

am

Or, "cities,"

as represenbed by

their gabs,

(bemuse you know hls heart,n for you yourself

alone well know the heart of the sons of manrlw 8:39
to the end that they may iPaP you by
scs 20:m kind,)'
walking in your w ~ y sall the days that they are
alive upon the surface of the ground that you
1Ge12:1
gave t o our f~refathcl*.s.~
!gi~~,
Gtr 1:2
32 "And also to the foreignerowho fs na part
uE~12!48
RU 1.16
of your people Israel~~ n who
d
actually comes
1 K i 10.1
13a56:3 from a distant land by reason of your great
tY?:,",yil'name4 and your strong hand' nnd your stretchedout arm," and they actually come and pray to~3
r v a d this house,"93then may you yourself hear
Isa E4:9
Z@cb:22 from the heavens, from yotrr est~hltslledplace
*@e324
m6:s
of dwelflng," and you must do according to all
P!Kf F . d
~1.3g : for
~ which the fordgner c ~ l l sto you," in order
F2i;6 that all the peoples of the earth mRy &ow your
nameJ1and may l e ~ r ryou the same as your peo*g:E;fT
52
ple Israel and may know that your name has
3sa 5;:15
been called upon this house that I have builtpH
k;g
4
;&
P~ 22:27
zrclls:~?,
34 "In cRse your people go out t o the wart
PS 46:10
against their enemies in the may that you send
Ps 6 7 2
rsa 1l:la themil and they indeed prayv t o you In the d i r e rJgr 1C:7 tion of this d t y that you have chosen and the
~h~ 6:27
iEfg;:z house that I h ~ v ebuilt to your narne,Y aathen
you must hear from the heavens their prayer
t 2cl-1
n e- m14:11
.r
-~h1-1:4
and their reguest far favor,"nd
you must
u S u 312
J O S s.1
execute judgment for them."
J.12
lea 15;s
36 "In case they sh against youa [for there
\-;CI> 14:Il
,CI, 2G!6 is no man that does not sin]," and you have to
yDe 12:5
be incenser1 at thcm and a b ~ n d o ntllern to an
enemy and their c ~ p t o r actually
s
carry them off
'
captivei' t o a l ~ n drlktant or n e ~ r h y"
, ~and they
1303 indeed come to their senses in the l ~ n d
where
t Le 2 6 : M
na n .i they have been cwried off captive' and they
+Le 2 6 : a
actually return and make request to you for
ems:47 favor in the land where they are captiuesJesayn l f i B3

">

.,,,:,,

1
ing, 'We have sinned," we have erred* a d we *z;B
;,:
have acted wickedly,'Ic 3%d they indeed return ~&y,
to you with d l their heartn and with all their
gl.;%
soul in t h e land where they are captives of those n1sa
7:s
who carried them off c a p t i ~ eand
, ~ they indeed! 1ifL::1'3
pray in the direction of their land that you gave' 8Da 9:3
2:13
to their forefathersBand the city that you have ;:t iz$,
chosent and the house that I have built to your
?gn
name," a 9 then you must hear from the heavens,
p ; : 1
from your established place of dwelling,. their Isa 57:15
B:49
prayer and their requests for favory and you ZyZ, l K i 1:15
must execute judgment2 for them and forgive"
your people who have sinned against you.
OF$
ps 2
7:s
2:1
40 "Now, 0 my God,: please, let your eyesAAy;f8,i;,
7::s
prove to be opened and your earsCattentive to 2Ch
2Ch 16.9
the prayer respecting this place. 41 And now do FS 3:ls
lsa 37:17
rise up,' 0 Jehovah God, into your rest,myou OPS
l7:l
and the Ark" of your strength.* Let your priests $: ;4L2a
themselves, 0 Jehovah God, be clothed with salvationk and let your men of loving-kindnessan ,:","32!i$
themselves rejoice in goodness. 'LOJehovah
God, do not turn back the face of your anointed CPS 23:6
17:7
one.'" 0 do rememberC the loving-kindnessescEel's
k r sa 59.18
t o David your s e r ~ a n t . " ~
nNe
Isa 6
9.95
1:~
Now as soon as SoIpo.rnonfinished p ~ a y i n g r1Ki
,PS
~ 2 1%
2
the fire itself came down from the heavensu li:1"3"::i4
and proceeded to consume the burnt ofSeringY
and the sacrifices, and Jehovah's gloryr itself T'g;$2,5j,li
filled the house. ' And the priests were unable y;:;;
t o enter h t o the house of Jehovah because Jehovahk glorgP had filled the house of Jehovah.= &Pa9!;:26
YEX~O:M
Kf 8.1l
a And all the sons of Israel were spectators when 1
R~ 2i:23
the fire came down and t h e glory of Jehovah Zg:,4,Pi,35

::&il"l:z,

Or, "loyal lore.'' b 31, w1a.ski'rr hh (in the plural number : ':anointed
ones'" ); ZXX, c h ~ d s . t o ~ 'Vg,
; chris.tzrs; 87, m'shihh, Or, "(cases
of) l o ~ a love."
l
a

513
2 CHRONICLES 7:4-9
was upon the house, and they immediately
'E;i;:i
bowed* low with their faces to the earth upon
x u 1.1:.
NU
1622
lKils:39 the pavement and prostratedn themselves and
nlCh 29:20
thanked Jehovah, "for he is good,- fox his
ps9m
loving-kindness" is forev~r."~
Ps 136:l
4 And the king and all the people were offerC I C 16:G
~
ing
before Jehovah.' And King Sol'o$ ~ : ~ ~ : : ~sacrifice
~
+:At3& mon went on offering the sacrifice of twentytwo thousand cattle and a hundred and ttventy
cirri
I C 8:63
29:21
~

z:?

thousand sheep.@Thus the king and all the people inaugurated" the house of The [true] God."
DlCh 16:39
t h e priests" were standing at their posts of
ItlCh 15:16 "nd
duty,
and the Levitesk with the instruments of
,'I%\%%$
; f ~ ~ ~songn
: , , to Jehovah that David' the king had made
to thank Jehovah, "for his Ioving-kindness& in
PS 1W:l
Ps
138:~
forever,"" when David would render praise by
62Ch
NU IO:IO
23:17
their hand, and the priestso were sounding the
JOS 6 B
I C h 13:s
trumpetst in front of them, while aIl the IsraelI C 15.24
~
ites were standing,
,:$;2:"14
, . ~ ~ ~ : " 6 :7~ Then Solro.mon sanctfiedn the middle of
the courtyard' that was before the house of
;,L,",1;
Jehovah, because there he rendered up t h e
a,C2:1
*2Ch4:1
eLe4:s
burnt
offeringsr and t h e f a t pieces of the com4Le 23.34
NN 2<:12 munion offerings,%
f o r the copper altar* that
De 1613
zec 3 4 3 6 Sol'e.mon lzad made was itself not able t o conJoh 7-2*IKI E:62 tain t h e burnt offering and the grain offeringa
and the fat pieces." And Sol'o.mon proceeded
t:,h,Fi-18
Jos 13:3 to hold the festival? at that time for seven days,
3K1 1 4 : 2 5
~ t 6:14
n
and all Israel 14th him,' a very great congregarX;e 1218
x u ~ 1 : 5 tionca from as far as Ha'rnath" down to t h e
Jos 13:3
1Ki4.21 torrent valley of EgyptPC" But on the eighth
CPs 80:s
day they held a solemn assembly," because the
~ L 2338
G
inauguration of the altar they had held f o r
* K I ~7.10

2Ch 2 4
Ezr 6 16

Or, "loyal lore," b "The [true] God!' M,ha-El.a,himna';

L I X , ho
The.08'; By, "Jehot~ah,'~a 31, ga.kal'; LXX, tk.kEa.si'a; l*g, "ee&'&a.7'
a

2 CHRONICLES 7 :10-18

514

seven days and the festival for seven days."

n2yi
$&!,
And on the twenty-third day of the seventh rg :;iz2
month he sent the people away to their homes
joyfulr and feeling good at heart over the good- ,nm&
Ne s:l6

Ps 3 2 1
nessflthat Jehovah had performed toward David .scti
6:41
and toward SoYo.mon and toward Israel his :hkL5Gf
YEC 2:4
vZCh
Z:I.
peop1e.t
11 Thus Sol'o.mon finished the house of Jeho- &; $
::
vahu and the house of the kingv and in every- *YE:$;
thing that had come into Sd'o.mon's hearty to $5; ;:&
do regarding the house of Jehovah and his own PS 1 0 : ~ ~
s 66:19
house he proved succes~ful.~
'"~ehovah now ap- PL*
1:13
peared* to Sol'o.mon during the night and said Age\?zl
to him: "I have heard your prayer0 and I have ,P,S,:8,:?
chosen" this place for myself as a house of sacri- +
;
gig6
:;
ficeaO
' W e n I shut up the heavens that no rain %
;
tUyi~
may occur' and when I command the grasshoppers to eat up the lande and if I send a pesti- #ES19:s
lence among my people," l4 and my people* upon krDesa32;9
4310
Isa 63:19
whom my namek has been called humblen them- ,
,
,
selves and prayr and seek my faceB and turn g;RgB
back from their bad ways,t then I myself shall r%$hgg7
hear from the heavensUand forgiveo their sinv OPS 2a:n
and I shall healT their 1 a n d . Y Now my own :k",h$&U
eyesx will prove to be opened and my ears' at- t?; &
;;!
tentive to prayer a t this place. lG And now I do j;;:;;~
choosen and sanctify this house at my nmeAT S C 8:1
~
may prove t o be there to time indefinite%nd dg$,!2
my eyes3 and my heart will certainly prove t a
;;=;
Jcr 51:g
be there aIways:
%De1I:lZ
17 "And if you yourself wiI1 walk before mee :F,"l$:g
just as David* your father walked even by doing ;;~i i;;"
according to all that I have commanded you*
and you will keep my regulationsk and my ju&- ;2~11;i;o
q I < i s:4
cia1 decisions," l5 then I shall certainly establish
the throne of your kingshipr just as I covenant- ;ga4,::5,3

,,:,,

i~;

Eee"I:i:"I

ed with David your father,=saying, 'There will

not a man of yours be cut off from ruling over
95
But if YOU yourselves turn backu and
uHeb10:38 Israel.''
v ~ %:15
e
actually leave m y s t a t u t e and my commandr D e m n xnentsy that I have put before YOU and YOU acaJos 2336 tually go and serve other gods2 and bow down to
*lK18:B
them: 20 then I shall certainly uproot them from
off my ground that I have given them," and this
n~$~;~m
AlK19,7
house that I have sanctifiedAfor m y name I
*ZKi=9
shall throw away from before my face0 and I
g;; shall make it a proverbial0 saying' and a taunt
"P"4.J:14 among all the peoplesme
" As for this house that
become heaps of ruins,aXeveryone passing
LiEfi?& had
by i t will stare in amazement* and be certain to
DR 9:12
Jer
19:B
knc 29:a say, 'For what reason did Jehovah do like t h a t
3er 228
to this land and to this house?'" And they will
I > L 2.1s
~
rJg 2:12
have to sag," 'It was for the reason that they left
Jpr 1:16
the God of their forefathers who had
,E:e&!&:3 Jehovah'
brought them out of the land of Egypt-and
,?&?;$
J e r 5:lu
they proceeded t o take hold of other godst and
u1KI Y 9
vJsr
2 ~1h
36~17
2 : ~ bow down t o them and serve them." That is why
;IKi 6%; he brought upon them all this calamity.' "v
And it came about at the end of twenty
*1Ki 7:1
r l K i 8:11
years,y in which Sol'o.mon had built the
r25.3 5:lf
house of Jehovah2 and his own house,' that the
1Ki 5.2
0;sz S ' 3
,Eii11:23 citiesn that HitrambAhad given t o SoI'o.monSolro.rnonrebuilt them and then caused the sons
EF&%j;j9 of Israel to dwell there. SFurthermore, Sol'opCh17:fl
>xu13.21 man went t o Ha'math-zo'bal~q and prevailed
Nu 34:s over it. Then he rebuilt Tad'moF' in the wil#Jos 16:s
i c h ~ :derness
~
and all the storagemcities t h a t he had
kJos 163
IKI 9:17 built in Ha'math.x And he went on to build
Upper Beth-hotron# and Lower Beth-ho'ron,"
1$,"2y&y
fortified cities with walls," doors and bar,r and
*See 1. Kings 9:8, footnote 6.b"Bi'rarn," LIWVgSy; "Eu%m,"
N.0 'LTad'mol;" naLXX8y; "Pa1.m~'ra," J7g.
aps89.38

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2 CmONICLES 8 :7-13

516
Ba'al-aths and all the storage citiese that had
become Sol'o.mon's and all the chariot cities1
and the cities for the horsemenzu and wery de- t:~mz;g
9.;~;;~

;fz.;;f$4

simble thing of Sol'o.monv that he had desired VF:C 2:10

to build in Jerusalem and in LRWa-non~and in Y C 4~: l l
all the land of his dominion.
7 As for aZF the people that were left over of 7:
+T;le
the Hit'tites' and the &n'or.it&" and the ?Ezrn:l
l!i:21
Per'k.2itesVand the Hi'vites' and the Jeb'u;;!;;:;;t
sitesf who were m part of Israel,' 'from their v,~:~ I.+9::o &9
sons that had been left behind them in the land,"
whom the sons of Israel had not exterminated,]' IT;;;:?
Sol'omon kept levyingn menn for forced labor f;;,fl;~f~
until this day.r s But there were none out of the r J o s 1 s : ~ ~
!7;10
sons of Israel that Sol'o-mon constituted alaves lJ06
~ c l .,:I3
9(
11
217
for his W D X ~for
, ~ they were warriorst and chiefs
of his adjutants and chiefs of his charioteers"?;;:?;,;{,
and of his horse men.^ 'These were t h e chiefs ;; :;' ;
of the deputiesz that belonged to King Solromanj two hundred and fifty, the foremen over ?ibl;;i~;
the people.*
*XKIn:aa
11 And PhalJaoh'sb daughdeP Salto.mon CTKIla":n
:{:I
brought up out of the city of David' t o the house r l ~ l g : ~
32ch n:4
that he had builto for her," for he said: "'1.
-1ICl T:8
though a wife3 of mine, she should not dwell in :JLII,2:i1
the house of David idt hiking of Israel, for the
,!,
places t o which the ark of Jehovah has come &:a:qa
.*T.V
1 ,;I
are something holy.'''
WC'h &:I
It was then that Sol'o.mon offelted up I;: !;j
burnt sacrifices* lo Jehovah upon the altar9 of .;!\jlq?,,
Jehovah that he had built before the porch; ;gy;;.t9
even as a daily mattes of course to make N'~I:4.3
!:lo
offerin@ according to t h e commandment of k.;.~.:
X,U *,;n
~ ~ O S E for
S
the sabbath+ and f o r the new moonsn LO
and for the agwinted festivalsr three times in ,i4:!81~;;1B

a L'itcrnl:3;

l.the~:'

x.

517

2 CHRQNICLES S :1 L 9 :1

t h e y e ~ r , dat the festival of unfermentedo cakest

and ~t the festival of the ~ v e e k and
s ~ ~a t the festLIF;;
Lo 73 nzte t ival of the
Further, he set the diviof the prlests over their servica ~ c ~ 0 1 - d p;;: ;br--l, 5 sionsy
ing t o the rule of David his father,i and the
~pvjt%s"
at their posts of duty, to praise*and to
:;:g
In Sronl ai the primts as a daily matI:; 3 ; mlnlstern
ter
of
cottr~o.~
and the gatekeepers in their
:];:"$;,
divisions for 111c d i l k e n t gates,! for such mas
,t :h :?:I
.jt-11
.ill4li i71.I? lhe commandment of David the man of God.&'
l(:ll :->:I
iz And they did not turn aside from the king's
l-n ,,;.
c~rnmandrnent
to the priesW5 and the Levites
'
i
:
:
;
;
:Z~:I d-,!Ir,::l 17 concerning any matter and concerning t h e suppjjps,"
SQ Sol'a.n~on~s
work was all in a pre' I W 31 1
e,\rr : ~1,?.22
.: .ia paredm state from the day of the foundation(:'.I)
[:I2
laying of the house of Jehovah until it was
I
7 1
I! 1' 1 (I "'1
finished,l( [So] the house of Jehovah was corn1(:11 ht:2~
*11C15 1H
pEete.ll
I
:
17 It was then that Solro.rnon went to E'zim,n.,115
l i < l,,:
7:,,51
1
ge'berr
and to EJloth#upon the shore of the sea
2Ch :*)::Ill
2
i
n
the
land
of E'd0rn.t l9 And Hi'rarnhu regularly
,I<! 1 1:22
:~crin:o sent to him by means of his servants ships and
servants having a knowledge of the seav and they
Z[1"&a7':3
1a:Sll 5 1 1 would come with Sol'olmon's servants to O'phirz
, ,
yE\.::i'8 nnd takc from there four hundred and fifty talents* of gold" and hrins it to King Sol'o.monmA
* I ; U ?\:Pi
:,,
-(Ti1 0 1 3
ap:.:c.2.r
And the queen of She%$ herself heard the
PTM ~ ~ . l f i
CJrr :,:'".I

:,:::;

5 v

:1::11~

,,

'.ifi 2.iJ"fo
o:r<r
~ I Z2s.u
L
2 : ~

b:ar ;:sf

I;C;l?

Ierr

G 8

n1:x2r,li

r;

id;:;3

come t o test" Sol'o.mon with perplexing questlons' a t Jerusolcm, nlong with a very impressive
trainr and cnmels'' car'rying. balsam oil" and
gold in great quantity and precious stones.r At
] p ~ ~ g she
t h came in to Sol'o-mon and spoke with

-mna nf SwCod."Z)rutcrononly
31, idr hn-RF.o.Rim'; liternlly, "man of The
33 : 1, foornat~
"s'm,"
w~rj,l?

[trrlp

C;nd.lY

Lxxt*gsy;c.Ilurrnu~;rY.

a.

2 CHRONICLES 9:2--9

518

hlm about everything t h a t happened to be clme 1 e 4 2 m

to her heart.. Sol'o-mom, in turn, went on to tell
her ell her matters,' and no matter was con- ,f&y;g
Prl:~
ceded from Solto.mon that he did not tell her.u 'fg;??
3 When the queen of SheSa got to see Sol'o- v:g;:i2i
mon's wisdomv and the house that he hnd b u l l t , ~$:2,$
and the fwd of Ms tableE and the sitting of 2:; :;&
his servants' and the table serviceu of 111s ~ralt-'s$;;;;a
erso and their attire* and his drinking serviceP-LU 1 2 : n
and their attire, and his burnt sacrifices' that he i?i13ji?5
rem~larlyoffered up at the house of dehavalzIo f,'.,l:.,ll
then bhcre proved to be na more spirit in her.' :j:;&l3
So she said t o the king: "Tlw was the word
that I h e ~ r din my own land about your matters ; g;;
~
F
;,:;
and abo~rtyour wisdam." a And I did not put E
I I I K ~10:T
20:?5
faith1<in their words until I had come that my JJoh
~h 2<':23
own eyes might see,a and, look! the1.e has not rT;g:?
been told me the half of the abundance of your s $ $ ~ ~ ~
wisd~rn.~'
You have surpassed the repart that 1
have heard.. ' Happyt are your men and happy =&:%
;;!ii
are these servants of yours who Rrc standill& ;
IT1 i : ~ i
before you constantly and listening t o your tlKi
u l ~ 1o:a
5:7
i
wisdom." s M a y Jehovah your God come to be 3,Fihyp
blersed,v who has taken delipht~in you by put- y$2F
:;p
tin^ you upon his thronex as king for Jehovah zg,,2:F:s
your God,' because your Gal loveda Israel,
&~$p
l o make it stand to time indefinite, so that
hqs;:ig
put you over them as king' to execute judicial :zsa s:15
declsionb and righteousl~ess."+
SO
I s n 9:7
233
9 Then she gavee the king a hundred and Fa\",::
twnly talents' of gold* and balsam olllr In very
great quantity arid precious stones," and thew1:F2y;
ilad not come to be the like of that balsam oil k r e m i l
whlch the queen of She'ba gave to Icing Sol'- EY 3::s
~;u:;;n
o.rnonmr
rml 10:lQ

" Lilcmlly, "the standing!'

519

2 CHRONICLES 9:IO-18

10 And, besides, the servants of HK'ramaa and

the
sewants of Sol'chrnon who brought goldt
om 1w:1a
t 1K1 I1:7 from O'phir brought timbers of almug treesC"
l l i l L0:LP
2Ct1 B:JH and precious stone^.^ " And the king proceeded
1'4 71111)
lll.l<L l(t 11 to make out of the timbers of the nlmug trees
VPt:h 3:B
stairsy for the house of Jehovah and for the
Y I I C I r.:n
P*lI<I
' 11'11 ??!I king's houses and also harps* and strlng instru''5 02:3
i's l!dP:3 ment* for the singers: and the lilce of them had
ESn (-5
never been seen before in the land 01 Judah."
1 C t I :,:i:s
bICk1 :1:33
12 And King Sol'omon himself gave the
r:' ' 115 : 1 P
E l l C l 1dr:LP queen' of She'bae all her delight lor which she
+I I L L 1Ll:l
had ~ s k e dapart from what she brought t o the
$1 1 Y?:.ld
Idu11:31
kin^." After that she turned ahout and went to
W;t. 25::j
HI'S
Po:,\
>It 1524 her own land, she together with her servants.*
*11=3
Ii1:1,3
13 And the weight of the gold that came to
Sol'o.rnon in one year amauntcd to six hundred
and sixty-six talents" of gold,lr I L clsjde from the
mcn of travel" and the merchants' ~ v h owere
bringing in and all the kingsn of the Arabst and
the governors of the land who were bringing in
gold etnd silver t o SoZ'o.mo~z.
15 h d King Sol'o.mon went an to make two
hundred large shields of alloyed gold" (six
hundred [shekels] of alloy& gold he proceeded
to lay upon each large shield)'' la and three
hundred bucklers of alloyed gold (three rniknasd
of gold he proceded to lay upon each buckler) .y
T h ~ nthe king put them in the I-louse of the
Forest of Leb'a.non."
17 Further, the king made a great ivory'
throne:' and overlaid it with pure old," I-d
there were six steps to the thronc, and there

''IIi$mm,'8

LSXTgsy r 'Bn'ramP Mmnrwfn, b OF,*?ho t r n ~ ~ k e r ~ . "

Pon~ihly,hy R correction of the Hebrew toxt, "the mt~ipaof Tar'hia all." ~"Sh~lrolrc.~'
Inserted in agreement n.itll 1. K i n p 10:10.
"Jlr'na~," Ry nnd I Rings 10 :17 ; 4 n h u n d v o d , ' ~ L

was a footstool Ingold t o the throne (they were

attached 1, and there were armrests on this side
and on that side by the place of sitting, and two
lionsqwere standing beside the armrests.' IP And

og; g;!
*k;~t ?
;1: 9 h

there were twelve Iions"" standing there upon asRea b21:12

4:10
the six steps an this side and an that side. No & ~ i ~ ~ : 2 0
other kingdom had any made just like it.* h d E; ZZ,
all the drinking vesselsu of Icing Solto.mon were i;,K;1
;%a
of gold," and all the vessels of the House of the ;p&m
Forest of Leb'a.nonn were of pure gold. There 2rh 20:36
was nothing of silver; i t was considered as noth- I1'1~n72:lO
23:1
Jon 1:s
ing at aIlr in the days of SoIto.mon. For ships tJ,
' ?a 531
belonging to the king were going to Tar'shlshmLa:$]L$;fi
with the servants of Hi'rarn.nr Once every three V,';y;{&
1
years ships of Tar'shish would come in,carrying y;;!&,:,es
goldu and ~ i l v e r , ivory,^
~
and apesz and pea- *Job
z l r r i io:zz
39:18
cocks,.
alKi 323
1,Ki 1 0 ~ 2 3
22 So Klng Sol'o.mon was greater than all 1 m:s7
;the other kings of the earth in riches" and wis- A?$??:\%
d ~ r n , ~And all the kings of the earth were &:lil"iE
seekingb the face of Solfo.man to hear his wfsdom; which The [true] W b had put in his *;F~;";:&P
heart.m " And they were bringing each his gift,' %,c,:;:~=
articles of silver and artldes of goldu and par- ;$h2~12
merits? armork and bdsam oil, horses and UR l:17
b n 5:11
mules11 as s yem1y matter of coume.r 3u And 1.
u 21:I5
Sol'omon came to have four thousand stsllls ?$,"$?&
of horscs-nd
chariotst and twelve thousand $: ;
~ t e e d s ,and
~ he kept them stationed In the ggzsl
2 Sa 8:13
chariot citicsu and dose by the king in Jerusa-I*Irlsn
lem, Z W d he came to be ruler over all the r > t r i l 22:s
~33IIKL 10:20
kings from the River"own
to the Iand of t h e anel7:ie
Phi.lisrtines and down t o the boundary of :\yii?gg

'

$el\

LSKVgSy; t T ~ F m m , "M. bUThe [truslr God." hi,

latr-~l~o~ka'm';
L X 9 , h o Tlr~~os';Sp, ''Jehovah," 0 Or, hor~emen."
d "Thc Iiiver."' That is, the Eu.phrnttes,

a'CHi'raa,"

I 3 g y p t . V 17Furthemore, the king made the

silver In JerusaIem like the stones, and cedary2&
wood he made like the sycamorer trees that are
ffg,l;::n
in the She.phetlahaa for meat quantity." PR And
l?Ch1:16 there were those bringing out horses1 to Sat'o'IKi
mon from Egypt3 and from all the other lands.
2:7
ICA
29 AS for t h e mt of the affairs of Sol'o.rnon,'
A l K l 1Y41
c?sa 7:a
the
flrst and the last, are they not written among
2SH 12:l
the words of Nathano the prophet and in the
1K11.8
prophecy of A-hi'jah' the Shi'Io.nitee and in the
record of visions of Id'dob- the seer concerning
:; Jmr.o.bo4am"
t h e son of Ne'bat?k And Sd'o.'(:1113:22
mon
continued
to reign in Jerusalem over all
E C h 1320
Israel
for
forty
years.ll Finaily Sol'o.rnon lay
h;~;?;:~!; 31:16 down with his foref~thers.'
So they burled him
1 K i 1:21
, ~ Re.ho.botamt
Ii<i 14:20 in the cItyof David his I ~ t h e rand
his son began to reign in place of hirn.U
2 ~ 1 21%
1
And Re.hr>.bs'amv proceeded to go to
She'chem,~for it was t o She'chm that
h.It 1:7
r l 11~43
~ a~l l ~
the Israelites cAme to make him king. a And
$E$i,il ,it came about that as soon as Jer-o.bo'am8the
G*r:f2
J U R m:T son of Ne'batDheard of It while he wras yet in
;3s82;:1
Egypt: (became he had run away on account
I ~ c '4
h
1 ~: 3 8of Solto.rnonthe king,)Jer.o.bo'arn immediately
came back from Egypt.' 'So they sent and
*i~lub
n l % iu:2??
blrCi 11:lil called him, and Jer.a.bo'am and all Israel c m e
and spoke to Re.hoabolam,saying:' "Your Eather, tor his part, made our yoke hard,' nnd now
mp;&il
11:*9 mnke the hard service of your father' ~ n the
d
> l t 23:;
lheavy
yoke"
that
he
put
upon
us
I
i
~
h
t
e
r
and
,
~
*lIl Ki lI4:21
952
x
~
l
n
8:s we shall serve you.""
# l l C l 4:7
5 At this he said t o them: "Let there be yet
rc 5:s
three d8ys.r Then return to me." So the p2opie
went away." gAnd King R@.ho.b'ambegan to
Or, "the Iowlanda." b Literally, "Jc'di," 11, or "Jefdo," W"rurn,
6t.c 2 Chonioles 18 ; 15.
vlK14:21

+p;i5;;:19

:?!lll&z
$;fi?3

take munselt with the dder men that were continually attending upon Sol'o.mon his father
while he continued alive, saying: "Howare YQV

advising to reply to this people?"U ' Accordingly

they spoke t o him, saying: "If you mauld prove
yourself good to this people and actually be
pleasing to themv and indeed speak good words
to thern,r then t h e y will certainly become your
sewants for always."~
8 However, he left the munsel' of the alder
men with which they had advised him and he
began to take counsel with the young men that
had grown up with him,O ivho were the ones
attending upon him.* A n d he went on to say
to them: "What is it that YOU are offering In
counsel* that we may reply to this people who
h n v ~spoken t o me,saying, 'Makc tho yoke that
your Father put upon us li~l~ter'?"'
"'In turn
thc young men that had grown up with him
spakc with him, saying: "This is wli:~t you
shcdd saymt o the people who have spoken t o
you, saying, 'Your father, for his part, mnde our
yoke heavy, but, as far you, make it lighter upon
us,' this is what you should aay to ttrem,' M y
otvn little finger will certainly be thicker than
my father's hips? " And now my fat her, for his
part, loaded upon YOU a heavy yoke, but I, for
my par?, shall add t o YOUR yoke.lc hly father, for
Iiis part, chastised YOU with whJps,n but I, for
my park, with sctsmges.' "r
12 And Jer.o.bo'am and all the peopIe pro.
ceecled t o come t o Re.holboEamon the third day,
just as the king had spoken, saying: "Return t o
me on t h e third day!'# l 3 And the king began t o
answer them harsh1y.t Thus King Re.ho.bo'am
left the counselU of the older men,v and he

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went on to speak to them according to the cornsel

of the young men? saying: ''I shall make
fP$=94
om yoke heavier, and I, for my part, shall add
to it. My father, for his part, chastised YOU with
whips,
but I, for my part, wjth ~courges."~
5Pr16:18
.ELYj34
Is And the king did not listen to the people, for
it proved t o be a turn of ~ffa3i-sfrom The [tmel
Goda' in order that Jehovah might carry out his
1
?;
, *p
8 h 2 2 ; ~ wordn that he had spoken by means of A.hi'jahbA
Ps 5 3 0
a m 3'6 the Shir1o.nlte' to Jer.o.ba'~m0the son of Ne'batnP
01% 15329
2 ~ 1714
a
16 AS for a31 Isr~cl,becau~ethe king did not
2Ki 9.36
2~11($:10EiSten to them, the people now replied t a the
AlEil11'11
tlK111:m king, saying: "What shnredouiehave jn David?'
01Xi 1 2 : i S
A n d there is no inheritance In the son of Jm'se.'
.;:Is
1x111.13 Each one t o your gods,': 0 Israel!' Now see to
lc,,17:le
your onn IIOUS~, 0 DnvId.*'*With that aU Israel
eFgsy7
12:36 began t o go to Its tents.
#lKl ll:32
17 As for the sons of Tsrael that were dwelling in the cities of Judah, Re.ho.botam continued
n ~ ~ / to~ reign
~ : :over
~ them." l a Subsequently King liewho !v.vas over those
,;,h.$& ho.bo'am sent Hn.do%amjdl"
conscripted1 for forced I~bar,but the sons of
$&
17:4
xu 14:10 Israel pelted him with stones,n so thnt he died.
2 c h 2521 And King Re.ho.bo%iamhimself m a n a d to get
,-LC 7 2 3
t!m iths up into his chariot to flee to Jerusa1em.t " And
the Israelites kept up their revolt" against the
%
:::;::,
house of David down to this day,'
,";1;&\;:

,zf

'"The [trua] God." M, hn.El.ablirmf;Ello titlp El.o,him' being preceded by the deflnrte nrticlc 180 (''The") for empbnpis. Ag, "Joliov&."
b RI, A.7tltr.ia'b zr; ~ncanit~g
"Uroth~rd' 1'1111 (11 ) ." 0 JI, o.lttl.lil)i';
literally, tent^?^ Thia i a one o f [he Elghtrbcli~Rmclndntlona of the
Sopherlm. The miginnl Hebrew toxt is ~lllcg~rl
t o Ilnvc ~ucnd~ 1 ~ 0 , k i ~ n '
("gods," 'or, "God"), bat: by t t a n n p o ~ i nt ~h o scconcl and third consonants of thc morcl thr , J c r i ~ hSuphol-im n~nrlethe 31 tcxt rend
'"tents." See 2 Samnel 20 : 1, fnntnotc it, arid I Jifng~12: 16, footnote a, d See Ad.o.ni'ram, in 1 l i i n g ~4: 0, nrtd d.do'inm, in 1 Kings
12 : IS.

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11

525

2 CHRONICLES 11:15-23

Ieft their pasture groundsu and their

When Re.ho.bo'am arrived at Jerusalemp ;:Fi :;gl
I
uvLe~2:7Es :Levifes
~
he immediately called together the house E;; ;$;:4
propertyv
and then came t o Judah and Jemsaxu 1s:21
YIKI i2:31 lem, because Jer.o.bo'amy and his sons had disof Judah and Benjamin,. a hundred and eighty
charged them from acting as priests to Jehothousand choice men able-bodied for war,' to w;$;g
~~gz
bEm3:11
ah.^
he proceeded to put in office for
fight against Israel so as t o bring the kingdom u2; m~ 12:7
: ~
a1K113:33 himself priests for the high plaeesz and far the
back to Re.ho.bokm. Then the word of Jeho- AEi$Fi15
*Le
goat-shaped demonsa*and for the caIves that he
vah came to She.rnai'ahan the man of God,l*"
n1Kf12:2a
had made." l6 And following them from all the
saying: "Say to Re.ho.borarnthe son of SOYO--%%is
tribes of Israel those that were giving their
mon the king of Judahc and to all Israel' in $;[g&~
heart to seek Jehovah the God of Israel came
Judah and Benjamin, saying, "This is what 2%
226
themselves to Jerusalemd to sacrifice' to JehoJehovah has said: "You must not go up and * GAc~ J7:26
D:SO
b,IEg,
1K1 11:31.
ps 108;l
vah the God of their forefathers. " And they
fight against YOUR brother^,^ Return each one 2ctl
L0:15
vDe IZ:a
: i ~ kept strengthening the kingship of Judahe and
to his house, for it is at my own instance that k ~ $ ~ 3 i & ~ 1 , DDee u1224
this thing has been brought about." ' "* So they
l c h 1 6 : 2 9 confirming Re.ho.bo'am the son of Sdto.mon
:g:&
for three years, for they walked in the way of
obeyed3 the word of Jehovah and returnedk ;
&
:
%
j
:
;
;;zyl
2ch 26.6
from going against Jer.0-bo8am.n
"Z,Ekl,& 1 David and Solfo.monfor three years."
n G e 3539
18 Then Re.ho.bo'am took as his wife Ma'ha5 And Re.ho.bo'arn continued t o dwell in Jeru$5
~t 13~21 lath the daughter of Jer'imoth the son of David,
salem and proceeded to build fortified cities' in $ft
u2&?4:2
A m I:1
Judah. T h u s he rebuilt Beth'lehemCe and =c
zr 2 2 1
:$iy3 and of Abli.ha.il the daughter of E.liiab* the son
of Jes'se. In time she bore him sons, Jetush and
E'tarnt and Te.ka'a,ll and Beth-zurv and So'coP :i:g
I C17:28
Isn
233
~
tCh27:18 Shem.a.rifah and Za'ham, 20 And after her he
and A . d ~ l ' l a m , ~and Gath" and Ma.re'shahr z ~ ; 9 5 ~ * , ~
and Ziph,* " and Ad-o-ra'im and La'chishfi and
k2E
,1,5;,Z toolr MaPa.cahk the granddaughter of Ab'sanZsa13:l larn.tl In time she bore him A.birjahr and At'tai
A-ze'kah,' and Zo1rak@and Ai'jablonxand Het- A?;: ;
2Sa
18:33
;
r l K t l 5 . l and Zi'za and She.lotmith, 21 And Re.ho.botam
bron," fortified cities, which were in Judah and F.J'OS 10:s
2Ch 12:16
2C!1 329
was more in love with Ma'a-cah the grandh ~ i:'i
t
Benjamin, " Further, he reinforced the fortified +Jo5 10:10
"Ezr 2:61
daughter3 of AbFsa.lomthan all his other wives
placesk and put leadersn in them and supplies Neer 11:30
34:7
OEs 2:14
and his concubines,O for there were eighteen
of food and oil and wine, l2 and in a11 the differ- ;J",",",1,2
wives" that he had got, also sixty concubines, so
ent cities large shields'' and lances," and he went # E , " ~ ~ ~ ~ l ,,
;
on reinforcing them t o a vePy great degree. And 4;;
$,
B$$a that he became father t o twenty-eight sons and
2 ~ 5:13
sixty daughters. a 2 Consequently Re.ho-boramput
Judah and Benjamin continued his.
112ch1759
lECi 11:3
r2K1 11:11)
1c1t3:1 A.biljah the son of Mara.cah in office as head,
13 And the priests and the Levites themCa 6:s
: ,2g6 : lii ~
tDe 21:15 as leader among his brothers, for [he thought]
selves that were in all Brae1 took their stand xncn
Ue 2137
G 47,2P
c
of making him kingt However, he acted unz ~ l s:a
l
by him out of all their territ~ries.'~ IVor the ~tach
11:3
,:C?,;"u;& derstandinglyu and distributed some out of a11

,:z1L"1:2$3

::

31, She~m'idhzr;meaning "Yah ( u ) has heard?'

',Man of End."

M, ish ha-El.o.1rimJ; literally? ''n~stnof The [ t i u e ] God." See Deuteronomy 33: 1, footnote a.

h'Goat-shaperI demons." Thought to be hairy creatures, having

the form o f a he-goat. See Levititus 17: 7, footnote a,

2 CHRONICLES U:I-7

526

527

his sons to all the lands of Judah and of Benjarnin,v to all the fortified cities? and gave them n;~$h~;61,
food in abundancey and procured a multitude,y2Ch 21:z

'I

zDe 1 ~ 1 7
of wives [for
. *2Ch 11:17
And it came about that, as soon as the "g;:;:
kingship of Re.ho.boramwas firmly estab- F&y;s
lished' and as soon as he was strong, he left the Aiz;
;;!;;

12

law of Jehovah,= and also all IsraelAwith him. a c h l i : s

6:lG
b d it came about in the fifth year of King 01hIic
.-r ~ 11:
l 13
Remho.bo'ambthat Shi'shak' the king of Egypt: ;$\ ?:;:
came up against Jerusalem," (for they had be- 2",:$,:
haved unfaithfully toward Jehovah,)' Swith K2h97;;Q
twelve hundred chariots" and with sixty thou- 17p,;i3
1% 13:s
sand horsemen,k and there was no numbern t o k2Sn
!
the people that came with him Out of Egypt- n J g 6 10:18
:s
Lib'y.ans,ar Suk'ki-im and E.thi.o'pi.ans.bB And
he got to capture the fortified citiesp that be- ~~~~f~~
longed to JudahF and finally came as far as ;s,"413":f
EZG 305
Jerusalem,U
t2Ch 1 1 5
5 And She.mai'ahP the prophet himself came
t o Re.hs.boPam and the princes of Judah who v r ; r ~h:aa
had gathered themselves at Jerusalem because 2Ch
I
of Shi'shak, and he proceeded t o say to them: y,Dpe&E
"This is what Jehovah has said, 'You, for your ~k;;;;;~
part, have left me,y and I, too, for my part, have .y~~3tz~
left YOUS to the hand of Shi'shak.' '' At that the D ~ ,10:3
princes* of Israel and the king humbledn them- g?Ei$:
selves and said: "Jehovah is righteous."* And $;: 2;;:
when Jehovah sawQ that they had humbIed AB,'t,94;7n
themselves, the word of Jehovah came to She- i.;, 11'09;;
mairah,' saying: "They have humbled them$$?$
selvesP I shall not bring them t o min, and in a axl
12.22
little while I shall certainly give them an escape ekE?7:i'
and my rage* will not pour forth upon Jerusa- u ~ , l \ $ ; ~ l
a m , Lu.bimP. bi'E.thi.o'pi.ana," L X X V g . Or, "Cu5h'ites." 34 Cir-

r&",h$z'8

shim'.

"1"

11:40

2 CHRONICLES 12:3-15

lem by the hand of Shirshak.k But they will

ng;:fi, become servants of his,n that they may know
rDe 2 ~ 4 7 the difference between my servicer and t h e
service
of the kingdoms of the lands.'ls
g
~
o
~
~
o
tlK1 1 . 4 : ~ ~ 9 SO S ~ Y S the
~ ~ king
W of ~ g y p tcame up
against Jerusalem and took the treamres of the
u&$[T,ij& howe of Jehovahu and the treasures of the
king's h0use.Y Everything he took,y and he went
v l K i 14:26
on
to take the gold shields that SolPo.monhad
;g;
made.= lqonsequently King Reho.bo'arn made
2 ~ 18I15
i
,.:%1' "4:."2; in their place copper shields,' and he committed
of the chiefs of the
ii&
' ~ them
~ guardsA
2t o the conhol
'La 4 3
the
of
the
entrance
of the king's h0use.b
n1Sa 3:ll
2 2 : n l1 A n d it would omus that as often as the king
2Sa 1 5 3
11ri IS:&
came to the house of Jehovah t h e runners came
L2Sa 8:18
7z;y;"z; in and carried them and returned them to the
P1Kl f.1:27 guard chamber of the runners.* l2 And because
'1KH4:'K
he humbkd himself Jehovah's anger turned
Yzh5Fii2back from himm and he [did] not [think] of
ace la:ae
~ 2 2 bringing them to ruin completeIy,' And, besides,
igi ;',if there happened to be good things in Judah."
k$l,K,'i$::$l 13 And King Re.ho.botam continued to rnake
his position strong in Jerusalem and kept reign\FRlz
P s 48.2
ing, for Re.ho-bo'arnk was forty-one years old
Ps 76:68
when
he began to reign and for seventeen years
?;:=;
Eze +13:35 he reigned in Jemsalem, the cityUthat Jehovah
~ l K23:s
tnc
14:ar
i
had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel t o put
his name there.r And his mother's name was
&5'&:i1
xe 13:Z6
But he did
1i1Ki 16:34 Na'a-mahB the Am'rnon.it.ess.t
7 . w 529
what
was
bad,"
for
he
had
not
firmly
established
ISn 7 3
his
heart
t
o
search
for
3ehovah.v
$2:;;;;~ 15 AS for Re.ho.bo1am'saffairs,Y t h e first and
prRi ld:zg
zlCh 29:29
*~rrt1.222 the last,= are they not written among the words
~4"ck$;$ of She.mairah*the prophet and of Id'do' the seer
enrollment?
L
~ by genealogical
~
~
~
j Ancl~ there~ were
g;l# warsAbetween Re.ho,boramband Jer.o.bo'am' all
X L n

I.;:

the time. l o FinaIly Re.hs.ho8am lay down wlth LiE3 :;$:

his forefathers1 and was burled in the city of ;;j;;{:;;
1 L . h 3.1~1
David," and A.bi'jahax his son began to reign in V 5:t
1.7
place of him.

*1Iil 12:2S

In the eighteenth year of King Jer.o.boY- :;& I

am*i t was that A.bl1jah. began t o reign r~~;~2;13s
over Judah.k Three years he reigned in Jerusa- r$ lo 20
lem, md his mother's name was Mi.cairah"a the
daughter of U.ri'e1 of Gible.ah.rAnd war itself
y$T4
took place between A.bi'jaha and Jer.o.bo'arn.m ,,<ti:12f5LJ
3 Then A.bi'jaha engaged in the war with a ;
;;$';

13

kl15l 15:l

; ; ; ; 11

:I:

military force of four hundred thousand mighty 9;:;; ;;;;

men of
chosen men. And Jel-.o.bo'rrm him- r.24 11 I i:D
rTosIk72
self dse-rv up in battle formationu against him .joy
17.15
J C 2.9
wlth eight hundred thousand chosen
val- .J,.
!ant, mighty men. A.bi'jaha now rose up upon ,K<!,!$:~
MountZern.a.ra'im,Ywhichisin the mountainous b,:~;:.zi
region of E'phra-im,z and said: "Hear me,' Og;;i;$;t
7 : ~
Jer.a.bo"
and all Israel. "Is it not for YOU to nuh
J1CI H:20
knowu that Jehovah Zhe God of Israel himself m1+IVII
J7:14
1-?:11
gaveh a kingdom to Daviddover Is~nelforever,' prt-'llH+~:D
t o him and t o his sons," by a covenantr of salt?' zk:r1j?,:3
And Jer.o.botam" the son of Ne'bbat, the serv- '?;,Tc,21:.:?,ls
a n t h f SoI'o.mon the son of David, proceedd
t o rise up and rebel" against his 1ord.C3r :And ;j;j ,::
unsteady men,. good-for-nothing feIlows,l kept ;
&.*
colIecting themselves together hy him, Finally
1, IS,.!^
they proved superior to Re-ho.bo'arn the son of
"'
Sollu.mon, when Re.hahbo'arnuhimself happened F;
t o be young and fainthearted, and he did not ,;E,;:;:23
~ K:>I:IO
I
hold his own against them.v
tl?Ch 10:18
:Ir:l~ ~z:i3
8 "And now YOU men are thinking of holding GF'/L*
1 :2
YOUR own against the kingdommof Jehovah in ~,:i'h ir:4
LIA.hi'j~mN
a t 1 Kings 14:31; IS:1, 7, 8, Cnlted Yn'~.cab at
2 Chmnfcles 11: 20-22-c"'lord." If,a+dannit~l,
the plural numbcz
of u.drint, to denote excellence or mnjmty,

r;r;;

:::'&*:

I
I

529

2 CHRONICLES 13:9-13

the hand of the sons of Daufd,Y when Y C ~are

U
a
greatrnultitude~and
therearewith
yonthe
L U 3::m
cxe9.18
golden calves? that Jeno.lm'arn made for YOU
FPs 82:l
Have YOU not driven out Jehovah's
92Ch 14:s as
2Ch
ps 33.16
2.t~
priestsI' the sons of Aaron, and the Levltes, and
do YOU not keep rnalring priests for yourselves
$2,1;:'
DB$h8~:14 like the peoples of the land?* As for anyone that
came and filled his hando w!th powerb by means
",lEf
IKI 13:33 of a young bullc* and seven rams, he became a
O Ex 32:29
priest of what are ne gods," l'% for us, Jeho*EX 29:l
Le 8:?
anea?:17 vah is our God** and we have not left him, but
:E\igggpriests are ministering t o Jehovah, the sons of
g S Aaron, and also the Levltes in the work." And
they are making burnt offerings smoke t o Jeho2z:g6
vah
morning by morning and wening by eve;2Ygg
cses:15
ningk and also perfumed incsnse,Jland the IaynEx
Z Cm
2:4
~ 1 ers of bread' are upon the table of pure [goId]F
I-EX
=, 24:6
25.30
and there are the golden lampstandse and its
~ ~ , 1 ~lamps
? ~ 2 t ~o light up evening by evening,l because
we are keeping the obligation" to Jehovah our
2ch 4:7
God, but YOU yourselves hnve left him.v l2 And,
tLe 24 :2
uGe26:5
look! with us thcre is at the head The [true]
N U 839
Godfy with his prjests" and the dma1 t m p e t s '
JOS 22:s
vmn:20 for sounding the battle aInrrn ngainst YOU. 0
~
~ sons of
~ IsraeI,
~ do not
~ fight fagainst
l Jehovah the
Ps 13::
God
of
YOUR
forefat
hers,"
for
YOU
will not prove
%?Nu
Ib:S
*Jos e.6 , g ~ c m ~ f ~ ] . ' ' "
'
Jos 6 20
E J O ~~ 1 . 9
13 And Jerba.bo'am,for his part, dispatched
Icn 4 3 9
m ambush around to come behind them, so that
X~ 5 : a
&De
NU28.29
1;:41 they proved to be in front of Judah and the

qzz8
J-9:~

Or, hiC+~d,"
31, oBEhu.kdn~';the plural numl>er of obo'nh, See 1 E n g a

12 : 28, footnote f. Wim,

'(nncl it~stnllerlhimself." 0 "A young bull."
Literally, "a hull a t o n o f A hcrrl." d Lit~rnlly,"a no God." 31, lo
El.o.kim'. euGod.'l31, El.oJ~im'; the Imhnl nl~rnberof ELo'nh, to
d ~ n o t eexrellrnca or divine own. ?.The j l r u ~ ] God" Y, h n
El.o.him'; the title ELo.Iim' {Ping pmrdcd hy ills drfl~iiteartiel~
184 ("The") for emphasis. LXXPy, ''dehov~h."

2 m a m c m s 13 :14-22

531

SBO

Rmbush behind them.* When those of Judnh E$P,y:m

(
turned around, why, there they had the battle
in front and behind.' And they began to cry 'J,os,S,:?$
out to Jehovah,. while the priests were sound::;;:
ing t h e trumpets." l5Ancl the men of Judah ' ~ o H E : ~
broke out shouting a ivar cry, hnd it cmie
about that, when the men of Judnh shlnulecl n "jZ,D,,"iJg
war cry," then The [ k u e ] God1&himself clef cat&;:

.:,:

edli Jer.o.bo'am and all Israel before Ahl'jahn

and Judah. l6 And the sons of Israel toolr to ;;;k*
j;~;,y~;:2
flight because of Judc?h and then God gave them 1rill.
2 30
into their hand.r I i And A.hi'jah and his pcople i:~'~q:':~'
went striking them dorm with a pent slaughtct.,
and the slain of Israel kept falling down, five
hundred thousand chosen menas*'Thus t h e sons t:~; +;g
ll:.x
of Israel were humbled at that time, but tile sons
:'):a
of Judah proved superior hecause they leaned! "<'I\
1 ~ ~ .,2 2
ztpon Jehovah the God of their Iorefaihcrs.
'%d A.birjah kept chasing after Jcr.o.bo'~m !:":," :A):jt I
and got to capture cities" from him, Beth'clv :g;ii:J
and its dependent towns, and Jesh'n.nah and its $:vy;
dependent towns, and E'phrapinl and itn da- ;it; ;$:$
pendent towns.
Jer.o.boPamdid not retain V I ~ S1s.m
mny more polvery in the days of A.bi'jah,c but;;:4' ;:?$
Jehovah dealt him a b10\v,~so that he died.+ *$'$'ijS
z%d A.birjahc continued to strengthen him- z;$,13.';l
self."In tirne he got fourteen wivcs for himselP "j',"2.Ti,i7
md became father to ttventy-two sons and six- :2;;,;'3
teen daugl~ters.~
2L"Andthe rest of A.bSjah's ,jTf:,j3
affairs, even his ways and his words, are writ- :j; j;;.,
. ~ .'II
r 3;:'~
ten in the expositiond of the prophet fdrdo,+
2Cl1 12:15

,$,'>z:f

2 CHRONICUS 14:1-8

Fhally A.bi'jah lay down with his forefathers: and they burled him in the city
1ch3:lo of David; and A'san his son began to reign in
w:<i
u:ao
'7ch20:m place of him. In his days the land had no disrlSu 7 5
EL^ 26.33 turbamcel( for ten
1 R I 113
IKI 1 . 1 ~ 2 And A'sa proceded t o do what was good
tqx 2324 and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God. 3 0
L, 3.52
Zg,!,??: he removed the foreign nltarsbr and the high
places3 and broke up ilic sacred pilXnrsnt and c u t
:,f,;i5i8
lKil1:T down the sacred poles.cX1 Further, he said to
21<i 1S:4
2x1 23.6 Judah to searchYlor Jehwnh the God of their
c2Ctl 11:16
forefathers and t o do the lawy and the corn;,co%m manclment.~' Amorulirrgly he removed from all
,u, s~
~
~the cities
, of "Jurlnh ~tllr h i~~ hp!nces"
~ and the
'1T<I :=.I4
?~1?:i~3 incense stands,' and Ihc ltingclom continued
before Irim. " And he went
,,IKI
, ,:i,B : 4 without distu~~llance"
on
to
huilrl
fortjfld
cities I13 Judah,O for the
Eg;1":i
t0
(2Ch S:Zr
land
had
no
disturhance"nnd
there was no war
,,:,
+Jg 331
against
him
durjng
these
years,
for Jehovah
pJn,23:~
2Ch 1215
,gave
him
rest,m
'
T
So
he
said
t
o
Judnh:
"Let us
,4 ~ . ~
rPCh 32:5
build
these
cities
and
make
ivnlls'
around
and
czch 26:s
s2K19.17
to~rrers,~~
double
doorsk
nnd
bnrs.n
For
us
the
SKi IS:&
ZCh 28;9 land is yet available, beenuse me have searched
2:s
knc 3:Isart:-r for Jehovah our God.1' lye have searched and
nlRi i:23 .
22;r s . ~ he gives us rest all around.'" And they went
rlCh 7;:9 ii
PS 7
: ~building and proving successPul.t
eJos 23.1
8 And A'sa came to have a military force
t a r 0:31
u2K1 11:lO
, ~ hunz c h 32:5 bearing the large sl~leldu~ n Ida n ~ ethree
vZC11 11:12'
QCII 3.1~9 dred thousflnd out 01 Judah,J' And out of Benjap2C11 11:r
minn those bearing the bucklerr ~ n bending
d
the
22cll13:3
~ 1 1235
e . 6 1 1 9 : l ~ bow* were t w o hundred and cl~lltythousand.
*:Ch 19:2
c~cII?~
All
: ~ these were valiant, mighty men?

62Ch 9:3f

*1Rt 2:IO
l K 1 N:3l
*:iCt 15:s

14

i;cy;,?3$

zfl?"

"

"The [true] Ood?' M,la-El.a.kiwf'; tlie titla ELa.lriwt being pre-

cadet1 by the definite article k n ("The'" for rmphnda, LXSSy,

"Jcl~ovnh!' b"Xfpha.in," hlmargbn; ''E1~~ltmi~,"
~IIJXXVRS~,
aA.bi.ia'k~a, 31. Or, "con~mentaqc,"or, "niiil'mfila." 1'11~flrst of
two occurrences of "'mid'msh" in N,Bee 2 Uhronicks 24 ; 27.

Chxpter 13 of the Hrhren. text rnds h c r ~ .b Utrrnlly, "the altars

o f the foreiganegs [or, rarclign countr:*]," 31, * Or, "the kshc'rahs."
a

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2 CHRONICLES 15:l-9

9 Later Ze'rah the Ethi.oppi.ana*went outLml

As for Az.a.ri'aha the son of Uded,@the
KSU za:g
against them with a military force of a milli onb
spirit* of God came to be upon him. Conmeno and three hundred chariots and came as 4achm93
sequuntly
he went out before A'sa and said tu
Wr J:; ,43:
K1
~ : ~
f a r as Ma-re'shah.' La Then A'sa went out against *$I",\3?j4
him: '"Hear me,* 0 Arsa and all Judah and
~ . t 13,9
t
Ic [ ) F 21)1
himc and they drew up in battle formation in fg:;&
:(:h ,i:n Benjamin! Jehovah 1s with YOU as long as You
t h e valley of Zeph'a.thahe at Maxe'shah. l 1 And 1t'h s::q
prove t o be wIth hirn,k m d if YOU searchn for
24 h 13 14
A'sa began to caII to Jehovah his God' and say: rs 22.5
I~imhewIllletblm~elbbefoundby~ou,butif
I
n;;ihl,F;B
21
J*mr2j,lsYOU lewe him he will leave YOU.' B A n d many
" 0 Jehovah, as to helping it does not matter *Le 226.9
r:!<l -#1.14
with you whether there are many or there is no !fi:;:p
zc!~
;'i::w were the days that IsraelL bad heen without a
P I KI I2:2R
p o i ~ e rHelp
. ~ us, 0 Jehovah our God, for upon t;t
true Godbt and without a priest teachingu and
I K I 13
:.S
you we do leank and in your nameu we have
wft how IJIIL*.~
"ut when in their d i s l ~ e s they
s~
t J ? r I,:,,
II:IO
come against this multitude. 0 Jehovah, you are ;,;
returned to Jehovah the God of Israely and
our God.rDonot let mortal mand retain strength
;3Cl1 17:!1: 1ooked for him, then he let himself be found by
; : ;n
;;!
against you."a
?I):!!
them." And in those times there was no peacem
Nr. K 'I
Jhn 2R:13
w IC 3.11
I.:JC
1:2~ for one going out or for one corning in,*because
12 Atthat Jehovah defeatedt theE-thLorpi.ans
~ l l Y.:T
i
lhere were many cRses of turmoil among all the
before A'sa and before J u d a h and the E.thE.orpl=rE;
J O S 21:u
rr 4.w
of the lands," a And they were
am took to flight. l a And A'sa and the people "X,'u?%'
I>S 1rji:44 inhabitants
y l f 3::)
that were with him kept pursuing them as far as p
j 3 1 , , , ~ ~crushed to pieces, nation against nationA and
,
:
,
:
city against city, because God himself kept them
Ge'rar,"and those of the E.thi40'piaanscontinued
i::5
1
In turmoil with every sort of c3larnity.O And
falling down till there was no one alive of them, if?l;2:&6
Ar) 11tm201
YOU, he courageous' and do not let YOUR hand@
for they were broken to pieces before Jehovahv 2$!'$Ay,J
:y;y:8?:10
rs r z1:8 drop down," because there exists a reward for
and before his carnp.r Afterward they carried ;l;:$;;4
tlSa 13:R
L W ~12:lS YOUR activity.'"
off a very great deal of spoilnaI' n r t h e r , they
h'ilz
2 1l
3
2,"I:;"
8 And ns soon as Atsa heard these words and
h l r 13:n
struck all t h e cities round about Ge'rar, for the ! ~ ~ ~ I ] ' $ ~ ~ 2
F J~
L I P 2:'H:.LB
l.~
the
prophecy of O'ded* the prophet he took
dread' of Jehovah had come to be upon them, E;$i?,a
courage
and
to cause the disgusting
$
,
h
l
C
?
S
:
;:lproceeded
and theywentplundering allthecitfes,for there L2q!;.;25
*Jna 1 'I
thing+
t
o
vanish
from
all
the land of Judah and
lr,:2n
happened to be much t o plunder in them." And ,
!:; 57;:0
Benjamin
and
from
the
cities
that he had cap1
:"!;:2
even the tent9 with livestock they struck so T:ig:'i5
E~ 212
tmVeclfrom the mountainous region of E'phra1'3 5Y 11
that they took captivePflocks in great number A;:'",:;2
a ~ c h ' l i - i imll and to renew Jehovah's altar that was bek1.c IK .
W
and m e I s , +after rvhich they returned to Jeru- '2; ,3:;3&
he began to
11, :
.;I n tore the porch of Jehovah.' "nd
ism:+I :'o
salem
collect
together
all
Judah
and
Benjamin
and
T
1.rrC1
~ ? C~I13
Ir ;18
:rs
*1Ch 9.1L
rn"<')li :~ 1 6the
temporary
reside11
W*
nlith
them
from
3,J.35
Literal!?, 'Tush'ik,'' M : '93 thi-o'pi .an," LXXTg, b Litera llr, "a
thon~and tboumnds,'' $1. LitrraIly, **before hi~n,'VaI. LNK, eid
I'A.rnr.in1ks, 11; rnenninp. ''Tnl~(u)has lidped.'" Or, ''a ' a d of
s!yl1cirn$7~iw
ntit6i8; Tg, db rictm ti. Colnpnre Genmln 10 : 9, footnote b.
~ ~ ~
trllth (or, f n i t h f ~ 1 1 1 ~ ~ ~11,
) . *El.o,h~!('
'
C I I I ' C ~ I I . " T Q I I I red,it'

:z9

k$;:XF

;,

41

jtn

,:;

"Xortal man." X, e-nosh'; m,u~~'ilrxo.pos;Vg, bv'711v.

dcnta." 31,gn,t i?ns; L S f ,

"PKOAP~J.~~~;."

rp,"$lq

E'phra.lmQ and Manas'seh" and Simte.on,n for

Imp. ~ . + 4 ,
they had deserted to him from IsraelLin rea at I111ik
1 x 9
number when they sa\rr that Jehovah his God ,J;;~V~!;;"
was with him." l o So they ~ v e r ecollected togeth- Isri ~h 2s
er a t Jerusalem in the thirdr month of the ~?.ob;':,
fifteenth year of A'sak reign. " Then they sacrl- &';1j,','!2B
ficeds t o Jehovah on that day from the spoil ,F;,'&2'
they had brought, seven hundred cattle and,:;!.f,;*;
seven thousand sheep." IF Furthennore, they ,S;,; ;l,y;l
entered into a covenant' to se~rchfor Jehovnh
3!;
the God of their forefathers with nll their hcart al.!;f$,b::u
and with all their soul,g l 3 t h a t anyone t h a t l!l:'::?13
would not search for Jehovah the God oC Israel 3~;~'rp~~~::'f5
should be put to death,ik whether small or t;&2;;,.!2
great,! whether man or wornan.
Se they ;
: 2; $9
swore* to Jehovah with a laud voice and with -;!.h 1s 28
joyful shouting and with the trumpetsc4 and rnI.:%'!:
with cornets.&"15And all Judah gave way t o "1.;!3,"5{1!&
rejoicing* over the thing sworn,J for it was with E[;>;&8$lM
fill their heart that they had sworn1(and with j1J:!!,lj;l!
full pleasure on their part that they hfid looked
for him," so that he let himself be found by II/;;$;:$
them.' and Jehovah continued to give them rest ,F;,I;.,;~
all around.$
.'I :, 2 5
J . 6.1 5
16 AsforevenMa'a.caht[his] grandmother,bJ li<i' I(PS
Apsathe ldng himselfu removed her frorn [be-n!!:!;f?"
lng] ladynvbecause she had maden horrible idol ;!'%:
for the sacred pole,",' and then A'sa cut down 2
her horrible idolz and pulverized it nnd burned* I:f;:;,?;$3
h'l ci:-13
it In the torrent valley of I C i d ' ~ o n ,J 7~And t h e ?>I<l
1213
high placesAthemselves did not disappear from X
;
,
I
;II
T s r ~ e lOnly
, ~ A'sa's heart itself pl*oveclto be corn- o I I ~ ;15:le
+ l l * t H:D1
plete all his days.' And he proceecled to bring 11',111:1
the sanctified things" of his father and his own '(:$;&
O r , "~Ito'phnrs," #. b e d horns. Librally, "motbcr." She
rrnlr qztcen mother. Or, "the A.~ho'rnh."

r;;:,
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2 CHRONICLES 15:19-46 :7

sancfffid things into the house of The [true]

God,a siIver and gold and utensils." As for war,
E Z ~2.x it did not occur dotvn to the thirty-fifth year of
Iaa 111.3
rl XI 12.:= A'sak steign."
1I;i 13:17
2C-h lL14
h the thirty-sixth year of the reign of
elk1 7 51
?I<) 1"18
A'sa, Bn'a.shak the king of Israel came up
2Ch 123
t l w 1.1,36 against Judah nnd began t o build R~l'rnah,~
so
2x1 1~;:14
zei 18:8 as not to ~lllowRnyanc to go out or came in t o
2x1 2i.13
now brought out
Z C 2~~ : 2 1A'sa the king of Juda11.l' "'sa
silver and gold front the treasures of Jehovah's
8:iEv
3 Cke 14.15 housea and the king's houset nnd sent t o Benm8.5
ha'dadu the king of Syria," who mas dwelling
ZJE 2:2
at Damascus,,' saying: " "There is a covenantz
1n.', 4 :9
*2~!119:3 between me and you nnd k h v c e n my father and
2Ch lt.2
CJ,, 9 : ~your father.' I-lcrc! 1 do send you silver and gold.
.:g:gi& Go, breakQyour covenant with Ba'aaha' the
king of Ismel, that he may ~ r ~ i t l ~ d rfrorn
a w me.""
~~~~$~~
#?>:I 15:28
4
SO
Ben-ha'dad
listened
to
Klng
A'sa and
14:I.L
the
chiefs
of
the
military
forces
that
were
~ ~ , ~ h e e n t
his
against
the
cities
of
Israel'
and
they
struck
r1Iil R : I ~
n-snzfi:14
?cha:6
I'jonS and Dan!' and A%bern~'lml' and all the
13Ch 1732
CPS 68:n storage places'
of the cities of N~ph'ta.li.'~
aJas 19:32
And it crime about that as soon RS Ba'a.sha
t ~ svtl:21
,
ulFii 17:32 heard of it he EmmediateFy quit building Ra'rnah
1p.5
SLL~2 5 6
and
stopped his wolqlc.f " As for. A'sa the king,
,-:;
,
he
took
aH Judah" and they proceeded to carry
3 3 & 4 I
I S R ~c.::uivay
the
stones of Rrr'mahv snd its timbers with
rcc 1 : l O
which BaPa.shahad I>ui?tYand he began t o build
* J ~ IS:?&
S
J S 2n:1
with them Ge'ba-nd hliz'pnh.'
7.5
Jer .10:6
rlrir I G : ~ 7 And at that time Hn.na'niz the seer cRme t o
2 C h 19.9
~ C I 2I ~ 1 % AFsathe king of Judah and then said t o him:
3.~3
1 . ~ 31:1
3
"Because you Ie~neCtnupon the king of Syria
Jnr l i : 5
~ 2 1 ;18:s
~
and did not l e ~ nupon Jchovah your God,Vor
'IK1
*IKL 15:16

;z;z

16

!;

.,

"The [tme] God." 31, ~rrr-JY.o.br'nr';L X I , "J~charoltGodw; VgF?;

i*J~hov~h~'F
a

2 CHRONICLES 16:8-14

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537

2 CHRONICLES 17;1-10

rlKl 1 s : ~
And Jenhash'a.phat*his son began t o
that reason the military force of the king of
Syria has escaped out of your hand. Did not
reim in place of him and t o make his
And he proceeded
the Ethi.oPpi.ans' and the Lib'y.an@ themselves $:;k :$$
2 c h x R position strong over I~rael.~
I:;l'h 11:11
happen to be a very great military force in mulL
;~
:I
l r : l a to put military forces in all the fortified cities
kl:'f. h I T 3
titude, in chariots' m d in horsemen," and be- "JI & 4:13
, I < \ 3 12 af JudahL and to put garrmns in the land of
13:s
cause of your leaning upon Jehovah did he not ":sa ul:ls
Judah and in the cities of E ' p h a - h that A'sa
,,,,
his father had captured." And Jehovah congive them into your hand ?k '' For, as regards lc~;~;,$\
<<,22:,
Jehovah, his eyesn an roving about through all
tinued trrith Je.hosh'a.phat,Y because he walked
;;;1;,;-!18
1 . 2
the earth' to show his strength in behalf of
In the former ways of David his forefathery and
F!rr H 31
those whose hearts is complete toward him. You ;;:l;ilT
y-~n
b . 1 5 did not search for the Bakal~.~For it was for
1 I I 11:U
have acted fmlishlyt respecting this, for from I;~;;~?;
I l i r 1 5 3 the God of his father that he searched' and in
4.10
2Ii1
3.1::1
now on there will exist wars against you."^^
, ~ not accordA'-'K1
1150 I:+
"
13
I G : ~ his commandment he ~ a l k e dand
1 '"":"
I [ 11 21 'H
ing to the doing of Israel." $ And Jehovah kept
10 However, A'sa became offended at the , , I K I 15:.72
LJK P:B1
Jh: N::u
the kingdom firmly established in his hand,O
seer and put him in the house of the stocks,\' ~ " ' ' 1 3 ~ : ~ f l
Jvr 2 . A
4:~:)
and
all Juclah continued to give presents' t o
because he was in a rage at him over this.r And yx"a2:13
2% 24-10
L'CII ?li:5
UI,U lmli Je.hos11'a.phnt and he came to have riches and
A'sa began t o crush some others of the people 1's 141:s
b l R I I"-ZA
glory in abundance." %d his heart became
I I ~ l<ia+
I
at that same time. And, look! the affairs of
I Icl lm'3:3:i
,,:,
A'sabZthe first and the last, there they are writlfi:nl bold in the ways* of Jehovah and he even re:;ig
moved the high placesmand the sacred polesak
ten in the Boolr of the Kings of Judah* and of *jg;
zic~~ : 2 n
,
2Uh 2 5 : N
I
:
from Judah,
Israel,
l l l C l 13 21
1.3 127 1
DTjr, 2H !J:'
132:ia
7 And in the third year of his refgning he
12 And A'sa in the thirty-ninth year of his i r : l ~ I U IJ
+ISa J(1:2T
mi 4::~. sent for his princes, namely, Ben-ha'il and Obareign developed an ailment in his feet1 until he
JI<l It1 25
lcl:27 di'ah and Zech.a.ri'ah and Ne-than'el and Miwas very sick,O and even in his sickness he $;:?
cal'ah, to teachz" in the cities of Judah, &and
p?$?,!'??iA
searched not for Jehovah but for the healers.'" w c h X ) , m
with
them the Sevites,V She.maiJahand Neth1594
Finally A'sa lay down with his forefathersr
'!>
l[ol.i.g
aani%ah
and Zeb.a.di'ah and As'a-he1 and Sheand died in the forty-first year of his reigning. ,2ch,:,
a 2 ~ h15:17
mir'a.moth
and Jon'a.thanh and Adoni'jah and:
So they buried him in his great buriaI placea.
!;i$!4;;;.3
~
~
~
n
:
i
o
Toabi'jah
and
Tob-ad.o.ni'jah the Levites, and
that he had excavated for himseIf in the city of
rvlth them E.lishta.maand Je-ho'ramthe priests8
,
.
$
k
%2
David3 and they laid him in the bed that had
p i : x r :'5
;:;:;,
"nd they began teaching' in Judah and with
been med with balsam oil" and different sorts *r;.: 31.27
1Ltl !I 3J
and
them there was the book of Jehovah's
of ointment* mixed in an ointment of special ~ , c ; ~ 2
t$;:;!',:&l:i
they
kept
going
around
through
dl
the
cities
makek Further, they made an extraordinarily ?:hl1;$!4~
J!J* 1,s
n x t r 2: . I 9
of Jwclah and teaching among the people.
great funeral burningn for him.a
V f , P 3-3.3
311 3 ; 3
E X 15.18
10 And ?he dread" of Jehovah came to be
?,):, 2 1 2 5
a Literally. '(his bniial places.!' M, qrb'rr in thr plural nambcr, to
,LI, 14.i4 upon all the kingdarns of the lands that were
denate exc~llencc.L-YX. "tonlb": T'F. " ~ p u l c l ~ e r . " Sot a c l . c a ~ ~ t i o n of d'sn, hut a burning of spiecs.
3 Or, L*il.she'rnhs.u$ Litorally, "Je.honf~.thnn,"N.

,.,

n;;tt;X

A,,,

:yif

w'z2;&
nv;:

2 CHRONICLES 17:11-18 :2

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539
2 CHRONICLES 18:3-9
later he went down to A'hab nt Samafi.nn and
1
:
A'hab proceeded t o s~crificesheep" m d cattle
in abundance for hlm and for the people that
and money as ;bibuteP The ArabsAalso were .(.il ~ ; . s
were with him. And he began to allure' him to
I
bE:g;&
AL't-tl 9.14
bringing to him flocks,o seven thousfind seven cr.;r 141.18
A'hab the
Jos 2":s go lap against Ra'meth-gil'e.ad.* "nd
hundred rams and seven thousand seven hunking
of
Israel
went
an
to
sag
t
o
Je.hosh'a.phat
1Ki 4:13
21i1
9:1
O ~ I C8:4
I
dred he-goats.
I
the king of Judnh: "Urill you go with me to
12 And Jehosb'a-phat coninued ~dvancing
mUf122:4 Ra'm~tli-giI'e.acl?'~@
At this he said to him: "I
and growing great' t o a superior degree and he "l,c,k?::!5
am the sRme as you are nnd my people are like
went on building fortified placesa' and storage
your people and with you in the war,""
;,;j;
"$?1,3&?,
cities' in Judah. la And there were many inicr- :Jcl~
no:!)
Eph5:11
4 However, J e . h o s I ~ ' ~ . p hsaid
~ t t o the king of
"27:4
'1Sa23:2
2s3.2:1
ests that became his i~ the cities oi Jurla1.1;"*:Y-Il
l l i >' L : I ~
Israel: "Please, inquireLBrst of all for the word
find WMT~OTS,~valiant, mighty men,!! wevc in n?c.!%!3
=:5
of Jehovah.'' So the kin^ of Israel collected the
2Ch 3.196
Jerusalem. And these were their omces by thc
:er2::2
prophet+ together, four hundi~clmen, and said
Lo:\
k;+:+
1x19
house of their forefathers: Of J u d d l l the chiels
t o them: "Shall ive go against Rapmoth-gil'e.ad
3
""i 4.9
of thousands, Ad'nah the chief, and with him
And they began to
,ikl :2:6 in war, or shall I reirsin?"~~
there were three hundred thousand valiant,
say:
"Go
up,r
and
The
[true]
God" will give [it]
r
~
e
~
~
~
mighty menr '"rid
under his control there was f.:Ek :.{;
into
the
kjngk
lhand."
n
htlc
I l c 23:31
:ll
Je-ho-ha'nanthe chief, and with him there were
6 But Je.hosh4a.phatsaid: "Is there not here
5:;;
;;;y3
l~ro
hundred and eighty thousand. l o And under
a
prophet
of Jehovah 6 t i l l ? V h ~ l nlet us inquire
t k K L 22.7
a2~13:ll.
his control there was Am.n.si'ah the son of
At that the kina of Israel sajd
U I K ~n':8 througll him."t
v l K l 13:4
Zich'd the volunteers f o r Jehovah, and with fljF!j;$j
"There is still one manv
ls119.10 to Je.hosh4aaphat:"
him there were two hundred thousand valiant, %:; h;l
through
rvhorn
to
inquire
y
~
~
~
~
~
:
:
~
~ of Jehovah, but Z myl I i i 21:20 self certainly hate him,,' for* hc is prophesying
mighty men. And out of Benjernint there tvns t w 4 1 : ~
,
the valiant, mighty man E.li'a.da, and with him
me, not for good.* but, all his daysTc
;
E
;;lo concerning
there were hvo hundred thousand men equipped
:
for bad.' He is ME.uailahl' the son of Irn'lah."'
CLIil22.5
with the bow and shie1d.u l' And under his conHowever, Je.hoshfa.phat said: ''Donot let the
tml there was Je.hoz'a.bad, and with 11 in1 tlrere v;y:!?l
king say a thing lilre that."'
Alprs:*
~ I I2
C7
were a hundred and eighty thousa~ldmen out- ;~;:;3
8 Accordingly, the kina of Israel called a
fitted for the army. lW These were the ones mincourt
oWcjaIQnnd said: "Bring Ml.cai'ahb the
01Sa8:15
1ch 28:1
istering t o the king apart from those whom Ihe ;!r.i, yll
17:a
Isa 39.7 son of Inz'lah quickly."' Now the king of Israel
223
king put in the fortified citiesy throughout all , ~ ~ : ! ~ ~ j ~ ' +a lmR l5.1
and Je.hoshta.phat the king sf Judah were sit~
F
6%
S
Sudah.
*! l lI<i l1 lri
I tb:33
9
..~t11:s tin& each one on his throne,O clothed in gar:?I
ments,' and were sitting in the threshing floor
And Je-hoshta.phat came to have riches YI ],:II ; h:lh
~
;
and glory in abundance,Y but he farmed
:$?
a lbThe [true] Cod." af, Jia-ELo.ltirn8;TJXX.ha Tkr.os'i Tg, De'lrs;
a marriage alliancez ~ 4 t hA'hab.' ' S o years $:l;;h:l
SF$ "Jehornh." b See I E n g s 22 : 8, footllotc b.

all around Judah,~and they did not fight against ;ghyi$

Jeh~sh'a.phat.~ bnd from the Phi.lis'tinm- $ 24;:;
they were bringing to Je.hoshra.phatpresents*
+~;:35

;x':,f!Ti2

,:,:

:::;

18

2 CHRONICUS 18:10-17

540

541

at the entrance of the gate of Sa.rnar'i.a, and

all the prophets \ere acting as propI~etsbefore

thcrn,' l U Then Zed-e.ki'ah the son of Chena'an ~ made

h
fw himself hornskcof jro11'' and said:
"Thjs is what Jehovah has s~lld,?'With these
you will push the Syrians until you exterminate
them.' "#
And all the other prophets trpere
prophesying the same as that, saying: "Go
t o Ra'moth-gil'e-ad and prove successful,( and t h 24:2$
Jehovah will certainly give lit] into the king's Jer 2 . 3 : ~
1%29;22:12
:
hand,"u
LIIK~
12 And the messenger thnt went t o call Mical'aha spoke t o him, saying: "Look! l,he words $:ol;
of the prophets are unanimouslyt)of good to the ;:;&
kin^, and let your word, please, become like one
glg1
:;3.3
af Ihemv and you must speak gmd.".v But gEK!
PK t 221
Mi.cai'nha said : "As Jehova1.r is living,"what my IN 17:l
God will say, t h a t is what I shall speak."' ' T h e n *if?:
:zjt!
he came in t o the king, and thc king proceeded $;;i2;i8
t o say t o him: "Mi.cal'ah,c shall we go to : ~ @~e, 1 4: &
Ratmoth-pll'esd in war, or shall I irfrain?" At u;i::j$7
once he mid : "GO u p and prove ~ c c e s s l u land
,~
they wilI be given into r o w hand."" ' A t that 1303 6:26
13:?4
the king said to him : "For how many times m 1Sa
LIT 2G:63
I putting you under oath' that you should not F;?9T13
speak t o me anything but truth in the name of & ! $ ~ & ~
Jchovnh?"' I c So he said:. "I certninly rce 0.11 .F;r$$y
the IsroeIites scattered upon the mounlains, libe
~ 2
sheep that have no shepherd."%d he went on ~
iec10:~
blt 8:36
to say: "Jehovah is not a masterq] to these."Let _arr 6 3
them go hack each one 20 his house in peace."k :,3i; $I?:
I7 Then-theking of Israel said to Je-hosh'a- f:ii%E
22:11
phat t "Did E not say to you," 'He will prophesy[ICIKI
n2Ch 1S:7

..,
s;5

'

Snc l K i n p ?? : S, footnotp b. Litr~~nllf,

on^ ilintith," 31. Liternlly, ''lli'ctlll," M, here. 0lb,''lortl.'' S a.do.?ri~~t',
Lhc plural of
crad~ivd,ta denote majesty or exoellencc.

2 CHaONICLES ES:l&26

concerning me, not g d things, but bad1?"=

18 And he went on 10 say: "Therefore HEAR
the word of Jehovah:' I certainly see Jehovah
sitting upon his thranct and all the army" of the
heavens standing a t his ~ i g h land 111s 1eft.v
And Jehovah proceeded t o say, 'Who will fooI
A'hab t h e king of Ismel that Ile may go up and
fall at Ra'rnoth-gilPe.ad?' And there was talk,
this one saying something like this and that one
saying something like t h a t v :P Finally a spirit2
canre out and stood before Jehovah and said,
'I myself shall fool him.' At that Jehovah said
to him, 'By what means?'"P1 To this he said;
'I shall go forth and certainly become a deceptive spirit in the mouth of ~ l his
l proph~ts.'~
So he said, 'You will fool him and, what is more,
you will come off the winner,' Go out and do
that way.'? "And now here Jehovah has gut a
deceptive spirit in the mouth of these prophets
of yours,' but Jehovah himsell has spoken
2 ~ ' h2 5 : ~calamity concerning you.""
1\n fi:;,
23 2ed.e-kitah"tile son of Che.na'a.nahwnow
,
approached and struck Mj.cai'ahR1t an the cheek"
mxil:'1
l!j ,find snid: "In just which dirwtian did the spirit
I ICI .'(I. LS
I:;I
-::-:% l of Jel~ovahpass along Dam me t o speak with
*.'\ t i l**If! 1
*irm :-:!I you?'" :li At that Ni.cai'aha said: "Look! y o u
It! Kl 1)L.S
-(.I, l h : 7
are seeing [which direction] an that clay" when
t i ~ ~ ' \ .you
~ ~ will
2
enter the innermostt room to hide your% TIdiL'23:2
Then the king of Israel said: "TAKE
I Z I 2.24 self."u
5
I I K1I 9.11
:O:M
~
i Ml.cai'aha and turn him back to A'mon the chief
~l!liI-~.:~'of
the city nnd to Jo'ash the king's son.Y ?'"And
v - v i L-2.26 I
r.fYlr I l i . r ? I YO^ men must say, 'This is \{*hat the king has
r
.' said: "Put this fellow in prisonJ' anc? feed him
a 1:.
xt 1 G . l
with a reduced alIowance of bren* and a rea;( , h 2: a
,,,,,,:, cluced allowance of ivaterO' until I return in
neu 1 Iaiaga 22 ; S, footnote b.

,,,,

I\,

lr

2 CHRONICUS 18:27-33

542

543

peace." ' a7 Upon that Mi.craitah* said : "If you

return at dl in peace, Jehovah has not spoken
withb me.''*And he added: "Hear, all YOU ~ ~ ~ 1 e : m
~ I K Im:z8
pea~les."~
28 And the king of brae1 and Je.hoshPa.phat
the king of Judah proceeded to go* up to 'iK1M:28
Ra'moth-gil'e.ad." zb The king of brae1 now said '.esy%
to Je.hah'a.phat: 'There will be a disguising' ;fit ;ti;"
and entering" into the battle [far me], but you,
f o r your part, put an your ga~ments."~
Accord- jI< 1 1.1.2
K l 14.5
ingly the king of Israel disguised himself and JI:il
they entered into the battle.k aD As for the king i:??;.?.?
of Syria, he had commanded the chiefs?'of the ~ ~ ~ \ ~ $ : ' - $ ,
chariots that were his, saying: "YOU must fight,
neither with the smallr nor with the great, but ;;$;:.I
with the king of Israel alone.''s SL And it came J1.r 11i;li
about that, as soon as the chiefs of t h e chariots nIl 1-lxi lY 22 0~:3a 1
saw Je.hosh'a.phat, they, for their part, said to
themselves: "It is the king of Is~ael."~
So they llKlaa:m
t m e d around against him t o Aght, snd Je- tF$,,lf$y4
hosh'a.phat began t o cry for aid,t and Jehovah y$kg:;dl
himself helped himu and God immediately u~:31zt::?
I'c 313
allured them away from him.v
And it came
about that as soon as t h e chiefs of the chariots J)S 11 ~7
saw that it did not prove to be the king of Israel ,Fx::?i1"
they immediately came back from followhg
Pr IG:~
hirn.~
['r 21 1
33 And there was a man that bent the b&,
Sn his innocencez md he got to strike' the king!:f; ;Ti:;
of Israel betiveen the appendages and the coatz a:<] q.24
of rnaiJ, SO that he sajd t o the charioteer:""Turn IG'" -1:iI "'"2 2 : ~
your hand around and you must take me out(

-n

.F:;;;$
:XI:,S

?;

See I King 22: 8, footnote b. b Or, '%y," 8 "There will he a disguising and entering," that is, on m y (A'hab's) art. Tho JZebrew
v e r b h e n are understood to be in tbc infinitive a k l u t . @LIP hmra
are imperwnal and indefinite as to time.

2 CHRONICLES 18:34-19

:"1

from the camp, because I have been badly

sg2E:a
* l f c i 20:-13 wourtded,'~+ And the battle kept rising in in-

*IF1 2 : ' d I q

tensity on that day and the king of Israel h h scli had to be kept in a standing poslion in the
charlot facing the Syrians until the emingo'
he died- at the time of the setting
; ~ ~ ~ , ! and
~ i ~ gradunlly
fi
of the sun."
1,. 7:111
?'henJ~.hosh*a.pkmat
the king of Judah
F 9 7: ,h
i's <ti. L
returned in peace' to his own house at
ti'? ~:n:21
F'l'
I"
is:*l:\!
x;:m Jenisalem. a Je'huu the son of Ha.na'nik t h e
i > s *,
seerr1now went out before him and said to King
1'0 E .lR
3e.hosh'a.phat: "Ts it t o t h e rvicked3 that help
ov . i ~, .hi12
I! .~~, . I ~~ ~ ~
e
and is It for those hating%Jehozrmlb1.: I:! is to l ~ given,r
"L'Il 1- 7
And for this
i,,, 7.ih ~0.11that you should have
y,:I<l 1hm-lthem is indignatiana against you from t h e per23:14
!;:: son of Jehovnh. ' Nevertheless, there are goodV
things that have been found with you, because
ay$li;$14
*Isn 7: 18 YOU have cleared out the sacred poles&from the
1C;ri 7'17
D ( : ~ . ~ I ' : ~ A 1andV and you have prepared your heart t o
Jf( "iI:l
a.jLl<17:ln search for The [true] God,"bB
4 And Je.hmhfinnphat
continued dwelling in
b:&,';ii
Jerusalem, ~ n he
d b e g ~ nt o go but again* among
$::k
g;
:
,
Pin1 6
the people f rsm %e'er-she'ba"to the mountain* l l c lr; 18
IJP lfi:al
ous region of E'phranirn,Athat he might bring
@ I !y~,2;)j$
them hack to Jehovah t h e God of their fore* ~ , ~ q r l +
-trh ;*.> 10
L~ 1:' IS fnthers.' "And he proceeded t o station judges*
t .A?
throughout the land in all the fortified cities of
y2 le
Judah, city by city." a And he went on to say to
;
7:- 5 %
the judges: "See what You are doing,' Mause it
It uc !?fl
is not for man that you judge but it is for dehoJ O ? ~b rn
d!7?~
I*
d is with YOU in the matter of judgnc.1.31:;:! v8hIn~ n he
1 f " X 11.rnent.1' 'And now let the dreadt1 of Jehovah
.,.I, I ~ , h
Be careful and act, for
to be upon
'C,l :',;<"come
tt

1nli'i

"-11 1F::ra
a 1 I;I lr> 1
c P.. 2.1 1
,(i,.l, l ; j : ~

19

.,,,

.,
,iV

(.IT,
,+thp A.~he'rmhs.'* 4 &The [truc] God.'+31, ha-Xl.o.lrimr; LXX,
Ira Ji!~'vi.os; Vg, "Jchov&!~tho Uod of yonr foiefnthcm"; ST,

'*JQ!~D\.R~~'

with Jehovah o ~ t rGod there is no unrighteous- agi?;?

ness" or partialityt or takhg of a bribe.""^
Rn 3:5
8 And in Jerusalem also Jelhwh'a.phat sta- R o 0:14
li!;,"
tianerl some of the hvitesV and the priestsy and :;bAT
lo:a
Ra 2 1 1
mme of the beadsz of the paternal' houses of c,::~
IsmeP for the judgment" of Jehovah and for t h e E:1, $PhIi.9
l:17
legal: casesa of the inhabitants of Jerusalern,a Epir;i,ii
Vhrther, he laid a command upon them, saying : "This is how YOU should do in the fearv of
Jehovah with faithfulness and with a complete v;>x;;i:9
;;17':ii
heart. loAs for every Iegnl case that will come .I,,,;
to YOU of YOUR brothers who are dwelling in 4g;!11:.:fl
their cities, involving the shedding of blood,bc*i':;;myTi1'4
jnvolvlng lawmand commandment" and regula;*$;;a
tionsmand judicial d e c l s l ~ n s YOU
, ~ ~ must warn
AFY;?;~
them that they may not do wrong against Jehovah and indignationnmay not have to take place a:sa ;;,g
27 3
agalnst YOU and against aouR l~rothers.This is &%Li?.r:
how YOU should do that YOU may not incur:%
:?;;
guilt, " And here is Am,absitahthe chkf priestc
over YOU for every matter of Jehovah,a and s l C h :!(i:W
Mni 2:7
Zeb.a.dirah the son of 1sh'maaeI the Ieader of tai.5
1.o
t h e house of Judah for every matter of the king, ~I Cz hc 2.L:tl
1h % ~
and as offlm the Eevites are available for YOU. uRk?,',:;
Be strongt and act and let Jehovahrl prove t o be ,~;,~:f~:5
eGe lqb37
with whnt 1s g o ~ d . ' ' ~
J 7'11
And it came about sfterwardy that t h e
sons of Mo'abh and the sans of Arn'monE2:; ;;:it
~tndwith them some of the Me.u'nimd' came :lCh . L m . l l
against Je.hosh'a-phat in warmh= So people came w C h l g : P
a"T~P
I P ~ R I cnses of the inhnbitanb nP Jeruanlem." In agreement
with LxX1'g by n correction of 31, ~vhlchlitelanlly reads : "the l e ~ n l
cmscl. Thcln they returned to Jeiu~nleul."b Lic~rnllgr,
"hetrreen hl(>orl

el;(;;;D

;&

20

$'R!*z

~ n blood."
d
Compare Deutmnot~lyli : 8. "Tlae chief prirrst," Tg,
~n.rer'dori rt pori'ti.j~z. * "The hle,urnint,'' or, ''3Ie.u'nit~," by a
trni~spoqition of lettere in 31. LXS, ..the 36nai'ans?3,\lTg, '+the
Ant 't~~or~~itvi?'

bee
305 1 2 1

o v~ 14:7
+
0:6
c

and told Je.hosh'a.phat, saying: "There has

come against you a great multitude from the

region of the sea,&"from E'dorn,'lP and there

they are In Haz'azon-ta'mar,' that is to say,
VGC 32:7
11:16 En-getdi.Im a At that Je.hoshfa.phat became
afraid' and set hls face to search for Jehovah.*
$z4i9;f
SO he proclnimed a f astk for all J ~ d a h . Even~
k2fr21;2f
Es 4'16 tually Ihose of Judah were collectccl together to
nPu 34:6
PSB O : I ~ inquire of Je11ovah.tl Eken from ~ l the
l citiesr
r2Ch 19:5
eJoe 1 : ~of Judah they came to consult Jehov~ll~."
t2K119:B
5 Then Je.hosh'a.phat s t d up in the congre2 c h %:XI
zca
6.a
of Judah and of Jerusalem In the house
~ 1 ~ 1 gation@
5 : ~
2Ch 4:9
~ he
,
,, of Jehovah' before the new c o ~ r t y a r d , and
proceeded
to
say:
"0
Sehavnh
t
h
e
God
of our
y&$;z
forefathera,. are you not God Ln thc heavensy
are; you
dominating over all the king' ~ ~ and
& ~
~ nnot
doms
of
the
a
t
i
~ n sand
, ~ are there not in your
u c er rl:n
A
1?:7
hand power and rnighthess,' with no one to hold
~clr
EX 61321
7
OE, 33.2 his ground against you?O Did not you yourself,
0 God of ours,' drive away the inhabitants of
,:
this land from before your people Israelo and
oPsm:4
then give' It to the seed" of Abraham," your
t P 3 1"5:4!2
10ve~>*forever? a And they toolc up dwelling in
&JI sOmS 41:8
2.23
r2ch 2:4
it and they proceeded to build in it for you a
2Ch 6:lO
OPS 73:17 sanctuary- for your name,' saying, '' 'If there
lt!c-h
lczkr-;0:25
22 should come upon us calamity,' sword," adverse
CP3 7850
judgment," or pestilenceel' or farnine,m let us
n2sa
stand before this houret and before you (for
rmz2;";cr?g
5
h~6:28
a 2 l : l YOUP nameu is in this house), that we may my
out to YOU out 01 our distress, and may you hear
t 2I~
%I
rril l86 33
:29
3Ch6:20 and save.'V l o And now here the sons of Am';:FAgj$ many and Mo'ab' and the mountainous region
OF Seth,*whom you did not allow Israel to in;C:i ,h&P;g'
15:ez

1Sa 23:m
c a 1:14

:;::

n That is, the Red Sea. ~"F,'dom.'WneEehrew rnanns&pt.

{d.vsrn'),'" I\IL.YXTg; "the Red Spa," Sp. "Cot~glrgstion." JI,
ga.ka1'; .t.,Xx, cJc.l;/r.~i%. d Or, hafriend."Tg, a,mr'ctta.

1
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547

546

2 cmONTCLI3 20: 18-24

18 At once Je.hoshta.phatbowed low with his

vade when they were coming out of the land of
+Gea4:M
EX 431
2ch 7:3
face
to the earth; and all Judah and t h e InhabEgypt, but they turned away from them and did
*Job l :XI
PS 911:~ itants of Jerusalem themselves fell down before
not annihilate them," y ~ s here
,
they nre re"1Ch 15.16
#lcha:t;~g Jehovah t o do obeisance t o Jehovah." l VThett
wardine us by coming In t o drive us out from r]E,"$i::
kp':l:l:$the Leviteswof the sons of the Ka'hath.itesuand
your nosscsslsn that you caused us to take jn %$;
v e ?>a
Jb';!.IS
of the sons of the Ko'rah.ltesk rose up to praise
posse~sjon,~
'9
our God, will you not execute AGQ 11: 1
fiv I:>\* Jehovah the God of Israel wlth an extrztordiEzr3:l:',
judgment upon them,' for in us there js no
nslrily laud v6ice.n
P C 93.1
HI:^
power before this great multitude that is com- '$5
1
1
20 And they proceeded to rise early in the
ing against us," and we oul.selves do not I C ~ O4i5d$jj
W
s26n 14:3
morning
and go out t o the wilderness' of Te1ch.1,:~
what we ought to do,"but our eyes are toward
2Clr '1 1:B
,g~,;:,
1ro'a.s
And
as they went out Je-hoslzta.phatstood
J
;
,
you."'
2Cll I. 1:tt
12KI h.15
up
and
then
said: "Hear me,O Judah and YOU
t2ch
,
,
;
r
l
:
.
!
3
13 A31 the while all thosc of Jvdah were:nrc2i:ls
j 1 inhabitants of Jerusalem!L Put faithu in Jehovnh
standing before Jehovah,k even their little lzAfJj,\
,YOURGod t h ~ YOU
t may prove yourselves faithones," their wives and their sons,r As for
J
1 O
s 7~1: ' )~ 4 0
iul. Put faith in his pmphetsv and so pmve sucJa.ha.zi'el the son of Zech.a.riFaht h e son of Be- ;E;;:U;;I,,:,9
Lu lfi:31 & e ~ f ~ l . * '
nai'ah the son of JeIirelthe son of Mat.t~.ni'ah ;&$;;$5
ylCh 1.7:l
21~1rther,heto0kcounsel~with~epe~pl
Pr11,1\
the Levite of the sons of A'saph,a the sphW of mu
5 l.l:I,
and
stationed singers2 to Jehovah and thosc
"
;
$
k;
,
?
;
:
?
Jehovah came to be upon him in the middle of
11 G
2Ch
offcring praise' In PlolyaadornmenF as they
PEzr
h.L'*
the congregati0n.a lT~nsequently
he said : "Pay
g:b
yrt,>,:a'-a
kr went out ahead of the a m d men," and saying:
attention, all Judah and you inl~abitantsof Jeru- " ~ ~ { ~ i : "
EEP3:J!1
s e IZ:~: "Thank Jehovah,"or to everlasting is his lovingsalern and King Je.hosh'an.11atI Here is what $?; fi!,
n l C h lfi.29
PS 30 1
kindness."na
Jehovah 1x1s said to YOU, 'As for YOU, do not be; ; ;Y ;;:;7
Pa Dl, ' I
22 And at the time that they started off with
L J S ;,,
afraidou or be terrified because of this great
CPS !).I L
$
;
P
,
;
the
joylul, cry and praise3 Jcl~ovahset menl in
Cl~h
It::8
multitude, for the battle is not YOURS but god's,^ ze.. i.i:~.i
~mbush"
agninst the sons of Am'mm, Mo'nb and
$
$
h
:
l
;
&
Tornorrow go dowm against them. There they1 2EcuhI.I.I'T,
20 SJ
PFH1'l 1 the rnountaitlous region of Se'ir who were comme coming up by the pass of Ziz, and YOU wjll, *Fq.%,.:''5
+ L C ir,:&$
~
P J 1tt7:1.
I Z O : ~ ing into Judnh, and they went smiting thembe certain to flnd thern at the end of the torrent c ~ ~ i ~ ~ PS
3
Jer . v i : ~ i selves.' 3 3 And the sons of Arn'man3 and Mdab
valley in front of the w i l d ~ r n e s sof~ Je-nl'el., g; ,:.;A
F15a 1 ' .1.1
.tx, GJI proceeded to stand up against the inhabitants of
l7 Yov will not need to fightx in this instance.
2K1 [;:I7
;;;;;;13
the mountainous region of Se'lrUt o devote them
,,
Take YOUR godtion, stand still* and see the salaJ R 7 : E
g;il;$!$
t
o destruction ~ n annihilate
d
them, and as soon
,
,
,
vation" of Jehovah in YOUR behalf. 0 Judflh and ADe 31:s
r I ~ 19.2
z
as they finislled with the inhabitants of Se'ir
Jemsalenl, ilo not be afrnid or be terrified." o?,":,?:;?
SGe 1i : G
DC 2 5
they helped each one to bring his own f e l l o ~
Tomorrow go out agafr~st'~
them, and Jehovah 55!&'
kFre .'!R:gl,
nr;'
a1
:.la
to
ruin,k
Isa
I
~
.
I
~
I
\\fillhe with Y ~ u . '" O
I*n;!l:*
An1 5: 1.1
24 And Judah itself came to the n~atchto~ver~~
I . 1s
f "Conpcgntion." If, qn.J~nl'; L.XX, ek-kTe.siCa.b Or, 'hefore!' As

z&'?12

~j

,,

,,:,
,,,,

au Geficsi~1 U : D, footnate b,

* 91; "l0J'd IDT~:'

!%I9

of the wilderness.' When they turned their faces ::&hlT;fS6

toward the multitude, why, there they were, *p~;jl;$

their carcassess fallen to the earth. wlthout r~ r:oY

IQartxm
anyone es~aping.~
P5 So Je-hosh'a.phat and his J r r 37 4
IErr 0.1 4
people came to plunder the spoil' on them, ~ n d 'c 6H.12
they got to find among them in abundance both
y, %
goods and clothinga and praiseworthy articles, $!,;>;
and they went stripping them off f a r themselves ~$2;
until they could carry no rnorenkl
And it came to
be three days that they were plundering the 11;1.1, m;;h
I:(;H
spolI, f o r It was abundant.v ' U n d on the fourth
:g &?
day they congregated together at the low plain F:av::,',5
of Befa-cab, for there they blessed Jeh0vah.s ;;,":;;i
That is why they called the namet of that place
;.y.4
LOW PIain of 8er'a.~&~--.untll
today,'
J T I ~1.13
A1Sn 2 1
27 Then all the men of Judah and krusslem
2::rs
~eturned,with Je.hoshPa-phata t tl~elrhead, to 1:.
return to Jerusalem with ~ j o i d n gfor
, ~ Jehovah , ~ ~ , ' ~
h ~ dmade them rejoice over their enemies." $,\ \I:;#
a 9 0 they came t o Jerusalem wit11 string inatrwmentsOand with harps7' and with trumpetsm:J' $fy;:;,ra: 4;;;
t o the house of Jehovah, euAndthe dread;' of n t - t l 5~. 1 z
R:17
God came to be upon all the kingdoms of the mF:r
mvrt Io:S
lands when they heard that Jehovah had fought
i2.2
against the enemies of Israel." And the royal 51r'h
1 123n lZ&
n
power of Je.hosWa-phat mnthued 20 have no Ly<2:ll;
disturbance and his Cod contjnued to give him
,;;h1j;iI;4
rest a11 aroundk
5.1
31 And Je.hoshJa-phatn
went on reigning aver i!;:1,'k!:2
Judah. Thirty-five years old he was when h e ~ , ~ i ! : L 5
began to reign, and for twenty-five years he ;:,!,i,':i::ii
reigned in Jerusalem.= And his mother's name fi?; :;$:
was A-zu'bahr the daughter of Shjlrhf. 3 1 And he I
kept walking in the way of his father A'san and

02:H!

go t o Tar'shish.8

Je.hash'a.phat
down
forefathers'
buried with
21 Finally
in
of
and Je.ho'ramv his
lay

and was

with his
his fore-

fathers21 the city David,

son began to reign In place of him. And he had
brothers, Je.hosh'a-phat's sons, Az.n.riiaha and
Je.hi'e1 and dech.a.rirahand Az.a.ri'abband Mi'cha.eI and Sheph.a4titah,all these being the sons
of Je4hoshra.phat t h e king of
Tonsequently
their
father
gave
them
many
giftssy
in
O
yGe
E s 825:6: ~
silver and in gold and in choice things along with
sCh11:23 fortified cities in Judah, and the Mngdom he
Eb",i$i$ gave to Je.horram,' for he was the first-born,"

u2Ch
2ch 12
9'31
16
V2m;1F.1g

"CIothing,"'

Vg and sewn Hebrew n~nnuvcripta;'kcareaoscs,

Ncalti~tg"BlesYing."

he did not turn asfde from it by doh%what was

right in Jehovah's eyes.' Only the high places'
themselves did not disappenr* and the people
;
;
7
;
:
;
$
themselves had not yet prepared their heart for
112cb
iCll17:6
the God of their forefathersby
visa 7 3
y2Ch
34A~forthererstoftheaffalm*ofJe.hosh'2a119:3
,*ZChlZj15
2 , a.phat,
~ ~ the~ Arst
~ nnd
~ the last,' there they are
written among the words of Je'hun the son of
c l K I 16.1
1 ~ 1 1 6 : 7 Ha.natnit which were Inserted in the Boolr4 of
ZCh 19.2
And after this Je.hosh'aA Z C ~16:7 the Kings of Israel.
P2Ch 3 t i : l l
phat the king of Judah had partnership with
+1KgM:49 A.ha.zi%h*the king of Israel, who acted wickedly.' " So he made him a partner with llimself
in maklng ships3 to go to Tar'shish' and they
=x110352
CPs48:7
aFr22:% made ships in Etzi.on-ge'ber.' S: However, E.li*hu 33:b
De2:8
ePmrthe son of Dod-av'a-hu of Ma.re'sha spoke
1 K i 9:26
prophetically against Je.hmh'a.phat, saying:
"Inasmuch as you have hnd partnership with
0
A.ha.zirah,k
Jehovah will certainly break down
kJoa'l:ll
J O S 7:12
your
works."11
Accorclingly the ships were
2ch
Pr 13.20
19:~
n2Ch 1'6:s wreckedr and they did not retain strength to
Heb 115
rlKi 21:48
aSCh 9:21
t 1 K 1 2.250

.JC>X

2 CHRONICLES 20:35--21:3

'

'd-~crriak"31. b 'A.par.io'h tt, nf. ",ladah/ L?iXT'&S7 and nbouf

40 Eebrm mannsmipts; "I~rnel,"hi,

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55 0

551

2 CHRONICLES 21:1&20

has sdd, 'Due to the fact that you have not

walked
in the ways of J~hos,sfi'a.phatkyour fa:fi:;o
ther
OF
in the ways of A'san t l ~ cking of Judah,
strong, and $0 he Irilled all his brothers" with the i c . 1 1 . : !..i
$;n
"<'I1
r::n
2cl114*5
but you walk in the way of the kings of Israel1sword and also some of the princesb of Israel. 4rct
x.!:
r l K 1 16%
l r ;1
~r5:x and cause Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusa" Thirty-two years old Je'ho'ram was when he '!l!;,?/:,'$'
1 R i 15:3
SEX M:15 lem to have unfaithful intercoulxcRthe same
began t o reign, and for eight y e w s he reignedm
Jer3:8
may that the house of A'hab caused the having
In Jerusalem. a And he went on walking in the ,c2iq,?i:,!1,
of unfaithful intcrcour~e,~
nnd cvcn your own
nay of t h e kings of Israel," Just as those of the
brothers, the houscholcF of your lather, wlio
house of A'hab had done,for A'hab's own daugh- 1 ur~::~h
UJC;e,$.$l
,
0
were better than you, you hnve killed," "here
'i:12
ter had become his wife,' and he continued t o do rl..I,-r :<:l!:.D
x . 2 1 Jehovah is denling a g r e ~ tblowv to your peowhat was bad in Jehovah's eyes.* ' And Jehovah ":!?\28?'!
I-Iab 2 1 2
pleY and t o your sons-and to your wives and to
~ J 3O 12
did not want t o brjng the house of Dnvjd l o ::jI:?::!,\
v'iu 16-43
ruin,k for the sake of the covenantn that hc had ;:/:&' -:?,7
i ~ h 2 ~ : 2all
2 your property. " h d you will he tvlth many
d1
i s e a s ~ , with
'
a malady of your intestinesr unconcluded with David and just as he had said &;lfJ
5
g
g
6
i
:
716
ti1 your intestines haw come out because of
he would give himTand his sons e lamp always. .;:i$;b;'
::,::c
',:
2a:j
the disease day by day.' "'
8 In his days E"domt revolted from under the
uc
A,- 12:23
~5.51
;;;;;
crss ?"lo
16 According1y Jel~ouaharousedhegainst:Jehand of Judahu m d then made a king t o reign ;;;11 1:4:1u
.LUc 2P37
')Ch 15.2
D. 2%:ss ho'ram the spirit* of the Phi.listtines.:'and the
over
"0 Se.hofram together with his :rCnr2; 1 3
IJe %.ST
01Sa26:18 Arabsx that were by t h e siden of the E.thi.0'chiefs passed over and also all the chariots with G&n?2!7
p i . a n ~ . ~ "So
~ they c m c up Into Judah and
him, And it came about that he rose up by nl~lllll:n ~ ~ ~ , 1 ; 2 ; ~ T
f;$:::&
?
~
I
3
7133.11
r:5
forced it open1and took captive all the propertyn
and went striking down the E'dorn.ites that ;,;:?,
thatwastobefoundInthckingklhouseandalso
vilere surrounding him and also the chiefs of the
?
;l;:e I I
his
d
was not left
chariots. I n B u t E'dom kept up its revolt from J:" R I C I '11
'
P
~
~
~
,
"
;
y
~ sonsr and hls \xlives,"~ n there
215
"sas:1
under the handc of Judah down to this day.r 110th
to
him
a
son
but
Je-l~o'a.haz,t
his
youngest
son.
1 1 ~ 2.21,
.
*;Cfl 9:14
K L2
-CII l;:n P5 And after all this Jehovah plagued him in his
It was then t h a t L.ib'nahz began to revolt at the -1.:,r
-+ I , P 1 7 : ~
*21C1 19:9
same time from under his hand because he had $
2Ch 12.3 intestines with a discnsc for tvlljch tllere was no
;',:
IZh
hea1ing.u And it came about that in the days
left* Jehovah the God of his fowfnthrrs." He yF\,!';;J$
1t15*
n\
';3 14:4
himself also had made high? places'. on the rnoun- ;;;y2!;;l13
Ict, 27:3f to come, ever1 when t h e term of trvo fuII years
t~ins*Of Judah, that he might CAUSE' the in- :J;;},.;
expired, hls Intestinesv cnme out dong with
7 : had
habitants of Jerusalem t o have tmfaithful Inter- c,::! .h"'in:s
his
disease
and 11c grarlunl!y dlcd In his bad
p
tZCi1
l S n 322:1
J:3
2ch:2:6
course' and that he might drive Judah away.' '5; i?:!?"
maladies,
ancI
his people rlirl not makc! n blllming
uDc 28 19
Ilk2
for
' his forefathers.
ich21115 for him like the b u r ~ ~ i n p
12 Eventually there came a fvriting90 l ~ l m ? I 'K\ II I:I:I~
A c 12.23
fcl~mE.li'jaha" the prophet,: saying: "This is 3m/r:"'?!%j
plSn 2n:Io ?" Thirty-two years olcl hc hnppcncd t o be when
J zc3h :G:14 h e began to reign, and for eight ycam he reigned
wk'at Jehovah the Gad of David you^ %reZntherl j::;"
$Tll

4 When Je.horramrose up over the kingdam

of h i father he pmeeeded t o make his position

:P

,&

kx1p:g3
2ch 123

'>I<,,

z,!,),,

,,,,;,,

N. Bee 1 E n p 17: 1, footnote c, Ths a!dy r ~ l c n t i oof

~~
I2.litjoii in Clmonicles.
a R.li.ilr'lrrr.

Or, **wereunder the c0ntr01.'' b 31, Crrsl~.i)tr';liternlly, ++Cush%tes?'

L X S T g , '~E-tlu.o'~~i.n~~s,"

2 CHRONICLES 22:1 - 4

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553

2 CHRONICLES 22:?-22

In Jerusalem. Finally he went away without be-

'2K"I
king of Judah, he went down t o see Je.ho'ramx
WlXl 2 2 3 4
ing desired.' So they buried him in the city of F'F!$E
the son of A'hab fn Jez're.el, for he was sick.#
,
kn
r;ueA$x
D ~ v i dbut
, ~ not tn t h e burial p l ~ c e aof the kings.'
]fit 1 2 : ~ But it was from Godk that the downfalln of
2Ch
I ~ S 10:15
24-25
A.ha.zjJah occurred by [his] coming t o Je-ho'Then the inhabitantsQof Jerusalem made Q2Ch
2dh 2 ~ : s ~
and when he m e he went out'. with
A.he.riJaha*his youngest son king in place '$i;i::f
~m~~~
Je.
ho'ram
to Je'hu" the grandwnhf NlmPshl,t
of him. (for the marauder hand that came with $1; g,fs
$zt$g whom Jehovah
017545:7
had anointed'! t o cut off the
the ArabsB t o the camp had kilkd all the older
PIKI 19:16
llri19:w house of A'hnbtY And it came about that as
ones,)' and A+ha.zitahathe son of Je.hoPrambe;: $j,+ 1 t2IC!D.14
soon as Je'llu had entered into controv~rsywith
1 1 : r ~ i 9:a
gan to reign as king eP Judah. 'Twenty-hvob 2
2x1 9:6
v 2 ~ c 1 9 : 7 the house of A'habr he got to find the princes
years old A.ha.zifahn was when be began to r2Kj 8 : ~
reign,. and for one year he relgned in JerusayzF::$ of Judah and the sons of the brothers of A.hae i i i lo:=
zi'ahlZministers of AAa.zi'ah, and he proceeded
lem. And his mother's name IVRP Ath.a.Ii'ahk ng;; gg
'2KI 10:14 to kill them.* T h e n he went looking for A-hathe granddaughterc of Qrnrri,1'
rll<L ~ : y
I k l 1fi:s.y
nzlcl 9:a7 zi'ah and they flnally captured him," as he was
3 He himself also walked in the ways of the $$z;j;j
* 1 ~ 1 1 3 : 3 2 hiding In Sabrnar'i.a,band brought Irlm to Jefhu.
house of Arhab,rfor his mother. herself became
~JJ
tlscy put him to deatht and buried him,'
h h cowsefort in doing wickedly, ' A n d he went JE 27:a
P2~:E;rQ:M
;T3 Then
?it 13.W
for
they
said: "He is the grandsonh of Je.hoshron doing what was bad in Jehovah's eyes, the
~ ~ " 1 7 : "a.phat," who searched for Jehovah with all his
same as the house of A%abnr for they #em- ut. ' ~f1 2; :2s~ ~
17:4 heart."" And there was no one of the house of
selves became munselonll to him after the
~
1
2
.
~
death of his father, to his ruination. It was Pr L:{:;Q
;$$7 A.ha.zi'ah t o retaln power for the kingdom.'
10 As regards Ath.a-li'ahk the mother of
also In their counsela that he wnlked,v so that ogcllzs:r6
:$\%& A.ha.zi'ah,
v r s l:l
she saw that her son had died. $0
he went with J~.ho"ram~
the son of A%ab the y?KI
8.25
she rose up nnd destroyed: dl the royal offsprlng
king of Israel to the war against 3-Iaz'a.eEa the 2 2 ~ 1 8 : 1 5
.
n2K' lf:l of t h e house of Judah.11 l L However, Je.ho.shab'king of Syria at Ra'moth-gil'e.~d,~
at which t h e ?Kt 3 0 %
*
;
~
;
f
i
~
~
e.athr t h e d a u ~ h t c rof the king took Je.ho'ashca
shooters got t o strike J e . h ~ ' r a r n . a~Hence
~
he nchl J H 18
g:, the
son of A.he.zi'ah and stole him away from
returned t o get healed at 5ez'reneInfrom the zF:t$;tE
among the sons of the king t h a t were to be put
wounds that they had inflicted upon him at i2;i'l;1
to death and put him m d his numlng woman
RakalrP when he fought HazJa.el the king of O2:il s.9
in the inner kdroom.t And Je.ho.shabfe.aththe
Svria.
'2x1 PI11
kr2KI
8:m daughter of King Je.ho'ram,u the wife of Je.holf-ASfor Az.a.rirahP*
the son of Je.ho'rama the1WKl
2ch 2 2 : ~
8.113
v*Ch23:1 a.da5' the priest, (for she herself happened to be
"A.ha,iitnl~,)'The same aa Je.ho'n.l~ne o f the precedi~lgd l a p t e ~ ,
y 2 ~ a213 the sister of A.ha.zitah,) kept him concealed
rerar 17 rind vtenning tlre a ~ n thing,
c
"Ya11 hap t ~ k e nhold," P X C P ] , ~
because of Ath.a.li'ah, and she did not put hlm
2';:"!1"T:
thrtt ~ a d ' gnnlnr "\-ah" (Yein) lo1 lo\n i4nhnn'*itasbad of p r ~ r d i n ~ .
to death.,' And he continued with them In the
1%
,
,
:
,
3
,
3
:
l
O
b "Twpr,ty-tn.o."
sPL7:sLnb.anltn~~
rdltlolb nncl .' Gmga 3:";
"I n9~nt?+''
L.Y,TAE ; "forty-two," 31T'g. a Liternlly, IdnnghCer," 3I.
Literdly, "Jn'rnn~,"bl. Lit~rntlp,"s~ra?M,* Litcrnlly, 'rJu'asb,"

72

:::;;:;

*;zi;?:;K:::;:

$$;z!ils

*:sj:

zEi

,,,
-

d l i t e r r r l l ~ ,19~'xam,'"11, Tfio sntnc na A.ha,zi'nh, vss. 1, 2, 7-11.

Iii, But see 2 King:, 11:21, fuotilote d,

'

house of The [true] W a hidden for slx years" Tglj3

while Ath.s.liJ&was ruling as queed over the
17:15
'PS 12:8
land,'
f er 12:l
And in the seventh year Jelhoi'abdauD2Ki11:4
~howedhimself courageous and proceedI
ed to take the chiefs of hundreds, namely, h a - 1% 2318 1
ri'ah the son of Je.ro'hm, and 1sh'rna.eI the son
I
of Je.ho.haPnanand Az-a.ri'ah the son of O'bed ,$;
and Ma.a-sei'ah the son of Adai'ah and E-li-$;;;g
t
sha'phat the son of Zichrri, with him into the
covenant.* =Afterward they went aroundb @ 2 C h l l : 1 4
throughout Judah and collected together the ;"1"c"h2' "3:"1
Levltes* from all the cities of Judali" and the :$k $ky3
heads" of the paternal* houses of Ismel. So they lTg~;31,
came to Jerusalem. Then all the congregationb
;!j
concludd a mvenantk with the king in the
;
:
&
housenof The [ m e ] Gods and h e said to them:
tjsgs:;;
"Look! the sonr of the king himself ~ 3 1 1reign," 1 s i 2 : 4
just as Jehovah promised concerning the sons
of David,t This is the thing that You will do: $gk&!f:
one third of YOU who are corning in on the sab-I ;
bath,Iu of the priests' and of t h e Levites,~will
be for doorkeeper^;^ and one third wCI1 be at the
house' of the king;' md one third will be at the 1ch 2::3
gate".of the F~undation;~
and n11 the people will Z1'c'kz2&
be in courtyards' of the house of Jehovah. And 2Ji35
do not let anyane enter t h e housec' of Jehovah' ;$Eyf;;;a
but the priests and those of the Levites minister- EF~.;,
ing.@These are the ones thnt will enter, because
%
they are a holy grozrp,k and all t h e people them- t ; ~ ; ?:
s : ~
selves will keep the obligation t o Jehovah, ' And zsky!&
the Levites must encircle the king a11 around,* ~
~
e ~ c hone with his weapons in his hands, and, as
for anyone coming into the house, hc should be
a "The [true Qod." N,ha-El.o,kimt; LXX, IIO
TRcboe'; Vg, De'lrs;

23

+?,&;:,

;zl
s~:

v~;g:2

Sy, 'nJehoro

I, ."

"Congegatiotl," 11, quohalt; L.LT, ~l;.lile.si'n,

put to death.' And continue wlth the king when

g$;;;;$ he comes fn and when he goes out.""
1 1 I:
8 And 'the Levitesg and all Judah proceeded
"c'll 13:1
.
fd do according to all that Je.hoiln.dnt the priest
VILII 24:l
had commanded. So they took each one his men
l t : l l 25 1
that were corning in on the sabbath together
?
:!:,'""l1 lo with those going out on the ~ a b b s t h , ufw dehoi'ada the priest had not set the divisionsv
C_'SIh b 7
free from duty. "rther,
Je.hoitn.da the priest
Alc'112fi:m
~ t >:+(kn
h
t
i:
g ~ v ethe chiefs of hundmrtsP the spearsz and
b:'I<l t l:11
2 1I : : 5
the shields and the circular shields" tllnt had be*
.Inbi :17,L4
@llilH:3tj longed t o King David,' which were in the house
* l <44!:l1
~
of The [true] God,"' And he went on to sta:2
,~
with hfsmis;
; tion all the p e ~ p l e eveneachone
sileO
in
his
hand,
from
the
right
side
of the house*
:j$j ;;;$
~.-s,l
:'SII l:lo
12% clear to the left side of t h e house, by the aEW
I I
and by the house," a11 around near the king.k
SEX2'j 1'1
' T h e n they brought the king's son out1]and put
l,.; 7h.5
IS!\ n , l n
I<, ::%q upon him the diademr and the Testimonys and
made him kingt and Je.hoi'a.da mcl his sonsm
$:j,'3l,'f0
anointedu him and said: "Let the king live!"V
til:\z!$
12 When Atha.li'ah heard the sound of the
, 2:2k;
.
:
people running and praising the king,Y she a t
yllC: 1l:tS
+:I(\ !~'3:? once came to the people at the house of Jeho' : ' I C I :'.7 3
21.t131.:j1 va11.Z ' T h e n she saw, md there was the king
G ~ I C lI c : l R
st~ndingby his pillarb" at the entryo and the
I : / C .jr;.:!
ANLIlr ):.I
princes" and the trumpetsbby the king and all
the people of the land were rejoicing' and blowO;!;ll;il&
+
Y c.11.12 :.io i n p the trumpets and the srngerst with the
c I
: instruments of song' and those givlng the signal
PJ ' 7.11:
I kr 1.29 for oflering praise? Immediately Ath.a.li'ahk
W.13
'ripped
her
1~\ r k r
~
~ clothing
~ apart: and mid
: : "Conspiracy!
~
Conspiracy
!"
l4
EutJe.hojra.da
the
priest brougl~t
'Ul(:11
:rj;l 25 R
,,,,<, out Ihe chiefs of hundreds, the appointed ones of
m1*Tlle t,l.neJ God." M, ha-EE.o.kina'; L.YX, Tto Tke.oa9 i&,
flu
N U 3.331

"\I- 41

,,,,
-

O J ~ i ~ Q ~ f i bk or,
,ll

padblyp "his atandin$ place?

2 CHRONICLES 23 :I S 2 1

556

the mititary force, and sald to them: "Take her

out from inside the rows,r and, as for anyone

557

:::!

$::;

"'"~borah," at 2 Kinp 11:37. br'The pric~isnnd thr k i t c ~ , "

ZSKT'gSy and a fern H~llrew manu-cl-ipts; "the p;.ie6ts, !La
h v i ~ t a , "U.

and the city itself had no disturbance, and Atha-ll'ah they had put to death with the sword.'
Seven yews old 3e.ho'asha was when he
began to reigna and for forty years he
a2TCiu:l re igned In Jerm~alern,~
And his mother's name
WRS Zib'i .ah from Be'er-~he'ba.~' And Je-ho'Q1c.$Ia~;~~
*lcb*3 : ~asha' kept doing what was right in Jehovah's
*zch?%2
2 ~ %:I
h
~ye~~allthedaysofJe.hai'a.dathepriest'~And
1~ lixi:l2 Je.hol'a.da proceeded to get two wives for him,*
-?Kt 12.2
ar;~
21 :
'I ond he came to be father to sons and daughters,
tic 24 ..i
4 And j t came about afterward that it k a m e
dose to the heart of Je.ho'asha to renovate the
d J e h o v ~ h . ~Accordingly he collected
fn 2 1 ~i1 1 2 ;: 4 house
the pr1cst.q" and the Levites together and said
to them: "Go out t o the dtim of Judah and collect money from all Israel t o repairqhe house of
qg
B ~ K I IYOUR
~ : ~God from year to year,uand you, for YOUR
part, should act qulebly in the matter." And the
tnK1 If:'
Lcvltes did not act quickly,t 9 0 the king called
u2K1 12:7 Jc.ho1'a.d~the head and said t o him:u "Why is
It that you have not requjred an account of the
Levites for bringing in from Judah and Jerusa!iz$!i
the sacred taxi ordered by MosesV the servE;E.:YZjw::;18 lem
ant
of Jehovah, even that of the congregation
NU I :5rJ
u 7 7 of Israel, for the tent of the Testimony?Y For,
NLI 17:H
N I I 1~.:! 'as regards Ath.a.lj'ah the wicked" woman, her
,r\C 7:JL sonsa themselves had broken into the house of
The [true] G d h ' and even all the holynthings
&&~'$.,
!'ct1":3
of the house of Jehovah they had rendered up
.?Ctt "H::4

*mll:zfl

PaK111:15

coming after her, he should be put to death with

the sword!"$ For the priest had said; "You must
,$
::;t ~ r c3:2s
not put her to death a t the house of Jehovah."$
they laid their hands upon her and she ::~'d~~''
came to the entry of the hol-se gateu of the
i!:;:
king's house, and they proceeded to put her to $.:;$;:'
hr 4'35
death there.'
z:!<l
17
16 Then Je.hoSpa.da concluded a covenanty
;
;
>
!
'
;ys
between h i m l f a and a11 the peoplez and the otlt.zfi:ls
:.1:72
king' that they would continue as the peopIer i + t .i.~:r,
a
1n:21
of Jehovah. " Mt~fterthat all the people came t o l;.a!: 1n:ry
2
1
I~j &..I
the house of Ba'alw and pulled it dotvn,O and his J r r :?:H
altars' and his images0 they broke up" and Mat'- $;:;;:
tan' the priesP of Ba'al they killed" before the *$,y,
altars. I8Fhrther, Je-hoila.da put the ofices of
the house of Jehovah" in the hand of the priests J W 2:tn
[and] t h e LevitesFbwhom Davidk had put in ~&:!':i?s
divisions over t h e house of Jehovah t o offer up ':;;;;$
the burnt sacrifices of Jehovah according t o ,,l,';!,'~.$
what is written in the law of Moses,l1 with glad$;:%
ness and with song by the hands of David.? '"0
n c z!d~ xq
hrll 29:2
he stationed the gatekeepersg by the gates' of rlqll :w
the house of Jehovah that no one unclean in any sZC h~j14J:25
?1;:1~
~
respect might enter. 20 He now took t h e chiefs :;:t $?j:'
of hundredsll and the IordIy ones and the rulers :$I
over the people and all the people of the land v;:;\/#:i
and brought t h e king dotvn from the house of
;!;:!
Jehovah." Then they came right through the J . I .ff~ .lr,
J-r > 2 , 4
upper gate to the king" house and seated the r\!~ r ; ~ . : ~ s
r .?>'21
king upon the throney of the kingdom. a'And hricb:.s
dl the people of the land continued to rejoice,%
;::Z

2 CHRONICLES 24:l-9

c f ~a::!
>:-I
l 7

to the Bn'als.''" "Then

the Iring said the word

it outside at the
After that they
issued a call throughout Judah and Jerusalem
to brjng to JJeovaah the sacred tax*ordered by

~:zr
[ )It :li 2
r ; : ~ ~and they made a chestEand put
gate of the house of Jehovah,
I ! I, 2.3

;,

b?ICi 12:n

1.u :!.I
,

I A i t e ~ ~ l l'~Jo'n~l~."
y,
11. Rut wc 2 TCinm 11:81,footnate d. b "The
111-uc] God." N, Ira-L'E,o.h~ m'; LYS, k o Tlhe.os'; SF, ':Jehovah."

2 CHRONICLES24:1"24

2 CHRONICLES 24:15-22

Moses@the servant of The [true] Gods upon mqx .w:la

Israel in the wilderness. lo And all t h e princes' ,X 30:13
;
and all the people began t o rejoice* and they :
;
;
kept bringing and casting It into the chestk un- I s n Trrm;, 5
nc '~:.ifi
ti1 they all I ~ a dgiven.
2Ca K::!
11, And It came about at the proper time he l,%et!ci::e
would bring the chest to the care of the king by
the hand ofthe Levitesl and, as soon as they saw 13Ch34:9
that there was plenty of money,hthe secretaryr nZK112:10
VTSR 8:17
of the king and the commissioner of the chief $$$
priest came and then emptied the chest and -!<I ;:ra:2
"f<I 223
lifted it up and returned it to Its pIace. That 51i1
:::lo
IC"'
"J'
xvas the way they did from day to day, so that

$7;;;

t l ~ c ygathered money in ~bundance.al2 Then the n1CflfB:2

king and Je.hoifa.da would give it t o the doerst ':$i?Jjrt,
of the work of the servjcc of Jehovah's house,^ u:KI ~ : 1 1
and they came to be hirers of the stonecuttersv V ~ ~ ~ $ ;
and of the craftsmenu for renovating Jehovah's y ~ 3):ll
h
house,x and also of the worlcers in iron* and cop- *:'t'11
Z ~ K12:7
I2 : ~
pelp for repairing Jehovah's h ~ u s e l.8~And the D2a13d:8
doers of the work began operations" and the re- Mc1TM:12
pairC work kept advancing by their hancl and bN01:7
finally they made the house of The [true] God"
stand as it structurally should and made it
strong' And as soon as they had finished they
brought before the king and Je.hoi'a.da the rest +\pR2!;t
MJ 1 3 : ~
of the money and they proceeded to make utensils for the house of Jehovah," utensils for the
;f
2
;
3
ministry and for making offeringsn and cupsk y
anco.i:7
and utensils of goldT1and of silver, and they ''~??&!e
came t o be offerers of burnt sacrifices' in the n$:!i&.?.?
house of Jehovah constantly aU the days of

":z;?

111.71 -i:'T
Je.hoira.da,
11 "P 1 :1H
0 L'Sel~*fint
of Tlla [true] 00d." 11, '~b'ndha-Et.a.himr; Sy, 'imrr-

ant of J~hovnb."
"Jchornh."

'-The [truh] God." M, ha-EI.o4himP;LLYVg,

~ 7

15 And Jeahoi'aLda
got to he old and satllsfled
with
yearss and gradu~Ilydied, being A hundred
P J 90:10
l a So they
t , ~ m . : ~ oand thirty years old at his deathmL
;,c L
burled him in the city of David along with the
,
I ,
kings," because he had done good in Israel' and
,':Gb$:;!
with The [true1 GodU and His house.
,rl,\:I1 2r1.21
nc
2s.1
,,., 17 And after Jcuhof'a.da'sdeathy the prlmcesa
of Judah enma in nnd proceeded to bow down
&;$:;
f iWI
l l l l :'I 'J9 t o the Iring.' At illat time t h e king listcnd to
1 1143 them.m l3 And gradually they I&
the house of
11 I1 3:1:.1
Jehovah the God of their forefathershand began
I I1 i
a.Ioq 5,' 30
sewing t h e sacred polesb4and the idols,' so that
F Z K L +3
X:h w : ~ @
there came to be Indignation" against Judah and
.,.
:;i;i$,j J~msalembecause of thL guilt3 of thejrs. I Q And
kept sending prophets' among them t o bring
I:yY;;;k he
them
t o Jehovah and they kept benrlng wit#:2rh
:Td :wr.la nessCback
against them, and they did not give ear:
n.7c t7,'l.I
20 And God's spirit" itself enveloped" Zech.aI( n I
ZIV:
1 2:
I: t e
rltahr the son of Se.hoi'~.daathe priest, so that ha
T
115
BOC'II 23:ll
I.~:.II stood up over the people and said to them: "This
1% 3.7m1Y
4 9 what The [true] God* has said, 'Why are You
jr.6 7.1~
overstepping the commandments of Jehovah?
Bec~wse
uICII
l ' r 3q.:!s
w!) that YOU may not prove ~uccess8ul?~
2L:h 1:l.Z YOU have left Jehovah, he will, En turn, leave
Jvr 2 . I 9
J
I
YOU.' "U Finally they conspired against himv
v,icr 1 I 19
J C 1,
~ IH and peIted him wtth storresy at the king's mm.T4-t' 3 9 . 1
Y a i t 2 r : : j s m a n h e n t i n thecourtyarirzof Jehovah's house.
hlL 2:i::i5
pa And 3e.horash~the
Iring did not remember the
I,u Il:r,l
loving-kinhesss
tlr
at
Je.hoitada his Enthcr
,;:
:&?!
',
had
exercised
taward
him,'
so that hc k113d his
":~,~C~~~
son: who, when he utas at the point or clying,
t($'&'';~2
a "The [true] God!' M, ?a-E3.0.1iimt; ELY, Tto Tkc.08'. b Or "the
~pl.9
~ 01:38
o1E:fl
t ~ 41:9
c
,;;j,

,,,,
.,,,,
J J : ~

,,,

A.~hhc~rnb~."
'lRrpt benrllrfi witnvrra." Vg, pro.trs.tawPtos. Liternll y, "clotbed," M. e "The [truc] God?' 31, ha-El.o.kintf; LXXSy,
L'dcltavnb"; Vg, "Jeho~ahGod? 1 Literally, "Jo'ash," N,But EC%
2 Kinp 11 :21, footnote d. Or, "lop1 b v ~ "
@

2 CHRONICLES 25:1-44

561

*Er?$,

said: "Let Jehovah see to ltAand ask it back."'

23 And It came abut at the turn' nf the year p;g$2
a military force d S y r l T came up against hlm'
and they began to invade Judah and Jerusalem. E; gI9
Then they brought all the princes* of the people H F 1o:a
~
t o ruin from among the people, and a11 their '!k! %%
spoil they sent to the king of Damascus.k 24 For r"&t'3:227
it was wlth rt smaU number of men that the *;,C12,g:i,
military force of the Syrlnns made an invaslonn F; +;0
and Jehovah himself gave into their hand a mill- kgh%;:

tary force of very grcat number,^ because they n L c 2 6 : n

32:M
had left Jehovah the God of their forefathers, r tDe
e26:25
md upon JeGho'ashathey executed acts of judg- :h2'"$&
mentmR
PfiAndwhen they went away from him s,?&hE:8
(forthey left him with many dlsease~),~
his own g;;y&
servants conspiredu against him because of the tkE;;
bloodv of thesonsbof Jc.hoi'a.da~thepriest,and
B;~~
they got to kilI him upon his own couch, so that U;Z KL
I 11119
he died.a Then they burled him in the city of
David,' and they did not bury him in the burlnl
Re 1 6 : ~
places of the kings.'
yYCh 25:20
26 And these were the ronsphtos against f;ia g,$m
him: Zn'bndA the son of Shim'e-ath the Amrmon.ltess and Je-hoz'a.badAthe son of Shim'rith gfh;;ig
the Mofab.i.tess. P7 As for his sons and the
abundance of the pronouncement against himc ,:g
' :E;2
and the founding* of the house of The [true]
God,c there they are written jn the expositiond" ?iiE
0%the Book of the Kings,' And Am.a.zl'ahmIlls ,:72 g;g
son began t o reign in place of him.
2Ch 3:12
10
25:l
'Lit~rally, "Jo'adl," &I.But spa 2 Kings 11:21, Eoot~~ote
d.

A:%"z?z

e:"1:i\

bGSona," ME?; L ' ~ n , "U X V g Pamiblr M here uws the p l n r ~ l

m h e r t o Rrnote eseellence find marth of Je-hoi'a.dn's mn Zwh.ari'ah the prophet-priest. a ' * T l i ~[ t l ~ ~ eGod."
]
31, ha-Kl.a.kdn~'; Tgl
De'un;
"dehovt.nh.?' Oi*, " n l ~ ( l ~ ~ w hBee
. ' ~ 3 ClimnicIca 13 : 28
for the ahlg other occurrence of tlla ~!.ordi n Script~~re.

nZK1 14:2

age of twenty-tlve years Amba.zt'king

twenty-nine
25heAt thebecame
In derum1em.n And his

and for
reigned
mothSITCI 851
11:4
er's name was Je.ho.adrdanllof Jerusalem. ' And
;$: i;;: he continued t o do what was right in Jehovah's
eyeB,r only not with a completeRheart. And It
;zt-11ra.9
$:
came about that as soon as the kingdom had
PS78:.7i
t2IiI 14:5 bec0me strong upon him1 he promptIy kiIledu
21(:~ 9:B
~ ' had struck down the king his
EX 21:14 his s e r v ~ n t swho
N u 35:n
VPCh T4:26 father.r And their sons he did not put to death,
written
the
;uJob
, ' ~4 2~9 rbut
; ~ ~[did]
; ~ according t o whatthatis Jehovah9
law, in the book of Nl~ses,~
com259
manded, saying: "Fathersmshould not die for
"m+gs:gsons," neither should sons themselves die for
fathers,' but it is each one far his own dn that
PEq;:?
+&r.i:6
they sllauld die.""
5 And Am.a.zi'ah proceeded to collect Judah
r x c h ~ f i together and t o have them stand according to
*EXEa:zz
~:E
the house of the for~fathers,~
by the chiefs of
and by the chiefs of hundredsm far
Ej: S3i1 thousa,nds*
all J u d ~ hand Benjamin," and he went on to
lp~~hli:~l
"Nu1:3
register them from twenty' years of age mp3r2Clt 14:8
?ct11;:14 ward, and finally he found them [to be] three
2CI1 17-17
n1Ch 12:24 hundred thousand choice men going out ta t h e
2rtl
z r h TI:IZ
14:8
armyltr handling lancen and large shie1d.p T u r r2K11l:lO ther, he hired from Brael a hundred thousand
,:, ?,:
valiant, mighty men for a hundred sflvern
;:;Y,3,';zB
t 2 ~ 12:1
3
talents, 7 And a certain rnm of Godbt came to
1 ?< i 131
ITI 6 11 him, saying: "0 king, do not let the army of
UI
x~
1c1
hi31f2
12.28
Israel come with you, for Jehovah is not with
1.m 2s:1
2ch
19.2 Israel," [that is,] a 1 the sons of E'phra.im. a But
,!2;{i
'g514 come YOU yourself, act, be courageous for the
Er11.9
war.' The [true] M I 3 could cause you t o stag1. n 8:9
rllcl 15:s

:'Iil 10:30
Z K ~1 2 : ~ years

nhk

:=

" "Mnn of God!'

M, bh io-El.o.Ri~n'; liternllg, "lnnn o f The tnie

however-, IEeuteronom~33 : 1,footnote s. b "The t r u ~
Oot1,3' DI, ha-El.o.J!im'; LA=8y, ''JPIIovo~";
I'g, DB'WB.

(fad." See,

t i

ger before an e n m p for these ex!& powerr ;%$:+

wlth Godl to helpz and to cause staggering."' &~;;a,
U t this Am.a.zi'ahBsaid t o the man of God:b 1c11asll1
LIl:R
"But what is there t o do about the hundred 5'TI1
er IT
talents that I have given to the troops of Is- 2.Ixell1 71.12
4 li
raeI?'" To this the man of Wbsaid: 'There
exists in Jehovah's capacity t o give you much .i',',',';.?,n3
more than this."'
Accordingly Am.a.zi'ah' $; A ;t;
separated them, namely, the troops that had y,':$:;,
come to him from E'phra.lm, to go t o their i3s 10:'ra
own piacre. However, their nngeP got very hot Hag.1:12:R
a ~ a i n s tJudah, so that they returned ta their '""'"%
ws4 1 ~ 4 3
own place in the heat of anger."
Pr M:22
11 And Am#a.zi'ah,far his part, took courage
and proceeded to Iead his own people and go t o
the Valley of Salt,"and he went striking d m *p%$mBQ
the sons of Se'ir,' ten thousand [of them].' ,$:;,
And there were ten thousand that the sons of W K ~~ai:r
Judah captured alive. So they brought them to
the top of the crag and proce~dedto throw them
from the top of the crag and they, one and all,
burst apart.k " As for t h e members d the troop u c I : 1 8
whom Arn.a.zi'ah had sent back from going with
him to the war,nthey began making raids upon m a
~116:*4
the cities of Judah, from Sn.mar'i.ar clear t o ~1K1
Bcth-ho'ron,a and went atrlklng down three
thousand of them and taking a great plunder. qF#p
14 And it came about a f e r AmR-zi'ah came
from striking dotm the Edom.ites that he now dChlS:H
brought the godst of the sons of Se'ir and set
g: i.21
them up for himself as godsi1and before them 2sa
go:?
he began to bow downy m d to then1 he began VEX
y2Ch ?H:4
t o malrc sacrificial sm0ke.Y Consequently Je- $?
::;]

:;as

m u G ~ t l , " 11; BQ Kr 'ld.0~~

Ley; l r J ~ h ~ v a hI'g.
, " b r d ~of
m God."
31, irk ha-~l.o.kinr{ litnnllg. "mnn of The [tntr] God" Sce, how
CVPI~, Deutcronrrury 33:1, footnote &

EizyPI

z:;

h~ah'SQ
anger became hot agafnst Am.a.dPah

:$; and he sent a prophetZto him and said t o him:

2ch 20.:= "Why have you searched*for the people" god$
.Jg 2:2
2ch24:m that did not deliver their orvn people out of your
J e r 2:s
h ~ n d ? ' ' ~And It came about when Re spoke to
CPS 96:5

nF&\Fzhim that [the king] Enunediately said to him:

yp,
:E:"g "Was it a counselor of the king that we consti~c18:26

tuted youT0 Quit for your awn sake.' Why

strilre you down?" So the prophet
bPCh 16'10
2ch lsfz5 quit, but he selicl : "'I certainly know that God
+Fr D:;
IFA 3:1:10 , h a s resoIved l o bring you to ruin,' because you
rrt 4.3 have done this' and you have not listened to
1CO S:4
JCO

10:m should they

"Em lOd

mEx 916
m2:30
Isa 4E:lO
4:zs.
9:?2

qsa 2:25
h21Ci l4:8
k2Sa2:14
20:3

''

m y counsel."'"

17 Then Amnabzitahthe king of Jud~htook

counsel and sent t o Je.hotasha the Ron of Je.ho'ahaz the son of Je'hu the king of I ~ r a e lsaying:
,~
"Come! k t us look each other in the fnce.''k

Is At that Je.ho'asha the king of Israel sent to

Am.a,zi'ah the king of Judah, saying:" "The
thorny weed itself that was in Leb%nonr sent
t o the cedar that was in Leb'a-non, saying, 'Do
give your daughter to my son aa a wife.'h HOWever, a wild beastt of the field that was in Leb'agysyjfl
- C ~ Ik:16 non passed 11y nnd trampled the thorny weed
?Ch 3125
rri3:10 d ~ w n / ~ Y have
u
said to yo~nrself,Here you
Pr 16:18
PC 2R:25 have atruck down E'd0rn.u And your henrtv hns
lifted you up to be g1srified.y Now do keep dwell:"2: : : :
own house." Why should you engage
~ $ ~ l ing
~ ; in
: your
~
in
sfr3fe
in
a
bad positiorr" and have to fall, you
;z;ig;g and Judah with
you?""
I+
~r 1~
2n.35
Pr 26 17
20
Rut
Am.a.zi'ah did not listen, for It was
tu 14.31
*IKI 1235 from The [true] Godhbfor the purpose of gtving
$$h82;iz them into his hand, because they had searched
g5:{F$!14 for the gods of EFdom." "So Je+ho'8shathe
11 Liter~illy,"Jo'asll,'* N.Bnt see 2 Kings 13:10,footnote d. b 'The

n2K114:g
r11ci4:33

[true] God.'> 3, hu-El,o.kin~'j LS;TS'gr "Jehovah."'

2 CHRONICLES 25 :22-28

l'
I

564

565

2 CHRQNf CLES 26 :1-10

26

kfng of Israel went upn and they proceeded to "m114:U

uct,m i +
Then all the peoplek of Jwdah took Uzlook each other in the face,Ahe and Am.a.zirah F
n2X2
15:13
,gl?.,
zi'ah,nn he being sixteen yenrs old, and
1 ~ 3h12
-rt)*2i:l6
the king of Judah, at Beth-she'rnesh,' which QISflFr.9
h:t 1:s
they
made'
him king In place of his father ArnrSEii21:24
belongs to Judah. *' And Judab came t o be de- 1snfi:19
a.~Yah.~
= He it was that rebuilt E'lothLand then
~ r KIA:?I
i
t We 2%
feated before Israel,' so that they took to fligl~t\:,;- ar;:
I K I M restored it to J u d ~ hafter t.he king had lain
each one to his tent.@ " And it was lim.a.zi%h %
down with his foreiathers.u a Sixteen years old
Q;E;?$
zFki6G
the king of Judah, the son of Je.horashhthe son
Uz.zi'ah&"
when he began t o reign, and for
vIsn
uzxi
1:1
of Je.ho's.haz, that Je.ho'ashb the king of Israel
1
fifty-two
years
l ~ creipcd in Jerusalem. And
1
y 2 K i 13:2
seized' at Beth-she'mesh, after which he brought
z2Ki 122 his motl~es'sname wns Je,co.likhY of Jerusa2Ki 14:3
him to Jerusalem* and made a breachk in the * 2 1 ~ 1
'2Ki 1 5 : 3 lem. And he kept doing. what was right in Jehowall of Jerusalem, from the Gate of Erphra.irnn kNc 1:3
oDc 4:29
his
2Ch la.7 vah's eyes,z according to all that hmba4zl'ah
cIew to the Corner Gate,' four hundred cubits, n~;lyB
NO 1s:father
had
done.'
"
h
n
d
he
continually
tended
?JCh2!
:
4
And Ihe took] c d
l the gold and the silver and r;,'d( .rh 32ti:Y
2Eh 2 4 3 to searcha for God In t h e daysLof Zech.a+ri'ah,
1.3
PCe 41:X
all the articles that were t o be found In the "'"
+F;l~:u the instructor in the fear of The [true] GadTM
house of The [true] Godd with Orbed,e'dom4 slK17:51
and, in the days of his searching for Jehovah,
3 I i l 15:18
W4a
2ch S
2x36
:I
and the lxasures of the king's house' and the
Isa 14:29 The [tmze J Godh made him prosperaus.'
;
~
;
;
y
y
hostages and then returned t o Sa.mar*i.a."
*1Ch 18:l
tl~.;t115%
6 And he proceeded to go out and fight
ZJil 21:33
#JOS
~ J O 113:3
S5 : ~
25 And Am.a.zi'ahv the son of Je,ha%shh the L Y : 1~4 1.t
against the Phi.lis'tines9 and break through the
1Sa 5:1
Y:'li2 1.1:1
king of Judah continued t o live after the d e ~ t h
,
2i:sy& wall of Gath' and the wall of J~bkneh*and the
of Je-ho'ashby the son of Je.ho'a.haz the king of y$z/:t::$
of Ash'dod," afler which he built cities" in
riEk wall
Israel flfteen years." 26 AS for the rest of the ~ 2 ~ 1 1 4 : 1 7
AshFdod[territory and among the Phi.lis?ines.
I
P
AC
s
2692
affairs of Am.a.zi'ah, the first and the last,' '$$:&$:
And The [tnre] Godc continued to helpr him
tlc114:4~
aZCh
17:11
look! are they not written in the Rook3 of the u;y::jg
xe7:52
against the PhE.IisVtlnes and ngainst the AratlGe 19:B
Kings of Judah and Israel?* 2i A n d from t h e
J 11 13 bianss that were dwelling in Gur.ba%al and the
?iy9
time that Am.a.zi'ah turned aside f rorn follow- gki
n l i i aamzo
Me.ufnirn.' 'And the Arn'rnon+iteru began to
ing Jehovah they proceeded to farm a conspir- &$$\7%
give tributeY to Uz.zi'a11.a Eventually his fame
sGG,',5.f3
acyP against him in Jerusalem. A t length he 4 . ~ ~ ; i ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~
went even as far as Egypt,f for he disp!ayed
fled t o La'chkh,' but they sent after him t o +;:;.;:;:
streugth
t o an extraordin~rydegree, 'Moreover,
::!&:7
L ~ ~ c h i sand
h put him to death therenflB So they
a
towers a in Jerusalem by t h e
,:I;
*2~11::13
'2ch 2 3 2 3 U ~ . ~ i ' a hbuilt
carrjed him upon horsesh and buried him wit11 'zrC11*i.2"
Gaten and by the
Ser 31:m Corner Gate* and by the V ~ l l e y
Zec 1430
11is forefathers in the city of Judah,en
an., 313 ButtressL and mndc them strong. I " Further, he
~ II~F CC2:7n
II:JIS
!I
built towersF in the wilderness and hewed out
qiternlly, "tents," 31,bliterally, "Jo'o~h," M, See rorw 17,footmany cisternsb (for there was a great deal of
note n. a "Be took," Sp; hut not in 3ILXXTg, "The [true Qorl."
C f $ ~ , ~ ~ $

:&

.;;::

zf\gi::

>I, krr-El.o.him'; L,XXS?-. CJ~hol-nl~"

'; Vg, Rr'rrs. a "Jucln I," hi ;
"David;' L S X T ~ S Tand 12 fIehrea mnaufirript~ nnrl 2 Kings

14:20.

a 'rf.bi.iQ'h~l,11: menning '(319 ~ t r ~ n s is

th
," "'The
& ~ J T g,{In-1~:l.n.hi,,l'; j',x,TiS~, bL,rt.lto~nl~.''L-The [trne]

Ynh(u)

31,h ~ - ~ ~ . ~ . kL-XX,
i m ' ; L 4 J ~ l ~ o m1 h
Tig,
" Z)L"IIS.

Itme]
God.'"

livestock that became his), and RTso In the

I
She.phelah3 and on the tableland, There were *lchfia*
fanners and vinedressers in the mountains and
in Car'mel," for a lover of agriculture he pmved 'Jog
to be.
*2m 17:a
11 hloreover, Uz.dfahaerne to have a force ~ ~ ~ h , % i B
engaging in war, those going wt on military*
service in trmps,k by the number of thelr reginmtionn by the hand of Je.i'el the secretaryr c$;y;;i:
Y r i r rLb:;:
1 :.',3
and Ma.a.sei'ah t h e aficer under the controls of :,I<
:~,t :,:.!Q
Ha-na.niPahof the king's princes.k l2 The entire $? ?::?
L:i:YR
number of the heads of the paternal houses," of nI Il f[.'lb7 ? \?(>.
i
the valiant,v mighty rnen,r \\'as five thousand :1j::;:!,;jA
six hundred. laAnd under their control the army
Ifi
forcesEivere three hundred and seven thousand
;:;::
fiw hundred men engaging in war with the pow*;
:
I
;
;;;
js
er of a military force to help the king against ,(.I, 13:3
ITt14
the enemy.' I d And Uz-zi'ah" continued to pre- 6''l'l]
:SII 121
pare for them, for the entire army, shields3 and $:-:;;
ii;$7
lancesA and helmetsQ and coats of mail4 and ,~;:~$;l~
bowso and ~lingstones.~"~
Further, he made in
Jerusalem engines of war, the invention" of A$;./;
ar:rlz::;
3 ,I
engineers, that they might come t o be upon d rLhrt
,,~ntr:r~
.Iri .I
the towersk and upon t h e corners," to shoot Jar'
B ,R r,817
a m w s and great stones Consequently his famer ;':$:,36
went out t o a great distance, for he was helped '"i2y;,k
miraculously until he was strong.
a t.:,. 7:?1
n u 1 li..;
16 However, as m n as he was strong,^ his """1: \ ' I t I"s
;:7
heart became haughty eyen to the point of ems- n+$(-,l;ji,'*
ing ruin,l so that he acted unfaithfully against :tjjb&?',
Jehovah his Godu and came into t h e temple of ,j:;'i; ,(:i$
Jehovah to bum incense3 upon the altar of In~ e n s e ."Immediately
~
Az.a.ri'ah~ the priest ;'?;:',.&
and nith him pliests of Jekova h, eighty valiant :2:1k,1A5

4::';:

:4

:
1

G':;;";;;'!,

a See

v a s e 1,footnote

came in after him. laThen they stood up

?$; $$$a rnen,n
~ g ~ i nUz.zi'aha
st
the king* and said to him: "It

'2Ctr 19::

.Frr 13:lR

IS not your bu~iness,~

0 Uz.zifah,&t o burn hcense t o Jehovah, but it Is the business of the
fclCo 5:si priests the sons of Aaron," the ones sanctified,
to hum Incense. Go out3 f r ~ m
the sanctuary, for
you have Fitted unfaithfully and it is not for
any glorr to you on the part of Jehavah God."
'E:;?
cJ('ll 1h:lQ
But Uz.ziaahn became e n r a g e while in his
i'Uh ??:It3
hand there uJas a censer' for burning incense,
s
11~-b
l .n.11
~
!I .I~ l
,
his rage ag~instthe priests, leprosy'
. XI I5 . 3 . ~ n dduring
itself f i s h e d up' In his forehead before the
EL<,
13.2
priests in the house of Jehovah beside the altar
k ~ C h ~ : l of
Q incense. '"Whm Az.a.rj'nhjc the high priestb
nnd nll the pricsls turncd towa.1-d him, why,
there he was stricken with leprosy in his forehead!" So they excitedly began t o remove him
ng%?
rEu d:1?
there, m d he himself also hastened to go
,,Dtu, l l,:!2. ~ from
,,,,
,,,,, out," bcsause Jehovah had smitten himBPi h i l
C :-;.c 4:n
Uzb21'a11"1the king continued t o be a leperg until
,
111
NU
.a 5::!
l a : ~ l e the day of 111s death md he kept dwelling in a
house exempt from duties, as a leper,u for he
Y U 1Z14
h u Y ::I3
had
been severed from the house of Jehovah,
z t c ~, , 3
lr21<l 15:a
while Jo'tharnt his son was over the king's
rAc:lrl,:2s
2L't1 I2:l5 house, judging the people of the land,
~ l , t 1G : 1
22 And the i ~ s of
t the affairs of U ~ . z i ' a h , ~ ~
:
the Rrst and the Iast,Y IsaiahcBthe son of A'rnoz'
L I I C 2,1n
~
the prophet has written. " Finally Uz.zi'aha lay
1?,KI :.::.L
1 :
- 1 :
dolvn with his forefatliemP and they buried him
:[<I
12 fil
2t 11 :)I :n wit11 his forefathem in the burial field that be2(?l\; d7
2 l ' h : ~ l z l l longed to the kings,'. for they said: "He is a
< .'.:t 2PJ.li lcperarrE
h d Jo'tl~amn'his son k g a n t o reign in
!,I,
L7
plnce of him.
.l,kJbl<23

3 5 1 1 111:m
Kt1 jt::.it3

XU

,,.-,,,:,
9

SPP r - e ~ c1,
~ footaiofp 0. bl(T!le h i ~ hpriest." EXT, 9 h e first
~ ~ r i r h ~ t ' ' Tg,
;
~ ~ o ~ t ' I i ~ f3
~1.,r r'slra'ia'bu;
.
lnenning L'SaBrationof

Tali (u)?'

2 CHRONICLES 27 :1-33:1

2 CHRONICLES 28:-

568

bFz

312
old Jo'thame was ''ch
reigned in Jerusalem,. and he did not do what
TAR 1:1.
tvhen
began to reign, and for sixteen fiycl;&
2c.h I17
2~
R : J3 was right in Jehovah's eyes like David his forenirCl~?:?s father.' But he walked in the ways of the kings
years
reigned Jerusalem. And his mother's
Ik1 16..33
21i~111rtj of Israel: and ever1 moltenA statues he made
name was Jeru'shah" t h e daughter of Za'dok.' a t r ~ 1r:4
t
AI:k 0.1:17
of the Rda1s.Qa And he himself made sacrificial
And he kept doing what was right in Jehovnl~'~
,
I .
$2;!;2: a
PJK 2:11
eyes," according to a31 that Uszi'ahs his father "f'h
smoke' in the valley of the son of Hin'numae
'ICI 15.,34
had done.& Only he did not invade the temple
C I . 7 r 3.1
"3"h
3z:0 and proceeded to bum up his sonsb' in the fire:
6 .1vr
2 ~ ~:231
3 . 1 fai ~ ~ ~ t ' d to
i n the
g detestable'" usages of the naof Jeh0vah.n However, t h e people were yet act- ,$:R;$
t ions1 that Jel~ovahhad driven out because of
ing ruinous1y.r
himself built the upperS ~4;;20
rc 1;'.:~r2.7
4: 2 1
*r.~. 18 21 the sonsJ of I s m e 1 . k ' And he regularly sacrigate of Jehovah's house, and on the wall of t-r-h :~714
2Uh .!3O
ficedu and made sacrificial smoke on the high
ailp i
O'pheIt he did a great deal of building And ?: $
*I
11' 31
CJrrb
27:18
cities" he builtE in the moun2aiaausv region of 1 8 > 1 3 1 11:s
21ia 21:2 p1ncesPand upon the hills* and under every sort
Judah,r and in the woodlandsz he built fortified ,<;;;::;&
:!3$;35 of lumriant tree.l
I< 21< I 71:::i
places' and tosvers." And he himself warred
5 ConsequenrIy Jehovah his G-od gave him
r
l 1 I,,
~ .I ~
against the kin@ of the sons of bm'mon" and ri;;
Into
t h e hnnd" of the king of Syria," so thhat
ifi12~/;:'?3
;F;;;;
eventually pmved stronger than they were, so vrtlc1:17
they
struck him and carried off from Mm a
l,;v m.1
tlLn
57,5
that the sons of AmJmon gave him in that year d2'\?%'0
great
number of captives and brought them to
:./R $;:+
a hundred silver talents' and ten thousand cor1l6 2-t$yj;i
*~ri;1fl Damascc1~3,Y
And also into the hand of the king
ZC'Il 2 1:"4
measures of wheat- and ten thouaand of bar1eyne,;l.PRd!.?&
was given so that he struck him
1 i : 1 3 of Israel"@
';~r!
8G
This was what the sons of Arn'mon paid t o him, :;;;;;;;y
,,-I, 1 h 5 with a great slaughter. a Accordingly Pe'kah'
also in the second year and the third,* "0 pry;:,
?:!$?;;!: the son of Rem.a.li'ahDkilled in Judahn a hunJo'tham kept strengthening himself, for he pre- m!*:sa
r.c
dred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant
3
2('t, ":R
pared his ways before Jehovah his God.'
men, because of their leavingq Jehovah the God
*:'{71 19.3
o15n7:0
,tr 9.21
7 As for the rest of the affairsk of Jo'thamn 2:,'!h<$oI4 E1I 1)1~28:15
of their forefathers, Further, Zich'ri, a mighty
~
B:IA
and all his wars and his ways, there they are
man of E'phm-im,' killed Ma.a.seirah the son of
J I P arr:25
$;:
11,- :<lmlfi
written in the Bookr of the Kings of Israel and
the king and Az.ri'kan1 the leader of the houseJ,,, 9
of Judah. Twenty-five years old he happened $;:[ 4:?9;
hold and El.kakah h e one next to the king.
$: ; : :?
to be when be began to reign, and for sixteen ~ 1 ' 1 ~ 1 33
15
Moreover, the sons of Israel took two hundred
2
7 12
years he reigned in Jerusalem,s "Finally Jo" -tlSrr
1 l I i l 2i n
thousand
of thejr brothers" captive,' women,
E;I,jh,::'
,.9
~c 13 20. sons and daughters, and dm a great deal of
tham lay down with his forefathers,' md they ,?,;',:{,.?Ji
- I ~ pPk . 3
buried him in the city of David.~And A%uq y'iEE
11 II 3
l613
11:;;;,
iy4 spoil they took from them as plunder, after
T W 1.1
his son began to reign in place of him.
1\11 T.1
which they brougl~tthe spoil to Sa-rnar'i.a.*
zj
Twenty years d d A ' h m was when he J(,, 7332
I:,
"'Vnllcgof the Ron of Rin'nnm."' 31, pe!! hen-Hitr.,~om'; E X , gas'
began to reign, and for sixteen years he
brrr rrmla; Vg, t h ~ I ' l cR~~r.en'vonr.
See Joshun IS: 16,footnor~sa, b,

years
he
27heTwenty-five
in

(X

I(.

28

Ihrr

See chapter 25, Terse 1, footnote a. & A mr cowaponde with the

homer (dry) measure of 11 bushels 4 quarts (U. S, A,).
a

:
-

and t l i ~~rtirleon t h i ~rPwe on pnge 832, Appendix ( T o l n ~ ~I),

lc
''$oI>$," 11IdX.Ylrg;"son," QY nlid 2 R i n g lti :3.

2 CHRONICLES 28:9-15

570

571

9 And there happened to be a prophetk of k$F;g::P 1

Jehovah there whose name was O'ded. So he Zch25:15
went out before the a r m p that was coming t o ON@ 9:6
Samar'i.a and said t o them: "Look! it was because of the ragen of Jehovah the God of your
forefathers against Judah that he gave them ,;?:zn~ e l c: i 5
I
into YOUR hand, so that you did a killing among
them with a ragingr that has reached clear to r ~ e ~ I
the heavens.. And now t h e sons of Judah and
; ; : ;gs
of Jerusalem YOU are ehinkinga of reducing t; o
Re l8:a
menservantst and maidservants for yourselves, t i ;
Nevertheless, are there not with YOU yourselves UJW 25:29
cases of guilt against Jehovah YOUR
gt
l1 And now listell t o me and return the captivess OPS 68:1"
that you have captured from YOWR brothersIv V!g Ef5
for Jehovah's burning anger is against YOU,"Y y$~~;;:14
12 At that [certain] men of the headsx of the
sons of Etphra.im,* Az.a.ritah the son of Je.ho- e:a$g'%
*Isa9:21
ha'nan, Ber.e.chi'ah the son of Me.shil'le.moth
and Je.hiz.ki'ah the son of Shallum and A-ma'sa
the son of Had'lai, rose up against those coming DL, 4:s
in from the military campaign, l9 and they said ?8:5::,
to them: "You must not bring in the captives ;:!,2Zlg
here, for it will result in guiltDagainst Jehovd
on our part. You are thinkinga of adding to our
~;;L~Is
sins and to our guilt, for great is the guilt we bGe
3 9 : ~
22:24
haveA and there is burning angerP against Is- Ex
E Y 32:12
rael." l4 Accordingly the armed' men left the
captives-nd
the plunder before the princes' , ;&:3,;:$
and all the c o n g r e g a t i ~ nl.3
~Then
~ -the men that
were designated by their namesn rose up and;;?: ;$I;,
took hold of the captives, and all their naked;::;;:F,
:;E:%
ones theyclothedfromthespoiI. So theyclothed ;"J
rsaij8:T
them1<and furnished them with sandalslland fed
g:jg

ggs

'E

Literally, %aying [t.a yourselves] ," M.

ga .3kal1; LILX, ek.lile.si'~.

b "Congregntion."

2 CHRONICLES 28:16-23

themr and gave them drink' and greased them

szi$g and,
in the case of anyone totteringlt gave them

UNU 15:1
tRo
=:I
.TO$ 6:1
E E z r 2:34
,mc w3
J g 1!1G
.Ilrr 16:24
z2Kl 16:7
Isa 7:10
* I s n 717
oLe 26.B

transportation on the asses and brought them to

Jer'i.cho13~
t h e city of palm trees,~beside their
brothers. After that they returned t o Sa.mar'i.a,Y
16 At that time King A'hazz sent t o the kings
of As.syr'i.a*for them to heIp him. l7 And once
~ $
again the E'dom.itesn themselves came in and
'0%h452,5:U
striking down Judah and carrying off captf$tPs;8 went
tives."
As f o r the Phi.lisYines,o they made a
2ch 2 1 : ~
1Sa31:ll
raid
upon
the cities of the She.phe'laha' and the
g
E fg;& Neg'ebbe of
Judah and got t o capture Beth+no
JOS1C+:I
: ~
l c h 2 ~ : a sSke'meshx and Ai'ja.lone and Ge.de'rothk and
and its dependent towns and Tim'nahr
~ & h I ~ 6 ~ 1So'cotl
u
5-u 212
,,,:, and its dependent towns and Gim'zo and its dependent towns, and they took up dwelling there.
, ~ ~ ~ ~ $ ; ~ O
1sa6:9
l9 For Jehovah humbleds Judah on account of
*2Ch 1 l : L O
A'hazt the king of I ~ r a e l , ~because
U
he let unIC:=:;;~
restraint grow in Judahv and there was an actTJ* 143
PD; 2X:.13
lss.2:7 ing with great unfaithfulnessd towmd Jehovah.
Po Eventually Til'gath-pil.ne'serr
the king of
"p",bl$gjg
As.syrrima
came
against
him
and
caused
him dis'ECB$:6
tress,z
and
did
not
strengthen
him.
21 For A'haz
u"h11:3
2Ch 21:2
the house of Jehovah* and the house of
;g2:<i
:;i2;9I G : ~ stripped
the king0 and of t h e princesAand thus made a
ICh 5 %
but it was of no
E3Ki17:3 gift to the king of As.sy~'i.a,~
I P7:20
~
*?ch12:9 assistance t o him. ?a However, at the time that
he was causing him distress' he a c t d unfaith~~~~~~~5
?$Fdgjg fully still more toward Jehovah, that is, King
A'haz did." 23 And he began to sacrifice t o the
2;:$7#YKI
,i IF:l3
1 ~ 1 2godsx of Damasms* that were striking him and

Or, "the lomlands?' B O r , "the south?' See QeneGs 12:9, footnote c. * "Israel? 31; "Judab," LXXVgE7T and about 12 Hebrew
manuscripts. *'There xas an acting with great unf~thfulness."
Tho Hebrew rerb here is in the infinitive absolute snd hence is impersonal and indefinite n:, to tmme.

2 CHRONICLES 29 :5--12

he went on to say: "Because the gods of thejkpPq$bl

kings of Syria are helping them,k to them I shall ICT r-r:r5
Jrr 4-1:?7

sacrifice, that they may help me."n And they .Il-r . i r : ~ l r

tl~ernselvesbecame to him a cause for making '!? ?i;3
him and all Israel stagg~r.fa* further mar^, t,:!::T;T
A'haz gathered together the utensils-f
the $;;;$;!fE
house of The [true] Goda and cut t o pieces the fi;FA 2.;;
utensils of the house of The [true11 Godn' and tf;; ;;:;;:
closed the doors" of the house of Jehovah and _:I~I 5113
:1tm5
made altars3 for himself at every corner in 1..2('h
1 ~t j1: ~
~ ~
Jeru~alern.~
Z6 And in all cities, even the citles
$
of Judah, he made high placesy for making sac- v$/;&!j
rificial smoke to other gods,2so that he offend- f;;;fjf;l
y l t i l :>:XI
ed' Jehovah the God of his forefathers.
lick I i 23
26 As for the rest of his affairs" and all his
ways, the firsZ and the last,"these they are writ- ;;I;
ten in the Eooko of the Kings of Judah and of ?;,hl
L:I:s:~
??:I9
Israel. 2 7 FSnally A'haz lay down with his fore. :WI,
?1:7
fathers,' and they buried him in the city, in j'ij$f:ij3
Jcrusdem, for they did not bring him inta the
burial places of the kings 01' IsraeLmAnd Hez.e- ::::; g;;:
ki'ahb his son began to reign in place of him, ;.1,;T1
1.13
Hez.e.ki'ahb"himself became king at the r1 ,t i'11
~i i
110 1:1
ageof twenty-five yeam, and for t ~ m t y -h ! i r i : ~
nine years he reigned in Jerusalem.* And his &21',i1Z
mother's name was A-bi'jah* the daughter of k{:;i2&s
Zech.a.ri'&." = And he kept doing what was $;; ;;i$o
right in Jehovah's eyes,k according t o all that
jjrjl,
David his forefather had done." 'He himself, In 11i1
11:4
I l i i 15:5
t h e first year of his reigning, in t l ~ cArst month, 2 1 - 1h:,3
opened the doorsl' of the home of Jehov~liand ,b?\:lF$
began to repair them," Then he brought the !,i:j f$i:;.

m d the Levites and gathered them to

the
squaret
to the east.u And he proceeded to
v Ex 19-15
1ch15:12 say to them: "Listen to me, I*OW kvites. Nov
2Ch Z5.E
sanctifyv yourselves and sanctify the house7 of
,-;;&yi.
e2lii 18:4 Jehovah the God of your forefathers, and bring
?Ch &:4
the impure thing out from the holy place,"" For
Gze 8:3
d
,Fg &?, our fathers have acted unfnithfully' ~ n have
done
what
was
bad
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah
our
gg;
2;;
Ezr 5.12 Godlo so that they left himh and turned around
h'e 9'15
their face away from the tabernacle of JehovahP
y;
I
:
;
?
They also
CJer2 27 and offered the back of the neck.'
closed the doorse of the porch and kept t h e
.:?&:;
Imps* extinmished,' and incense they did not
Ei;;$f::17
burnn and burnt sacrifice they did not offer up
fi;s:F
i6.U in the holy place to t h e God of Israel." "And
*?Ch 2S:24
a?rcils:w Jehovah's indjm~ation"came t o be against Ju>Id1 10
n D e 28:15 dah and Jelwsalem, so that Ire constituted them
A5h,h22845a8 frightful abjcct,Bnan object of astonishmenta
just as VOW are seeing
$?:2;,!Jer l P 1 G and a cause for ~vI~istljng,t
with YOUR own eyes. %d here our forefathers
uLe 26:17 fell by the sword,'"nd
our sons and our daughters
and
our
wives
were
in captivity for this,"
;igk$;T2 NOW
it
1s
close
t
o
my
heart
t o conclude a cove1;",';3,:2"~
xu 8:6
nantY
with
Jehovah
the
God
of Israel, that his
XU la:;!
s u 1a:s burning anger may hlrn back from us,=l1 NOW.
De lCg
my sons, do not give yourselves up to rest, for
=:chI?:Z
*Ch 16:4
im23::3 YOU are the ones whom Jehovah has chosen to
~
~ stand~ before
: hirn~ to rnlniste~
i
~ to him* and to
continue
as
his
m~n.nfsEersZ
and
makers of sacrio; ; ; :
crch 233 ficial smo]<e."*
+Ex636
12 At that the Levl t e s 9 r a e up, Ma'hath the
I C46~216
XU
1chlli.~ son of Anrnatsai and Joe1 the son of Az.a.rirah
ICh 23:12
sslch6.19 of the sons of the Ko'hnth-itea;' and from the
1Ch 6:44
Kish the son o f Ab'di and
JCh ~ 5 : e sons of M.eorarrl,m
1Cl1 2221
rICh6.20 Az-axitah the son of Je.hal'le.le1; and from the
Ger'shon.ites," Ja'ah the son of Zim'rnah and
:;:

priests
t:~,lglz
u>e3:9

$ ~ ~ : ~ - ~

;,'8:!;/,?L?;c%

29

'(The [trne] God?' 11, hn-El.o.lrr'n~';t h drflriite

~
nrticle Jln ("Tll*~)
a

preceding the title El.a.Aim~', f o the

~ snke of e ~ n p l ~ n a ibs .3K. F b l r s n @ . i ~ ' h l t ; meaning "Yah(u) strengthens." Cdnlpt~re"King8
16 : 20,
fobtnote ra

575

E'den the son of Jo'ah; lnand from the sons

of E-1i.za'phanp Shim'ri and Je.u%l;and from "%$
:$
the sons of A'saph,* Zech.ari'ah and Mat.ta\;;;,:;k
ni'ah; l%d from the sons of He'rnan,n Je- rcllza:?
6.q
hi'el and ShirnJe.i; and from the sons of Je.duf- n1Ch
lchld~rs
t h u q r Shemaitah and Uz'ztel. I n Then they "lCW5:"
I C 25:8
~
ath he red their brothers together and sanctjfieds fl2C1129:5
themselves and came according to the king's
commandment in the tvordst of Jehor~alalr,' to 3P8m4
cleanser1 the home of Jehovah. l o The priests
now came inside the house of Jehovah t o do
the cleansing. and brought out all the ~nclean-'vj!,gf::$
nesar that they found in the temple of Jehovah $
&
%
!:
t o the courtyard2 of the house of Jehovdi. In
turn the Levites received j t to take it out to t h e Zmz~g;$
I ~ 6
~ :L s
torrent valley of Kid"ron' outside. Thus they *2x1
2 K j2233 64
got started on the first [day] of the Rrst mom th
E
; gi:6
at sanctifying and on the eighth clay of the
month they came t o the porch I of Jehovah, so Fi $$,
that they sanctified the house of Jehovah in 2Ch3:4
eight days, and on Ule sixteenth dny or the first" ax1212

Z
E
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2 CHRONICLES 29 :2%28

m e n rams= and seven male lambs* and m e n

5 l'r 27.27 he-goatsm as a sinz offerlnp for the kingdom

-*I-,1:t,r *.:\5
2:i 13 ancl for the sanctuary and for Jutlah. So he said
:!.:nc .l>:133
to the sons of Aaron the priestsQto offer them
.:I.,< .I .+
k'N4u'?lS::!d
:1~& up upon the altar of Jehovah. 1 2 Accordingly
:, '05 they slaughte~edtthe cattle and the priests re:
ceived the bloodm and sprinkled' it upon t h e
-I-(= 3 2
L4. .1! 1
>:IS altar, aftw which they slaughlcred the rams*
I* ~ t m
1,j land~rjnRledthebloodkupont11cnllnrondthey
. : I
slnuphtered t h e male lmbs and sprinkled the
"LC 8.14
blood upon the altar. :"?hen
they brought t h e
I , 1
*Lc t):15
, : male goatse of the sin offering near before the
king m d the congregationnfl and they laid their
,
fioa:lo hnnds upon thern,t "The priests now slaughjiol, L'jL7
t 1-1. I : > . $
tered them and made a sin offering wit11 their
:J,lb 1fi:la
.s,. I ~ : . W bloodo upon the altar to make ntonemenl? for
r1.r
, lli all Israel,~became it was for all Israel1that the
k;;;;.!' king said the b m t offering and the sin offering [should be1.v
y;,$/;;;3f6
1
':
25 Meantime, he had the Levl+tesYstationed
X:h 5.13
I
a t the house of Jehovah, wjth cymbals," with

,,,

I r y

I l i l 10:12
month they finished.
3(.'11 fi;1 string instruments" and wit11 harps," by the
C I t '11 2 > t i
18 After that Ehey came lnslde to Hez.e.hitah
:c~,
r, l l commandment of DavidAand of GadQthe king's
. .,140.3
the king and said : "Wehawe cle~nsedthe whole
,
:
,
9bm13seer and of Nathan' 81e prophet, for it was by
l+I
houw of Jehovah, the altar. of burnt offering1
t;s!
L 11 the handa of Jehovah that the commandment
2
and all its utmsilsrmand the table' of the layerl+a~,
;:.so
was by means of his prophets.' So the Levites
-..TL7 : - !
kept svtandingwith the instr~unents*o f David,
bread and all its utensils.* And all the utensilskI .?k:%~
"sn 1:':i
c1.
r
.I) 31.12 and also the priests w
ith the t3'umpets.'<
that King A'haail removed Prom employrnentl 2ChI 4:S
13:11
- 1 1 ."41;:10
27 Then Hez-e.ki'ah said t o odcr up the burnt
during his reign in his unfajthfulnessr we have E$,K,h2g?2',,
I
, I
I Y 51j;:4
sacrifice on the altar, and, at the time that the
prepnred and have sanctifiedRlhcm, rind tilere
,,,,
:
;::;:;:;!;
burnt offering started, the songn of Jehovah
they are before the altar of Jehovah."
Z C ~3 . 2 5
k
;
,
:
ZD:.i
1' 11 :CL:?4 starteY1 and also the trumpets, even under the
26 And Hez.e.ki'ahILithe king proceeded to get s2C3
r a - a :<.I
2L!l L
2
1:$(;:fk,7rl:21 direction of the h m m e n t s of Davfd the Iring
up earlyu and gather the princesv of the ci@/%%?~
,C tl ,n l R
01 Israel, z5 And all the congregationRryere bowtogether and go up to the house of Jehovah, ir";%!:
I.OC:E, 7:3
Z 1 And they came bringing scven bullsy and ;:gk
:giZe
$; E:z5 i n g down while the songc was rcgoundinp and
uCI~i1greg~ti~n,7'
31, ga.kal'; LXX, el.kfe.si'n,
I"hkdrn~qi.iu'hu;see verse 1, footnota L,

,,;

f.l;k:,:s

*a>6

,:'(

,,,,,
1

2 CHRONICLES 29:29--35

576

the trumpets were blaring'-all this until the

burnt offering was finished. PBAndas soon as
they finished offering It up, the king a d all
those found with him bowed lotv and prostrated
thernse1ves.u SOHez.e.ki'eh~
the king and the
princesv now said to the h v l t e s to p18aiseJehovah in the words of Bavidr and of A'saphz t h e
seer. So they began t o offer praise even with

rejoicing," and they kept bending dawn and

prostrating thernse1ves.j
31 Finally Hez-e-ki'ah* answered and said:
"Now you have fiTledL YOUR hand with power
for Jehovah. Approach, and bring sacrificesc
and thanksgivingf sacridces to the house of
Jehovnh.'Ynd the congregatfanObegan to bring
sacrifices and thanksgiving sacrifices, and d s a
every one willing of heart, burnt offerings.+
And the number of the burnt offerings that
the congregationb brought came t o be seventy
cattle, a hundred rams, two hundred male lambs
-all: these as a burnt offering t o Jehovah;"
'hand also the holy offerings, six hundred cattle and three thousand of the flock. 8' Only the
priests* themselves happened to be too few and
they were not able to skin ~ l the
l burnt offer!ngs,k So their brtpthers~~
the Levites helped
them out until the work was flnishedr and until
the priests could sanctify themselves, for t h e
Lewftes" were more upright! of heart for sanctifying themselves than the prlests. And, too,
the burnt offeringsu were In great quantity with
the fatY pieces of the camrnunion~offerings
and n~lththe drinkz offerings for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of Jehovah

31, Y'Rhi:.gi.in'Jltr;
gn.knl'j

sce verse I, footnute b.

Ld%, ek.kle.ai'u.

"Congr~ption!' 11,

*b$: ;zp
14:.10

was prepared.' Consequently Hez.eaki8ah.and

all the people rejoiced' over the fact that The
GodQhad made preparation f o the
~ peaple," because it was all of a sudden that the thing

DJCh 29 9
1
Ezr
~ 1612229 1 1[true]
~
1Th 3.9
a l C h 29 I$
2Ch 5 ,:12
1's 10.17

had occurred.*
PPs llP:23
And Hez.e.ki'ahc proceeded to send to all
+2Ch 11:19
Israel* and Judah, and even lettersq he
2Ch 1l:lG
oEzr 4.6
wrote0
t o E'phraJrn-and
Ma.nas'seh,* t o come
W2Sn 11.14
to the house of Jehovah in Jerusalemk to hold
21;15:5
$:'2!:' the passovcrn t o Jehovah the God of Israel.
the king"and his princes* and a11 the
2Ch a:$ HOIVCVC~,
congregatlondt in Jerusalem resolvd to hold
the passover in the smond monthgu' br they
t%;lT;l
De 166
had novt keen able t o hold it at that time,' ben E x 12:43
cause not enough pl-iests,~
on the one hand, had
LC 23.5
1C.9 5:;
r l C h 131 sanctified themselves and the people, on the
other hand, had not gathered themselves t o
k w a l e m . ' And the thing was dght in the eyes
'vF;ZL"$$
E u:18
~
of the king and in the eyes sf all the conmegav3Ch 28.34
ilch i3:4 ti on,"^ "0 they decided to have the callv' pass
GNe 11:27
*Le 2 3 : ~ through a11 Israel, from Ee'er-she'ba" t o Dan,A
2Ch 24.9
2 C h 3 3 : ~to come and hold the passover t o Jehovah the
God of Israel at Jerusalem; for it was not gs a
$
::;;:
multitude
that they had done soo according to
,iE&:8
BE%
'Dc 1~ 2: I: sQ what is written.'
'1ch2s:1
6 Accordingly the runners* with the letters
trDe 3A.10
llii 853 from the hand of the king and of his princes"
~ ~ r 1 5 5 : 6 went th~vughoutall Is~xeIand Judah, even ac3er 4::
HO 6:l
cording to the commandment of t h e klng, sayHo 14:1
in&:'Tau sons of Israel, returnn t o Jehovah the
JOG 2 9 9
Godk
,$g'$J of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that he may
r12K?2:,l,e , return t o the escapedn ones that are left of YOU

30

'

3L, r"hkfaqi.in'krr;

Ld.*a

urp vclwc 1, footnote b, h "The [ t r u ~ ]sad?'

Ra-EZ.o.Azm'; LSX. bo Tk~.os';
''J~hornh."a EF, Y'bBEe.giin'h-; as
ehnptrr 2P, vcrsc I. hotnoty hdljd**Conyrrgntion.'q3Er
1

hI,

gra.ho7'; LAX, ck.blc.siPn, A Literally, "vo~ce.

2 CWR0NXQ;ES 30:7-14

5?8

579

out of the palm of t h e kings of As*syr"i.a.OF And Jm@

t l c h9a:=
m
do not become like YOUR forefathersn nnd like ~p;;.:

brothers that acted unfaithfully toward

Jehovah the God of their f o ~ f ~ t h e rsos ,that he fI r :r : ~;3:.;:!~
constituted them an abject of astonishment,t -(-I, I11:10
:K 13
just as YOU are seeing. NOW d o not stiffen rourt ,::",,I'::;f?,,
neclP as YOUR forefathers did. Give placen to ;(: i':~::?~.
JehovahV and come to his sanctuaryr t h ~ he
t
has sanctifiedz t o time indefinite and serve' J,;!;;:;
kyp
Jehovah YOUR God, that his burning angeru may FJ;;
.I#F 2 i:~s
turn back from YOU. For when YOU return" t o $'I~ilj!&
Jehovah, YOUR brothers and YOUR sons will be
objects of mercys before those bolcling tlfern A;',,!?
captive, and be allowed to return to this land,' g:;,:;$
for JehovahQ YOC- God Is graciousmand mercfful' m d he will not turn away the face from
mb;:g);"
YOU If YOU reto him,"*
, N PD:17
1'5 K:5
10 So the runnersk continued on, pasdng Mlr7:IB
along from city to city throughout the land of E$!f2'3!?i2
n X ' l l RO;1
E'phra.imn and Manas'seh, even to Zeb'u.1~;,.,
;o 10:14
but they were continually speakrng in mockery, $;!2F+a
of them and deriding them.r " OnIy fndivlduals";
;+;iII
from Ash'ero and Ma-nas'seh and from Zeb'u-lun
humbledt themselves so that they came t o Jeru- wm?.n:;:m6.II
naiern. "The hand of The [true] Godb proved u ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , ,
to be also in Judah t o give them one heartu to
perform the commandmentv of the Iring and the ;,$;?;?
:Jt>r
;$!??:.T::ZB
princcsy in the matter of Jehovah."
:
I.;/@ : G : A
13 And they proceeded to gather themselves y:y~4f;~3
together at Jerusalem,' a numerous people, t o 1-!I 1:2
l i I1 m:1
hold the festivaln of the unfermented c ~ k e sin Yrz(:lI
29:26
the second" month, a congregation0 very multi?%
tudh~ous.l4 Then they rose up and removed the
[,i':O
YOUR

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2 CHRONICLES 30:I S 2 1

fi,FhgFaltars0 that were In Jerusalem, and all the in-

cense altars' they removed and then threw

[them] into the torrent valley of Kid'ron.'
~ICO
~ 1 152:.~3
f3Ch 2 9 : ~l6 After that they slnughtered the passover"
D c 1661
victim on the fourteenth [day] of the second
CEzs3.5
1$:f2i!$5 month, and the priests and the LevltlesDthemhad been put to shame," so t h ~they
t sanc2%;?&!i selves
tifiedk
themselves
and
brought
burnt
offerings
,"D",hg;l~
BLE 1
::
to
the
house
of
Jehovelz.
'
%
n
d
they
kept
stand2Ch %:I0
Heb 11:28 hgll at their plflce according to their rule, act2C!I :':u
ZCI, 353 cording to the law of Mosesr the man of God,D.
u t u 126 the priestd sprinkling the- l~loodreceived from
v2Ch 35:1P
of the
e s . l 1 For
there
~
~ the hand
~
~ k v i t~
:
: were~many
in
the
congregation"
that
had
not
sanctified
:Ty<;l,fl
xu ~3 20 themselves, and the Levi tesk were in charge of
LEA 32::s
Le 23:j ~laugbtering~~
the passover victims for all that
W e 20.7
Jas 5:15 were not clean, to sanctify tilern t o Jehovah.
OEx 3k6 l 3 For there w ~ s
a great number of the people,
xu lkL8
Ps 2 5 3
many
from
E'phra.imv
and n(Ia.nas'seh,~Js'saPS 86,5
char1 and Zab'umlulz,~that had not cleansed*
C J O 21:25
BEzc.j6:25
~
+lsaT:3 theniselves, for they did not eflP the passover
ACh 29:18
- c !18:3
~ according to what Is written,l but Hez.e.ki'aha
T'Ch 20%
pmyd5 for them: ssying: "May t h e goodb
E Z ;:ID
~
P3 10:17
ISEzr 1c.1 ~ehovahhimself makc nllvwance for l o every
6Le 12:4
one that has prcpat'cd his henrt ' to search for
The
[true] God," Jehovah, the God of his foreX U22:3
Le
9:6
xu 1_9:13 fathers, though without the holy puriflcati~n."~
?Ex14.26
Ps1cn3.3 2 b Acmrdingly Jehov~hlistened to I4ez.e-ki'aho
das 3:16
and healed' the p e ~ p l e . ~ "
;gPsb,%lS
21 SO the sons of Es~*aelthat were found in
*
;
Jerusalem held the fcstlval' of the rmferrnented
;
+2Ch=:3

@2Sa15:B

'

'"fan of h d , " If, telj Lo-El.o.Aimp; litcrnllg, "mnu o f The [true

God." But see Denteronw~g'33: 1, footltott+ n. bl'Uo~lgregntion!
Litrmlly, "hand," 11. a "The [true] God,lJ M ~ P - E E , O . ~ I L ' F ~ $ ~ 31, qa-Lal'; LST, clc.ltIr.si'e. m hI, YVlr hi:.qiainth ti, Sct? cbnpter 29,
LXSVgYy, 4iJehovah."* "Congrcgntion,'@31, pr.hnlJ; L X X , tA.kleretsc 1, footnote b. d "The [true] God." 31, Ida Gl*o.lrinr', the dednite
8 i'u
artid* ha ("The") preceding tE~ctitle El.o.lrir>l' for cmphasls.

2 CHRONICLES 30:22-41 :I

580

cakes seven days with great rejoicing,k and the 1MICSCh12:~

T:10
Levitesn and the priestsr were ofPering praise to h?;fg:25
Jehoval~ day by day wvith loud instruments,' r2Ch23.24
even to Jehovahs =" Momover, Hcz.e.kj'aha spoke %h'%<~
t o the heartt of all the Levites who were acting '?!-:.$iG
with flne discretion toward J e h ~ v a h And
. ~ they
3,;;:

v';.!

proceeded t o eat the appointed feast for seven vl,c ZY:B

days,v sacrificing communionC sacriflcesy and :z2F
making confessionz t o JehovahG the God of their z';E;$
forefathers.
I&"L 5 : ~
T:zr 10:ll
23 Then all the congregatlonb dcclde8' t o hold mnr.rl
:-u1:1
01KI
it for seven more daysroand so they held I t for 2L.h li.ti5
79
seven days with rejoicing. For Wez.e.kikah the
::i
king of Judah himself contributedt-for the con- .:;!!';
m-egatjonha thousand bulls and seven thousand
{fiiQ
sheep, and the princesQthemselves contrjbutd
y
:
,
i
;
!
;
,
:
;
,
I
for the congregationb a thousand bulls and ten
thousand sheep, and priests' kept sanctifying
~II:IR
1 17.8
themselves in great number. And all the con- "'5'1'':4"
gregationhf Judahg and the priests ~ l n dthe i[jk
LevitesQand all the congregation13 that came n2('11 l 5 9
from Israel' and the temporary residentsclc that n3 1 '11 1.(3:10
came from the land of Israel1'and those divelling ti; I ~~~I :;s si ! ~
in Judah continued rej0icing.e '"And there came ;?;t'cfi?!
to be great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for Emm the ,'$/~
days of Sol'o.mont the son of Davld the king of z! Q t:;.:
Israel there was none like this in Jerusalem.tr ,:;,!I,: y:
Y' Finally the priests, the Levites, stood up and
blessedv the people and a hearing was granted 211 c;:u
t o their voicey and their prayer2 came t o his ?:??5
holy dwelling, the hcavena,'
I<n t4:15
a~:is
I="fa
l!li:l
And as soon as they Anished all
all UT.II
.~.t
the Israelites" that were found [there]
Ar\i:@
went out to the cities of Judahc and they pro- ,$:.j;$!liil
24

c;;;
.I.

zf;:

1i:t1

31

.31, Tdlrki:.qi.ia'Aw. "Congregation,"' M,,p?Bnl'; LA=, ~k.I:i~.si'a.

"'T~tnperralyrmidenk." 31, gs.rintY; LX-L?'g, " p ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l y t e ~ , "

2 CHRQNICLES 31:2-6

581

ceded to break up the sacrd pillars'

'gayi%
down the

and cut
sacred polesa%nd pull dorun the high

@De
2 ~7:s
11s:~
2ch 33:3 places' and
sDe 1 2 5
* Z C ~ L ~ : IBenjamin
T
ItZCh 1 4 5

n2Chm:l

$kEi!8

the altarsn out al all Judahk and

and In E'phra.irnn and Ma+nas'sehr
until they had finished, after which all the sons
of Israel returned to their citles, each one t o

property.
:\%\%!chis2 own
Then Hcz.e.kl'ahb set the dhisionsa of the
$a:

priests and of the Levitesl in their divisions,

~;g;$;
slch 1 6 : ~each one in accordance with I t s service for the
cICh 1G:l

far the Zevitesv as regards the

burnt offeringTancl the communion offerings,"
minister" and t o &ve thanksDand praiseAin
i$$;2 to
the
"TER
22.L gates of t h e cnmps of Jehovah. A n d there
A:cb
PS 22.5 mas a portion 05 the king from his mvn goodso
PS 3 5 : ~ for
~
the burnt offerings,' for the burnt offerings
01Ch 26:26
*2ci1?:24
of the morning" and the evening, and also the
Eze 4 x 1 7
*EX 2 9 5 3 burnt offerings for the sabbaths' and for the
N u 28:4
.Nu 2S.9 new moonsu nnd for the festivfllk aeaasons, ac,?f,4,y4, cording to what is wrftten in the 1 ~ wof Jehovah.n .I Furthermore, he said to the people, the
1ch 2331
2K14.23
co12:16
inhabitants of Jerusalem, t o give the portion of
kLe 2 3 2
n ~ ne:2
u
the priests' and of the Levites," in order that
rLe 27:30
they might adhmc' strictly to the law of JehoNW 18:s
And
, " ~ ~ ~v a~h:. ~: ~
$ as soon as the word broke forth,
the sons of Israel' Increased the first fruits of
the grain,' net?. wine,^ and oilz and honey* and
1 seE:-14
&lie
1~:37
all
the produce of the field,O and the tenthc of
vgg;g everything
they brottght in abundantly.' And
;;m
~;;;
.XU 18:12 the sons of Israel and of J u d ~ ht h a t were dwell~
they themi:mj: ing in the cities of J u d a l ~ ,even
selves [brought in]c t h e tenth* of cattle and
22FI,e,1%35
sheep'
and
the
tenth
of~ the 6 holy things, the
~
~
~
$
~
~
,E;tj3,i:g things sanctified t o Jehovah their God, They
1 Or, *.thed.she'l.ahs.'' b ~I,l"lrlti:.qj.in'ht~.* "Bmaght in," LdTxTTg;
1ct1nl:zs priests" and

*1Ch 23 13
1 C h 26:12

.:

bnt missing from 31.

bmught in and so gave heaps upon heaps.m Vn mRu&?

of hnpnahthe Levlte was the ~atekmper~
to the
;l:cgh g!
25:17 eastf in charge of the voluntarya offerings of
the third* month they started the heaps by laytLe 2 2 s
Ing the lowest layer and in the seventhmmonth ":1I,$":;
The [trw] God,. to give Jehovah's conhibuthey finished. 8When Hez.e.ki'ahfi and the y;;;?:,,
ne ~ r : ' s tionu and the most' holy things.v ln And under
De 11:17
princesk came and saw the heaps," they proDe ls:~o his control there were E d e n and Mi.ni'a.min
Ezr 1:4
ceeded to blessr Jehovah and his people Isrnel.~
and Jesh'ubal'and She.mai'ah,O Am.a,ri'ahd and
pdl,,l,
9 In t i m e Hez.e.kiiaha inquired of the priests EZT f :n
Shec.a.ni'ah,B in the cities of the priests'r in
u,
N
:$$
1Le 2:lo office of trust,% to give to their brothers in the
and the Levites concerning the henps.L I " Then nri!I:at,&
,
Le &:I7
Az.a.ri'ahbuthe chief priest of the house of ZapL e 7:i
divisions,*equally ta g r e ~ and
t
smnI1;" apart
s l C h 26.20
dokv said to him, yes, he said: "From the time ?!;11,!L':f2
2Ch 31h2 from their genealogicalAenrollment of the males
yJos 21.10
they started to bring t h e contributionC"r
into the ;r;
aos 2 1 ; ~ from three yews of age upward,~oEall those
house of Jehovah there has been an eating= and $l ;$!;ol ,
coming to the house of Jehovah as a daily*mat:gk
having one's fill' and having a surplus in abun-ter
of cowrse, for their sewicc by their obliga?~~~~~~
* ; ; : ; L L! al:$
dance: for Jehwah himself has blessed his apeotions3
according to their divisions,
:;E;l
p!eIband what has been left over is this great IEtf&f
17
This
is*the genealogical enrollment of the
*;"u
.hu4%
3.15
~ 2 1 $;'#a
~ :
plenty."c
* ~ 2122
c
priests
by the 110use of their fathers-d
also
hit 15:37
FLC 8:35
11 At thb Re;e.eki'aha said to prepare dining &;!
of the Levftes," from the age of trventyk years
NU 8:ze
roomsp in the house of Jehov~h.Accordingly g;f$2,1
$
,: i
3 upward, by their obligations in their divisions;ll
they prepared [them], "And they kept bring- l T rru:?A
l e both for the genealogical enrollment among
fl:h1&:4 all
a::!a
ing in the contribution*and the tcntl~';'and the QlSn
21C 1 1 3 : l i
their little ones, their wlves and .their sons
,:$igzo
holy things in faithfulness,"and Con.a.ni'alzdI he
4:s
and
their daughters, Sor all the congregation,
!?!*
Levlte was in charge* of them as leader, and ~ ; ! ' l ~ j ~ A ~NucP:21
2h3 : bemuse
~
in their ofice of t r u s t r they proceeded
nlCh 23:6
Shim'e.l his brother was
lY
And Jelhi'eE ;?;$;:;:
and
r1Ch 9 22 to sanctifya themselves for what was holy; ID
and Aza.zi'ahe and Na%ath and As's-he1 and x;;;ll$:[5
for the sons of Anran,t the priests, in the fieldsu
:,C,h;'"
Jer'i-moth and Jolza.bad and EJi'el and 1s.m~-*i[:h 2 s : ~
pasture gro~zndof thclr cities. In all a e difi$k 2g4 of
chitahfanandMalhath and Be.naiP&~
twre corn- LrNc 13:13
ferent
citia there were men that had h e n
2 C h>..a
-c\
Zil5
missioners a t the side of Con.a.ni'ahd and Shimpdesignated
by [their] names,'' to give portions
L;C!&",$xu.55:~ t o every male
e.i his brother, by the order of Hezs.ki'ahmthe
among the priests and to the en1L7h G:W
king, and Az.a.ri'ahbm was the leading one of the n,g$Jl&
T X ~
213:15 tire genealogical enrollment m o n g the Levites.
2Ch 31:g
house of The [true] God.]> And ICo're the son
s i ~15:a
i
20 And H e z + e , k i t ~proceeded
h~
t o do like this
ZKl 20:3
22IC123:2 in all Judah and he continued t o do what was
fl If, Y%kkia.qi.inPR~c.
b 11, 'sl.mrnirmlhrr. To correspond d
Z11LdY,
1Th 2:10
which rends: L'blessed his people, nnd TO sltill Ilnvo thin tlunntltg
goody and right" find fnjthful" before Jehovah
* J ~ ,
(merit number, or, mnltitnde) left!' Thia difacnlt pnwnaa in M:
AC
3JO24:16
5
his God, ai And in every worlc that he started in
RElpPLtrfl to read: "blessed hia people and thc i~cinnindrr(or, onea
l e f t over), even this crowd." d N, Cnuu~ronuin'l~.u.
* 31, 'Anmz.hthrs,
ha.EE.o.Aim[; LXT', rV~horsh.''b L'Jeans,'f
0 "The [true] God!"f,
31.
M, Is.mack.dn'isf. EM, Bctlluaia'ha+h"The [tme] Gotl,'? M, b+
LdXY. 6laemn'ira.hu, .I) fl zim.or.an'l~r, Rl. ~C'~t'chan.ia'l~v,
El.o.hm'j L X , "Jehovah."
f6'This ia,'"LSZj
'gAnd [tllr;): hnd]," 31, IXrkki:.pi.ia'hid, LL

Lz%"3:$!

ik/;zo

:z

2 CKRONTCU3S , ? 2 : 1 4

584

585

the service3 of the house of The [true] Goda

gj&
and in the la& and in the commandment to *;;;;g,y6
searchc for his God, it was with all his heart'
,p
;,
that he acted, and he proved successful."
+lW
6:s
I,r r n D
After these things and this faithful ,:;$A
coursex S81.nachPer.ib'the king of As*i;f2
syr9i.akcame and proceeded to invade Judah and
;;a3c.y;:g
camp against the fortified citiesN and kept 25
ik
i
thinking of r n a i n g them his by a break k~!Ekt?18
through.= 'When Heze.ki'ahb saw that Sen- 3,':>;,!?,,

32

2 CHRONICLES 32:9-15

an ~ r m
of flesh,Oy but with US there is Jehovah"

0x0 5
C E a r 8:8

our God t o help us8 and to fight our battles."*

1.1,s And the people began t o brace themselves upon
U P 2i1.1
zcrl ni.12 the words of Hez.e.ki'ahs tkre king of Judah."

y ~ c 17:s
r

1Jo 4:4

ZXLL

'I

10

?('.A
I

9 It itbasafter this that Sen-nach'er.ibAthe

king of As.syrti.a sent his servants to Jerusalem,

while he was at La'chishe and all his imperial

might ~ vt h
i him,' to Heze.kifaha the king of
Judah and to a11 the Judeans t h a t were in Jeruomr 1:s
salem: saying: ""This is what Sen.nachfer-ib
~ K ~ ~ the
B :kingof
l ~
As-syr'i-a has said: 'hwhat is it that
nachkr.ib had come with his face^ set for u7ar ri;;:
YOU are trusting while sitting quiet under siege
:%I?B!TI
against Jerusalem, a then he decided with his *f!tl;:$;lT
3 s n 313.32
Is not Hez.e.ki'ahau alluring1
princest and his mighty men to stop up the r I c.11 zs:l
121;i15:28 in Jerusalem?'
VJrhl 5 ?lr
"PSM:l"
YOU
so
as
to
give
YOU
aver to die by famine' m d
waters5 of the springs that mere outside the
l c ' ' 1 ~ ~18 3u
~!,:'io by thirst, saying: "Jehovah our God himself
city,u and they were of aid to him. Accordingly u~$'~$0~,20
will deliver us out of the palm of the king of
many people were collected together and they PPICI
v 2 C h IC;:B
:4~4
As.syr'i.a"?k '"8 it not Hezae.ki'ahahimseIf that
went stopping up all the fountains and the tor- ;$:,;?:
$'
7
J's 71;11 removed his high places17 and his altarsr and
rentv that floods through the middle of the lend,
$ l L 27:-19
;;.I.:
then said to Judah nnd to Jerusalem: "Befo~e
saying: "Why should the kingsr of As.syr9.a;I;;;; {Yr :i~
T ~ ~ ~ L ~ H ; ~
V ~ I C I j i l a one altar$ YOU should bowt and upon it You
come and have to find a great deal of water?" 'i8 ;:%
LY!h 3 1 : t
~ J L ,2 i , ~should make sacrificial smoke"?" lS Do YOU not
ti Furthermore, he took courage and built up all
;i:i
know what I myself md my forefathers did to
the broken-down wall* and raised towersCupon * 5 ' , : , ~ ; ~ ~ ; ~ ~ ,
811 fhc peoples 0%the lands?^ Did the god@ of
it and on the outside another walP and repaired;h
:
,
3
>;
,
$
f
?
;
'
the nations oP the lands at all plove able to dethe hfoundcoof the city of David, and made mis- i;y; t l
_g;:iv;:
17.14
2111 1:):u liver their Innd out of my hand? " Who was
siles' in abundance and shields,@ A n d he pro- * :'('It
j y 19:15
I\n ILI n
29.4
there among all the go& of these nations that
IS:, 10 14
ceeded t o put military chiefs"over the people ?t:h
F,,r l c l 3
I*,:L3". 1'2
and conect them to him at the square" of the ,;',';,!,,
A;L ii .n my forefathers devoted to destruction that
gatek of the ciw and speak to the heartn of n:<"',!I,?a
it<\!:::.\' proved able to de!iver his people out of m y
hand,* so t h a t YOC'R G d should be able to dethem, saying: ' ''Be courageous and strongVr
Do
*,*j;;:;Ziyl
:,'I;:
k3
liver POW out of my hand?"'%And
now do not
not be afraidBnor be terrifiedLbecause of the ;f
I , \ 1:b:o
~ . n ~let~ Heze.kI'ah=
~ : ~
deceive
YOU" or allure" YOU like
king ~fAs-syr'i.auand on account of all the crowd
C
75 ;2
f;:;!,
thk and do not put faiths in him, for no godh3
E.ce 9.1:
that is with him, for with us there are more
rl'lil Ih 9
:*ktI:,.,(~ of any nation or kingdom was able t o deliver
than there are with him.'
With him there is, ' $ , ~ \ ~ j ~ f f LLk'h ;:I: 11 his people out of my hand and out of the hand
-- ,,
"The Ifrue] God" N, ha-El.o.kimP; L-XYVgSy, fCJ~havab."
"Ood.'"J31,
tr,
tl.o'rrlr; tbc s i ~ ~ p l nnumber
r
of the
a .\I, Y ' h l ~ i : ~ ~ i . b 'bl ~
HCllJiia.qi.ia'h~t,If.c "3ionnd." LI, ~ ~ i l . l o " .
word of ~\.llicll tlie plurnl is albobhim'.
$:C,li;;'T
'150~

,?;:I4

,::,"

1'5

:,?;:;:,

,,,, ,

of my Porefathers. How much less, then, will *E$Y5

G a d delivep YOU out of my hand?' ' + ;$g::g,
16 And his servants spoke yet further against g$iJ;:t4

YOUR own

Jehovaho T h e [true] Godb+and against I.1ez.e- c!:::H?g

ki'ahc his servant. "Even letters he wrotewto
!:; 1.1.6
reproach Jehovah the God of Israel" and to talk .:I;R,>
k:"~ I!'
m''ii'
:-i.fi
l2
against him, saying: "Like the gods* of t h e
nations of t h e lands who did not deliver their ;':# ::/,j
people out of m y hand,k so the God of Rez.e- Rf:l&:;:p
,= I',.:'a
ki'ahc will not deliver his people out of my 12%I1
?A:, 1 I
hand.". leAnd theyr kept calling with a loud
;
;
;
y
:
i
voices in the Jewsatlang~aget o the people of K C s 5
Jerusalem that were upon the aall, to make ','::l:.:?
them afraidu and to terrify them, in order that ~l'~;'+$i"
they might capture the city. And they went ;:t g:'?
on speaking againstv the God of Jerusalem the
same way as against the gods of the peoples of ,;;;;L;i13
;
the earth,@the warkt of man's3 hands.' But tj;?:PS
115:4
Hez.e.ki'ahco the king and Isaiah"' the son of :>y$l6
A'moz," t h e prophet,? kept praying over thls' $~~,].:,ja
.;~I{I I:I,IR
and crying t o the heavens for aidam
r::Kl l:J:l*
21 And Jehovah proceeded to send an angel",Q;,:Tj&,
ML 4.14
land wipe out every valiant, mighty manwand C"lill:J:z
leader* and chief in t h e camp of the king of ;:$;1,;1;,?!
As.syr'i.a," st,that he went back with shame of +:.;:I n 4 : i r ~
11.1 3 2'i
face to his own land-f Later m he entered the ur1+
705
house of his god" and there certain ones that ~!<FI?&
1y3e5
had come out of his own initlard parts felled Il &I<l
~ 3n, 37

'"Defi~cr.''The rerb here in i\I js in the plural number i n agree-

ment with its mbject "God" (El.o.Aim'), which is in the platnl ~ J P

mnjesty nnd divine powers. h"The [true] God." XI, ha-J:'l.oJimr,
the cl~fhitearticle Irn ("The") preceding the title El.o.lrim' fer
emphasis. a 31, Tf81~i:.qi.ia'h?c.4 P'sha'in%tr, X;rnenninp "Snlrntlon of
(n)."'LA-, "E.saiPas"
; 1-g, "1.sni'rts." "God."' 31, ~ l . 4 Siirn'. the plnraI of el.u'ak, here applied to tl~afnls~gmd 011 %nnarh'er-ib
denote maj.jaty and dinne porem. 1x1,Jio fI6e.ort;
Tg, de'w.

him with the sword,' Thus Jehovah saved

n?zl&"ig
'
tr?riaJ.ls H~ez.e.ki'nhaand the inhabitants of Jerusalem
s1

I l l 1.J S,5(3

3, I i
l d r 7:15

awl

,';i'cl!l:?Ji
li :'.I!:
:(.I1

17.5

1;:11

e!c'h r9 25

out of the hmd of Sen.nachter.ib the king of Assyrtf.atand out of the hand o f d
l others and gave
them rest all around.^
dnA"'
there were many
bringing g i f tsv to Jehovah at Jerusalem and
choice things to Hez.e.ki'aha the king of Judah,r
and he came to be exaltedz in the eyes of all t h e

nations after that,

24 In those days Hez.e.kifahafell sick to the
t l c u z5:2
c 2 ; ~ 1.3
~ , point of dying* and he began to pmy" -to Jehovah. So Hc talked t o him," and a tokenoHe gave
,1.a %";::.
him. 2n But according to the benefit rendered
I:;
".:a 1 l u
him Wez.e.kirallamade no return,' for his hearto
*lJr 3: 0
1 . ~ 1 li:17 became h a u g h t p and there came to be indignaam1 11. N : I , I
him and ag~instJudah and Jeru-c112n:lo tion-gainst
Y I'C 5.5
.>s,,9.1:~ salern. However, I-Iez.e.kiraha humbled* him2 C h X:18
.,,,,
,., self for the haughtiness of his heart, he and the
~ ; inllabit~nis
~ ~ ~of Jen~sal
! ~ em,and Jehovah's indignation
did
not
come
upon them in the days]<of
%,;?;/.:;:ip
.( - 1 1

2.1

*.'!<! 2U.l
r.;n sh.1

z:F2

I-Tez.e,ki'ah.a
27 And Hez4e+ki'ahm
came t o have riches and
glory to a very great mount," and storehousesP
i
he made for himself for silver and for golds and
for predous stonest ~lndfor balsam oilu and f o r
:~~l,'~::f~
1
: :
shields' and for all the desirable articIes;Y and
u 1 l l l 111.10
i i a W:I; also storager places for the produce of grain and
ylr<l 5:1!1
new wine' and ail, and also stalls' for all the
~c.;lc-t!s.c;
I 3 '11 -16, I0
different sorts of beasts and stalls for the droves.
- I r c l .r
CJnb 1 .4
And cities he acquired for himself, and also
L.l(:lt
2i,m z!L
{?l'rl:.).g
j; ; ~ z & ~ l , livestock of the Rock' and of the herdAin abundance, for God gave him very many
*:I.!! 3:i
* I S ~ I ":q
l o And Hez.e.ki'ahnwas the one that stopped up'
I*.) 2:.11
the upper smrce of the mate* of Gi'hon" and
- I r;i 1
:::! kept them directed straight along down to the
a 31, l"ltlri~.gi.idAw; we chapter ZQ, verse 1, fnobote b
I;I2 I ~C 24I:iS
~~
1 ~e
i :
2C1l .11:9.4:

$:<:

,::?
-

2 CHRONTCLW 32:31-43:5

588

west to the city of Davfdlnand Heze.ki4ha con- t,EgF$

tlnued t o prove successful in every work of his.* nppy;i,
And thus it was that by the spokesmen of the cr~1 1 :0
3 i I :%:la
princes of Babylonbnthat were sent to himr to in- rlccl
3:):1
quire about t h e tokens that had happened in the "f:,'$?:
land, The [true] GodCleft him' to put him to the tf$,l~,f~,
testlil to get to know everything in his heart.v ;:jli,
32 As for the rest of the affalrsr of He2.eki'aha and his acts of loving-kindness,dz there cj!;;;;;;
~ .a:r:l;l
;
2
they are written in the vision" of Isaiahe the,VI:,l l P ix,:as
prophet,' the son of m a , in
;the BookAof t h e '
Kings of Judah and Israel. y n Finally Hez.e.ki'aha 2;;;
lay down with his forefathers,+and they buried .$;;lgJ;il
him in the ascent to the burial places of the sons
of David; and honor was what all Judah and ;$~,li;:,,
?II?Il::!r
the Inhabitants of Jerusalem rendered t o him *:k\ $':%
at his death.@And Ma.nas'sehqhis son began to 7;
:j :lit'
LIL-~ :I,1 3
re1g.n in place of him.
*Mt 1 I0
21:l
Twelve years old Ma+nastseh*was when Ic:'J<l
rizlil lrj:2
ha began t o reign, and far fifty-five years
:?j$
he rejgned in Jerusalem,k a And he proceeded t o [&'ki';&
do what was bad in Jehovall's eyes,'> according ,$<; :;:;g
to the detestablerways of the nations that Jehovah had driven out because of the sons of Israel.' &;b,1:p
" 0 he built again the high placest that Hez-e- zz;hlz;
MI 11:23
ki'ahn his father had pulled down,u and set up *!:b;I'.:f
"1'1 17:18
altarsP t o the Ba'alsY and mnde sacred poless -'lil
-:
' :'8:~
and he began to bow' down to all the army of
the heavensn and serve them.. And he built
:r;;!y
altars' in the house of Jehovah, respecting
%II?:;~J
whlcl~Jehovah had
"In Jerusalem my I I ~HY!J
L
nameo wiU, prove to be to time0 indefinite.'" &','kj$o
"nd he went on to build altars to all the army 'Y2 ~~7?:17
:'1:4
1S

"

:,F:$:m

il;Jf

33

3'*!1kk.qCh'Rs. b'LBab Ion," LXXtrg; %a%l," M. m1*Tbe

[true] God." 31, hlrELo.Um3 LXX, 6aJ~hornb.''
a Or, ''JoynI lava"
0 IiI, Xfslrtz'in'kw.
*XI,

!f,9
;!,",2:$5

of the heavens" in two mwtyardsk of the house

of Jeh0vah.n * A n d he himself made hfs own
sons pass through the fireorin the vnlley of the

;;"1"~
;g
31<17:12 son of H l n ' n ~ r n ,and
~ ~ practiced magjct and
hZKI 21:5

used dlvinatlon~1 m d practiced sorceryv and

made spirit istic rnediwnsy and professiond fore;p{
tellersx of events. He did an a g r ~ n dscale what
Pig
Ez0
fLe19:26 was bad in the eyers of Jehovah, to offend him.'
LlDe 18.10
V P K ~9:22
7 Furthermore, he put the carved imageu
vLe 20.6
kne z v l l i that he had made in the house of The [tlrze]
*?lei 21:6
respecting which God had sald to David
C2hl zl:?
W
c l Iiiiii a.m
2 2 5 a d to So1'0.mon; his son: "hthis house and in
Jerusalem,
which~
I have
chosenb
out of all the
; , ~
~ ~
~
! ~
'2Sn7:lo
tribes
of
Ismel,
I
shall
put
my
name'
to time
tr lCh 1$:9
k D e 4:40
indefinite.'' "And I shall not remove the foot
rlUe 4:44
of Israel again from off the ground that I ass:1
uup
De 11:1
signed' to theirc forefathers," provided on1y that
they take care to do dl that X have camrnandd
'kg
1 2IL121:16 them1=concerning all the lawn and the regulaulK1 1-1:16
lIC114:26 tionsr and the judicial decisionsn by the hand
v2K1 -1.9
01<151h1 of M o s ~ s . " ~" And Ma.nas'seh1 kept seducing
rLc 14;:24
JudahU and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do
De 2:21
30s 2 : s
tvorsev than the natjonsr that Jehovah had anniZZC,,
xctr 3k16 hilated because of the sons of Israel.
And Jehovah kept speaking to Ma.nfls'seh
;
5 ; and10 his
zecl:e
people,* but they paid no attention.
Ac 7 51
*ne z s : ~
Finally
Jehovah brought against t h e m y h e
Elsa lrl:8
1 s a ~ : g chiefsCof the army that belonged to t h e king
of As=syr'i.aAandthey captured Mamas'seh in the
Lse
r fia913.6
52
hollows) and baund- him with two fetters of copL~ 18:21

!&z

,,,.,,

'T:i$!z

' b T ~ l l eof
y the nun of Ain'nom.j' 51,gey b~n-JTla.tros'~
L X S , Gnibnlzmi-en~lorn; Vg, lqall~ B r n r ~ n n n t .See Appendix of: T701mne 1,
page 852, untler Jorhun 1R : 16; also the Appcnrlix of tho n'ttu
Il'arld Irnfislof!al~
of ILr Ckri~iictnGreeZ Seriptztr.*.9, pnKe 7fr8, unrler Xnttherv 5 : 22. b *'Th(.[true] God." Bi, k<~-K:'l.u.kr 10': L X S ,
Tbe.v,ar; Tg, Dn'trr; SF, "Jcl~ovah.'' ="Their,"' LSZVgSy nnd
2 R i n g 21 : 8;"SOZ'R:
11.

per m d took him t o Baby10n.a~l a And as soon

nessa and the locatjons in which he built high
:zEi3;?j
21:7 places*and set up the sacred poles*"and the grayas ft caused him distress" he softened the face
7;2g!;
1.2CIl x7:7
of Jehovah his Godu and kept humblingk himt:qt1:~:.7:12
\I 21:1~1 en irnagt;sAbefore he humbledP himself, there
self greatly because of the God of his fore- *by$;;;
1t1.:~ 10:3
ti:;r1~ l . 2 0they arc written among the words of his seers."
fathers. IS And he kept praying to Him, so f hat f,5h2!h'
5::: $?is: .'I Fhally Ma.nas'sch lay down with his foreHe let himself be enbeatean by him and He :/&;:-'
~
~
~ fathers;
~
i
~ and
;
'they buriede him at his house, and
heard his request for fervor and restored him to s ~ r 23
A'rnon"
his
son
began to reign in pIace of him.
Ic;/-:a,
1
1
Jemalern to his kingship,Tand b'Ia.nas'seh came rRw77:2T
21
mventy-t~vo~~yearsoJdA'mon*waswhen
tl>ICi 2 ! 19
ammo
t o know8 that Jehovah is The [true] God."
r,:lii
.c I) ~
. .' J!I.fi , he began t a reign, and for twok years he reigned
14 And after this he built an outer wa 11' for m h ma
:'~,:,o In Jerusalem." ==Andh e proceeded to do what
%
"'I
the city of David1 to the west of GGirhon"in the ~ ~ , ~ ,.ell
was bad In Jehovah" eyes,' just as h.!a.nasrseh
I..,,
i~ ,
~
:
torrent valIey and as f a r as the Fish' Gatev and'';::.; k7;16
, j 4 his father had done,# and to all the graven
that Ma-nas%ehuhis father had made
he rm [if] around to O'phels and proceeded t o r v h 27:s
,$; imagest
A'mon
sacrificedv
and he continued serving
make it very high. Further, he put chiefs of the
;.;;;tIdl$;$l
~
2
I.:n
,!.I
l
f
r
military force in all the fartifled cities in 22 ~ ~1 n;;f
thpm.Y
Zr
And
he
did
not humble& himself be17.19
1
b:l')
Judahezl5 And he proceeded t o remove the for- 'ifaC?l:A%lx,for
*.rmll :c3:'ia cause of Jehovah the same as Ma-nas'seh his
gr:h :t.'k18
eign godsc* and t h e idd imagea from the house i;; ii3
~ 2 ~ !.H::!'L
~ 1 , f a t h e r humbled himself,* for A'rnon was one
that made guiltiness Sncrease." *'Finally his
of Jehovah and all the altars" that he had made n;F,: $
! '
;;
In the mountain of the house of Jehovah and
servants conspiredL"
against him and put him to
4,:%(:I,
: $;:;
A,).?? death in his own housem0
in Jerusalem and then had them throrm out- o l l i l ;J Hj$ : ~
P5 But: the people1 of
e 2ja 7 I :.LJ
side the city. l0 Moreover, he prepared the ~ l t a r*?>?1i?;':18I s 5 w : i the land struck down' all the conspiratorsa
lX,'I~:'GmL
of Jehovah4 and began t o sacrifice upon it corn- I';$
2 ~ 31;:l
1 ~ against King A'mon" and the peopIe1 of the land
' :;!&
D:!:
munion sacrifices' and thanksgiving sacrifices"~~~;
N,,nr,:ai made Jo.si'ahcmhis son king in place of him.
@.PC11 25:3
and went on to say to Judah t o serve Jehovah n:J:;;; f,;;;la
MI1 ":24
Elghtk years old 30-si'ahcn was when he
n 2 K l ;'1::?6
the Gad of Israel." l7 Nevertheless, the people
began t o reign, and for thirty-one years
14.'~1
31-I
;
;
j
;
;
were still sacrificing upon the high places;' on1y
11c
rdgned
in derusalern.nl a And he proceeded
lc:?:>:
;;ki
;i;;t
it was to Jehovah their G0d.k
3 bl 2i:L
YII 213::: 1
to
do
what
W R S right in Jehovah's eyesr and
,:,
18 As f o r the iwt of the affairsn of Mamas'- p%:j: T,j'$
1valh
In
the
ways3
of David his forefather,' and
: ; ;1
;3,:2
seh and his prayerTto his God and the words of
1:lO
he
did
not
turn
aside
to the right or to the left.t
~ l . ' i <??!I
l
the seerss that kept speaking t o him in the ,_:;;C/':;;J
And in the eighth year of his reigning, while
I LIik 1 + , 3
name of Jehovah- the God of Israel, there they t IKI I i.19
S
t ~ I C1LI , ?iR hewasstilla boy? hcstartecIta~wchvforthe
1:<1 ::,:';I
i l l \ * h22'5
are among the Hairs of the kings of Zwnel.' UFII
:47:11
!, , G a l of David his forefather, and in the Ot'elfth
Is As for his prayeru and how his entreatyv was Y';;:;\?,,j
v. r - 1 3 I 7 4 ,year he started to cleansev Judah and Jerusa,,,:,,
granted him m d all his siny and his unfaithful- ,';it, ',.&
-a Ch*, *.tile A.sh&h"
b "'Riss w ~ ! ~ f , B k r r . r o ' l ; L e n ,
"bhe sm?'
"'Babylon,'"hXXTg'g;
"Bacbel,'' 3fS;r. b"Tlhe [hkte] God." M,
a 1-o.shi.ic~'lrrc, X I ; 111enning ''Sn!i(o) supports." And appealing
ha-El.rr.Rim'j LXC,ho XLe.usr. See 3. Ranruel 7: 3, footnoto a.
thns rlu\\-11 to 2 Chronicles 36; 4, 11.
A

.>V.,b

4r:11

34

;::I:

,,,,

,,,

2 CHRONICLES 34:4--10

592

593

2 CHRONICLES 34 :11-17

lern from the high places=and the sacrecl poles* !!# g;]
the hand of the doersa of the work that were
and the graven images"and the molten statue^.^ ~ ~ ~ ; $ ; Fmig::z
~
225
appointed overvhe house of Jehovah.,' In turn
7 5
* Further, they p d e d down before him the OJ 2.11
Ezr 2 5
doers of the work who were active in the
z - L K ~ I ~ the
:~
altars" of the BaJals,0 and the incense stands' & ma
house of Jehovah applied it to mending and re2E:?t:"14
that were up above he cut down from off them,
pairing the house, l 1 So they g&ve it to the
;:; craftsmen
and the sacred poIes? and the graven Images' ,:i*gl;,-",:,ls
and Ihe builders=t o buy hewn stones'
gEk
and the molten statuesu he broke in pieces and
fFi
and timbers for clamps and to build with beams
"52;
E
+
5
reduced t o powder1< and then sprinkled 1 it]
Z
NeC7:z
31:12
~
the houses that the kingsn of J u d ~ hhad brought
upon the surface of the burial places of those t ~ s a%: :;5x~ a
T 9 21
to ruin,
pr 28:20
that: used to sacrifice t o them.n And the bonesr 1.; 13 12
1Co 4:2
12 And the men were acting In faithfulness"
of priests he burned upon their altars.*"Tlrus
"":"'
ICKL ":'
111:m
in
the work, and over them there were appointhe cleansedt Judah and Jen~salem."Also in the
5
;
:
+yu3:=
ed
Ja%ath and O.ba.di'ah the Levites, from the
1Ch9.32
ciff es of Ma.nas'sehl and E'phra.irnU and Sirnkon 6i;ri ;PE,$.Is
2ch 23:m sons of Me.r~r'i,+
and Zech.a.ritahand Me.shuB'and clear to Naph'ta.Ii, In their squnresv all?;!:;;t
W C k 6:31
1r715.16 lam, from the sons of t h e Ko8hath.itw,'t o act as
mound, he even \vent pulling down the altarsr r - : , ~ ~ ' ? : 2 4
I1 C n~IF:=
I G : ~overseers, And the Levites, each of whom was
wid thesacred~poIe~,~and
the graven images' he rii <:1i4,h17:s
:UHO
expert with the instruments of song,@I g were
crushedn and reduced to powder,&and all the inover the burden bearers" and the overseers" of
r
,
l
g
;
:
;
cense standsohe cut down in all the land of Israel,
9%
;;
fie 4:10
all the doers of the work for the different servVJK 1!~15
*ZCh 2:18
after which he returned to Jerusalem,
No 8,I
o ~ 1ql:14
s
ices,' and from the Leviteslr there were secre1c1Ch 2 3 3
8 And in the eighteenth' year of his reigning, &:E;':,Y;;
n~~~ 4:3 tariesn and olficersr and gatekecper~,~
3Ch 1P.18
when he had cleansed the land and the house, f;;;/
I4 MOW whfle they were bringing out the
r l C h 23.1
he sent Sha'phane the son d Az.abll'ah and
rnaneyt that was being brought to the house of
~
~
~
;
~
;
~
l
e
LEkh,
?
;;'
Ma.a.sei'ah t h e chief" of the city and Jo'ah the -I , 9 zr
$: i6;is:Jehovah, Hil.kikhc" the priest found the bookV
son of Jo'a.haz the recorderm to rep~ir'cthe E
' :i.'rr
:!'i 1.5
Ezr 7:7 'of Jehovah's lawny by the hand of Moses." So
QEzr
7:10
house of Jehovaht his God. And they proceeded 'hi 2:3
Hil.ki'ahc answered and said to Sha'phan* the
t
u
2
?
~
K
1
In~: ?l - 8
to come t o I3il.kYah.n the high priesth and give 'jji;j<;;.!
"The very book of the law I have
v 3 e 3134 s~ecretary:~
U e 31:3
the rnonep that was being brought to the house,7:1;;
y D e 17:18 found in the house of Jehovah." FYith that Hilof Ccrd,r which the Levites the doorkeepers" sir.11 ~ 1 s
Shaf;5: j& ki'ahc gave the boolr to Sha'phan. '"en
had gathered from the hand of Ma.nnstseht nnd k$!:/ $:;:
phan
brought
the
book
t
o
the
k
j
n
p
n
a
n
d
replied
"k;L e 2 6 : x
E'phra-imu and from all the rest of Israelr and ;7F/A!;:i2
further to the king, saying: "All that has been
*2KI 22:9
from all Judah and Benjamin? and the inhabit- ,!:;' 51:iyl
put in the hand of your serv~ntsthey are dom;:
mts of Jerusa1ern.c lo Then they put [it] into :!$jl: :h:i,
they pour out the money that is
Jcr40:11 ing."IrAnd
found
In
the
house of Jehovah and put it in t h e
.
?
:
:
?i?$o
a RhiE.qi.iatJ~w,N ; meaning i'31y portion in T n h (u)!*
Lit~~*nllv
hand of the appointed men and into the hand
d L t l ~pent
e
priest," 3ILAXVg. lbTlle inhnbitn~ r t aof ~rronnlPui,'!
t:zi z$iu

,,,,,,:,
:$:

':.-

3ILX.riJ'gS;rT; " t h q returned to Jenrsnlein,"

Ilcb~~e\v
~nnnnserlm.

JllnarKln

and mnny

a
b

''Daclv? LLTVgSg nnd nmny Rchrew manuseripis ; "doer," 31.

51; ns in cenre 0,
Or, '.in." ~l~il-qi.ia'1111,

2 CHRONICLES 34: 18-24

594

595

of the doers of the work."' And Sha'phan the 5--2 ~31:24

m:5
i
secretary lent nr to repol* to the king, saying: "
; g8
"There is a book. that Hil.ld'aha the priest gave ;
*~;;;4
me,"'And Sha'phan began to read otrt af it be- Jer ~::zI
kDe ?S:15
fore the king.'
!lGe 37:34
19 And it came about that as soon as the king
heard the wordsk of the law he immediately ,&$:,
ripped his clothes aparti1 iuTl~en
the king mm- s ~ F , l ~ ~
manded Hil.ki'ahar and A-hi'kenl* the son of
Shn'phhan and Ab'don the son of Mi'cah and ($,,Il;;;
Sha'phant the secretaryL1~ n dAosai%hv the ;:ip$;;;?
rsas:e
king's servant, saying: fl ' G o , inguircy of Jeho- %
' ?:
vr~hin my own behalfz and in hhalf of what is * $ 5 ~ ~
left' in Israel and 5r1Judah concerning the words EbC,"$3;iI
of the book" that has been found, for great is
Jehovah's rageAthatmust be pwred cut against
us because of the fact that our forefathers did c~-;g
D e 31.16
not keep the word of Jehovah by doing accord- &?&3
ing to all that is written in this beak."*
@EX
'2KI 12'52:
2104
22 AecordingIy Hi1,kj'aha along with those
whom the king [had saidIb wen1 t o Hul'dah+ .&:&!,
the p~ophetess,~
t h e wife of Shal'lum the son
;:;:=$;zm 1:la
of TjKvahc the son of Har'haslVhe caretaker
'er 2328
of the clothing,"as she was drt~ellingIn Jerusa- kY2xi
=:IS
lem in the second quarter, and they proceeded i;j:%;?
to speak to her like this.' *s In turn she said to ni;; ;f:i!
them: "This is what Jehovah the God of Israel ijEig:ii
has said,' 'Shye to the man thst sent YOU to r:;;
me:'< '* "This is what Jehovah hns said, 'Here
I am brlnging calamityn upon this place and its
gi
;;
inhabitants,' a41 the oath-bound cursesnthat are JEE
,
23:13
written in the h k that they read before the $53
;':

z:%?2'?

,e;;;,

t,Z,F!g::i
!king of Judah,' *'
Zt'h 12 5

due to the fact that they have

left me" and gone making sacrEficiaE smoke to
~.:rrr
other gods,' in order t o offend,' me with all the
?C'!l
YII,I 1 !::I
doings of their handsE and that my rage" may
21il 21.:1
a.lil:1'2,17 pour forth upon this place and not be extin,,,, ...,,. I L guished.' 'IL2U And to the k l n ~of Judah, who is
sending. YOU to inquire of Jehovah, this is what
fj:j;
1
';ow should say to him: "This Is what Jehovah
Jc.r
; I.:)?
~ ~7:;:;.Ix the Gad of Israel has said;'. 'As I P F : B ~ ~ Sthe
f-LI\I .- . I 8
ntords"that you have heard, ': for the reason that
I
"I1 2 i 1q
your heart' was soft so thnt you humbled'' your,, , .
o:;'.t/j& self because of Goda at your henring his wards
concerning this place and Its inhnbi tnnts and
~;l~,~;l:;i:';;:
~
-'1.1.2'<:-1 you humbled yourself before m ~ '
nnd ripped*
k kl,:;
.L l C l..:' I:a1: your clotl~esapart m d weptk hefore me, I, even
I, have heard,n is the utterance of Jehovah.
n.1~1
2: 11 :I :.I3
,q " = - - E Here I am gathering you to your forefathersr
,*
and you will certainly be gnthercd t o your
,,;,. ,,
lL'1) L7.n gr~veynrdl'
in peaces and your eyes wlEl not lock
lh 'It :I.-,.Z.l
PI'.; :17:37
lipon nl1 the calamityt that I am bringing upon
I :(-I,
IICI 21::.q
: : i : ~ . j this place and its inhabitants,' " ' '"1
I .?L :tll.q
{ I L I -::an
~
Then they brought the reply t o the king.
a1 2.1
? U n d the king proeeecled to send and gatherv
lj;.
:!,.:t~
Y - 1 ~ 1? ? . l
all the older men of Judah and of Jerusa1em.Y
zlI.;l
"" The king now went up ts the house of Jc?ha.!:,tj ;
;
;
1 11
vahz with at1 the men of Judah and the inhabit'11 17 1-4
2r8ll i s l k ants of Jerusalem and the priests' and the
,*.I 17-1!)
Levites and all the people, the grent as well as
2 I Y ,!
n o R:3
the small," and he began t o readh in their ears
t,.:,
fi.7
,,,*1 ro {:J ,:,:',a all the \vords of the b o o k h f the covenant, which
I~adbeen found at the heuse of J e k o v a h . ~ ~ ~ n
'<>i<q21;fi
f - 1 ; ~ "t::
the
king kept standing in his place' and pro*Joy 3 -3
ceedecl to conclude the covenant' I~eforeJeho!L!./r11 11:;,2
vuh to go following Jehovahe and t o keep his
1
I
-Clod,'' IXVg ; dtllle,w L X X ; "Jebovnh," By, b Liiternlly, "haiinl
":ti

"1\11

2 1.10
23.5
",3

;,:

-4)

jbh

-4

J.

:.I..;

1 3

,..I

~ 1 1 , .

1 1

It8

Be2~~d

.IIkil.pi.in'htr, 3f; as in v e m 9 , n b b ~ n rmid,"

l
J X X ; hut ~nissing
in h i . 'IIInd sent;' Sy, Liternlly, "Tok'l~ntl~,",\I. Liternllr, L'Hai'~nh,'' M . Hut. see 2 King8 2 2 : 14, NAY,'^ 31. I~l~perntive
i n the
pl urn1 number, masculine.

2 CHRONICLES 34:25-31

iilLLaPB,h*

597

commandrnentsk and his testfmoniesn and his k b m

regulationsr with all his heart-and with all his Dc 5:l
soulPCto p r f m u the voids of the covenant rr I:':!
that were u r n e n in this book.v l2 F u r t l ~ e m ~ ~Ia!r re6111.13
,5
he had all those who were found in Jerusalem :$Ai,1,'.;&
> e 31 24
and Benjamin to take their stand [to it] .>'And ',I~i
I ~:.fi
the inhabitants of Jerusalem proceeded to da Y;!;l:;ll
according t o the covenant of God, the God of
their forefathers.2 " After that Jo.si'ah removecl x:Fk g!ji
all the detestable' things out of all the lands ' l l i l X 1 : 5
that belonged to the sons of Israel' and he had w K l z s : 5
all who were found in Israel take up service, to 4i;:2f31
serve Jehovah" their God. AH his daysAthey did 551.a:3
not turn aside from following Jehovah the God
~ J : U 1:!.11
of their forefathers."
J4v 23:s
?a:::
I
Then Jesi'ah' held in Jerusalem a pass- .NF:~,12:s
over* to Jehovah and they slaughtered &$:$'
the passover victim" on the fourteenthmday of *2;?11:.jG
the firstk month. So he stationed the priests ;.; ,l:',y;:;:
over the things under their caret' and encollragedr them in the service of the house of1f;l;;;;;,
Jehovah. And he went on ta say to the Lcvites, IIE!;,
sr 11 h s
the ~rrstnrctorssof all Israel, those holy t o Jeho- $1: i,'ii
vah: "Put the hoIyt Arke in the houseu that c"!>j;:9$j9
Sol'a.mon the son of David the king of Israel *;:itr3!l,;:l
built; if is not YOURS as a burden upon the should~r.YNOW serve Jehovah Yovn God and h i s peo- :$;
ple Israel, And make preparation by the house L~;;211
lr r (;:as
of YOUR fore-fathersz according t o YOUR divj q;:?,>%
sions,' by the writing' of Davld the king of A$',l';:
fsrael and by the writingAof Sol'o-mon his son, Z ~ $ , l ~ ~ ; ~ o
And stand4 in the holy place by t h e classesfl of ,:::[;
the house of the forefathers for YOUR brothers, A4('11
O I ~ ' H.
:
I'
~:
11.\TI
the sons of t h e people, and the portion of a pa- ";;;:i:r;i

nzt$;l
1,.
\P

I )

35

a Or, luom

literally, "dirisions," 31.

2 CHRONICLES 35: 6-12

house belonging to the Levites.' And

+E%
:1 C h 2 $ : ~ternall
slaughter the passover vlctlm* and sanctify"
$EX 12:21
2chw:15
%2Ch 24:s

yourselves and make preparation for YOWR

brothers to do according to the word of Jehokf,"&?&e vah by means of Moses,""
7 Ja.silah now contributed to the sons of the
people floclrs, male lainbs and male kids,a the
whole for the passover victims for all who were
to be found, t o thc number of thirty thousand,
and cattle, three thousnnd,lk These were from
2Ch ~ : 2 4the goods of the k1ng.V * And his princesn themr1Ch B:3
~ic2
h~ : i selves made a conlrifiution as a voluntary offering for the p p l e , t for t h e priests and for the
Levites. Hil.ki'ol~'"~and Zceh.s.ri'ah and Je-hi'el.
;
themselves as leaders" of the house of The
E!*~?.+T
U l ~ < l23.4
2Ch 3.14 !true] Godc gave to the priests for the passaver
YlCh S .M victim two thousand six hundred, and t h ~ e e
I C 2~ ~ ~ 4
~ ~ ~ ~ : 2 " h u d r ecattle.
d
And Con.a.nitah and She.mairnh
and Ne4thanrel his brothers and Hnsh*a.birah
and Je.i'e1 and Jo'z~~bad,
the chiefs of the
Levites, contributed to the Levjtes far passover victlmsy flve thousand, and Rve hundred
z2Ch Ex6 catfk.
=Ps 1343
10 And the servlce wes prepared' and the
~51322
W C h S i : l 6 priests kept standingmat their placesjOand the
~ I C ~ S ~ : G
LEzr 6.28 IRvites by t h ~ i rdivtsions,~according to the
n,yU IT-:T
32.6
king" ~ommandrncnt,~And the priestsn' pro+LC1 5
the passover victim' and
gHeb S:ZI~ reeded
i to [the
~s1au"ter
sprinkle*
blood] from their hand,d while
GLe 1.6
'r2Ch 23:34 the Levites were stripping the skins5 off. "
ther,
they
preparedt3
t
h
e
burnt
offerings
so as
~ " 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ,
t
o
give
them
t
o
the
clnsses9y
the
paternal"
:$&

n2Fi:;p

t;zg&

rFoi?$

::

"sons of the ponte," 51, b Ri~it.qi.dnk:~

bI, a "The [ h e ]
God." U,hrs-El,o.lzilnrj L S 3 , ko I'lsc.aa'; TfiSy, Jr~Rovnh."d Literally, "from their hnnd," 331: "hlood with tlirir hnnd." LS-YTg;
"some of the blood,'' SF. ."l'repnreil," L.LX; "reinoved," bl.
a Literally,

house, to the sons of the people, so as to make

a presentationkto Jehovah according t o what is
written in the booko of Moses;n and thus also
with the cattle. I%d
they went boi1lng.r the

yg
Le 3 1 4
Egi:;

passover* offering over the fire according to the

",;I
custom, and the things sanctified they boiledt
t
p
u
;i;yi
in cookhg putsYand in mund-bottomed pots and
?
;
;
$;;!
in banquet bowls,v after which they brought it E;c~r;m.ro
quickly to all the sons of the people,Y '.'And
:25$5^'
afterward they prepared for themselves a n d
f o r the priests, because the priests2 the sons of
Aaron" were engaged in offering up the burnt ~ ~ C ~ ~ j t
sacrifices' ~ n the
d fatDpieces until night, and &",;$;;19
*LC 3 5
the Levites themselves prepared"for themselves "2.?;:
and for the priests the sons of Aaron. And the &h3!$ll
singers4 the sons af Arsaph' were at their office :FG!;~$
according t o the commandmento of Davidmand
e($T
of A'saph' and of He'man" and of Je.durthunk the ;g; ?:dl
+ l C n k.13
seern of the king, and the gatekeeperss were at lct116.n
23 I 3
the different gates.nThere was no need for them 2Ch
psnlrn
rn
t o turn aside from their servfce, because their ,ZtF3:,
brathers the k v i h themselves prepared! for 2:; $;>;',2%
them. l o And all the service of Jehovah was pre;;,l
pared on that day t o hold the passoveru and t o
k&
; !y
:i
offer up the burnt offerings upon the altar of ,.ie 1r:;'i
Jehovah according to the commandmentof !?% $;?T
I C h 20:King h - ~ i ' f l h . ~
a l C h 2F:13
17 And the sons of Israel that were to be EC$Pj-;L:l
found proceeded to hold the passovery at that
time and also the festival of t h e unfeimented ~2;;$;.13
cakes for seven days.. l n And t h a e had never
been heId a passover like it in Israel since the D:;$~I~
~e 23:G
days of Samuel the prophet," neither had any A$;!7
of the other kings" of Israel themselves held a :$t$$2X
passover 1ike that which Jo.si'& and the priesW
?:$;!

;g

*;g

and the Levites and all Judah and Israel that

.48:3$

were to be found and the Inhabitants of Jerusalem held. I n the eighteenth year of Jo.sE'ah's
+2K123:23 reim this passover waa held.b
20 After ~ l this
l when Jo-d'ah had prepared
+2Kl23:33
J C 4~ ~ ' :
=xsn 1c0.3 the house, K'~.e~choa*
the king of Egyptwcame up
Wer 13.1
to fight at Cnr'che.mishKby the Eu.phraftes.'
sWaI CiL3
22, lo
k?9n 16:LU Then Josf'~hVventout to an Encounter with
y
.
: %-?
him.'
At that he sent rnesengers to him, sny,,,
ing: "What do I have t o do with you,bk0 king
n'lc'
15a nr).~u
rzvll :'"I 10 of J ~ d a h It
? is not against you that I am corning
sUC1 ).I::'
11;l :
I..
\::
.M 9 today," but It is against another l~ousethat my
~ G : i ; l flght is and God himself said t h a t I should cause
Ji'F dl<,>'
t a u s o I I terror." Rcfrnin for your own sake because OF
God, who is with me, and do not let hirn hrlng
L 5:10
lyou to ruin."' ::And Jo-si'ah did not turn his
,
face away from him, but t o Agllt against him
2 ~ !Irn-'7
2IiI
2:3:30
1
he disguised"himsc1f
and <lid not listen t o l h e
z+>r
F.C lli
\-:I!
11,
c LX 1 1 words of Ne'choa' fmm thc mouthzt of God. S o
~ c ; ? TI;:^ he came t o figl?t in the valley p l ~ i n
of Me-gid'dl~.~
1
5 :
And
the
dwotersr
got
to
shoot
at
King Jo8si1nh
ES:!'d;('3
yliil 2<;ySO that the Iting mid to his servants: "Take me
z2!ih 5
41 ;1 down, for I have been very severely waunclcd."~
C K i 23,:m
I I
:JAccordinglyhis servants took him down from
I,;,+ H: I k
the chariot* and had hirn ride in the sacand'
C p + "11.7
i - C , ; , , i : ~ ~var-chariot' that was his and brought him to
;j$;'$.,lk Jemsalem.: Thus he died.' and was buried in the
graveyard of 111s foreiatl~ers,~
~ n all
d Judsrh nnd
NtI 3
DO
V u1.3
?fl
1.; 18 Jenlsalem' were mourning"" over Jo.sitah. - ' U ~ n d
Clc h 9
'Je~*erniah"'began to chantmover Jo.si'ah, nnd
.J,?r I I
adcr 2:10
all the rnale singers1' and femalen singers lcrep
LU 4 . 3
kEC 1::5
talking about Jo.si'ah in their dirges down till
!,.,
I
today, and they have them set as a Wgulati~II
n$;:$!

, ,,

qIl1

'

, ,

'Gq7

,,,

Or, "3'e.kalv /Ne.Bau)." b Literally, "ffhat [is there] to Ii1n rind

to TOII f') 3l. See 3lntthow !4:29, footnotc r, nnd Soshun 23: 24,
footnot~b3,. 3-ot npninst you that I am r o t ~ ~ i today,"
ns
L L Y V ~ S J;'
"not ngainst you y ~ u ~ ~ a today,"
clf
If.d Tir.nal idleu, lf.

,
,

over Israel, and there they are mitten among

,:.
~ Z KI 23328
the dirges.r
t2Ch 31:m
zch 3233
26 As for the rest ofthe afPalrsaof Jo-sipah
and urk,
31.2.1
his acts of loving-kindnessnaf
according to what $(?hlg:M
is written in the l a w of Jehovah, :'and his af- zrt,x:a
fairs, the first and the last? there they arc writ- yi?: i$Ig
ten in the Booky of the Kings of Israel and Judah. eo:2A:I,:;{1
Then the peoplez of the land tmk Je.hot-I'?!$'%:*
a-haz' the son of Jo.slfah and made him
:$.:
king in the place of his father in Jerusalem.'
Twenty-three years old Se.ho'aJlazb was when
;
;
,
:
;
I
he began to reign, and for three months he m;!;~~&;;:
reigned in Jerusalem' However, the king of ;5;i l r ; . ~
Egypt removd him in Jerusalem' mcl fined 1(13:1:,

36

:$:\?J's

.2K1. I6:l9
2KI 21:s

are written in the Book* of the Kings of Israel

son began to

zchm:+m and Judah, and Je.hoi'a.chink hls

k2KI 24 6
n l C h a:ie reign in place of hlm.

"'

Jer 2224

9 Eighteen& years old Je.hoi'a.chinn was

when
he began to reign, and for three rnonthsr
I:;;
g;!
TKI15.24 and ten days he reigned in Jerusalem, and he
continued tta do what was bad iln Jehovah's eyesWa
':2
2K113:20 l o And at the return1 of the year King Nebs.chada
I C h 20:1
nez'zar sent" and proceeded to bring him to
::4$;zi$i
5rci n:14 BabylonhVwith desirable articles of the house of
Jvr 29.2
EI.C I:$
Jehovah.~'Further, he made Zed.ebklrah=
his [fayZK1
J~~ 2?:18
24:13 ther's] brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.*
D a 1:2
Da5.23
117bnty-one years old Zed.e*ki'aho was
XJer 52:3
*2~124:17 when he began to reign, and for eleven years
nj$:$17 he wlmd in Jer~snlern.~ And he continued
to do what was badt in the eyes of Jehovah his
*jF:;$fg
@'Kl21:2
Gad,'He did not humble" himself on account of
ZKI 2 3 : a
+ ~ KW
I : I ~JeremiahcXthe propher ~t the order of Jeho@Ex 1 0 3
~ C I I32:26 vahnklg And even gain st King Neb,u.cltad-nez'him swew by
J
])a
, 5:22
4:10 zar he rebelled,ll who had m ~ d e
IF@ 5:6
d
mJer21:1 &dlp m d he kept stiflfenjng~his neck ~ n hardJerZ7:12 eningt his heart so as not t o return to Jehovah
Jer 28:l
J e r ~the God of Israel. '+Even all the chiefs of the
3 J e t %:I4
k1~113:21priestsU and the people themselves commjttd
1121C1 24:m
unfaithfulness on a Parge scmlc, amarcling to d
J,P 5 2 a
Eic 3T:15
the detestablev ways of the nations, so that they
,;
,,
,;yt:& defiled the house of Jehovah which he had m e !
; tified in Jemsa1ern.Y
15 And Jehovah the Gad of theft forefathers
$ I n
kept sending against them by means of his; mesEZE
8:s
sengers," sending again and agaiqd because he
rJcr 25
1:12

r2Ki 24.8

the land a hundred s i l v d talents and a gold' nj',$":29

talent. Furthermore, the king* of Egypt made ri:';:
?$i2
E.Ii'aakimk his brother king over Judah and
1
:;f
Jerusalem and changed his name t o Se.hoira- $;3~;2
kirn," and his brother Je.ho'a.haz,Wepe'chocnt s r c ~: l , r : ~
U'L'ICI 2 1 2
took and brought to Egypt,''
21t l 21 :22
5 Twenty-five years old Je0hoita.kimawas z!rl $:;?
when he began to reign, and for eIeven years Y,;j:! $?
:;
he reigned in J e r ~ s a l e mand
, ~ he continued to do ;$; ?$;:
w h ~ was
t badu in the eyes of Jehovah his God.V,
a Against him Web.u.chadnezfzarJ'the king of 1 I . I
2P''
Babylond came u p that he might bind him with ?fK'
,
f
i&?:
two fetters" of capper to carry him off to Baby l ~ n . ~And
" some of the utensilsAof the house
$$iO
of Jehovah Neb.u.chad.nez'zar9roorrght ta Babytond and then put them in his palace" in Bnb- $;;; ;:e
ylon.d+ % for the rest of the ~ fd fr s mof Je.hoi'- or^:+ 1:2
a#kirnand his detestable" things that he did and i%t?;$:aa
'"Eighteen," LXXAl -KA''dl&n
fidltlfln Sy n11d 2 Kings 24: 8;
what was to be found againstr him, there they
"vigllt," MTg. "B~hglon,'~
L I X V g ; "B~'l,(~l,''
MRr. 0 Titmcia'ht4,
11,* Literally, "riping up eaialynnd sending," 31. l'lle Hebrew verbs
Or, "loyal lo~e." bhl, P0.a-hhoe'. But 4'Jc.ho'n.hna" nt 2 Kinga
11rre are i n the infinitive nbwlutc and hmm impesrronal and in23 ; 50, = Or, "Ke-kaw (h'e.kau) ." d "Dnhylon," L X X ; " B a ' l ~ e l ~
I.%

,,,,,:,,

A:;'"

'

NSy, *Orfl 'Temple? LKgTg. Or, "upon."

definite as to time,

603

felt eompassion~orhis peoplen and for his' ,l,l:!B

d ~ e l l l n g . ~But they were continually making ;r$ ,*
<a

jwt* nt the messengersu of The [true] Gads and @/;!;;:lo

despising his ~wrds'and mocking' a t his pmph- 1 ., x,:rs
ets, until the rage' of Jehov~hs m e up against 'T;,':i2:2

2 CHRONICLES 36:B

sa that he caused a cry* to pass through all his

kingdom, and also in ~vriting,~
saying: av'lThis
*mr1:2
is w h ~ Cy'rush
t
the king of Persia has said: 'All
the kingdams of the earth Jehovah the God of
Dn2:n
the heavensh has given me4 and he himself has
n a 4:s
Da 5:18 commissioned me t o build him a house in Jem*Tsa #:28
OlCh 26:5 salem, which is in Judah.' Whoever there is
Ezr ;:I3
qz,,8.31 among YOU of all his people,@Jehovah llfs God
be with him.' So let him go up,' "*
"Q'ras," LX.YVg; Ko'rpph, &
Ki~'resIt,
I;
Sy. b "Jehornh tho God

:$:*:

$$:

C.:r.p -, 7
his people, until there was no healiagaR
#if$r:'\:I5
KlI,, 241::n
17 So he brought up against t h ~ mthe king n.!,.:,:.I
of the Chal.de'ansr and he ltilled their young "j:i:;9'ly
men with the swords in the house of their sanc- t;y;/ij:;
tu~ry,tand he did not feel compassion for young p;;;!2,7, $1
mnn or virgin, old or decrepit." Everything he ~;,l:+l:;
of the henrens.'' T h i ~rxpr@saionf h t occurs at
gave into his hand.
And all the utensils,v i.:resml.;.
See also Ezra 1: 2; Nrheminh 1 :4, 6; 2 : 4, 20.
great" and small, of the hmuse of The [ t r u e ] u { , ~ ~ ~ ? O
Godh and the treasuresa of the house of Jehovah j:j::r<ii;!
and the treasures of the k d n ~ and
'
of 11isprinces,
everything he brought t o Baby1on.c InAnd he
proceecled to burn t h e house-QoS The [-trueJ :i::r ;-:!
Gad')"and pull dorm the tvnll- of Jenrsalem, and -f!>";&"
all its dwelling towers they burned with fire and Aj$!
;;E:$
also nll its desirable articles,+ so ~s t o cause
!:;;:pi;;:
rufn. Furthermore, he carried ofl those reT
,C~;I
mninlng from the st~ordcnptive to EabylonCE :jt.,.
5:7
and they came to be servants- t o him" and his .1.1;:;2i.Y"
sons ~zntllthe royalty of Pcrsiaqhegan to reign, $':;Y5'ii
2 7 to ft~lflll
Jehovah's ~ ~ ~ obyr cthe
l mouth of Jere,:;L2
minh,"'c until the land had pnid off its sabhaths.n s; .in -!?:I
I~L;;M
I
I
All the days of lying desolated it kept, sabbath tErr
1.2
to fulfill seventy years.r
uJtmr:q:14
\-.tvr 3 : t o
22 h d in the first year of Cy'ruseethe king ;;;;.;y;;
d Persia.r that Jehovah's wordu by the mouth'+:c-17.,:>s
21 : l a
of Jeremfahdv might he ~ccompIished,Jehovah ''<:I1
ir ~ I R1:1 t
roused the spirity of Cy'rusoathe king" of Persia, ,I2f; :j!
-I)

;q;

"The [true] Gocl." 11, hn-Ef.o.kitn'; R;r, "Jehorah." b "The [ t r u ~ ]

Clot!.'' 31, kn-El.o.kimr; T'lrPr, "J~11or.nh."t''Babylon,'' LXXI'g;
"nn'hel,'"lSg. d 31, ~ i r . n iia'hfl.
,
'T~y'ru~,~'
ETTTg; Kdrrcsk, hi ;
Ilec'reah, Sy.

Grncsis 2 4 ~ 3 ,7.

EZRA 1:7-2:2

605
kPa Ilk3

2co 9:7
*Ezr 5 3 4
kEzr 125

EZRA"
And in the first year of Cy'rusw the king '[g$j!!
of Persia," that Jehovah's word from the ,g;,,?&!m
mouthD of Jeremiah" might be accornpljshed, i;;;$!k
Jehovah1 mused the spiritd of Cy'n~sl)the king ,;C&' )u

of Persia so that he caused a cry*to pass through +lr:l, 5::a

l l o g 1:14
all his realm, and also in writing," snying:
QNi3 1.11
2 "This is what Cy'rua the klngo of Persia
has said,"AlI the kingdoms0 of the earthp Jeho- .XI, 24:9
vah the God of the heavens* has given me'<and y?! : ; ;2
he himself has cclmrnissioned me to build him ?$::k7::$3
8 houseC in
which is in Judfih. :K,l;.;,'
a Whoever there is among you of all his people,r
,;;,$i;,;2
may his God prove t o be with him.*ci let him ;;;;::;
go up to Jerusalem, which js in Judah, and re- I),, >:I9
build the house of Jehovah the God of Israel- 1' ;',?
he is The [true] Godcq-which was in Jerusa1em.u AS for anyone that I s left of all the places 1
,:;; 1 4 3
where he is temporarily residing, let the men of t;!3!J,;m
h i s place assist him with silver and wlth goldv %&+;?
and with goods a d with domestic anirn~lsalong J N IO:IO
with the voluntary offering for the house of "P;:$'
The [ m e ] god,^ which was In Jerusalem.'
s ~ ( "I6
'Kdr
3' .~3 I
T : 17
5 Then the heads' of the fathers of Judah aL?ii-:.IC
. 13: su
3::S
and of Benjamin and the priests and the bvitesnI 'h~r
?[:h 1c.8
rose up, even everyone whose spiritc The [true] Sg;;
Godc had roused, t o go up and rebuild the house :L$fi!q5
of J e h ~ v a hwhich
,~
was in J e r u s ~ l e r n %s
. ~ for - NV 12.27
all those round about them, they strengthenedd $Cr2i?B5
3.23
their hands with utensils of silver,+with gold: '-' K/.T
r~;t,rR:33

n2X1 24:U
Jes 28:3
Da S:2
rDa 1:2
sEzr 3 8
Hag 1:l
tHag 154
Zec 4:7
u l K i 750
2Ch 4:s

vZCh 24:14
yRo 9.23
2Ti 2.20
t E z r 2:2

;~;,:+~~

;z

'

"Eztra,'WS

zz3

; "Es'dras," LTSTg. b "Cy'rus," LX-YVg ; ECulraah,

M ; Ii~dresh,Sy. E "The [true] God.'' 31, Ira-El.o.ki?rl', the deflnih
article ha ("The'>) prececling the title ElaoaJai?n1
for the rrnke of
J

emphasis.

6W

Hag I:1
*De 28:41
2KI 21:15
WKI 2221
2Ch 36320
W e 7:6
$ E m 5.8
Es 8.9
+Dr 2 8 : 4
3KS 2*19
62x1 24:i6

with goods and with domestlc animals m d with

choice things, besides all that which was vvoIuntarily offerdcnm
7 Also King Cy'rusc himself" brought forth
the utensils of the house of Jehova11,k which
Neb.u.chad.nez'zar had brought out from JerusaIemn and then put in the howfie of his g ~ d . ~ r
And Cy'ms the king of per sf^ proceeded to
bring them forth under the control of Mith'redatl~the treasurer and t o number them out to

Shesh.baz'zart'athe leaderd of Judah,t

9 Now these are the numbers of them r thirty
basket-shaped vessels of gold,ll a thousand
basket-shap~dvessels of s i l v ~ r twenty-nhe
,~
replacement vessels, ' O thirty bowls of gold, four
?Ch %:2@hundred and ten secondary bowls of silver, a
La 1:3
thottsand other utensils. All .the utensils~of
La 1:5
L a 4:22
gold and of sfIver were five thousand four h m Zep 2:7
*De 303
dred. Everytlling Shesh.baz'zaruz brought up
Ezr 1:3
Ps 147:2 along with bringing up the exiled* people out
Jer 3257
Eze 3423 of Babylanea t o Jcrus~lem.
*EAT
1:11
Ne 7:7
And these were the sonsA of the jurisdicHag 1:I
Hag 134
tional districtf9that went up out of the capHag 2:4
Ha2 2:21 tivity of the exlled' people whom NebuchadZec 4:'i
78It 1.x nez'zar the king of Babylone had taken into
kEzr 2 8
exile at Babylon* and who later returned to
E z t 4:s
Ezr 5 2
Jerusalem
and Judah,' each one to his own city,
Eag 132
r;ag 2:4
those who came with Ze.rab%ba.kl?Jeshku.a,gk
Zec 3:l
zcc 2 9
Ne.he.miJah, Se.rai'ah,htl Re.el.ai'ah,l Mor'de.cai,
n N e i7
Ziteralb, "upon all b e offersrl voluntarilp," M. Or, "gods." 31,
el.o.bim', mhich here nlnv he in tha l~lurnlnunber o f exae1lence or

divine porte~s.Vg, dstlrs: Ttlnt ia, Zc4rub1hnmbd,

~ceortlingto Ezra
2 : 2 ; 3 : 5. d Or, "nn'ui.'" "Rnhp-loll," L S X T g ; "Bn'l~cl;' NSy.
f "Jurisdictional district." I f , ~ n ~ d i ~ n r r b
I'g,
' ; "proince." g l'Jesus~'
L X X . "Joshua (Y~Bo.sB~t'a')"
at Hnggni 1: 1 nnd Zrchnriah 3: 1.
''dZ.tTil~h"at hneheiuitlll 7 :7, "Rn.a.mitah'ht Kehemiah 7 :7.
Q

"

607

EZRA 2 :2 7 4 7

Bil'shan, Misrpar,a Big'vai, Re'humjbrBaknah. ,'%; $;

one; "the men of Mi~h'rnas,~a hundred and
rsa lo:= twenty-two; 2B the men of Beth'elo+ and A'i,"
The number of the men of the people of Is- t;P7;BX
oJer 48.13
+J 21.19 two hundred and twenty-three; p g the sons of
rael: a The sons of Palrosh,s two thousand one 8;$;,
N%7:a
we12:8
Ne%qaxfifty-two; 3o the sons of Mag'bish, a
hundred and seventy-two; the sons of Sheph- v&7p4
Jos 7:2
a.tirahjt three hundred and seventy-two; %e Ne7:ll
and fifty-six; a"he sons of the other
Joe ~ ~ 1 hundred
7
N e 10:14
E1lam," a thousand two hundred and fifty-four;
sons of A'rah," seven hundred and seventy-five; rEzr
8:9
32 the sons of
Halrim,k three hundred and
the sons of Pa'hath-m~'ab,~~
of the sons of 'E,P~$~,
kz,"'7;$31
Jeshtu.ad [and] Jo'ab,Y two thousand eight hun- ,gX2i~f2?,, nlCh
twenty;
3S the sons of Lad," Ha'didr and O'no,~
xe 11:35
S:12
rxe 7 : n seven hundred and twenty-five;
dred and twelve; 'the sons of E'larnjz a thou-:;;;,
t h e sons of
h'e 11:M
1n:M
oaer 39:s Jer'i.cho,Ot three hundred and forty-five; 85 the
sand two hundred and fifty-four ; the sons of rkzr
N e 7:1S
Zat'tu,' nine hundred and forty-five; the sons CEzr
8:ll
:1"K"i6Ig:34 sons of Se.narah,u three thousand six hundred
Ne 716
of Zacfcai,=seven hundred and sixty; l o the sons -Ezr 8 3 2
and thirty.
36 The
priests:
The ~sons of Je.datiahvof the
of
six hundred and forty-two; l1 t h e sons ?z$r%:i
V
~
~
~
&
~
of Be'bai,b six hundred and twenty-three; l B the &;pi1:
home of Jesh1u.ab7 nine hundred and seven@~ Ne
E z739
3:9
r
zlci124:14 three; s 7 the sons of Im'mer,~a thousand and
sons of Az'gad,' a thousand two hundred and Gx:e;yl
Ezr 10:20
723
twenty-two; l3 the sons of Ad.~.ni'karn,~six nNe 7.24
~e 7;40 fifty-two; the sons of Pash'hur,' a thousand
'1Ch 9.12
hundred and sixty-six; l4
the sons of Big'vai," sEzr io:33
Ezr 10:2a two hundred and forty-seven; s9 iAthe sons of
a thousand and seventeen.
two thousand and fifty-six; the sons of A'din,* t$g 7:;:
, ~ ~ ~ $Haprim:
?,
four hundred and fifty-four; I@thesons of Arter,k '2; Eii9
40 The Levites: The sons of Jesh'u.ab and
of Hez-eki'ah, ninety-eight; the sons of Be'- ;F&?;51
Kad'mi.el," of the sons of Hod.a.vi'ahFgseventyAEzr
OBe 7:43
3:9
zai," three hundred and twenty-three; '"he sons; ; ; 7 ;3;;8
four. The singers, the sons of APsaph,+a hun+1ch
l c h 639
15:17
of Jo'rahjfr a hundred and twelve; lVhe sons of pr74:i68
dred and twenty-eight. 43 The sons of the gate1
Ha'sh~rn,~
two hundred and twenty-three; ?O the SJOS 21:ie
h e l l : l 7 keepers," the sons of Shal'lum," the sons of
7:Ti
sons of Gib'bar,gt ninety-five; "the sons of YP
A'ter,* the sons of Tal'mon," the sons of Ak'?sal0:30
?:,","gil
Beth'le-hem,cu a hundred and twenty-three; $:
kubPnthe sons of Ha.tirta," the sons of Sho'bai,
~~~,7:$:"1,
a hundred and thirty-nine,
2 a the men of N e . t ~ ' p h a h ,fifty-six;
~
the men igQ"$$
,Fe;$;;all4together,
of An7a.thoth~a hundred and twenty-eight; ;cs?k7
3
The
Neth'i.nirn:cr
T h e sons of Zi'ha,s the
&
the sons of Az'ma.veth,z forty-two; =' the sons D ~ O s ~ $ ~ sNe 7:46 sons of Ha.sufpha,8 the sons of Tab.baloth,s
of KLr'iath-jeRa.rim,' Che.phitrah and Beefoth, $'jj6l7 tNe 7!47 d4 the sans of Kerros,t the sons of Si'a.ha,t the
seven hundred and forty-three; 2fl the sons of ";',"P$%F UNe7:48 sons of Pa'don,t 45 the sons of Le-ba7nah,uthe
sons of Hag'a.bah," the sons of Ak'kub,n * & t h e
Ra'mah" and GeibaP six hundred atld twenty:ij!$
sons of Hafgab, the sons of Sal'rnai,u the sons of
vN*7:49 . Ha'nan,v *7 the sons of Gid'del,v the sons of
'LMis7pe.retl~"
at rehemiah 7 : 7. b 'We'huw') n t Xehemiah 7 : 7.
@

Meaning ''Gavernor of 310'ab." 'Vesusi' LXX. "Joshun (TE?rosbztfn')') at Haggxi 1:1 and Zechariah 3 : 1, "Bin'nu.iV a t Nehemiah 7 : 15. f ''Ha'riphrJ at Neheminh 7 : 24. g "CTib"e.ont' at Nehemiah 7 : 25,

'(The other Ne'bo" ett Kchemiah 7 : 33. b "Jesus," LXX,C "Temple

~laves," LA=. Literally, "given ones," M. Compare Numbers 3: 9,

footnote n.

EZRA 2: 48-62

GaZzar,~the sons of Re.a'iah,P the sons of vNe7:49

yNe 7 5 0
Re'zln,p the sons of Ne.ko'da,"the sons of Gazjzam, ' m e sons of Uz'za," the sons of Pa.se'ah,* '"e7:51
t h e sons of E e ' ~ a i ,6"he
~
sons of As'nah, the
, : , , ,=
sons of Me-dnirn,= t h e sons of Ne.ph~'sirn;~
j1 the sons of B a k ' b ~ k the
, ~ sons of Ha.ku'pha,* A N @753
the sons of Har'hur; s Z the sons of B a z ' l ~ t h ,3Ne7:54
~
the sons of Me-hi'da, the sons of Har'sha,O " the
sons of Bar'kos,' the sons of Si~'e.ra,~
the sons ;?j;:ii5
of Te'mah,' the sons of Ne.zitah,' the sons of
%he
j; 7 5 6
Ha.tifpha."
"1Ki9:21
55 The sons of the servants of Solto.mon:"
The sons of So'tai," the sons of S ~ . p h e ' r e t hthe
, ~ me 7757
sons of Pe.ru'da,k the sons of Ja'a.lah,a the nWc 7:58
sons of Dar'kon,n the sons of Gidtdel,n j7 the sons
of Sheph.a.titah,rthe sons of Hat'tilr the sons of ,.NB7:59
Pokhereth-haz.ze.barim,T
the sons of A'miVr
58 All the Neth'i.nimas and the sons of the siE;$;i
servants of Sol'o.mont were three hundred and :gy,;g
EZP 7:7
ninety-mo.
Ne 326
59 And these were the ones going up from N~ 7:60
tlK1 0:31
Tel-rne"ah,l1 Tel-har'shajU C h e ' r ~ b , Ad'donu
~
u x e 7:61
[and] Imrmer,u and they proved unable to tell
the house of their fathers" and their rig in,^
whether they were of Israel: the sons of Del a ' i a h , ~the sons of To.bi'ah,~the sons of Ne.ko'- w" F62
da,y six hundred and fifty-tvrro, And of t h e ynrZ:48
sons of the priests:' the sons of Ha.bai'al~,~
the kk",h$:il
sons of Hak'koz,* the sons of Barzil'lai ,z who *X",h$zJ;IO
took a wife from the daughters0 of Bar.zil'lai3 27:a;5$;
the Gil'e.ad.ite and came to be called by their
name. GTThese were the ones that looked for l r r i 2 , ~
their register to establish their genealogy publicly, and they did not find themselves, so that
?1oi:
they were disqualified for the p~iesthood.~~ &

;::;;;;A
:'

See reise 43, footnate c.

EZRA 2 :6 M :1

608

b liter

all^, "seed," 31.

8s Consequently the Tir.shatthaa' said to them

that
they could not eate from the most holy
@Le 2:3
~ 2 2 : things
~
until a priest stood up with U'rirn* and
Nu 3 8 8
XEX =:a Thum'mimnb
Le 8:s
64 The entire congregationc as one group"
Nu27:21
was forty-two thousand three hundred and
sixty,k '13 apart from their men slaves and their
#,&?,9%
,' ,
slave3 girls, these being seven thousand three
y;eg$g
Jer 2 3 3
hundred and thirty-sewn, and they had t w o hunrKe 757
PS 68:25 dred maley singers and females singers.
Their
Ps 118:12
horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their
S E X 15.20
Cc 2:s
Jer9:17 mules two hundred and forty-fivejt 6i their
camelso four hundred and thirty-five, [their]
; ; asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty.u
68 And certain ones of the headsv of the
paternaly houses, on coming to the house of
:;,K,I;;;27
Ezr 1:3
21r121:4
JehovahYzwhich was in Jerusalem," made volunD E X ~ S : ~ tarJP offerings to the house of The [true]
1Ch 29:5
God,dA to cause it to stand on its o w n site.O
h.s7:70
6 9 According t o their power they gave gold' for
:$Ji0+3
AEzr
dlCll I:?
22:1 the working supplies, sixty-one thousand drach2Ch 3.1
, ~ silver,' five thousand rni'na~,~
and a
*IT<[ 7.51 m a ~ and
hundred
robese
of
priests.
And
the
priests
and
i$hi2s;14
1El.r B:ZS the Levites and some of the people,' and the
e y e 7:72
6:17 singers and the gatekeepers and the NeWi.nima
; :$ Ij;$z took up dwelling; in their cities: and all Israel
;F
Xl&:,in their cities.*
Le 16:29
When the seventhk month a~rivedthe sons
;.ie 8:14
nJg 2O:l
of Israel were in [their] cities. And t h e
NP u : ~
people began to gather themselves as one1' man

*Ne7:65
1

The Peisian title for a governor of a jurisdlction~ldistrict, See

Exodus 28 : 30, footnote a. a 31, qa.hnl'; L X X , "ec.cle%i.a."d "The
[true] God!'
km-El.o.hi7)tt; L X X , ho Pha.os'; Sy, '(Jehovah:'
Or,
See I Chronicles 29: 7, footnote b. Sixty mi'nas
~equaled
~"darics."
lone,talent.
See 1 IClngs 20 : 39, footnote a. 9 See verse 13,
footnote a.
a

EZRA 39-7

EZRA 3:B-12

610

to Jerusalem. And Jeshtu.aathe son of Je-hoz'a.dakband his brothers the priests andl Ze*ntb'- 7+;,4:;
ba.belr the son of She.alJti.ePand his brothers
pmceeded to rise up and build the altar0 of the c:.;,~ In:=
GO^ of Israel, t o offer up burnt sacrifices upon !$>2[;j:i8
it, according to what is writtenl in the law of ,;.!,: i;,
Moses the man of G0d.O 90they established ::;gE:
the altar firmly upon its otvn site,u for fright ;:Y; ;z:g

thyg%?&

[came] upon thema because of the peoples of ~ N in.ss

P
H:l4
the lands,ev and they began offering up burnt", ZNP
PC 1.1 18
sacrifices to Jehovah upon it, t h e burnt sacrifices .$.::'&&
of the morning and of the everting." *'Then they ,;,22;;\
held the festival of o f t h s z according t o what is {I;:
$;:E
twitten,' with the burnt sacrifices day by d a p ,$; !;.f0
in number aee~rdingto the rule of what was
due each day.* And afterward there was the c.ol;F~YI;~B
?:IS
canstant burnt offeringP and that lor the new fL$s'
moons' and for all the sanctified festivale
seasons of Jehovah and for everyonc that will-l tix:,$;
Sngly ' offered a voluntary offering to Jehovah,
r;l;i
%<$
a From the first day of the seventh month* on 2r1b z w a
I.:sp 5:H
they sbrted t o offer up burnt sacrifices to Jeho- r2c:lx ;H;II
vah, when the foundation of Jehovah's temple ~~~~~j~~
F:rc 27.17
itself had not yet been laid. And they pro- '12'-'h;':10
c e d e d t o give moneyk to the cutterslhand to V';ib""l"
I Ki 5:6
Ithe craitsmen,tand eatables$and drinkt and oil"
rs;
to the Si-do'ni.ansvand the TWi-am,,'to bring
,:x; ;!;"4B
cedar timbers from Lebramnonz
to the sea at 2 ~ 1 ,2:16
Joprpa,' according to the permission granted iE?($
WErr
: L1
P
1.1
1.3
by Cy'rusa the king of Persia t o them.

Aims:i9
Etr 2:2

111 113

C Elr 3:2

8 And in the second year of their coming to

the house of The [true] Gad" at Jerusatem, in

;the second month, Ze.wb'ba.bclA the son of

;;~,"z,$:n
1 c h 23:M She.a1'ti.el: and Jeshlu.ab the son of Je-hoz'aC S e 5:l
d a b and the rest of their brothers: the priests
,EzrZ.40
and the Levites, ~ n all
d those who had come out
>$'s:$
of the captivity t o Jerusalem started, and they
now put in positions t h e Levjtes' from twenty
r;g;;$;o
2ch4:22 years of age upward t o act as supervisors over
sEx 2 8 : N
l s n 2 2 : ~the work of the house of Jehovah." Accarding1Ch 1 5 2 7
~ ~ sons and his brothers, [and]
txu 50:3 Iy J e s h ' u . ~ ,his
$: :jg Kad'mi.eIa and hls sons, the sons of Judahrdn
stood up BS one group t o act as supervisors over
the doers of the ivorli In thc hause of The [true]
vIl C
Ch~25::
zch =:15 God,@[also] Ihe sosons of JIcn'n.d:~d,l(their sons
y'Sa 6.5
;CII 18s and their brat hers, the k v i tes.
2Ch 5:12
10 When the builders l ~ i dthe foundationn of
z1Ch
r h 23:s
,
the priests in offiZCI~
l!r:25 the temple' of J e h o v ~ hthen
#I.:Y 15:21
NP 12 24 cia1 clothing,s with the trumpets,' and the
'lCh
2ch 7:3
16:34 Levites" the sons of Aksaph,~
with the cymbals,~
stood up t o praise Jehovnh according to the di:,"$:,3,
of David the king of Isr~el: l L And they
*g
g:i rection
LU l:d
began
t o r6pond by praising' and giving thanks
EXe 8.6
to Jehovah, "for he is good,= for his laving:30si:5
kindnest toward Israel is to time indefinite."A
2 e c 9:9
~1.16 As for all the people, they shouted tvith a loud
6 4 i r i:5
Ezr 236 shout0 In praising Jehovah over the laying of
:";Kg.% the foundation of the house of Jehovah.' '? And
h!:g$ many of the priestsmand the Levites' and the
heads of the pnternal" houses, the old men that
kf&$i
had seen the for me^ house,lc were weepingn

:!,":zz

:$c~~BI

fl

"JcR~I#,"
LXX. b"Je.hoz'abdak1"

Ra

at 1 Chrollide~0 : 14, 15:

Bnagni J : 1 12,14;2: 2, 4; Zechariah B : 11; litcrnllg, "JoPmbdnk,"

tl~roughouthma and h'ehemiah, M, &I, kk i~n-li:l.a.lainrf;IitemIly,
"the snnn of The [ h e ] God." But rree Deuterorlol~ly33 : 1, fnutnoto n. *Lite~ally,"for [it xaa] with fright n Ion t h e t ~ ~ 11.
, ' ~ Or,
by a slight eorr~etionof the Rehrrn mt. &#Forlit was] with cnlnitg
ngninat them from t h e peopIea of the lnndu,"

l'J","rs:f

"The [true] Bod."' MI La-~[.a,lriln$tho d p f l n i t n nrtide lrfa ("The")

preceding tho title El.n.kdwr' for t h ~salc~oY ~mphasis.ZXX, 710
Thenos'; SF, 'LJehornh."b ' l J ~ ~ LXK.
~ , l ' Spe verse 2, footnote h.
*The same aa Hod.n.vi'nh nt Ezrn 2:40. *'*Tha [true] Oocl." 31,
Ira-El.o.himP; L.LIBSg, "Jrliovnh." Or, "loyal love."
a

EZRA 3:13-4:6

613

612

EZRA 4 :7-13

Ih4:g
salern. 7 Also in the days of Arota.xerxt~.'
BEsh'with a loud voice at the laying of the foundalam, Mlth'rc-dath, Tab'e.el and the rest of his
tion' of this house before their eyes, while many r7*4
colleagues wrote to Ar.tn-xerx'es the king of
others were raising the voice in shouting for
,p
Persia, and the writing of the letter was written
joy.@la Hence the people were not disting~tisl~lng
r.5 32...
in A r . a . ~ n ~characters
'i~
and translated into the
the sound of t h e shout of rejoicing' from the 5'(:1
!:
language,
sound of the weeping of the people, for t h c peo- Ui:y o: ;>
F:na
&!i2.4
T Ar.a.ma'ic~
8 Re'humQ the c11lef goveri?ment oficfal and
ple were shouting with a loud shout and the
Shim'shai the scribe wrote R letter against Jerusound itself was heard even t o a great djstance.a TB,;fl;l,
"zee1:f4
salpm0 to slr.lauxcr.x'es the king, as follows:
2H:dl
mEzr 417
When the adversariesov of Judah and Ben- y1>r
I,
Then Re'humln tlle chief government official
Em 4 3
"
'
1
"
'
:
1
5
W e 15:lR
jamin heard that the sons of the ExilaY l I i l 25:n
ne 11:31 and Shim'shai the scribe and the rest of their
were building a temple to Jehovah the God of m
i ;.?2. .
$:i:9 colleagues, the judges and the lesser governors
Israel," they immediately approached Zedrub'- ;p;rl;y2
across the River,b" the sccretnrles,' the people
:
:
$
:
$
ba.bclz am? the heads* of the paternal houses
of E ' r e ~ h ,thc
~ Babylonians,' t hc inhabitants of
;ji;r?;jgg
Q
bder
G f(':Z
2-3.>
~
and said t o them: "Let us build alony: with YOU," ..z t i s 17 ;M
~ 2 23115
e
Su'sa,
that
is,
the E'1am.i tcs? I * and the rest of
eGr 1
F
JP
for, just like YOU,we search for YOUR God" and :$i?i !?:,'
the nations" \rbhom the great and honorable
15ali:fi
to hlm we are sacrificing since t h e days of E'snr- ''i< !:;:l
M e - i ~ a p . p ~ i *toolc
'
into exile and settled in the
had'donPthe king of As.syr'i.a,' who bmught us ;
m
;
;i;?
toms of Sa.rnar'i.a,l' and tbe rest beyond the
gpL:+:'2;
up here." ' However, Ze.rub'ba.helm and Jesh'lr2Ki 17:'76 River,
and now J X this is a copy
nEzr 7 : 1 2
u.abFand the rest of the headsu of the paternal$;;,;!n ~ : d r ~ i ? ,
r?KI1E:20
ZKI 23:l
of the letter that they sent concerning it:
houses af Israel said t o them : "You have noth- ''.;,;,:L;:,
"TOAr.ta.xer?r'esll the king your servants, the
2ct13s:fl
Jer 523
ing ta do-ith
us in building a h o u s ~t o our fi!\'.?,ia
EZG 17312 men beyond the River: And now 'I let it become
God,k for !ve ourselves shall together build t o ":$"/?;:a
Am 7:10
known to the king t h ~ the
t Jews who came up
L, 23:2
Jehovah the Gad of Israel, just ns King Cy'rustj
Ac 24 ;5
,
,
,
,
:
, here from you to us have come t o Jerusalem.
the king of Persia has commanded" us."
I ~ ;.):I
; ~
tN4, 9 1.1
E;&th They ars building the rebelllet~srand bad dtya
4 At that the people of the land were con-X?;::;r
nfi-:19:-3 and they proceed to finish the wallst and to retlnually weakeningr the hands of the people of
22.3
pair the foundations. 'WN~IV
let it become known
uP$
h e52.2
5.1
Judal~and disheartening them from
rC:rX:'
ps 1 1 ~ :to~ the king that, if this city should be rebuilt
I
N P $1 It
v E z r 7:24
%and hiring advisers against them' t o frustrate tp,
and its walls be finished, neither tax nor tributeU
lit 9:9"
1.11
their purpose all the days of Cy'rus the king of Nrl
,,.
nor toll^ will they gjvc and it wjll cause loss to
Persia down till the reign of Da.ri'usu the king " , ! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
lVitb tbis ve1-m the rceal-d oP Rsrn i~w r i t l r n in Ar.,n,mn'ic, to
of Persia. And in the reign of A.hasbube'rus,
,'$[$i7aontinue
until chaptrr 6,thrnlrgl~ucrrcc IS, ( )r, "f lin trnilsiaircrinc
at t h e start af his reign, they wroteh 'an Bcctlsa- :$;?$::
jtransfluvinl) lesser go~rmol'a."P ht~ntl~r*r
I'ol't~l[~i!
the nalno is
' Os.naptpar?' This is n clippod r c n d ~ r i nof~ tho nntne o f the Astiony against the inhabitants of Judah and Jeru- 2;

?s%:"23

/m;;,r;$g

a 4'Jcnus," LTX. b Litmrtlly, " [Th~rei ~

not]tii t
C0113pnr~
Joshua 112: 24, footnote b.

l to
~

YOU miti to

us?'

w t i . a n king Aa.sur.ban'i.pr~l and, likc the Pcr~ianvhich hns no

letter I, mhstitutes ntt r for the t l ~ i n7.l d Evidently nn omission here.
L.XX inserts : l n j ~ d g ~ dputting
;
tlris tcrb a t It~ebeginning o f velse 9.

EZRA 4: 14-21

EZRA 4: 22-5:s

614
I

rising up against kings and one in which rebel- &;l !;2:

Iild..t
lion and revolt have been carried on." "And I11'11
11. 3
there proved to be strong kingsk aver Jen~sa- i)I(
lcm and governing all beyond the R i v e ~ , ~and
n Pijrh"h1G8
tax, tribute and ton were being given to them,^ :[:!;
iE.ji
NOW PUT m order through for these men to
gtop, that that city may not be rebuilt until the 2;:;; i:;iL

order is put thmugh by me,2-0

be careful that
there be no negligence about acting in this re~m,4:13 gard, that the harm may not increase t o the
injuly of kings.""
ESZ:?
23 Now afier the copy of the official docu,,~:,z r . 1 : g ment
of Ar.tn.xerxkes the king had been read
uEzr 4 3 7
vEzr 4:7
before Re'l~urn~nnd Shirn'shaLU the scribe and
Ezr 3:s
their colleLaguesvlhcy went in a hurry t o JewI:zr 6 5
Er.r G:13
~ a l e mto the Jcwsv ~ n slopped
d
them by force
yPr4:16
Llic 2 I
of arms," A It was then that the work on the
house of God, which wns In Jeirrsalem, s t ~ p p c d , ~
zxe
sc 6.9
s:s
* E z t 5:s
and it continued stopped until the second year
C7r 6:l
~GRI:W
of the reign of Da.ri'us* the king oE Persia.
=F:tE 1:1
LZee I:I
And HaR'gain the pmphet snd 7dch.a.riFnhb
1se 12:1
S e 1;:16
the grandson of Id'dol the prophet prophe( SIIC a : I
Hag l : 2
sied t~ the Jews who were in Juda11 and in
Hafi 1.8
z-c 1:s Jerusalem in the n m e b of the Gaci of Israel
Zec 1:4
[who was] over them.' "t was Ih@n
that Z e a l ~ b 1 z e c 3:B
+Zec 4 2 0 ba.belmthe son of Shen~lttl.el"
and 3esh'u.ahu the
*r,, 1.2
son of Je.hoz'n8dakc got up ~ l n dstarted t o re;Er3,,2,
6::"'
build t h e house or God,which was It1 Jerusalem,
kEzr G:14
and with them there were God's prophetsk givH ~ R2:4
Hag
2:21
=C 31
ing them aid, A t that time Tat'te.nain the
Zee 4:7
governor beyond the River'1r and She'tharnEzr6:6
E r r 6:13
and their colleagues came t o them and
r ~ 7 r ' ; : ?bz'e-nai
l
S C2:;
this
is
what
they were saying t o them: "Who
,,:,
Ezr 5:9
put
an
order
through to YOU ta build this house
51t 2153
~c4:7
ancl
to
finish
this beam stsucture?"ea 4 Then
tf Ch 169
PS n 5
they! said t o them this: "What are the names
PSB 1 8
P*3k15 of the men that arc building this building?"
1Pe 8:12
a d the eye' of their God proved t o be upon"
u ~ Z r7:6
the
g:; :;$: older men of the Jews and they did not stop

a4*Entthe salt!' An ancient exprmsion mentdng to racdvr n enlnry

in payment o f s e r ~ c e . LTIlat is, the Eu.phra't~s. ol~itcrally,
' ' P e a ~ ~ df ""'Ua!' The pIura1 of exccllenc~or mnjc~tp,nnrl correrponding to the present-day "ctlitodnl wc."

Liternlly, ''with rill nnil fitrsngth n m p ) ," 3I, b "Jesu..; L X S .

See Ezra 3 :2, footnote I,. T l ~ n ia
t t la Nu. l~rn'tes, * "Ths prepar~tion."L X X ; "there wfills," Vg. ~ " T ~ C ~ , . ~ L "SreX,"SYVg.
~;
See reme 10.

the treasuries of t h e kings, Now fnasrnarch as

we do eat the salta of the palace and 1E is not
O t~
I?:S
2:~
proper for us to see the denuding of the king,y yJJnh
on this account we have sent and made [it] JohI1!''12
known t o the king, " that there may be an investigation of the book of records" of your EE*225
ancestors. Then you will And in the book QP
records and learn that that city is a city rebellious* and causing lass to kings nnd juris$;
dictional districts and within it there were ;&$;
movers of revolt from the days of old. For this A. ri17
reason that city has been laid waste." I V e are 7:;g;,M
making knotvn to the king that, if that city;;;:;:;
stlould be rebuilt and its waIls be finished, then AmA:s
you ~vi21ertainly have no share beyond the xr a:n
!:f F 4!L*
River."'"
I I<7r 4:h
17 The king sent word to Re'hurnl the chief
zji
government offacid and Shh'shai the scribe ~ n di:j;;
the rest of their colleaguesc who were dwelling ";;G::i
In Sa.mar'i.a and the rest beyond the River:
;s;a
greeting^!^* And now Irn
the oficjal document i;
;
!
;
,
2
8!
that you have sent usd has been distinctly read ~ 3 1ili4
) ~ ~
before me. l @So an order has been put thmugh I:$F:i:?
by me and they have investigated' and found fF2ti:
that that city has from the days of old been one
i.:,L

'!:

"

EZRA 5:GU

616

them until the report could go t o Da0ritusvand ;F22i!

then an officid document concerning this could Bg&:;y
5 z r 6:s
be sent back.
'Jos 1:4
6 [Here] is a copyy of the letter that Tat'teg2e
naia the governor beyond the RiverR' and Ezr4:lO

1
P

617

EZRA 5:13-6:2

demolished this houses and took the people into

exile at BabyIon.' l S Nevertheless, in the first
year of C y ' W the king of Babylon,' C ~ ' ~ U S
mE"Itl
Ezr 6:s
the king put an order through t o rebuild this
;;;g;F
m r 1:3
house of God: l*And also the gold and sllver
She'thar-boz'e.naiu and his colleagues,i the less- ~ ~ : ~ ~ ib;PT+i4
$ " vessels9 of the house of God that Neb-u-chadEzr 6:5
el*governors that were beyond the R i ~ e rsent
, ~ 'E?&''
nez'zarmhad taken out of the temple, which was
Jcr 52:19
Da 651
in Jerusalem, and brought t o the temple of
I>as:a
t o Da.rirusthe king; :they sent the word to him, ,,,
2:1
Ne ?:6
Babylon,
bm these Cy'rms the king* took out of
and the writing in it was in this manner:
z
?
k
%
z
g
N P 11:3
-ilr 21.l
ES 1:1
the
temple
of Sabylonb and they were given to
"To Da-ri'us the king:
e7e lk17
wml:ll Sheslt.h~~'zax,~'
the n m e of t h e one whom he
"All peace!b $Let j t become known t o the EL?::?
1iag 1-1
k ~ n i:i4
g
made
govern0r.k
I n And he said to him: "Take
king that we went to the jurkdictional district' g ~ ; ; ; ~
JLng 2 2
these vcssels. Go, deposit them in the temple
of Judah to the house aP the great God,' and it EZI-7~23
that Is in Jerusalem, and let the hause of Gad, he
is being built with stones' rolled [into
gT2i3
rebuilt upon its
"
'When
that Sheshand tirnbem are being laid in the walIs, and that 2 iiz6
bazrzaP came he laid the foundations of t h e
work is heing eagerly done and is making prog- E; ;;$
housc of god,^ which is in Jerusalem, m d Prom
ress in their hands. a Then we asked these older xM,r;",i;
rBg;a,;
~c 4:10
then until now it is being rebuiIt but it has not
men. This is what we said to them : 'Whs put ;;~5;*1
skr ~ f ki e n completed.'a
an order through to YOU to build this house and .JOS 24:19
t o flnish this beam structure?'cff
dnA"'
we also r?t2~z$
17 "And now if to the king it seems god,
asked them their names, so as to let you know,
let there be an investigationVn the kingk house
that we might write the names of the men that t2,i$;y4:#
of treasures that is there in Babylon, whether it
Ne 9 : s
are at their head-k
~E:,%22 is SO that from Cy'rus the king an orderU was
Isa 58:l
m6:3
put through to rebuiId that house of God in
11 "And this is the word that they grave back g-;529
~
to us, saying: 'We are the 8ervantan of the God U D zs:i8
tg
;$;g Jerusalem, m d the decision of the king concernRe 3 : 2 4
Ezr 4:19 ing this let him send to us."
of the heavens and the earth,' and we are re- Cr31:17
I'r 2 5 2
Ps
03 ~
building the house that had been built many ~ ~ p rJur
~436:2
' It was then that Da-ri'us the king put an
yews l~eforethis, whicli a great king 01 Israel :gf;?,
Jer 36:20
order through and they made an investb
Y,:K~ 17;fi
built and finished.# L"owever, because our 2%:23
gationt
in the house of the recordsy of the
f$$?::ll
fathers irritated the God of the heavens,t he 2'x125:1
2Ki 25:8
treasures
deposited there in Babylon, a And at
Fa?:%,
gslveu them into the hand of Neb.u.chadrnez'zarv nch x : s
Jer 39:l
Ec.b~t'a.n~,d
in the fortffied place that was in
:2:'5:.&
the king of Babylonld the Chal.de'an,Y and he Y Z C ~%:IT
the
jurisdictional
district of Me'di-a,~there was
112
u,b5%
6:~q
s"i25:g

'2"'25:U

7r

Thnt- is, the En-phr~'tes. Thnt is, tones too hca~yfor c&g
~tones,'' tl~nt is. large S~OZICSpl'ouud by tmning
n "This preparatian," L-XCX; "these wails," FYg. d "Babylon,"
LXXVg ; "Bn'bel," XXy.

Or, %quawd

'"BabF1on," K'R; "Da'bel," 11; "Fermn,'l SF,aUTernple of the

king," L X . Pep Earn 1 : 5 , footnote a, d "Es.bat'a.nn,'.' LXAT'gi
"Ach%e.tha," NSy,

EZRA 6 :&I0

618

the memorandum t o this xICb36:Za

effect was written within it:
Ezr 111.
Ezr S:13
3 ''In the first year of Cytrus the kingz Cy-*D,
12:s
rus t h e king put an order through concerning gE:$jf,
the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house
be rebuilt where they are t o offer sacrifices* 1;g;6,.3
and its foundations are t o be fixed, its height ~2123
being sixty cubits, its width sixty cubits,' with
three layers of stones rolledA [into place] and p;6%
found a scroll and

~72;IO
$;g
one layer of timbers,O and let t h e expense be .rs
given from the king's house,' "nd also let the ,2,":,9:';3
gold and silver vesselsmof the house of God that $
";,:&
Neb.u.chad.nez'zar' took out of the temple t h a t E; ;j
was in JerusaIem and brought t o Babylon be .a.;i 24:i3
2314
returned that they may reach the temple that 2K1
zcrr 26:s
ZCh 3 1 8
is in Jerusalem a t its place and be deposited in Jer 52:19
t h e house of God.*
#Ezr
kEzr 515
5,3
6 "Now Tat'te-nail<the governor beyond the "$$,"$:
River," She'thar-boz'e.nair and their colleag~es,~
gFi i!;?
t h e Iesser governorst that are beyond the River, 5;;
;:y3
keep YOUR distance from there." 'Let the work ;--::,?
on that house of God a10ne.v The governor of U . X C ~ ~ : J S
P o 8.71
the Jews and the older men of the Jews will \-ic5:h
rebuild that house of God upon its place. "nd
E Z 723
':I3
~
by me an order^ has been put through as to g; 2;;
what YOU will do with these older men of the ;g;;;i:z
Jew-s, for rebuilding that house of God; and $%
;;*
from the royal treasury1 of the tax beyond the H ~ 2R : ~
4:21.
River2 the expense will promptly be given* t o oErr
E-zr 423
these men without cessation.' "nd
what is
needed, young bulls* as well as ramso and lambs' ck:o$
for the burnt offerings t o the God of heaven, &;9,&
wheat," salt,%ine and 0i1,k just as t h e priests
that are in Jerusalem say, let there be given m~;h$i;
~ez:i
them continuaIly day by day without fai1;n "kg33
l o that they may continually be presenting sooth- ~ ~ ~ b

619

EZRA 6 :11-17'

ing offerhgsr t o the God of the heavens and

praying for the life of t h e king and his sons.@
And by me an order has been put through
that, as for anybody that violatest this decree,&
a timberu will be pulled out of his house and he
upon i t b and his house wjll be
blic privy on this account.y
as caused his namez
king and people

e.nai the governor beyond the

bozPe.nai and their colleagues,+
axi'us the king had sent [word], so
promptIy." "And the older rnenQf
were building' and making progress
prophesying of Hag'gaik the prophet
a.ripahn the grandson of Id'do,' and
and finished8 [it] due to the order of

And they completed this house by

y of the Iunar month A.dar',z that
year of the reign of Da.rirus the
king.
16 And t h e wns of Israel, the priests and the
Levites* and the rest sf the former exilescPheld
the inaugurationA of this house of God with
joy.@l7 And they presented for the inauguration
of this house of God a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin
offering for all Israel twelve male goats, accord# Or, "word,"' M, b LiteraU~,"and, impaled, he will be strack npon
"the sons of the Eile,') X.
8 it:': ; Literally,
~

EZRA 6 : 1 P 7 : S

620

son of Phjn'e.hasa the son of E.le.a'zaFo the son

ing to the number of the tribes of Israel,+ And +iEbR,:$3
alcn 6 : ~ s of AaronfAthe high priestaO- "he
said Ez'ra'
they appointed the priests in their classes and n;~; y!
Nu :;:;i:7
.Ios -::la
himself
went
up
from
Babylon,
and
he was a
the Levites in their divisions,*for the service of *NU 3:ri
.IK 21 .2fl
Nu Fl:!)
.tllo:s skilled copyistGin the law of Moses," which JeGod which is in Jerusalem, ~ccordingto the t L'KI
:.k!m
crd(u 1r1,n
h a v ~ hthe God of Israel had given, so that $he
S L: :
'IICI
I , . , :151:27
~
.I.1
prescription of the book of Moses,na
f;;ds.l!i;l,l Iring flanted him, according to t h e hand of Je29 And the former exileshk proceeded to hold i:'<$ic.$"
hovah his God upon him. all his reguest.'
.$zh4;:;'
the passover3 on the fourteenth [dayJ of the :;:,2iy?o
c3rh 1'1:11
T Consequently some of the sons of Israel
first month." "O As the priests and the Levites 2::;:
sr'h ;c;*zo
and
of the priestsk and the Levits" and the
had cleansed= themselves as one group, they R;r;:rj-yrG\3
3.1
* s c k .i
sTngersr and ZIle gatekeeperss and the h'eth'iviere all of them clean, and so they slaughtered ;I-2 ; I ~ I I
Nfh 12.28
V I W 4.5
nirn1'l went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year
the passowr victim-' for all the former exiIesh t11:b 7.27
1 >Ih2c:1
of Ar.ta.xerx'es~~
t h e king. B A tlength he came
,
,
and for their brothers t h e priests and for themif7'"
to Jerusalem in the Aft11 month, that I s , in the
4$?',:";,
s e l v s t Then the sons of Israel that had re- ~,',nr~~~l
seventh year of the king. " For an the first
turned from t h e Exile ate,u and every one that i:;; yFF7
;!;;-?];;;;,O
ml(:11P:17 l day 1 of the first month he himself appointed
had separated himself t o them fmrn the un- y;plz:?,
I h%c7,41i
r l ~ r r f i : t~h e going up from Babylon, and on the first
BJ clh 12:23
cleannessv of the nations%f the land, t o search c'Nc
Nr 7:l
8:I.l
I day 1 of t h e Rit1.1 month he came to Jerusalem,
,.N?
7:s
for Jehovah the God of Israel,.v'? And they went
.15:21
yl% i3
~ccording
to the good hand of his God upon
-;.I,
1.14
on t o hold t h e festivalC of unfermentedo cakes
:$"
sl;9
,1.2 h1mmv'"For Ez'ra himsew had preparedy his
seven days with r e j o i ~ i n g for
, ~ Jelmvah caused
them to rejoice and he had turned* the heart of
j
J heart to consult the lawo of JehovahR and t o do
;:;,
m I j c Jfl:la [it]' and to teacWn in Israel regulationA and
t h e king of As.syr'i.ao around toward them t o ;;;::(;:;
?
' 1Dc 31.10
3 2 1 7 i?:n ju~tlce,+
strengthen their hands in the work of the house D;F,!$;
4 )r Y ? : l
4.m
H 15
11 And thjs Is a copy' of the letter that King
of The [true] God,Cthe God of Israel,
%r,y I [ I , I I
+ l h 4 11
A l , / r [!;I4
Ar.ta.xerx'eskgaveEz'm the priest the copyist, a
I
4
" I > < * 5.1
And after these things in the reign of o$:?R{:':L
copyist of the words of the commandments" of
I
~ . t a x e n r ' e s ithe liing of Persia, B'ra' ?
,:;
C,X
.
,:P,,ro:ae
,i:,, Jehovnh3 and of his regulations" toward Israel:
Nc '':1
the son of Se-rai'ah* the son of &.a.ri'ahe the cfFl,';f:P,
12 4'A~.tn.xerx'es,Cathe king of kings,k to
,,,,,
.;:,
son of H3-kitah* the son of Shallurn* the son ' ' i ~ ~ $ ;E;;i,q37
~ ~~Ez'ranthe priest, the copyist of the law of the
of Za'dokk the son of A.hi'tubn the son of Am- !k;,l:'
nr>/r , 1 , Cod of the heavens:a [Peace] be perfected.t
a b ,r 5 11
IF:,.r :17
1 And nowl by me an orderv has been put
a.ri'ahr the son of Az.a.ri'aha the son of Me.ra':;j+"
~t ::lr 4 10
1,I./r.~:13 / througll that every one in my realmy of the
iotht t h e son of Zer.a.hi'ahu the son of Uz'ziv $:./;
y';;.::.iP:& 1peop1~1
of Israel and their priests and Levits
the son of Buk'ki~ the sen of Ab.b.i.shu'a8 the
:;$;;;;
J

4%.

:'&

"r:

, ,,,

:;

;::::;

E'c,

'Here ends the k t section of the bbok of Ema, b c g h n i n ~with

mrae 8, h p t c r 4, written in Ar.a.n~n'ie, bliternlly, .'the M~IIS of
the

rah."

ST. 6 "The [true] Clod." 31, ha-El.o.lrin~'j VgSy, "'Jeho-

Or, Litlie h ~ n dpri~st,"hi. '"Fl~ep i e s t from the haginning:' Pg.

SPPICxra 2 : 43, foulnote c. =With ['his rerae (12) begin^ the
~ ~ ~ n prr lii -dt i n ~or
~ Esrn written in Aranin'ir, to continue tluongh
vvmc 26. Scc cbaptcr 4,verse 8, footnote a
b

EZRA 7 :14--22

622

623

ezF

EZRA 7 :23-28

45:14 oily and ~ ~ lwithout

that is m i n g to go to Jerusalem with you
t =
1lmIt. nd Let all that is by
:Bj23
Lu 1B:a
should go," Inasmuch as from before the king "2:!j';3
r*I=%
~ o119.4
2 : 1 3 the order' of the God of the heavens be done
and his seven counselors' [an order] was sent
clm:ar5:il
with zeal for the house of the God of the heav1 h r 6*!1
8.20
t o investigatenconcerning Judah md Jerusalem
I : . t i LO ens,"that there may occur no wrath against the
f'.fr 5:w
I'u &Y 'm
in the law+ of your Godc that is in your hand, ? I,:,,G
And t o YOU men
la
IS!, ~ o : 1 2 king's realm and his sons."
lb
and to bring t h e silver' and the gold that the
it
is
being
made
known
that,
as
respects any of
G;',E:f'f
$ :j
Fi:7r 2
king and his counsetors have voluntarily gitten '!:;:eL;,
the
priests:
and
the
Levites,'
the
musicians,&"
.l;'IF3
t o the Gcd of Israel, whose residence is in Jew- ,[,;:i(;:JP
the doorkeepers,' the Neth'imim,b* and the
:j;,;;>ja11 n z workers of this house of God, no tax,n tribute'
salem,z l6 with all the silver and the gold that j;:;:;
i,,r 2 . w
ni:m 4 1 . ~ 3 or toll- is allo~vedto be imposed upon them.
you find in all the jurisdictional district of ;>:;,;
1's 5 .I
Babylonxalong with the gift of t h e people* and I,, 1.35:21
F
:
.
25 ['And you, Wra, according to t h e wisdomt
t l I < I 3 "3
the priests who an! voluntarily giving to the
:?:%
, , T -1~~ + 2 of your Gad that is 3n your hand appoint magisl~ouseof their God,k which is in Jerusalem, ,?:;!
r'::IiH
trates and judges that they may continually
:&%??
I,
"I)
1":s judgeu all t h e people that are beyond the River,a
accordingly you will promptly buy with this 1cr.:,tI .h I::*)43
rJol;l 4
8:E
money bulls,n rams,]. lambsx and their grain
even all those knowing the lawsy of your God,
::ICI 23329
KU 2~1:3
offeringst and their drink offeringst' and you NINu
l . : r r l l : l o and anyone that has not h o w n [them] YOU
l5:d
.'\ 19:7
will present them upon the altar of the 11ouse ,,J.P P " { : I ~
And as f o r every one* that
17:7 men will jnstruct,n
liAr I l k 2
of YOUR god,^ which is in Jerusalem,Y '*And :::i21',?y
does not become a doer of the law of your Goda
whatever it seems good t o you and t o your ;$'El
1 3 : J ~ and the law of the klng, let judgment be prompt'T.:zr R:ll
brothers t o do with the rest of the silver and ay~;?;7,j;
ly executed upon him, whether for death" or
L21.16
~for
~
~ ~ :
: l ~
gold,s according t o the will' of YOUR God, You A;,;;; ,;:
banishment,^
or ~
for money
fine' or for immen will do." l9 And the vesselsAthat are being' ,j$kxij:18
:L~:I:I p-ffg~nmenf."c
J)e: 18:'J
given to you for the service of the house of your .tvr RI'I
a P H in:,rA
27 Blesseda be Jehovah the God of our foret t ; 4~ : I l
Gcd deliver in full before God a t ~ e r n s a l e r n . ~ ~ / ~ ! ? ; ' ~ F:V 22:m fathers," who has put such a thing into the
' J ~ YF F
=U And the rest of the necessities of the house of "Q;&?,'
eichhcl:lo heart' of the king," to beautifyk the house of
' f i r 6 2 2 Jehov~h,which is in Jerusalem!
your God that it devolves upon you t o give you .i;::;~3
And toward
N,, 2.12
will give out of the king's house of treasures.' :i; ;!:,
?Fht$me he has extended loving-kindnessd'before the
king and his counselors^ and as respects all the
22 "And by me myself, Ar.ta.xerx'es3 the
*N'
f'r 22:H
1L
:::;.I
4.m
mighty princes of the king. And I, for m y part,
king an orderxhas been put through t o all the <1,t./r
t r 4 20
;~;19
treasurers* that are beyond the River'k t h a t r:.fr.,;,
x q LI 1t strengthened myself according to the handt of
crlu 1s M
everything that Ez'ran the priest,' the copyist ''f?;f
~ I : ~ r ; l 4 Jehovah0 my God upon me, and I proceeded to
Jtm 3 7
collect out of Israel the head ones to go up
of the laws of the God of the heavens, requests of "l&'.:,!:
,I:,,5,
I:,r .k;B
YOU men it wiU be done promptly, " even t o a
mem
Sqb 2 R
hundred talents of silvert and a hundred corU
r Or, *'aiamm (wmmpnnied b~ music).'j b Bee E m 2: 43, footmeasures of wheat and a hundred bathYmeasnbth c , ~ ' I ~ P W
cntlq the second eection of Eaa mitten i
n d.ra.ma'ia,
ures of winem and a hundred bath measures of
b~ginmngwit11 uckrac 1'2. Or, " b y d love!'

"
$11

1'

1.1~

"

625

these were the headsU of their pater- uJ$k2"iF2

nalv houses and the genealagicalJ' enroll- vF;f;/
of those going up with me during the reign ~r_!;,
of Arbta.xerx'eszthe king out of Babylon: Wf ,'Ic-tt
o:i '
the sons of Phin'e-has, Ger'shom;" of the sons !kLi:*";e
of Ith'a.mar,> Daniel;' of the sons of David,'
HaYtush;+ * of the sons of SI~ec.a.ni'ah,'of the ;$!A,7;.
sons of Pa'rosh,' Zech.a.ri'ah, and with him ;%,"$$\
tllerc was an enrollment of R hundred and fifty
KO 72:3
, ~
males;k of the sons of P~'hath-mo'~b,"
El'ie.ho- kEar
e'nnl the son of Zer.a.li~i'ah,with him tnFohz~n-;?:gn
dred males; of t h e sons [of Z a t ' t ~ ] Shec-a-'
,~~
YP 117:llt
ni'ah the son of Ja.ha.zi9el,and with him three 'i::: :$n
hund~ed males;
oaf the sons of A'din,s I:T~,::,
E'becl the son of J ~ n ' a ~ t h a and
n , with him fifty uz:$;j;'l
males; and of the sons of E'larn,' Je-sha'iah e;c;t
the son of Ath-a.lifah, and with him seventy
;i1y4
rnnles: a and of the sons of She~h-a.ti'ah,~
I,J:LI_I'
.l
;*'
"."
Zeb.n.di'a1.i the son of MPLilI'cha.cl, and with him
eighty males; of the sons of Jo'ab,~O.ha.dirah \gy7T;(:
t h e son of Je-hf'el, and with hjm trvo hundred
and eighteen males; '"ncl
of the sons of [Ednilthy She-lo'rnith the son of Jo.si.phirah, and IZ,";:;?~
wlth him a hundred and sixty males; l1 and of' NF7:aa
the sons of Be'bai," Zech.a.rjPah the son of Bet- a c d rIn.14
21t
10:2R
bai, and with him twenty-eight males; l2 and of L 7r7:16
t h c sons of Az'gad,* Joha'nnn the son of Hak'. 1~,;+!'
kadan, and with him a hundred and ten males; vtq in.15
l:' and of the sons of A.da.ni'kamjE those who
=gpiF
were the last, and these were their names:
E.liph'c.lct, Je.i'e1 and Shemaitah, and with
them sixty males; l* and of the sons of B i g ' ~ a i ,L~s # , d
?
U'thai and Zablbud,'"and
with them seventy : ~ r lu:12
males.
a I 4 i ) f t i l c gans of Zat'tu," LXT.b "lEnrni," LXT; bat rnking from

Now
8
ment

z::

~~b

c.
4

(1

H.Scr

Kxm 3 :10. t mbZnk'ltur,''R I l l l * r ~ l n .

EZRA 8~15--22

15 And I p r d e d t o collect them at the

15~ef.B'
that comes to A.ha'va,I and we kcpt enIW
EXr
E46:4
8:zl
Ezr 8:31 camped the~le
three days, that I might scrutinize
the people"' and the priests,"but none of the sons
'~i;
zii:
e 13.17
b
of Le'vHu did I find there. IG Accord tngly I sent
*Ezr 7.1
724
for E.ll.e'zer, A.i.el, She.mai'ah and El.naYthan
k'Ki 3:ll
ich2.12 and Ja'rib and El.na'than and Nathan and
I'r 2:6
Zech.a.rl'ah and Me.shulflam, I~eadones, and for
Da 2:21
a1 Ex 4:15
Joi1a.rjla and Etna'thm,
Then
18

'

gave them FI command concerning Idtdo the

head
one In the place Ca.si.phi'a and I put in
r1Ch 9:2
their
mouth
wordsn to speak t o Id'do [and ] his
f i r 2:43
Ezr
25s
bmthcrs*~the Net hpi.nimcr ]in the place Ca-si~ 7 7.7
r
Ye 9.36
k 1C1.28 phi'a, 10 brirl~to us rninistersqor tlzc house of
our~ God.~ ' 9 0
~
U
~ theyl brought t o us, according to
X u 18 G
the good handt of our God upon us, a mnn d
1Ch_23= discernment" from the sons of Mah'liv the
t Ezr , .18
grandson of Lc'vir the son of Isr~el,namely,
N e 23.6
PT
:S
~ l c h ' 3 k 2 2 She.rt?.biFaI~"nd his sons and his brothers,
lJr 24:3
Jer 3 : ~ s eighteen; Iu and Hash.a.bi'ah9 and wit11 him
\,Nu3:20
Je-sha'iah from the sons of Me.rar'i,n his brothI C 6.19
~
ers, and their sons, twenty. h d from the
,92'%&;
lvham David and the princes gave
*xc
s c lb.ll
12:24 Nethti.nimldA
to
the
service
of the Lwites, two hundred and
c!~h6:1
,ch 616
i c h 6.19 twenty Neth'i#nirn,htlll of whom had been desC Es 8:8
ign~tedby [their] names?
L I C 8.2
~
C).r 2 5 8
EZI;:;
21 Then I proclaimed a fastt there a t the
IJC m:26
river Aha'va, to humble' ourselves before our
.;:e
,Cod t o seek from him the right w a y for us and
$~~~~
for our little ones*and for all our
'For
2
I
felt
asharnedk
t
o
ask
a
rnilit~ry
force
and
~~:~.~;~l
horsemen from the king t o help us ngainst the

E:::iV
Jcr35:19

,,,,:,

fiT&\!z
a

Or, '.intel!ipnt (nnd~rdnnding)men.'" 4(Ild'don ~ t dhis hroth~rs,"'

his bmtbrr," RI. a Or, '.temple slarc%.''Litrrnlly, "given

t'g; "Id'do

onm." Compare Kutnbcrs 3 : 0, footnote a. d SCCEzrn 2 :43, footnots e.

EZRA 8:23--30

627

626

EZRA 8:31-9:1

smr s:ls

31 ~ i n a ~ lwe
y puud away from the river
A.haEvaZon the twelfth [day) of the flntmonth*
king: 'The handmnof our God I s over all those nlCh23:9
CELC
t m ~7:6
s l : i tt o ~o t o Jerusalem, and the very handa of our
seeking him for g - m d , ~but his strength and his
;ih
A,,,-2.5.3
I=.n:t?,!lo God proved to be over us, so that he deliverd
nngera are against all those leaving hlm,"r T;Ej
o,,x o 5:n
,:, us out of the paIm of the enemyB and the amP I Therefore we fastedu and made requestv o
f
bushAby the way. So we came to Jerusalemo
45P;:f?
our God concerning this, so that he let himself
and dwelt then W e days. " And on the fourth
gy;y
?
:
;
be entreateds- by us.
Ps W : U
dny we proceeded to weigh' out the silver and
~ P 3S1 2 6
I1. rtrr 7.19
1.f;
24 I now separated from the chiefs of the H T ~10:38
the gold2and the utendls' in the house of our
9::
CNL.9.21
priests twelve, namely, Shere.brpah,s Hmh.a- ukc
E, r:le
I3,.
: ,1o.7
3 I
God into the hand of Mer'e.mothm the son of
bYah' and with them ten of their brothers.
n.'ic h:':
,,
U.rirjah* the priest and with him E.le.a'zar the
PL And I proceded to weigh out to them the
V,J,e:!::y
son of Phin'e.has and with them Jo'za.hadn the
silver and the golda and the utensils," the con- p;$g
son of Jeshbaa and Nou~.dl'ah
the son of Bintribution3to the house of our God that the king@;g~;;
21:h :5.20 nu.ir the Levites,
by number [nnd I by weight
and his counselors' and his princes and all the ; ~ f :
trJ>
:(:h-?.31
1:;;
for everything) after which n1l the weight was
Israelite# who were t o be Pound had contrib- ,I I8:22
~ K1,. e3:21
I:.)
written down at that time. s5 Those a m i n g out
uted Thus I weighed out into their hand six
of the captivity, the former e~iIes,"~
themselves
&rz721,
hundred and fifty talentsa of silver' and a hun- *-Fd?js
r\:(r2$7 p r e s e n ~ dburat sacrifices' to t h e God of Israd,
drcd silver utensils worth [two] talents, [and] ,;$?if;
I.:,.rfi:17 twelve bullsu f o r all ~srael,ninety-six rams,'
P I :/r '::21
gold a hundred talents,be Pr and twenty gold
1
: 1
sevcnty-seven male lambs, twelve he-goatse as
bowls worth a thousand dmlesc and two utensils F~;a:;;;;!
T
;
bmr
CNSV 1[>:3s
n:n
R sino offering, everything as n burnt offering
of good copper, gleaming red, precious as gold." x1Kt 2059
KI.
~ : z2:7
rH:G
to Jehovah.
PB Then X said to them : "You are something
tEF;24
36 Then we gave the laws' of the king to the
e I..ZT3:T
.,:la
holyn to Jehovah, and the utensilsr are some- neg;i
of the king and the gavernorsd beyond
i
:
thing holy,' and t h e sifver and the gold are a op2$u
GI?
the
River,d'
and they assisted the pwple' and
voluntary offering t o Jehovah the God of YOUR
i-QCH
the
house
of
The
[ m e ] G0d.O
r
g
:
;
i
sh1:7.r I O : S
fol-@fathers.'*Keep awake and be on guards N U ~ : I ~
J v r 2G:lO
And as soon as these things were Anlshed,
until YOU weight [them] out before the chiefs ?&$:\
*I:, 3:1:18
3 . : ~G:21
the prince@ approached me, ~ m g"The
:
of the priests and the Levltes ~ n the
d prlnces
NC 8 2
people
af
Israel
and
the
priests
and
the
Levites
of the fathers of Israel in Jerusalem, in the din- :&gh;!go
$:;:;ix
ing hdlsll of the house of Jehovah." Amd the u;gp1
have not separated' themselves from the p@o??les
fi;"!:h 33:a of
priests and the LeYites received the weight of
the lands BS regards their detsstnble' usag~,f
.,,,
the silver and the goldv and the utensils, to ;~UI;$~
I C 2s:la
~
r ".Trsus,"
~ ~ fb l,iterally,
l .
('the sons of Hv Exilc," 31- a ''%trapw
bring [them] to Jerusalem to the house of our ',:Ek?$i
tnenn* lLprotC~tor
of .the d m ; and appli~dl o a c h i ~ fr ~ l of
~ ra
Ps 122.9
G0d.y
'uri~tlictional rlistrict. d That is, the Il;~l.~hrn'teeRicer. '"The
Isa W:14

enemy in the way, because we had said to the

OEg 8:1

Ezt 1:21
1 2

;:,;:

..

r:;ig7

,::;;
~

")

,, ,,

Roo 1 E n g s 20 : 39, footnote a, b Bee Exodurs

"Dnricn." See I. Chroniclea 29 :7, footnote b,

38 :24, footnote a

l t n ~ Ood."
~ ] >I. L n - E l . o . h i 6 the dsflnilr n r t i ~ l eha ("Th.") p*
ceding t l ~ ctitle EE.oaSdna' for the sake of emphnsis.

EZRA 9:-

628

namely, the CaPnaan.ites,k the Hit2itesbQnthe

Pertiz.zi tes,r the Jeb'u.sites,a the Arn'mon.ltes,'

I
kGe 15:~)
OGe
1521

ng;

the MoPab.ites,uthe Egygtiansv and the Am'orites.:~* For they have accepted some of their ?ge7iiz3
M J O S IS:IB
daughters for themselves and for their sons,a
I?&:?%
and they, the holy seed," have become mingledC
with the peoples of the lands, and the handAof
$;?
u 22:31
t h e princes and the deputy ruIers has proved to Exje
. 7.6
be foremost in this unfaithfulness."
UGI? 6:2
3 Now as soon as Iheard of this thing I ripped Kt 1 3 3
;$&
apart my garment0 and my sleeveless mat and ;i",",
+yy;;
I began to pull out some of the hair of my hesd' *K, 13~2.5
and of my bearda and I kept sitting stunned."
"so
to me they came g~theringthemselves, kF;;$I&
everyone trembling* because of the words of
the Gad of Israel agajnst the unfaithfulness of
the exiled people, tvhile I mas sitting stunned PS 95:'6
Lu Z2:41
until the grain offering of the wening.k
Ac 2i:5
Eph 314
5 And at the grainn offerjng of the evening rEx9:29
I stood up from my humiliation, with my ghrment and my sleeveless coat tom apart, and I "ZFdZi
proceeded to kneel upon my kneesr and spread Yuna
P Ss:7
~ S : ~
out my palms t o Jehovah my God." And 1 went
;2y2
on t o my: " 0 my God, I do feel ashamedt and
embarrassedu to raise my fnce to you, 0 my y;F:p2.:?18:5
~
God, for our errorszv themselves have multiplied over our head and our guiltinessc has zLu32:14
2ch 295
grown great even to the heavens.". From t h e 7:$9;$;
days' of our forefatherss we have been In great
guiltiness until this day,' and because of our ~p,"~~;l
errors w e have been given, we ourselves,' our ~7~"9"~:5
b~~ 9 3 2
kings,' our priests,O into the hand of the kings1 !EfI,Chgj;
of the lands with the sword,' wlth the captivitp ,kzs,iz
and wlth the spoil"and with shame of face,"just by;Ez
as this day, U n d now far a little moment favor1&Da 9 : ~
from Jehovaha our God has come by leaving [9",::z1

;:;

?z$$i
z;;:?
;$26!13

629

EZRA 9:9-14
nf,Ki8e;4 wer lor us those who escapen and by glvlng us
rlsas:s a pega in his holy place,"
make our eyes
13:3
shine,^ 0 our God, and to give us a little reviving
in our servitude.' For we are servants,U and
YPS106:45 in our servitude
God has not left usV but
he extends toward us lovlng-kindnessb before
the kings of Persia,y to give us a reviving so as
yFTb;i to
&Y c
~ A~C4:9
~ 6 : 1 4 raise up the house of our Godz and to restol-e
*Hn 1.9 its d~solatedplaces' and to give us a stone wall"
sl,;,=5:*
in f udah and in Jerusalem.
I,, 5 5
%IT 2 : s
16 r ' ~ d n o w w h a t s h a l l w e s a y ~ O o u r G o d ,
6JUS ~ : 8
after this, for we have left your command2~
ments,"'+l1 which you commanded by means of
ED& 9:4
your servants the prophets, saying, 'The land
that you peopIe are going in t o take possession
of i g an impure land because of the Impurity
'Ul893
~ l 12:31
t
@b1 8 3
of the peoples of the lands,' became of their deDe 12:X
nc la:e testable usagesE with which they have filled it
L)c 18:12
And
2Ch 33:2 from end to end* by their uncleanness,* '=
now
YOVR
daughters
do
not
YOU
people
ghe
to
k%ki?j?i6
their
sons,
neither
their
daughters
do
YOU
a
o
kz: $i25
ccpt for Youn sons,k nnd to time indefinite YOU
ksll:
c;E
;
g
7:3
must not work for their peacen and their prosJos 2352
ane 23.6 perity,c In order that you may grow strong1and
2 C h 19.2
certainly eat the good of the land and indeed
rnes.2
J n s 1.6
take possession [of it] for SOUR sons t o time In,,
, definite.'@
A
1
-n
d
after all that has come upon
E$$?js
pr 20:7
US
for
OUT
bad
deedsbnd
our great guiltinesstXe 9 3
m e 24 13 for you yourseIf, 0 our God, have underestlUPS 19310
IA 3 : ~ mated our erroral and you have given us those
I n 3:39
1
VPSlo_s:ae who have escaped such as thesev- " ~ 1 1 ~ 1we
v l o h 3 14
iku23;33 go breaking your comrnundments againr and
forming marriage dlisncerr~with the peoples of
Or, lihly, thmugh a slight currectian of the Hebrew text (from

,.,

t/n.th@dtto g p t k t 8 r ) , " ~remuantl*'

t
nocording t o one IEe1)row innlm-

bript, b Or, "loyal love," Ur, nmre literfllly, "their

f

good,"

h1.

EZRA 9:15-40:5

630

9:l
these detestable usages?' Will you not get ln- *Eer
'JEX 32:IQ
ne 9 8
censed ah us to the limit0 so that there will k auc
32:s
Ica 1 :9
none remaining4 and none escaping? O Jeho- Eze
6:s
vah the God of Israel, you Rre righteau~,~
be- DNe 9:s
9:7
cause we have been Ieft over as an escapd peo- Da
R o 103
*LS3122
ple as a t this day.' Here we are before you in @Ism
S:6
Eze 3 : 1 0
our g~lltiness,~
for it is impossible to stand be- Joh
E:21
Ro 339
fore you on account of thismb'*
ups 130:3
Ps 1 4 3 2
Now as soon as Fx'ra had prayedm and sdob
42:a
*Da
he had made mnfessionk while weepingn Ac 19.3
0:N
Le 26:40
and lying prostrate? before the house4 of The kPs
32.5
1.33
[trr~c]God,n those of Israel collected themselves nPsll9
Jcr 9:l
together t o him, a very great congregation? der
13:17
5.13
men and women and ~ h i l d r e n far
, ~ the people OKc
EJob 21:11
r25a 1 2 :16
had wept profusely.bt Then Shec.asilah the sllil 8:30
2Ch 20:9
son of Je.hileIu of the sons of E'larnv answered tJg
2.1
h e 8:9
and sald to Ez'ra: "W-we have acted unfalth- uEzr
10:s
fully against our God, so that we gave a dwelt v 3 . r 2:7
We 10:14
ing to foreign0 wives" from the peoples of the OJob 1915
13:16
land,r Yct now there exist! a hope for Israel YoIsa
E X33.12
1.a
553
concerning this. And now let us conclude a 3er 3:12
13:29
covenant'-z with our Gad to put away all the OXe
cJcb 36:2
2912
rvives ~ n those
d
born from them according t o zDe
Jofl 9.6
2K1 31:17
the counsel-f
Jehovahc' and of those trem- 2Ch
bEing3 at the mmandmentAof our God, that it 2Ch 329:10
31
Xe 9:B
may be done according t o the lawo Get up, for *ZCll
3
3
:F
31.J
the rn~ttcrdevolves upon you and we are with WCh
Ezr 8:9
X'S 118:59
you. Be strong and act."'
L a $G:2
arw
, 2
5 At that Wra rose and had the chiefs of the Jos 2
3:U
ti24
priests, the Levites and all Israel take an anth 4h"e
h'e 1 3 3
l C h 3:10
to do according t o this word, Accordingly they *Isa
35:3

10

T h e [true] God." M. ha-El.n.Ttim'; Sp, "drhaTnh?' bLitmlIy,

('had ~~r.rpt
n great weep in^," 31. Jf, S.rla.wrlr ("the Lard") ;
TgFy, "Jct~ovsl~,"
This is onc of the 134 places wbcre ths sopherim
chnngetl *',Jchovah77intho or.i~innlHebrew t e x t i v rend A.rio.nny',
See I+cnebia 1S : 3, footnote n.

took an oathrn Ezlra now rose from before the

house of The [true] God&and went to the dining
X C I ~ : ~hall' of Je.1ko.harnanthe son of EIi'a.shibaV
APa x e 3.1
though he went there, he ate no breadk and
NR
e 321
x:?~
zc13:4 drmk no water, for he was mourning" over the
5:u

Ne 10:m

NB 13:25
*Ezr E:29

unfaithfulness d the exiled people.

7 Thentheycausedacalltopassthm~h~ut
,
Judah
r nnd Jerusalem far all the former exilesl'fi
tiy?lTd:5 t o collect
t hemselvea together at Jerusalem;
: : 1,rcr.:.w
and anyone that did not cornet in three dnys'
2Kl ?:.a
11\115 : ~time according to the counsel of the princesu
2r 1
' 1 3G:m
,J . ~ I . s and the alder m e n 4 1 his goods would be put
under a banv and he himself be sepprstedy
$
from
the congregation of the exiled people. I' So
u"2r8:1
Y;. ZI:JI
a11
the
men of Judalt and Benjamin2 collmtd
tVN
I ~rG 1
Z:B
1:s
6:18
themselves
together a t Jerusalem within three
y N o 13:3
I~:O 533
days, that h, in the ninth" month on the twen~ l C 27:12
h
tieth [day] of the month,' and all t h e people
J
9
J6.r 3 5 : Z
kept sitting in the open place of t h e house of
The [true] God,&shivering because of t h e mato!:;g;!i ter and on account of the showers of rain.'
10 At length Ez'ra the priest rose and said to
LSU
J os 9:17
~C1129:13 them': "You yourselves have acted unfaithfully
(LC26:dO
in that You gave a dwelling t o foreign wives so
JX'SQ 32:5
ST:~~
Pr 2s 13 as t o add to t h e guiltiness of Israel." '' And now
,JPr
,,,:213
, make confession2*to Jehovah the God of YOUR
* ~ , $ ~ forefathers and do h1s pleasure' and separateo
yourselves from the peoples of the land and
from the foreign nlives.'" l a To this all the cangngatlon answered and said with a loud voice:
;
rlJe i : 3
"Exactly according to your word it devolves
2 ; upon us to do.' l9 However, the people are many
r ~ z : ~and
, ~ it
~ lo the season of showers of raink and it
rrT'e [ t m ~ ]QorlnYL11, h a - ~ ~ . ~ . h i mBy,
' ; 'Jehovah!'
Litmlb,
11 rsr

s:

~(1s

$$an
,, ,,:,

idthe sons of tho Exile," 31.

EZRA 10:14-19

633

832

EZRA 10:20-35

.,

there should be a ram* of the flockO for their

is not possible to stand outside, and the bushes
z"t",b5yil
La t : O
gulltlness.~
wiU not take one day or two, for we have re,
:
, k1Ch24:s4
20 And of the sons of Im'merk there were
belled to a great extent in this matter. l4 So,
F=,r 2 3 7
Ne3:m
Hana'ni
find Zeb.a.ditah; n 1 and of the sons of'
please, let our princess act representatively for
Nrb 11:13
.nlCh 24:8
1
Wa'rimlnMa.a.sei'ah and E.litjahand Shemaitah
all the congregation and, as for all in our cities r!$(&!$
~:,~_?:mand Je-hf'cl and Uz.zi'ah; ?*and of the sons of
wha have given a dwelling to foreign wives, Iet zchl: ~ o
b,, 42
Pash'h~~r,~
E.li.o.ernai, Ma.a.seitah, Ish'ma-el,
ur~c:t, a: 2
them come at the times appointed and along fL1k'g
F : r r 3..W
Ne.thanPel,Jofza.badand El.e.a'sah. And of the
xe 7..ll
with t h m the older men of each individual city
R'l'Q
k v l ~ C S ,Jo'za.badt and Shirn'e-i and TCe-lai'ah
and its judges until IW have turned back the tE;jAI:!
SrR,
5
' 11 16 (that is, KeJi'fa) ,u Peth.a.hi'ah, Judah and E.liburning angerr of our Gcd from us, on amount
UXP 11):Io
p
;:;,fI5
ekzer; :'and of the singers, E.li'a.shib; and of
of this matter."
~ K2 I5 : ~ ~
l rll rp.22
vEzr
the gatekeepers, Shal'lumv and Te'lern and U'ri.
15 (However, JonFa.thanthe son of Asta.hel ;ij;,%?
YEZF ?:Q
25 And oi Israel, of the sons of Pafroshythere
and Jah.zeicah the son of Tik%vah themselves z q l l r ; : 1 2
Nc 7:E
VlC.11 15:12
were
Ra.mi1ah and Iz.ziJah and Ma1,chi'jah and
stood up against this," and Me.shul'1am and 1r.n 2X24
f Uh 2.1 :31
Mijta.min
and E.le.atzar and Mal.chi'jahb and
Shab%e.thaiSthe Levites were the ones that ,I,,.
13:1.1
helped them.) lfl k n d the forrner exilesht pro- ,J,;,'l7:T1
;N' 7$12 Be.nai1ah; "and of t h e sons of E'lam,~Mat.taceeded to do that way, and Ez'ra the priest .2;:P2tl$
Nt! 10.14 ni'ah, Zech-wl'ah and Je.hifel' and Ab'di and
"Ia:.r lo:a Jer'ehmoth and E.1ltjnh; a"nd:
of the sons of
[and] the men that were the headsu of the fa;?
E.Ii'a.shib, Mat.ta.ni'ah and
thers for their paternal house,V even all of them NP 1228
?N u I r l : l d Zat'tu,' E,li,obefn~l,
23:11
JerEe.mofhand Z R ' ~ and
R ~ A.zltza; and of the
by [ their1 names, now separated themselves and Jr-r
F 20 4.1 2 2
sons
of
R
e
'
b
~
l
i
,
Je.ho.hatnan,
~
Han-ani'ah, Zab'began sitting on the first day of the tenth month o\:j,'! i::
,
Ncb7:10
bail Ath'lai; 2 D and of the sons of Ba'ni,' Met o inquire into t h e matter,p l7 and gradually E;:
*IW 2:in
: 7 :
shul'lam, Maltluch and Abdaifah,Ja'shub and
they finished with all the men that had given a
N u 1@:14
She'a1 [md I Jer'e.moth;c 9 0 and of the sons of
dwelling t o foreign' wives by t h e Rrst day of
Pa'hath-mo'ab: Ad'na and Che'lal, Be.naitah,
the first month. lS And some of the sons of the ;;;:3!in
!2;,:;"
yyh;;10:23
~
Mat.ta.ni'ah, Bez'a-lel and Ein'n1r.i
priests' came to be found that had given w dwell- ,'ELP
2; ;10 14; Ma.a.sel'nh,
and
Ma.nastseh;
and [of1 the sans af Ha'rirn,"
ing t o foreign wives; of the sons of Jesh'u.acu e?{ji';::j::
*r,r1132 1
F x
E.li.efzer.
Isshi'jah,
Malmchi'jah,*She.mailah,
the son of 3e.hoz'a.dakd" and his brothers, Ma- 4;: $ j i 4
O M 3:11
Shtrn'e.an, Renfadn, Mal'IucEz [and] Shemaasei'ah and E-li-e'zer' and Ja'xib and Ged.a.1i'ab. {:;
sJ of the sons of Ha'shum,lc Mat.te'nai,
kE
,$ri'nh;
iO
x0 But they promised by shaking handsc* to put
k: 8
S:q
Ma
t'tat-tah,
Za'b~d,E.liph'e.let, Jer'e.mai, Map.'~ 10.18
their wives away, and that, they being guilty,' 'kzji5
nas'seh [and] Shim'e.i; " of the sons of Ba'ni,
Ma.a.da", Am'rnm and U'el, a Be.naifah,Eedeira Or. "Especially Jon'a.than the mn of hna.hel and rJnh.zeitnh the
~

son o f Tik'vah -ere the ones that acted reprnentntirelp ia this beha!f." Asld see verse 29,and cotlipare LSSI'g, Liternlly, "thr gone
of the Exile," M. Vesns," L9.Y. ddrjt~rally,F'Jo'za.rlnk,"21; butwe Ezra 3: 2, footnote b. *Literally, "they gave their hmtl," M,

Or, h$ rorrrrtiny: one H&ea rowel point, "and tbeir guilt offering
wan n i*nnl of the flock for their guiltinem." b
"33nsh.a-bitah."
0 "And Rn'n~oth," 3Llnnr~imYg.
a

ah,Chel'u-hi, 36 Vani'ah, Mer'emottr, E.li'a.shib,

Mattmi'ah, Mat.tekai and Ja'a.su; and of
the sons of Ein'nu.i,r Shim'e-i and Shel.e.ml'8h
and Nathan and A.dai'ah, Mach.nad'e.bal,
qqS

Sha'shai, Sha'rai, Azfar.el and Shel.e.mi'ah,"

Shern.a-rifah, 4 2 Shal'lum, Am-a-ri'al~,Joseph;
" of the sons of Ke'bo, Je.iPel,Mnt.ti.thitah,2a'-I
bad, Ze-bi'na, Jad'dai and Joel [and J ~eaai'oh.
a These all had acceptd f or-eign wives," and ?.
'7r 1W17
they p r o d d to send away wives along with h:$A"

In,

SOIIS.c

,:,

21%-05::'GO 14

of Bin'nu-i," L-YT;"nod Brt'ni rind Bin'ntl.i,"

In-&. WcT.ent.prspk~t,31. c''And t h y proreeltetl trl scnr? nuwr
wives along with sons.)' This, in ageernetlt with L-EY nt 3 E,rll-i~s
A : 36. Sf is obscnrc and ztppen1.s to sny: "Arid f m ~ nthr~utlusrc
were wives and they placed sons [that is, into the world]."

"'Xncl of the

Fans

.NP 10:l

CEzr l0:Q
J C F %:22

%PC 7 : 1
Axe 211
:l<< I::!
I.;.; 3: 15
1 1-L H:2

' S C7:Z

~ I '313:6
A

PX 137:s
,,..+id2:!:2!3
12r "t::2

r:ir

a::Yr

(i:7

:r:m

I.:*<! F;?I
k.l,Kt'.I' 73:41
2597
P:xr H:33
H E i L t 2:l

1,:sr5:n
7:6

r?'b,

TNI.D::TP
RIKI 9:7

PATk:.l

t2IC1 25:16
K c 2 : 17

1h:i 5 : s
,IQI+?:IO
LI>!,,'h23:15

V 1.,1P 1 l J : l

5<I:lfl
br,;zr n:] L
Vl's

* X I . 2:.1

.In11 37322

EN!,1: I I
J

n:20
~

tll's IT::!
!)rt ! ) A

.&TI(, 7:?1

1)- m i 7
0 Lu, 7 : : ~
*I,:\ F1:@

@lre 5:111
c I<* 5:!!

':c'h G.40

words af Ne.he.mikhh*
the son of Haca.li'ah: Now it came about in the mth
C h i s 3 e ~ ,In
~ 'the
~ twentieth year: that I myself
happened to be in Shu'shanqtbe castlead" Then
Aa.na'ni,' one of my brothem, came in, he and
a ther men from Judah, and 1 proceeded to askD
ahout the Jews,' those t h a t had escaped," who
had been left o w r of the captivity,k and a b
abaut JemsaIem. WccordingIy they said t o me:
''Those left over, who have been left over from
thc cnpt ivity,lt them in the jurisdictional district," arc in a very bad pIightr and in reproachs
and the wnllt of Jerusalem is broken down a d
its very g a t w have been burned with fire."
4 And it came abaut that, as soon as I heard
these words, I sat down and began to weepv
and mourn for days and I was ~ontinuaIIyfastingr and praying before the God of the heavensZ
U n d I went on t o say: "Ah, Jehovahc the God*
of the heavens," the Gd0 great" and fearinspiring," keeping the covenant? and lovingkindnessg toward those loving him' and keeping
his ccomrnandment~,~
"please, let your ear become attentive"and your eyes9 opened, to listen
"The

3Iennin~'~,Jclinvnhcon~fort*,"oor, "Jehovah i s cumfort? b I n the

t i r v ~ k Xvpttm.rrint (LXX) this is ~ h n p t e r11 of S m n d Esdras
( 2 Emfi). a viC'his';'l~r.'"h~ pr~t-ruptirityname of the ninth Jerrish
Innnr month, lrhirh fall* n-it hin Yorrtr~herand Dec~mher. Or,
"'forlrcs~."*"?'[IF I;od." 31, ''1.0~htnt' Lbllowed b~ the qualif-ing
~ x ~ > r ~ n * "of
~ i n nt t l ~bclnrma." f "TI~PCotl." 31, lln-El, the title $2
bmng precprlerI by tlic Ut1b1~1rilvflnite nrtirle ha ("tlrp"). 8 Or,
"Ioynl lore."'
a

633

And it came about in the month Ni'~an,~*

in the twentiethv year of Ar.ta.xerxtes+
the
Ve 126
king,
that
wine
was
before
him
and
I
as
usual
@%CES ;5:s
$;1
took up the wine3 and gave it to t h e king." But
while making confession"r concerning the sinsa 3 x e 9:i
=Ge 40:7
never
had I happened t o be gloomy before him,
rpr
15:13
of the sons of Israel with which we have sinned 'E%%l1
Da 9:4
SO
the
king said to me: "Why is your face
k&:ix
against you.t We have sinned, both I and the ?Job 17:14
gloomy" when you yourself are not sick? This
,2eyz
house of my father.3u ;We have unquestionably FE;z%
Ps48:2
acted corruptly against youv and have not kept
Ps 102.14 is nothing but a gloominess of heart."" At this
PS1375 I became very much afraid.
u2Ch2s:lO
r2Ch 21:21)
the cornmandmentsy and the regulationsz and 2Ch 29:6
2Ch 28:n 3 Then I said t o the king: "Let the king himh e 316
t h e judicial decisions* that you gave in com- ,5;?;
.LA
2:9
self live t o time indefinite!'<Why should not my
t I I C i 3:5
mand to Moses your servantnu a Remember: v&$&
face become gloomy when the city,n the house
ES 5.3
please, t h e word that: you commanded Moses Ta5,10Gj:b
ErT0":51of the burial places of my forefathers,r is devasyour servant, saying, 'Should You, for YOUR gPg;g7
and its very gatess have been eaten up
u ~ ~ , " & ~ tated
$l
Ke 1:11
part, act unfaithfully, I, for my part, shall scat- yk;:$
with
fire?'"
In turn the king said t o me: "What
P r 3:6
P ~ D
4:s
ter YOU among the people^.^ When YOU will JE;;:;~
is
this
that
you
are seeking t o secure?"t At once
yEzr 5:11
n r ~ 2 33 prayedu t o the God of the heavens? "After
have returned t o me' and kept my command- =p&$;:4
xEzr 517
that 1 said to the king: "lf to the king it does
ES 1:19
m a t s mand done them," though YOUR dispersed A;;1,3;i49
Es 8:5
seem
good2 and if your servantheems good beI
R
u
2;33
people shouId happen to be a t the end of the ogi6;;3
2Saf4:2a fore you,* that you would send me to Judah, ta
*Es
5:s
heavens, from there I shall collect themu and ?gi2;;;4
Es7:3
the city of the burial places of my forefathers:
*De 4:Xl
Pr 3:4
certainly bring themk t o the place that I have ,
-DC 3 0 2
nlrci 2:io that I may rebuild it."
At this the king said
1Xi ll:43
chosen to have my name reside there.'" And ;2;$;13
Ke
3:16
ta
me,
as
his
queenly
consort
was sitting beside
AKe 1:11
they are your servantsr and your people,13whom lPs.c h108:47
h a 65:24 him: "How long will your journey come t o be,
you redeemed b y your great powert and by your
and when will you return?" So it seemed goodA
strong hand.u Ah, Jehovah,a3 please, let your ,g;;331
bebefore
the king that he should send me,O when
+%;:15
@Ezr6:6 I gave him the appointed time.*
ear become attentive to the prayer of your sew- ;g;,3,::lj'
Ezr 7:21
h'e 2:9
ant and to the prayerY of your servants who &:9,.:3,
7 And I went on t o say to the king: "If t o
XEzr 5:3
Ezr 6:6
take delight in fearing your name,y and please ;g~F',9,
the
king it does seem good, let letters* be given
N e 3:7
# J 1.4
~ ~ me to the g o v e r n o r s ~ e y o n d
the River,b* #at
do grant success to your servant today" and YPS
uDe5:15
865
they
may let me pass until I come to J ~ d a h ; ~
%
:
f
.
!
f
i
?
make him an object of pity before this man."" ;&?:",",?i8
E z r 7:25
kEzr 8 ~ 2 2 also a letter to A'saph the keeper of the parkC
Now I myself happened to be cupbearero t o 'g;:,Ii17
the king."
c=ES
~ 133
40:2
e
0 LLlij'aanm''
The first of two oecurrenees of this post-captirity name

your ~ e r v a n twhich
, ~ I am pray- $;~~;&
ing before you today, day and night," concerng:?
ing the sons of IsraelB your servants, aII the &p
;:;
t o t h e prayer of

AEs 3:7

W e 1:l

*mi-7:1

ZP;l,j::':;: zf;:2

rrJehovah,''11, A.do.nuy'; LLXXLTgSy,'dJehovah," This is one of

the 134 places where the Jewish Sopherim changed t h e Hebrow text
to read d.do.nay' ("Lord") instead of the original "Jehovah."
a

of the first Jewish lunar month, which falls mitlun March and Apill,
b That is, the En.phraftes Rirer.
"P;u;k." M, pardss'; Sy,
pnr.dts'sra; E X X , pa.ra'dei.sos ("paradise'?),

639

NEHEMIAH 2:1-:1

that belongs to the king, that he may give me ng:;I;p'2

ascending In the tomnt valleyDby night and I
bees t o build with timber the gates of the r%;:&
Job IF:]
kept on examining the wall, after which I came
b2Ch 2h 9
Castlea" that belongs t o the house," ~ n for
d the y;:;.:,
wtn2:1.3 hack and entered by the Vnlley Gate4 and so
F c :(:I3
wallR of the city and for the house into which I ti;,* 32 :?R
got back.
GCzr91
Uir 1 9
,We 4.14
am to enter." So the king gave [them I to me,t ar:n
55
16 And the deputy rulersqthemselves did not
NC 7.;
according to the good hand of my God upon meu kF: $I;2
Ntl 1 3 : l l
know where I had gone and what 1 was d o j n ~ ,
r~n2.9
'1': 21 ' 1
La 3 . q
9 Eventually I came to the governorsV be- r-p+;rr;r:s
,,
,, and to the Jews and the priests and the nobles
yond tho Riverb and gave them the letters d the 2y;i1:$kz
and the rest of the doers
g
g:l:ta and the deputy rulers
king. Moreaver, the king sent with mme chiefsC Zg; ,2,,'D
EEP1 0 ~ 4 of the work I h ~ not
d
y e t told anything. FinallrlSm 11:2
of the military force and horsemen. IWWhen ' ~I ~ rn ix:s
1 :
1~~ :r a
ly I said to them: "You are seeing the bad plight
b.; 43 13
San.bnl'laZz t h e Hor'o.nite0 and To.bE'~h~
the c s c .t 3
3 c r 2.1 .'F
in which we are,' how Jerusalem is dwastatcde
3 2 - 31 a
L R 3 45
servtlntlAthe Arn'rnon.jtc, ' got to hear 1 of it], ,~.:c 7
and it3 gates" have beerr burned with fire, Come*
nEzr T:O
Kt' l I 4 l
then it ~ W m @ tdo them something vpry bad" : ~ , , 2 1 1 : 1
and let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, that we
g:
F
.
;:!7
that a monC had come t o seek something good R;;?,''
may
no longer continue to Ix a repmaeh."\'lC
%,:$;!, 2:q
aExr I F
for the sons of Israel.+
.Ldr 532
l a And 1 went on to teIl them of the hand" of
s2Sa 2.7
11 At length I came t o Jerusalem and I con- *E:i,'y/
; ~ p;;;;! my God, how it was gwd upon me, and also of
timed there Tor three days.' "Then I rose up j';;'::
t : ~ h 3'2-5 the king's ~vordsthat he had said t o me.r At
by night,O I and a few men with me, and 1 did&;yi;-7i
k$',F;% this they sald: "Let us get up and we must
not tell a rnanck what my God was putting into
'
~ ~ ~bui1d.I'
: ~ ' So
' they strengthened* their hands for
2
c
~
:
3
visa 15.5
my heart to do for Jerusalem," and there was sic ilr:io
the
good
w0rk.t
,e, 4q,5
VVC 4 3
no don~esticanimal with me except the domestic?:" 1";i!?
1
9
NOW
when Sanbal'latu the Hor'o.nitev
;i.r
anirnalr on which I was riding. l B And I
:
$
T
I
$:-in
and
To.bi'ahy
the servant,#the Am'mndte,' and
,
I
ceeded t o go out by the Vnlley Gaten b y night 65",hZfF;i4
cLc 1
Ge'shemo
the
Arabian" heard of it, they k g m
Axe .I:?
and in fmnt of the Fountain of the F1gsrlkand ?,s;s;j
~ o -1
b
to
deride
usE
and
look an us despisingly and say :
Ps 4.1 13
to the Gate of the Ash-he~ps,=Uand I was con"What
is
this
thing
t h a t YOU are doing? Is it
PS
79
.I
;g iZ;;qR : ~
PC; Kc1 tl
staatly examining the walkv of Jerusal~m,how 1121il
against the king that YOU are rebelling?"*
,
Ut. 3:l.l
they werc broken down and the gates,' of it had kLL
I>:.~I
However, 1 replied to them and I said to
been catcn up hy fire. And I went passing
b::l,
'them:
"The Gad of the heaven9 is the One that
F ~ ~ , , ~ ~ ~ 5
along t o the Fountain Gate" and to the King's
~ 5 . 1 1 will grant us success,Qnd
we ourselves, his
l<LI- 7 23
Pool,* and there was no place for the domestic ,kz;;
sei-vants,
shall
get
up
and
we
must build, but
umu?ri
pi 127.1
animal under me to pass along. But f kept on ?
YOU
yourselv@
have
no
share,"
nor just claim,
;:.
*nrr
A V R.31
nor rnemorial'h in Jerusalem."
a Or, ' T o r t r r ~ a . ~On
' tho north aide of tkc tcmple, b That i ~ ,the
PZec
EX zt,lQ
:20
t c 2 :!
31, nbdunt. dliterally, "the Dragon FnnnE ~ . ~ t l r d t eIliveia.
s
And E.li'a.shibn the high priest and his
SF It1 In
tain," 11i7g. iiy a earreation o f the Hehrerv tmt in hwmong wrth
n3i? 12:lCJ
brothers, the priests, proceeded t o get up
S . I:+TH
LLX,
Fountain of the FSg~,''Pmbahly the snnle as the Well of
En-ro'gul, 0 Csnally callcd "tbc Dung Gote."-L,UVs
Fy;l:$2,2 and build the Sheep0 Gate? They themselves

cz;$!:$
,

11 1

';z

'z:ilh:'~

" t t ~ t h

641
sanctified i t a and went setting up its doors, and sE; %;&
as far as the Tower@of Me'ahat they sanctified
ig,
It, as far as the Tower of Han.an'el.u " And at p3;:&
their side the men of Jer'i.chov did building. zet i4:10
2:34
And at their side Zac'cur the son of Im'ri did vEzr
v2Ch m14
building.
Z; 4~; ~12.39
W120
3 And the Fish Gat@ was what t h e sons of "EEZig
Has.se.na'ah built; they themselves timbered itz *$; :ji
and then set up its doors,* its bolts and its bars.' Oh,;
3:2i
And at their side Mer'e.mothAthe son of U.ri'Ne 1Q:5
jah4 the son of Hak'koz did repair work, and at OEzr 8:33
their side Me.shullarn' the son of Ber.e.chi'ahi I X %:IS
s:w
~
the son of Me.shezra.beldid repair work,@and at ?C
,h:,:;
their side Zatdok the son of Ba'ana did repair
work. And a t their side the Te.korites"did re- "j&s$$
pair work, but their majestic ones* themselves ;%
;:;;
did not bring the back of their neckk into the lcJer 2 7 : ~
3lt 11:29
service of their masters.b
Ac 15~10
nWe 12:39
6 And the Gaten of the Old [City] was what rxe s:3a
2:8
Joi'a-da the son of Pa-se'ah and Me.shu1lam the sNe
Ne 33
son of Bes.o.dei'ah repaired;' they themselves ':5h1;23
timbered it* and then set up its doorst and its
boltsu and its bars.v * And at their side Me1.a- $5; 7j.;
ti'ah the Gib'e.on.itey and Ja'don the Me.ron'o- ~$;+~&,
thite,z men of Gib'e-on' and M i z ' ~ a h did
, ~ repair ; yw6
work, for the throne of the govern& beyond =
2Ch16:6
Jer 40:6
the River.+ At his side Uztzi.el the son of Har- AEzr
5:3
h'e 2.9
hai'ah, goldsmiths,' did repair work; and at his exe
217
r e a:31
side Han.a.ni'ah a member of the ointment mix- +Isa
4-55
%e 50:2
ersg did repair work, and they proceeded to EX 30:25
Ec 1U.l
flagstone Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall." *2gi
14:13
he 12:38
And a t their side Re.phaPiahthe son of Hur, a *EX
2:11
ag 9:w
princeu of half the districtk of Jerusalem, did re- khe
3:12
dKe

Literally, "Tower of the Hundred," 31. Or,

N, a.do.ndm',
the plural of adon', possibly t o express excellence ar majesty.
a

NEHEMIAH 3 :10-16

pair work. l o And at their side Je-da'iah the son

nNe 8:23 of Ha.rurmaph did repaj, work in front of his
Me 3:28
own house;" and at his side Hat'tush the son of
l n r lo:=
rEzr z:sa Hash-ab-nei'ah did repair work.
h'e 7:s
sEzr 2:6
I1 Another measured section was what MdEzr 8:4
chi'jahl the son of Ha'ririmr and Has'shub the
~Ne 10:14
2 y son
~ oof Pa'hath-mo'abAS repaired, and alm the
",'TXy;ly Tower of the Bake 0vens.t l2 And at his side
~~~~;~~ Shal'lum the son of Hal.lothesh, a princeu of
I c h 28:1
2ch
28.14 half the districtYof Jerusalem, did repair work,
2ch 3?:3
he and his daughters?
Ezr 8.33
13 The Valley Gate' was what Ha'nun and
vm33:9
YEK 35:25
the
inhabitants of Za-no'ah* repaired; they
~h 21:9
AC
4:3
themselves built it and then set up its doors,'
&cRZfi:g
He 2:13
its bolts4 and its bars,o also a thousand cubits
Ne 2:17
*e;?gin the wallas f a r astheGate of the Ash-heapsmb+
D$&.?g3, And the Gate of the Ash-heapsb was what
Mal.chirjah the son of RePchab,a princee of the
42Ch3%
S:J
Z C 1~1 : ~ district of Beth-hat-che'rem,' repaired; he him+ZKE 25:4
self went building it and setting up its doors,*
Ne 2:13
h'e 12:31
aer 52:7 its bolts and its barsbk
62Ch 125
15 And the Fountain Gaten was what Shalt2Ch323
XJer 6.1
Iunc the son of Col.hoPzeh,a prince' of the dis#J 16 3
$$2f2 trict of Miz'pah,' repaired; he himself proceeded
ry;Ezr8:a
:&3z to build it and to roof it over and t o set up its
~ bolts and its bars, and also the wall
oca 4:fi ~ O O F S ,its
8505 18:26 of the Pool of the Canala to the King's Gardenov
:h
,
,,2O;? and as far as the Staimvaiyy that goes down from
;;pi $"j::z the City of D a ~ i d . ~
16 After him Ne-he-mi'ah the son of Az'buk,
;
~ ~ a a~ prince
2 ~ of
7 balf the district of Beth-zur,' did
repair work as far as in front of the Burial
L X X V g , "t.he Dnng Gate."
Xeaning "Goven~or of Mo'nh."
"Shallurn," Sy aud some Hebrew manuscripts, d Cr, "the Pool of
She'la h."

643

Placeso of David and as far as the poolAthat

had been made and as far as the House of t h e

*2C"m9
hTe3;19
E;$:;:l
s e 12:sr

Mighty Ones.ao
17 After him the Lwltes' did repair work,
Re'hum the son of Ba'ni;' at his side Hesh.abi'ah, a prince of half t h e district of Kei'lah,'
did repair work for his district. iB After him
their brothers did repair work, Bav'vd the son
of Henpaadad,a prince" of half the district of

jEFzg

5
;
;
;
fit 7:46
K e 10'28

Kei'lah.
IF) And E'zer the son of JeshJu.a,bRa prlnce k@l$::iO
of Miz'pah," proceeded a t his side to repair an- n" v3:15
other measured section in front of the going up
r 2 ~ h2 6 : ~
to the Armory a t the E3uttress.r
Ne 3:24
20 After him Bar'uch the son of Zab'baimlnEzr
worked with fervort [and] repaired another tc-y;:l
m ~ s u r e dsection, from the ButtressL~
as far as u?.Cb?;9
the entrance of the house of E.lila.shlbvthe high; :V
priest.
N P '~;k.t
21 After him Mer'e.moth the son of U.ritjahz NP13524
~ : m
the son of Hak'koz repaired another measured
section, from the entrance of the house o f Eli'ashjb as fat. as the end of E.li'a.shilSk house.
22 And after him the priests, men of the
*:a
[Jordan] Basin,co* did repair work.
After @Me
*Gc 13:IO
themd Benjamin and Nas'shub did repair ~vork
in front of their own house.' After thernd &.a- 2 ~ - h4: 17
ri'ah' the son of Ma.a.seiPah the son of Anna-n
k ~
nitah did repair work close by his own Rouse, AN"
" After him Bin'nu.ib the son of Henta.dfld re.
paired another measured section, from the "yl$:y
N C ~ Z : ~
Rouse of Az.a.rfPahas far as the Buttress* and *$C,hz:&fl
as Ear as the corner.
A

,\4-

3'

'A>

z,y;j6

Or, "the Gb'hor-im?' c'Jesue," L.T,T, *OF,"tile Diatrict.lg See

Gea~sis13 :12, footnote b. d L L H ~31., "

nr;ge;g;1l:Zl
f4

rxc f

i : ~

se6:3

s c 12:s

p:Sa

143

;:;1&:;:l

TxlmEMIM 3 : 2 U 1

25 [After hlm] Fa'lal the son of U'zai [did

repair tvork] in front of the Buttress' and the
tower that goes out from the King's House?
the upper one that belongs to the Courtyard of
the Guard."fter
him there was Pe.daiPahthe
son of Patrosh."
26 And the Neth'l.nimalr them~dves happened to be dwellcrs in O'phe1;H I they did repair
work] as far as In front of the W ~ t e Gate1>
s
on
the east and the protruding tower,
27 After them" the Te-ka'itese repaired another measured section, from in front of the
great protruding towert as far as the wall of
Wphel.

Am
CES 6 3

28 Above the HorsegGat@ the prjests: did repair work, each one in front of his ottn hottse.P
:,$&&?Ic
2Gh 23:15

29 After them" Zn'dokP the son of Im'mer"

did repair work in front of hls own house.
And after him She.maltah the son of Shecaj
4
"~fl(I:20 nirah, the keeper of the East Gnte,ci did repair
Nc! 1 3 . 1 3
acr 3 1 : ~

V S e 3:10

xp3:23

~c r
11Ch 26:14

?F! i!i!?
EgE

Eze 50%

*se 3 2 1

ESc 6.18

1 . 4

-Se 3:5

.,,:.
Isa 4 6 5

BAC 19:24

~u2r;n;:%~
9.2

Ezr 2.13
N~ 7:4~
Ne 1O:ZS
#ltlKi

/ Wyi'AfterHa'nun
hlm Hanmamnllah
the son
the sixth son of

of She1.emi'ah and
Za'laph r+
paired another measured sect ion,"
After him Me-she~l'?arn'~
the son of Ber.e-chi'ah
did repair work in front of his own hall.'
31 After him Mnl.chI"j~h a mernbera of the
goldsmith'
~
~ guildmdid repair work as far as the
-house of the hreth'i.nimnT and tlre traders,* in
- front of t h e Inspection Gatea ~ n as
d far as the
roof chamber of the corner.

Or, "temple slaves." ltornlly, "Aiven onr~,"M, hTd7hinim,LXS;

Niathitsaei, Vg. Cmupare Nualbcrs 3 : D, h o t a ~ o kA, "Him," 31,
* Likrally, "the Gatc of the (Sun)ri~ing,''M. Iiterrtllp, "sea,"' X.
*Or, more literally, "the Ontc of Hnm.mnipIi'kad," 11,

NEHEMIAH 3:3-:6

644

32s And between the roof chamber of the

2!10
7 Now&it came about that, as soon as San.ve 6:1
comer and the Sheep Gatek the gddsmiths and k$2.$ta
bal'lat"
and To.birahk and t h e Arabians" and
l?;H
k x c 4.3
J O 5~ : ~
the traders did repair wnrk.
~ c 6 : n the Arn'rn~n~itesr
and the Ash'dod.itesa heard
nNe 2:19
Nowb if came about that, as soon as kl o 7 that the repalring of the walls of Jentsalcrn had
nFe Z : I O
bal'latn heard that we were rebuilding the
gone forward,' far the gaps had started
be
:$
:.%
zcfl 2n.J stopped up, they became very angry, @Andall
wall, he became angry0' and highly offendedr yz,:jl
Am
and he kept deridinga the Jews. And he began $
of them began to consplrelqogether to come
@El:;:,
;
;
g
:
,
to say before his I m t h e r s k a n d the military
J~m
p r y 1.s
5 : m and fight against Jerusalem and cause me disp
e
;
i
;
:
3
M
force of Sabmarvi.a,
yes, he began to say: "What tEzr
r n:
turbance.b But we prayedv t o our God and kept
4.8
tEzr 3:H
are the feebleU Jews doing? Will they depend
a
guard posted against them day and night on
n
r
s
2
Y
#,;$::::u
1- F;:10
upon themselves? Will they
Will vz f~c 1~
account
of them7
nc
?
B
.
I
~
en
V P S Y1:14
they fini~lirrp in a day? IVill they brjng the s c 1 2l2:n
.fi
40AndJudahbgmtosay: "Thep\verof
stones t o life out of the heaps of dusty rubbishy
the ~
burden
~ ~ ~
$ :bearer2
: ~ has
~ staggered, and there is
when they are burned?" Now To-bi'ah' the yfI;t$;
a
great
deal
of
rubbish,*
and we ourselves are
~ 2 C4h2,;lH
-SP
Am'mon.ite0 was alongside him and he went an 22: g;;;
c:sn 17:2 not able to build on the wall." lMorreavcr, our
Ps V,:R
t o say: "Even what they are building, if a, fox I;:
adversariesmkept saying: "They will not known
7 ri
AGr? 31 7
went up [against itJ, he would certainly break
[:a 31..21 and they will not see until we come right in
3 u i 1.'L2 among them, and we shall certainly kill- them
.CPS B I : ~
down their xvdl of s t ~ n e s . " ~
,,,,
"Ps129:S
4 Hear: 0 our God, far we have become an
ff,l:$~r and put n stop to the work." "And it came
about that, wlrenever the Jews dwelling close
object of contempt, and make their reproacha P $ ~ ' , I ~ ~ E*2cl127:23
lS6
n 1:(:15
~
2
x
1
3 YU
by them came in, they proceded ta say t o us
re-turn upon their own head and give them to go%:\,
Ck 3:s
X I c n 1 J:M ten times:" " !They will come uplc from aPI the
the spoil In the land of captivity. And do not
2Ch >::I4
*IKI n1:8 places where Yau people will r e w n t o us,"
cover over their error* and their sin from be- +RE:%
Iy Sse I kept [men] posted a t the lowest parts of
Kg :i'$
fore you, Let it not be blotted out,"f o r they have$:'',:",:
the place hehind the wall9 at the open places;
k&Y,\'L
2 ~ 4.14
1
committed offense against the builders.
cJnhp3,:20
n N a l t n and 1 kept the people posted by families with
B P S 57:t
6 So we continued building the mall, and the FR?If&
De 3
DQ
1.~:)
33
their ~{vords,' their lances" ,and their bows,'
entire wall came to be joined together clear to 1"'''"22
Iq When I saw [their fear] I immediately rose
JO* 1:9
ZCh 211:15
and said to the noblesu and the deputy rulers'"
half its [height], and the people continued t o
ps = . I
and the rest af the people: "Do not be nfrnidI1
2Ch ZWM
have a heart for working,"
r%A
3Co 8,IG
an their account. Jehovahd the greatr ancl the
i?:;:;*t

.,,,:,,;

,,,

the right-band margin of tlte H e b m k t o pasite this versa

thore is writtei~th. I I e b r ~ n~rpwrnioun~enning"Eolf of tbr ha&,"
indicating t h n t this is the n~icldleverse o f thr OR5 Hebrew verReir
of the con~hiaedhwks of Rzrn and Nelrenrifih, honing thot, in
the Hebrew, tlia t ~ hooks
o
wcre one, $ I n Zllc IIcbrew text thfa
iy ver.9~33 of chapter 3,

:;:!

C:hnptcr 4 in the H P ~ P P B

t e x t hegins hclrp, bLiCmnlly, " c n w

dislertmnre to hi~n,"fir. 0 <ITlleynre c o r ~ l i up,"
l ~ ~ LXX; but missing
fratu If, d "Jehovnh." T,SI, "Our God''; I'gS)., "Jvhorab'" ?Pt,
R.do.tmy'. This is one of tlic 135 plat-w w ~ r cLlle Jewish Pnpherrtl;
c h n n ~ ~the
i l name "Jchovnl~"in the Bubrew text to reed d.r!o.slny

(lCtheIfird'y).

with his attendant, in the midst of Jerusalm,

fear-inspirings One K ~ inP mind, and fight for fig z p
and they must become for us a guard by night
YOUR brothersIt YOUR Sons and YOUR d ~ ~ g h t e ~ ,
and workersa by day."b A Afor
~ me* and my
YOUR wives and YOUR hames,"~~
PS G5:5
434 b r ~ t h e r sand
Heh 12.29
'
~
my
attendants"
and
the men of the
YXe
5-10
15 Now it came about that as soon as o w t 2 ~ a~n:i:!
xc 13:19 guarda who were behind me, we wepe not taking
t!Er 8.11
enemies heard that it had become known to us,
*lCh 11.25
lr2Ch 23:10 off our clothes, each one [having] his missile"
so that The [ h e ] Godn had frustrated their
2c"3''5
purposev flnd we had all of us gone hack t o the YPT$$$lnEx 37 in his right hand.b
ISR 5!7
Howcvcr, there came t o be a great outcry
wall, each one t o his work,Y yes, it came about f
;$:$
Lu 18:Y
of the peoplctl ~ n their
d
wives against their
that from that day fonvard half of my young ;
J09 5:4
Jewish brothers.'i" = And there wcrc those who
mena were active in the work' nnd half of them ;;~n;!;~
:pZgjg
L>C1kT
were saying: "Our sonsB and our daughters'
we~.eholding the hnces,' the shields" and the j$c$$?;:x
x h m14
c Ls 2;:1tj:rq
p1'~urd
we are giving as securityC that !ve may get
bows" and the coats of rnai1,O and the princes- .Ellx e 11:1
I(&
4157
sP"'l''
r . l ~ b1 . f : graint
~
~ n c lentu and keep alive."" %rid there
mere behind the whole house of Judah, As ''1Co
1R:9
IrFs TB:2
ITag
1%
tvere
those who were saying: "Our fields and
foiOt h e builders on the wall and those who were
QFyXO;:n
our vineyarcls" and our houses we Rrc ~ i v l n g
canylng the burden of load bearers: [each] one
1Ce47:li5 as sewrjty' that we may get grain during
was active in the m k with his one hand' while ;${; );;
the food shortage." 'And there were those who
t h e other [hand]" was holding the rnissi1e.k k;w h;!$i.wo
32:s
tvere saying: "\Ye have borraived money3 for
'"nd
the builders were gircld,ll each one with 2i'h
Ja3b:!..:I#
:g,"&p
~ z 4313
r
the king's tributev on our fields ~ n our
d vfnehis w o r d upon his hip,r while building,] and the n$; :;15,,
V X c Y :3i
? . ~ u b 2 : 5 yards.r ~ d n o w o u r f l e s h ' i s t h e s a m e a s the
one to blowa the ram's-hornh war alongside me. ,Il;;:,Aa
fleshZ of our brothers; our sons are the same
19 And I proceeded t o say to the noblesLand
zEZgy
1 7 : ~ as their sons, and here tve are reducing our
the deputy N e w and the rest of the people: A.
'The work is large and extensive, ~ n we
d are ,:;;;f;jr
*E;E& sons and our daughters to slaves,' and there
ap~eadabout upon the wallv far apart from o n e N P 7.3
:E1l"y:.& are some of our dnughters already reduced, nnd
another. jPln the place where YOU hear the vjg/$:;5
there is no powcr in our hands whllc our flelds
sound of the ram's-horn,b there Is where YOU gpA i::::: U E x ll:8 and our vineyards belong to others,"
w!ll mlleet yourselves together to us. Our God
6 Now I became very angryn as soon as I
; ; : : ; :y
himself v r l i l l fight for us."^
nc 1 x 1
heard their outcry and these words. 'So my
Jus 23 I0
,E!i:",:26
21 And we were active* In the work and the
,E;79:& heart took consideration within meAand I beother half of them were holding the lances,'
gan findlng fnult7 with the nobles and the
$
;
;
g
;
~
from the ascending of the da1c-n"until the stars" EJillr 3r.7
deputy rulers and went on t o say t o them;
came out.' IrAlso at that time I said t o thel3i?~Fi.$
people : "Let the men spend the night, each one)AJer
17t 2s:I
31:s
"Literally, %ark," Jf. b "In his right hand," by a corrrction af the
H c h m text ~vliichi u al~sc~ne
here. Literally, "the ~ ~ n t r a a"E3ir.."
**TIIP[trtlej God." M,h~n-El.o.hitnr,tbc dpflnito nrlitle ha (d'The'')
ing as security," by n slight correction of the I-lel)rcr~t e x t Camptrccrlinn the title El-o.kim* for the snkc of emphasis. a Or, "the

z:;;

stl0'[l!lrlr.."

pxre T e r n 3.

"Usury is what 'YOU are exacting, each one of

his own brother."'
*EX
L e 2B:
5%: ~
Further, I arranged a great assembly on their g: kijjio,
acc~unt.~
a And I proceeded to say to them: "We P~
D c 1$:5
24;70
~1
:12
ourselves have bought back' our own Jewish BEF Jr,3! 27.5
brothers who were sold to the nations, as far as
:5:4a
it was in our power, and at the same time wiU
YOU yourseIves sell YOUR own brothers* and
must they be sold to us?"k At this they became nj,"t;z;;
speechless and they could not And a w0rd.n
OAnd I&went on to say: "The thing t h a t YOU rlsn 2.24
a r e doing is not good.' 1s it not in the fears of '2;A:.?:
our God that YOU should walk because of the k;i;?iT
reproacht of the nations our enernies?Ou l%d 0Ebi1'5
~C;O 13:g
also I, my brothers and my amendants are giv- 4;;!;
ing money .and grain on loan among them, Let
eu;2i:
us, please, leave off this lending on interest.v m
TIL 2 5
1Pr 2 12
l1 Please, restorer to them on t h i s day their V E X Z ' L . ~
fields," their vineyards, their olive groves and g-,:;:,
their houses, and the hundredthh of the money SI:;:<,?
and the grain, the new wine and the oil that $2; ;$$g
YOU are exacting as interesv from them."
z ~ 5 c:I
12 To this they sald: 'We shall make restoration,' and from them we shall ask nothing back. E
' FT$44
We shall do precisely as you are snying.'"~ I Lu lg 8
called the priests and made them swear t o do
according to this wordmu"'so
my bosom I yF!g3;$
shook o ~ t dand then said: "In this manner may k:;",: i:;iC
The [true] Godc shake out from hls houseDand
from his acquired property every man that does iz
not carry out this word, and in this manner mag
&!i28
he become shaken out and empty." To this all

,,,,,.,,

kzO
:;

a "I," XmfirgrnLaXJ3'gS ; rrRe," M. It Or, '%no pep cent?) The t In,

monthly. odlTbe [cue]
Y, ha-El.o.lrin', the d ~ 8 n i t .anicle
ha ('LTlro'')preceding the title El.a.him' for the sake of empbaais,

Ed."

said : "Amen!'W And they

~
b the
J congregationae
~
~
*
mn:ze began t o praise Jehovah.. A n d the pmple p m
e l C h 1A:38
*mi
PS W:14
n:a ceeded to do according t o this word.'

14 Another thing: From the day that he cammission4 me to become their governoP in the
land of Judah,. from the twentiethk year to the
,
year of Ar.ta.xerx'esr the king,
;gerr
;r ?;:8.1 thirty-second"
twelve
years,
1
myself and my brothers did not
1 Ezr .1:1I
eat1 the bread due the governor.*l5 As for the
slco
Z'I-11 0:4
3 : ~
former governors that were prior t o me, they
tls,,2.15
~ S 8:1$
A
p, E,:,z had made I t heavy upan the people and they
kept &kinat from them for bread0 and wins
C
uZI.b
J O1
ll:?
~5
ZC:o l2;13 dailyd forty ellver shekels, Also their attendmts
vGc 4?:ltl
Nam
5:9
themselves domineered over the people. As for
Job 3 1 : s
rs Ir::1
me, I did not do that way'' on account ol the
P.u 1.17:11
pr ~ B : U fear of god,^ l8 And, what is more, in the work
Ec 1%:1J
I r r r f i ; ~ OF
~ this wall I took a hand,^ and not a field did
we acquire,' and all my attendants were colGfl F.9
lected together there fw the work.' And the
27411lC:15
17%
nc 2 ?:I;
1 1 : ~ Jews and the deputy rulers, a hundred and Af ty
men, and those coming In to us from the nations
*2c0
P L ~ I::,n
P
2 21
that were around us were at my tablesn"'%s
E P n 2.3::.
L3Sn 9:7
sr,, p , l a for that which happened to be made ready daily,
one bull, six select sheep and birds0 were made
?
~ n donce every ten days every
~ ;lo~ready
; : :for~me,
;~
sort of wine in abundance." And along with this
IPS
r3s =:PI
:r;:m t h e bread clue the governor I did not demand,
'Gc 40:I 4
N E 1 3 ~ 1 bemuse the service upon this people was heavy.@
Ps 25:b
P, a1~v17 l o DO remember for me,' 0 my God, for good,
BR
\hfi;4 all that 1 have done in behalf of this
bTt lrl:J2
h l r D 41
Now it came about that, as soon ;as it was
rxr 2:Erl
told t o San.bal'lat' and To.bi'aha and to
nNn 1:3
Ge'shemlc the Arabiann ~ n tdo the rest of our
LXX;
LXS, ~ k . k F t . ~ nb .Or, ''So he it!" a T"eir go~eraor~'
76: 11

cUi:$

iLpav~rnor,"TgSp and one Hebrew manuecript. "Waily,'' \'g;

L'nPtcr,l' 31, Probnhly, "nftrr (nt) the rnte of,"

NEHEMIAH 6 :2-9

650

651

Ps;$$,
fz;$;;

enemies that I had rehilt the wallr and there

had not been left in it a gap (although up to
that time the dooms themselves I had not set rytjij;!
up in the gates),t San.hal'lat and Ge'sllem Im- I1,'r., ?;.la
:I; .'.I
mediately sent t o me, saying: "Docome and let ,I i:s
us meetu together by appointment in the vjl- $'::;$'
lages of the valley plain of O'no.'" YUt they
were scheming t o do me harrn.y 90I sent mes- ,2
:;i!:
sengers to them,= saying: "It is a great work z;:(.l$
~ I . Uj4:m
that I am doing, and I am not able to go down.' *1.:~~!1:1(1
Why should the work cease while I takc off from .r,h n: 9
13.1 4:15
it and have t o go down to Y O L ~ ? ' ' 'However,
~
2:5
they sent me the same word four times," and I OT"
.KG ::lo

i>zi?:

kept replying to them with the same word.:

q;g;;;:m
5 Finally San.bal'lat' sent his attendant t o me 'J,;';%.&
with the same word a fifth t h e , with an open ;,Zfi;z
letter in his hand? BTherewas written In It: r:;
INr&l'j
"Among the nations it has bcen heard,' and sSSt\
15:10
Ge'shemau is saying [it], that you and the Jews JIUI ;IS
are scheming t o rehe1.k That is why you nre L:!;$ij$?
building the wall, and you Rre bceoming n king ,Tc.!?,::'G
t a them," according t o these words. : And there ;
;
are even prophets' that you have appointed t o vA. rc~L'I~IO
h13-1

;:

NEHEMIAH 6:1%17

10 And 1 myself enterd the house of Shemai'ahc

the wn of Deh'iah the son of Me-hetPEze 3 2 4
a.kl
while
he was shut upadAnd he proceeded
4 pS
7 s T:l2
12 2
PS mj:2
to say: "Let us meeti by appointment a t the
Pr 2 6 2 4
house of The [true] God,& zvithin the temple,'
- I K ~6.5
e$Ei,i's:& and let us close the doorsmof the temple, for
,i$Jk;:o:6h 3 2 0 they are coming in to kill you, wen by night"
But I said:
*Pr 28:l they are coming jn t o kill you,"
l:51 "Should R nlan like me run nmay?* And who i
s
2Ch 26:16
2ch26:19 there like mc that could enter into the temple
nDe ls.20
and Iive?k I shall not enter!" l2 So 1 Lnvesti~ e 1:;~
r
gated
~ ~ ~ , " ~ ~ ~and
1 , here it was not God that bad s e n t
him," but he had spoken this prophecy against
me as To.bi%h and San.bnl'latV themselves had
:qr;?iy
Eze 2:6
hired him." For this renson he had been hiredt
SJob 5:21
V J Z S . ~ : ~in
~ order that I might be afraid' and do that
y Pr 22:;
wayU md I should certainly sinv and it should
Ec7.1
%jer18:18
~4~ 22:15 certainly become In 1,helr possessiIon a bad repu$:?2,, tation,>'In order that they might reproach me."
*Ne 5:19
14 Do remember,' 0 my God,a To.bi'ahAand
,
,
:
,
,
Ps140:8 San.bal'Iat4according to these deeds of his, and
CIsa 8:3
4.4
also No.a.di'ah the prcrphetess21 and the rest of
Ps 22 1
PS 63:1
t
h e prophets' that were continua1ly trying ta
Lye 4:3
make me afraid.
? y e 2:10
.;Ps 51:18
15 At length the wallm came t o completion'
r f i e 1317
*Ye 6.7
, ~ fifty-hvo
rsa 9:15 on the twenty-fifth [day] of E ' l ~ l in
J v r 14:15 d
aW-*
exc4:1,
16 And it came about that, as soon as all our
;g;:;$.
ltNe2:lO
Ne 4::
enemiesk heard [of it] and all the nations that
~e B:I
were around us got to see it, they at once fell
)]Ex 14:25
very much in their own eyes rind they got to
JOS 5:l
Ps 126:s
know that it was from our God11that this work
A,5:m
rXe 5 ~ 7 had been done. l T In those days also the noblesr
,,,, ,,,
a "The [true] Cfed." N, l~n.KTl,o,kim'; L'Jcllo~&,"SF. b " E l ~ l . "
3cr36:5

:?:z2:'j1

call out concerning you throughout JemsaIem, ; f2

saying, 'There is a king in Judah!'* And now I>E.-.!Q
things like these will be told to The king. So na\rr f;;f
;:':.&
J!! 12-?-1
do come and let us consult togcther."t
.IIJ':
h:41
8 However, T sent t o him, saying: "Things z$:r;
f:;8
such as you are saying have not hcen hrougl.rt
about,u but it is out of your own heart that you ;;;yb3;;;12
are inventing them.'lV T o r all of them were: try- *;Y~~;B
ing to make us afraid,P saying: "TheSr hands2 r.:r ; y
1%1 ,lh:3
will drop down from the work so that it will not I, \n I I : I U
%cc 11):11
be done." Eut now strengthenh my hands.'
9(:0 12:0
Likrlly, Ga3h.m a', M. b ldStl-engthen" (limperntire), 11 ; "I
The pM-captirity tllanle of tIw wirt11 J c u i ~ taonth,
~
falling in the
strengthened," LLTTgSy.

z;;;.',

second half of August nrd tbu flrrt hnlf of Scptea~ber.

of Judah were makhg numerous their letters

that were going to To.birabaand those of To.bl'ah that were coming in to them. ' T o r many Jn
Judah were sworna to him, for a son-in-law he
was t o Shec.a.niJaht h e son of A'rah,! and Je.hoha'nan his son had himself talran the daughter
of Me.shullamu the son of Bere-chi'ah,' l%lso
good things about him they were continually
saying before me.y And my own words they
were continually taking out to him. There were
letters that To.bitah sent t o make me afraid.=
And it came about that, as soon as the I ! ~ ~ E "
had been rebuilt,"I at once set up the doors:
Then there were appointd the gatekeepers0and
the singers' and the Levit@.' And I went an to
put in command of Jerusalem 14a.na'ni' my
brother and Han-a-ni'ah the prince of the Castle: for he was such a trustworthyk manb and
fearedn The [true] Godc more than many 0th.
ers. SO Id said ta them: "The gatesr or Jerusalem should not be opened until the sun gets
hot; and while they are standlng by they should
shut the doors and bolt
And stationC
guards of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, e a d ~
one

at his own guardpost and each one In front of

his own house."t ' Now the city was widet and
great and there were few people inside it, and

there were no houses builtu

5 But my Godv put [it] into my hearty that
I should collect together the nobles and the
Litrl-nlly,"owners (lords) of an antb," M,b Or, 'In Inan of truth,"
M, "The [true] God." M, krr-El.o.lrl'mP,the definite nrticla ha
The)') preceding the title Bl.o.!iinr' for t h e snltr of empllasie.

j$I,v xm.r=lnLAnYgSy; "be," 31. a "Stntion," l I L K I j *.Iafationed," V g and one Hebrew mnnuscript. Litihmll~,
"spn&ousou
both sides," M.

deputy rulers: and the people to get themselves

genealogically~and I proceeded to find
k*EEzr
;: 5:s
;;? enrolled
the
book
of genealogical emllment' of those
Ezr 6:2
:re 1:3 \who came up at tile first. Then I found written
8 ?KI24:lQ
2Ki
in it:
2Ch 36:13
6 These are the sons of the jurisdlctionaln
J
+%
; 4$i:;
districts who came up out d the captivityAof
the exiled people whom Nebnu.chad.nez'zarbthe
Jer 393 king of Babylon" had taken into exile' and who
Jer 52:15
EEzr 2:1
later returned t o Jerusalem and to Judah, each to
PEzr 1:11
Ezr 2 : 2
his own city;" those who came in with Ze.rub'H a g 1.1
H~~ I:U ba.bel,' Jesh'u.a,cnNe.he.mirah,
A~.a.ri'ah,~
Ra-ag,"P4*j4 rnirah,eNa,hamta.n1, Mor'de.ca1," Bil'shan, MisP2
1
pe-reth,r Blg'val, Ne'hum,~Ba'a-nah.
The number of the men of the people of Israel:
2.c 3-1
The
sons of %'rosh,n two thousand one hundred
1;Em 2:2
llEzr 2 3
and
seventy-two; t h e sons of She~h.a.ti'ah,~
Ezr 1055
K F I O : ~ three
~
hundred and seventy-two; I " the sons of
rEsr 2:4
A'rah,~six hundred and fiftytwo; I1 the sons of
Ezr 8:s
sEzr 2:5
Paphath-rno'ab,P of the sons of Jesh'u.ac and
Jdab,u
two thousand eight hundred and elght;!
mr10:30 een; ia the sons of E'larn,' a thousand two hunh'e 1034
U E 8:9~
dred and Afty-four; I q h e sons of Zat'tu,r eight
c E z r 2:T
EZT E:T
hundred and forty-five; " the sons of Zac'cai,';
Ezr 10:26
yEzr2:S
seven hundred and sixty; the sons of Binfnu.i,*
,E,'
g
3?jn six hundred and forty-eight; la the sons of BeBe'*Ezr 2:10
Ez,,:,
hi,' six hundred and twenty-eight; " the sons
LIE$ g! of Az'gad," two thousand three hundred and
dEzr2:la twenty-two: '"the
sons of Ad.o.ni'k~m,~
six
Ezr 8:12
+Ezr 213 hundred and sixty-seven; lUthe sons of Bigtvai,*
+ E m 2:14
Ezr ~ 1 4two thous~ndand sixty-seven; 2o the sons of
e ~ ~ Atdin,@
~ ~ six
i hundred
~ 5 and Afty-flve; the sons of
=lCh 9:1
Ezr 2362

"JurisdictionaI district," 31, m4di.trnk'; YE,"province," b'Pab~!arq"LLXXPPg;L'Ba'bel,v >[By, 'L41csus,t'LXX,d "Se.rairah"a t

Ema 2 : 2. * LLRerel.ni'nti"at E m 2 ; 2, + "Miu'pnrt' a t Ezra 2 :8.
g "&'hnm"
at Emo 2 : 2.
a

A'ter,' of Hez.e.kitah, nlnety-eight; the sons of ?

;;

the sons of Sho'bai,* a h n n M and

thirty-eight.
~IJ CQ0:2
~B B ; ~ 46 The Neth'i.nIm;an The sons of ZZi'ha,r the
Ezr 2:M sons of H&su'pha,f the sons of Tab.ba'othP
~ E I 2213
P
B E P2:4.1
~
d 1 the sons of Ke'ras," the sons of Sira,ba t h e sons
PG the men of Beth'le.hem8 and Ne.to'phahlt a :,
&?,, tEzr2:45 of Papdon,* ihe aons of h.baJnah,tthe sans at
hundred and eighty-elglzt; 4 7 the men of An'a- ~~!!,,$~~L
ub
2 4 8 Hag'a.bah,t the sons of SaYmailu the sons of
thoth ," a hundred and twenty+ight; the men ;$nz2;2.R
Ma'nan," the sons of Gid'del,' the sons of GalY
,
of Beth-az'ma.vethhy forty-hvo; 2 7 the men of ' G*c ..l,r.
vmr ~ : 4 8 har,v the sans of Re-a'iah,' the sons of Re'zjn,r
Mir'i-ath-jeta.rirn,y Che.phirrahs m d Be.erroth,* %':.%?
iczsa:oo the sons of Nc.kotda,"61 the sons of Gaz'znrnlr
seven hundred and forty-three; ""hc men of Ui::;&-!"
the sons of Uz'za,' the sons of Pansetah,'bi the
Ra'mah" and Ge'ba,L six hundred and twenty- ~ ! ~ ~ . ' $ " ',,:,,e
,
,
:
, sons d Be'sai,' the sons of ofe.utnim,=the sons
one; the men of MSch'rnas,@ a hundred and 41;>.':j,':
the
A E Z1nl
~ ~ of Ne.phush'emsfrn,cn5 s the sons of Bak%ukIA
twenty-two; the men of Beth'el' and Ati," a ~;r;l;;,;;
sons
of Ha-ku'pha,"the sons of Har%ur,"B+ the
hundred m d twenty-three; ""the men of the z;:;j:go
sons of I3azPlithl" the sons of Mehi'da, the wl~o
other Ne'bo,"fifty-bo; the sons of the other -.i&
1&5
+13r2:53 of Har'~ha,"~the sons of Bar'kas; the sons of
E'lam," a thousand two hundred and fifty-four; 52; $!:$7
Si~'e.ra; the sons of Te'mah; Id
the sons of
5$:$2
S"the sons of Ha'rim,l' three hundred and dven- -2;:;:;l:,';f
JI:3:x
Ne.zitah,"
the
sons
of
Ma.ttFpha,*
XErr 2.54
ty; ."I the sons of J e r T c h ~ three
,~
hundred and C;.2;k;i;
*11il3:21
1.;~
11,3
57 The sols of the servants of Sol'o.mon:"
forty-five; :" the SQns of Lod,r Ha'didwnd O'no,t
The
sons of Sottai,* the aons of So.phetreth,k
,
;
,
,
seven h u n d r d and twenty-one; :IH the sons of --, ~T ,~ !) t~Y:"
2r : : ~
the
sons
of Pe-rl'da." the sons of Ja'a.laPnthe
Se.naFah,u three thottsmd nine hundred and - E r r :.,s ,:,,n
sons
o
f
Dar'kon,"
the sons of Gid'det," *O the sons
n g ~ L'..II
r
thirty.
k war 2 *:?I!
the sons of Wat'til,' the sons of
,m
1:67 of ShephGa.ti'ah,T
39 The priests: The sons of Jeada'lnhvof the ;fbl;f:i:E
Po'che-reth-haz.ze.batirn,r
the sons of A'monmrr
house of Jeshpu.a,&nine hundred and sevenly- :;;'.rf,f;r'l
'*''All
the
Neth'i-nimm
and
sons of the seweiz$z: ants of Sol'o.monl were the
t h ~ a e ; the sons of Im'rner,~'a thousand and t;,;;;
three
hundred and
lch
Jos
9:fl
9:a
fifty-two; the sons of Pnsh'hur,a R thousand ;$;iy
Err 2.M nhnety-two.
N e 32G
two hundred and rorty-seven; the sons of E : L ~ r u : ~
t i K l !I 21
*!1'h 31.4
61 a these were the ones going up from.
Ha'rim," a thousand and seventeen.
Ezr 2 "i
Lzr 2:s'{Gl
Tel-rnelah,~
Tel-har'sha,~Cherrub,uAd'donu and
UEZC 2%
43 The Levites : The sans of Jesh'u.a,a of ?;;$ii!;"
Im'mer,~~
and they were not able to tell the house
Kadtmi.el,'3of the sons of Ho'de-vah," seventy- :g::::fi)
of their fathers and their origin,P whether they
four, The singers,] the sons of Nsaph,l a hun- !;;~;;;7
2:80
of Israel: b? t h e sons ofDe.laPiah; t h e sons
dred and forty-eight. *"he
gatekeepers,' the eJrr
& F , ~ P2,12
a;:4
sons of Shal'lum,mthe aons of A'ter,' the s o u of n ~ c !PI7
h
a Or, i'tonipla slaves." Literally, "given onoa,jSI
!, CornP we Nn~ubew
Tal'mon,' the sons of Ak'kub'k t h e sons of k:!hyi!?5
3: 9, footnote R. b"8i'n.h~" nE Ema 2: 44. a "Sc.phn sim" nt Ezra
2; : 60. d "Pazluth" at Ezra 2 : 52. * " l ' e . r ~ ~ ' d a ' h tEzra 2 : 55.
liAPluilF
nt Ezra 2 : 57, K Literally, "seed," R9,
Harshurn,* three hundred andl Wenty-eight;
23 the sons of Be'zai,l( three hundred and twenty- II
kl-:zr
nl,:dr s:':IS
:17
four; "the sans of Ela'riph," a hundred and r,Jil.cll:tn
twelve; the sons of Gib'e.on,r ninety-five;

*m2* Wa.tl'ta,x

:.zi!$k

,:,

,, ,:,

;$?;h; ; ; , 4

NEHEMIAH 7 :72-g
kJOb

Bar.zilfIai,*who took a wife from the daughters 4 2 ~ a1 ~ 7

19:31
of Bar.zil'laiA the GiIfe.ad+iteand came t o be 2Sa
2s a 19 :39
called by their name. 6d These were the ones that ,1Ei2"1::i,
looked for their register, t o establish their +E;rz;\2
genealogy publicly, and it was not found,O so gey;713
that they were disqualified for the priesthood,' ~:~;:;63
" Consequently the Tir.sha'thaae said to them :Ue IO:I
that they should not eat" from the most holy "LL", '221g
things until the priest with U'xim4 and Thurnt- ,
;
! igik
mimk stood UP.
k1Sa
Le 8%
28:G
66 The entire congregationb as one group $,"&
was f orty-two thousand three hundred and ,'&;!ji5
m:as
sixty,n 87 apart from their men slaves' and their tps
Ps 148:12
slave girls, these being seven thousand three uga;"9:24
hundred and thirty-seven," and they had two J e r 5 3 7
hundred and forty-fivec malet singers and fe- ;$F&%
maleu singers.
Their horses were seven bun2;17 I
dred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred L$h2&
and forty-five.] d V me camelsy were four hm- $;; $
;;
2:67
dred and thirty-five. The assesz were six thou- *Ezr
m u 7.2
sand seven hundred and twenty,"
Ezr 1.9
ANu 17:2
70 And there was a part of the heads" of the
;gk gi;~ 11I
paternaIA houses that gave to the workm4The +Ezr
OEZ~~:M
Tir.shartha' himself gave to the treasure a thou- fie 726563
sand gold drachmas,@fifty basins,fsfive hundred {:
and thirty priests' robes.w1 And there were @g;$ij?j2
i25:15
some of the heads of the paternal houses that 2K'
1 C h 2817
gave to the treasure for the work twenty thou- x~ tg
sand gold drachmase and t w o thousand two I s a 2 2 : ~ 1

::-

hundred silver mi'nas.a" T 2 And what the rest of

the peoplek gave was twenty thousand gold
drachmasb and two thousand silver mi'nasa and
N:B sixty-seven priests' robes,
73 And the priests" and the Levitesr and the
gatekeepers8 and the singerst and some of the
people and the NethY.nimcu and all Israel took
,pJ,2,:z0
up dwelling in their cities.v When the swenth
Yz,";$;:
Ezr3:1
zEzr 2'70 month arrived,y the sons of Israel were then in
+JE m:1
their cities,~
Ac 2:46
Ac 4 2 2
And all the people proceeded t o gather them0% Y:26
h'e 8:3
selves
as one man* at the square that was
h'e 12:37
aEzr 7.6
before
the
Water
Gate." Then they said to Ez'raa
Ezr 721
laer 8:s
the
copyist1
to
bring
the bookg of the law of
12Ch 2 4 5
Moses,* which Jehovah had commanded Israel.'
lsa 8.20
+De 4:5
ne sr:$ Accordingly Ezprathe priest" brought the law
before the congregationd* of men as well as of
rvomen"
and of all intelligent enough t o listen,"
eaf;;;
2
on
the
first
day of the swenth month.' "And
#&3;+;9'
AC i5:al
he continued to reads aloud from it before the
k l P e 3:7
nrsn 2 s : ~ square that is before the Water Gate,t from dayrLe 2224
h'u29:1 breaku till. noon, in fmnt of the men and the
82;-&:5 women and the other intelligent ones, and the
earsv of all the people were [attentively t o the
LN,e,$i?, book of the law. And Ez'ra the copyist kept
,A,c,Z,;123 standing upon a wooden podium," which they
?;%1;,31 had made for the occasion,B and there were
standing alongside him Mat.ti.thiPahand She'ma
4',:$
;;;
and Amai'ah* and U-ri'ah and fil.kirah and
Ma.a.seirahD
to his right hand, and at his left
$,",hfE;g
Peadaitah
and
Mish'a-el and MaI.chi'jahL and
:$; :$%
a Sixty itc'nas = 1 talent, See 1 Kings 20 : 39, footnote a, Or,
2:69

of To.bi'ah,v the sons of Ne.kotda,Y six hundred vEzr

y Ezr 2:80
2:48
and forty-two. 8a And of the priests :z the sons zlch24:1
'Ezr 2:61
of Ha-bai'ah,' t h e sons of H a k ' k ~ z the
, ~ sons of ER",~~T;;IO

The Persian title for a prepnor 04 a jurisdictional district, b LXX,

ek.kls.xircr. a Only two hundred at Ezra 2 : 66. So~neHebrew mnnusnriripts and L,YXTrg add these words, as found in Enrn 2 : 60. * Or,
''~EIP~cs:'
See 1 Chronicles 28: 7, footnote b. Or, "borvls."

:4

:zgt5$

:s:f;1"8

"dnrica." See 1 Chronicles 29 : 7, footnote 11. Or, "temple slnves?'

IiternBl~"given ones," Co~npnreSumbers 3 : 51, footnote a. d L X S ,
e k . f i l ~ . a.
~ a lAterallpl "word, s a ~ i n gor,
, thing."

Ha'shum4 end Hash-bad'da-neh, Zech.a.ri'ah oN&?;n

N O IO:VI
[and] Meehul'lam.
+Lit4:17
5 And Ez'ra proceeded t o open' the boaP ba 9];h3$:;23
fore the eyes of all the people, for he happened I,;. :;&
to be above 1111 the people, and as he opened
$$1;tt";3
it all the people stood up,'" Then Ez'ra blessed' P( 72.19
Jehovah The [true] G0d,e the great One, at k~h up6I: :~n~ t
which all the people anstvexed, "Amen! Arnen!IBkk: gT;:e
with the lifting up of their hands.)' They then ,"zp$j,fn
bowed lowr and prostrated* themselves t o Jeho- r?$2:g,
vaho with [thek] faces to the earth.t 'And 2 ~ h l ' r 1 8
I
J c s h ' ~ . a and
' ~ ~ Ba'niv
~
and She.lse.bi'ah,\lJa'min, GJob:
BE\ -1:31
Ak'kub, Shab'be.thai,r Ho.dirah, Ma.a.sei'ah," t E: 8.?lF

Kc.li'ta,* Az.a,ri'ah, Jorzn.bad,I H ~ ' n a n ,Pe.laT-,

~
$!
I R ~
even
, ~the Zevites, were explaining the law %
;
to the people,cAwhile the people were in a stand- y;;yi;:b
ing position. And they continued reading aloud ;!,.: :;:i:
from the book,from the la\\?of The [true] God,a -E/r ~ ~ 2
lrl
It being e ~ p o u n d e d and
, ~ there hcing a puttingf Kr7r111.
H:33
of meaning [into it], and they continued mak- %, : :/,i;:',
ing explanation in the redhg.O
AbLe ~111.11
~:I.EO
9 h t l N@.l~e.mi'ah,+
that is, the Tir.sha'tha? ':I:\:&!
and Ez'ra" the priest, the copyist, and t h e i,Uj?:i"
Levites" who were instructing the people pro- :;;J$
ceeded t o say t o all t h e people: "This very da;
i s holy t o Jehovah3 YOUR God.1cDa not mourn $,;jh.,,
wolr m z 5
G!I:10
or weep,"pn For all the peoplc were weeping as pF$
li
,r
5er 1G5
they were hearing the ivtords of the 1aw.t' And .GJr>';';
211:3
he \vent on to say to them: "Go, eat the fatty WrCh
kte S;i.2-l
things and drink t h e sweet things,a md send ~r21aP lti2;:c 141 1
S3 8
portionst to the one for whom nothing has ~a ~El 0v2b:ll

c:zg

z;:,

):

"The [tlve] God." 3T, ha-ETao.lrin!', b 'LJe~uni'

L X X . a Or, "instructing tho people in the law." dl'The [true] God." 31, ItctEl.o.kinr"; Sy, ' ~ J c h o ~ d i ! Or
' "interprebd." "'Putting." T l ~ cverb
in tllc 1 lnbrcn is in the in&it/ve ollrelul~Lm, hennr is imprnollal
nac7 inrlcfiuite as ta time.

been prepared, f ~this

r day I s holy to our l[iord,&
and do not feel hurt, for the joy of Jehovah is
LlPSa8:8
YOUR fitrol~ghold.~'~"~
And the Levites were try'xH13m ing to stilly all the people to be silent, saying:
I "Keep quiet! for this day is holy, and do not feel
hurt." l2So all the people went away to eat and.
drink and to send out portionsy m d t o carry an
great rcjoidng,l for they had understood the
:zgEQ
job 2,:12
words
that had been made known t o them."
Ps 19:s
PS 119:14
13
And
on the second day the hcads of the
Pslf? 104
~hl:~:la
fathers of all the people,' the priests and the
pr 2: IG
P3119:la
L~vites,aathered themselves together to &%aA
the copyist, even t o gain insight into the words
I r Then they found wrltten in the
=:&h6gJ3 of the
731 law which Jehovah had commanded by menns of
C Sc 8::
L U 2.1:32 Moses that the sons of Israel should dwell in
S k'.r F1:3
-bza:.12
booths" d u r l n ~ the festival in the seventh
UP 16:13
I l.ls
and that they should make pmclamamonth:
Jut1 7:?
ate 23~3-1 tion' and muse a can t o pass throughout aIE
their cl ticsc and throughout J ~ ~ u s a l e saying:
m,~
:i;b,i$28
"Go
out
t
o
the
mountainousm
regionk
and
bring
F;;Yc?;:l
e in oliveSl leavm and the leaves of oil treesr1
<l7r 52:8
and
k J E 9:h4
rc:e P : I ~ myvtle leaves and palm leavesr and the leaves
of branchy trees to make booths, according to
!a. lJ~o e
13:M
~1 2 : ~

,E72z:s

what is written."
16 &-id the people proceeded to go out and
bring [them] in and make booths for them,;,',;gai9
lIc1 .i:12 selves, each one upon his own roof4 and in their
ZCh c9
Z C ~ ~ ! : S courtyards and i
n the courtyardsc 61 the house
2Ch d:5
of The [true] Godhand in the squareF1of the
wNeS:l
vhre
rqe 83.26
:;
'
Water Gatev ~ n in
d the square of the Gate of
Mc 1237 E'phra,immCY
I:
Thus
all the conzrcgntionu of
sp, 60:T
those
who
had
come
back from the capljvity
~~~1,14&3
, 11:2
?sn

*'Our Lord!"I,
A.do.t~imr with the prononlilial s u f i for "our";
TgSy, r'Jehovah." bddThe bruc] God," M, fro-El.o.Birn';Syr "JP~Iosnh." "Ec.de'~i.s,"L L d ' g .

made booths and took up dwelling in the booth^,^ fH;:72

bless your glorious3 name,u which is exaltedv
'9
~~X1~$LI
f o r the sons of Israel had not done1 that way' 'JOS
above all blessing and praise.
Ezr3:4
1:~
PS 7a!l9
ps
1455
from the days of Joshuaa the son of Nun* until
6 "You are Jehovah aIone,Y you yourself
$&b$fr26
VIKI s:n
oJob
that day," so that there came to be very
have
made the heavens,' [even] the heaven0 of
great:A;~h;g;;
;;;;~;5
rejolcingP IS And there was a reading aloud of ZC!I m o
o~s24:10 the heavens,* and all their army,"a the earthh
2Ch 30 23
OJob %:I6
the book of the law of The [true] Godb day by ODe 3 ~ 1 2
.D, ~ - 1 and all that is upon it,b the seaso+and all that
day,Gfrom the first day until the last day,*and .&D,',$$%
:z1$3::;tis in them,' and you are preserving all of them
they went on holding the festival seven days, xc$;;g
alive,' and the army. of the heavens are bowing
:
and on the eighth day there was a solemn asReld:lf
down to you. ' You are Jehovah The Etruel
;
;
i
;
:
$
;
*De
10.14
sembly according to the rule.*
*Ne 8:2
1Ki 8,27
who chose Arbram"and brought him out
kJ 20 28
WGe 2.1
of Ur of the Chal.detansn and constituted his
AGe 214
And on the twenty-fourth' day of this ";&&,?
name Abraham.' 8And you found his heart
month* the sons of Israel" gathered them- rE%;:,
faithfa1 beforeyou;a so there was a contracthgb
selves together with fastingn and with sack- ;J",",";16
&%
:?;
of~ the
clothor and dirt8 upon themselves. And the zSa
*
$
~
:
~
; ~ ~covenantt with him to give [him] the
~~b l:2
222
land of the Ca'naan.ites, the Hitttites, the Am'seed of Israel proceeded t o separatet themselves
kGe12:L
nGe 1 1 : ~
tp;,s,:;
~ c 17:s
e
or.ites and the Perriz.zites and a e Jebru.sites
from a11 the foreigners,cuand to stand and make up
Isas 12%
44:~
sGe 22:12
tce 12:2
and the Gir'ga-shites, to give [it] t o his seed,"
confession@Vof their own sinsy and the errors of :pe%;i;
Ge 22:18
uGe 15.18 and you proceeded to camy out your words,
their fathers.= Then they rose up at their place'
vGe 15:6
because you are righteous.'
and they read aloud from the book of the lawc $
Ac 7:U
9 "So you saw the aWiction3 of our fore;
:
,
$
;
OPs25:18
of Jehovaho their God a fourth part of the day," zg;Zj'3
fathers in E g y p t , ~and their outcry at the Red
and a fourth part they were making confession"^^ g:4,
g: :&?& Sea you heard." l aThen you gave signs and wonand bowing down to Jehovah their God.'
d e n against Phar'ach and all his servants and
AODa
N e 8:3
9:m
all the people of his land,' for you knew that
4 And Jeshru.aa and Ba'ni? Kadtmi.el,Vheb- ;Fe5$
EX 1
EX
18
0:1
51
AEX 9:16
they acted presumptuously against them," and
a.nifak, Bun'ni, She-rebyah," Ba'ni [and] Che- ;g;,2::,40
sos 2:lO
P, 83:18 you proceeded to make a nameAfor yourself as
na'ni proceeded to rise on the platformk of the Ne 8:4
at this day. llAnd the sea you split before
Cg!~:l
Levites and cry out with a loud voicen to Jeho- nj3:0,:19
them,'
so that they crossed over through the
:"1::ii
vah their God. And the Levites Jeshtu.ad and K;$!f
Ps
midst
of
the sea on the dry ]m~d,+
a d their purPEx
15:1
Kadlmi.el, Ba'ni, Hash.ab.nei'ah, Shembi'ah, gh7:&43
suers you hurled into the depth?? like a stone'
2e;y;;;9
Ho.ditah, Sheb.a.ni'ak [and] Pefh.a.hi'ah went Bh!,"izp
13:5
in the strong waters.' l2 And by a pillar of cloud
15*10
on t o say: '%EE, bbless8 Jehovah YOUR God , ~ ~ ~ #Ex
you
~
l them by day," and by a pillar of fire
I ~~
E Xl j ;
: ~
~ led
from everlasting to ever1asting.t And let them gil$:"2t

,,,,:,,
4z+:;10

: ; +

KEY

"The [true] God,'! M, ha-El.o.kina?, the deflnite artiole ha

llreceding the title El.o.ltiwa1 for the sake of emphasis. b L'Contract@gi' The Hebrew verb here is i n the infinitive absolutE and henee
w impersonal and indefinite as t o time.
a

Ye.slt~&'a',M ; "Jesus:' L X X . Compare Joshua 1:1, footnote b.

"The [true] God." Ai, hu-El.o.him> SF, "Jchorah." Literally,
"sons of foreignness (or, a foreign ceuntry),'> 31, *'Jdcsns,'j LXX.

"

663

NEHEMIAH 9 :19-25

,Eze20:7 and they went on to cornit great acts of disby night," to lightr up for them the way in ngz;;$
*>-u Skza
ISa 12:22 respect,' '"yo,
even you, in your abundant
which they should
l 3 A n d upon Mount SI';i;';I;;
k fu 4ir:a
IrZu Y:I5
mercy did not leave them in the desert.' The pilnaic you came downt and spoke with them out
Nu 14:14
of heavenu and went on to give them upright
lar of cloud itself did not depart from over them
I > R 4:s
A{:X
rhu 11:17
judicial" decisionsv and laws of ttrllth,~good :;;$i&:f
Nu 12:m by day to lead them in the way," nor the pillar
sEs 16:15 of fire by night to light up for them the way in
regulationsZ and commandments.* And your ;;, I : ! , ;
Jos 5 2 2
20:s
which they should go.rLucJh d your good spiritr
holy sabbathu you made known to them, and yz,"l;;2:'~ t NUeU 8:13
PB
103:41
you gave to makc them prudent, and your mancommandments and regulationa%nd a law you
aPs SE.24
~;;;gs
uEx 16:33 naO you did not hold back from their r n o ~ t h , ~
commanded0 them by means of Moses your arub
:n:12
Nu 1.123
and water you gave them for their thirstVL
='And
servant.* l5 And bread from heaven you gave :::Eii!j'
De 2:;
l b P Y 31:lO
them for their hunger," and waters out of the
for forty11 years you provided them with food in
sDe 29:5
fDe 8:4
crag you brought forth to them for their thirst; :!(;TiI?;I
Jos 10:s the wilderness. They lacked n0thing.v Their very
Jor 123 garments did not wear out,^ and their feet themancl you went on to say to them to enter' and &;,;;f-; Ps 1m:44
CJos 1123 selves did not become s w o l l ~ n . ~
possess the land that you had lifted your hand
I-?,la
LSU 2
1:n
nI:r
x u22:16
11..1.1
De 2:31
[in an oath] to give to them,k
22 "And you p r o m d e d to ~ l v e
them king<Nu 21:B
+Nu21:33 doms' and peoples and t o apportion them piece
16 "'a
they themseIves, even our for+ :CE?:Ea
Ps 135:14.
fathers, acted presumptuouslyn and proceeded
IfDe 3:13
by piwela so t h ~ they
t
took possessfon of the
i:i$t
Ps 136:M
to harden their neckrand they did not Iisten to t 1% 7H:l
land of Si'hon," even the lnncl of the king of
WGe 15.5
:at 2t7
Ge 22.17
your commandments. l7 So they refused to lis~v x ; ; ?
, ~ the lnnd of Og* the lcing of Bat1 C h 3:23 H e ~ h % o n and
~ J O 3S9 7 shanBe" And their sons you made as mmy as
tenHand they did not remembert your wonderful ~~:sl;'l~~fl
1cGe 12;7
Ce 13~15 the stars of the henvens.' Then you brought
acts that you performed with them, but they
Ge 15:18
Elardened their neckUand appointed a headv to 7.;:31f: .I .AI
Ge 178
them into the Iand" rvhich you had promised
Ge 26:s
return to their servitude in Egypt.&But you e:'z<?i;'
nriu l4:31 t o their forefatherdc that [they] should enter
,;lo8 21:43
are R Godb3 of acts of forgive'ness,Y graclousZ :'>:!-;:
Jos 21:45 to take possession. 24 SO ehelr sonsn came in and
d
o s 18:l
and merciful,* slow to angeP and abundant" in ;":,t3ttI;,
took the land En possession,' and you proceeded
tJos
u
l
C h !&:I8
loving-kindness,c and you did not leave them0 ,;py,:
to
s~tbduebefore them the inhabitants of the
rJos l2:7
)Ps M . 2
Yes, when they had made for themselves a +:u ;Y I
land,a
the Catnaan.ites,L and to give them into
zJos 11:16
molten statue of a calf3+and began to say, 'This cil;' ;:!I!,"
Jos 1l:ZU their hand,u even their 3tingsY and the peoples
+XU1328
is yclur Godd who lede you up out of E ~ y p t , P!'2:~$&
D e 3:5
of the lancl,y t o clo wiih them accoding t o their
De 9:l
liking,^ "And they wcnt cnpturing fortified
CDe
8:7
"'111 Egypt,' LXX and some Hebrnv manuseliptaj "ilr their raEze 20:6
citiesbnd ~l Sat soilu and tnlriny; in possession
I~ellion," X. haGod." El.o'ak, n i ; o f vhich El.o.kim i~ the plurd,
ADe 19:l
CDc 6 2 1
Orl "Iayal love." "God?: 31, El.o.kim', tho plurnl n n m b ~ r09
l
thlnjisIhcisterns hewn
*Xu 1624 houses full of ~ l good
RI.n nk, 3mt referred to by the singulnr tlc~nonrrlmtive prtrnoun
W o s W:13
vineyards*
and
olive
grovesmnnd trem" f o r
x n e 2@:19
"'tZiisil ( i e k , Rebrew), hence being only the I)II~~RIof PXCCIII~IICPnnd
*ne &:lo
food
in
abundance,
and
thcy
began to esP and
divine powers. Trip, &'US;
LAZY,"gods'' ( h n i th~.oi'), L'olr~para
kHo 13%
and to grow fat1'and t o luxuriate
nDe 31:15 to be satisfied1<
Nrnrlns 32 :4. footnote d. ' Z e d . " This II@brenrrrrf, i s in tllr sinwZsn 6 2 0
Inr nu~uber, showing thst E1.a-him' be1.c i s sinptlnr in akent~i!kg,
'
rJer 31~14 in your great goodnes~.~
1 k 4 l

z::

tl~jc

26 '%owever, they became dlsobedientm and :;f+~?&

rebelled against yout and kept casting' your law u;Tg$f
behind their back,' and your o w n prophets they ;$ g:5
killed,* who bore witness against them to bring
;;;..J,: 14;$
them back te you,^ and they went on commit-$
3
ting acts of great disrespect." "For this you 2J8.it3 WIT
gave them into the hand of their adversaries," gfl?y;F1
who kept causing them di~tress,~
but in the !;;; ;l,lr7
time of their distress they would cry out t o you" JK 3.14
and you yourself would hear from the very dh1n:io
ti95
heavensa and in accord with your abundant &; 23::;
mercy' you would g-ive them saMor@who would
i.!,
save them out of the hand of their advenaries: $>:?
28 "But as soon. as they were a t rest they *EA
*
would again do what is bad before you* and you p;:,
would leave them to the hand of their enemies,
who would tread them d0wn.k Then they would J' y@:1,?~ ~ 1 2
return. and call t o you for aidr and you your- n$t~iiy
self would hear from the v e ~ yheaven@ and de- ?
,; ,j;
liver thew in accord with your abundant mercy, R $ ; ~ 4 4
time and againt POAlthoughyou would bear IKI hem
fn!15
witnessu against them to bring them back to t IS41
~ IIGAS
.
your
they themselves even acted presurnp- uE:$2!l
tuouslyy and did not listen t o your command- v ~ i h ~ ~ ! ; ~ O
rnents," and against your own judicial decisions";tl;X:;?
they sinned,o which, if a mann will do, then he pg;;
must live by means of thernbwAnd they kept Z I 3~ 13
giving a stubborn sh0~Ider~
and their neck they *CJ;1 r ~ '' 115
I~adened'and they did not listensa '*But you :;f' :;.$
were inddgent with them for many years' and !?f;>,i
17.23
kept bearing witness" against them by your eJrr
*Ps3C.lC)
spiritk by m e w of your prophets," and they ;E;I;T$~
did not give ear.= Finally you gave them into i,,,b 3 , l a
the hand of the peopIes of t h e lands.8 1And in :;,","iPi1'
your abundant mercy you did not make an ex-1Ak
Or, 'hu earthling." M,a d a d . b Or,"bein them!"

:"

7;:s

:C
-1

of themt or leave them,u

t ~ B ~termlnatfon
, ~ ~ ,
uric 4:31
nr: 51,o are a Go& graciousVand mercifu1.Y

for you

32 "And now, 0 our God, the great,r mighty*

and fear-Inspiringha God,a keeping the covenantA
and loving-kindnw,c0 cia not Iet all the hardship that tins found us,"our kings,' om princes"
;<.
.+'J 1'5
and our pricstsmnand our prophetsk and our foreoTjc
?;c .'.1.L
fathers" 'and all your people from the days of
Z I ' Y NH
the kings sf As.syr'i.a"own
to this day,'wrn
? lCL b 29;
$1111 11 L
little
before
you,@" And you are righhoust as
31 It 7 18
regards ail that has come upon us, for truthu is
*J~)Y -:
11
621i1 23.33
2;;11 what you have performed, but we are the ones
tthnt h ~ v acted
e
wickdly.v 34 As for our kings,~
I;':$$4
our
princes,Qur
priests' and our EorefathersF
!$;:
1 2 l i l ]?:fi they have not performed your law," nor paid
I>fr 7.17
r E z r ~ l 3 attention to your commandments~or to your
t ( i v IH,LR
l'.ulllr:197 test imonlesO+wlth whlch you bore wilmesse
i l l ! C I &7:21
against them, And they themselves-during
VI.V 2b:4,1
:,j,!j: i!jAB theiro kingdom* and amid your abundant good
'1%" 2'12
thillga'' thnt you gnve to them and in the broad
r-1 'r l M . 0
~ n fat
d Innd'c that you made avaiJable for them
;j;;&l$+j
*~li~
t
i i they
l ~ did nclt serve you!' and did not turn back
W21cl 17: 13
K I 11!:<6 from their bad pract1ces.r 3 4 Look! we are today
l l < l 14:y
m ~ r . W : 4 7 slaveslH and, as for the land that you gave t o
!:Ef<$'j'5 our forefathers to eat its fruitage and its good
look! we are slaves upon it,t and its
$
!;;things,
;;
rx
F:ZC
' h 9.9
]:':a
prod~lceis flboundingL1for t h e kingsv that you
U I I V 21;:;~ have put over us because of our sins,y and over
r C7.r .I.I,#
our $odFes they are rulings and over our domes1.s
z1.r i,h,.ltll
ZA;I~
tic ~ n i r n a l sac~ording
~
to their Iiking,%d we
5 s
am in great distr~ss.~~
baa
4L.21
1 29
38 "SO in view of all this we are coritractingg
"~1011.'' >I, El. Or, "rcvrrr~ad." a Or, "loyal lore." d Or, "relrCl6.13
r . 1 , ' ~3!8

2 6 1 13'29
$:I. tl 33.9
I ~11)3
. ~M
% t l r7 2 1
p5 4; 2

.:I#,

PI

~ninrlcrs;rxho~tntions," * 'FTh~ir,'VnlT'g;"your," L-XCSy and two

JIcbrcw mnr~~~scripta.
f In !lu lIebrcr%*
text chapter 9 ends here.
Lilcrnlly, "cl~ttir~g,"If,

667

a trustworthy arrangement,' both fn writing

%&
3:31
and attested by the seal7 of our princesrn our SEor rr lu:3
ox,. 1n.1
Levites [and] our priests."'
*?; 10:29
Now attesting it by seal" there rvere: ',if:.i,l:j:24
Ne.he-rni'ah' the Tlr.sha'ths; the son

NEHEMIAH 10:29--34

;LT$g :Neth'i .nimar and everyone separatlnga himself

fmm the peoples of the lands to the law' of The

[ b e ) God,Vtheir wives, their sons and their
daughters, everyone having knowledge [and J
underStandingta 28 they were adhering to their
SDe
h43 r ,lr
brothen,"*their rnajertic oncsr4and coming into
of Hac.a.litah,"
.~~:~~~?I< V C I 'I
And Zed.e.ki'ah, a Se.rai'~h,n&.a.r$%ah, Sere- ;y;;,1:./; ;FeFF [liability to I n curse' and into an oath,O to walk
CPs 19:7
in t h e law" of The 1 tnre] God," which had been
:m
rnlah, Pash'hur,'Amna.rfpah,Mal,cM'j~h, Hat'- I 'YP 2ID:SZ
I I D 6:l
~
rDe ~r:l given by the hand of Moses the servant of The
tush, Sheb.a.nikah, Mal'luch, l-la'rim,d Mer'e- li
, v 12:l.;
SDC123
EX 3 4 : ~ [true] God,"* and to keep1<and to perform all
moth,t O.ba-di'ah, 8Danlel,u Gln'ne.thsn, Bar'- 1!j',P&33
De 7 3
the commandments of Jehovah5 our Lordcn and
uch,v 'Me.shul'Zarn, A.hitjah, MiJ"a.min, W~a.aCP* 18:8
zi'ah, Bil'gai [artdl She-mal'ah, these being the %$",';j
$;g his judiciaI dmisionsr and his reguEations,a and
v"'".m
that we should not give our daughters to t h e
priests.
Isa 5313
vfu=:ffi
peoples of t h e land and their daughters we
9 M50 the Levites: Jeshy~a.ac~
the son of S o 3 IS
; c u 23:11
Le2X
should not take far our sans.'
Az.a.ni'ah, %inPnu.izof the sons of Hen'a.dad,* oetr :! .ia
2 C h 36:n
Kad'mi.eln lQ and their brothers Shehba.ni'ah,d
*ne 15.1
31 As for the pcoplcs of the land'! who were
Ne 5:12
Ho.di'ah,*Ke.li'ta,' Pe.la'iah,* Ha'nan,9 l M i f c a , !Ij?:*r;,'i:zs
PGe 2 6 : a bringing in wares and every kind of cereal on
Re'hob, Hash.a.bfrah,* l a Zac'cur, She.re-hi",* ?:;A9
the sabbathYday to sell, we should take nothing
agP,g:l,
Sheb.a.nifah, l 3 Ho.ditah, Ba'nlM[and] Beml'nu. ;
them on the sabbath or on a holy day,Y
2t ;3;$ from
,;;:;
and
we
should forego the seventh yeara and the
14 T h e heads of the people: Pa'rn~h,~
Pa'hntll- 1$$,r.rTf;?
;w%
;3i29
t 124 debt of every hand.'
rno'ab,n Elam,r Zat'tu,n Batnl,t '"~m'ni,
&'-I ri57r2.7
*Le2:1
Le z 3 : n
gad,u BePbai,v l6 Ad.o.ni'j~h,drBig'vai,UA'din,*'u l ~ aim!o
32 Also we Imposed upon ourselves comrnandBXU 2&:9
rL : l 2
XU 29:6
ments
t o give,' each of us, a third of a shekel
A"ter, Hez.e.ki'ahbDAz'zur, I' Ho.dllah, 1-1s'- V E Z ~2:11
Heb 1RIl
shum," Be'zai, "Ha'riph ," Ada.thoth, Ne'bai, $
. K U ~ S : I ~yearly for thc service of the house of our God;
:
:
:
j
:
33 for the layer bread' and the constant grain
MagPpi.ash,Me.shultlam, ELetzlr, ?* Me.shez'a- f !,;; $2;
$%
offering'. and the constant burnt 2 ofPering of'
be], Za'dok; Jad'du-a, Pc.la.tiPah
ah,o Ha'n an: :;;ri5;9
cps 2 0 ~ 3 the sabbaths,@
the new moons; for the appointed
A7nai'ah," ?"o.shcpa,
Hm.a.nE 'ah, Was'shub, ,:;,B;:.,
n Eza 40:1
* ~ 2e3 : ~ feastsuand for the holy]<thin& and for the sinm
? + Hal.lo'hesh,k Pil'ha, Sho'bek, ?%e'h'hum, Man 'NP s:ir E s 29:X
a y e 323
kte2:lO
offeringsn to make atonrmcntg for Israel and
shah'nah, Ma.a.seiFah, " ~ n dAnhl"ah, Ha'nan, 1 ~ N e3 12
Le 22:14
irI.:zr 2%
Atnan, 27 Mal'luch, Ha?lrn,t7B~'a.na11,~
n L e 1 6 : ~ dl the work OE the Rouse of our G0d.r
1 R / r 2:2
rPCh 24.5
34 Also the lotsmwe cast concerning the sup28 As for the rest of the people, the priests,b $fli' :.$ slCh24:5
tLe
Le &.
1:7
plyd of the woodl that the priests, the Levites
the Levites,=the gatekeepers,u the singers,' the $'fr?j7:0
Lit~rnll;r,"and upon what mns senlrd o f our pri~leen,"hI, b Literm Or, r4empIe slnves.'' Literally "giren an~s,'qM. Compare Nnm~ l l y"And
,
npon the anes senled," 3I. a "Jcsurr, J,SX, d Appnrcnthr1-a 3: 9, footnote a, "The [trur] (10rl.~) 3L kn-El.o.lsim'; Sy,
1;r the eaine as Ad.o.ni%am in I.:m2 : 12, The snnlr na Jo'rnk n t
"JeI~ornh." "hrd.'' M, A .do.* int '; LXX, Kdri-as; Trga Dn'nt'lcs;
11

10

3GT;:,>

* x e 133

rye 8:2

7s 477
Lisa 141
x ~g 513
'De 27.26

~1q:ar

'

,$;:z$

't:;

?&

-.a-

Em 2: 18.

Xa'rr,

Or, "oflering."' 31, qrtrn.bnrl.'.

and the people should brhg to the house of our

God, by the house of our forefathers, at the
appointed times, year by year, to burn upon the u t e B:*
I s a &6
altar" of Jehovah our G&,u according to what Cvl-e
A:13
Is mitten in the 1aw;v S%and t o bring the first" ;E;b:;$
Y 2319
ripe Prufts of our groundGy and the first ripe rr;:
J. W?26
fruits of all the fruitage%f every sort of tree,l $:%;;I
year by year, t o the l~ouseof Jehovah? $"and ,I,, 19:ls
the first-born of our sons' and of our domestic .I;:'!$
animals,' according t o what is written In the
b:i3
law: and the first-born" of our herds-and
of Ly\
an, is:a
our flocks: to bring [them] t o the house of our opu2AT!
A

God, to the priests that were ministering in the 'Ije 1~

house of our G0d.O 8: Also the first fruits of our "&
;:''
coarhe meal' and our contributions" and the i"N':i"1"5:G

kXClr 22:11
lCLl

27:22

3Ctt 29:8
2Ch 2-L:10

ZTh 329
Exr 10:14,
Xv 9 2 2
I I X P 7:4
Pr 12:?:3

I . J I ~1H;IO
A

TCh 24j:13
N+ 111:3*1
OJK2tl;lfh
Ilsu 4 x 2
I c c i 5:':L
N L 4,s

> I 1 27:55
u l C h 9:Z

vllr? 7,1:13
Job 3I:2fl
vJg 5:3

i ~ ;:6e

'E2.r 2:t

t l ( ' h R:2
LICIT B : l
CI.:2rl:TO

*No7:73
*F:sr 2:JS

of the people had thelr

In
for the
11Narv the prlncesk
in one

dwelling
Jerusalem,n and, as
rest of the people, they cast lotsr to bring
out of every tena to d1veI1 in Jemalern the holy
clty,c and the nine other parts jn the other
cities,u "oreover,
the people blessedv all the
men who volunteeredy t o dwell in Jerusalem.
3 And these are the heads of the jurisdictional
district;"who dwelt In Jerusalem;' but in the
cities of Judah there dwelt, each one in his own
possession, in their cities: Israelj4the priestsb
and the Levites' and the Neth'i.nirnm and the
sons of the servants of Sol'amon."
4 AIso in Jerusalcrn there dwelt some of the
sons of JudahQnd some of the sons ol" Benjnrnin,k Of the sons of Judab there were A-thnl'nh
the son of Uz.zirnh the son of Zech.a.rirah the
son of Ama.rirah the son of Sheph.a.tl'ah the
son of Ma.hal'a.le1 of the sons of Pe'rez;n and
M~.a.sei'ahthe son of Barruch the son of Colho'zehr the son of Ha.zai'ah the son of A.daitah
the son of 3oi'a.rib the son of Zecln.a.rirahthe
son of the She.1a'nite.l' All the sons of Pe%ezn
who were dwelling in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight, capable men,
Tg And these were the sons of
Sallut the son of Messhullamtthe son d 3ded
the son of Pe-dai'ah the son of Ko.lairahthe son
of Ma.a.seirah the aon of Ithri.el the son of
Je.shariah; and after himc Gab.ba'l [nndl
Sal.la'irdnine hundred and twenty-cfght; ' and

2:5S
fruitage of every sort of tree,k new winen ancl ! : ~ ~ ~ ' 8 : ~Err
NP 3:7(i
18!'
N c 7:GO
oil' we should bring to the priests t5 the dining '"@
r E z r 2,.-<5
haIbRof the house of our Gad, also the tentha' tfg:;&
r i p 7:57
M I c'k : 4
from our mil t o the Levites,t as they, the Le- i E i
1<1Ch0:3
11.r.;~. *::'$
FU 2[<:2[1
vites, are the ones receiving a tenth in all our ek:,z$
4:18
agricultural cities.u a 9 And the priest the son of Uph\";:4RLL
1Ch ?7:3
ny:
I:?
Aaron must prove to be with the Levites when "Is' 3:s
rhc 3 1 5
the Levites receive a. tenth, and t h e Levites
themselves should offer up a tenth of the tenth
to the house of our Godv to the dining halls)'
eGe 3%18
ca 49:n
of the supply house.* For it is t o the dining jk3f ;ijg
Jog 1R11
halls* that the sons of Israel and the sons of the IC1",,1$$:
358 0:1
tlCll U:7
Levites should bring the contributionu of the
12:17
grain, the new wine" and the oil,+ and there is
where the utensils of the sanctuary and the ,dg,":$::g
priests that were rninlsterhg; and the gate- f;: y5y
26:l
a Or, "tern~dsdnves." Literally, "given ones," If. ~~~~~~~~~o h'umhers
keepersm and the singers' are; and we should e1Ch
MlCh 26:6
3 : 6, foot not^ n. b "She.l~'nitc," hy n nnrr~ctiono f tlw vows1 points,
*Nta 13:lQ
not neglect the house of auc God.#
Fs 1 2 2 9
Coit~pnroNnml~ers26 : 20. "Shi'lo.nitc," 31. t"Anrl his biaottlcr.r,"

;y<zs3:?l

Or, 'Btitbemn

I d . X ~ r , ~ ~ " ' ( l l aedition,

n
d Po~uibly,hy n eometion of the FTcllrew
h x t : 'knnd bib brothers, mighty men vf valor." Compare verse Ua.

NE-

11:l&19

670

671

Joel the son of Zich'ri, an overseer over them, yg:f;:o

and Judah the son of Has.se.nu'ah over the city VICII
2457
yIC11.9'11
as second.

z l r h 6:~2

10 Of the prists: Je.daPiahuthe son of Jai'arib,^ Jn'chin,'

Semi 'ah the son of Hjlmki'ahy*Ir'h
OI~II 6'12
9.18
the son of Mashul'lam,' the son of Za'dokL the $;:;F$ig
6011 of Menratiothythe son of A.hittub,' a leader 1,ijr 10:s
7:-TI
of the house2 of The [true J God;" lZ and their 3'~.-it:.TI.tl9:4
9-12
Lsrothem t h e doers of the tvork of the house," lc.t, 24:s
eight hundred and twentytwo; and A.dai'ahA IL'LI 15m
the son of Je.ro'hamA 2lrc on 01 Pel.a.lltnli the lcL1
T : I F 10:16
23:24
son of Arn'zi the son of Zech.a.ri'ah the son of ;l;t~!;Fcf;4
247
Pash'hur: the son of Mal.chi'jah,- and his 1:rr
-r W : M
brothers, heads of paternal houses,@two hun- c*
+ u.3:m
JC-r20.1
dred and forty-two, and A.mash'sai the son of' !,.rug I : I ~
AzPwr.elthe son of Ah'zai the sen of Me,shil'le- ~ ~ ~ $ z
moth' the son of Zm'mcrr,* m d their brothers, +
!,$::
mighty men of valor,'<a hundred and twenty- $
;
eight, and there was an overseern over them,
Zabtdlmel
the son of the great ones.
t~t:h R:IS
I5 And of the Levltes:r She-rnai'ahs the son ,:1y4;",81i25
of Was'shubs the son of Az.ri'kama the son of
,;:;::,
W&qh.a.bi'aht the son of Bun'ni, l" and Shah%- ;.;r,f!:=
,
.l1411s:la
26:20
thaj" and Jo'za.bad,'"f the heads of the Levites, 3klc.11
over the outside buslnessy of the house of The $;);;0;14
ltrue] God;a l7
and M ~ t ~ t a . n i ' ahirnself,
h~
the
*g;3;3i; is:4
son of Mi'cah the son of 7 ~ h ' d ithe son of O;V~
A'saph," the conductorr~
sf the praise [singing'],:
did t1ee lauding at prayer: and Bak.bu.kitah was ;?$*! 2,:;
secoi~dof his brothers, and Ab'da the son of m;j;!;;;;13
Sharn'rnu.a the son of Ga'laI0 the son of Je.du'- ;;;p5
thun.' zn All the mites in the help city were 31: 2353
r7b.h 2-21
two hundred and eighty-four.
I <.I\ Y :IT
19 And the gatekeepers* were Ak'kub,' Ta1'- ;:?&$:

NEmmma 11:20--30

brothers who were keeping

* ~ ~ manm
~ ~ ;and
J their
~
t+ 22:23 gmrdk in the gates,~~
a hundred and seventy-hYo,
kt's P1:lO
1C:h :%:I3
20
And
the
rest
of
Israel, of the prlests [andl
"I1 &:I4
nrY!1P:Z
of
the
kvites,
were
in all the other cities 0f
s.711.c 9.21
E ~ V : ~ : T , I ~ Judah, each one E
n hjs own hereditary posses11

SIAnd ihe Nethtiqnirnnswere dwelling in

O'ppPle1,t and Zi'hn" and Gishrpa were over the

si0n.r
~z(:I,
Nr 327:3
91
Nr XI

, 20, :fi

Net h'i.nirn.a
22 And the ovemwl" of t h e b v i t e s in JcruSIC^ B:16
2c'l1?;:;4
s ~ l e mwas Uz'zi the son of Batni the son of
1c11
z5:1
.'*'Hashabyah the son of Mat.ta.nitahy the son
EI~-II
XP r
:'3.fi
..iri of Mi'caz of the sons of A'saph,' the singers?
t:<:h g:.'~?
concerning the work of the house of The [true]
I
FH
f3:;:,%:27 G0d.b 'S For there was a commandment of the
&;:&l"ing
in behalf of them, and there WRS a flxed
&
J m 1.1:la provision for the sin~crsas each day required?
*.I05 15:"l
:.in : . 3 h
And Peth.n.hi'ah the son of Me.shez'~.belof
'JJS
.bus la::!
I,, 2ti the sons of Ze'rah the son of Judah was at
slde of the king* for every matter of the people.
kj;?:?;~:
J O R I"::+
25 And as regards the settlements' fn their
ICI, ~ : L ' H
r ~ 121
. ::j L
flelds, there were some of the sons of Judnh
,,,,,
: ' that dwelt in Kir'iath-ar'bao and its dependent
lownsc and in D ~ , ~and
~ ib
~ ,dependent
I
towns^
1(-ll12.1
t ~ o is:+
s
and
in
3e.kaWzc.el'
and
its
settlemenis,
?" ~ n in
d
Ud6,%
J ( I"
lrb:.l.4
~ 4
Jeshtu.ao ancl In Moala'dahW
and in Beth-pcl'etIc
bull I 1: 10
and in Ha'zar-shu'altl and in Bc'cl--~he%ba'~
cTLn,
5 ;.
r:uc I.'.IX and its dependent town* Za mil in ZIklagS and
J,T
ls:?rr
yd;q;fijl
in Me.eornah and its dependent townsc 2Dandin
En-rim'mont and in Zo'rahu and in J a r ' m ~ t h , ~
yfl;q
in::+ J U Za-no'ah,~Adul'lama and their settlemen@,
J ~ IS::@
~ S
h'chish* and its flelcis, A.ze'kahn and its dcI
C J o r 15..m
pendent townsmeAnd they took up ctmpjng from
Ism 1;:1
4x1'

",,
,.';,,

: ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 : ~

-[true] God."
"The

"lrend!'

11, ha-El.o~Aim'j Ry, "Jehornh."

b Literally,

' "temple slnvea."' Lite~dIy,"airen onca," M. Compare NumOr,

b lLTkro [~IZIR] God!' BL, lia-~l.o.hdvlr'; Sy,

' " d o ~ \ ~ a h , ~ "Literally,
}
"rind ller dfiughtem," M. d Prohal,lg tile
bante na Ui.mo'nah of Ja~hun15 :22. * "Jcsas," L X

bere 3 : 0, footnote a,

673

NEHEMIAH 12:l L 2 6

m 2 a-ri'ah,' Je-ho-ha'nam;
for Rlal'lu.chi,a' Jon'aBe'er-she'ba clear to the valley of Hin'n0m.d *$'g
31 h d the sons of Benjamin were from Get- !;,";if
than;
for
Sheb-a-ni'ah,"
Joseph;
>"or Ha'rim,"
:g&
Ne7:42 Ad'na; for Me.ra'ioth, Hel'kai;
ba,bMich'rnash' and Ai'jag and Beth'el' and its ,1;:;;::;8
for Id'do14
N e 105
4Ezr 614
dependent towns, AnJa.thoth," Nob,k A.na- rGe 2k19
Zech.a.ritah;for Gin'ne-thon, Me.shul'lam; for
24
ni'ah, 33 Ha'zor, Ra'mah,]~Git'ta-im,r 3"a'did,
A.M'jah,' Zich'ri; f o r Mi.nYa.min,b
for
d,:,",'$:
eNe "2:s
Ze.bo'im,t Ne-bal'lat, " Lodu and OrnoTV
the valMo.a.dilah, PiKtai; lafor 13il'gahje Shamtmu.a;
Iey of the craftsmen. aG And of the Levites there ;;g;g1,
We726
for She.mai'ah," Je.honra.than; lD
and for Joifawere divisions for Judah and for Benjamin.bc ;$;i~;$z
rib,= Mat.tepnai; for Je-da'iah; Uz'zi; " for Sal%%$ti
2:33
lati,# Kal'lai; for A'rnok," E'ber ; a1 for Hibki'&h,#
And these were the priests and the Le- vEnr
y~~i-3:s
;{;g;:::,
l,o Hash.a.bitah; f o r Je.da'iah,* Ne.than'e1.
vites that went up with Ze.rub'ba.bely :$FCi;:
SNU17:2
22 The Levites in the days of E.lila.shib,k JOYthe son of She-al'ti.ele and Jeshru.a:O* Se-rai'ah,' Lz2f;;FB
a+da"
and 30-ha'nanr and Jad'du.ar were recorded
l2:14
Jeremiah? Eztra,m Arn.a.ri'ah,ln Mal'luch,w wNe
,g;;
$?jf6
ZE7r 5'1
Hag 1:i as heads of paternals houses, also the priests,
Hat'tush, Shec.a.ni'ah, Re'hum, Merte.moth,
Zec 1:l
z e c 7:l
down till the kingship of I)a.rifust the Persian.
Idrdo,' Gin'nwthoi, A.bi'jah," "2ijFa.rnin, Ma.a- 1rNe li;l~
ulCh 9:14
di'ah, Bil'gahSk She.maikh,k and Joi'a.rib,n
23 The sons of Le'vi" as heads of the paternal
7lCh
I C 23:24
1~5 ~ 1 2
N e 12:2l
s
l
~
i
1
4
:
l
g
Je-da'iah," Salllujd A1mok,r Hil.kirah,S Je.da'- ..Qon
housesy
were recorded in the book of the afr 2:2
ZKi W : 5
iah,a These were the heads of the priests and pal~',I
I C n
~:24 fairs7 of the times, even dawn till the days
Zec 3:6
of Jo.hatnan the son of E.lifa.shib, z4 And the
their brothers in the days of Jesh'u.a.o"
Zgz::ig
Zec 6:11
Ne 10.11
8 And t h e Levites were Jesh'u.a,cf BinTnu.i,@
h eads of the Levites were Hash*a.bi'ah,"She.rep:&$o
Ne1a:8
Kad'miel," She.re.bi'ah,# Judah, Mat.ta.nifah,k +
3Ezr 8:33
cEzr 240 bi'ah* and Jesh'u.ad the son of Kad'mi.eln and
Ne12:a
over the giving of thanks, he and his brothers. GE ?h2i
their brothers opposite them to offer praise
LICh 23:l
FDe
33:i
O And Eak.bu.kirahn and Un'ni their brothers "E
[and] give thanks according to the command$
i
O
+1Ch 9:15
Ne7:43
rnent
of David4 the man of
guaM grotlp
were opposite them for guard duties. lo Jeshru.ac *Ne
X
e
I
2
:
8
10:12
Ne 13:13
himself became father t o J ~ i ' a - k i r nand
, ~ Joi'a- ,2;,r2,:z;5
E I C ~ 9:16 corresponding with guard group. 2WTat.ta.ni'ah+
kim himself became father to E.li'a.shib,a and 2 c h 2 0 : ~
and 3ak.b~-ki'ah,O.ba.di'ah,' Me.shul'lam, Ta1'Nc 11:17
rnon," AkfkubWere keeping guard as gatekeepE.li'a,shib to Joi'a.daht l1 And Joira.da himself nNe
12:23
EE
became father to Jonta.than,u and Jonfa.than i:f:1'iZt
ers,# a guard group by the stores of the
~ d c 26:l
*~cli
ZB:I~
h
nNe 12:10 ZB These were in the days of Joi'a.klmn the son
himself became father to Jad'du.a.u
txe
N e 31
1328
rEzr 3:2
of Jesh'u-afrthe son of Jo'za.daks and in the
62 And in the days of Joila.kimr there hap-2;$::;:;
aEzr 3:s
tNe 8:9
days of Ne.he.mitaht the governor and Ez'rau
pened t o be priests, the heads of the paternalv ;gk 5;;:
.,T:B
houses: for Se.rairah,rMe.rairah: for Jeremiah,' y~;r;%~6
the pxiest,V the c0pyist.y
Han.a.ni'ah; l3for Eztra,z Me.shul'lam; for Am- zNe 2 1
B L'Nal'luch,'l ~ ~ ~ A B L l t a ~ a r edition.
d i a n 8 li)[ij'a.mid' a t Nehea
geU Ei~r-naw';Vg, cal'le E~'nom.See Joshua IS:16, footmiah 12 : 5. c The nufie is e r i d ~ n t omitted
l~
heye in the Hebrew test.
ONe

12

,, ,:,,

.
-

note b, and the Appendix comment on it at page 859, Toluule I.

"For Judah and for Benjamin," L-IXLaga~dianedition. "Jesus,"
L X S . Probably the same as Bal.lati in Terse 20.

'

rrJe'su," L X X . e '&Theman of God." 81, idh ha-El.o.kinnp; Ifternlly,

"man of The [true] God." See Dcateronoaly 33: 1, fournote a.

r r J e ~ LXS.
w~

27 And at the inauguratlonz of the wall of epb"d%j,

Jerusalem they looked for the Levits!,"to bring ,;r,.f:,
them out of all their places to Jerusalem7 to
; 5.13
carry on an inauguration and a rejoicing even k$,~;:zAnch
1vll.h th anhgivingsc and with song,' cymba?s8:?/;
3 14)
l and1 string instruments' and with h n ~ p s IPCI-II
, ~ 1.CI:II
== And the sons of the singe1.s proceeded t o gathm ;!IjI',7,:;:$
er themselves even from the District,"' from all ;c&t;$8
t~roundJerusalem and from the settlements of 1 ( . ~ 1x:5.1
9 Cf,
the Ne.teph'a.thites," =*and from Beth-gll'gnllc 1 I . h7:ZIi
Itdo3 5.9
r~ndfrom the fields of Ge'ha" ~ n A~'rnn.veLh,~
d
Java 1.; 7
for there were settlemenb that the singers had :[
'!: j;:ii7
l~uiltfor themselves all around Jerusalenz. 311And $;rl,!.!l
the priests and the Lwites proceded t o purifyH
ihemselves and purify the peoplet and the gates" :&I;+;
and the wall.'
2r11: :a ?4
LF/i- 1, ,'I
; ~ r ,1 :r~
31 Then I brought up the prInwsr of Judah aI ~Il.l>
!K3
upon the
Further, I appoinvledtwo large ur\: r 13:10
il~anksgivingchoirs* and processions, [and the ;;"(I:I?~~I
one was walkingla to the right upon the wall at 5::
the GateD of the Ash-heaps,h8?And Ro.sh~i~flll
E;:;!iu
and half of the princesAof Judah began to wallt :kl;il$L&
hehind them, 38 also Aza.ri'ah, Ez'1*a4and Meshul'lam, S t Judah and Benjamin and She.mai8aR $;q;4!
N.-2: 1 3
N.?3: L,J
n11d Jeremiah; 95 also of the sons of the priests a:,Lh
s
with the trumpets' Zecl~.a.ri%ah
the son of Jon'athnn the son of She.rnairah the son of Mat.ta- *~ji;l,'~?
ni'alt the son of Mi.cajfah the son of Znc'ct~r':;,:;;,
t h e son of Arsaph,' " and his brothers She.mai%lz
and Aztar.el,Milra.lai,Gilra.lai, Ma'ai, Nenthanrel~tw;!-; J ( * L 2;
I3 : s
and Judall, Ha.narni, with the instmtments* of $E?'I%
Ain (::5
song of David the man of God;al{ and Ez'rnJlthe kJol
J d : ~
copyist' before them. And at the Fountain :EFs7j1
%(;,+

;;:;so

,:
P::rz!

Infierted to balmee ffith verse 38.

U~usllpc ~ l l s d"the Dung

Ctate," iTTlie man of God? 31, ibh kn-EI.o.kdma'; liternrlp "man of
The [true] God-'' See Deuterononly 33: 1, footziok a,

~lrTe2:14
t Ne

3l5

u2Sa 2 7
2% 5:9
v X e 328
Ne 6:l
yNc 2231
zNc 3:11
*We 3:s

mKt 14:13
2Ch 2323

h;e X:l6

she 3:G
c2Ch 3314

Ne 3,3
zop 1:10
+Ne3
.
1

Jer 31:35
Zec 14:lO

ENe 3:l

,Ne 3:1
Soh 5:2
*Xe 3331
k S e E:3l
nlXi 6:l
EET6:15
Ps 42:2
rFs 4 7 9
tNe 6:4
uNu 1C1:2
J o s E:4

2Ch W:l2
VlCll 25:7
3-Ne 11:9
zPs 812
PS 100:l

Isa 1 2 6
'ZCh 7:5

Ezr 627

o n e X:U
1KiS:fifi

c2Ch N:X

Ps 9:2
PS 95:4
?Ex1J:XI
J t r 31 :I3

*Eih -:':I3
Ps 1.:932

FlSa .1:5
Ezr 213
*ISa 5:22
1Ch 9 : s
2Ch 31:ll
# X e 13:13
liNe 10:39
n N e 10:35
Ne 1G:37
].Me 10:38
Me 13:12
86s $ 2 6

Nu 1x19

De 26:2

Gat@and straight ahead of them they went up

on the Stairway' of the City d Davidu by the
ascent of the \v.r.all above the Howe of David and
clear to t h e Water GateY to the east,
38 And the other thanksgiving dlolry was
walking in front, and I after it, also half of t h e
p e o p l ~ uwn
,
the wall up over the Tower of the
Balre Ovcnss nnd on t o tlw 13raad Wdl,' "and
up over the Gate of E'phrabjrnumil on to the
Gate of thc Old ICity] A and clear to the Fish
Gategand the Tower of I.Ian.an'el- and the Tower of Me'ahmmd an to the Shwp Gate,' and they
came to R stand at tile Gatc of the Guard."
40 At l e n ~ t hthe two thankgiving choir$
m e ?.nst stand fit the house of The [true]
also I nnd half of the deputy rulers with
fl and the priests E.li'a.kim, Ma.a.sei'ahjz
Mi.ni'~~n~in,"
Mi.cajrnh, E.ll.o.e'nn1,Zcch.a.ri'al1,
Han.a.ni'ah with the tmmpets,ll ' a n d Ma.a.r;ei'ah and Sl~e.mai'ah,and E.lcba'zarand Uz'zi and
Je.ho.ha'nan and M ~ l . d ~ i ' j a hand E'Zam and
Erzer. And the s tngers'' with Xz.rn.hl'ah the over-

seery kept making themselves heard.=

43 And they proceeded t o sacrifice on that
day great sacrifice' ~ n to
d rejaice,l for The
Itme] Goda l~ErnseIfcaused them to rejoice with
great gladness." And also the womene md thz
children' themselves rejoiced, so that the rejoicing of J~rusnlcmcould be hcnrrl far away?
44 Further, thcrc were appointctl on that day
men over tllc halls' for ihc slercs," for the contribution~,~<
lor tlze nrst S~ults*ancl for the
tenths:'' to gather into them out o f d the fields 01
the cities the portlons [cnlled lor by] the laws

"The [t ue] sod." If, kn-4;l.o.Aim'; 8y, ",Jcllo~nh."b 'LMij'a.min''

at Sehm ah 10 ; 7. C Or, "tithrs," Rt, d Or, "nccor<lingto."
a

N E H E W 12 :45-13 :5

676

for the priestst and the lev it^;^ for the re- hg;7$:iT
joicing of Judah was because of the priests Y~;;!~:l
and of the Levitesv who were in attendance.
3:2+2~
4 S And they began taking care of the obligatfonr p ' A:?
3r:~B
of their God and the obligation of the purifica- rLCh
* If'h 2;!5
t i ~ n also
, ~ the singers* and the gatekeepers,' 2>;:$[!,
acceding to the commandment of DavidL [and] ,$:!;
Sol'o-mon his s0n.O 4 T min the days of DavidI
and A'saphs in bygone time there were heads of .nc.tl;;$
sit ::o
m:*,t.r 3.2
the singers and the song of praise and thanks1.12
givings to God."*' And all Israel during the days k"Cp::?:
of Ze.rub'ba.be1" and during the days of Ne.l>e4,
rni'ahk were giving the portions of the singers" ~ 2 ;7;;;
;
and of the gatekeepersTaccording to the daily ;;;";;
need. and were sanctifying [them] t o the Le~ i t e sand
, ~ t h e Levites were sanctifying [them] :(y::;
I,,, .i:l~
t o the sons of Aar0n.t
VNO
I,U
J8::)
O 28
On that day there was a readlngu from h r 13:15
the bookv of Mosesy in the ears of the ;$;.;;:I
r~w:r
2:l
people and there was found written in it that the *Am
I )c 1:3:0
hm'mon.itez and the Motab.ite*should not come **~:!j"!!~8
into the congregationb of The [true] God' t o :;$;:
time indefmite,O for they had not met the sons 62;;;:;$
of Israel with breadAand with water,O but went j ~ ~ c ; i , ' l
21.8
hiring against them Eatlaam" to call down evil 'UU
hiGI;:
n
c
2
upon themee However, our God changed the ~ ~ l.'4, 1 ' 1 , 2 8
malediction into a benediction." So it came
about that, as soon as they heard the law," they
i!-?jg
began to separatek all the mixedn company from
l*;;;;:ll
Israel.
xc I ( , 2~
4 Now before this, E.li'a-shibr the priest in n<7! tkx II2:.'1B
IA
charge of a dining haI1S of the house of our God ,';::~!;?i$
was a relative of To-bi'ah;t and he proceeded ,;:::'l;;''
to make for him a large dining hall," where pre"h,",:!

z";!;)

:!

13

,r!t',;:
:;;
.

LiternTlyF1'athing of a day on its dny,'?T.

a

b '%i?.deW.a,'" LdXYVgf.
"Z'Lc ltrne] Gorl," X, I,m-EEa.himt; 6;r,'LJehor.nh,"'

vlously they were regularly putting the grain

the frankincenseo and the utensils and
*Nu 1 ~ the
1
tenth6 of the gmin, the new wine2 and the
t o which the LevitesCa n d the singers and
:pui4;4 oil,*
the aatekee~ersare entitId,b and the mnkibueach w:w tion' f or the priests.
M t 1 3 : ~ ~ 6 And during all this [time] I did not happen
*NF5:14
r
7.1
to be in Jerusalem,* for fn the thirty-mnd'
N c 2:l
year of Ar.hta.xerx'& the king of BabylonC I
*NO?:5
Nc 2 . 6
came to the king and some time later0 I asked
wr,, P, I
$;! leave of absence from the king.' Then I m e
to Jerusalem nnd got t o notice the badness* that
IE,",*,?::O
J3:5
Eb]i'n.shihlthad committed for To.bi'~h"by makt h l t P1:13
U I - : X ~0:3
in^ for him a 1mllr in the courtyard of the house
6z1. 10:l
r9~9 Q 01 The [I rue 1 god,^' And it seemed very bad
OM1 ''1'12
M Y ill15 to mc,u So I thl-emv all the furniture of To.kitah's Ilouse outside the dining ha1l.y After that
?
I said w11e word] and they purified"the dining
hall^, and I proceeded t o put back there the
*2(J115m5
7Cll %:I8
m r 1.7
utensils*
of the l~ouseale The [true] God,e with
ON<!33:s
the grain offerlng and the frankii~cense.~
L N ~IO.:ZT
I
No 3?:47
10 And I got to And out that the very portionsA
M
MRI
R s:n
~1 :R
trm s b : a ~ of the LevItes3 had not been given [them], so
1 Nu Y R : ~
that the Levitm and the singers dohg the work
.x, 5:s
went
running off, each one t o his own field.*
:
.
cca d1 !0 ~: ~affering,v
vNe

kc$,

ikl~$

2:1n

N o 4:1 I

Kc 7:s

rlSn 2 1 1
N+atl):m
)In1 3:lO
2'1 30

And I began t o And fault' with t h e deputy

rulersm and say: "Why has the house of The
[true] Gad* been neglected?""Consequently I

collected them tagether and stationed them at

their standing place. l 2 And all Judah, for their
part,
brought In the tenth*' of the graink and
,Nr :n
of
the
new winen and of the oiIPto the stores.a
9;:;

*LC

Eli 1H ' > i

1qAi7
I I L U 1H.12

* Or, '"tithe."

b Literally, "tbe oil, tbe mmmnndment of the M t e a

and tho ~iamrsnntl the gnt~keepcrs,"N. a *'Bab~lon,"L - W g ;
" B n ' b ~ l , ~EIFSy. d Jdtersllg, "mad nt the end o f dnp," 3L "The
[true] h 1 . 1 ' 31, hrr-El.a.h~m'; Sp, "Jehorah."

NEHEMIAH 13:13-19
la

678

Then I put Shel-e.mi'aRthe priest and ZaJdokf

the copyist and Pe-dai'ah of the Levites in

chargea of t h e stores, and under their control

A>(

to J e i u ~ l r m .

the sabbath? I immediately said [the word 1 and

the d o o ~ began
s
to be closed."I said further that
they shoulcl not open them until after the sab91:14 bttth: and some amy own attendants 1 stationed
kJcr 17.10
riJcr 17121 nt the gafesk that noburden might come in on the
sabbalh day.'^ Consequently the traders and
$
':
the sellers of every sort of merchandiser spent
n~~l,"~!?,,
the njght outside JerusaIem once and a second
fl:/.r 7 LR
I:n IJ 5
time. - : Then 1 prweeded to k a r witnesss against
11'P 2.14
, , ~ i i i : < : q them and say t o them: "Why are youspending
I t ' l l 1'-':12
nl-r, 2 ~ 1 : ~t h e night In front of the wall? If YOU do it again,
2Cl1 2J::V) a hand I shall lay on YOU."^ From that time on
,
they did not come on the sabbath.
;~;~,l$~~
l
3
22 And I went an t o say to the LevitesUthat
f1>1? 5:12
L '
they
should be continually purifyingv themN r I:! I d
NhbI:i.Jl
rJq I::LI selves and coming in, keeping guard o f the
gatesy to sanctify2 the sabbath day. This, aLso,
1
:
C I ' R 25313
do rememberyo my account, 0 my God, and
1%IJI 1
1 % 1:w;7
do feel sorry for me according t o the abundance
,
,
b E i r !i:2
,:,. ,:, 14 of your loving-kindness.bo
%C:oIj?
23 Also in those days I saw the Jews that had
4 I 51rrr: L
*I 2,5:3
given
a dwelling to Ash'd~d.ite,~
Arntrnon.ite+
N,,;l,,
'NB7:3

there was Ha'nan the son of Zaewr the son

of Matmtrt.ni'ah,u
for they were considered faith- tg;.c;l~~
N, l 1 . j 7
ful," and upon them it devolvd to do the d i s $2 /:iqls
ZICL
3(.7.2
1;'.7
tributingy to their brothers.
I4 Do remember me,z O my God, concerning
y22
this, and do not blot' out my acts of loving- $:1;,
kindnessb that I have performed. in connection
;;$
with the houseDof m y God and the guardian- p
I?r a:s
'
1
.
: ~ 31:O
ship of it.
L I P 9 I4
15 21those days 1 saw in Judah people tread- ??:ti>?
ing wine presses" on the sabbathG%d bringtng E;;rj,'$j?3
in grain heaps- and loadinp [them] upon asses; $:;;5;;:
and also wine,* grapessJcand figsn and every
sort of burden,O and bringing [them] into Jem. ;<;;;:;
:l:;&:!klh:30
salem on the sabbath day,= and I proceeded t o ZFU
bear witnesss [against them] on the day of "j.:i$';iJ?
their selling provisions, Is And the Tyr'i-anst Eyk?;&
:II:R
themsejves dweltt1 in [the city],c bringing in ENu'11 l.?::YJ
.J Or IY:<I
fish"vand every sort of merchandisey and mak- CJvb
1;LH
ing sales on the sabbath to the sons of JudaI~and Q ~ : r6:
I 1
*25rt Iii::l
in Jerusalem. l7 So I began to find fault= with k . 1 F~ 2
i l u 13:23
the nobles" of Judah and say to them: "What !,d,.rl?::?7
is this bad thing that YOU are doing, even pro- PE!\f$yI,,
faning the sabbath day? l e Was it not this way ,?;;T;:r,,
that YOUR forefathers didyo so that our God
brought upon us aIl this calamity," and alsoA,;$:., I$ 5 : I
t , c 1 -Y
upon this city? Yet YOU are adding 20 the rvvs
11 31
fiery anger against Israel by profaning tllc $;1?1::.
i i r , 4 14
sabbath."#
c S r 9:It:
19 And i t came about that, as soon as the1 tI h1 .u13.:!I~ ~1143
a "Then I put . . . in charge," L l ~ u g a r a l a ne43ltt0nSPP
b OrI "n I?$
of loyal lardf

gatesa of Jerusalem had grown shadowy before

6E*

Lihnlly, "Lit," in the femino gendcr, referring

10

Kclsa~inhclonplfitcs tlto ~rirlentctbnt the literal r i b of Jerusale~ti

11nd ttt-~l\.e gntrg, PPCH n~ flw bcarenly lroly city described hp John
tlw n l m q t l ~h a h t ~ ~ d rgntc.r,
c ! t l ~ l fnrning
a~
cncR o I the fom directions,
rpcatdetl nt Ti~vdntian2 1 : 1'2, 13. Enrtld~Jerusnlm's trrel~egates
were ira~n~d
: T'RI~Pc
Qntr (St*h. 2 : 131, Unte of the Ash-hespa (Seh.
? : 1 3 ) nncl ~ n n a ~ Cl,h-~
i n (Nrh. 2: 14) for t h ~nntllern
~
~ c c t i o nof
the pity; I I ' r r t r v . t ;*to (Srh. 3 : ?Ii),
1Iol~c[ifit0 (XCEI. 3 : 2 5 ) nnd
Ilrsp~~tiatr
(::~tu (Sdi. 3 : 31) frbr Ihr ~ ~ l h b l 'se~tirkt~
tl
or tlic city;
Gntr o r tlrr I;iinrd (Sv%r,
15: :{!I), .Clhrpp Cntr (Ttbll. 3 : 31) 3 ~ d
IFrsti C;nt~ ( N F ~3.: 3) Lhr t h ~nol.th~rsrsulrtinn of the pi@; and
lint@ol 1 1 1 Otri
~
ICifyI (3~11.
3: O ) , Clnlo nE Il:pl~i.niiu(Seh. 12: 39)
nnrl tllc. t'nrllc.i*G ~ i t a('1 ('limn. 2.5: 33) fnr the wcsLern sedition of
1 1 1 ~rit y. l'bc ~ n l e ntbe
~ ; li~trtli r i rn~~i~t~rrJnr.k~vke
ariler, starting
from tllc! l'n11~y Gntc jn tlw sonth fror~i~vl~irlj
Schcmiali had shrted
lrir ariginnl i~lillcctiontour. b OY,"loynl lore."'

NEHEMIAH 1 3 : W I

680

[and] Mo'ab.item wives. X4 As for their sons, z~mFf

h ~ l fwere speaking Ash'dod4te and there were
none of them knowing how t o spealc Jewish," y2g;g
h u t In the tongue of the different peoples,' *zeps:g
O n And I began to find f aultk with them and caU !$ $:
down evil upon themn and strike same men of 'EzrZj::,2,
themy and pull out their hair and make them tg;:;GI4
swear by G d : t "You s11ould not give YOUR
g
daughters t o their sons, and YOU shoitld not ac- ~~~y- ~2 p
1 6
cept any of their daughters for YOUR sons or VIKI 11~1
y~urselves,~
P8 Was i t not bccnuse o l Ehese that
&$i8
Sol'o.rnon the king of Israel sinned?v And emong y2yi,9i:,3
t h e many nations there proved to be no king like z$)gj;4
hirn;Y and loved of his God he happened t o be," ;k;;~;
so that God constituted him king over all Israel. exu
12171
l0:6
Even him the foreign wives caused to sin. t .Ezr
?-,%I
;r And is it not something unheard of for You ;zzg
ta commit all this great badness in acting un- %:.i0
faithfully against our God by giving a dwelling
KC 4:l
to foreign wives?"'
15:5
28 And one of the sons of Jol'aOdfi4
the son of @Isa
Jer 46.5
"Ps 101:8
E*li'aUshibh
the high priest was a son-in-law of PrZn:g
San.bal'laZ? the Hor'o.nite? So I chased him ~
~
~
away from me.'
kPS
L e54113
X:I
29 Do remember them: 0 my M,on account of the defilement" of the priesthood and ,y,";;71Q
the c ~ v e n a n tof~ ~the
~ priesthooda ~ n dof the Wr;-=&3
o b 31:l

ESTHER
Now it
e'ru~,~
1
ruling

+Fez;

r3Ial 2:.1
Lcvites.'
hTal2:8
30 And I purified3 them from everything for- ,R,!!,":2,j:!
eign and proceeded to assign duties to the priests
$;;.
and to t h e Levites, each one in his otvn work,t
3' even for the supplybaf the woodu a t appointed v>e 1 3 : ~
Xe 13322
times and for the first ripe fruits.
PB1C6.4
Darememberme,vOmyGod,forgood.~ $g;$'

z.;z&

"Priesthood," If; priest^,"

S g ~ ~ ~ L a s & r d ledltlon
"n
and

IIebrew manuscript, b Or, oofEerirlg,'t31, q1tr.ba71:

one

came about in the days&of Ahasnuthat is, the A+has.u~e'rusbvha

was
as king fmm 1n'di.a~' to E.thl.~'pi.a,~"
rover] a hundredAand twenty-seven jurisdictional districts,e0 [[that] in those days as King
A.bas.u.e'rusb was sitting upon his royal throne,"
which was in Shu%shanEthe castle," 93n the third
year of his reigning he held a banquet" for all.
his princes and his servants, the military force
of Persia" and Me'dl.~,t~
the nal,lrs~land the
princes af the jurisdictlannl districtsR bcfore
himself; 'when he showed thc riches' of his
gloriouso kingdoms and the splcndorl and 1 the
beauty of his greatness far many daysllL a hundred and eighty days. And whnn thcse days had
come to the full, the king held R b~nquetfor
seven days' for all the people t h ~ were
t
found
In Shu'shan the castle,P for the great as well as
the small, in the courtyard of the garden of the
~
~
~
king'sO palace.
=There
were I!nen,"ne
cotton
and blue1 held fast in ropes of flne fabdc,' and
rvool dyed reddish purplen In silver rings and

pillars of marble, couchesL of gold and silver

upon
a pavement0 of porphyrya: and marble and
Ipcnrl and Mack marble:
I

-Ocnesia 13:1, footnote

See

P.

""Ar.tn.xor%'~s,"TAXX,niflmnl

f r o m the Ahna.u.e'nls of Dsniel I) : 1 and Exrn 4 : fl nnrl tlir Ar:tnxerx'es af Emn 4 : 7 to 8 : 1; nnderstoorl to bt- XDTXFR,
ILC~~UIBI~

n,C,4Rfi.47-1, a 17, Hotl'd~; Sy, Hod; J,SX,

"llv 11i'di.nn (coun"1n'di.n." dUE.thi.o'pi.n," Tg; "C~PII," XSy. Or,

l L p r ~ r i ~ it'g.
~ t ~1~Or,
, v "fortress." A Tory hurt1 rork having R dnrk
parplislr-red groundmnss,

try)";

\'g1

681

ESTHER 1:7-14

6 82

7 And there mas a passhg of wine to drink*

L 10:21
in gold ~ e s s e l l s ,ancl
~ the vessels were different OIK
9Ctl 4:312
11:
1
5:2
from one another, and the royal nrhe'was in *>',. "11
great quantity, according to the means of the .If,h 2 9
35:8
kin^. As regards the time of drinking accsrd- *.IJvr
ct' 51 :7
:l.lnh
15
Stlg to Ihe law, there IYRR no one compelling," .[ IRb 22!16
9.11
for that n7asthe way the king had arranged for 1Irt::,
l:c ~ , , i
I.::.9:s
every great man of his ho~~sehold,
to do accord- 1-:-.
T:l
ing to the delight of ench and every one.
I ~;eI 21331
.IK 1li:x
9 Also Vash'til the qtleen herself held a b ~ n -1% 25:38
13:'IS
quctlc for the women a l the royal house that be- :?5n
n 'r 20:1
1,:1:
7:2
longed to King A.h~s.u.e'rus,~
I,:? 1n:ls
Kph 5 1 8
110 On the seventh day, when the I<jn~'sP.l<rl>
7;lY
rf;r:
heart'' was in a merry mood with n.ine,tb he 1 x 337~36
895
1 li 1 22:9
said t o Menhutman,Blz'tha, Har.borna, Big'tha 'St<l
921
121)::s
and A-bag'tha, Ze'thar rind Cnr'kas, the seven 21 i1A~33:;
court oflictalsr that were ministering t o the n::.
1:la
:1
pccson of King Amhns.ume'iuslt)
to bring VRS~I'-1,'p'. 2".I?
: ;5 : s
t i n the queen in the royal headdress before the tu~l5n
25:3
14:?5
l<ing.,l t o show the peoples and the princes her 2Su
I 'r. 31:M
P:/,tl 5 : 3
loveliness, for she was beautiful in appeara11ce.l' v11
3:l
19~12
" But Queen Vashtti kept refusing to some at y1I'rbrc.20,:z
the Iring's' ~vordthat was [conveyed] by means T1a ::I2
1:fi
of the court officials. At this the king grew K;i
I<N6:16
l
?
I
~
n
57:17
highly indignant'y and 111s very rage flarecl up zl;:.: 3!:19
I.:u R'2:22
within him.'
I > v2 3 2 ;
,.,-:.i
33 And the king procecdcd to say to the wise' 1I ,<,,+ ?r:5
30:;
nlcn having knotvledge of the timesn (for in *,1P5
I rri 2:iZ
This way the king'si matter [came] before all *;I*;
hlt 1:1
those versed' in law and legal cases, l4 and those 0 l(lh2:G1 2 3 2
h I t 16:3
closest to him mere Car,she'na, She'thar, Ad. A311
22:35
:33
ma'tha, Tar'shish, Me'rcs, Mar.se'nna, [and] 1,.1u.1 .;3:13
"

n " T l i ~ r aV:~Y o pnssing nT ~ r i n otn drink.'' The Rcbt.ow v~r,l)hcro

jr tnlcrn t o he in the i t t B n i t i t ~nh~nlntr,nncl lrenc~i s i ~ ~ ~ p c l a n in11d
rnl
ii~rlrl\nikcn i to time. "ilr.tn.xcr.u'rs," L E . '"l'E~nt IVCW illinistt ri~rg,"J I ; di~a'ko.~taE,LXX.

7:14

Me.murcan,seven4 princes of Persia ancl Me'di.8,

having access to the king,a+ [and] who Were

+2,y1%?$
P.c~:.I
sitling first in the kingdom) : "According to
Inwwhatist~bedone~withQueenVash'ti'~;
cause she has not performed t h e sayjna of King
'f'I,y[$ P.bas.u.e'rus by means of the court o ~ c l1sa? "*
l5

,,,,,,
,i",iJ;.;'R
I K L2- J

1:1
n A c 1b.14

i6ToUlisMe.mu'canlcsaidbeforethek~~g

and the prinees: "It is not against the king

alone t h a t Vash'tl the queen has clone wr0nKn

but against all the prhces and against 1311 the

peoples that are in all the j~wisdictionaldistricts
of King A.harsn.etrus. For the affair of the
queen will go out to ell t h e wives so thnl they
owners"'-3in tlipir own CYcs,
~ ~ ~ will
~ $despise'
; ~ thcis
a
when
they
say,
'
K
i
m A.has.u.eflushimself said
B:
:iQ
ufi Ptl:.r to bring in Vashtti the queen before hhn,
2Sn 11.:%
: , * ~ 1:k
J~~
: I I : ~ L she did not come in.' L*Andthis day the Wincesses of Persia and Me'df.a, who have heard
t h e affair of the queen, will talk t o all the
princes of the king and there will he glentY of
tEphs:33 contempt and indignation.' l o I
f to the king i t
nE91:21
ES 3:o
does seem good,\1let a royal word go out from
,rl:tfi:ls hispersonandletilbewrittenamongthelRWSw
of Persia and Me'di.~ that it n ~ a ynot P ? s
nwoy,Y
that Vash'ti may not come in before icing
7
A.h~s.u.e'rus;and her royal dignity let the Icing
give to a companion of hers that is better than
E l s n l 5 : z s shc is.~A"ncl
the decree of the king that he
*DB17:13 \vill make must bc hcnlyl' in all his realm (for it
U P 21:21
1s vast) and all the wives themselves will givea
n c sL.S
ICO
~ln

aZitrrnlly, "wcing thc ffnrc. of tIw king," 31, b " 0 ~ ~ 1 f i r ~ .Jr!

"'
b*'nS.iar'. a "11
nntl nll tho m-irm t h e ~ l ~ s ~ l will
v e s givr,''
Trb
I.t*'ktbl JTtrn,rtrakirrs Yitf0tl!r.'l'lir~-rnppvnrs to be nu nt!lmontibof tho
t ~ k . n g r ~ t ~ ~ ~ n(ifl;ll,
n t a n 1-3.IWT1) hnckwr-ardshere, sutl Lllr~@mllyifllt
IIehrt~~v
~ t ~ ~ i t ~ i ~ ~are
r r i kno~vn
p t s t l ~ to give the lettm-3 o f thr dlvlrlr!
nnmc 1 1 ~ 1 % it1 nrrostie i n mnjaqcnlr I p t - [Ere bottorn a,' ~bt'.f'd. prrge-l

...

ESTHER 1:21-2~4

685

684

respectu to their owners,&&

the meat
- as well aslnE@.s.:P
L U I J:lb
Ilre 3:l
thh small."
A R x 21 ;22
21 And the thing WEIS pleasing in the eyes of ;;;;

P
I.:
24:4
the kingd and the princes, and the king ~roceed-2%
HI t o do according t o the word of ~ i m u ' c a n . J clr 31126
1 f3.2
21 So h~ sent written doct~ments'to all the king's 6 f ~ ~ 4 1 1 : ~ T
furisdlctional districts, to each jurisdfction~l
district* in its own style of writing and to each ;:
people in its own tongue, for every husband lo *;; ily
be contlnualIy acting as prince in his own house' I In 3:29
and speaking in the tongue of his own people. .;:At7"2:'
1.: 111 6123
After these things, when the rage of King :;i;;:;r
A.has.u.ernrsahad subsided, he remembered
1::
Vash'tii"and what she had donen and what had k'$?k'
1:j2
been decided against her,r Then the king's at- ,r;:, 1:ls
tcndanb, his rninisters,a said: "Let them seek W"'I.:%
q 1:l.l
young women, virgins, be~wtifu1in appearance,t , : , 2 ; !
for the king, and Eet the king appoint commts- 1x1 1.2
sionem in all the jurisdictional d i s t r i c t s t 1 of his uE;l;;
realm, and let them collect together all the
young women, virgins, beautiful in appearance, VNPI:I
at Shu'shanv the castle,^ ~t the house of the E:
In charge ofKeg'a.ll the king's eunuch," [i;
the guardian of the women, and let there be a;:;I,
givingt1 of their massages. And that young ~;;$l,;;;l
woman who srxm pleasing in the king's eyes *fi;
1rpT11 be queen instead of Vashrti,"'" And the 31.:e l:11
thing was pleasing in the king's eyes,' and he, :j;:
by.:* 1:21
proceeded t o do that way,
E!B 3:(J

Ill+.*

,:;

[Co~itinued from bottom of previotd9 pags] bra, aa follows:

~ j n ' D*c13.bl
n-;l- This is tho ilrst of four sueh ncrostics of the
nnnlo Jchol.aR,, and tha lllnevornh in R rubric or rcd l ~ t t e r scalls
nt tcntion to ths fact.

"Ownera!' hT, b~'aZ.P'm', b ('Let ~ I I P ~ be

C w gi-ring,') The Hebrew
verb Lcrc is in the inflnitivc nhsolute, and hence in ii~)personnlaud
indufluito as h time.

ESTHER 2:5-11

m a r:n

5 A certain man, a Jew, happened to be In

Shu'shan4 the castle, and his name was Mor'dethe son
VJor ~ r i : l l cai* the son of Ja'ir the son of ShirnPe.i
-<;KI
-,24:14
.76110 OS Kish a &ntja.rnin.ite,* 'who had been taken
exilen from Jerusalem with the deporteda
,$ITI$:2,0 into
people who were taken into exile with Jec.02~'11:ICI*'~ ni'ah"
the king of Judah whom Neb.achad3 ~ 22'28
r
Jrr 27.1
nez'zaP the king of Babylonc took Into exile.
J P !iL':31
~
"d
he came to be a caretakerrof Ha.das%ah,
1,11
that is, Esther, the daughter of his father's
,.Eph 21.1
n.lrr
li:,l
z
I :ZL
brother,~forshe had neither father nor rnother,O
and the young woman was lovely in form and
'Eal:ll
beautiful in appeamnce,t m d at the death of
her father and her mother Mofde.cal took her
:Jab 41:15 as his daughter." And it came about that, when
the king's word and his l ~ were
w heard and when
many young women were collected together a t
the castle in charge of Heg'a-f ,v then
$n*1s2" Shu'shanu
Esther
was
taken to the king's house in charge
PEA2:3
of Hegra.ithe guardian of the .rvarnen.
9 Now the young woman was pleaslng in his
y33 m:21
eyes,Y SO t h a t she gained loving-kindnessd b+
nF7:6
2,:f$:4a fore him and he made haste to give her her masEl 2:s
El 10.3

- ~ 31%
d

.,.:

J~IIV

PC 1R 7
Dnl?
2 :I 2

,. ,:,
Es

1<3 4:14

ES 7:4

&It lt1:18

Cl,:s2:7
E:N 2:m

I . ,

sagpsz and her appropriate food and to give her

scven selected younfi rvornen from thc king's

house and he pracceded t o transfer her and her
young wornen to the hest place of the house of
the women. I0 Esther had not told a b u t her
people* or about her relatives, for Mortde.cai
hlmself had Iald the command upon her that
sh~shouldnottell.' l 1 And day after day Mor'decai was walking before the courtyardc of the
house of the \rrarnend to know of Essher's we1-

Or, uaxll*tl," a Tho mine

bEs 213

AR

l~Je.h~i'nacllln'y
at 2 Kinw 24: 8 nnd
"Dub~lonFLXXT7g; '"~n'bel,''

L'C'o,nitrili" ,ti. J lwriiiah 22 : 24.

USy. d Or, ''loynl lore."

ESTHER 2:12-17

686

fareb and what was k i n g done with her. 0~;a3~+~fs

12 And when the turn of each young woman AC 1 ~ 3 6
arrived to go in t o King A.has.u.errusafter It
had happened to her according t o the women's
regulatioil for twelve months, for that was t h e
way the days of their massage procedure were
gradualiy fulfilled, six months with oil of myrrh. 7i2
and six months with balsam oiP and with ithhe;-E;,:;g
massages' of the women; l 3 then on these con- ! --ILI
10:s
2Ki 20:13
ditions t h e young woman herself came in t o the TS 2:s
king." Everything that she wouId mention would *$ ?:?
be given her, to come with her from the house Esl:'
of the womenk to the king's housennIJIn the $g1,2;
eveningCshe herself came in and in the morning "Job
she herself returned to the second house of t h e
women in charge of Sha.ashfgaz t h e king's
eunuch,' the guardian of the c o n a l b i n e ~ .She
~ YES 2:3
would not come in mynlore to the king unless s = c : 4
the king had taken delights in her and she had s~~~~~
ET4 : ~
been called by name.'
tI$a L3:l
15 And when t h e turn of Estheru the daugh- ?
;'",;
ter of Ab'i.ka.il the uncle of Morrde.cai, whom
he had taken as his daughter," arrived t o come
in to the king, she did not request anything except what Heg'a-iv t h e king's eunuch, the mar- vEs 2:8
dian of the women, proceeded to mention (all
t h e while Esther was continually gaining Favor3 "PC 4 5 3
in the eyes of everyone seeing her) .J' ="Then mCS.6 8:lO
: 9
Esther was taken t o King A.has.u.e'rus at his ~c 210
zEs3:7
royal house in t h e tenth rnonth,b that is, the
month Tetbeth,a in the seventh year* of his reign. *ES
" And the king came t o lave Esther more than
stlI t h e other women, so that she gained more alsa2:s
favor and loving-kindness1) before him -than all gE +$;
the other virgins! And he proceeded to put the E::lTc
-a

The k n t h month of the Selnitic calendar.

Or, "logal .love;"

687

ESTHER 2:18-3 :2

royal headdressAupon her heado and make her

queen0 instead of Vash'ti. la And the king went
lgil
ES 1:9
on t o hold a great banquet' f o r all his princes
Es 9:lZ
and his servants, the banquet of Esther, and an
Cn 6:s
+Ge
J~ 29:s
14:10 amnesty for the jurisdictional districts he @ant$;:3itaz:a ed and he kept giving presentsm according to
the mems of the king.
3:r ti:21
19 NOW when vjrgins"were collected together
:
$
,
4
,
j
8
"1Say5:8
a second time, Mor'dacai was sitting in the
St:8!10
Es,9:22
king's gate." zu Esther was not telling about her
R e 11:lO
~ E 2:3
S
relatives and her people,'< just as Mortde.cain
*E;s 221
had laid the command upon her, and the saying
E~ 3:2
z"E",b1g6

of MorJde.cai Esther was performing, just as

when she happened to be under care by
21 In those days whiIe Mor'de-cai was Gtting
l 6
in the king's gate, Big'thans and T e ' ~ e s h two
,~
'"'2.7
COUP^ officialst of the king, of the doorlceepers,
Eph 6:l
8 % 6:2
b e e m e indignant and kept seeking t o lay handi1
tEr 1:30
U ~ S a:6
R
on Xing A.has.u.efm. " And the thing came to
iICl 15:27
IK~
16:10 be known t o Mor'de-cai and he immediately told
2ICi u . 2 0
2 1 ~ i 2 1 : 2 3 Esther the queen." In turn Esther talked to the
\',f:," j!!fl king in Mor'de.cai's name? a " ~ the matter was
sought out and eventually found out and both
;gz$l,
Es5.1Q
of them got to be hangedz on a stake,&*after
Es 7.10
which
it was written in the book of the affairsa
*gs22:;$
CES 6 : i
of
the
days before the king,
Ma1 21%
After these things King A.has.u.e'rus made
Ha'man" the son of Ham.me.darthao the
Ag'ag-ite" great and proceeded t o exalt him'a
and l o put his throne above all the other princes
that were with him." And all the king's servants that were in the king's gate" were bowing
lowk and prostrating themselves to Ha'man, for
so the king had commanded respecting him. Eut

r,"E'S%l$

Orp .titimber,"Lite~~nlly,"tree," $1. ~a.ti'bu.lum,Tg,

689

as for Mor'decai, he would neither bow low nor

prostrate hirnself.ll And the king's servants ":E,K,1,7:,4
who were in t h e king's gate began to say t o y$,";g;
Mor'de.cai: "Why are you side-stepping the PS 15:4
king's commandment?"^ And it came about rg
that, as they talked to him day by day and he ;
;;:;;
did not listen to them,a then they told Ra'rnan sGe 39:10
to see whether Mor'de.caik affairs would stand, tg; ij;,
~Ne 24 16:6
2~ 1
f o he
~ had told them that he was a Jew.U
5 Now Ha'man kept seeing that Morfde.cai g;;70
was not bowing low and prostrating himself to ES 9:31
him,^ and Ha'man became filled with rage.y But
!ji3
it was despicable in his eyes t o lay hand upon y $ ~ ~ g l s
Mor'de-cai alone, for they had told him about gF$yig
Mor'de-cai's people, and Ha'rnar? began seeking Fa%;:
to annihilate all the Jews who mere in all the
realm of A.hasau.errus,
Mor'de.caigs p e ~ p l e . ~ ZPS83:4
7 In the first month," that is, the month; : * :zji
Nilsan,&in the twelfth year" of King A.has.u- ,Ep;18
errus, someone cast Pur,hAthat is, the Lot,Qbe- ES 2 : ~ s
9:24
fore Ha'man from day t o day and from month AEs
bLe16:g
t o month, [to] the twelfth, that is, the month joSZ"o4t
A.dar'.ct And Ha'man proceeded t o say to King $ \ $ ~ ~
A.has.u.erl.us:"There is one certain people scat- +g,"r2$!2
tereda and separated among the peoples in all ,?;9,$,,,
4:?7
the jurisdictional districts of your realm, and De
e303
their Iaws" are different from all other people's, D
N~ I:$
Jer 50:17
and the king's own Iaws they are not perform- zec7:14
ing," and for the king it is not appropriate to
let them alone, 'If to the king it does seem " ~ ; & ~ ~
good, let there be a writing that they be de- # h f r a : 1 7

"Xi'san." See Nehemiah 2 : 1,footnote a, b "P~ut,'~

meaning "Lat,''
Henoe the plural, "Putrim," dssignatil~gthe Jerriah festival in the
twelPth u ~ o ~ l of
t h the Scar. C "8.dnrr." This name of the month occurs only in the books of Emn ( 0 : 15) and Esther, and this i s the
second of its elfit occurreaces it] nortSewish v e r ~ i o nBihles. It
falls about the lnst half of Febl.uary and the firat half of March.
a

Ic3I"t 1a24

,,Es8:2
,,:,,
CEs 8:8

rEs 3.1

~ES
E 8:s
9S9 0

tn-u
ISa 24.7
15:8
ES 9:24

':'

V,P,;b;,
LU 23:2~
J@r40:4-

~Z C$fi;;
2
31:13
~

ESTHER 3:lO-15

stxoyed, and ten thousandk silver talents" I shall

pay into the hands of those doing the work by
bringing [it] into the king's treasury."
10 At that the king removed his signet r i n p
from his owm hand and gave it t o Ha'manp the
son of Ham.me.da'thas the Ag'ag.jte,t the one
showing hostility t o the Jews." 'I And the king
went on to say to Ha'man: "The silver is given
to you, also the people, to do with them according t o what is good in your own eyes."^ l2 The
king's secretariesy were then called in the first
month on the thirteenth day of it, and writingz

went on according. to aII that Ha'man mmmanded the king's satraps and the governors who
were over the different jurisdictional districts,"
and the princes of the different peoples, of each
jurisdictional district, in its awn style of writ~ ~ & ~ ing,"
~ ~ and
: : , each people in its owm tongue; in the
namek of Eling A.has.u.e'rus it was written and
na 6 : ~ it was sealedn with t h e king's signet ring."
nEs 8:10
rGe 41.42 IS And there was a sendingb of the letters by
Es 8:2
means of couriersnto all the king's jurisdictional
Ea 8:8
s2Ch 30:6
districts, to annihilate, to kill and to destroy all
ES 8:14
iE,b$2zl the Jews, young man as well as old man, little
and women: on one day,u on the thirteenth
$:,:; ones
f
day]
of the twelfth month, that is, the month
1 Ezr
v
lE~
86:15
:u
~5 9:1
A.darrlV
and t o plunder the spoil of themy " A
YES8 : l l
copya of the uniting t o be given as law* in a11
ES 9:10
dE","8'$; the different jurisdictional districtso w s being
published to all the peoplesgA[for them] to be*
come ready for this day, ' m e couriers themselves went out, being moved to speed5 because
;
z

Es 8:P

~ 9 52 7

L'Tenthousand S h e r talents" (Hebrew) = $19,1U,000 (U.[5. A,).

See 1 Kings 20: 39, footnote a, b "There rras a seuding." The Ifebrew rcrh here is iu the infinitive absolute and hence i s iinperwnal
and indefinite as to tirne.
a

691

of the kfng's word, and the law itself was given

-Me 1:t
Es 2:3
Da S:?
OF% 1; d

in Shu'shnn' the ctastle. As for the king and 14afman, they sat down to clr!nk,8 but, as ior the
H O 7:s
city of Shu'skan; it was in confusion.'
Am 6:6
Mt 1.1:lf
And Mor'de.cailc hin~selfgot knotvledge of Joh
18:W
R c ll 10
everything that had been done," and Mof- 'Es4:16
E.2
de-cai proceeded to rip his gnrments apart1'nnd =pr
!(EY 2:5
Job 1R18
put an s ~ e l c c l o t hand
~ ~ashest and go out Illto the IIES
3:R
Es 3.11
middle of the city and cry out with a loud and r2Sa
1.11
1:m
bittcr olttcry.u Tinolly he came as far as In Sob
A r 1134
fi-ant of t h r Iring's
for no one nrasto come n3Ki
21:21
into i l ~ eking's gate in clothing of sackcloth, r JlCh21:16
o s !6
U ~ nIn
d all the different jurjsdictionaI dlstrlcts,Y 2JSo qb 1325
?:8
5x5
wherever the king's word and his Inrv were 1st
E7x I: 7:m
J,9:3
reaching," there was great mourning*among the IAlt
1121
n e 27:34
Jews, nnd fastingG and weeping" and wnillng. nEze
21:G
ELe 2;:31
SackclothP and ashes' themselves came to he 31ic
1:s
spread out as a couch for many. And Esther's I!e IS::&
2:in
young women and her ~ u n u c h began
s~
t o come TES
Es 6:lU
YES 1:l
in ancl tell her, And the queen was very much iF.5
3:12
i4:a
pained. Then she sent gnrments to clothe Morl- -2Sa
tSa 13:2
:1:3
de.cai ~ n to
d remove his saclrclath o f f him, And =::i7Ezr F.21
he did not accept [them 1 .' At this Estl~ercnlled :-1sn. 11:4
22.1
HR~'LIIFIC~,'
one a.1 the king$ eunuchs, whom he :I.;n
Isn 53:s
-nn
9:3
had made to attend upon her, and she proceeded =Es 2:3
Es 2.;4
to give him a command concerning hTor'de.cai, .T,r
3;:s
?* "
t o ltnorv what this mcant nnd what this wns all 72-7::JlZ40
dk.1

have them annihilated he gave him ta show

Esther nnnd to tell her and ta lay the command
ECIU:.~
upon hcrr to come in to the king and implore
* h e 2.5
favor of hjmg and malte request directly before
1.r zr.1
rL:g 4.5
him for her own people,'
I,."$2:7
9 EIn'thnchn now came in and told a t h e r
c G,i : ~
-1.h 5:1
Mor'dc..cai's words. I" Then E s t h e r said to Har+: ~ > az 9
tkach nil cornmmdcd l ~ l mconcerning Mor'dc' IICY
- \ k2
HA
"1% 1 : ~ cni:'.
"All Ibc king's sclvnnts and lllc l~cople
.l>e3:7
l<tBr
~ . . r : ~ of
o thc king's jurisdictioz~nldlsaricts~arc awnre
Pr 292%
~t l e : l 4 that, ns regards any man or woman that comes
,lt>h I?:& I>,,, L:30 Ln to the king a t the jnner courtyard' who Ils not
' ' ~ calIcA,
$ ~ his
~ one
~ ~lawfn is l o have [htm j put t o
~
out lo him tllc
? death; on1y in case the k l n holds
g
~
]
d
e
n
scepter,'
the11
hc
will
ccrlainly
stay
!s~!;,:;a
1LH
17
I
1
alive:
AS
for
me,
X
have
not
bcen
ccalled
l o come
J c r 31:26
in" to the king now for thirty days."
s ~ . 4r,:w
r
All1 9:s
f 2 And they proceeded to tell Rlor'de.cal the
a(;, 4.5-3
words
of Esther. lJ
Then Mor'de.cai said to re,:;.$'?;?
ply
to
Estt~er:
"Do
not imagine within your
~ ~ n i ~ ~ ~ a 7
own soul that the king's l~ouseholdivill escnpe
;
$
?.*2:;
any more than all the ather J e r n ~'d. ~For if YOU
~ 1 : s315
1:s %:is
arc altogether silent at this time, relief and dey X 1 i 1N:S
n~ 124 liverance themselves will stand up for the Je1vs
.In@2 2 2
from another place," but, as f o r jtou and your
,ran 3:s
rE, 5.1
,father's
house, you people n7illperish, And who
,:, c:m
is
there
i;;;?
, knarving whether" it is for a time like
'(Ae
J U S 18:19
2-1-15 this that you have attained t o royal dimity?"t
~c1% 43:14
19 5
15 Accordingly Esthcr said to reply t o Mar'117:12 de.cai :" I" "Go, gathcr all thc Jews I hnl nlv to
i 3 < 37.15
Be found in Sh~fsh;ul'' and fasty in m y behalf
rls3;:3
1'9 55 22
rhs 6L.8 and neither eat nor drink for three dnys,n night
1's 113.9
and day. I, too, with my young wome?~,"
I shall
I,, ,:+
I.tl Pr2fast
likewise,
and
upon
t
h
a
t
I
shall
cornt.
In to
,iv
the king, which is not according to the inw, nnd
c l s 9.G
in case I: must p e r i ~ h I, ~must perish.'lv At

~ I J~ c16.1~
F9:15
J ~

ELb0~t.l~
'IEs 4:10
I; P
.0 Y:15
6 So Ha'thach went out to Mor'de.cai into ~cor:l:a(i
p"P?:':
the square of the city that was before the king's
gate." Then Mor'dc.cai told him about a11 the ""s 2 3 9
things that had befallen hlmr and the exact rEs 3;s
statement of the money that Hdman hnd snld to
pay to the king's treasuryn against the Jcns, Rn33
to destroy thern.t A n d a copyu of the w1riting tgq%?A
of the Inw that had been given in Shu'stlnnv to ' ' " ~ 3 : ~ "

ESTHER 4:9-I7

2,.

6 93

tbthls Mor'de.cai passed dong and proceeded to

do according to all that Esther had laid in command upon him.
And it came abut on the third d a p that *m4:16
Esther went dressing up royal1y,' after Eg:;:
which she took her stand in the inner courtyard*
;:;A6
of the king's house opposite the king's house, *E;;:L
while the king was sitting on his royal throne%alxi 10:~s
in the royal house opposite the entrance of the k: ?i?
house, And it came about that, as Boon as the ";
king saw Esther the queen standjng In th~!
court- $;',?,lj
yard,' she gained favor" in his eyes," so that the c.lr,b 3 10
king held out to Esther the golden scepterk that kE"4:lf
El S:4
was in his hand, Esther now came near and
touched the top of the scepter.
3 Then the king said to her: "What do yaw
have, 0 Esther' the queen, and what is your
request?" To the half of the kingshipr-let it n:Ei$p
even be given to you!" In turn Esther said : E; 2:j;
"If to the king it daes seem good,"let the king
with Ha'mant come todaya to the banquet^ that t n ~ : i
I have made for him." ' Accordingly the king ,:,
said: "You men, have Habmanv act qulckly~'on $$?420
the word of Esther." Later the klng and I-Ia'rnan ;;;;&
came to the banquetU t h a t Esther had made. ljn:l1
v 1,:s 3.2
a:14
6 In time the king said to Esther during the ?rf:q
la. w 3
banquet of wine: " "What is your pet 1tion?" Let Z I1 ~ ~2 2 . 2 0
it: even be granted you!' And what is your re- HI.:q9.1a
quest? To the half of the kingshipelet It even $
;,:'

I,:k

-the

mSILet
king with Ha'man cnliic to~lny!~M, Yal~o' Brtm$~l~'1~k
W'l~raman' H ~ . ~ y d mThis
' . appears to he the secbnd acru~ticof the
tutrngr~rnrnaton (SHWH) it1 tbc hook of I~:ntl~er,T h r ~ nnncirnt
JXebrerr mauuscripta are known thnt fiire the Ilrl~rrrvlcltcr~of the
divine nrime (nlirq) hers i n acrofitic in ~ ~ i n j i ~Icltrr~
~ ~ i rR lP ~f 0 1 l o :~ ~
IplaqT ItS:l 1 5 ~ 3rtjl. The 8 I a s ~ o r n l iin n nthrrc or red lettclrs calIa
~ttentionto this fact, See Esther 1:20, f o o t ~ ~ o o.
le

ESTHER 5:7-13

be done!" "9% this Esther answered and said:

"My petition and my request is, If I have fomd
favor in the kjng's eyes' clnd If to the king it
L-&y2F19
Es 2:lT
does seem good to g r ~ n my
t petition and to act
on my request, let the king and Ha'rnan mme
to the banquet that I shrtll hold far them [tomorrow 1 ,IL and tomorrow I shall cla according
'J,O:;g; to thc king's ~varcl."~
;~ a s 94; 9 Csnwcqucntly IIatmnn wcnt out on that day
joyl~11'and merry of heart, but, ns soon as Ha'PEs 2'19
~5 2:"
ma11 saw Mor'de.cai in the king's gate9 and that
EQ3:3
ES 6:la
he did not rise' and did not qualre an account of
J E S 3:2
him,* Ha'rnan was immudialcly filled with rage
154
.IC '"3 Iowcvcr, l ia'rnan kept
k$i:$2against M~r'dc~cal
controll1 of himself and came into his house.
g3
Dam3
Then he sent and had Itis fricndsl' and Zekresh'
hIt 2 2 6
AC ' i : ~
his wife brought in, ' and Ha'man proceeded to
nGe 43:31
Ge 4;1:1
declare t o them the glory of his riches" and the
2Sa 1322
large number of I~issonst rind everything with
Gc7:9
YES 6 2 3
sJob 31:24 which the king had made him great nnd how he
j:;F7 had exalted him over the princes and t.he sewJer 933 ants of the k l n g , ~
Da 4:30
1Ti6:17
12 And H a ' m ~ nwent on tosay: "What is
I Es 9:lU
J O ~ E : I Q ,mol.e, Esther the queen hroug'ht in with the
IIES3:l
~ ~ 3 ;king
: s to the banquet that she had made na one
cEs 5 5
but me,v and tomorrow" also I am invited to
Pr 27:l
all this'-none
of it
lTh 5j:3 her with the king. '"ut
zk:",1';4 suits mec as long as 1 nrn scelng Mor'Be.caf the
>-FS.*.:~

'.To~norrow," TXX; l ~ ~ ttint

t i n 3IYg. Or, "lour~lw.'~C '*Thisnone of i t ~uils ~ I I P , " AI, IVf'lin/-wh' rinr~rntt' slro~rck' l i
(921 illV 1 J J l H ;11'>31), Thi8 apl~snrato hi- b l i t b tltirrl ncl'n~tirof the
tetrag~unmnton ( I'IIw! 1, 311$1 ill thc~ I I I ~ COP Xwt licr. Three
nncirnt Hehrrrv rnr~liutrcrjptxarc k t i o w ~t~b n l fiivr tlw lIohrew letters of tllr divine Ilnlile (;ll;l'),h ~ RPPIIIVJ
r ~ I ~ n c k l v n ~ ~in
d , aerosfic
in majuscule letters ns f o l l ~ w ~ 1'7,:
111tn ilf-q31+ Tlle Jlnsaorah
h a rubric or wrE l ~ t t e mrnlls attmtloai t.i~t h i ~bct. Sev Estllrr 1: 20,
footnote c, and Ectllrr 5 ; 4, fuotliafc a.

EST=

5 : I M :6

694

Jew sltthg in the king's gate-.'" l4 At that Zer- - ' E m 9

resho his wife" and all his friendsn said to him:*
"Let them make a stakeb' Afty cubits high. Vgh;T:;
Then in the morning say t o the Iringq'that they :ES;;;2:23
should hang Mor'de-cai on it. Then go in with 7
the king t o the banquet joyful."' So the thing ?:?2'!3:93:
scemed good4 before Ha'rnan and he proceeded Gh21"Bz3
c01 2:14
to have the stake made.k
EEs 3 3
Es 6 2
During that nights the klng's sleep fled,' *ECI
21:7

Therefore he said to b r i n ~the bcmk of the

ESTT3ER 6:7-13

695

Fm3B1?

recardsmof t h e affairs of the f lmes. Thus there ,gF$,"&t!l

came l o be a reading of tllem before the king. iF;;;4
= At length there was found written what MorP- kp","&y
de.cai had reported concerning I3lg.thafnat and
TeSresh,t ttvo court offidalsrl of the king, of the g;
~ ~ 5 9 . 7
1.18
doorkeepers, who had sought to lay hand an nPr
rsaitq~
E O 11:33
King A.has.u.e'ms.c Then the king said : "What ,
,, ,.
distinction and mat thing has been done to ,g;Eg
Morrde.cai for this?"v To this the king's attend- ~:;$:8
ants," his ministem, said: "Nothing has been r;yayly
done with him."^
I K ~2 2 9
4 Later the king said: "Who is In the court- :J"al"%
yard?"%Now Harmanhimself had come into the !&
outer courtyard" of the king" house to say to fg;2$,
the king t o hang Mor'de.cai on the staket that ;
;gi;;
he had prepared for him, a Accordingly the
::::;;2
klng's ~ t f e n d a n t ssaid
~ to h h : "Here is Har- rs5:1
man.$ standing in the courtyard." So the king tz,":iA4
~ E 3S1
said: "Let him come in."
6 When Harmancame in, the king proceeded
35:m
to say to him: 'What is to be done to the man Gps
Isa42:I
in whose honor the king hlms~lfhns taken a ?,"pF:"41
delight?'" At this Ha'man said In his heart: 2",h3;z3

z;?~

Or, ~ l o r e r s . " ~ L i t i t e ~ s"trlrr,"

l l ~ , M ; xy'lnd, LXT; trabs, Trg.
Coillpai*e Genesic: 40:10, footl~ote n, OLXX, i'dr.ta.xerx'es!'
d L X S , i7ii.urf:o.noi.

"To whom would the king take deliaht Jn rendering an honor more than me?"' V SH~~ h a n
said to the king: "As for the man in whose
1'r l l i , l B
PF I H : . L ~ honor the king himself has taken a delight,
I'r :x):$3
cm:t
let them bring royal apparel4 with which the
ITIlSfi 18:4
Lu 15:22 king does clothe himself and a horse upon which
'lK1y..ZY thekingdoesrideZandontheheadof~vhIchthe
r o y ~ lheaddress has been put. @Andlet there
ss:rs b, a putting&of t h e apparel and the horse' into
the c h a ~ g eof one of the klng's noble princes,*
L.iu:la
and they must clothe the man in whose honor
E.i 3:3.
the king himself has taken a delight and they
I,!+,
qma
muat make him ride on thc horse in the square&
fccb:ls
rl ie 4 1.48 of the citya and they must call out bcfare him,
I )1: 1 : a
'This is how it is done to the mRn In whose honor
1 I<! 1:31
sac 9::) the king himself has taken a delight.' "p
At
511 21.7
once the king said to Ra'man: " Q ~ l c k l ytake
,~
brL ~9
h l r 11:9
the apparelLand the horse, just as you have said,
,
and do that way t o Morrde.caf the Jew who is
;;:,1I",2:&13
3i lI&
~l . l ,7l l sitting in the king's gate, Do not let anything
ga unft~lfilledbof all that you have spoken,""
11 And Harman proceeded to take the a p
\'I:* 2 5
iEcR:15
3
:
parel~mdthehorseanddotheMo~'de.cai~md
VF:~
.I:a
i ~ : r n:13
r
make him ride in the squares of the city and
!%'
'
call out 'before him:^ "This is how it is donc t o
Rd? 3:!1
t h e m a n inwhosehonor the kinghjrnself has
.
DP.3 :!, 18
taken R delight."' l2 Aftelward hlor'de.cai re,>,
turned t o the king's ~ t e As, for
~ I-Ia'mnn, he
;
;
;
:
!
l f i l Z J : . ~ hurried to his house,'. mmourning and with his
11 ' fi
t
h i!j :w head
"ld
Ha'man went on to relate
I" 7:s
Jk-r 1.1 3 to Ze'resW his wife and te all his SriendsC every.-I'
5 10
thlng that had befaIlen him. A t that his wise
,
EG ,,#-IlA
men" md Ze'resh his !rife said to hinr: "If it is
,,,,
'"":2
E*a : l ~
1 ' :

jib

:fA;a;liO

Eu"

,,,:,

";;:
.'(.

,:,,

"Lrt t l ~ ~he
i ~ne putting." The H~brr~v
vrih hrrn i~in the infinitbe
nl>atllutn, nnd benctk is iinpersonal nnd indsfi~litons to tiitla, h liternlly, ''ungtliinp fill,'' 11. 07, "lovere," 1X.
a

ESTHER 6:14-7 :5

696

from the seed of the Jews that Mor'de.cai Is before whom you have started to fall,' you will 'F;,4%:$
~n6

not prevail against him, but you will without 7.w l2:3: ~
fail fall before him."*
.I'r 23 12
IIo 11.9
14 While they were yet speaking with him1
the king's court officials themselves arrived and
proceeded hastilyk t o bring Harman to the bm- k b a : 5
n& 5:s
quetn that Esther had made.'
rl3c 32:3
Then the king and Hatmaw came in to banquet with Esther the queen. m e king now
said to Esther also on the s m n d day during
the banquet of
"What is your petitionjlJ
,:!pk:
O Esthesthe queen? Let it even begiven to younV
E F ~ ~ J
And what is your request? To the half of the vkr
u,~z
kingshipr-let it even be done!" a At this Esther
the queen answered and said: "If I have found +z:a
favor in your eyes, 0 king, and if to the king k:$j??
it does seem
let there be given me my mE:f;$:m
own soula' at my petition and my peopleDat my 21Fi hfsfl
request. For we have been sold," I and my c!!;;;;:,
people, t o be annihilated, killed and destroyed.'
Now if i t were [ta be] men slaves* and maid- d;;~$fi$~
I.:, 3:a
servants that we had been sold, I should have I'j::ji
kept silent But the distress i s not appropriate j';:.:
1'3 4 . 4 : ~
when with damage t o the kingVMb
'GI. ,x:n
5 ICing A.has.u.e'us now said, yes, he went $:q%fl$9
on to say t o Esther the queen: "Who i s thisq J ~ O3.R
and where is this one" who has embaEdened' ?::2>33

pE:$:!

;::;giS

Or,L?ife.'l31,wpb'esk; S;PI~ t j ~ h e PR?

~ k ;n'rri.*r*. b Or, "11otto be
compmd with the damage to tlre king.'' Vg, "Bnt now our cntvliy
is one whose cruel* redounds against the king." a "Who is this o r ~ d
where i s this onpp': If, HILZ P wL.'ru
~
rek (a1 'K1 ;tt KIR) . Thiv ~p]wnl.rc
to be nn ncrostic of thc cEirine pronounmnl~nt"I shrill I)I.(ITP in he,"
I Ex. 3 : 14, footnote d3 The a r r d c ie forrued by ~ I Hnnl
P
1~trl.r~
IRR'SH, fl';lKf, and sollle Hebrew ~~aanusc~-ipts
poirlt I I ~ , t l ~ i a
tnrt hy using majuscule letter%,thus:
" ~ ;l,
1 Kt,,

do that way?" Then Esther said:

enemy,' is this
barl Ha'mm,"
Er. 5.H
As for Ha'man, he h a m e terrifiedk because
~ N.8.18
C
22 Ti!z aP the king and the queen. As for the king, he
l lI!n
' s l c+ 4i 19
1-1 rose UP in his ragen fmm the banquet of m e
w1-:$9
IEomJtathcmdenofthepalace,andHa'man
Irlsn 2 0 3
1 s ~ t ~ 1 .himself
9
stoad up to make request for his soulb
] S O , ?:>'I7
t P Y 11 L 10 Tram Eqt her thc queen,' for he saw that bad had

c ~ ~ b s : a shfrnselfa t o

''The man, the adversary and

'kp2?;1S
P r 13'?0

.,
i'r

,:,,

~ ( 312

been dctcrrnincdb against himc by the kingmt

And the king himself returned from the garden"
of the p a I m t o the house of the wine
1.n 4!):28
2 2 : ~banquet,V and H ~ ' m a n was fallen upon the
*F$B 12
Isnn.17 C O U C ~ Yon which Esther was. Consequently the
CI:y I :10
king said: "Ts there ~ l s tso be a rapingz of the
~ C : CP:M
ISn #:I5 quccn, with me in the house?" The word itself
sz 9
;;Ti, went out ef the king's mouth, and Ha'man's
t ~ l Rq:7
l
f ~ c they
e
covered,' Harhbo'naJnone of the court
* I h , 21 22
P:Y 2 23
o
f
l
l
c
i
~
k
hefore
~
the king,now said: "Also there
I,u 23:J3
J ~ Il Ia a s is the stakeo that Ha'man madetfor Mor'de-cai,
(,ti1 :<13
who had spoken good concerning the king?
2:l.l
*E\ 5:l.l
,,:, ,:, standing in Ha'rnan's house-fifty cubits high."
At that the king said: 'You men, hang him an
'3,p$l.m
P ~ 9 : l s it,"' I t ' And they proceeded t o hang Ha'man on
1's :f'l:H
I !:
the stake1 that he had prepared for Mortde.cai,
t'r 11,0
rln tj:7
and the king's rage itself subsided."
I)n 6:?8
I I<u 5 : 1.1
On that day King A.han.u.efmd gave to
nJ,: 15.7
1:rc 5:19
Esther
the queen t h e house of Ha'man,k
P C R'H
thc
one
showln~:
hostility to the Jews," and
,
lH"q

'''

v 1.1% 7:Z
s.1.:. 1 s
~111'

Litt-l*nlly,"\V~ICI I I I I ~flltwl
~
hi111Ra fn Iris h~nrt,"'nf. Cotnpnre Acts
5 : 3, fuotr~ntcrn. b Or, "Iifc!' 11, a~plt'esh;YE, r1'31i.mn. *"l'Ilnt bad
Ilntl hrcn rlt~tr~+u~inr~tl
ag~iinutI~ina." JI, ti ktt.l"tknR F ~ ~ Irn-ra'ohI E
Tl~ianppr1rl.a l o Ilc ttro f i n u t h nlr~mutir01' [lie dirinc rinme (TEITH,
t i : ; l l ) it1 llic l~rtokof' Ebtlicr. II cs fon~~rd
l)g L ~ I PBnnl Ictters of tho
four aorrl*, rrn~lSr~rrvnrrlit1 the IJ~hhm~v,tilos: ;Tgla l*?n y n h '3''A1~.~.srrx'm,"
ASS,

ESTHER 8:2--8

698

699

Mor'de.cai himself came in before the king,'

i;i4
because Esther had told what he was to her.'. e $ ~$:175
38:18
Then the king removed his signet ring1 that tee
Ge 3 8 2 5
Ge 4 i : a
he had taken away from Harman" and gave it Es
to Mor'de-cai, and Esther went on t o place Norr- L U 3:10
15:22
UPS109:8
de.cai over the house of Harman.Y
Isa 2229
3 Moreover, Esther spoke again kfore the %
!;:5"
ling and fell down before his feety and wept and %;:?
implored= favor of him t o turn away the bad- 3:";,4"Hj 24
ness-f Ha'man t h e Ag'ag-ite and his scheme1E
;z
; ~
that he had schemed against the JewsVn Then H F 57
the king held the golden scepterAout t o Esther,
?:!5
at which Esther rose and stood before the king.E $:!
She now said: "If t o the king i t does seem
good+ and if I have found favor before him and + E x 3 3 : 1 3
the thing is proper before the kinp and I am 'g; $;&
good in his eyes," let it be written t o undo the X ~ ; a ~ ; ~ ~ 4
ES 7:3
written documents,* the scheme of Ha'man" #ES
3:s
the son of Ham-me.datthan the Agtag.ite,rwhich ES 3:13
kEs 3'1
he wrote t o destroy the JewsBthat are in.all the n ~ 3110
s
king's jurisdictional districts.t O For how can I %
,%
:;
[bear itIu when I must look upon the injury $","$;*
that will find my people, and how can I [bear
: ; ; s~ , . ; ;
it] when I must look upon the destruction of ~;~,e,;;g
Jer 0:1
my relatives?"v
r N e 2:3
7 So King Anhas.u.etrus
said to Esther the
queen and to Mor'decai the Jew: "Look! the pEs 8:l
house of Ha'man 1 have given t o Esther,Y and Pr 1322
him they have hanged on the stake," for the "g;
reason that he thrust out his handa against the 'Jobl:10
Jews. And YOU yours&lves write in behalf of
the Jews according to what is good in YOUR own cJob 18:17
eyes in the king's namec* and seal [it] with the *k;\z&8
king's signet ring: for a writing that is written
in the king's name and sealed with the king's D, $:a
Da 6:1Z
signet ring it is not possible t o
Da 6 2 5

',":

zz

ESTHER 8:9-13

9 Accordingly the secretariee of the king

were called at that time in the third month,
that is, the month of Si'van," on the twentythird [day] of it, and writing went on according to all that Morrde.eai commanded to the
Jews and to the satrapsb and the governors and
og,si36
Da 6 : l
the princes of the jurisdictional districts' that
+Es1:3
~ E 1:i
S
were from In'di.aM t o E-thi.o'pi.a,cXa hundred
~ 2 K 19:9
i
,~
rsa 1s:1 and twenty-seven jurisdictional d i s t r i ~ t s each
$:kyijg~Ojurisdictional district in its own styIe of writing%and each people in its own tonguek and to
# ; ;
~ a . 1 : 1 the Jews in their own style of writing and in
lllCo14:o their own tongueanlo k n d he proceeded to write
and do the
F&Fi~i:8 in the namer of King A+hasbu-e'rus
sealing4
with
the
king's
signet
ringt
and send
tGe 41:&
sEs3:12
ES 8:2
written documents by the hand of the couriers
on horses," riding post horses used in the royal
ui$!:g6
v1sa60.6
service, sons of speedy maresPv" that the king
Isa 66:20
granted to the Jews that were in all the differJer 22.3
YES 9;2
ent cities to gather togethery and stand for their
IPS 3T:14
S O U ~to
S,~
annihilate and kill and destroy all the
PS m:2
PY13T:8
PS 1469 force of the peoplez and jurisdictiona1 district
*Es 333
that were showing hostility to them, little ones
Es 4:10
and women, and to plunder their spoil,' l aon the
IEZ&
~ a 138:10
0 : 6 one day" in aU the jurisdictional districts of
CEX 15:g
Ex 13.10 King A.has.u.e'rus,f on the thirteenth [dayla
LEs3:13
of t h e twelfth month, that is, the month of
Es 9:l
of the writing was to be
.:Em 6 : ~Ahd&.g4 l p A COPT
Es 9:15
given as Taw throughout all the different jurisEs 9:17
dictional districts, published to all the peoples,
,E,S 39:;

L E 312
~

a *'Si'van." The
i b Accndian in

only appearance in the Bible of thk name, which

origin. This month, the tllird ulouth from Ni's~n,
correfponds with the latter half of IIny and the h-st half of June.
b AT, Hod'du; SF' Had; L X X , '<the 1n'di.m (country)':j
Tg,
"lnrrli.a." c "E.thi.orpi.a;' LXXS'g; ''Cush," MSy. Or, prwinces," Tg, *Or, "lives." M, nepk'esh; SF, qa'phesh; Vg, o'mi.mne.
"Ar.ta.s~rx'es,'~
L S X , See Esther 3 :7, footnote e.
f

ESTHER 8 :1 6 9 :2

700

that the Jews should became ready for this day

e$!g;g

9211
to avenge*themselves upon their enemies. The ps
1-19:7
couriers' themselves, riding post horses used in Ps
k;
the royal senice, went forth, being urged farward ~ n being
d
moved with speed" by the klng's .%$h3yg~
E, s:ro
word, ~ n the
d law itself was given out in S11rt'ES:I
shanl<the castle.
Dn S : 1
15 As for Mostde.cai, he went forth from be- nz,F2:::B
fore the king in royal apparel" of blue and linen, ~ ~ ~
with R great crown of gold, and a fine-fabric
;;;$
clo~k,' even of wool dyed reddldi purple." And
tg;m27
the cityb of Shu'shan itself cried out shrilly and upr 29.2
wns joyfu1.u l a For the Jewsv Hght ~ n rej~icingr
d
'::$::46
and exultation and splendor took place." l7And ZYPS
ES 927
5
in all the different jnrisdictlona1 distrfcts and in 5,;i5g
all the different cities wherever the ~vordof the ;
;$;,:
king and his law were reaehlnp there were rejoicing and exultation for the Je~vs,a banquet' ES 9:19
and a good day,c and many of the peoplesn of =s"&:
IS43
t l i e land were declaring thcmselvea Jews,a4for aps
ZFC 8 20
the dreado+ of the Jews had f ~ l l e nupon them. Zgz;:2,
-Go 3-55
And in the twelfth month," that is, the E .; 1536
monthofA.W,'onthethfrteenthEdayofit, DDee 2.15
11.~i
when the king's ~wrdand his law came due to be aEz 2;
performed, on fhe day for which the enemies of xE9!i+5
thc Jew had waited to domineer over them,k
I~CI'C
was even a turning to the contrary," in
l;pay2g
t h ~ the
t Jews themselves domineered over those pa 30:11
14 2
hating them." ' The Jews gathered togetherr in Isa
Isa W:14
their cities in all the j ~ r i s d f c t i o n ~distrfcts
l
of K","gi:f
King A.has.u-drw?to lay hand on thme seeking SES
rEs ZI
s:p1

z:S,"f:8

.e~~:p

;!&f$z

their injury,t and not a man stood hIs ground

beSom them, for the dreadZuof them had faHen
upon all the peoples, BAnd all the prlncesV of
the jurisdictional districts and the satrap@ and
the governors and the doers of the business that
belonged to the king were assisting the Jews,
for tlie dreadz of Mor'de.cal had fallen upon
them. For Mofde.cal was, great' In the klng's
housB and his fame" was trav~lingthroughout
$all the jurisdictianal districts, bccnuse the man
Mar'de.cai was steadily growing g r e ~ t e r , ~
5 And the Jews went striking downPall their
enemiesa with a slaughter by the sward' and
with a killing and destruction, and they went
doing t o those hating them according to their
delight. a And in Shu'shm* the castle the Jews
killed and there was a destroyinga of five hundred men. ' Also Par-shanda'tha and DaI'phon
and As.pattha a and Po.rattha and A.da'1i.a and
Aasl.da'tha "and Panmash'ta and Ar'iaai and
Ar'i.da1 and Vai-za'tha, I?he ten sons' of Ha'man" the son of Ham-me.da'tha,li the one showing hostility to t h e Jews,n they killed," but an
the spojlr they did not Iay their hand.
11 On that day the number of those killed
in Shu'shan the castle came before the king,
12 And the king proceeded t o say t o mther
the queen: "In Shu'shan the castle4 the Jews
have Billed and there has been n destroyingn of
five hundred men and the ten solis of I-Ia'man.
of the jurjsdiction~1distrlcts' of the
In the
Iring what have they done? And what is your
p ~ t i t i a n ?Let
~ it even k given t o yomVAnd what

Or, 'L1l-erefndniiiang." LXT, "sere ~ e t t i n gcirrmtdsed and Jndaiti I I ~ ~ Tg,

"
".joined themselves fa tllcir rrligion [ r ~ . l i ' ~ i . o Jand
'"'l'l~rroanfi (hns been) a destroying?' The Bcbrerv verh here is
~ ~ r r ~ n ~ n i be s"There
."
mas even A turning to tlie cantraq," The
ucrb here is t~nderstoodto he i n the inlluitive nbdolnte nnd hence V n d ( ~ ~ . a t o ol ra l be in the infinitive absolute aird bwce itr i u ~ p c r ~ o n n l
atvl ilitlufiaito ns t o time,
is i m p ~ i ~ a o n and
a l indefinite aa to tin~e.
a

ESTHER 9 :13-18

702

is yozw further request?r Let it even be done,'"E' a:ri

lSAccordingly Esther said: '?f to the king it

a maklng&n I it a day of banqueting and of

" That is why the country Jews, inhabiting the cities of the outlying districts,
were making the fourteenth day of the month
A.dnr'" R rcjoicin~rand a hnqueting* and a

i
E
s
$
1
5 was

does seem good,z let it be granted tomorrow nhS,z$'lS

also to t h e Jews that are in Shu'shm to do acg:?
csrrling to the law of today,* and let the ten sons ;j: :;
of Ha'man be hanged upon the stake."' l 4 5s the
&;::;;.F.,~h:q
king said for it to be done that day. Then a law
was given out in Shu'shan, and the ten sons of
2;';
I.:, 2 '13
Ha'man were hanged.
1.1, 5 , ! I
15 And the Jews that were in Shu'shan pro- ;-;;2:!;y3
ceedd to gather togetheP also on the four- :i!,:;!,'l,
teenth day of the month Adar","and they got n;;:$i,
t o kill in Shu'shan three hundred men, but on el.:,.t r;:15
1.15 3:7
t h e spoil they did not lay their hand.'
1;s !):I
16 As for the rest of the Jews that were in f,;:iF:$
the jurisdictional districtse of the king, they dj:)]:39:J
gathered together and there was a standa for $
,:;,
their soulshy and there was an avenging" of kl;sf;,:y
themselves uponc their enemies and a killing"$

e;

:z

ls.11

NPn:li
I 6I
1 < 11H:lE
AKF

X:IO

13 Sn 25.8

I ~ SP:I?
~.
I.?! 11..I1

,,,,,,
17,14

1111

31'14

rejoicing.

goodday~ndawndingaf~rtionsutoaneanoiJ,prb

20 And Mor'de.caiv proceeded to W t e Y these

things= and smd written documents t o all the
Je~~~th~tt~vereinallthejurisdicti~naldistri&s
of Kina Ahas.u.etrus,tJthe nearby and the dis1 , 4
t.Ku 13:3
ta impose upon them the obliga1413:2 tant ones,
1.n 1 P : l
tionDt o be regularly holding the fourteenth day
0511
E '2 . q4 3
of the month A.dar' and the fifteenth day of it
in each and every year, " according t o the days
,%hRf;m
on which the Jews had rested from their enezU1 1 ~ 1
r...;n:~g
mles' and the month that was changed for them
2
"I.:.;3:1
from grief to rejoicing and from mourning t o a
~tl.:,.?.LO
!;>
good daylb to hold them as days of banqueting
among those hating them of seventy-five thou- rutiH::!3
and rejoicing ~ n c sending
l
of portions to one an,
sand, but on the spoil they did not lay their
YiiI':
1 1 1 3 3.n
sml'nflH:ln
other* and of giftsQt o the poor people?
hand,'
on t h e thirteenth day of the month f$d14;,7
E., ~ : I O
23 And the Jews accepted what they had
PF"; 3:n
Aodas';%and there was a rest on the fourteenth lE527
~
t
~ r t etod do and what Mor'de-cai had written
t1.u :16:s
RIIS
~:7
[day] of it, and there was a makinge of it a day
.rns 11:2
to them. 24 For Ha'man" the son of Hammeof bmquetingm and of rejoi~ing.~~.
mNe
Ea 8:1?
1390
da'tha," the Afaf$.ite,1< the one s h o d n g hostil:?41?&
3'1' 16:L3
18 As for the Jews that were in Shu'shan,
: : ir y n to all the Jews,had himself schemed against
they gathered together on the thirteenthk [day] h:;,
tile Jews to destroy themr and he had had PurvS
of it and on the fourteenth [day] of it, and there I.:.
EY
P : ~ # 11: 3~ 3
that is, the Lot,t caqt, to disquiet them and de$:-IT
F5
was a rest on t h e meenth [day] of it and there
1: I
stmy them, 2n But when Estherc came in l~efore
yEu R 3
file Icingu he said with the written d ~ c u m e n t : ~
a?sn 2):12
#"There was a stand." T h Hebrew verb hpre i s in thc infillitice nb157.0
salute and hence is impersonal nnd indefinite ns to tiste. b 01., *.lives."
x 15 "Let his bad schemer that he has schemed
c $<An
nveneing of thrrmbelvw upon," hy n mrreelio~lof the W P ~ I - P W
'ag~instthe Jews some back upon his own
ij?,?
text; "a m
t fiwrn," M. ""There m s an nvengin~
of tl~~tnrrlri.rr. ,
' i l , r O headM;E
and they hanger1 him and his sons upon
3lt
3:
I
I
and a killing." The Hebrea ~;el.hslwru arc in the i tlHnilivc n l ~ r o l ~ ~ t ~
rind hence nre irnpmonnl nnd ind~firtitens tn tc~ne.''"hm W A P R
*T~ICIW
wns n tunking." TIIETlrl,rra verb h ~ r ei s in the in8ni.tire
Ic'h I6:la

SSP.. l:'.*"t
145.7
2C.O 1 I0
* 11 m
: ~8l..11

L ~ Y

,,,

H:"l

:I

c ~ :

fly

mrckinr." The Hehreu* c m b here k in the infinitil-c AIWO\II~Cnntl

hence is intpmonal and iirdc6nite as to timc.

:::

nl>sr>lrit~*
ntlrl Itel~cci+ ir~~pcrr~>nl~l
rind intf~flnitcns to tinle. b " h - t a xcrs'r!~,'%SSY. "E-tl~rr:' TgS?.; ''bbt," 11.

ESTHER 9:26-32

704

the stake.' 2G That is ~ v h ythey called these days 'J","RT:$y

Pu'rirn, by the name of the Pur." That is u41y,
according to all the words of this 1ettelbhsnd<;&
what they had seen as to tlds and whnt had ;.trlh 1.4:23
come upon them, =l the Jews imposed nnd ac- :!?I!!:'?!
cepted upon themselves and upon their off- 'E:;i;.,

spring"' nnd upon all those joining thenlseltlcs !:,: $l:'o

t o them," that it should not pass atvay, the ohli- );y$,T+
gation to be regularly holding. these two days 4:;~~:;:;~s
according to rvIlat was written concerning them" 1-11 s;!*h
and according t o their appointed time in e ~ c h1-,:151;
;:,I
and every year. "*Andthese days wew to he re- ,fy:iY'
membered" and held in each and every genera- "j!:
l l i -10
tion," each family,"' each jurisdictional district _.UlI
Jab .::'I6
and each city, and these days of Pu'rirni them1172j2
selves should not pass awayn from the midst of
the Jews and the commemomtianr itself of them ''J";qJzT
not come t o an end among their affspring.!~ 21!c ~ : L Q
29 And Esther the queen, the daughter of
Ab'i.h~.il,#
and Morrde.caithe Jecv proceeded t o fiEa2:15
write ~ 5 t hall forcefulness t o conflrrnl this set- 'ZEiQ
I :H H:R
ond letter concer~lingPu'rim. 3" Then he1)fient "j4:":L
written documents to all the Jews jn the one
;
hundred and twenty-seven jurjsdjctional dis- i:kI..% 2.1
3:L
trlcts,a the realm of A.has-u.e'rus,V [in] tvords 1 .Y 1;.2
of peace and t m t h , Y to confirm these days of i : 2
PuVim at their appointed times, just stas Mor'de- (:::z4:8
cai the Jew and Esther the queen had impused $':$.,?
upon them," and just as they had imposed upon :";j !! :
;
their own soulc and upon their offspring," the E;ki::A,
matters of the fasts" and thelr cry to]. aid." ;j':Y
And the very saying of Esther confirmed k:?i$10
these matters of P ~ ' r i r n , and
~ it was wrjtten $;$&
I,:? U.2R
down in a book.
L\ !I 3

:;

: : ; "> ; !

Or, "seed," 31. b T3;~e:' 31; r4tl~ey;'T'ESJ-~* Or,d'~lrrs,"

ESTHER 10: 1-3

705
-Ge 4955

10f o dKing A.has.u.c'~uslandproceededthe

J M ~ I O
J R 1:28
2Sa Y:24
~:cig : ? ~ of

And

labor' upon t h e

md

to lay
jsles'.'

the sea,
2 AS for all his energetic work ~ n his
d mightiness* and the exact statement of hlorpde.cai's*
g7&:1&
.Fgiyfs greatness wit11 which the king made him great,"
are they not ulrltten in the boolr of the aff airs1'
P"8.5
of the times of the kings of Meldi.ar and Persia?"
Da 2:48
u l g i 2239 T o r Mortdencaithe Jew was secondt to King
1I3a 6:sh Ps 72:m
>Ge 1?:3

A.has.u.etrusRand WRS great among the Jews

and delightsome to the multitude of his broth:1E:-fi:F5 ers, working for the good of his peopleu and
gay',:*$speaking peacei*to nll thcir o!Tspring.l'
-Da6:1~
l l S a 23:17

Dns:ls

'-Ar+tz.xrl-x'e,"L S S .

b CZr. Nsrr.rl."

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