“We are yours, O David!
We support 4 you, O son of Jesse!
May you greatly prosper! 5
May those who help you prosper! 6
Indeed 7 your God helps you!”
So David accepted them and made them leaders of raiding bands.
22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, 16 and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. 17 Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.
28:1 David assembled in Jerusalem 22 all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them.
28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey 26 the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, 27 for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, 28 but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
1 tn Perhaps “the Spirit,” but the text has simply רוּחַ (ruakh) with no article (suggesting an indefinite reference).
2 tn Heb “clothed.”
3 tn The words “and he said” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “are with.”
5 tn Heb “Peace, peace to you.” The Hebrew term שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) is repeated to emphasize degree.
6 tn Heb “and peace to the one who helps you.”
7 tn Or “for.”
8 tn The name is spelled “Joram” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:10.
9 tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”
10 tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Tou.”
11 tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”
15 tn Heb “do loyalty.”
16 tn Heb “did loyalty.”
17 tn Heb “to console him concerning his father.”
18 tn Heb “and the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.”
22 tn Heb “a young man and tender.”
23 tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”
29 tn Heb “man of rest.”
30 tn Heb “his enemies all around.”
31 sn The name Solomon (שְׁלֹמֹה, shÿlomoh) sounds like (and may be derived from) the Hebrew word for “peace” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).
32 tn Heb “in his days.”
36 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
43 tn Heb “out of all the house of my father to become king over all Israel permanently.”
44 tn Or “for.”
45 tn Heb “and among the sons of my father he desired to make me king over all Israel.”
50 tn Heb “know.”
51 tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”
52 tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”