15:5 From the descendants of Kohath: Uriel the leader and 120 of his relatives.
15:7 From the descendants of Gershom: 1 Joel the leader and 130 of his relatives.
15:10 From the descendants of Uzziel: Amminadab the leader and 112 of his relatives.
All these were the descendants of Benjamin.
12:37 From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons.
1 sn Gershom is a variant spelling of the name Gershon.
1 tn Heb “their”; the referent (the Hagrites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
1 tn Heb “and the sons of Ulam were men, warriors and treaders of a bow.”
1 tn Or “horsemen.”
2 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Hadadezer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “and David cut the hamstrings of all the chariot horses, and he left from them one hundred chariot horses.”
1 tn Or “people.”
2 tn Heb “Why should it become guilt for Israel?” David’s decision betrays an underlying trust in his own strength rather than in divine provision. See also 1 Chr 27:23-24.
1 tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the
2 tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.
3 tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”
1 tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6. Using the “light” standard talent of 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg) as the standard for calculation, the people donated 168.3 tons (153,000 kg) of gold, 336.5 tons (306,000 kg) of silver, 605.7 tons (550,800 kg) of bronze, and 3,365 tons (3,060,000 kg) of iron.
2 tn On the “daric” as a unit of measure, see BDB 204 s.v. דַּרְכְּמוֹן. Some have regarded the daric as a minted coin, perhaps even referring to the Greek drachma, but this is less likely.