28:11 David gave to his son Solomon the blueprints for the temple porch, 3 its buildings, its treasuries, 4 its upper areas, its inner rooms, and the room 5 for atonement.
1 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:24 says David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for “fifty pieces of silver.” This would have been about 20 ounces (568 grams) of silver by weight.
1 tn Heb “by the words of God to exalt a horn.” An animal’s horn is sometimes used metaphorically as a symbol of strength and honor. See BDB 901-2 s.v. קֶרֶנ.
1 tn Heb “for the porch.” The word “temple” was supplied in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Or “storerooms.”
3 tn Heb “house.”
1 tn Heb “and Joab gave to David the number of the numbering of the army [or “people”].”
2 tn Heb “a thousand thousands and one hundred thousand.”
3 tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:9 has variant figures: “In Israel there were eight hundred thousand sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were five hundred thousands soldiers.”
1 tn Heb “and gave to him glory of kingship which there was not concerning every king before him over Israel.”