1 Chronicles 29:24

29:24 All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 29:2

29:2 So I have made every effort ²  to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, ³  as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.

1 Chronicles 1:8

Ham’s Descendants

1:8 The sons of Ham:

Cush, Mizraim, ⁴  Put, and Canaan.

Lamentations 5:6

5:6 We have submitted ⁵  to Egypt and Assyria

in order to buy food to eat. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 17:18

17:18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note ⁷  – he gave his promise ⁸  and did all these things – he will not escape!

¹ tn Heb “placed a hand under Solomon the king.”

² tn Heb “and according to all my strength.”

³ tn Heb “the gold for the gold, and the silver for the silver, and the bronze for the bronze, and the iron for the iron, and the wood for the wood.”

⁴ tn That is, “Egypt.”

⁵ tn Heb “we have given the hand”; cf. NRSV “We have made a pact.” This is a Semitic idiom meaning “to make a treaty with” someone, placing oneself in a subservient position as vassal. The prophets criticized these treaties.

⁶ tn Heb “bread.” The term “bread” is a synecdoche of specific (= bread) for the general (= food).

⁷ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something.

⁸ sn Heb “hand.” “Giving one’s hand” is a gesture of promise (2 Kgs 10:15).