17:1 When David had settled into his palace, 5 he 6 said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace 7 made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under a tent.” 8
1 tn The Hebrew text reads “their tents,” apparently referring to those of the Hamites mentioned at the end of v. 40. Some prefer to emend the text to read, “the tents of Ham.”
2 tn Heb “and they lived in place of them.”
3 tn Heb “arose and carried away the corpse of Saul and the corpses of his sons.”
4 tn Heb “their bones.”
5 tn Heb “house.”
6 tn Heb “David.” The pronoun “he” has been used in the translation here to avoid redundancy in keeping with contemporary English style.
7 tn Heb “house.”
8 tn Heb “tent curtains.”