1 tn Heb “and in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites and they fell by their hand and they lived in their tents unto all the face of the east of Gilead.”
2 tn Heb “in the house of God.”
3 tn Heb “was lifted upwards.”
4 tn Heb “and David again asked God.”
5 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.
6 tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.
5 tn Heb “because for what was at first [i.e., formerly] you [were] not, the
6 tn “Shelemiah” is a variant of the name “Meshelemiah” (cf. 26:2).