16:35 Say this prayer: 2 “Deliver us, O God who delivers us!
Gather us! Rescue us from the nations!
Then we will give thanks 3 to your holy name,
and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.” 4
Then they designated Solomon, David’s son, as king a second time; 9 before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.
1 tn Heb “and they were helped against them and they were given over into their hand, the Hagrites and all who were with them, for to God they cried out in the battle and he was entreated [or “allowed himself to be entreated”] by them for they trusted in him.”
2 tn The words “this prayer” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.
4 tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”
3 tn Heb “and David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.”
4 tn Heb “and they divided them by lots, these with these, for the officials of the holy place and the officials of God were from the sons of Eleazar and among the sons of Ithamar.”
5 tn Heb “they ate and drank.”
6 tn Heb “with great joy.”
7 sn See 1 Chr 23:1, where David had previously designated Solomon as king over Israel.