9:22 All those selected to be gatekeepers at the entrances numbered 212. Their names were recorded in the genealogical records of their settlements. David and Samuel the prophet 1 had appointed them to their positions. 2
8:32 Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. 4
26:6 His son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders of their families, for they were highly respected.
5:23 The half-tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan as far as Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They grew in number.
26:8 All these were the descendants of Obed-Edom. They and their sons and relatives were respected men, capable of doing their responsibilities. There were sixty-two of them related to Obed-Edom.
1 tn The Hebrew term is רֹאֶה (ro’eh, “seer”), an older word for נָבִיא (navi’, “prophet”).
2 tn Heb “they – David appointed, and Samuel the seer, in their position.”
1 tn Heb “and those who lived in Netaim and Gederah; with the king in his work they lived there.”
1 tn Heb “and also they, opposite their brothers, lived in Jerusalem with their brothers.” This redundancy has been removed in the translation.
1 tn Heb “for by the final words of David, they were the number of the sons of Levi, from a son of twenty years and upward.”
1 tn Or perhaps “the Sopherim.” The NAB transliterates this term and treats it as a proper name.
2 tn Heb “came.”
3 tn Or (if בֵּית [beth] is translated as “house” rather than considered to be part of the name) “the father of the house [i.e., family] of Rechab.”
1 tn Heb “in the house of God.”