8:33 Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 1
9:39 Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 2
9:1 Genealogical records were kept for all Israel; they are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel.
The people of Judah 3 were carried away to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
14:1 King Hiram of Tyre 4 sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, 5 and carpenters to build a palace for him.
14:1 King Hiram of Tyre 6 sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, 7 and carpenters to build a palace for him. 14:2 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated 8 his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
57:1 The godly 11 perish,
but no one cares. 12
Honest people disappear, 13
when no one 14 minds 15
that the godly 16 disappear 17 because of 18 evil. 19
57:2 Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace;
they rest on their beds. 20
1 sn Eshbaal is called “Ishbosheth” in 2 Sam 2:8.
2 sn Eshbaal is called “Ishbosheth” in 2 Sam 2:8.
3 tn The Hebrew text has simply “Judah,” though the verb הָגְלוּ (hoglu, “carried away”) is plural.
4 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
5 tn Heb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.
6 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
7 tn Heb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.
8 tn Heb “was lifted upwards.”
9 tn Heb “with respect to.”
10 tn The Hebrew terms מְשׂוּרָה (mÿsurah) and מִדָּה (middah) refer to different types of measurements.
11 tn Or “righteous” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “the just man”; TEV “Good people.”
12 tn Or perhaps, “understands.” Heb “and there is no man who sets [it] upon [his] heart.”
13 tn Heb “Men of loyalty are taken away.” The Niphal of אָסַף (’asaf) here means “to die.”
14 tn The Hebrew term בְּאֵין (bÿ’en) often has the nuance “when there is no.” See Prov 8:24; 11;14; 14:4; 15:22; 26:20; 29:18.
15 tn Or “realizes”; Heb “understands” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).
16 tn Or “righteous” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “the just man.”
17 tn Heb “are taken away.” The Niphal of אָסַף (’asaf) here means “to die.”
18 tn The term מִפְּנֵי (mippÿne, “from the face of”) often has a causal nuance. It also appears with the Niphal of אָסַף (’asaph, “gather”) in 2 Chr 12:5: אֲשֶׁר־נֶאֶסְפוּ אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלַם מִפְּנֵי שִׁישָׁק (’asher-ne’esphu ’el-yÿrushalam mippÿney shishaq, “who had gathered at Jerusalem because of [i.e., due to fear of] Shishak”).
19 tn The translation assumes that this verse, in proverbial fashion, laments society’s apathy over the persecution of the godly. The second half of the verse observes that such apathy results in more widespread oppression. Since the next verse pictures the godly being taken to a place of rest, some interpret the second half of v. 1 in a more positive vein. According to proponents of this view, God removes the godly so that they might be spared suffering and calamity, a fact which the general populace fails to realize.
20 tn Heb “he enters peace, they rest on their beds, the one who walks straight ahead of himself.” The tomb is here viewed in a fairly positive way as a place where the dead are at peace and sleep undisturbed.