11:25 As for the settlements with their fields, some of the people of Judah settled in Kiriath Arba and its neighboring villages, 1 in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its settlements, 11:26 in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth Pelet, 11:27 in Hazar Shual, in Beer Sheba and its villages, 11:28 in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages, 11:29 in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth, 11:30 Zanoah, Adullam and their settlements, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its villages. So they were encamped from Beer Sheba to the Valley of Hinnom.
12:44 On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from 3 the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah 4 took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering. 5
1 tn Heb “its daughters.” So also in vv. 27, 28, 30, and 31.
2 tn Heb “the sons of the singers.”
3 tc The translation reads מִשְּׂדֶי (missÿde, “from the fields”) rather than the MT reading לִשְׂדֵי (lisdey, “to the fields”).
4 tn Heb “for Judah.” The words “the people of” have been supplied in the translation for clarity, since “Judah” is a proper name as well as a place name.
5 tn Heb “standing.”