1:28 King David responded, 1 “Summon Bathsheba!” 2 She came and stood before the king. 3
1 tn Heb “answered and said.”
2 sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).
3 tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”
4 tn Heb “a porch of pillars.”
5 tn Heb “fifty cubits.”
6 tn Heb “thirty cubits.”
7 tn Heb “and a porch was in front of them (i.e., the aforementioned pillars) and pillars and a roof in front of them (i.e., the aforementioned pillars and porch).” The precise meaning of the term translated “roof” is uncertain; it occurs only here and in Ezek 41:25-26.