1 tn Heb “to bless.”
2 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.
3 tc Many Hebrew
4 tn Heb “make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne.” The term שֵׁם (shem, “name”) is used here of one’s fame and reputation.
5 tn Or “bowed down; worshiped.”
6 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”
7 tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”
8 tn Heb “here or there.”
9 tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”
11 tn Heb “to seek the
12 tn Or “hate.”
13 tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.