20:15 So Ahab 7 assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000. 8
1 tn Heb “his words were.”
2 tn Heb “helped after” (i.e., stood by).
3 tn Heb “Adonijah.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”
7 tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the
8 tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”
10 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 tn Heb “after them he assembled all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.”