2:36 Next the king summoned 1 Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem 2 and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! 3
9:10 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, 7
1 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”
4 tn Heb “sixty cubits.” A cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm. Measurements in vv. 2-10 have been converted to feet in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “twenty cubits.”
6 tn Heb “thirty cubits.”
7 tn Heb “the two houses, the house of the
10 tn Heb “this is the matter concerning which he raised a hand against the king.”
11 sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.