5:10 So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed, 1
5:13 King Solomon conscripted 2 work crews 3 from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.
1 tn Heb “and Hiram gave to Solomon cedar wood and the wood of evergreens, all his desire.”
2 tn Heb “raised up.”
3 sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.
4 tn Heb “they were not agreeable in his eyes.”
5 tn Heb “and he said.”
6 tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.
7 tn Heb “he called them the land of Cabul to this day.” The significance of the name is unclear, though it appears to be disparaging. The name may be derived from a root, attested in Akkadian and Arabic, meaning “bound” or “restricted.” Some propose a wordplay, pointing out that the name “Cabul” sounds like a Hebrew phrase meaning, “like not,” or “as good as nothing.”
8 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 9,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV, NLT); CEV “five tons”; TEV “4,000 kilogrammes.”
9 sn In the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. See 1 Kgs 3:5.
10 tn Heb “keep the charge of the
11 tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”
12 tn Or “keeping.”
13 tn Heb “then you will cause to succeed all which you do and all which you turn there.”