16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet 15 visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
20:26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where 16 they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah 17 to this very day.
33:14 After this Manasseh 20 built up the outer wall of the City of David 21 on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.
1 tn Heb “wisdom and discernment are given to you.”
2 tn Heb “which was not so for the kings who were before you, and after you there will not be so.”
3 tn Heb “nothing like it had been made for any kingdom.”
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
6 tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the
7 tn Or perhaps, “offerings.”
8 tn Heb “lifted up in the eyes of.”
9 tn Heb “and they will say.”
10 tn Heb “fathers.”
11 tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”
11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”
13 tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”
14 tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”
13 tn Heb “the seer.”
15 tn Heb “for there.”
16 sn The name Berachah, which means “blessing” in Hebrew, is derived from the verbal root “to praise [or “to bless”],” which appears earlier in the verse.
17 tn Heb “and speaking against him, saying.”
18 tn Heb “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.”
19 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
20 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
21 tn Heb “to seek the
22 tn Or “hate.”
23 tn Heb “all his days.”
24 tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.