1 tn Heb “and he was discerning and broke up from all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities.”
2 tn “and he asked for a multitude of wives.”
3 tn Heb “and with all their desire they sought him and he allowed himself to be found by them.”
4 tn Heb “and the 
5 tn Heb “divided up,” but some read חִלֵּץ (khillets, “despoiled”).
7 tn Heb “doer[s] of the work.”
8 tn Heb “and they gave it to the doers of the work who were working in the house of the