28:5 The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians 9 defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. 10 He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him. 11
1 tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”
2 tn Heb “and [the] slain from Israel fell, five hundred thousand chosen men.”
3 sn As a unit of dry measure a kor was roughly equivalent to six bushels (about 220 liters).
4 tn Heb “20,000 baths” (also a second time later in this verse). A bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons (about 22 liters), so this was a quantity of about 120,000 gallons (440,000 liters).
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”
7 tc Most Hebrew
8 tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.
7 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”
9 tn Heb “who struck him down with a great striking.”