7:1 The king settled into his palace, 5 for the Lord gave him relief 6 from all his enemies on all sides. 7
8:16 Joab son of Zeruiah was general in command of 8 the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;
1 tn Heb “in a tent and in a dwelling.” The expression is a hendiadys, using two terms to express one idea.
2 tn Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.
3 tn Heb “tribes” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges.”
4 tn Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).
5 tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).
6 tn Or “rest.”
7 tn The translation understands the disjunctive clause in v. 1b as circumstantial-causal.
8 tn Heb “was over.”