1 tn Aram “all the peoples.”
2 tc Though not in the Aramaic text of BHS, this word appears in many medieval Hebrew
3 sn This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.
4 tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).