20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, 4 went up to 5 Bethel. 6 They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything 7 that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace 8 to the Lord.
1 tn The words “the sight” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 tn Heb “from the day.”
3 tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the following additional words: “And he instructed the men whom he sent out, ‘Thus you will say to every male Israelite: “There has never been anything like this from the day the Israelites left Egypt till the present day.”’”
4 tn Heb “and all the people.”
5 tn Heb “went up and came [to].”
6 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
7 tn Traditionally, “fasted.”
8 tn Or “peace offerings.”