1 tn Or “strong.”
2 tn Or “fortress.” The same Hebrew term occurs once more in this verse and twice in v. 52.
3 tn The word translated “basin” refers to a circular-shaped depression in the land’s surface.
4 tn Heb “spirit.”
5 tn Heb “named it”; the referent (the spring) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 sn The name En Hakkore means “Spring of the one who cries out.”
5 tn Heb “went up, went in there, took.”
6 tn Heb “six hundred men, equipped with the weapons of war.”