9:1 On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.
11:25 As for the settlements with their fields, some of the people of Judah settled in Kiriath Arba and its neighboring villages, 3 in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its settlements,
1 tn Heb “servant” (so KJV, ASV; NAB “slave”; NCV “officer.” This phrase also occurs in v. 19.
2 tn Heb “by the hand of.”
3 tn Heb “its daughters.” So also in vv. 27, 28, 30, and 31.
4 tn Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone.
5 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
6 tn The words “of all places” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation to indicate the emphasis on Jerusalem.