60:6 God has spoken in his sanctuary: 1
“I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem;
the Valley of Succoth I will measure off. 2
60:7 Gilead belongs to me,
as does Manasseh! 3
Ephraim is my helmet, 4
Judah my royal scepter. 5
1 tn Heb “in his holy place.”
2 sn Shechem stands for the territory west of the Jordan, the Valley of Succoth for the region east of the Jordan.
3 sn Gilead was located east of the Jordan. Half of the tribe of Manasseh lived east of the Jordan in the region of Bashan.
4 tn Heb “the protection of my head.”
5 sn Judah, like Ephraim, was the other major tribe west of the Jordan. The Davidic king, symbolized here by the royal scepter, came from this tribe.