1 Chronicles 22:5

22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, ¹  and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. ²  Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.

1 Chronicles 22:1

22:1 David then said, “This is the place where the temple of the Lord God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”

1 Chronicles 3:7

3:7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

1 Chronicles 3:2

3:2 the third was Absalom whose mother was Maacah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;

the fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith;

1 Chronicles 13:7

13:7 They transported the ark on a new cart from the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart,

Proverbs 4:3

4:3 When I was a son to my father, ³ 

a tender only child ⁴  before my mother,

Jeremiah 1:6-7

1:6 I answered, “Oh, Lord God, ⁵  I really ⁶  do not know how to speak well enough for that, ⁷  for I am too young.” ⁸  1:7 The Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ But go ⁹  to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.

[22:5]  ¹ tn Heb “a young man and tender.”

[22:5]  ² tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”

[4:3]  ³ tn Or “a boy with my father.”

[4:3]  ⁴ tc The LXX introduces the ideas of “obedient” and “beloved” for these two terms. This seems to be a free rendering, if not a translation of a different Hebrew textual tradition. The MT makes good sense and requires no emendation.

[1:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “Lord Yahweh.”

[1:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “Behold, I do not know how to speak.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, commonly rendered “behold”) often introduces a speech and calls special attention to a specific word or the statement as a whole (see IBHS 675-78 §40.2.1).

[1:6]  ⁷ tn The words “well enough for that” are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarity. Jeremiah is not claiming an absolute inability to speak.

[1:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “I am a boy/youth.” The Hebrew word can refer to an infant (Exod 2:6), a young boy (1 Sam 2:11), a teenager (Gen 21:12), or a young man (2 Sam 18:5). The translation is deliberately ambiguous since it is unclear how old Jeremiah was when he was called to begin prophesying.

[1:7]  ⁹ tn Or “For you must go and say.” The Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) is likely adversative here after a negative statement (cf. BDB 474 s.v. כִּי 3.e). The Lord is probably not giving a rationale for the denial of Jeremiah’s objection but redirecting his focus, i.e., “do not say…but go…and say.”