1 Kings 10:15

10:15 besides what he collected from the merchants, ¹  traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.

1 Kings 10:2

10:2 She arrived in Jerusalem ²  with a great display of pomp, ³  bringing with her camels carrying spices, ⁴  a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

1 Kings 17:11

17:11 As she went to get it, he called out to her, “Please bring me a piece of bread.” ⁵ 

1 Kings 1:7

1:7 He collaborated ⁶  with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported ⁷  him. ⁸ 

Isaiah 13:20

13:20 No one will live there again;

no one will ever reside there again. ⁹ 

No bedouin ¹⁰  will camp ¹¹  there,

no shepherds will rest their flocks ¹²  there.

Isaiah 21:13

The Lord Will Judge Arabia

21:13 Here is a message about Arabia:

In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night,

you Dedanite caravans.

Jeremiah 3:2

3:2 “Look up at the hilltops and consider this. ¹³ 

You have had sex with other gods on every one of them. ¹⁴ 

You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the desert. ¹⁵ 

You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods. ¹⁶ 

Jeremiah 25:24

25:24 all the kings of Arabia who ¹⁷  live in the desert;

Galatians 1:17

1:17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem ¹⁸  to see those who were apostles before me, but right away I departed to Arabia, ¹⁹  and then returned to Damascus.

Galatians 4:25

4:25 Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

[10:15]  ¹ tn Heb “traveling men.”

[10:2]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:2]  ³ tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew term חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or to the great wealth she brought with her.

[10:2]  ⁴ tn Or “balsam oil.”

[17:11]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text also includes the phrase “in your hand.”

[1:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “his words were.”

[1:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “helped after” (i.e., stood by).

[1:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “Adonijah.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “she will not be inhabited forever, and she will not be dwelt in to generation and generation (i.e., forever).” The Lord declares that Babylon, personified as a woman, will not be inhabited. In other words, her people will be destroyed and the Chaldean empire will come to a permanent end.

[13:20]  ¹⁰ tn Or “Arab” (NAB, NASB, NIV); cf. CEV, NLT “nomads.”

[13:20]  ¹¹ tn יַהֵל (yahel) is probably a corrupted form of יֶאֱהַל (ye’ehal). See GKC 186 §68.k.

[13:20]  ¹² tn The words “their flocks” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text does not supply the object here, but see Jer 33:12.

[3:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “and see.”

[3:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Where have you not been ravished?” The rhetorical question expects the answer “nowhere,” which suggests she has engaged in the worship of pagan gods on every one of the hilltops.

[3:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “You sat for them [the lovers, i.e., the foreign gods] beside the road like an Arab in the desert.”

[3:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “by your prostitution and your wickedness.” This is probably an example of hendiadys where, when two nouns are joined by “and,” one expresses the main idea and the other qualifies it.

[25:24]  ¹⁷ tc Or “and all the kings of people of mixed origin who.” The Greek version gives evidence of having read the term only once; it refers to the “people of mixed origin” without reference to the kings of Arabia. While the term translated “people of mixed origin” seems appropriate in the context of a group of foreigners within a larger entity (e.g. Israel in Exod 12:38; Neh 13:3; Egypt in Jer 50:37), it seems odd to speak of them as a separate entity under their own kings. The presence of the phrase in the Hebrew text and the other versions dependent upon it can be explained as a case of dittography.

[1:17]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[1:17]  ¹⁹ sn As a geographical region Arabia included the territory west of Mesopotamia, east and south of Syria and Palestine, extending to the isthmus of Suez. During the Roman occupation, some independent kingdoms arose like that of the Nabateans south of Damascus, and these could be called simply Arabia. In light of the proximity to Damascus, this may well be the territory Paul says he visited here. See also C. W. Briggs, “The Apostle Paul in Arabia,” Biblical World 41 (1913): 255-59.