1 Kings 10:15
Context10:15 besides what he collected from the merchants, 1 traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.
Jeremiah 25:24
Context25:24 all the kings of Arabia who 2 live in the desert;
Acts 2:11
Context2:11 both Jews and proselytes, 3 Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!” 4
Galatians 4:25
Context4:25 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.”
[25:24] 2 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.
[2:11] 3 sn Proselytes refers to Gentile (i.e., non-Jewish) converts to Judaism.
[2:11] 4 tn Or “God’s mighty works.” Here the genitive τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) has been translated as a subjective genitive.