2 Samuel 21:2

21:2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to ¹  them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

2 Samuel 21:2

21:2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to ²  them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

2 Samuel 10:16

10:16 Then Hadadezer sent for Arameans from ³  beyond the Euphrates River, ⁴  and they came to Helam. Shobach, the general in command of Hadadezer’s army, led them. ⁵ 

Acts 21:20

21:20 When they heard this, they praised ⁶  God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews ⁷  there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers ⁸  of the law. ⁹ 

Romans 10:2

10:2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, ¹⁰  but their zeal is not in line with the truth. ¹¹ 

Galatians 1:13-14

1:13 For you have heard of my former way of life ¹²  in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it. 1:14 I ¹³  was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, ¹⁴  and was ¹⁵  extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. ¹⁶ 

[21:2]  ¹ tn Heb “swore an oath to.”

[21:2]  ² tn Heb “swore an oath to.”

[10:16]  ³ tn Heb “and Hadadezer sent and brought out Aram which is.”

[10:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “from beyond the River.” The name “Euphrates” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[10:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “was before them.”

[21:20]  ⁶ tn Or “glorified.”

[21:20]  ⁷ tn Grk “how many thousands there are among the Jews.”

[21:20]  ⁸ tn Or “are all zealous for the law.” BDAG 427 s.v. ζηλωτής 1.a.β has “of thing…τοῦ νόμου an ardent observer of the law Ac 21:20.”

[21:20]  ⁹ sn That is, the law of Moses. These Jewish Christians had remained close to their Jewish practices after becoming believers (1 Cor 7:18-19; Acts 16:3).

[10:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “they have a zeal for God.”

[10:2]  ¹¹ tn Grk “in accord with knowledge.”

[1:13]  ¹² tn Or “lifestyle,” “behavior.”

[1:14]  ¹³ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:14]  ¹⁴ tn Or “among my race.”

[1:14]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “was advancing beyond…nation, being.” The participle ὑπάρχων (Juparcwn) was translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[1:14]  ¹⁶ sn The traditions of my ancestors refers to both Pharisaic and popular teachings of this time which eventually were codified in Jewish literature such as the Mishnah, Midrashim, and Targums.