Discovery Box| (0.5819579047619) | (Gen 4:8) |
3 sn The word “brother” appears six times in vv. 8-11, stressing the shocking nature of Cain’s fratricide (see 1 John 3:12). |
| (0.5819579047619) | (Gen 13:4) |
1 tn Heb “to the place of the altar which he had made there in the beginning” (cf. Gen 12:7-8). |
| (0.5819579047619) | (Gen 22:18) |
1 sn Because you have obeyed me. Abraham’s obedience brought God’s ratification of the earlier conditional promise (see Gen 12:2). |
| (0.5819579047619) | (Gen 26:2) |
1 sn Do not go down to Egypt. The words echo Gen 12:10, which reports that “Abram went down to Egypt,” but state the opposite. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (Exo 6:1) |
3 sn In Exod 12:33 the Egyptians were eager to send (release) Israel away in haste, because they all thought they were going to die. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (Exo 11:2) |
3 sn Here neighbor refers to Egyptian neighbors, who are glad to see them go (12:33) and so willingly give their jewelry and vessels. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (Lev 7:13) |
1 tn The rendering “this [grain] offering” is more literally “his offering,” but it refers to the series of grain offerings listed just previously in v. 12. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (Lev 8:20) |
2 tn Heb “cut it into its parts.” One could translate here, “quartered it” (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:133; cf. Lev 1:6, 12 above). |
| (0.5819579047619) | (Num 6:12) |
4 tc The similar expression in v. 9 includes the word “head” (i.e., “his consecrated head”). The LXX includes this word in v. 12 as well. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (Num 7:10) |
6 tn Heb “offered,” but this is redundant and has been translated as “presented” for stylistic reasons. The same phrase occurs in vv. 11 and 12. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (Num 11:31) |
2 tn The verb means “burst forth” or “sprang up.” See the ways it is used in Gen 33:12, Judg 16:3, 14; Isa 33:20. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (Deu 6:5) |
4 sn For NT variations on the Shema see Matt 22:37-39; Mark 12:29-30; Luke 10:27. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (Deu 23:25) |
1 sn For the continuation of these practices into NT times see Matt 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (2Sa 24:13) |
1 tc The LXX has here “three” rather than “seven,” and is followed by NAB, NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT. See 1 Chr 21:12. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (1Ki 7:13) |
1 tn Heb “King Solomon sent and took Hiram from Tyre.” In 2 Chr 2:13 (MT v. 12) and 4:11, 16 his name is spelled “Huram.” |
| (0.5819579047619) | (1Ki 8:43) |
4 tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “to call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (2Ki 6:21) |
2 tn Heb “my father.” The king addresses the prophet in this way to indicate his respect. See 2 Kgs 2:12. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (2Ki 13:14) |
4 sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (2Ki 17:30) |
3 sn This deity is unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 211-12. |
| (0.5819579047619) | (2Ch 2:6) |
1 tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context. |
