translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: For location see Map1-A2 ; Map2-G2 ; Map4-A1 ; JP3-F3 ; JP4-F3 .


text: Heb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.


text: Heb “was lifted upwards.”


text: For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


text: Heb “took.”


text: In 1 Chr 3:8 and 2 Sam 5:16 this name appears as “Eliada.” The form here represents a variant spelling of the name.


text: Or “designated”; NCV “had been made king”; CEV “had become king.”


text: Heb “to seek David.”


text: Heb “went out before.”


text: Heb “stripped.”


text: Heb “by my hand.”


text: Heb “abandoned.”


text: Heb “gods.”


text: Heb “and David again asked God.”


text: The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.


text: The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא ), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.


text: Heb “go out in battle.”


text: Heb “camp.”


text: Heb “the name of David went out.”


text: Heb “and the Lord placed fear of him upon all the nations.”