translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “a young man and tender.”


text: Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”


text: Heb “I was with my heart.”


text: Heb “for the name of.”


text: Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”


text: Heb “man of rest.”


text: Heb “his enemies all around.”


text: Heb “in his days.”


text: Heb “for my name.”


text: Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel permanently.”


text: Heb “as he spoke concerning you.”


text: Or “keep.”


text: Heb “which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel.”


text: Or perhaps, “and don’t get discouraged.”


text: Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the Lord .”


text: See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6 .


text: Heb “a thousand thousands.”


text: Heb “craftsmen of stone and wood.”


text: Heb “and every kind of skilled one in all work, concerning gold, concerning silver, and concerning bronze, and concerning iron, there is no numbering.”


text: Or “help.”


text: The words “he told them” are added in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.


text: In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Is not the Lord your God with you?” The question anticipates the response, “Of course he is!” Thus in the translation the positive statement “The Lord your God is with you!” has been used.


text: Heb “and he gives rest to you all around.”


text: Or “earth.”


text: Heb “now give your heart and your being to seek the Lord your God.”


text: Heb “to bring.”


text: Heb “items of holiness of God.”


text: Heb “for the name of the Lord .”