translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “a young man and tender.”


text: Heb “and according to all my strength.”


text: Heb “the gold for the gold, and the silver for the silver, and the bronze for the bronze, and the iron for the iron, and the wood for the wood.”


text: See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6 . Using the “light” standard talent of 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg) as the standard for calculation, David had supplied 101 tons (91,800 kg) of gold and 235.5 tons (214,200 kg) of silver.


text: See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6 . Using the “light” standard talent of 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg) as the standard for calculation, the people donated 168.3 tons (153,000 kg) of gold, 336.5 tons (306,000 kg) of silver, 605.7 tons (550,800 kg) of bronze, and 3,365 tons (3,060,000 kg) of iron.


text: On the “daric” as a unit of measure, see BDB 204 s.v. דַּרְכְּמוֹן . Some have regarded the daric as a minted coin, perhaps even referring to the Greek drachma, but this is less likely. sn The daric was a unit of weight perhaps equal to between 8 and 9 grams (just under one-third of an ounce), so 10,000 darics of gold would weigh between 80 and 90 kilograms (between 176 and 198 pounds).


text: The word “precious” is supplied in the translation for clarification.


text: Heb “with a complete heart.”


text: Heb “was rejoiced with great joy.”


text: Heb “assembly, and David said.” The words “and David said” are redundant according to contemporary English style and have not been included in the translation.


text: The words “and sovereign” are added in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.


text: Heb “head.”


text: Heb “wealth and honor [are] from before you.”


text: Heb “and in your hand [is] strength and might and in your hand to magnify and to give strength to all.”


text: Heb “that we should retain strength to contribute like this.”


text: Heb “and from you we have given to you.”


text: Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 18, 20 ).


text: Or perhaps “hope.”


text: Heb “a heart.”


text: Heb “with integrity of heart.”


text: Heb “keep this permanently with respect to the motive of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and make firm their heart to you.”


text: Heb “and to Solomon my son give a complete heart to keep your commands, your rules and your regulations, and to do everything, and to build the palace [for] which I have prepared.”


text: Heb “they ate and drank.”


text: Heb “with great joy.”


text: Heb “listened to him.”


text: Heb “placed a hand under Solomon the king.”


text: Heb “and gave to him glory of kingship which there was not concerning every king before him over Israel.”


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


text: Heb “satisfied with days, wealth, and honor.”


text: Heb “and the events of David the king, the former and the latter, look they are written in the annals of Samuel the seer, and in the annals of Nathan the prophet, and in the annals of Gad the seer.”


text: Heb “with all his reign and his might, and the times which passed over him and over Israel and over all the kingdoms of the lands.”