translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: Or “covenant.”


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


text: Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada the priest, cf. v. 8 ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Heb “all the people.”


text: Heb “house.”


text: Heb “and be with the king in his coming out and in his going out.”


text: Heb “all Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.


text: The Hebrew text lists two different types of shields here. Most translations render “the large and small shields” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV; NEB “King David’s spears, shields, and bucklers”).


text: Heb “and he stationed all the people, each with his weapon in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.”


text: The Hebrew word עֵדוּת (’ edut ) normally means “witness” or “testimony.” Here it probably refers to some tangible symbol of kingship, perhaps a piece of jewelry such as an amulet or neck chain (see the discussion in M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings [AB], 128). Some suggest that a document is in view, perhaps a copy of the royal protocol or of the stipulations of the Davidic covenant (see HALOT 790-91 s.v.).


text: Or “they made him king and anointed him.”


text: Heb “and Athaliah heard the sound of the people, the runners.”


text: Heb “she came to the people.”


text: Heb “and she saw, and behold.”


text: Or “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”


text: Heb “ranks.”


text: Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the Lord .’”


text: Heb “and they placed hands on her, and she went through the entrance of the gate of the horses [into] the house of the king.” Some English versions treat the phrase “gate of the horses” as the name of the gate (“the Horse Gate”; e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).


text: Heb “and Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and [between] all the people and [between] the king, to become a people for the Lord .”


text: Or “tore down.”


text: Or “images.”


text: Heb “as it is written in.”


text: Heb “took.”


text: Heb “killed Athaliah with the sword.”