translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ISA

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “was happy with”; NAB, NASB “was pleased”; NIV “received the envoys gladly.”


text: Heb “there was nothing which Hezekiah did not show them in his house and in all his kingdom.”


text: Heb “he”; the referent (Isaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Heb “fathers” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).


text: Heb “Some of your sons, who go out from you, whom you father.”


text: Heb “good” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “favorable.”


text: Heb “and he said.” The verb אָמַר (’ amar , “say”) is sometimes used of what one thinks (that is, says to oneself).


text: Or “surely”; cf. CEV “At least.”