translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: NEH

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “who went up.”


label: NET textual note

text: Most Hebrew MSS read “Ginnethoi”; the present translation follows a number of Hebrew MSS and the Vulgate (cf. Neh 12:16 and NIV, NCV, NLT).


text: Heb “heads” (so also in v. 12 ).


text: Heb “brothers” (also in vv. 8, 9, 24, 36 ).


text: Heb “he and his brothers.”


text: The translation reads וְעֻנִּי ( vÿ ’ unni ) with the Qere rather than וְעֻנּוֹ ( vÿ ’ uno ) of the MT Kethib .


text: Heb “begat.”


text: The present translation reads with the LXX לְמַלּוּךְ ( lÿmallukh ) rather than לִמְלוּכִי ( limlukhi ) of the Kethib (by dittography) or לִמְלִיכוּ ( limlikhu ) of the Qere .


text: Most Hebrew MSS read “Shebaniah” (cf. KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV, CEV); the present translation follows the reading of some Hebrew MSS , some LXX MSS , and the Syriac (cf. Neh 12:3 and NIV, NCV, NLT).


text: The present translation reads with the Lucianic Greek recension and the Syriac Peshitta לִמְרֵמוֹת ( limremot , cf. NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT “Meremoth”) rather than the MT reading לִמְרָיוֹת ( limrayot , cf. KJV, NASB, NRSV, CEV “Meraioth”). Cf. v. 3 .


text: The present translation (along with most English versions) reads with the Qere and the Syriac Peshitta לְעִדּוֹא ( lÿ ’ iddo ’, “Iddo”) rather than the MT reading לַעֲדָיָא ( la ’ adaya ’) which probably arose through graphic confusion. Cf. v. 4 .


text: Or “of Miniamin, …; of Moadiah, Piltai,” where the name of the leader of the family of Miniamin has dropped out of the text due to a problem in transmission.


text: The present translation reads סַלּוּ ( sallu , cf. NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT “Sallu”) rather than the MT reading סַלַּי ( sallai , cf. KJV, NASB, NRSV, CEV “Sallai” ). Cf. v. 7 .


text: Some scholars delete these words, regarding them as a later scribal addition to the text.


text: Or “the Book of the Annals” (so NRSV); NLT “The Book of History.”


text: Heb “in [accord with] the commandment of.”


text: Heb “the priest, the scribe.”


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


text: Heb “from all their places.” The words “they lived” are implied.


text: Heb “the sons of the singers.”


text: The translation reads וְהָאַחַת הֹלֶכֶת ( vÿha ’ akhat holekhet , “and one was proceeding”) rather than the MT reading וְתַהֲלֻכֹת ( vÿtahalukhot , “and processions”).


text: Heb “some of the sons of the priests.”


text: Or “prescribed by” (NIV, NLT); TEV “of the kind played by.” The precise relationship of these musical instruments to David is not clear.


text: Heb “was before them.”


text: The translation reads הוֹלֶכֶת ( holekhet , “was proceeding”) rather than the MT הַהוֹלֶכֶת ( haholekhet , “the one proceeding”). The MT probably reflects dittography – accidental writing of ה ( hey ) twice instead of once.


text: Or “the Old Gate” (so KJV, NASB, NCV, NRSV).


text: Heb “they stood.”


text: Heb “stood.”


text: Heb “caused to hear.”


text: The translation reads מִשְּׂדֶי ( missÿde , “from the fields”) rather than the MT reading לִשְׂדֵי ( lisdey , “to the fields”).


text: Heb “for Judah.” The words “the people of” have been supplied in the translation for clarity, since “Judah” is a proper name as well as a place name.


text: Heb “standing.”


text: With many medieval Hebrew MSS and the ancient versions the translation reads the conjunction (“and”). It is absent in the Leningrad MS that forms the textual basis for BHS .


text: Heb “heads.” The translation reads with the Qere the plural רֹאשֵׁי ( ro ’ shey , “heads”) rather than the Kethib singular רֹאשׁ ( ro ’ sh , “head”) of the MT.


text: Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”


text: Heb “were sanctifying.”