translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: The Hebrew text has simply “Judah,” though the verb הָגְלוּ ( hoglu , “carried away”) is plural.


text: Heb “and the inhabitants, the first who [were] in their property in their cities, Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.”


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


text: The words “the settlers included” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.


text: Heb “and all these men were heads of fathers for the house of their fathers.”


text: Heb “capable [for] the work of the task of the house of God.”


text: Heb “and his brothers belonging to the house of his father, the Korachites, to the work of the task, guardians of the threshold of the tent.”


text: Heb “and their fathers to the camp of the Lord , guardians of the entrance.” Here “fathers” is used in a more general sense of “forefathers” or “ancestors” and is not limited specifically to their fathers only.


text: The Hebrew term is רֹאֶה ( ro ’ eh , “seer”), an older word for נָבִיא ( navi ’, “prophet”).


text: Heb “they – David appointed, and Samuel the seer, in their position.”


text: Heb “and they and their sons to the gates of the house of the Lord , of the house of the tent, [were assigned] as guards.”


text: Heb “in the house of God.”


text: Heb “and from them over the articles of the task, for by number they would bring them in, and by number they would bring them out.”


text: Heb “holy place.”


text: The word “son” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.


text: Heb “were in rooms.” The words “at the sanctuary” are supplied in the translation for clarification.


text: Heb “and also they, opposite their brothers, lived in Jerusalem with their brothers.” This redundancy has been removed in the translation. map For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


label: NET textual note

text: The name “Ahaz” is included in the Vulgate and Syriac, but omitted in the MT. It probably was accidentally omitted by haplography. Note that the name appears at the beginning of the next verse. Cf. also 8:35 .


text: So MT; some Hebrew mss and the LXX read “Jadah” (cf. NIV, NCV, NLT) while in 8:36 the name “Jehoaddah’ appears (cf. NAB).


text: The Hebrew text has בֹּכְרוּ ( bokhÿru ), which some understand as a name: “Bocheru” (so, e.g., NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). But the form should probably be revocalized בְֹּכרוֹ ( bÿkhoro , “his firstborn”). A name has accidentally dropped from the list, and a scribe apparently read בֹּכְרוּ as one of the names. Cf. also 1 Chr 8:38 .