translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET study note

text: The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7 .


text: Offering sacrifices at the high places. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated.


text: There was no one else in the house except the two of us. In other words, there were no other witnesses to the births who could identify which child belonged to which mother.