translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET study note

text: In the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. See 1 Kgs 3:5 .


text: The work crews . This Hebrew word מַס ( mas ) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.


text: These work crews . The work crews referred to here must be different than the temporary crews described in 5:13-16 .


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