translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: Or “brothers.”


text: Heb “for a gate and a gate,” i.e., for each gate.


text: “Shelemiah” is a variant of the name “Meshelemiah” (cf. 26:2 ).


text: Heb “a guard alongside a guard.”


text: Or “treasuries.”


text: “Ladan” is a variant of the name “Libni” (cf. 6:17 ).


text: “Jehieli” is a variant of the name “Jehiel” (cf. 23:8 ).


text: A number of English versions follow the LXX and Vulgate and read “Shubael” here (e.g., NAB, NIV, NCV, CEV).


label: NET textual note

text: The marginal reading ( Qere ) is “Shelomith,” while the consonantal text ( Kethib ) has “Shelomoth.”


text: The MT reads “Shelomoth”; the name is spelled “Shelomith” in the marginal reading ( Qere ) of v. 25 .


text: Or “seer.”


text: The words “the temple” are supplied in the translation for clarification.


text: Heb “and they were searched and there were found in them.”


text: Heb “and his brothers, sons of respect, [were] 2,700, heads of fathers.”


text: Heb “with respect to every matter of God and matter of the king.”