translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET study note

text: We have no portion in David; no share in the son of Jesse. Their point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.


text: The work crews. See the note on this expression in 4:6 .


text: The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.


text: The festival he celebrated in Judah probably refers to the Feast of Tabernacles (i.e., Booths or Temporary Shelters), held in the seventh month (September-October). See also 1 Kgs 8:2 .