1map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

2tn Heb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.

3tn Heb “was lifted upwards.”

4map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

5tn Heb “took.”

6tn In 1 Chr 3:8 and 2 Sam 5:16 this name appears as “Eliada.” The form here represents a variant spelling of the name.

7tn Or “designated”; NCV “had been made king”; CEV “had become king.”

8tn Heb “to seek David.”

9tn Heb “went out before.”

10tn Heb “stripped.”

11tn Heb “by my hand.”

12sn The name Baal Perazim means “Lord of outbursts” in Hebrew.

13tn Heb “abandoned.”

14tn Heb “gods.”

15tn Heb “and David again asked God.”

16tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.

17tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.

18tn Heb “go out in battle.”

19tn Heb “camp.”

20tn Heb “the name of David went out.”

21tn Heb “and the Lord placed fear of him upon all the nations.”