1map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
2tnHeb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.
3tnHeb “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.
5tnHeb “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.”
8tnHeb “to seek David.”
9tnHeb “went out before.”
10tnHeb “stripped.”
11tnHeb “by my hand.”
12sn The name Baal Perazim means “Lord of outbursts” in Hebrew.
13tnHeb “abandoned.”
14tnHeb “gods.”
15tnHeb “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.
18tnHeb “go out in battle.”
19tnHeb “camp.”
20tnHeb “the name of David went out.”
21tnHeb “and the Lord placed fear of him upon all the nations.”