1sn Beginning with 14:1, the verse numbers through 14:15 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 14:1 ET = 13:23 HT, 14:2 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:3 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:15 ET = 14:14 HT. Beginning with 15:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same. 2tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” 3sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. 4tn Heb “in his days.” 5tn Heb “and Asa did the good and the right in the eyes of the Lord his God.” 6tn Heb “the altars of the foreigner.” 7sn Asherah poles. A leading deity of the Canaanite pantheon was Asherah, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. She was commonly worshiped at shrines in or near groves of evergreen trees, or, failing that, at places marked by wooden poles (Hebrew אֲשֵׁרִים [’asherim], as here). They were to be burned or cut down (Deut 7:5; 12:3; 16:21; Judg 6:25, 28, 30; 2 Kgs 18:4). 8tn Heb “fathers.” 9tn Heb “the law and the command.” 10tn Heb “before him.” 11tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah. 12tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.” 13tn Heb “sought.” 14tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.” 15tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons. 16tn Heb “a thousand thousands.” 17tn Heb “called out.” 18tn Heb “there is not with you to help between many with regard to [the one] without strength.” 19tn Heb “and in your name we have come against this multitude.” 20tn Heb “let not man retain [strength] with you.” 21tn Heb “and there fell from the Cushites so that there was not to them preservation of life.” 22tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 23tn Heb “for the terror of the Lord was upon them.” 24tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 25tn Heb “for great plunder was in them.” 26tn Heb “and also they struck down the tents of the livestock.” 27map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
1sn Beginning with 14:1, the verse numbers through 14:15 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 14:1 ET = 13:23 HT, 14:2 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:3 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:15 ET = 14:14 HT. Beginning with 15:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
2tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
3sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
4tn Heb “in his days.”
5tn Heb “and Asa did the good and the right in the eyes of the Lord his God.”
6tn Heb “the altars of the foreigner.”
7sn Asherah poles. A leading deity of the Canaanite pantheon was Asherah, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. She was commonly worshiped at shrines in or near groves of evergreen trees, or, failing that, at places marked by wooden poles (Hebrew אֲשֵׁרִים [’asherim], as here). They were to be burned or cut down (Deut 7:5; 12:3; 16:21; Judg 6:25, 28, 30; 2 Kgs 18:4).
8tn Heb “fathers.”
9tn Heb “the law and the command.”
10tn Heb “before him.”
11tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the people of Judah.
12tn Heb “and we will surround [them] with wall[s] and towers, doors, and bars.”
13tn Heb “sought.”
14tn Heb “and he has given us rest all around.”
15tn The words “the cities” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
16tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”
17tn Heb “called out.”
18tn Heb “there is not with you to help between many with regard to [the one] without strength.”
19tn Heb “and in your name we have come against this multitude.”
20tn Heb “let not man retain [strength] with you.”
21tn Heb “and there fell from the Cushites so that there was not to them preservation of life.”
22tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
23tn Heb “for the terror of the Lord was upon them.”
24tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
25tn Heb “for great plunder was in them.”
26tn Heb “and also they struck down the tents of the livestock.”
27map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.