1map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4. 2tn The parallel passage in 2 Kgs 18:2 has “Abi.” 3tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which David his father had done.” 4tn Heb “fathers.” 5tn Heb “in the eyes of.” 6tn Heb “turned their faces.” 7tn Heb “and turned the back.” 8tn Heb “and he made them [an object] of dread and devastation and hissing.” 9tn Heb “fell by the sword.” 10tn Heb “are in captivity.” 11tn Heb “now it is with my heart.” 12tn Heb “so that the rage of his anger might turn from us.” The jussive with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding statement of intention. 13tn Heb “to stand before him to serve him and to be his servants and sacrificers.” 14tn Heb “and the Levites arose.” 15tn Heb “words” (plural). 16tn Heb “in the temple of the Lord.” 17tn Heb “porch of the Lord.” 18sn Perhaps these terms refer metonymically to the royal court, the priests and Levites, and the people, respectively. 19tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 20tn Heb “said.” 21tn Heb “he”; the referent (King Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 22tn Or “seer.” 23tn Heb “stood with” (i.e., stood holding). 24tn Heb “with the words.” 25tn Or “seer.” 26tn Heb “filled your hand.” 27tn Or “tokens of thanks.” 28tn Heb “and all who were willing of heart.” 29tn Heb “and the number of burnt sacrifices which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, two hundred lambs; for a burnt sacrifice to the Lord were all these.” 30tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (ts’on) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but there is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other. 31tn Heb “the burnt sacrifices.” 32tn Heb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.” 33tn Or “established.” 34tn Heb “prepared.” 35tn Heb “the people.” The pronoun “they” has been used here for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy. 36tn Heb “for quickly was the matter.”
1map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2tn The parallel passage in 2 Kgs 18:2 has “Abi.”
3tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which David his father had done.”
4tn Heb “fathers.”
5tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
6tn Heb “turned their faces.”
7tn Heb “and turned the back.”
8tn Heb “and he made them [an object] of dread and devastation and hissing.”
9tn Heb “fell by the sword.”
10tn Heb “are in captivity.”
11tn Heb “now it is with my heart.”
12tn Heb “so that the rage of his anger might turn from us.” The jussive with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding statement of intention.
13tn Heb “to stand before him to serve him and to be his servants and sacrificers.”
14tn Heb “and the Levites arose.”
15tn Heb “words” (plural).
16tn Heb “in the temple of the Lord.”
17tn Heb “porch of the Lord.”
18sn Perhaps these terms refer metonymically to the royal court, the priests and Levites, and the people, respectively.
19tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
20tn Heb “said.”
21tn Heb “he”; the referent (King Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
22tn Or “seer.”
23tn Heb “stood with” (i.e., stood holding).
24tn Heb “with the words.”
25tn Or “seer.”
26tn Heb “filled your hand.”
27tn Or “tokens of thanks.”
28tn Heb “and all who were willing of heart.”
29tn Heb “and the number of burnt sacrifices which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, two hundred lambs; for a burnt sacrifice to the Lord were all these.”
30tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (ts’on) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but there is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other.
31tn Heb “the burnt sacrifices.”
32tn Heb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”
33tn Or “established.”
34tn Heb “prepared.”
35tn Heb “the people.” The pronoun “they” has been used here for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
36tn Heb “for quickly was the matter.”