1sn The parallel text in 1 Chr 21:1 says, “An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.” The Samuel version gives an underlying theological perspective, while the Chronicler simply describes what happened from a human perspective. The adversary in 1 Chr 21:1 is likely a human enemy, probably a nearby nation whose hostility against Israel pressured David into numbering the people so he could assess his military strength. See the note at 1 Chr 21:1. 2tn Heb “and the word of the king was stronger than.” 3tn Heb “in the middle of.” 4map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3. 5map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3. 6map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4. 7tn Heb “and Joab gave the number of the numbering of the people.” 8tn Heb “and the heart of David struck him.” 9tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came.” 10tc The LXX has here “three” rather than “seven,” and is followed by NAB, NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT. See 1 Chr 21:12. 11tn Heb “now know and see.” 12tn Heb “There is great distress to me. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for great is his mercy, but into the hand of man let me not fall.” 13tn Heb “messenger.” 14tn Heb “concerning the calamity.” 15tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.” 16tn Heb “let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.” 17tn Heb “Araunah.” The name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons. 18tn Heb “nostrils.” 19tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.” 20sn Threshing sledges were heavy boards used in ancient times for loosening grain from husks. On the bottom sides of these boards sharp stones were embedded, and the boards were then dragged across the grain on a threshing floor by an ox or donkey. 21tn Heb “the equipment of the oxen.” 22tc The Hebrew text is difficult here. The translation reads עֶבֶד אֲדֹנָי (’eved ’adoni, “the servant of my lord”) rather than the MT’s אֲרַוְנָה (’Aravnah). In normal court etiquette a subject would not use his own name in this way, but would more likely refer to himself in the third person. The MT probably first sustained loss of עֶבֶד (’eved, “servant”), leading to confusion of the word for “my lord” with the name of the Jebusite referred to here. 23tn Heb “fifty shekels of silver.” This would have been about 20 ounces (568 grams) of silver by weight.
1sn The parallel text in 1 Chr 21:1 says, “An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.” The Samuel version gives an underlying theological perspective, while the Chronicler simply describes what happened from a human perspective. The adversary in 1 Chr 21:1 is likely a human enemy, probably a nearby nation whose hostility against Israel pressured David into numbering the people so he could assess his military strength. See the note at 1 Chr 21:1.
2tn Heb “and the word of the king was stronger than.”
3tn Heb “in the middle of.”
4map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
5map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
6map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
7tn Heb “and Joab gave the number of the numbering of the people.”
8tn Heb “and the heart of David struck him.”
9tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came.”
10tc The LXX has here “three” rather than “seven,” and is followed by NAB, NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT. See 1 Chr 21:12.
11tn Heb “now know and see.”
12tn Heb “There is great distress to me. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for great is his mercy, but into the hand of man let me not fall.”
13tn Heb “messenger.”
14tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”
15tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”
16tn Heb “let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.”
17tn Heb “Araunah.” The name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons.
18tn Heb “nostrils.”
19tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”
20sn Threshing sledges were heavy boards used in ancient times for loosening grain from husks. On the bottom sides of these boards sharp stones were embedded, and the boards were then dragged across the grain on a threshing floor by an ox or donkey.
21tn Heb “the equipment of the oxen.”
22tc The Hebrew text is difficult here. The translation reads עֶבֶד אֲדֹנָי (’eved ’adoni, “the servant of my lord”) rather than the MT’s אֲרַוְנָה (’Aravnah). In normal court etiquette a subject would not use his own name in this way, but would more likely refer to himself in the third person. The MT probably first sustained loss of עֶבֶד (’eved, “servant”), leading to confusion of the word for “my lord” with the name of the Jebusite referred to here.
23tn Heb “fifty shekels of silver.” This would have been about 20 ounces (568 grams) of silver by weight.