20:15 So Ahab 11 assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000. 12
1 tn Heb “Solomon left all the items, due to their very great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not sought.”
2 tn There is no verb expressed in the Hebrew text; “stands” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
3 tn Heb “your people whom you have chosen.”
4 tn Heb “traveling men.”
5 tn The words “in the stall” are added for clarification; note the immediately following reference to cattle from the pasture.
6 tc Some Greek
7 tn Heb “besides thirty-three hundred from the officials of Solomon’s governors who were over the work, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”
8 tn Heb “besides what he had given her according to the hand of King Solomon.”
9 tn Heb “turned and went.”
10 tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”
11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 tn Heb “after them he assembled all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.”