1 Raja-raja 2:4

2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ¹  ‘If your descendants watch their step ²  and live faithfully in my presence ³  with all their heart and being, ⁴  then,’ he promised, ⁵  ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 2:2

2:2 “I am about to die. ⁷  Be strong and become a man!

1 Samuel 7:1

7:1 Then the people ⁸  of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:1

7:1 Then the people ⁹  of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.

1 Samuel 17:23-27

17:23 As he was speaking with them, the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the battle lines of the Philistines. He spoke the way he usually did, ¹⁰  and David heard it. 17:24 When all the men of Israel saw this man, they retreated ¹¹  from his presence and were very afraid.

17:25 The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so ¹²  to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father’s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.”

17:26 David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? ¹³  For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?” 17:27 The soldiers ¹⁴  told him what had been promised, saying, ¹⁵  “This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”

Lukas 1:68-72

1:68 “Blessed ¹⁶  be the Lord God of Israel,

because he has come to help ¹⁷  and has redeemed ¹⁸  his people.

1:69 For ¹⁹  he has raised up ²⁰  a horn of salvation ²¹  for us in the house of his servant David, ²² 

1:70 as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago, ²³ 

1:71 that we should be saved ²⁴  from our enemies, ²⁵ 

and from the hand of all who hate us.

1:72 He has done this ²⁶  to show mercy ²⁷  to our ancestors, ²⁸ 

and to remember his holy covenant ²⁹  –

[2:4]  ¹ tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”

[2:4]  ² tn Heb “guard their way.”

[2:4]  ³ tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”

[2:4]  ⁴ tn Or “soul.”

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

[2:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”

[2:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “going the way of all the earth.”

[7:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “men.”

[7:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “men.”

[17:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “according to these words.”

[17:24]  ¹¹ tn Or “fled.”

[17:25]  ¹² tn Heb “he is coming up.”

[17:26]  ¹³ tn Heb “and turns aside humiliation from upon Israel.”

[17:27]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “people.”

[17:27]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “according to this word, saying.”

[1:68]  ¹⁶ sn The traditional name of this psalm, the “Benedictus,” comes from the Latin wording of the start of the hymn (“Blessed be…”).

[1:68]  ¹⁷ sn The verb come to help can refer to a visit, but can also connote concern or assistance (L&N 85.11).

[1:68]  ¹⁸ tn Or “has delivered”; Grk “has accomplished redemption.”

[1:68]  sn Has redeemed is a reference to redemption, but it anticipates the total release into salvation that the full work of Messiah will bring for Israel. This involves both spiritual and material benefits eventually.

[1:69]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “and,” but specifying the reason for the praise in the psalm.

[1:69]  ²⁰ sn The phrase raised up means for God to bring someone significant onto the scene of history.

[1:69]  ²¹ sn The horn of salvation is a figure that refers to the power of Messiah and his ability to protect, as the horn refers to what an animal uses to attack and defend (Ps 75:4-5, 10; 148:14; 2 Sam 22:3). Thus the meaning of the figure is “a powerful savior.”

[1:69]  ²² sn In the house of his servant David is a reference to Messiah’s Davidic descent. Zechariah is more interested in Jesus than his own son John at this point.

[1:70]  ²³ tn Grk “from the ages,” “from eternity.”

[1:71]  ²⁴ tn Grk “from long ago, salvation.”

[1:71]  ²⁵ sn The theme of being saved from our enemies is like the release Jesus preached in Luke 4:18-19. Luke’s narrative shows that one of the enemies in view is Satan and his cohorts, with the grip they have on humanity.

[1:72]  ²⁶ tn The words “He has done this” (referring to the raising up of the horn of salvation from David’s house) are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to allow a new sentence to be started in the translation. The Greek sentence is lengthy and complex at this point, while contemporary English uses much shorter sentences.

[1:72]  ²⁷ sn Mercy refers to God’s loyal love (steadfast love) by which he completes his promises. See Luke 1:50.

[1:72]  ²⁸ tn Or “our forefathers”; Grk “our fathers.” This begins with the promise to Abraham (vv. 55, 73), and thus refers to many generations of ancestors.

[1:72]  ²⁹ sn The promises of God can be summarized as being found in the one promise (the oath that he swore) to Abraham (Gen 12:1-3).