1 Raja-raja 21:26
Konteks21:26 He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, 1 just like the Amorites 2 whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)
1 Raja-raja 21:2
Konteks21:2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, 3 I will pay you silver for it.” 4
Pengkhotbah 3:8-9
Konteks3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
[21:26] 1 tn The Hebrew word used here, גִלּוּלִים (gillulim) is always used as a disdainful reference to idols. It is generally thought to have originally referred to “dung pellets” (cf. KBL 183 s.v. גִלּוּלִים). It is only one of several terms used in this way, such as אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless things”) and הֲבָלִים (havalim, “vanities” or “empty winds”).
[21:26] 2 tn Heb “He acted very abominably by walking after the disgusting idols, according to all which the Amorites had done.”
[21:2] 3 tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”
[21:2] 4 tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”
[3:9] 5 tn The term הָעוֹשֶׂה (ha’oseh, article + Qal active participle ms from עָשַׂה, ’asah, “to do”) functions substantively (“the worker”); see BDB 794 s.v. עָשַׂה II.1. This is a figurative description of man (metonymy of association), and plays on the repetition of עָשַׂה (verb: “to do,” noun: “work”) throughout the passage. In the light of God’s orchestration of human affairs, man’s efforts cannot change anything. It refers to man in general with the article functioning in a generic sense (see IBHS 244-45 §13.5.1f; Joüon 2:511 §137.m).
[3:9] 6 sn This rhetorical question is an example of negative affirmation, expecting a negative answer: “Man gains nothing from his toil!” (see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 949-51). Any advantage that man might gain from his toil is nullified by his ignorance of divine providence.
