1 Samuel 22:17-19

22:17 Then the king said to the messengers ¹  who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided ²  with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm ³  the priests of the Lord.

22:18 Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five ⁴  men who wore the linen ephod. 22:19 As for Nob, the city of the priests, he struck down with the sword men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep – all with the sword.

Amsal 29:12

29:12 If a ruler listens to ⁵  lies, ⁶ 

all his ministers ⁷  will be wicked. ⁸ 

Yesaya 32:7

32:7 A deceiver’s methods are evil; ⁹ 

he dreams up evil plans ¹⁰ 

to ruin the poor with lies,

even when the needy are in the right. ¹¹ 

Matius 2:16

2:16 When Herod ¹²  saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men ¹³  to kill all the children in Bethlehem ¹⁴  and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

Lukas 22:63-64

22:63 Now ¹⁵  the men who were holding Jesus ¹⁶  under guard began to mock him and beat him. 22:64 They ¹⁷  blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly, ¹⁸  “Prophesy! Who hit you?” ¹⁹ 

[22:17]  ¹ tn Heb “runners.”

[22:17]  ² tn Heb “their hand is.”

[22:17]  ³ tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”

[22:18]  ⁴ tc The number is confused in the Greek ms tradition. The LXX, with the exception of the Lucianic recension, has the number 305. The Lucianic recension, along with a couple of Old Latin mss, has the number 350.

[29:12]  ⁵ tn The Hiphil participle מַקְשִׁיב (maqshiv) means “to give attention to; to regard; to heed.” Cf. NASB, NCV, TEV “pays attention to.”

[29:12]  sn Such a ruler would become known as one who could be lied to, because he paid attention to lies.

[29:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “word of falsehood” or “lying word.” Cf. TEV “false information.”

[29:12]  ⁷ tn The verb שָׁרַת (sharat) means “to minister; to serve.” The Piel plural participle here refers to servants of the king who attend to him – courtiers and ministers (cf. NIV, NRSV, TEV, CEV “officials”; NLT “advisers”). This, his entourage, will have to resort to evil practices to gain his favor if he is swayed by such lies.

[29:12]  ⁸ sn The servants of the monarch adjust to their ruler; when they see that court flattery and deception are effective, they will begin to practice it and in the end become wicked (e.g., Prov 16:10; 20:8; 25:2).

[32:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “as for a deceiver, his implements [or “weapons”] are evil.”

[32:7]  ¹⁰ tn Or “he plans evil things”; NIV “he makes up evil schemes.”

[32:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to ruin the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy speak what is just.”

[2:16]  ¹² sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Note the fulfillment of the prophecy given by the angel in 2:13.

[2:16]  ¹³ tn Or “soldiers.”

[2:16]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[22:63]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[22:63]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:64]  ¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[22:64]  ¹⁸ tn The verb ἐπηρώτων (ephrwtwn) has been translated as an iterative imperfect. The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated here.

[22:64]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “Who is the one who hit you?”

[22:64]  sn Who hit you? This is a variation of one of three ancient games that involved blindfolds.