1 Tawarikh 13:5

13:5 So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor River ¹  in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, ²  to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.

Yesaya 23:3

23:3 the deep waters! ³ 

Grain from the Shihor region, ⁴ 

crops grown near the Nile ⁵  she receives; ⁶ 

she is the trade center ⁷  of the nations.

Yeremia 2:18

2:18 What good will it do you ⁸  then ⁹  to go down to Egypt

to seek help from the Egyptians? ¹⁰ 

What good will it do you ¹¹  to go over to Assyria

to seek help from the Assyrians? ¹² 

[13:5]  ¹ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.

[13:5]  sn The Shihor River was a river on the border of Egypt, probably the eastern branch of the Nile.

[13:5]  ² tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.”

[23:3]  ³ tc The Hebrew text (23:2b-3a) reads literally, “merchant of Sidon, the one who crosses the sea, they filled you, and on the deep waters.” Instead of מִלְאוּךְ (mil’ukh, “they filled you”) the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a reads מלאכיך (“your messengers”). The translation assumes an emendation of מִלְאוּךְ to מַלְאָכָו (mal’akhav, “his messengers”), taking the vav (ו) on וּבְמַיִם (uvÿmayim) as improperly placed; instead it should be the final letter of the preceding word.

[23:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “seed of Shihor.” “Shihor” probably refers to the east branch of the Nile. See Jer 2:18 and BDB 1009 s.v. שִׁיחוֹר.

[23:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “the harvest of the Nile.”

[23:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “[is] her revenue.”

[23:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “merchandise”; KJV, ASV “a mart of nations”; NLT “the merchandise mart of the world.”

[2:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “What to you to the way.”

[2:18]  ⁹ tn The introductory particle וְעַתָּה (vÿ’attah, “and now”) carries a logical, not temporal, connotation here (cf. BDB 274 s.v. עַתָּה 2.b).

[2:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to drink water from the Shihor [a branch of the Nile].” The reference is to seeking help through political alliance with Egypt as opposed to trusting in God for help. This is an extension of the figure in 2:13.

[2:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “What to you to the way.”

[2:18]  ¹² tn Heb “to drink water from the River [a common designation in biblical Hebrew for the Euphrates River].” This refers to seeking help through political alliance. See the preceding note.