Yosua 8:34-35

8:34 Then ¹  Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll. 8:35 Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given ²  before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them. ³ 

Yosua 8:2

8:2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho ⁴  and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”

1 Raja-raja 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ⁵  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ⁶  to take care of the king’s needs ⁷  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ⁸  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ⁹ 

Nehemia 8:3

8:3 So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon ¹⁰  before the men and women and those children who could understand. ¹¹  All the people were eager to hear ¹²  the book of the law.

[8:34]  ¹ tn Or “afterward.”

[8:35]  ² tn Heb “There was not a word from all which Moses commanded that Joshua did not read aloud.”

[8:35]  ³ tn Heb “walked in their midst.”

[8:2]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[1:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

[1:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

[1:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

[1:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

[8:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “from the light till the noon of the day.”

[8:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all who could hear with understanding.” The word “children” is understood to be implied here by a number of English versions (e.g., NAB, TEV, NLT).

[8:3]  ¹² tn Heb “the ears of all the people were toward.”