1 tc Many Hebrew
2 tn Heb “the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him.”
3 tn Or “commanded.”
4 tn Heb “and all the people went up after him, and the people were playing flutes and rejoicing with great joy and the ground split open at the sound of them.” The verb בָּקַע (baqa’, “to split open”), which elsewhere describes the effects of an earthquake, is obviously here an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.
5 tn Heb “gave him a lamp.”
6 tc The Old Greek has the plural “his sons.”
7 tn Heb “by raising up his son after him.”
8 tn Heb “and by causing Jerusalem to stand firm.”