1 Raja-raja 3:15

3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. ¹  He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, ²  and held a feast for all his servants.

1 Raja-raja 3:2

3:2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, ³  because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 5:7-9

5:7 When the people ⁵  of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked ⁶  both us and our god Dagon!”

5:8 So they assembled ⁷  all the leaders of the Philistines and asked, “What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They replied, “The ark of the God of Israel should be moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

5:9 But after it had been moved the Lord attacked ⁸  that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city ⁹  with sores. ¹⁰ 

1 Samuel 6:12-17

6:12 Then the cows went directly on the road to Beth Shemesh. They went along, mooing as they went; they turned neither to the right nor to the left. The leaders of the Philistines were walking along behind them all the way to the border of Beth Shemesh.

6:13 Now the residents of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they were pleased at the sight. 6:14 The cart was coming to the field of Joshua, who was from Beth Shemesh. It paused there near a big stone. Then they cut up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord. 6:15 The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, which contained the gold objects. They placed them near the big stone. At that time the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord. 6:16 The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.

6:17 These are the gold sores that the Philistines brought as a guilt offering to the Lord – one for each of the following cities: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

1 Samuel 6:1

The Philistines Return the Ark

6:1 When the ark of the Lord had been in the land ¹¹  of the Philistines for seven months, ¹² 

1 Samuel 11:7

11:7 He took a pair ¹³  of oxen and cut them up. Then he sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, who said, “Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel should expect this to be done to his oxen!” Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out as one army. ¹⁴ 

1 Samuel 15:29

15:29 The Preeminent One ¹⁵  of Israel does not go back on his word ¹⁶  or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.” ¹⁷ 

1 Samuel 16:1

Samuel Anoints David as King

16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. ¹⁸  Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, ¹⁹  for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” ²⁰ 

Mazmur 9:11

9:11 Sing praises to the Lord, who rules ²¹  in Zion!

Tell the nations what he has done! ²² 

Mazmur 102:21

102:21 so they may proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion,

and praise him ²³  in Jerusalem, ²⁴ 

Yesaya 28:16

28:16 Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says:

“Look, I am laying ²⁵  a stone in Zion,

an approved ²⁶  stone,

set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. ²⁷ 

The one who maintains his faith will not panic. ²⁸ 

Yesaya 46:13

46:13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away;

I am bringing my salvation near, ²⁹  it does not wait.

I will save Zion; ³⁰ 

I will adorn Israel with my splendor.” ³¹ 

Yesaya 46:1

The Lord Carries His People

46:1 Bel ³²  kneels down,

Nebo ³³  bends low.

Their images weigh down animals and beasts. ³⁴ 

Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals. ³⁵ 

Pengkhotbah 2:6

2:6 I constructed pools of water for myself,

to irrigate my grove ³⁶  of flourishing trees.

[3:15]  ¹ tn Heb “and look, a dream.”

[3:15]  ² tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[3:2]  ³ sn Offering sacrifices at the high places. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated.

[3:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “to honor the Lord”). The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “men.”

[5:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “for his hand is severe upon.”

[5:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

[5:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was against the city.”

[5:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he struck the men of the city from small and to great.”

[5:9]  ¹⁰ tn See the note on this term in v. 6. Cf. KJV “and they had emerods in their secret parts.”

[6:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “field.”

[6:1]  ¹² tc The LXX adds “and their land swarmed with mice.”

[11:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “yoke.”

[11:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “like one man.”

[15:29]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “splendor,” used here by metonymy as a title for the Lord.

[15:29]  ¹⁶ tn Or perhaps “does not lie.”

[15:29]  ¹⁷ sn This observation marks the preceding statement (v. 28) as an unconditional, unalterable decree. When God makes such a decree he will not alter it or change his mind. This does not mean that God never deviates from his stated intentions or changes his mind. On the contrary, several passages describe him as changing his mind. In fact, his willingness to do so is one of his fundamental divine attributes (see Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2). For a fuller discussion see R. B. Chisholm, Jr., “Does God Change His Mind?” BSac 152 (1995): 387-99.

[16:1]  ¹⁸ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”

[16:1]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”

[9:11]  ²¹ tn Heb “sits” (i.e., enthroned, and therefore ruling – see v. 4). Another option is to translate as “lives” or “dwells.”

[9:11]  ²² tn Heb “declare among the nations his deeds.”

[102:21]  ²³ tn Heb “his praise.”

[102:21]  ²⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[28:16]  ²⁵ tc The Hebrew text has a third person verb form, which does not agree with the first person suffix that precedes. The form should be emended to יֹסֵד (yosed), a Qal active participle used in a present progressive or imminent future sense.

[28:16]  ²⁶ tn Traditionally “tested,” but the implication is that it has passed the test and stands approved.

[28:16]  ²⁷ sn The reality behind the metaphor is not entirely clear from the context. The stone appears to represent someone or something that gives Zion stability. Perhaps the ideal Davidic ruler is in view (see 32:1). Another option is that the image of beginning a building project by laying a precious cornerstone suggests that God is about to transform Zion through judgment and begin a new covenant community that will experience his protection (see 4:3-6; 31:5; 33:20-24; 35:10).

[28:16]  ²⁸ tn Heb “will not hurry,” i.e., act in panic.

[46:13]  ²⁹ tn Heb “my salvation.” The verb “I am bringing near” is understood by ellipsis (note the previous line).

[46:13]  ³⁰ tn Heb “I will place in Zion salvation”; NASB “I will grant salvation in Zion.”

[46:13]  ³¹ tn Heb “to Israel my splendor”; KJV, ASV “for Israel my glory.”

[46:1]  ³² sn Bel was the name of a Babylonian god. The name was originally associated with Enlil, but later was applied to Marduk. See HALOT 132 s.v. בֵּל.

[46:1]  ³³ sn Nebo is a variation of the name of the Babylonian god Nabu.

[46:1]  ³⁴ tn Heb “their images belong to animals and beasts”; NIV “their idols are borne by beasts of burden”; NLT “are being hauled away.”

[46:1]  ³⁵ tn Heb “your loads are carried [as] a burden by a weary [animal].”

[2:6]  ³⁶ tn Heb “to water from them a grove” (or “forest).