2 Tawarikh 21:16

21:16 The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines ¹  and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites.

2 Tawarikh 21:1

21:1 Jehoshaphat passed away ²  and was buried with his ancestors ³  in the City of David. ⁴  His son Jehoram ⁵  replaced him as king.

1 Samuel 26:19

26:19 So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, may he take delight in ⁶  an offering. But if men have instigated this, ⁷  may they be cursed before the Lord! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the Lord’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go on, serve other gods!’

1 Samuel 26:1

David Spares Saul’s Life Again

26:1 The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near ⁸  Jeshimon?”

Kisah Para Rasul 11:14

11:14 who will speak a message ⁹  to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’

Kisah Para Rasul 11:23

11:23 When ¹⁰  he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true ¹¹  to the Lord with devoted hearts, ¹² 

Kisah Para Rasul 11:1

Peter Defends His Actions to the Jerusalem Church

11:1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted ¹³  the word of God. ¹⁴ 

Kisah Para Rasul 5:26

5:26 Then the commander ¹⁵  of the temple guard ¹⁶  went with the officers ¹⁷  and brought the apostles ¹⁸  without the use of force ¹⁹  (for they were afraid of being stoned by the people). ²⁰ 

Ezra 1:5

The Exiles Prepare to Return to Jerusalem

1:5 Then the leaders ²¹  of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready ²²  to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. ²³ 

Yesaya 13:3-5

13:3 I have given orders to my chosen soldiers; ²⁴ 

I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger, ²⁵ 

my boasting, arrogant ones. ²⁶ 

13:4 ²⁷ There is a loud noise on the mountains –

it sounds like a large army! ²⁸ 

There is great commotion among the kingdoms ²⁹  –

nations are being assembled!

The Lord who commands armies is mustering

forces for battle.

13:5 They come from a distant land,

from the horizon. ³⁰ 

It is the Lord with his instruments of judgment, ³¹ 

coming to destroy the whole earth. ³² 

Yesaya 13:17-18

13:17 Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; ³³ 

they are not concerned about silver,

nor are they interested in gold. ³⁴ 

13:18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; ³⁵ 

they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, ³⁶ 

they will not ³⁷  look with pity on children.

Yesaya 44:28--45:5

44:28 who commissions ³⁸  Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd ³⁹ 

to carry out all my wishes ⁴⁰ 

and to decree concerning Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’

and concerning the temple, ‘It will be reconstructed.’” ⁴¹ 

45:1 This is what the Lord says to his chosen ⁴²  one,

to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold ⁴³ 

in order to subdue nations before him,

and disarm kings, ⁴⁴ 

to open doors before him,

so gates remain unclosed:

45:2 “I will go before you

and level mountains. ⁴⁵ 

Bronze doors I will shatter

and iron bars ⁴⁶  I will hack through.

45:3 I will give you hidden treasures, ⁴⁷ 

riches stashed away in secret places,

so you may recognize that I am the Lord,

the one who calls you by name, the God of Israel.

45:4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,

Israel, my chosen one,

I call you by name

and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize ⁴⁸  me.

45:5 I am the Lord, I have no peer, ⁴⁹ 

there is no God but me.

I arm you for battle, ⁵⁰  even though you do not recognize ⁵¹  me.

Hagai 1:14

1:14 So the Lord energized and encouraged ⁵²  Zerubbabel ⁵³  son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, ⁵⁴  and the whole remnant of the people. ⁵⁵  They came and worked on the temple of their God, the Lord who rules over all.

[21:16]  ¹ tn Heb “the spirit of the Philistines.”

[21:1]  ² tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[21:1]  ³ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).

[21:1]  ⁴ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[21:1]  ⁵ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:16-24 has the variant spelling “Jehoram.”

[26:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “may he smell.” The implication is that Saul should seek to appease God, for such divine instigation to evil would a sign of God’s disfavor. For a fuller discussion of this passage see R. B. Chisholm, Jr., “Does God Deceive?” BSac 155 (1998): 19-21.

[26:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “but if the sons of men.”

[26:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “upon the face of.”

[11:14]  ⁹ tn Grk “words” (ῥήματα, rJhmata), but in this context the overall message is meant rather than the individual words.

[11:23]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Antioch, who when.” The relative pronoun was omitted and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.

[11:23]  ¹¹ tn BDAG 883 s.v. προσμένω 1.a.β has “remain true to the Lord” for προσμένειν (prosmenein) in this verse.

[11:23]  sn He…encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord. The call to faithfulness is frequent in Acts (2:40; 14:22; 15:32; 16:39; 20:1-2).

[11:23]  ¹² tn Grk “with purpose of heart”; BDAG 869 s.v. πρόθεσις 2.a translates this phrase “purpose of heart, i.e. devotion” here.

[11:1]  ¹³ tn See BDAG 221 s.v. δέχομαι 5 for this translation of ἐδέξαντο (edexanto) here.

[11:1]  ¹⁴ tn Here the phrase “word of God” is another way to describe the gospel (note the preceding verb ἐδέξαντο, edexanto, “accepted”). The phrase could also be translated “the word [message] from God.”

[5:26]  ¹⁵ tn Or “captain.”

[5:26]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “the official [of the temple],” a title for the commander of the Jewish soldiers guarding the temple (thus the translation, “the commander of the temple guard”). See L&N 37.91.

[5:26]  ¹⁷ tn The Greek term ὑπηρέτης (Juphreth") generally means “servant,” but in the NT is used for many different types of servants. See the note on the word “officers” in v. 22.

[5:26]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “brought them”; the referent (the apostles) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:26]  ¹⁹ tn Or “without violence.” It is clear, as well, that the apostles did not resist arrest.

[5:26]  ²⁰ tn Grk “for they feared lest they be stoned by the people.” The translation uses a less awkward English equivalent. This is an explanatory note by the author.

[1:5]  ²¹ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[1:5]  ²² tn Heb “arose.”

[1:5]  ²³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:3]  ²⁴ tn Heb “my consecrated ones,” i.e., those who have been set apart by God for the special task of carrying out his judgment.

[13:3]  ²⁵ tn Heb “my warriors with respect to my anger.”

[13:3]  ²⁶ tn Heb “the boasting ones of my pride”; cf. ASV, NASB, NRSV “my proudly exulting ones.”

[13:4]  ²⁷ sn In vv. 4-10 the prophet appears to be speaking, since the Lord is referred to in the third person. However, since the Lord refers to himself in the third person later in this chapter (see v. 13), it is possible that he speaks throughout the chapter.

[13:4]  ²⁸ tn Heb “a sound, a roar [is] on the mountains, like many people.”

[13:4]  ²⁹ tn Heb “a sound, tumult of kingdoms.”

[13:5]  ³⁰ tn Heb “from the end of the sky.”

[13:5]  ³¹ tn Or “anger”; cf. KJV, ASV “the weapons of his indignation.”

[13:5]  ³² tn Or perhaps, “land” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NLT). Even though the heading and subsequent context (see v. 17) indicate Babylon’s judgment is in view, the chapter has a cosmic flavor that suggests that the coming judgment is universal in scope. Perhaps Babylon’s downfall occurs in conjunction with a wider judgment, or the cosmic style is poetic hyperbole used to emphasize the magnitude and importance of the coming event.

[13:17]  ³³ tn Heb “against them”; NLT “against Babylon.”

[13:17]  ³⁴ sn They cannot be bought off, for they have a lust for bloodshed.

[13:18]  ³⁵ tn Heb “and bows cut to bits young men.” “Bows” stands by metonymy for arrows.

[13:18]  ³⁶ tn Heb “the fruit of the womb.”

[13:18]  ³⁷ tn Heb “their eye does not.” Here “eye” is a metonymy for the whole person.

[44:28]  ³⁸ tn Heb “says to.” It is possible that the sentence is not completed, as the description of Cyrus and his God-given role is developed in the rest of the verse. 45:1 picks up where 44:28a leaves off with the Lord’s actual words to Cyrus finally being quoted in 45:2.

[44:28]  ³⁹ tn Heb “my shepherd.” The shepherd motif is sometimes applied, as here, to a royal figure who is responsible for the well-being of the people whom he rules.

[44:28]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “that he might bring to completion all my desire.”

[44:28]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “and [concerning the] temple, you will be founded.” The preposition -לְ (lÿ) is understood by ellipsis at the beginning of the second line. The verb תִּוָּסֵד (tivvased, “you will be founded”) is second masculine singular and is probably addressed to the personified temple (הֵיכָל [hekhal, “temple”] is masculine).

[45:1]  ⁴² tn Heb “anointed” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NCV “his appointed king.”

[45:1]  ⁴³ sn The “right hand” is a symbol of activity and strength; the Lord directs Cyrus’ activities and assures his success.

[45:1]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “and the belts of kings I will loosen”; NRSV “strip kings of their robes”; NIV “strip kings of their armor.”

[45:2]  ⁴⁵ tc The form הֲדוּרִים (hadurim) makes little, if any, sense here. It is probably a corruption of an original הָרָרִים (hararim, “mountains”), the reduplicated form of הָר (har, “mountain”).

[45:2]  ⁴⁶ tn That is, on the gates. Cf. CEV “break the iron bars on bronze gates.”

[45:3]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “treasures of darkness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “treasures from dark, secret places.”

[45:4]  ⁴⁸ tn Or “know” (NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT); NIV “acknowledge.”

[45:5]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “and there is none besides.” On the use of עוֹד (’od) here, see BDB 729 s.v. 1.c.

[45:5]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “gird you” (so NASB) or “strengthen you” (so NIV).

[45:5]  ⁵¹ tn Or “know” (NAB, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT); NIV “have not acknowledged.”

[1:14]  ⁵² tn Heb “stirred up” (as in many English versions). Only one verb appears in the Hebrew text, but the translation “energized and encouraged” brings out its sense in this context. Cf. TEV “inspired”; NLT “sparked the enthusiasm of”; CEV “made everyone eager to work.”

[1:14]  sn It was God who initiated the rebuilding by providing the people with motivation and ability.

[1:14]  ⁵³ tn Heb “the spirit of Zerubbabel” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[1:14]  ⁵⁴ tn Heb “the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest” (as in many English versions), but this is subject to misunderstanding. See the note on the name “Jehozadak” at the end of v. 1.

[1:14]  ⁵⁵ tn Heb “and the spirit of all the remnant of the people.” The Hebrew phrase שְׁאֵרִית הָעָם (shÿ’erit ha’am) in this postexilic context is used as a technical term to refer to the returned remnant; see the note on the phrase “the whole remnant of the people” in v. 12.