2 Tawarikh 9:9

9:9 She gave the king 120 talents ¹  of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. ² 

2 Tawarikh 9:1

Solomon Entertains a Queen

9:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ³  she came to challenge ⁴  him ⁵  with difficult questions. ⁶  She arrived in Jerusalem ⁷  with a great display of pomp, ⁸  bringing with her camels carrying spices, ⁹  a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

1 Samuel 10:27

10:27 But some wicked men ¹⁰  said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it. ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 10:1

Samuel Anoints Saul

10:1 Then Samuel took a small container of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s ¹²  head. Samuel ¹³  kissed him and said, “The Lord has chosen you ¹⁴  to lead his people Israel! You will rule over the Lord’s people and you will deliver them from the power of the enemies who surround them. This will be your sign that the Lord has chosen ¹⁵  you as leader over his inheritance. ¹⁶ 

Kisah Para Rasul 9:14

9:14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison ¹⁷  all who call on your name!” ¹⁸ 

Kisah Para Rasul 10:10

10:10 He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him. ¹⁹ 

Kisah Para Rasul 10:25

10:25 So when ²⁰  Peter came in, Cornelius met ²¹  him, fell ²²  at his feet, and worshiped ²³  him.

Ayub 42:11

42:11 So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined ²⁴  with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver ²⁵  and a gold ring. ²⁶ 

[9:9]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold was 8,076 lbs. (3,672 kg).

[9:9]  ² tn Heb “there has not been like those spices which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

[9:1]  ³ tn Heb “the report about Solomon.”

[9:1]  ⁴ tn Or “test.”

[9:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

[9:1]  ⁶ tn Or “riddles.”

[9:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew word חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue or to the great wealth she brought with her.

[9:1]  ⁹ tn Or “balsam oil.”

[10:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “sons of worthlessness” (see 2:12).

[10:27]  ¹¹ tc In place of the MT (“and it was like one being silent”) the LXX has “after about a month,” taking the expression with the first part of the following chapter rather than with 10:27. Some Hebrew support for this reading appears in the corrected hand of a Qumran ms of Samuel, which has here “about a month.” However, it seems best to stay with the MT here even though it is difficult.

[10:1]  ¹² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Samuel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Is it not that the Lord has anointed you?” The question draws attention to the fact and is a rhetorical way of affirming the Lord’s choice of Saul. The translation reflects the rhetorical force of the question.

[10:1]  ¹⁵ tn That is, “anointed.”

[10:1]  ¹⁶ tc The MT reads simply “Is it not that the Lord has anointed you over his inheritance for a leader?” The translation follows the LXX. The MT apparently suffers from parablepsis, whereby a scribe’s eye jumped from the first occurrence of the expression “the Lord has anointed you” to the second occurrence of this expression at the end of v. 1. This mistake caused the accidental omission of the intervening material in the LXX, which appears to preserve the original Hebrew text here.

[9:14]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “to bind.”

[9:14]  ¹⁸ sn The expression “those who call on your name” is a frequent description of believers (Acts 2:21; 1 Cor 1:2; Rom 10:13).

[10:10]  ¹⁹ tn The traditional translation, “he fell into a trance,” is somewhat idiomatic; it is based on the textual variant ἐπέπεσεν (epepesen, “he fell”) found in the Byzantine text but almost certainly not original.

[10:25]  ²⁰ tn Grk “So it happened that when.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[10:25]  ²¹ tn Grk “meeting him.” The participle συναντήσας (sunanthsa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[10:25]  ²² tn Grk “falling at his feet, worshiped.” The participle πεσών (peswn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[10:25]  ²³ sn When Cornelius worshiped Peter, it showed his piety and his respect for Peter, but it was an act based on ignorance, as Peter’s remark in v. 26 indicates.

[42:11]  ²⁴ tn Heb “ate bread.”

[42:11]  ²⁵ tn The Hebrew word קְשִׂיטָה (qÿsitah) is generally understood to refer to a unit of money, but the value is unknown.

[42:11]  sn The Hebrew word refers to a piece of silver, yet uncoined. It is the kind used in Gen 33:19 and Josh 24:32. It is what would be expected of a story set in the patriarchal age.

[42:11]  ²⁶ sn This gold ring was worn by women in the nose, or men and women in the ear.