11:18 “And say to the people, 'Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, for you have wept in the hearing of the Lord, saying, “Who will give us ...

If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me, I will be your leader.” 11:10 The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord ...

11:1 The Lord abhors dishonest scales,. but an accurate weight is his delight. 11:2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace,. but with humility comes wisdom.

[11:6] tn Heb “do not let your hand rest.” The Hebrew phrase “do not let your hand rest” is an idiom that means “do not stop working” or “do not be idle” (e.g., ...

[11:6] tn Heb “in the midst of all Israel” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV); NASB “among all Israel.” In the Hebrew text these words appear at the end of the verse ...

[11:5] 15 tn The Hebrew text simply has בָּנוּ (banu), but since v. 8 says they left off building the city, an ingressive idea (“had started building”) should be ...

[11:29] tn The Hebrew text has simply “he,” making it a bit unclear whether Jeroboam or Ahijah is the subject, but in the Hebrew word order Ahijah is the nearer ...

11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom ...

17:17 And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant's family. ... You have revealed to me what men long to know, O Lord ...

[11:8] tn The Hebrew preposition מִן (min) is used here with the verb עָמַד ('amad, “to stand”). It probably has a sense of separation (“stand away from”), ...