The Living Bible (510 page)
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23:13
Amram was the ancestor of Aaron and Moses,
literally, “the sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses.”
24:5
by coin-toss,
literally, “by lot.”
26:28
anyone else of distinction,
implied.
27:23
The Lord had promised a population explosion for his people,
literally, “the Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.”
27:32
an educated man,
literally, “a scribe.”
28:2
a place for our God to live in,
literally, “a footstool.”
28:8
Then David turned to Solomon and said,
implied.
29:22
And again,
or “And they installed him as coregent” (with King David).
1:2-3
He summoned all the army officers and judges to Gibeon,
implied.
He led them up the hill to the old Tabernacle.
Moses had built the Tabernacle 500 years before the reign of King Solomon.
2:6
a place to worship him,
literally, “a place to burn incense before him.”
3:11-13
with wings stretched . . . from wall to wall,
literally, “one wing of a cherub, five cubits long.”
3:16
chains,
literally, “chains in the Holy of Holies.”
5:2
Tabernacle in the,
and
to its new home in the Temple,
implied.
6:15
my father David,
literally, “David your servant.”
6:31
where you tell them to go,
or “as long as they are living in this land which you gave to our fathers.”
10:15
to fulfill his prediction,
see 1 Kings 11:30-31.
11:17
as King David and King Solomon had done,
literally, “they walked in the way of David and Solomon.”
11:18
Rehoboam married his cousin,
implied.
16:1
the fortress,
literally, “the high places.”
18:1
for his son,
implied.
the daughter of,
implied in 21:6.
21:9
Jehoram attacked him . . . and almost,
literally, “Jehoram . . . struck down the Edomites. . . . Nevertheless Edom . . . revolted.”
22:1
Ahaziah,
also called “Jehoahaz.”
22:2
twenty-two years old.
Some manuscripts read “forty-two years old”; but see 2 Kings 8:26.
22:11
King Ahaziah’s sister,
literally, “the king’s daughter,” i.e., King Jehoram’s daughter.
28:19
King Ahaz of Israel.
King Ahaz ruled two tribes of Israel—Judah and Benjamin—and so is referred to here in this unusual way as a king of Israel.
30:5
They had not kept it in great numbers as prescribed,
or “The Passover had not been celebrated by the northern tribes of Israel for a long time; only a faithful few had been doing it in the proper way.”
31:16
and their families,
literally, “males from three years old and upward.”
36:9
eighteen.
Some manuscripts read “eight years old.”
1:1
the Lord fulfilled Jeremiah’s prophecy
(see Jeremiah 25:12; 29:10), i.e., the prediction that the Jews would remain in captivity in Babylon for seventy years.
1:4
Those Jews,
implied; also in v. 6.
2:1
their parents,
implied.
3:6
the fifteenth day of September,
literally, “the first day of the seventh month” of the Hebrew calendar.
6:6
King Darius II sent this message,
implied.
6:11
hanged,
literally, “impaled.”
6:15
February 18,
literally “the third day of the month of Adar.”
6:19
first day of April,
literally, “the fourteenth day of the first month” of the Hebrew calendar.
7:1-5
to Jerusalem,
implied.
7:28
to me,
i.e., Ezra, who is the speaker in the remainder of the book.
8:31
the end of March,
or “the twelfth day of the first month” of the Hebrew calendar.
10:9
the fifth day of December,
literally, “the twentieth day of the ninth month” of the Hebrew calendar.
1:1
King Artaxerxes of Persia,
implied.
2:3
Sir,
literally, “Let the king live forever.”
3:16
the old Officers’ Club building,
literally, “the house of the mighty men.”
3:22
from the plains outside the city,
implied.
4:23
except for washing,
or “even when we went for water,” or “not even at night.” The meaning of the Hebrew text is uncertain.
5:13
I invoked the curse of God upon any of them who refused,
literally, “Then I shook out the lap of my gown.”
6:15
early September,
or “the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul.”
8:7-8
the Levites went among the people,
literally, “while the people remained in their places.”
9:1
October 10,
literally, “the twenty-fourth day” of the Hebrew month.
9:29
even though they should have obeyed them,
literally, “by the observance of which a man shall live.”
10:34
tossed a coin,
literally, “cast lots,” a form of dice.
11:22-23
He was appointed by King David,
literally, “There was a commandment from the king concerning them.”
12:47
to the priests,
literally, “to the descendants of Aaron the priest.”
13:1
See Deuteronomy 23:3-5.
1:6
fastened with purple ribbons,
literally, “fastened with cords of fine linen and purple thread.”
2:7
his own daughter,
showing that Mordecai had adopted his cousin as his daughter.
2:15
Esther’s,
literally, “Esther, the daughter of Abihail, who was Mordecai’s uncle, who had adopted her.”
2:19
Later . . . a second bevy of beautiful girls,
or “When Esther and the other girls had been transferred to the second harem.”
2:23
impaled alive,
literally, “hanged on a tree.” Possibly the meaning is that they were crucified.
3:10
to Haman,
literally, “Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite.”
3:12
Two or three weeks later,
literally, “Then, on the thirteenth day of the first month.”
8:1
told the king that he was her cousin and foster father,
literally, “had made known how they were related.”
8:2
appointing him Prime Minister,
implied.
8:8
so that it can never be reversed.
Haman’s message, too, had been sealed with the king’s ring and could not be reversed, even by the king. This was part of the famed “law of the Medes and Persians.” Now the king is giving permission for whatever other decree Mordecai can devise that will offset the first without actually canceling it.
8:12
the 28th day of February.
This was the same day set by Haman for the extermination of the Jews.
1:1
good,
literally, “upright.”
1:2-3
was immensely wealthy,
implied.
1:5
turned away from God,
literally, “have cursed God.”
1:6
the angels,
literally, “the sons of God.”
1:8
a good man,
implied.
1:20
tore his robe in grief,
literally, “tore his robe and shaved his head.”
2:1
the angels,
literally, “the sons of God.”
3:4
forever forgotten,
literally, “darkness.”
3:8
Let those who are experts at cursing curse it,
literally, “Let them who can curse the sea, who know how to rouse the sea monster, curse it.”
4:3-4
In the past,
implied.
you have told many a troubled soul to trust in God,
literally, “you have instructed many.”