¹tn Or “brothers.”
²tn Heb “for a gate and a gate,” i.e., for each gate.
³tn “Shelemiah” is a variant of the name “Meshelemiah” (cf. 26:2).
⁴tn Heb “a guard alongside a guard.”
⁵tn Or “treasuries.”
⁶tn “Ladan” is a variant of the name “Libni” (cf. 6:17).
⁷tn “Jehieli” is a variant of the name “Jehiel” (cf. 23:8).
⁸tc The marginal reading (Qere) is “Shelomith,” while the consonantal text (Kethib) has “Shelomoth.”
⁹tc The MT reads “Shelomoth”; the name is spelled “Shelomith” in the marginal reading (Qere) of v. 25.
¹⁰tn Or “seer.”
¹¹tn The words “the temple” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
¹²tn Heb “and they were searched and there were found in them.”
¹³tn Heb “and his brothers, sons of respect, [were] 2,700, heads of fathers.”
¹⁴tn Heb “with respect to every matter of God and matter of the king.”