Footnotes

1. 1 Kings 5:9 tn Heb “I will place them [on? as?] rafts in the sea to the place where you designate to me.” This may mean he would send them by raft, or that he would tie them in raft-like bundles, and have ships tow them down to an Israelite port.
2. 1 Kings 5:9 tn Heb “smash them,” i.e., untie the bundles.
3. 1 Kings 5:9 tn Heb “as for you, you will satisfy my desire by giving food for my house.”