SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 20:6

20:6a But about this time tomorrow

The function of the Hebrew phrase that the New International Version translates as “But” is uncertain.

So at about this time tomorrow,
-or-
And so at approximately this hour tomorrow,

20:6b I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants.

I will send my servants/officers to you. They will search your (sing) house/palace and your servants’ houses.
-or-
he will send some of his men to look through your (sing) house. They will ⌊also⌋ look through all the houses of your ministers/officials.

20:6c They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”

They will take everything that is valuable/important to you. (sing) And they will carry it ⌊all⌋ away with them.’”
-or-
They will collect/grab all your valuable possessions and take them ⌊back to Aram/Syria⌋.”

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