OET interlinear 2 CHR 16:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) Then Asa brought the silver … of the king’s house, and sent it

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_brought_out ʼĀşāʼ silver and,gold from,the_treasuries_of house_of YHWH and,the_house_of the=king and,he_sent_[it] to/towards son_of -hₐdad king ʼArām [who,was]_dwelling in,Damascus to=say )

Asa would have had his workers gather the gold and silver for him. Alternate translation: [Then Asa told his workers to take the silver … of the king’s house, and to take it]

Note 2 topic: translate-names

(Occurrence 0) Ben Hadad

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_brought_out ʼĀşāʼ silver and,gold from,the_treasuries_of house_of YHWH and,the_house_of the=king and,he_sent_[it] to/towards son_of -hₐdad king ʼArām [who,was]_dwelling in,Damascus to=say )

This is the name of a man.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) He said

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_brought_out ʼĀşāʼ silver and,gold from,the_treasuries_of house_of YHWH and,the_house_of the=king and,he_sent_[it] to/towards son_of -hₐdad king ʼArām [who,was]_dwelling in,Damascus to=say )

This means he spoke by means of his servants. Asa told his servants what to say to Ben Hadad and they did. The meaning of this can be made clear. Alternate translation: [Asa told his servants to say to Ben Hadad] or [Through his servants, Asa said to Ben Hadad] (See also: figs-explicit)