1 Tawarikh 17:6

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ¹  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ²  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

1 Tawarikh 29:14

29:14 “But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? ³  Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours. ⁴ 

[17:6]  ¹ tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”

[17:6]  ² tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”

[29:14]  ³ tn Heb “that we should retain strength to contribute like this.”

[29:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “and from you we have given to you.”