1 Tawarikh 4:9

4:9 Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, “I experienced pain when I gave birth to him.” ¹ 

1 Tawarikh 11:21

11:21 From ²  the three he was given double honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of them. ³ 

1 Tawarikh 11:25

11:25 He received honor from ⁴  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

1 Tawarikh 16:25

16:25 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise,

he is more awesome than ⁵  all gods.

1 Tawarikh 24:4

24:4 The descendants of Eleazar had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar, so they divided them up accordingly; the descendants of Eleazar had sixteen leaders, while the descendants of Ithamar had eight. ⁶ 

[4:9]  ¹ tn In Hebrew the name יַעְבֵּץ (ya’bets, “Jabez”) sounds like the noun עֹצֶב (’otsev) which means “pain.”

[11:21]  ² tn Or “more than.”

[11:21]  ³ tn Heb “of the three.”

[11:25]  ⁴ tn Or “more than.”

[16:25]  ⁵ tn Or “feared above.”

[24:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “And the sons of Eleazar were found to be more, with respect to the heads of men, than the sons of Ithamar, and they divided them. To the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads, according to the house of the fathers; and to the sons of Ithamar there were eight, according to the house of their fathers.”