1 Tawarikh 1:19

1:19 Two sons were born to Eber: the first was named Peleg, for during his lifetime the earth was divided; ¹  his brother’s name was Joktan.

1 Tawarikh 1:38

The Descendants of Seir

1:38 The sons of Seir:

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

1 Tawarikh 2:55

2:55 and the clans of the scribes ²  who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended ³  from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab. ⁴ 

1 Tawarikh 3:21

3:21 The descendants of Hananiah:

Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah, and of Shecaniah.

1 Tawarikh 4:3

4:3 These were the sons of Etam:

Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi.

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.” ⁵ 

1 Tawarikh 4:17

4:17 The sons of Ezrah:

Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.

Mered’s wife Bithiah ⁶  gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

1 Tawarikh 5:24

5:24 These were the leaders of their families: ⁷ 

Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were skilled warriors, men of reputation, ⁸  and leaders of their families.

1 Tawarikh 6:33

6:33 These are the ones who served along with their sons:

From the Kohathites:

Heman the musician, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

1 Tawarikh 6:44

6:44 Serving beside them were their fellow Levites, the descendants of Merari, led by ⁹  Ethan, son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

1 Tawarikh 6:54

6:54 These were the areas where Aaron’s descendants lived: ¹⁰ 

The following belonged to the Kohathite clan, for they received the first allotment: ¹¹ 

1 Tawarikh 6:61

6:61 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh. ¹² 

1 Tawarikh 6:63

6:63 The clans of Merari’s descendants were allotted twelve cities within the territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. ¹³ 

1 Tawarikh 6:71

6:71 The following belonged to Gershom’s descendants: ¹⁴ 

Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands.

1 Tawarikh 7:4

7:4 According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons. ¹⁵ 

1 Tawarikh 7:9

7:9 There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.

1 Tawarikh 7:11

7:11 All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.

1 Tawarikh 7:20

Ephraim’s Descendants

7:20 The descendants of Ephraim:

Shuthelah, his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath,

1 Tawarikh 7:29

7:29 On the border of Manasseh’s territory were Beth-Shean ¹⁶  and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, Megiddo ¹⁷  and its surrounding towns, and Dor and its surrounding towns. The descendants of Joseph, Israel’s son, lived here.

1 Tawarikh 9:28-29

9:28 Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out. ¹⁸  9:29 Some of them were in charge of the equipment and articles of the sanctuary, ¹⁹  as well as the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices.

1 Tawarikh 10:1

Saul’s Death

10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel. The Israelites fled before the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

1 Tawarikh 10:8-9

10:8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa. 10:9 They stripped his corpse, and then carried off his head and his armor. They sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines proclaiming the news to their idols and their people.

1 Tawarikh 12:3

12:3 Ahiezer, the leader, and Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth;

Berachah,

Jehu the Anathothite,

1 Tawarikh 12:14

12:14 These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand. ²⁰ 

1 Tawarikh 12:20

12:20 When David ²¹  went to Ziklag, the men of Manasseh who joined him were Adnach, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, leaders of a thousand soldiers each in the tribe of Manasseh.

1 Tawarikh 12:32

12:32 From Issachar there were 200 leaders and all their relatives at their command – they understood the times and knew what Israel should do. ²² 

1 Tawarikh 13:8

13:8 while David and all Israel were energetically ²³  celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, ²⁴  tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

1 Tawarikh 14:1

David’s Prestige Grows

14:1 King Hiram of Tyre ²⁵  sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, ²⁶  and carpenters to build a palace for him.

1 Tawarikh 15:11

15:11 David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, along with the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

1 Tawarikh 15:16

15:16 David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully. ²⁷ 

1 Tawarikh 15:18

15:18 along with some of their relatives who were second in rank, including Zechariah, ²⁸  Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.

1 Tawarikh 15:28

15:28 All Israel brought up the ark of the Lord’s covenant; they were shouting, blowing trumpets, sounding cymbals, and playing stringed instruments.

1 Tawarikh 16:4

16:4 He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel.

1 Tawarikh 16:37

David Appoints Worship Leaders

16:37 David ²⁹  left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the Lord’s covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day’s requirements, ³⁰ 

1 Tawarikh 16:41-42

16:41 Joining them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord. (For his loyal love endures!) ³¹  16:42 Heman and Jeduthun were in charge of the music, including the trumpets, cymbals, and the other musical instruments used in praising God. The sons of Jeduthun guarded the entrance. ³² 

1 Tawarikh 17:10

17:10 and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies.

“‘“I declare to you that the Lord will build a dynastic house ³³  for you!

1 Tawarikh 17:25

17:25 for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty ³⁴  for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you. ³⁵ 

1 Tawarikh 18:5

18:5 The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.

1 Tawarikh 19:3

19:3 the Ammonite officials said to Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? ³⁶  No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!” ³⁷ 

1 Tawarikh 21:5

21:5 Joab reported to David the number of warriors. ³⁸  In all Israel there were 1,100,000 ³⁹  sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers. ⁴⁰ 

1 Tawarikh 21:18

21:18 So the Lord’s messenger told Gad to instruct David to go up and build ⁴¹  an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

1 Tawarikh 21:22

21:22 David said to Ornan, “Sell me the threshing floor ⁴²  so I can build ⁴³  on it an altar for the Lord – I’ll pay top price ⁴⁴  – so that the plague may be removed ⁴⁵  from the people.”

1 Tawarikh 21:24

21:24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. ⁴⁶  I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice ⁴⁷  that cost me nothing. ⁴⁸ 

1 Tawarikh 22:2-3

David Orders a Temple to Be Built

22:2 David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple. 22:3 David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors of the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed,

1 Tawarikh 22:10

22:10 He will build a temple to honor me; ⁴⁹  he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’ ⁵⁰ 

1 Tawarikh 23:4

23:4 David said, ⁵¹  “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;

1 Tawarikh 24:19

24:19 This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the Lord’s temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor ⁵²  Aaron, just as the Lord God of Israel had instructed him. ⁵³ 

1 Tawarikh 25:4

25:4 From the sons of Heman: ⁵⁴  Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

1 Tawarikh 26:4

26:4 Obed-Edom’s sons:

The firstborn Shemaiah, the second Jehozabad, the third Joah, the fourth Sakar, the fifth Nethanel,

1 Tawarikh 28:6

28:6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.

1 Tawarikh 28:11

28:11 David gave to his son Solomon the blueprints for the temple porch, ⁵⁵  its buildings, its treasuries, ⁵⁶  its upper areas, its inner rooms, and the room ⁵⁷  for atonement.

1 Tawarikh 29:9-10

29:9 The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; ⁵⁸  King David was also very happy. ⁵⁹ 

David Praises the Lord

29:10 David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: ⁶⁰ 

“O Lord God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!

1 Tawarikh 29:25

29:25 The Lord greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him. ⁶¹ 

[1:19]  ¹ sn Perhaps this refers to the scattering of the people at Babel (Gen 11:1-9).

[2:55]  ² tn Or perhaps “the Sopherim.” The NAB transliterates this term and treats it as a proper name.

[2:55]  ³ tn Heb “came.”

[2:55]  ⁴ tn Or (if בֵּית [beth] is translated as “house” rather than considered to be part of the name) “the father of the house [i.e., family] of Rechab.”

[4:9]  ⁵ tn In Hebrew the name יַעְבֵּץ (ya’bets, “Jabez”) sounds like the noun עֹצֶב (’otsev) which means “pain.”

[4:17]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has simply, “and she gave birth to,” without identifying the subject. The words “Mered’s wife Bithiah” are added in the translation for clarification. See v. 18b, which mentions “Bethiah, whom Mered married.”

[5:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “and these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers.”

[5:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “men of names.”

[6:44]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the sons of Merari, their brothers, on the left.”

[6:54]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and these were their dwelling places according to their encampments in their territory to the sons of Aaron.”

[6:54]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to the clan of the Kohathites for to them was the lot.”

[6:61]  ¹² tn Heb “to the sons of Kohath who were left from the clan of the tribe, from the half of the tribe of the half of Manasseh by lot ten cities.”

[6:63]  ¹³ tn Heb “and to the sons of Merari by their clans from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun by lot, twelve cities.”

[6:71]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to the sons of Gershom.”

[7:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and unto them by their generations to the house of their fathers [were] troops of war of battle, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons.”

[7:29]  ¹⁶ tn “Beth Shean” is a variant spelling of “Beth Shan.”

[7:29]  ¹⁷ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[9:28]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and from them over the articles of the task, for by number they would bring them in, and by number they would bring them out.”

[9:29]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “holy place.”

[12:14]  ²⁰ tn Heb “one for a hundred the small, and the great for a thousand.” Another option is to translate the preposition -לְ (lamed) as “against” and to understand this as a hyperbolic reference to their prowess: “the least could stand against a hundred, the greatest against a thousand.”

[12:20]  ²¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:32]  ²² tn Heb “from the sons of Issachar, knowers of understanding for times to know what Israel should do, their heads [were] 200, and all their brothers according to their mouth.”

[13:8]  ²³ tn Heb “with all strength.”

[13:8]  ²⁴ tn Heb “with songs and with zithers [meaning uncertain] and with harps.” Due to the collocation with “harps,” some type of stringed instrument is probably in view.

[14:1]  ²⁵ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[14:1]  ²⁶ tn Heb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.

[15:16]  ²⁷ tn Heb “causing to be heard to lift up with a voice of joy.”

[15:18]  ²⁸ tc The Hebrew text adds בֶּן (ben, “son”) here; the word is omitted in three Hebrew mss and most LXX mss. If the word is original, perhaps the name of Zechariah’s father was accidentally omitted. Some English versions treat the word as an additional name in the list (“Ben”; e.g., KJV, ASV, NASB).

[16:37]  ²⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:37]  ³⁰ tn Heb “according to the matter of the day in its day.”

[16:41]  ³¹ tn Perhaps this refers to the refrain of their songs of praise (see Ps 136). In this case one could translate, “to give thanks to the Lord with songs using the refrain, ‘For his loyal love endures.’”

[16:42]  ³² tn Heb “and with them, Heman and Jeduthun, trumpets and cymbals for sounding, and the instrument of song of God, and the sons of Jeduthun [were] at the gate.”

[17:10]  ³³ tn Here the word “house” is used in a metaphorical sense, referring to a royal dynasty. The Lord’s use of the word here plays off the literal sense that David had in mind as he contemplated building a temple (“house”) for the Lord. In the translation the adjective “dynastic” is supplied to indicate that the term is used metaphorically.

[17:25]  ³⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[17:25]  ³⁵ tn Heb “That is why your servant found to pray before you.” Perhaps the phrase אֶת לִבּוֹ (’et libbo, “his heart”) should be supplied as the object of the verb “found.”

[19:3]  ³⁶ tn Heb “Is David honoring your father in your eyes when he sends to you ones consoling?”

[19:3]  ³⁷ tc Heb “Is it not to explore and to overturn and to spy out the land (that) his servants have come to you?” The Hebrew term לַהֲפֹךְ (lahafakh, “to overturn”) seems misplaced in the sequence. Some emend the form to לַחְפֹּר (lakhpor, “to spy out”). The sequence of three infinitives may be a conflation of alternative readings.

[21:5]  ³⁸ tn Heb “and Joab gave to David the number of the numbering of the army [or “people”].”

[21:5]  ³⁹ tn Heb “a thousand thousands and one hundred thousand.”

[21:5]  ⁴⁰ tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:9 has variant figures: “In Israel there were eight hundred thousand sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were five hundred thousands soldiers.”

[21:18]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “that he should go up to raise up.”

[21:22]  ⁴² tn Heb “the place of the threshing floor.”

[21:22]  ⁴³ tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive here indicates the immediate purpose/result: “so I can build.”

[21:22]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “For full silver sell to me.”

[21:22]  ⁴⁵ tn Following the imperative and first person prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive, this third person prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive introduces the ultimate purpose/result: “so the plague may be removed.” Another option is subordinate this form to the preceding imperative, but the latter may be taken as a parenthetical expansion of the initial request.

[21:24]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[21:24]  ⁴⁷ tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”

[21:24]  ⁴⁸ tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”

[22:10]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “for my name.”

[22:10]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel permanently.”

[23:4]  ⁵¹ tn The words “David said” are supplied here in the translation for clarification. The appearance of the first person verb “I supplied” in v. 5 indicates that David is speaking here.

[24:19]  ⁵² tn Heb “father.”

[24:19]  ⁵³ tn Heb “these were their responsibilities for their service to enter the house of the Lord according to their manner [given] by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded him.”

[25:4]  ⁵⁴ tn Heb “belonging to Heman, the sons of Heman.”

[28:11]  ⁵⁵ tn Heb “for the porch.” The word “temple” was supplied in the translation for clarity.

[28:11]  ⁵⁶ tn Or “storerooms.”

[28:11]  ⁵⁷ tn Heb “house.”

[29:9]  ⁵⁸ tn Heb “with a complete heart.”

[29:9]  ⁵⁹ tn Heb “was rejoiced with great joy.”

[29:10]  ⁶⁰ tn Heb “assembly, and David said.” The words “and David said” are redundant according to contemporary English style and have not been included in the translation.

[29:25]  ⁶¹ tn Heb “and gave to him glory of kingship which there was not concerning every king before him over Israel.”