1 Tawarikh 11:2

11:2 In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel’s commanding general. ¹  The Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.’”

1 Tawarikh 17:6

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ²  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ³  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

[11:2]  ¹ tn Heb “you were the one who led out and the one who brought in Israel.”

[17:6]  ² tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”

[17:6]  ³ tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”