1 Tawarikh 16:27

16:27 Majestic splendor emanates from him, ¹ 

he is the source of strength and joy. ² 

1 Tawarikh 21:30

21:30 But David could not go before it to seek God’s will, for he was afraid of the sword of the Lord’s messenger.

1 Tawarikh 19:14

19:14 So Joab and his men ³  marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him.

1 Tawarikh 16:29

16:29 Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! ⁴ 

Bring an offering and enter his presence!

Worship the Lord in holy attire! ⁵ 

1 Tawarikh 29:15

29:15 For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; ⁶  our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security. ⁷ 

1 Tawarikh 11:3

11:3 When all the leaders ⁸  of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made an agreement ⁹  with them in Hebron before the Lord. They anointed ¹⁰  David king over Israel, just as the Lord had announced through Samuel. ¹¹ 

1 Tawarikh 21:11

21:11 Gad went to David and told him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Pick one of these:

1 Tawarikh 19:17

19:17 When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, ¹²  and marched against them. ¹³  David deployed his army against the Arameans for battle and they fought against him. ¹⁴ 

1 Tawarikh 14:17

14:17 So David became famous ¹⁵  in all the lands; the Lord caused all the nations to fear him. ¹⁶ 

1 Tawarikh 5:25

5:25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors ¹⁷  and worshiped instead ¹⁸  the gods of the native peoples ¹⁹  whom God had destroyed before them.

1 Tawarikh 19:10

19:10 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans. ²⁰ 

1 Tawarikh 13:8

13:8 while David and all Israel were energetically ²¹  celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, ²²  tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

1 Tawarikh 19:15

19:15 When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab’s ²³  brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem. ²⁴ 

1 Tawarikh 13:10

13:10 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, ²⁵  he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. ²⁶  He died right there before God. ²⁷ 

1 Tawarikh 6:32

6:32 They performed music ²⁸  before the sanctuary ²⁹  of the meeting tent until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. ³⁰  They carried out their tasks according to regulations.

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 16:1

David Leads in Worship

16:1 They brought the ark of God and put it in the middle of the tent David had pitched for it. Then they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings ³¹  before God.

1 Tawarikh 21:21

21:21 When David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David; he came out from the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face ³²  to the ground.

1 Tawarikh 19:18

19:18 The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 7,000 ³³  Aramean charioteers and 40,000 infantrymen; he also killed Shophach ³⁴  the commanding general.

1 Tawarikh 23:31

23:31 and whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the Lord on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the Lord regularly in accordance with regulations. ³⁵ 

1 Tawarikh 17:16

David Praises God

17:16 David went in, sat before the Lord, and said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, ³⁶  that you should have brought me to this point?

1 Tawarikh 29:22

29:22 They held a feast ³⁷  before the Lord that day and celebrated. ³⁸ 

Then they designated Solomon, David’s son, as king a second time; ³⁹  before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.

1 Tawarikh 17:27

17:27 Now you are willing to bless your servant’s dynasty ⁴⁰  so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Lord, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future.” ⁴¹ 

1 Tawarikh 10:13

10:13 So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord’s instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits. ⁴² 

1 Tawarikh 29:20

29:20 David told the entire assembly: “Praise the Lord your God!” So the entire assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the Lord and the king.

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. ⁴³ 

1 Tawarikh 22:8

22:8 But the Lord said to me: ⁴⁴  ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, ⁴⁵  for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

1 Tawarikh 14:8

14:8 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed ⁴⁶  king of all Israel, all the Philistines marched up to confront him. ⁴⁷  When David heard about it, he marched out against ⁴⁸  them.

1 Tawarikh 17:8

17:8 I was with you wherever you went and I defeated ⁴⁹  all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. ⁵⁰ 

1 Tawarikh 17:25

17:25 for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty ⁵¹  for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you. ⁵² 

1 Tawarikh 19:19

19:19 When Hadadezer’s subjects saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

1 Tawarikh 11:13

11:13 He was with David in Pas Dammim ⁵³  when the Philistines assembled there for battle. In an area of the field that was full of barley, the army retreated before the Philistines,

1 Tawarikh 17:24

17:24 so ⁵⁴  it may become a reality ⁵⁵  and you may gain lasting fame, ⁵⁶  as people say, ⁵⁷  ‘The Lord who commands armies is the God of Israel.’ ⁵⁸  David’s dynasty ⁵⁹  will be established before you,

1 Tawarikh 24:31

24:31 Just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with the those of the youngest. ⁶⁰ 

1 Tawarikh 19:16

19:16 When the Arameans realized they had been defeated by Israel, they sent for reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates River, ⁶¹  led by Shophach the commanding general of Hadadezer’s army. ⁶² 

1 Tawarikh 19:7

19:7 They hired 32,000 chariots, along with the king of Maacah and his army, who came and camped in front of Medeba. The Ammonites also assembled from their cities and marched out to do battle.

1 Tawarikh 21:12

21:12 three ⁶³  years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, ⁶⁴  or three days being struck down by the Lord, during which a plague will invade the land and the Lord’s messenger will destroy throughout Israel’s territory.’ ⁶⁵  Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me.”

1 Tawarikh 23:13

23:13 The sons of Amram:

Aaron and Moses.

Aaron and his descendants were chosen on a permanent basis to consecrate the most holy items, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to serve him, and to praise his name. ⁶⁶ 

1 Tawarikh 17:21

17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ⁶⁷  in the earth? Their God ⁶⁸  went to claim ⁶⁹  a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds ⁷⁰  when you drove out ⁷¹  nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ⁷² 

1 Tawarikh 11:23

11:23 He even killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet ⁷³  tall. The Egyptian had a spear as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom; Benaiah attacked ⁷⁴  him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

1 Tawarikh 5:11

Gad’s Descendants

5:11 The descendants of Gad lived near them in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah.

1 Tawarikh 11:20

11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three ⁷⁵  elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear ⁷⁶  and gained fame along with the three elite warriors. ⁷⁷ 

1 Tawarikh 11:11

11:11 This is the list of David’s warriors: ⁷⁸ 

Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was head of the officers. ⁷⁹  He killed three hundred men with his spear in a single battle. ⁸⁰ 

1 Tawarikh 12:1

Warriors Who Joined David at Ziklag

12:1 These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished ⁸¹  from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle.

1 Tawarikh 15:2

15:2 Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually.

1 Tawarikh 16:30

16:30 Tremble before him, all the earth!

The world is established, it cannot be moved.

1 Tawarikh 16:6

16:6 and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of God’s covenant.

1 Tawarikh 12:17

12:17 David went out to meet them and said, ⁸²  “If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. ⁸³  But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, ⁸⁴  may the God of our ancestors ⁸⁵  take notice and judge!”

1 Tawarikh 16:37

David Appoints Worship Leaders

16:37 David ⁸⁶  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, ⁸⁷ 

1 Tawarikh 16:33

16:33 Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy before the Lord,

for he comes to judge the earth!

1 Tawarikh 10:11

10:11 When all the residents of Jabesh Gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,

1 Tawarikh 16:39

16:39 Zadok the priest and his fellow priests served ⁸⁸  before the Lord’s tabernacle at the worship center ⁸⁹  in Gibeon,

1 Tawarikh 19:11

19:11 He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

1 Tawarikh 21:10

21:10 “Go, tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: “I am offering you three forms of judgment from which to choose. Pick one of them.”’” ⁹⁰ 

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 29:10

David Praises the Lord

29:10 David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: ⁹¹ 

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

1 Tawarikh 28:8

28:8 So now, in the sight of all Israel, the Lord’s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: ⁹²  Carefully observe ⁹³  all the commands of the Lord your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.

1 Tawarikh 14:14

14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. ⁹⁴  This time ⁹⁵  God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. ⁹⁶ 

1 Tawarikh 15:24

15:24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; Obed-Edom and Jehiel were also guardians ⁹⁷  of the ark.

1 Tawarikh 13:11

13:11 David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; ⁹⁸  so he called that place Perez Uzzah, ⁹⁹  which remains its name to this very day.

1 Tawarikh 19:9

19:9 The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

1 Tawarikh 19:12

19:12 Joab ¹⁰⁰  said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me, ¹⁰¹  you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, ¹⁰²  I will come to your rescue.

1 Tawarikh 16:22

16:22 saying, ¹⁰³  “Don’t touch my anointed ones!

Don’t harm my prophets!”

1 Tawarikh 21:1

The Lord Sends a Plague against Israel

21:1 An adversary ¹⁰⁴  opposed ¹⁰⁵  Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had. ¹⁰⁶ 

1 Tawarikh 24:6

24:6 The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar. ¹⁰⁷ 

1 Tawarikh 19:2

19:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty ¹⁰⁸  to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal ¹⁰⁹  to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father’s death. ¹¹⁰  When David’s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king’s sympathy, ¹¹¹ 

1 Tawarikh 9:24

9:24 The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides – east, west, north, and south.

1 Tawarikh 11:1

David Becomes King

11:1 All Israel joined David at Hebron and said, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood! ¹¹² 

1 Tawarikh 23:30

23:30 They also stood in a designated place ¹¹³  every morning and offered thanks and praise to the Lord. They also did this in the evening

1 Tawarikh 24:2

24:2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

1 Tawarikh 6:78

6:78 Within the territory of the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan River east of Jericho: ¹¹⁴  Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,

1 Tawarikh 10:9

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 11:15

11:15 Three of the thirty leaders went down to David at the rocky cliff at the cave of Adullam, while a Philistine force was camped in the Valley of Rephaim.

1 Tawarikh 14:15

14:15 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then attack. ¹¹⁵  For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army ¹¹⁶  of the Philistines.”

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? ¹¹⁷  No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!” ¹¹⁸ 

1 Tawarikh 22:13

22:13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the Lord ordered Moses to give to Israel. ¹¹⁹  Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹²⁰ 

1 Tawarikh 28:11

28:11 David gave to his son Solomon the blueprints for the temple porch, ¹²¹  its buildings, its treasuries, ¹²²  its upper areas, its inner rooms, and the room ¹²³  for atonement.

1 Tawarikh 11:18

11:18 So the three elite warriors ¹²⁴  broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate. They carried it back to David, but David refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord

1 Tawarikh 18:10

18:10 he sent his son Hadoram ¹²⁵  to King David to extend his best wishes ¹²⁶  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. ¹²⁷  He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze. ¹²⁸ 

1 Tawarikh 20:3

20:3 He removed the city’s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. ¹²⁹  This was his policy ¹³⁰  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

1 Tawarikh 21:16

21:16 David looked up and saw the Lord’s messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. ¹³¹ 

1 Tawarikh 22:18

22:18 He told them, ¹³²  “The Lord your God is with you! ¹³³  He has made you secure on every side, ¹³⁴  for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region ¹³⁵  and the region ¹³⁶  is subdued before the Lord and his people.

1 Tawarikh 28:20

28:20 David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹³⁷  For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.

[16:27]  ¹ tn Heb “majesty and splendor [are] before him.”

[16:27]  ² tn Heb “strength and joy [are] in his place.”

[19:14]  ³ tn Heb “and the army which was with him.”

[16:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “the splendor of [i.e., due] his name.”

[16:29]  ⁵ tn Or “in holy splendor.”

[29:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 18, 20).

[29:15]  ⁷ tn Or perhaps “hope.”

[11:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “elders.”

[11:3]  ⁹ tn Or “covenant.”

[11:3]  ¹⁰ tn Or “They poured olive oil on David to designate him as king.”

[11:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Samuel.”

[19:17]  ¹² tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[19:17]  ¹³ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:17 “he came to Helam.”

[19:17]  tn Heb “and he came to them and was deployed against them.”

[19:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and David was deployed to meet Aram [for] battle and they fought with him.”

[14:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the name of David went out.”

[14:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and the Lord placed fear of him upon all the nations.”

[5:25]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “fathers.”

[5:25]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “prostituted themselves after.”

[5:25]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”

[19:10]  ²⁰ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:10 has “the Ammonites” in place of “the Arameans” here.

[19:10]  tn Heb “and Joab saw that the face of the battle was to him before and behind and he chose from all the best in Israel and arranged to meet Aram.”

[13:8]  ²¹ tn Heb “with all strength.”

[13:8]  ²² 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.

[19:15]  ²³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:15]  ²⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:10]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah.”

[13:10]  ²⁶ tn Heb “because he stretched out his hand over the ark.”

[13:10]  ²⁷ sn The modern reader might think God seemed to overreact here, but Israel needed a vivid object lesson of God’s holiness. By loading the ark on a cart, David had violated the instructions in God’s law (Exod 25:12-14; Num 4:5-6, 15). Uzzah’s action, however innocent it may seem, betrayed a certain lack of reverence for God’s presence. God had to remind his people that his holiness could not under any circumstances be violated.

[6:32]  ²⁸ tn Heb “they were serving…with music.”

[6:32]  ²⁹ tn Or traditionally “tabernacle.”

[6:32]  ³⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:1]  ³¹ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV “fellowship offerings.”

[21:21]  ³² tn Heb “nostrils.”

[19:18]  ³³ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has “seven hundred.”

[19:18]  ³⁴ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has the variant spelling “Shobach.”

[23:31]  ³⁵ tn Heb “by number according to the manner upon them, regularly before the Lord.”

[17:16]  ³⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[29:22]  ³⁷ tn Heb “they ate and drank.”

[29:22]  ³⁸ tn Heb “with great joy.”

[29:22]  ³⁹ sn See 1 Chr 23:1, where David had previously designated Solomon as king over Israel.

[17:27]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “house.”

[17:27]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “for you, O Lord, have blessed and [it is] blessed permanently.”

[10:13]  ⁴² tn Heb “and Saul died because of his unfaithfulness by which he acted unfaithfully against the Lord, concerning the word of the Lord which he did not keep, also to Saul, a ritual pit to seek.” The text alludes to the incident recorded in 1 Sam 28. The Hebrew term אוֹב (’ov, “ritual pit”) refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits. In 1 Sam 28:7 the witch of Endor is called a בַּעֲלַת־אוֹב (ba’alat-’ov, “owner of a ritual pit”). See H. A. Hoffner, “Second Millennium Antecedents to the Hebrew áo‚b,” JBL 86 (1967): 385-401.

[29:25]  ⁴³ tn Heb “and gave to him glory of kingship which there was not concerning every king before him over Israel.”

[22:8]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”

[22:8]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “for my name.”

[14:8]  ⁴⁶ tn Or “designated”; NCV “had been made king”; CEV “had become king.”

[14:8]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “to seek David.”

[14:8]  ⁴⁸ tn Heb “went out before.”

[17:8]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “cut off.”

[17:8]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “and I will make for you a name like the name of the great men who are in the earth.”

[17:25]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “house.”

[17:25]  ⁵² 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.”

[11:13]  ⁵³ tc Some read here “Ephes Dammim.” See 1 Sam 17:1.

[17:24]  ⁵⁴ tn Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result: “so it might become a reality.”

[17:24]  ⁵⁵ tn Heb “so it might be established.”

[17:24]  ⁵⁶ tn Heb “and your name might be great permanently.” Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result (parallel to the previous purpose/result clause): “[so]…you might gain lasting fame.”

[17:24]  ⁵⁷ tn Heb “saying.” The words “as people” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[17:24]  ⁵⁸ tc Heb “the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], the God of Israel, Israel’s God.” The phrases אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (’elohey yisra’el, “God of Israel”) and אֱלֹהִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל (’elohim lÿyisra’el, “Israel’s God”) are probably alternative readings that have been conflated in the text.

[17:24]  ⁵⁹ tn Heb “the house of David.”

[24:31]  ⁶⁰ tn Heb “the fathers [i.e., families] of the head [i.e., oldest] just like his youngest brother.”

[19:16]  ⁶¹ tn Heb “the River,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:16]  ⁶² tn Heb “and Aram saw that they were struck down before Israel and they sent messengers and brought out Aram which is beyond the River, and Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer [was] before them.”

[21:12]  ⁶³ tc The parallel text in the MT of 2 Sam 24:13 has “seven,” but LXX has “three” there.

[21:12]  ⁶⁴ tc Heb “or three months being swept away from before your enemies and the sword of your enemies overtaking.” The Hebrew term נִסְפֶּה (nisppeh, Niphal participle from סָפָה, safah) should probably be emended to נֻסְכָה (nusÿkhah, Qal infinitive from נוּס [nus] with second masculine singular suffix). See 2 Sam 24:13.

[21:12]  ⁶⁵ tn Heb “or three days of the sword of the Lord and plague in the land, and the messenger [or “angel”] of the Lord destroying in all the territory of Israel.”

[23:13]  ⁶⁶ tn Heb “and Aaron was set apart to consecrate it, the most holy things, he and his sons, permanently, to sacrifice before the Lord, to serve him, and to bless his name permanently.”

[17:21]  ⁶⁷ tn Heb “a nation, one.”

[17:21]  ⁶⁸ tn Heb “whose God,” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:21]  ⁶⁹ tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”

[17:21]  ⁷⁰ tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”

[17:21]  ⁷¹ tn Heb “to drive out.”

[17:21]  ⁷² tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”

[11:23]  ⁷³ tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches for the standard cubit, this individual would be 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall.

[11:23]  ⁷⁴ tn Heb “went down to.”

[11:20]  ⁷⁵ tc The Syriac reads “thirty” here and at the beginning of v. 21; this reading is followed by some English translations (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).

[11:20]  ⁷⁶ tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain.”

[11:20]  ⁷⁷ tn Heb “and to him [reading with the Qere] there was a name among the three.”

[11:11]  ⁷⁸ tn Heb “and these are the number of the warriors who were David’s.”

[11:11]  ⁷⁹ tc The marginal reading (Qere) has “officers;” the consonantal text (Kethib) has “the Thirty” (see v. 15).

[11:11]  ⁸⁰ tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against 300, [who were] slain at one time.”

[12:1]  ⁸¹ tn Heb “kept from.”

[12:17]  ⁸² tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”

[12:17]  ⁸³ tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”

[12:17]  ⁸⁴ tn Heb “with no violence in my hands.”

[12:17]  ⁸⁵ tn Heb “fathers.”

[16:37]  ⁸⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:37]  ⁸⁷ tn Heb “according to the matter of the day in its day.”

[16:39]  ⁸⁸ tn The word “served” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[16:39]  ⁸⁹ tn Or “high place.”

[21:10]  ⁹⁰ tn Heb “Three I am extending to you; choose for yourself one of them and I will do it to you.”

[29:10]  ⁹¹ 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.

[28:8]  ⁹² tn The words “I say this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[28:8]  ⁹³ tn Heb “Watch! Seek!”

[14:14]  ⁹⁴ tn Heb “and David again asked God.”

[14:14]  ⁹⁵ tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.

[14:14]  ⁹⁶ tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.

[15:24]  ⁹⁷ tn Heb “gatekeepers.”

[13:11]  ⁹⁸ tn Heb “because the Lord broke out [with] breaking out [i.e., an outburst] against Uzzah.”

[13:11]  ⁹⁹ sn The name Perez Uzzah means in Hebrew “the outburst [against] Uzzah.”

[19:12]  ¹⁰⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:12]  ¹⁰¹ tn Heb “if Aram is stronger than me.”

[19:12]  ¹⁰² tn Heb “if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you.”

[16:22]  ¹⁰³ tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[21:1]  ¹⁰⁴ tn Or “Satan.” The Hebrew word שָׂטָן (satan) can refer to an adversary in general or Satan in particular. There is no article accompanying the term here, which suggests it should be understood generally (cf. NAB “a satan”).

[21:1]  ¹⁰⁵ tn Heb “stood against.”

[21:1]  ¹⁰⁶ tn Heb “and incited David to count Israel.” As v. 5 indicates, David was not interested in a general census, but in determining how much military strength he had.

[21:1]  sn The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:1 says, “The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel and he incited David against them, saying: ‘Go, count Israel and Judah!’“ The version of the incident in the Book of 2 Samuel gives an underlying theological perspective, while the Chronicler simply describes what happened from a human perspective. Many interpreters and translations render the Hebrew שָׂטָן as a proper name here, “Satan” (NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV). However, the Hebrew term שָׂטָן, which means “adversary,” is used here without the article. Elsewhere when it appears without the article, it refers to a personal or national adversary in the human sphere, the lone exception being Num 22:22, 32, where the angel of the Lord assumes the role of an adversary to Balaam. When referring elsewhere to the spiritual entity known in the NT as Satan, the noun has the article and is used as a title, “the Adversary” (see Job 1:6-9, 12; 2:1-4, 6-7; Zech 3:1-2). In light of usage elsewhere the adversary in 1 Chr 21:1 is likely a human enemy, probably a nearby nation whose hostility against Israel pressured David into numbering the people so he could assess his military strength. For compelling linguistic and literary arguments against taking the noun as a proper name here, see S. Japhet, I & II Chronicles (OTL), 374-75.

[24:6]  ¹⁰⁷ tn Heb “one house of a father was drawn by lot for Eleazar, and one [this assumes an emendation of אָחֻז (’akhuz) to אֶחָד (’ekhad, “one”)] was drawn by lot for Ithamar.”

[19:2]  ¹⁰⁸ tn Heb “do loyalty.”

[19:2]  ¹⁰⁹ tn Heb “did loyalty.”

[19:2]  ¹¹⁰ tn Heb “to console him concerning his father.”

[19:2]  ¹¹¹ tn Heb “and the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.”

[11:1]  ¹¹² tn Heb “look, your bone and your flesh [are] we.”

[23:30]  ¹¹³ tn Heb “and to stand.”

[6:78]  ¹¹⁴ tn Heb “and from across the Jordan at Jericho, on the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben.” The word “River” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[6:78]  map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[14:15]  ¹¹⁵ tn Heb “go out in battle.”

[14:15]  ¹¹⁶ tn Heb “camp.”

[19:3]  ¹¹⁷ tn Heb “Is David honoring your father in your eyes when he sends to you ones consoling?”

[19:3]  ¹¹⁸ 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.

[22:13]  ¹¹⁹ tn Heb “which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel.”

[22:13]  ¹²⁰ tn Or perhaps, “and don’t get discouraged.”

[28:11]  ¹²¹ tn Heb “for the porch.” The word “temple” was supplied in the translation for clarity.

[28:11]  ¹²² tn Or “storerooms.”

[28:11]  ¹²³ tn Heb “house.”

[11:18]  ¹²⁴ tn Heb “the three,” referring to the three elite warriors mentioned in v. 12.

[18:10]  ¹²⁵ tn The name is spelled “Joram” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:10.

[18:10]  ¹²⁶ tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

[18:10]  ¹²⁷ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Tou.”

[18:10]  ¹²⁸ tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”

[20:3]  ¹²⁹ tc The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת (mÿgerot, “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת (magzÿrot, “axes”).

[20:3]  ¹³⁰ tn Heb “and so he would do.”

[21:16]  ¹³¹ tn Heb “and David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.”

[22:18]  ¹³² tn The words “he told them” are added in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[22:18]  ¹³³ tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Is not the Lord your God with you?” The question anticipates the response, “Of course he is!” Thus in the translation the positive statement “The Lord your God is with you!” has been used.

[22:18]  ¹³⁴ tn Heb “and he gives rest to you all around.”

[22:18]  ¹³⁵ tn Or “earth.”

[22:18]  ¹³⁶ tn Or “earth.”

[28:20]  ¹³⁷ tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”