1 Tawarikh 4:10

4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only ¹  you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!” ²  God answered his prayer. ³ 

1 Tawarikh 17:9

17:9 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle ⁴  them there; they will live there and not be disturbed ⁵  anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning ⁶ 

1 Tawarikh 17:13

17:13 I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you. ⁷ 

1 Tawarikh 19:5

19:5 Messengers ⁸  came and told David what had happened to the men, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho ⁹  until your beards grow again; then you may come back.”

1 Tawarikh 21:3

21:3 Joab replied, “May the Lord make his army ¹⁰  a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?” ¹¹ 

1 Tawarikh 22:9

22:9 Look, you will have a son, who will be a peaceful man. ¹²  I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. ¹³  Indeed, Solomon ¹⁴  will be his name; I will give Israel peace and quiet during his reign. ¹⁵ 

1 Tawarikh 22:18

22:18 He told them, ¹⁶  “The Lord your God is with you! ¹⁷  He has made you secure on every side, ¹⁸  for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region ¹⁹  and the region ²⁰  is subdued before the Lord and his people.

1 Tawarikh 29:1

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29:1 King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, ²¹  and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

1 Tawarikh 29:16

29:16 O Lord our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you.

[4:10]  ¹ tn On the use of אִם (’im, “if”) here, see HALOT 60 s.v.

[4:10]  ² tn Heb “and act from [i.e., so as to prevent] harm so that I might not be in pain.”

[4:10]  ³ tn Heb “and God brought about what he had asked.”

[17:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “plant.”

[17:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “shaken.”

[17:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “and sons of violence will no longer consume them as in the beginning.”

[17:13]  ⁷ sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David.

[19:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “they.” The logical referent, though not specified in the Hebrew text, has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[19:5]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[21:3]  ¹⁰ tn Or “people.”

[21:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Why should it become guilt for Israel?” David’s decision betrays an underlying trust in his own strength rather than in divine provision. See also 1 Chr 27:23-24.

[22:9]  ¹² tn Heb “man of rest.”

[22:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “his enemies all around.”

[22:9]  ¹⁴ sn The name Solomon (שְׁלֹמֹה, shÿlomoh) sounds like (and may be derived from) the Hebrew word for “peace” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).

[22:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in his days.”

[22:18]  ¹⁶ tn The words “he told them” are added in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[22:18]  ¹⁷ 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]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and he gives rest to you all around.”

[22:18]  ¹⁹ tn Or “earth.”

[22:18]  ²⁰ tn Or “earth.”

[29:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “a young man and tender.”