1 Tawarikh 5:20-21

5:20 They received divine help in fighting them, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. They cried out to God during the battle; he responded to their prayers because they trusted in him. ¹  5:21 They seized the Hagrites’ ²  animals, including 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took captive 100,000 people.

1 Tawarikh 13:6

13:6 David and all Israel went up to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who sits enthroned between the cherubim – the ark that is called by his name. ³ 

1 Tawarikh 19:5

19:5 Messengers ⁴  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 ⁵  until your beards grow again; then you may come back.”

1 Tawarikh 20:1

20:1 In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, ⁶  Joab led the army into battle and devastated the land of the Ammonites. He went and besieged Rabbah, while David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab defeated Rabbah and tore it down.

1 Tawarikh 21:12

21:12 three ⁷  years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, ⁸  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.’ ⁹  Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me.”

1 Tawarikh 21:17

21:17 David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! ¹⁰  As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, ¹¹  but remove the plague from your people!” ¹² 

1 Tawarikh 22:14

22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. ¹³  I have stored up 100,000 talents ¹⁴  of gold, 1,000,000 ¹⁵  talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!

1 Tawarikh 28:2

28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. ¹⁶  I have made the preparations for building it.

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: ¹⁷  Carefully observe ¹⁸  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 29:17

29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts ¹⁹  and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives ²⁰  I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

[5:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and they were helped against them and they were given over into their hand, the Hagrites and all who were with them, for to God they cried out in the battle and he was entreated [or “allowed himself to be entreated”] by them for they trusted in him.”

[5:21]  ² tn Heb “their”; the referent (the Hagrites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:6]  ³ tn Heb “the ark of God the Lord who sits [between] the cherubim which is called [by his] name.”

[19:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “they.” The logical referent, though not specified in the Hebrew text, has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

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

[20:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “and it was at the time of the turning of the year, at the time of the going out of kings.”

[21:12]  ⁷ tc The parallel text in the MT of 2 Sam 24:13 has “seven,” but LXX has “three” there.

[21:12]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ 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.”

[21:17]  ¹⁰ tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.

[21:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”

[21:17]  ¹² tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”

[22:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the Lord.”

[22:14]  ¹⁴ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

[22:14]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

[28:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for a stool of the feet of our God.”

[28:8]  ¹⁷ 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]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Watch! Seek!”

[29:17]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “a heart.”

[29:17]  ²⁰ tn Heb “with integrity of heart.”