1 Chronicles 10:14

10:14 He did not seek the Lord’s guidance, so the Lord 1  killed him and transferred the kingdom to David son of Jesse.

1 Chronicles 13:3

13:3 Let’s move the ark of our God back here, 2  for we did not seek his will 3  throughout Saul’s reign.” 4 

1 Chronicles 16:43

16:43 Then all the people returned to their homes, and David went to pronounce a blessing on his family. 5 

1 Chronicles 12:23

Support for David in Hebron

12:23 The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul’s place, in accordance with the Lord’s decree: 6 

1 Chronicles 14:14

14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. 7  This time 8  God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. 9 

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “to us.”

3 tn Heb “him.” In this case, seeking God’s will is what is implied.

4 tn Heb “in the days of Saul.”

3 tn Heb “to bless his house.” Elsewhere when “house” is the object of “bless,” it refers to a household or family. See, for example, 1 Chr 13:14; 17:27. However, since בֵּית (bet, “house”) refers to a literal house or home earlier in the verse and to David’s palace in 17:1, one might translate here, “David went to pronounce a blessing on [i.e., dedicate] his house [i.e., palace].”

4 tn Heb “these are the numbers of the heads of the forces armed for battle [who] came to David in Hebron to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him according to the mouth of the Lord.”

5 tn Heb “and David again asked God.”

6 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.

7 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.