1 Chronicles 12:17

12:17 David went out to meet them and said, 1  “If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. 2  But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, 3  may the God of our ancestors 4  take notice and judge!”

1 Chronicles 21:3

21:3 Joab replied, “May the Lord make his army 5  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?” 6 

1 tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”

2 tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”

3 tn Heb “with no violence in my hands.”

4 tn Heb “fathers.”

5 tn Or “people.”

6 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.