1 Chronicles 14:9

14:9 Now the Philistines had come and raided ¹  the Valley of Rephaim.

1 Chronicles 14:2

14:2 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated ²  his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

1 Chronicles 5:22-25

5:22 Because God fought for them, ³  they killed many of the enemy. ⁴  They dispossessed the Hagrites and lived in their land until the exile. ⁵ 

The Half-Tribe of Manasseh

5:23 The half-tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan as far as Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They grew in number.

5:24 These were the leaders of their families: ⁶ 

Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were skilled warriors, men of reputation, ⁷  and leaders of their families. 5:25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors ⁸  and worshiped instead ⁹  the gods of the native peoples ¹⁰  whom God had destroyed before them.

1 Chronicles 5:1

Reuben’s Descendants

5:1 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn –

(Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, ¹¹  his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel’s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records. ¹² 

1 Chronicles 20:1

20:1 In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, ¹³  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 tn Heb “stripped.”

² tn Heb “was lifted upwards.”

³ tn Heb “from God [was] the battle.”

⁴ tn Heb “many slain fell.”

⁵ tn Heb “and they lived in place of them until the exile.” The referent of “them” (the Hagrites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “and these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers.”

⁷ tn Heb “men of names.”

⁸ tn Heb “fathers.”

⁹ tn Heb “prostituted themselves after.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”

¹¹ sn The phrase when he defiled his father’s bed refers to Reuben having sexual relations with his father Jacob’s concubine Bilhah. This incident is recorded in Gen 35:22.

¹² tn Heb “and not to be listed in the genealogical records as (having) the right of the firstborn.”

¹³ tn Heb “and it was at the time of the turning of the year, at the time of the going out of kings.”