1 Chronicles 17:6

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ¹  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ²  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

1 Chronicles 17:21

17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ³  in the earth? Their God ⁴  went to claim ⁵  a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds ⁶  when you drove out ⁷  nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ⁸ 

1 Chronicles 19:5

19:5 Messengers ⁹  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 ¹⁰  until your beards grow again; then you may come back.”

1 Chronicles 21:2

21:2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army, ¹¹  “Go, count the number of warriors ¹²  from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.” ¹³ 

¹ tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”

² tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”

³ tn Heb “a nation, one.”

⁴ tn Heb “whose God,” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”

⁶ tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”

⁷ tn Heb “to drive out.”

⁸ tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”

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

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⁷ tn Or “people.”

⁸ tn Heb “Go, count Israel.” See the note on “had” in v. 1.

⁹ tn Heb “their number.”