1 Chronicles 19:12

19:12 Joab ¹  said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me, ²  you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, ³  I will come to your rescue.

1 Chronicles 21:12

21:12 three ⁴  years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, ⁵  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.’ ⁶  Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me.”

1 Chronicles 12:17

12:17 David went out to meet them and said, ⁷  “If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. ⁸  But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, ⁹  may the God of our ancestors ¹⁰  take notice and judge!”

1 Chronicles 28:9

28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey ¹¹  the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, ¹²  for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, ¹³  but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

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

² tn Heb “if Aram is stronger than me.”

³ tn Heb “if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you.”

⁴ tc The parallel text in the MT of 2 Sam 24:13 has “seven,” but LXX has “three” there.

⁵ 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.

⁶ 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.”

⁷ tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”

⁸ tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”

⁹ tn Heb “with no violence in my hands.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “fathers.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “know.”

¹¹ tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”

¹² tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”