1 Chronicles 2:23

2:23 (Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, ¹  along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 6:57

6:57 The descendants of Aaron were also allotted as cities ²  of refuge Hebron, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:65

6:65 They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. ³ 

1 Chronicles 10:7

10:7 When all the Israelites who were in the valley saw that the army ⁴  had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.

1 Chronicles 13:2

13:2 David said to the whole Israelite assembly, “If you so desire and the Lord our God approves, ⁵  let’s spread the word ⁶  to our brothers who remain in all the regions of Israel, and to the priests and Levites in their cities, ⁷  so they may join us.

1 Chronicles 15:29

15:29 As the ark of the Lord’s covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him. ⁸ 

1 Chronicles 18:8

18:8 From Tibhath ⁹  and Kun, ¹⁰  Hadadezer’s cities, David took a great deal of bronze. (Solomon used it to make the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” ¹¹  the pillars, and other bronze items.

1 Chronicles 19:7

19:7 They hired 32,000 chariots, along with the king of Maacah and his army, who came and camped in front of Medeba. The Ammonites also assembled from their cities and marched out to do battle.

1 Chronicles 20:2-3

20:2 David took the crown from the head of their king ¹²  and wore it ¹³  (its weight was a talent ¹⁴  of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city. 20:3 He removed the city’s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. ¹⁵  This was his policy ¹⁶  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

¹ tn Or “Havvoth Jair” (NIV, NRSV). Some translations do not translate the phrase (“havvoth” = “the towns of”), but treat it as part of the place name.

² tn The parallel account in Josh 21:13 has the singular “city,” which apparently refers only to Hebron.

³ tn Heb “and they gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin these cities, which they called them by names.”

⁴ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the army) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “If to you [it is] good and from the Lord our God.”

⁶ tn Heb “let us spread and let us send.” The words “the word” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁷ tn Heb “in the cities of their pasturelands.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds “in her heart.”

⁷ tn The MT reads “Tibhath” here, a variant name for Tebah (cf. 2 Sam 8:8). Some English translations substitute the other version of the name here (e.g., NIV, NLT), while others follow the reading of the Hebrew text at this point (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV).

⁸ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:8 has the variant name “Berothai.”

⁹ tn Heb “the sea of bronze,” or “[the] sea, the bronze one.” See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.

⁸ tc The translation follows the MT, which reads “of their king”; the LXX and Vulgate read “of Milcom” (cf. 1 Kgs 11:5). Milcom, also known as Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.

⁹ tn Heb “and it was on the head of David.”

¹⁰ sn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

⁹ tc The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת (mÿgerot, “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת (magzÿrot, “axes”).

¹⁰ tn Heb “and so he would do.”