1 Chronicles 2:3

Judah’s Descendants

2:3 The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, ¹  a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him. ² 

1 Chronicles 13:14

13:14 The ark of God remained in Obed-Edom’s house for three months; the Lord blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that belonged to him.

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. ³ 

1 Chronicles 17:21

17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ⁴  in the earth? Their God ⁵  went to claim ⁶  a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds ⁷  when you drove out ⁸  nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ⁹ 

1 Chronicles 18:10

18:10 he sent his son Hadoram ¹⁰  to King David to extend his best wishes ¹¹  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. ¹²  He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze. ¹³ 

1 Chronicles 22:5

22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, ¹⁴  and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. ¹⁵  Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.

1 Chronicles 22:9

22:9 Look, you will have a son, who will be a peaceful man. ¹⁶  I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. ¹⁷  Indeed, Solomon ¹⁸  will be his name; I will give Israel peace and quiet during his reign. ¹⁹ 

¹ tn The name means “daughter of Shua.” Shua is identified in Gen 38:2 as a “Canaanite man.”

² tn Heb “was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so he [i.e., the Lord] killed him [i.e., Er].”

³ tn The Hebrew text adds “in her heart.”

⁵ tn Heb “a nation, one.”

⁶ 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.

⁷ tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”

⁸ tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”

⁹ tn Heb “to drive out.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”

⁷ tn The name is spelled “Joram” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:10.

⁸ tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

⁹ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Tou.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”

⁹ tn Heb “a young man and tender.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”

¹¹ tn Heb “man of rest.”

¹² tn Heb “his enemies all around.”

¹³ sn The name Solomon (שְׁלֹמֹה, shÿlomoh) sounds like (and may be derived from) the Hebrew word for “peace” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).

¹⁴ tn Heb “in his days.”