1 Chronicles 2:4

2:4 Tamar, Judah’s¹ daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

1 Chronicles 4:9

4:9 Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, “I experienced pain when I gave birth to him.”²

1 Chronicles 4:38-39

4:38 These who are named above were the leaders of their clans.

Their extended families increased greatly in numbers. 4:39 They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep.

1 Chronicles 5:22

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

1 Chronicles 10:8

10:8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 11:9

11:9 David’s power steadily grew, for the Lord who commands armies was with him.⁶

1 Chronicles 13:12

13:12 David was afraid of God that day and said, “How will I ever be able to bring the ark of God up here?”

1 Chronicles 16:25

16:25 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise,

he is more awesome than⁷ all gods.

1 Chronicles 16:36

16:36 May the Lord God of Israel be praised,

in the future and forevermore.⁸

Then all the people said, “We agree!⁹ Praise the Lord!”

1 Chronicles 20:7

20:7 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea,¹⁰ David’s brother, killed him.

1 Chronicles 21:6

21:6 Now Joab¹¹ did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him.

1 Chronicles 22:16

22:16 in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron.¹² Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!”

1 Chronicles 23:22

23:22 Eleazar died without having sons; he had only daughters. The sons of Kish, their cousins, married them.¹³

1 Chronicles 23:27

23:27 According to David’s final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted.¹⁴

1 Chronicles 28:10

28:10 Realize¹⁵ now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”

1 Chronicles 29:28

29:28 He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth, and honor.¹⁶ His son Solomon succeeded him.

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

²tn In Hebrew the name יַעְבֵּץ (ya’bets, “Jabez”) sounds like the noun עֹצֶב (’otsev) which means “pain.”

³tn Heb “from God [was] the battle.”

⁴tn Heb “many slain fell.”

⁵tn 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.

⁴tn Heb “and David went, going and becoming great, and the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, Lord of hosts] was with him.”

⁵tn Or “feared above.”

⁶tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”

⁷tn This is the Hebrew term אָמֵן (’amen, “surely”), traditionally transliterated “amen.”

⁷tn The parallel text in 2 Sam 21:21 has the variant spelling “Shimeah.”

⁸tn Heb “he”; the proper name (“Joab”) has been substituted for the pronoun here for stylistic reasons; the proper name occurs at the end of the verse in the Hebrew text, where it has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.

⁹tn Heb “and every kind of skilled one in all work, concerning gold, concerning silver, and concerning bronze, and concerning iron, there is no numbering.”

¹⁰tn Heb “the sons of Kish, their brothers [i.e., relatives/cousins] lifted them up.” For other uses of נָאָשׂ (na’as, “lift up”) in the sense of “marry,” see BDB 671 s.v. Qal.3.d.

¹¹tn Heb “for by the final words of David, they were the number of the sons of Levi, from a son of twenty years and upward.”

¹²tn Heb “see.”

¹³tn Heb “satisfied with days, wealth, and honor.”