1 Chronicles 21:13

21:13 David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!” ¹ 

1 Chronicles 22:8

22:8 But the Lord said to me: ²  ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, ³  for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

1 Chronicles 24:4

24:4 The descendants of Eleazar had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar, so they divided them up accordingly; the descendants of Eleazar had sixteen leaders, while the descendants of Ithamar had eight. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “There is great distress to me; let me fall into the hand of the Lord for his mercy is very great, but into the hand of men let me not fall.”

² tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”

³ tn Heb “for my name.”

³ tn Heb “And the sons of Eleazar were found to be more, with respect to the heads of men, than the sons of Ithamar, and they divided them. To the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads, according to the house of the fathers; and to the sons of Ithamar there were eight, according to the house of their fathers.”