1 Chronicles 21:17

21:17 David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! ¹  As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, ²  but remove the plague from your people!” ³ 

1 Chronicles 21:24

21:24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. ⁴  I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice ⁵  that cost me nothing. ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 27:24

27:24 Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel ⁷  because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll ⁸  called The Annals of King David.

1 Chronicles 28:20

28:20 David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁹  For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.

¹ tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.

² tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”

³ tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”

⁴ tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

⁵ tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”

⁶ tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”

⁷ tn Heb “anger was on Israel.”

⁸ tc The Hebrew text has “in the number,” but מִסְפַּר (mispar) is probably dittographic – note that the same word appears immediately before this. The form should be emended to בְּסֵפֶר (bÿsefar, “in the scroll”).

¹⁰ tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”