1 Chronicles 22:2

David Orders a Temple to Be Built

22:2 David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple.

1 Chronicles 22:1

22:1 David then said, “This is the place where the temple of the Lord God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”

1 Chronicles 5:6

5:6 and his son Beerah, whom King Tiglath-pileser ¹  of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah ²  was the tribal leader of Reuben.

1 Chronicles 5:9-10

5:9 In the east they settled as far as the entrance to the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River, for their cattle had increased in numbers in the land of Gilead. 5:10 During the time of Saul they attacked the Hagrites and defeated them. They took over their territory in the entire eastern region of Gilead. ³ 

1 Chronicles 5:18

5:18 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 5:2

5:2 Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, ⁵  the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)

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, ⁶  a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him. ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 2:8-10

2:8 The son ⁸  of Ethan:

Azariah.

2:9 The sons born to Hezron:

Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. ⁹ 

Ram’s Descendants

2:10 Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah.

Ezra 3:7

Preparations for Rebuilding the Temple

3:7 So they provided money ¹⁰  for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon ¹¹  and Tyre, ¹²  so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport ¹³  at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.

¹ tn Heb “Tilgath-pilneser,” a variant spelling of Tiglath-pileser (also in v. 26).

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Beerah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “and in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites and they fell by their hand and they lived in their tents unto all the face of the east of Gilead.”

⁴ tn Heb “the sons of Reuben and the Gadites and half of the tribe of Manasseh, from the sons of bravery, men carrying a shield and sword and treading a bow and trained for war, 44,760 going out for warfare.”

⁵ tn Heb “and [one] for a leader [was] from him.” This probably refers to the Davidic king.

⁶ tn The name means “daughter of Shua.” Shua is identified in Gen 38:2 as a “Canaanite man.”

⁷ tn Heb “was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so he [i.e., the Lord] killed him [i.e., Er].”

⁸ tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.

⁹ tn The Hebrew text has “Celubai,” but see v. 18, where Caleb is described as the son of Hezron.

¹⁰ tn Heb “silver.”

¹¹ map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

¹² map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

¹³ tn Heb “to the sea”