22:11 “Now, my son, may the Lord be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the Lord your God, just as he announced you would. 7 22:12 Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey 8 the law of the Lord your God.
28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. 10 I have made the preparations for building it.
12:24 From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears. 11
12:25 From Simeon there were 7,100 warriors.
12:1 These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished 12 from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle.
1:13 Canaan was the father of Sidon – his firstborn – and Heth,
1:17 The sons of Shem:
Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
The sons of Aram: 13
Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. 14
3:3 the fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital;
the sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah.
Shimea, 15 Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon – the mother of these four was Bathsheba 16 the daughter of Ammiel. 17
3:6 The other nine were Ibhar, Elishua, 18 Elpelet, 19 3:7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 3:8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
3:9 These were all the sons of David, not counting the sons of his concubines. 20 Tamar was their sister.
3:10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam,
followed by Abijah his son,
Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
3:11 Joram 21 his son,
Ahaziah his son,
Joash his son,
David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah 22 ),
1 tn Heb “man of rest.”
2 tn Heb “his enemies all around.”
3 sn The name Solomon (שְׁלֹמֹה, shÿlomoh) sounds like (and may be derived from) the Hebrew word for “peace” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).
4 tn Heb “in his days.”
5 tn Heb “for my name.”
6 tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel permanently.”
7 tn Heb “as he spoke concerning you.”
8 tn Or “keep.”
9 tn Heb “from all my sons, for many sons the
10 tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the
11 tn Heb “the sons of Judah, carrying shield and spear, [were] 6,800 armed for battle.”
12 tn Heb “kept from.”
13 tc The words “the sons of Aram” do not appear in the Hebrew text. Apparently the phrase וּבְנֵי אֲרָם (uvÿney ’aram) has accidentally dropped out of the text by homoioteleuton (note the presence of אֲרָם just before this). The phrase is included in Gen 10:23.
14 tc The MT of the parallel geneaology in Gen 10:23 reads “Mash,” but the LXX there reads “Meshech” in agreement with 1 Chr 1:17.
15 tn “Shimea” (שִׁמְעָא, shim’a’) is a variant spelling of “Shammua” (שַׁמּוּעַ, shammua’; see 2 Sam 5:14). Some English versions use the spelling “Shammua” here (e.g., NIV, NCV).
16 tn Most Hebrew
17 tn In 2 Sam 11:3 Bathsheba is called “the daughter of Eliam,” while here her father’s name is given as “Ammiel.”
18 tn All but two Hebrew
19 tn The MT reads “Eliphelet” here, but 1 Chr 14:5 lists the name as “Elpelet” and is followed by some English versions here (e.g., TEV, NLT). Another son named “Eliphelet” is listed in 3:8.
20 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 1:32.
21 sn Joram is a variant spelling of the name “Jehoram.”
22 sn By the wife of Uriah, i.e., Bathsheba (cf. 2 Sam 11:3).