1 Chronicles 4:10

4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only ¹  you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!” ²  God answered his prayer. ³ 

1 Chronicles 17:6-7

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ⁴  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ⁵  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

17:7 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord who commands armies ⁶  says: “I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd ⁷  to make you a leader of my people Israel.

1 Chronicles 19:2

19:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty ⁸  to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal ⁹  to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father’s death. ¹⁰  When David’s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king’s sympathy, ¹¹ 

¹ tn On the use of אִם (’im, “if”) here, see HALOT 60 s.v.

² tn Heb “and act from [i.e., so as to prevent] harm so that I might not be in pain.”

³ tn Heb “and God brought about what he had asked.”

⁴ tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”

⁵ tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”

⁷ tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts.”

⁸ tn Heb “and from after sheep.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “do loyalty.”

¹¹ tn Heb “did loyalty.”

¹² tn Heb “to console him concerning his father.”

¹³ tn Heb “and the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.”