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 21:15

21:15 God sent an angel ⁴  to ravage ⁵  Jerusalem. As he was doing so, ⁶  the Lord watched ⁷  and relented from ⁸  his judgment. ⁹  He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! ¹⁰  Stop now!” ¹¹ 

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan ¹²  the Jebusite.

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! ¹³  As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, ¹⁴  but remove the plague from your people!” ¹⁵ 

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 The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:15 reports that God sent a plague, while 24:16-17 attributes this to the instrumentality of an angel.

⁵ tn Or “destroy.”

⁶ tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

⁷ tn Or “saw.”

⁸ tn Or “was grieved because of.”

⁹ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

¹⁰ tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.

¹¹ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

¹² tn In the parallel text in 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (’aravna’, “Aravna”), traditionally “Araunah.” The form of the name found here also occurs in vv. 18-28.

⁷ tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.

⁸ tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”

⁹ tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”