1 Chronicles 4:10

4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only 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!” God answered his prayer.

1 Chronicles 5:26

5:26 So the God of Israel stirred up King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.


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

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

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

tn Heb “stirred up the spirit of.”

tn Heb “and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria.” “Pul” and “Tilgath-pilneser” were names of the same Assyrian ruler, more commonly known as Tiglath-pileser (cf. 2 Kgs 15:29).