1 Chronicles 4:17

4:17 The sons of Ezrah:

Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.

Mered’s wife Bithiah ¹  gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

1 Chronicles 4:21

4:21 The sons of Shelah son of Judah:

Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the clans of the linen workers at Beth-Ashbea,

1 Chronicles 13:6

13:6 David and all Israel went up to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who sits enthroned between the cherubim – the ark that is called by his name. ² 

1 Chronicles 17:13

17:13 I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you. ³ 

1 Chronicles 17:17

17:17 And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. ⁴  You have revealed to me what men long to know, ⁵  O Lord God.

1 Chronicles 20:6

20:6 In a battle in Gath ⁶  there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot – twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.

1 Chronicles 22:8

22:8 But the Lord said to me: ⁷  ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, ⁸  for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

1 Chronicles 28:15

28:15 for the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, for the silver lampstands, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, according to the prescribed use of each lampstand,

1 Chronicles 28:18

28:18 and for the refined gold of the incense altar.

He gave him ⁹  the blueprint for the seat ¹⁰  of the gold cherubim that spread their wings ¹¹  and provide shelter for the ark of the Lord’s covenant.

1 Chronicles 29:5

29:5 for gold and silver items, and for all the work of the craftsmen. Who else wants to contribute to the Lord today?”

1 Chronicles 29:11

29:11 O Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign ¹²  over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler ¹³  of all.

¹ tn The Hebrew text has simply, “and she gave birth to,” without identifying the subject. The words “Mered’s wife Bithiah” are added in the translation for clarification. See v. 18b, which mentions “Bethiah, whom Mered married.”

² tn Heb “the ark of God the Lord who sits [between] the cherubim which is called [by his] name.”

³ sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David.

⁴ tn Heb “and this was small in your eyes, O God, so you spoke concerning the house of your servant for a distance.”

⁵ tn The translation “You have revealed to me what men long to know” is very tentative; the meaning of the Hebrew text is unclear. The text appears to read literally, “and you see me like the searching of man, that which is upward,” which is nonsensical. The translation above assumes the following: (1) The Qal verb translated “you see me” is repointed as a Hiphil, “you showed me,” (2) תּוֹר (tor) is understood in the sense of “searching, exploring,” and (3) הַמַּעֲלָה (hamma’alah) is taken in a temporal sense of “that which lies beyond.” Thus one could translate, “you have shown me what men search for, what lies beyond.”

⁵ tn Heb “and there was another battle, in Gath.”

⁶ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”

⁷ tn Heb “for my name.”

⁷ tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tc The Hebrew text reads מֶרְכָּבָה (merkavah, “chariot”), but the final he (ה) is probably dittographic – note the prefixed he (ה) on the immediately following word. It is preferable to read מֶרְכָּב (merkav, “seat”).

⁹ tc The Hebrew text does not have “their wings,” but the word כְּנָפַיִם (kÿnafayim, “wings”) has probably been accidentally omitted by homoioteleuton. Note that the immediately preceding לְפֹרְשִׂים (lÿforsim) also ends in mem (ם).

⁸ tn The words “and sovereign” are added in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

⁹ tn Heb “head.”