1 Chronicles 4:41

4:41 The men whose names are listed came during the time of King Hezekiah of Judah and attacked the Hamites’ settlements, ¹  as well as the Meunites they discovered there, and they wiped them out to this very day. They dispossessed them, ²  for they found pasture for their sheep there.

1 Chronicles 20:2

20:2 David took the crown from the head of their king ³  and wore it ⁴  (its weight was a talent ⁵  of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city.

1 Chronicles 24:4

24:4 The descendants of Eleazar had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar, so they divided them up accordingly; the descendants of Eleazar had sixteen leaders, while the descendants of Ithamar had eight. ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 28:9

28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey ⁷  the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, ⁸  for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, ⁹  but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

1 Chronicles 29:17

29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts ¹⁰  and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives ¹¹  I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

¹ tn The Hebrew text reads “their tents,” apparently referring to those of the Hamites mentioned at the end of v. 40. Some prefer to emend the text to read, “the tents of Ham.”

² tn Heb “and they lived in place of them.”

³ tc The translation follows the MT, which reads “of their king”; the LXX and Vulgate read “of Milcom” (cf. 1 Kgs 11:5). Milcom, also known as Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.

⁴ tn Heb “and it was on the head of David.”

⁵ sn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

⁵ tn Heb “And the sons of Eleazar were found to be more, with respect to the heads of men, than the sons of Ithamar, and they divided them. To the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads, according to the house of the fathers; and to the sons of Ithamar there were eight, according to the house of their fathers.”

⁷ tn Heb “know.”

⁸ tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”

⁹ tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

⁹ tn Heb “a heart.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “with integrity of heart.”