7:7 The sons of Bela:
Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. The five of them were leaders of their families. There were 22,034 warriors listed in their genealogical records.
12:1 These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished 4 from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle.
20:5 There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, 8 whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom. 9
25:3 From the sons of Jeduthun: 12 Gedaliah, Zeri, 13 Jeshaiah, 14 Hashabiah, and Mattithiah – six in all, 15 under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.
29:1 King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, 16 and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.
Then they designated Solomon, David’s son, as king a second time; 20 before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.
1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the army) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
1 tn Heb “arose and carried away the corpse of Saul and the corpses of his sons.”
2 tn Heb “their bones.”
1 tn Heb “kept from.”
1 tn Heb “and it will be when your days are full to go with your ancestors.”
2 tn Heb “your seed.”
1 sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David.
1 tc The Hebrew text reads, “Elchanan son of Jair killed Lachmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite.” But it is likely that the accusative marker in front of לַחְמִי (lakhmiy, “Lachmi”) is a corruption of בֵּית (bet), and that אֶת־לַחְמִי (’et-lakhmiy) should be emended to בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי (bet hallakhmiy, “the Bethlehemite”). See 2 Sam 21:19.
2 tc See tc note on the parallel passage in 2 Sam 21:19.
1 tn Heb “for my name.”
2 tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel permanently.”
1 tn Heb “belonging to Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun.”
2 tn This name appears as “Izri” in v. 10.
3 tc One Hebrew
4 tc The list includes only five names. Apparently the name “Shimei” (see v. 17), which appears in one medieval Hebrew
1 tn Heb “a young man and tender.”
1 tn Heb “and to Solomon my son give a complete heart to keep your commands, your rules and your regulations, and to do everything, and to build the palace [for] which I have prepared.”
1 tn Heb “they ate and drank.”
2 tn Heb “with great joy.”
3 sn See 1 Chr 23:1, where David had previously designated Solomon as king over Israel.