1 Chronicles 2:3
Judah’s Descendants
2:3 The sons of Judah:
Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him.
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 6:32
6:32 They performed music
before the sanctuary
of the meeting tent until Solomon built the
Lord’s temple in Jerusalem.
They carried out their tasks according to regulations.
1 Chronicles 15:29
15:29 As the ark of the
Lord’s covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him.
1 Chronicles 17:1
God Makes a Promise to David
17:1 When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under a tent.”
1 Chronicles 17:7
17:7 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord who commands armies says: “I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.
1 Chronicles 18:10
18:10 he sent his son Hadoram
to King David to extend his best wishes
and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer.
He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze.
1 Chronicles 19:5
19:5 Messengers
came and told David what had happened to the men, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho
until your beards grow again; then you may come back.”
1 Chronicles 20:1-2
20:1 In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, Joab led the army into battle and devastated the land of the Ammonites. He went and besieged Rabbah, while David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab defeated Rabbah and tore it down.
20:2 David took the crown from the head of their king and wore it (its weight was a talent of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city.
1 Chronicles 21:3
21:3 Joab replied, “May the
Lord make his army
a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?”
1 Chronicles 21:5
21:5 Joab reported to David the number of warriors.
In all Israel there were 1,100,000
sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers.
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!
As for these sheep – what have they done? O
Lord my God, attack me and my family,
but remove the plague from your people!”
1 Chronicles 22:8
22:8 But the
Lord said to me:
‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me,
for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.
1 Chronicles 22:14
22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the
Lord’s temple.
I have stored up 100,000 talents
of gold, 1,000,000
talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!
1 Chronicles 27:24
27:24 Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel
because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll
called The Annals of King David.
1 Chronicles 28:4
28:4 The
Lord God of Israel chose me out of my father’s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty.
Indeed,
he chose Judah as leader, and my father’s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father’s sons and made me king over all Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:25
29:25 The
Lord greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him.