1 Chronicles 1:10

1:10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 11:20

11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three ²  elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear ³  and gained fame along with the three elite warriors. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 5:1

Reuben’s Descendants

5:1 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn –

(Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, ⁵  his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel’s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records. ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 27:24

27:24 Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel ⁷  because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll ⁸  called The Annals of King David.

[1:10]  ¹ tn Heb “he began to be a mighty warrior in the earth.”

[11:20]  ² tc The Syriac reads “thirty” here and at the beginning of v. 21; this reading is followed by some English translations (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).

[11:20]  ³ tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain.”

[11:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “and to him [reading with the Qere] there was a name among the three.”

[5:1]  ³ sn The phrase when he defiled his father’s bed refers to Reuben having sexual relations with his father Jacob’s concubine Bilhah. This incident is recorded in Gen 35:22.

[5:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and not to be listed in the genealogical records as (having) the right of the firstborn.”

[27:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “anger was on Israel.”

[27:24]  ⁵ tc The Hebrew text has “in the number,” but מִסְפַּר (mispar) is probably dittographic – note that the same word appears immediately before this. The form should be emended to בְּסֵפֶר (bÿsefar, “in the scroll”).