1 Chronicles 10:13

10:13 So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord’s instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 16:4

16:4 He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 16:36

16:36 May the Lord God of Israel be praised,

in the future and forevermore. ² 

Then all the people said, “We agree! ³  Praise the Lord!”

1 Chronicles 16:40

16:40 regularly offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord on the altar for burnt sacrifice, morning and evening, according to what is prescribed in the law of the Lord which he charged Israel to observe. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 17:16

David Praises God

17:16 David went in, sat before the Lord, and said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, ⁵  that you should have brought me to this point?

1 Chronicles 21:18

21:18 So the Lord’s messenger told Gad to instruct David to go up and build ⁶  an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:26

21:26 David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. ⁷  He called out to the Lord, and the Lord ⁸  responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.

1 Chronicles 22:11-12

22:11 “Now, my son, may the Lord be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the Lord your God, just as he announced you would. ⁹  22:12 Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey ¹⁰  the law of the Lord your God.

1 Chronicles 23:31

23:31 and whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the Lord on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the Lord regularly in accordance with regulations. ¹¹ 

1 Chronicles 24:19

24:19 This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the Lord’s temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor ¹²  Aaron, just as the Lord God of Israel had instructed him. ¹³ 

1 Chronicles 28:5

28:5 From all the many sons the Lord has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel. ¹⁴ 

1 Chronicles 28:13

28:13 He gave him the regulations ¹⁵  for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the Lord’s temple, and for all the items used in the service of the Lord’s temple.

1 Chronicles 29:10

David Praises the Lord

29:10 David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: ¹⁶ 

“O Lord God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!

1 Chronicles 29:22

29:22 They held a feast ¹⁷  before the Lord that day and celebrated. ¹⁸ 

Then they designated Solomon, David’s son, as king a second time; ¹⁹  before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.

[10:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and Saul died because of his unfaithfulness by which he acted unfaithfully against the Lord, concerning the word of the Lord which he did not keep, also to Saul, a ritual pit to seek.” The text alludes to the incident recorded in 1 Sam 28. The Hebrew term אוֹב (’ov, “ritual pit”) refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits. In 1 Sam 28:7 the witch of Endor is called a בַּעֲלַת־אוֹב (ba’alat-’ov, “owner of a ritual pit”). See H. A. Hoffner, “Second Millennium Antecedents to the Hebrew áo‚b,” JBL 86 (1967): 385-401.

[16:36]  ² tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”

[16:36]  ³ tn This is the Hebrew term אָמֵן (’amen, “surely”), traditionally transliterated “amen.”

[16:40]  ³ tn Heb “which he commanded Israel.”

[17:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[21:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “that he should go up to raise up.”

[21:26]  ⁶ tn Or “tokens of peace.”

[21:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “as he spoke concerning you.”

[22:12]  ⁸ tn Or “keep.”

[23:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “by number according to the manner upon them, regularly before the Lord.”

[24:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “father.”

[24:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “these were their responsibilities for their service to enter the house of the Lord according to their manner [given] by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded him.”

[28:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “from all my sons, for many sons the Lord has given to me, he chose Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.”

[28:13]  ¹² tn The words “he gave him the regulations” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[29:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “assembly, and David said.” The words “and David said” are redundant according to contemporary English style and have not been included in the translation.

[29:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “they ate and drank.”

[29:22]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “with great joy.”

[29:22]  ¹⁶ sn See 1 Chr 23:1, where David had previously designated Solomon as king over Israel.