1 Chronicles 10:4

10:4 Saul told his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me.” ¹  But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

1 Chronicles 17:21

17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ²  in the earth? Their God ³  went to claim ⁴  a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds ⁵  when you drove out ⁶  nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 22:13

22:13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the Lord ordered Moses to give to Israel. ⁸  Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁹ 

1 Chronicles 28:20

28:20 David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹⁰  For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.

[10:4]  ¹ tn Heb “so these uncircumcised ones might not come and abuse me.”

[17:21]  ² tn Heb “a nation, one.”

[17:21]  ³ tn Heb “whose God,” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”

[17:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”

[17:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “to drive out.”

[17:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”

[22:13]  ³ tn Heb “which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel.”

[22:13]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps, “and don’t get discouraged.”

[28:20]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”