1 Chronicles 11:11

11:11 This is the list of David’s warriors: ¹ 

Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was head of the officers. ²  He killed three hundred men with his spear in a single battle. ³ 

1 Chronicles 12:38

12:38 All these men were warriors who were ready to march. ⁴  They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel by acclamation; ⁵  all the rest of the Israelites also were in agreement that David should become king. ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 17:6

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ⁷  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ⁸  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

1 Chronicles 17:21

17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ⁹  in the earth? Their God ¹⁰  went to claim ¹¹  a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds ¹²  when you drove out ¹³  nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ¹⁴ 

1 Chronicles 24:6

24:6 The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar. ¹⁵ 

1 Chronicles 27:1

Leaders of the Army

27:1 What follows is a list of Israelite family leaders and commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, as well as their officers who served the king in various matters. Each division was assigned to serve for one month during the year; each consisted of 24,000 men. ¹⁶ 

1 Chronicles 29:1

The People Contribute to the Project

29:1 King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, ¹⁷  and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

[11:11]  ¹ tn Heb “and these are the number of the warriors who were David’s.”

[11:11]  ² tc The marginal reading (Qere) has “officers;” the consonantal text (Kethib) has “the Thirty” (see v. 15).

[11:11]  ³ tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against 300, [who were] slain at one time.”

[12:38]  ⁴ tc Heb “all these [were] men of war, helpers of the battle line.” The present translation assumes an emendation of עֹדְרֵי (’odÿrey, “helpers of”) to עֹרְכֵי, (’orÿkhey, “prepared for”).

[12:38]  ⁵ tn Heb “with a complete heart they came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel.”

[12:38]  ⁶ tn Heb “and also all the rest of Israel [was of] one mind to make David king.”

[17:6]  ⁷ tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”

[17:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”

[17:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “a nation, one.”

[17:21]  ¹¹ 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]  ¹² tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”

[17:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”

[17:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to drive out.”

[17:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”

[24:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “one house of a father was drawn by lot for Eleazar, and one [this assumes an emendation of אָחֻז (’akhuz) to אֶחָד (’ekhad, “one”)] was drawn by lot for Ithamar.”

[27:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of the fathers and the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds and their officers who served the king with respect to every matter of the divisions, [that which] comes and goes out month by month according to all the months of the year, one division [was] twenty-four thousand.”

[29:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “a young man and tender.”