1 Chronicles 11:19

11:19 and said, “God forbid that I should do this! ¹  Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” ²  Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. ³ 

1 Chronicles 12:17

12:17 David went out to meet them and said, ⁴  “If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. ⁵  But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, ⁶  may the God of our ancestors ⁷  take notice and judge!”

1 Chronicles 17:6

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ⁸  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ⁹  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

1 Chronicles 21:13

21:13 David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!” ¹⁰ 

[11:19]  ¹ tn Heb “Far be it to me from my God from doing this.”

[11:19]  ² tn Heb “with their lives.” The same expression occurs later in this verse.

[11:19]  ³ tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”

[12:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”

[12:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”

[12:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “with no violence in my hands.”

[12:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “fathers.”

[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.”

[21:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “There is great distress to me; let me fall into the hand of the Lord for his mercy is very great, but into the hand of men let me not fall.”