1 Chronicles 11:6

11:6 ¹  David said, “Whoever attacks ²  the Jebusites first will become commanding general!” ³  So Joab son of Zeruiah attacked ⁴  first and became commander. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 14:10

14:10 David asked God, “Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord said to him, “March up! I will hand them over to you!”

1 Chronicles 14:14

14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. ⁶  This time ⁷  God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. ⁸ 

1 Chronicles 15:12

15:12 He told them: “You are the leaders of the Levites’ families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 15:16

15:16 David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully. ⁹ 

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, ¹⁰  that you should have brought me to this point?

1 Chronicles 19:12

19:12 Joab ¹¹  said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me, ¹²  you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, ¹³  I will come to your rescue.

1 Chronicles 22:2

David Orders a Temple to Be Built

22:2 David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple.

1 Chronicles 22:7

22:7 David said to Solomon: “My son, I really wanted ¹⁴  to build a temple to honor ¹⁵  the Lord my God.

1 Chronicles 28:6

28:6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.

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!

[11:6]  ¹ sn Verse 6 inserts into the narrative parenthetical information about Joab’s role in the conquest of the city. Verse 7 then picks up where v. 5 left off.

[11:6]  ² tn Or perhaps “strikes down.”

[11:6]  ³ tn Heb “head and officer.”

[11:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “went up.”

[11:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “head.”

[14:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “and David again asked God.”

[14:14]  ⁷ tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.

[14:14]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.

[15:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “causing to be heard to lift up with a voice of joy.”

[17:16]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[19:12]  ²¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:12]  ²² tn Heb “if Aram is stronger than me.”

[19:12]  ²³ tn Heb “if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you.”

[22:7]  ²⁶ tn Heb “I was with my heart.”

[22:7]  ²⁷ tn Heb “for the name of.”

[29:10]  ³¹ 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.