1 Chronicles 11:9

11:9 David’s power steadily grew, for the Lord who commands armies was with him. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 26:13

26:13 They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which gate they would be responsible for. ² 

1 Chronicles 11:14

11:14 but then they made a stand in the middle of that area. They defended it ³  and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 12:14

12:14 These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 16:25

16:25 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise,

he is more awesome than ⁶  all gods.

1 Chronicles 25:8

25:8 They cast lots to determine their responsibilities – oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student. ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 12:22

12:22 Each day men came to help David until his army became very large. ⁸ 

1 Chronicles 17:8

17:8 I was with you wherever you went and I defeated ⁹  all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. ¹⁰ 

1 Chronicles 29:9

29:9 The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; ¹¹  King David was also very happy. ¹² 

1 Chronicles 29:22

29:22 They held a feast ¹³  before the Lord that day and celebrated. ¹⁴ 

Then they designated Solomon, David’s son, as king a second time; ¹⁵  before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.

1 Chronicles 22:8

22:8 But the Lord said to me: ¹⁶  ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, ¹⁷  for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

1 Chronicles 29:1

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29:1 King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, ¹⁸  and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

[11:9]  ¹ tn Heb “and David went, going and becoming great, and the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, Lord of hosts] was with him.”

[26:13]  ² tn Heb “for a gate and a gate,” i.e., for each gate.

[11:14]  ³ tn Heb “delivered it.”

[11:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the Lord delivered [with] a great deliverance.”

[12:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “one for a hundred the small, and the great for a thousand.” Another option is to translate the preposition -לְ (lamed) as “against” and to understand this as a hyperbolic reference to their prowess: “the least could stand against a hundred, the greatest against a thousand.”

[16:25]  ⁵ tn Or “feared above.”

[25:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they cast lots [for] service, just as like small, like great, teacher with student.”

[12:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “for at the time of day in a day they were coming to David to help him until [there was] a great camp like the camp of God.” The term אֱלֹהִים (’elohim, “God”) is probably used idiomatically here to indicate the superlative.

[17:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “cut off.”

[17:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “and I will make for you a name like the name of the great men who are in the earth.”

[29:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “with a complete heart.”

[29:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “was rejoiced with great joy.”

[29:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they ate and drank.”

[29:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “with great joy.”

[29:22]  ¹² sn See 1 Chr 23:1, where David had previously designated Solomon as king over Israel.

[22:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”

[22:8]  ¹² tn Heb “for my name.”

[29:1]  ¹² tn Heb “a young man and tender.”