1 Chronicles 12:1

Warriors Who Joined David at Ziklag

12:1 These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished ¹  from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle.

1 Chronicles 14:14

14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. ²  This time ³  God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 17:9

17:9 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle ⁵  them there; they will live there and not be disturbed ⁶  anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 20:5-6

20:5 There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, ⁸  whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom. ⁹ 

20:6 In a battle in Gath ¹⁰  there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot – twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.

[12:1]  ¹ tn Heb “kept from.”

[14:14]  ² tn Heb “and David again asked God.”

[14:14]  ³ tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.

[14:14]  ⁴ 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.

[17:9]  ³ tn Heb “plant.”

[17:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “shaken.”

[17:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and sons of violence will no longer consume them as in the beginning.”

[20:5]  ⁴ tc The Hebrew text reads, “Elchanan son of Jair killed Lachmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite.” But it is likely that the accusative marker in front of לַחְמִי (lakhmiy, “Lachmi”) is a corruption of בֵּית (bet), and that אֶת־לַחְמִי (’et-lakhmiy) should be emended to בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי (bet hallakhmiy, “the Bethlehemite”). See 2 Sam 21:19.

[20:5]  ⁵ tc See tc note on the parallel passage in 2 Sam 21:19.

[20:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “and there was another battle, in Gath.”