1 Chronicles 12:22

12:22 Each day men came to help David until his army became very large. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 13:10

13:10 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, ²  he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. ³  He died right there before God. ⁴ 

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, ⁵  that you should have brought me to this point?

1 Chronicles 17:24

17:24 so ⁶  it may become a reality ⁷  and you may gain lasting fame, ⁸  as people say, ⁹  ‘The Lord who commands armies is the God of Israel.’ ¹⁰  David’s dynasty ¹¹  will be established before you,

1 Chronicles 21:30

21:30 But David could not go before it to seek God’s will, for he was afraid of the sword of the Lord’s messenger.

[12:22]  ¹ 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.

[13:10]  ² tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah.”

[13:10]  ³ tn Heb “because he stretched out his hand over the ark.”

[13:10]  ⁴ sn The modern reader might think God seemed to overreact here, but Israel needed a vivid object lesson of God’s holiness. By loading the ark on a cart, David had violated the instructions in God’s law (Exod 25:12-14; Num 4:5-6, 15). Uzzah’s action, however innocent it may seem, betrayed a certain lack of reverence for God’s presence. God had to remind his people that his holiness could not under any circumstances be violated.

[17:16]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[17:24]  ⁴ tn Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result: “so it might become a reality.”

[17:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “so it might be established.”

[17:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “and your name might be great permanently.” Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result (parallel to the previous purpose/result clause): “[so]…you might gain lasting fame.”

[17:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “saying.” The words “as people” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[17:24]  ⁸ tc Heb “the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], the God of Israel, Israel’s God.” The phrases אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (’elohey yisra’el, “God of Israel”) and אֱלֹהִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל (’elohim lÿyisra’el, “Israel’s God”) are probably alternative readings that have been conflated in the text.

[17:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “the house of David.”