1 Chronicles 12:23

Support for David in Hebron

12:23 The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul’s place, in accordance with the Lord’s decree: ¹ 

1 Chronicles 13:13

13:13 So David did not move the ark to the City of David; ²  he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

1 Chronicles 19:10

19:10 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans. ³ 

1 Chronicles 29:23

29:23 Solomon sat on the Lord’s throne as king in place of his father David; he was successful and all Israel was loyal to him. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 11:23

11:23 He even killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet ⁵  tall. The Egyptian had a spear as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom; Benaiah attacked ⁶  him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

[12:23]  ¹ tn Heb “these are the numbers of the heads of the forces armed for battle [who] came to David in Hebron to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him according to the mouth of the Lord.”

[13:13]  ² sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[19:10]  ³ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:10 has “the Ammonites” in place of “the Arameans” here.

[29:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “listened to him.”

[11:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches for the standard cubit, this individual would be 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall.

[11:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “went down to.”