1 Chronicles 13:12

13:12 David was afraid of God that day and said, “How will I ever be able to bring the ark of God up here?”

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 17:24

17:24 so ¹  it may become a reality ²  and you may gain lasting fame, ³  as people say, ⁴  ‘The Lord who commands armies is the God of Israel.’ ⁵  David’s dynasty ⁶  will be established before you,

1 Chronicles 21:10

21:10 “Go, tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: “I am offering you three forms of judgment from which to choose. Pick one of them.”’” ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 21:18

21:18 So the Lord’s messenger told Gad to instruct David to go up and build ⁸  an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

[17:24]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “so it might be established.”

[17:24]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “saying.” The words “as people” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[17:24]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Heb “the house of David.”

[21:10]  ¹ tn Heb “Three I am extending to you; choose for yourself one of them and I will do it to you.”

[21:18]  ¹ tn Heb “that he should go up to raise up.”