1 Chronicles 13:4

13:4 The whole assembly agreed to do this, ¹  for the proposal seemed right to all the people. ² 

1 Chronicles 16:2

16:2 When David finished offering burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the Lord’s name.

1 Chronicles 16:43

16:43 Then all the people returned to their homes, and David went to pronounce a blessing on his family. ³ 

1 Chronicles 19:11

19:11 He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

1 Chronicles 20:3

20:3 He removed the city’s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. ⁴  This was his policy ⁵  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 10:9

10:9 They stripped his corpse, and then carried off his head and his armor. They sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines proclaiming the news to their idols and their people.

1 Chronicles 16:36

16:36 May the Lord God of Israel be praised,

in the future and forevermore. ⁶ 

Then all the people said, “We agree! ⁷  Praise the Lord!”

1 Chronicles 29:9

29:9 The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; ⁸  King David was also very happy. ⁹ 

1 Chronicles 21:2

21:2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army, ¹⁰  “Go, count the number of warriors ¹¹  from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.” ¹² 

1 Chronicles 21:5

21:5 Joab reported to David the number of warriors. ¹³  In all Israel there were 1,100,000 ¹⁴  sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers. ¹⁵ 

1 Chronicles 21:22

21:22 David said to Ornan, “Sell me the threshing floor ¹⁶  so I can build ¹⁷  on it an altar for the Lord – I’ll pay top price ¹⁸  – so that the plague may be removed ¹⁹  from the people.”

1 Chronicles 28:21

28:21 Here are the divisions of the priests and Levites who will perform all the service of God’s temple. All the willing and skilled men are ready to assist you in all the work and perform their service. ²⁰  The officials and all the people are ready to follow your instructions.” ²¹ 

[13:4]  ¹ tn Heb “all the assembly said to do so.”

[13:4]  ² tn Heb “for right was the word in the eyes of all the people.”

[16:43]  ³ tn Heb “to bless his house.” Elsewhere when “house” is the object of “bless,” it refers to a household or family. See, for example, 1 Chr 13:14; 17:27. However, since בֵּית (bet, “house”) refers to a literal house or home earlier in the verse and to David’s palace in 17:1, one might translate here, “David went to pronounce a blessing on [i.e., dedicate] his house [i.e., palace].”

[20:3]  ⁵ tc The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת (mÿgerot, “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת (magzÿrot, “axes”).

[20:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “and so he would do.”

[16:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”

[16:36]  ⁸ tn This is the Hebrew term אָמֵן (’amen, “surely”), traditionally transliterated “amen.”

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

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

[21:2]  ¹¹ tn Or “people.”

[21:2]  ¹² tn Heb “Go, count Israel.” See the note on “had” in v. 1.

[21:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “their number.”

[21:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “and Joab gave to David the number of the numbering of the army [or “people”].”

[21:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “a thousand thousands and one hundred thousand.”

[21:5]  ¹⁵ tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:9 has variant figures: “In Israel there were eight hundred thousand sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were five hundred thousands soldiers.”

[21:22]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the place of the threshing floor.”

[21:22]  ¹⁶ tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive here indicates the immediate purpose/result: “so I can build.”

[21:22]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “For full silver sell to me.”

[21:22]  ¹⁸ tn Following the imperative and first person prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive, this third person prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive introduces the ultimate purpose/result: “so the plague may be removed.” Another option is subordinate this form to the preceding imperative, but the latter may be taken as a parenthetical expansion of the initial request.

[28:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and with you in all work, for every willing [one] in skill for all service.”

[28:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and the officials and all the people to all your words.”