1 Chronicles 15:12

15:12 He told them: “You are the leaders of the Levites’ families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 11:2

11:2 In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel’s commanding general. ¹  The Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.’”

1 Chronicles 15:13

15:13 The first time you did not carry it; that is why the Lord God attacked us, because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.” ² 

1 Chronicles 17:18

17:18 What more can David say ³  to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 17:26

17:26 Now, O Lord, you are the true God; ⁵  you have made this good promise to your servant. ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 17:4

17:4 “Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: “You must not build me a house in which to live.

1 Chronicles 17:22

17:22 You made Israel your very own nation for all time. ⁷  You, O Lord, became their God.

1 Chronicles 17:25

17:25 for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty ⁸  for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you. ⁹ 

1 Chronicles 17:27

17:27 Now you are willing to bless your servant’s dynasty ¹⁰  so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Lord, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future.” ¹¹ 

1 Chronicles 28:3

28:3 But God said to me, ‘You must not build a temple to honor me, ¹²  for you are a warrior and have spilled blood.’

1 Chronicles 29:10

David Praises the Lord

29:10 David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: ¹³ 

“O Lord God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!

1 Chronicles 29:12

29:12 You are the source of wealth and honor; ¹⁴  you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all. ¹⁵ 

1 Chronicles 28:9

28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey ¹⁶  the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, ¹⁷  for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, ¹⁸  but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

1 Chronicles 29:17

29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts ¹⁹  and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives ²⁰  I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

[11:2]  ¹ tn Heb “you were the one who led out and the one who brought in Israel.”

[15:13]  ¹ tn Heb “because for what was at first [i.e., formerly] you [were] not, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him concerning the procedure.”

[17:18]  ¹ tn The word “say” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[17:18]  ² tn Heb “for honoring your servant, and you, your servant, know.”

[17:26]  ¹ tn Heb “the God.” The article indicates uniqueness here.

[17:26]  ² tn Heb “and you have spoken to your servant this good thing.”

[17:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and you made your people Israel your own for a people permanently.”

[17:25]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[17:25]  ² tn Heb “That is why your servant found to pray before you.” Perhaps the phrase אֶת לִבּוֹ (’et libbo, “his heart”) should be supplied as the object of the verb “found.”

[17:27]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[17:27]  ² tn Heb “for you, O Lord, have blessed and [it is] blessed permanently.”

[28:3]  ¹ tn Heb “for my name.”

[29:10]  ¹ tn Heb “assembly, and David said.” The words “and David said” are redundant according to contemporary English style and have not been included in the translation.

[29:12]  ¹ tn Heb “wealth and honor [are] from before you.”

[29:12]  ² tn Heb “and in your hand [is] strength and might and in your hand to magnify and to give strength to all.”

[28:9]  ¹ tn Heb “know.”

[28:9]  ² tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”

[28:9]  ³ tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

[29:17]  ¹ tn Heb “a heart.”

[29:17]  ² tn Heb “with integrity of heart.”