1 Chronicles 15:2

15:2 Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually.

1 Chronicles 17:6

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ¹  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ²  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

1 Chronicles 21:17

21:17 David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! ³  As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, ⁴  but remove the plague from your people!” ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 22:8

22:8 But the Lord said to me: ⁶  ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, ⁷  for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

1 Chronicles 28:20

28:20 David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁸  For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.

1 Chronicles 29:1

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29:1 King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, ⁹  and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

1 Chronicles 29:25

29:25 The Lord greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him. ¹⁰ 

[17:6]  ¹ tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”

[17:6]  ² tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”

[21:17]  ¹ tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.

[21:17]  ² tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”

[21:17]  ³ tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”

[22:8]  ¹ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”

[22:8]  ² tn Heb “for my name.”

[28:20]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”

[29:1]  ¹ tn Heb “a young man and tender.”

[29:25]  ¹ tn Heb “and gave to him glory of kingship which there was not concerning every king before him over Israel.”