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 21:24

21:24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. ¹  I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice ²  that cost me nothing. ³ 

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, ⁴  and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

[21:24]  ¹ tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[21:24]  ² tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”

[21:24]  ³ tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”

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