1 Chronicles 16:12

16:12 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed,

his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, ¹ 

1 Chronicles 16:15

16:15 Remember ²  continually his covenantal decree,

the promise he made ³  to a thousand generations –

1 Chronicles 18:15

18:15 Joab son of Zeruiah was commanding general of ⁴  the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;

1 Chronicles 16:4

16:4 He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel.

[16:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and the judgments of his mouth.”

[16:15]  ² tn The Hebrew text has a masculine plural imperative, addressed to the people. Some LXX mss harmonize the wording here to Ps 105:8, which has זָכַר (zakhar), the perfect third masculine singular form of the verb, “He (the Lord) remembers” (so NIV; NEB reads “He called to mind his covenant”).

[16:15]  ³ tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 16-18 make clear.

[18:15]  ³ tn Heb “over.”