1 Chronicles 16:34

16:34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good

and his loyal love endures. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 19:2

19:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty ²  to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal ³  to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father’s death. ⁴  When David’s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king’s sympathy, ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 16:41

16:41 Joining them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord. (For his loyal love endures!) ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 17:13

17:13 I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you. ⁷ 

[16:34]  ¹ tn Or “is eternal.”

[19:2]  ² tn Heb “do loyalty.”

[19:2]  ³ tn Heb “did loyalty.”

[19:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “to console him concerning his father.”

[19:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.”

[16:41]  ³ tn Perhaps this refers to the refrain of their songs of praise (see Ps 136). In this case one could translate, “to give thanks to the Lord with songs using the refrain, ‘For his loyal love endures.’”

[17:13]  ⁴ sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David.