1 Chronicles 16:8

16:8 Give thanks to the Lord!

Call on his name!

Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

1 Chronicles 23:14

23:14 The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 4:9

4:9 Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, “I experienced pain when I gave birth to him.” ² 

1 Chronicles 11:7

11:7 David lived in the fortress; for this reason it is called the City of David.

1 Chronicles 15:11

15:11 David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, along with the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

1 Chronicles 22:6

22:6 He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 7:16

7:16 Maacah, Makir’s wife, gave birth to a son, whom she named Peresh. His brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

1 Chronicles 7:23

7:23 He had sexual relations with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim ³  named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 13:11

13:11 David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; ⁵  so he called that place Perez Uzzah, ⁶  which remains its name to this very day.

1 Chronicles 21:26

21:26 David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. ⁷  He called out to the Lord, and the Lord ⁸  responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.

1 Chronicles 4:10

4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only ⁹  you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!” ¹⁰  God answered his prayer. ¹¹ 

1 Chronicles 6:65

6:65 They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. ¹² 

1 Chronicles 13:6

13:6 David and all Israel went up to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who sits enthroned between the cherubim – the ark that is called by his name. ¹³ 

1 Chronicles 14:11

14:11 So they marched against Baal Perazim and David defeated them there. David said, “Using me as his instrument, ¹⁴  God has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out.” So that place is called Baal Perazim. ¹⁵ 

[23:14]  ¹ tn Heb “and Moses the man of God, his sons were called to the tribe of Levi.”

[4:9]  ¹ tn In Hebrew the name יַעְבֵּץ (ya’bets, “Jabez”) sounds like the noun עֹצֶב (’otsev) which means “pain.”

[7:23]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ephraim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:23]  ² tn Heb “because in tragedy there had come to his house.” The preposition prefixed to רָעָה (ra’ah) should probably be omitted. The Hebrew noun רָעָה (“tragedy”) should be understood as the subject of the feminine verb form that follows.

[13:11]  ¹ tn Heb “because the Lord broke out [with] breaking out [i.e., an outburst] against Uzzah.”

[13:11]  ² sn The name Perez Uzzah means in Hebrew “the outburst [against] Uzzah.”

[21:26]  ¹ tn Or “tokens of peace.”

[21:26]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:10]  ¹ tn On the use of אִם (’im, “if”) here, see HALOT 60 s.v.

[4:10]  ² tn Heb “and act from [i.e., so as to prevent] harm so that I might not be in pain.”

[4:10]  ³ tn Heb “and God brought about what he had asked.”

[6:65]  ¹ tn Heb “and they gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin these cities, which they called them by names.”

[13:6]  ¹ tn Heb “the ark of God the Lord who sits [between] the cherubim which is called [by his] name.”

[14:11]  ¹ tn Heb “by my hand.”

[14:11]  ² sn The name Baal Perazim means “Lord of outbursts” in Hebrew.