1 Chronicles 17:27

17:27 Now you are willing to bless your servant’s dynasty ¹  so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Lord, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future.” ² 

1 Chronicles 29:10

David Praises the Lord

29:10 David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: ³ 

“O Lord God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!

1 Chronicles 16:2

16:2 When David finished offering burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the Lord’s name.

1 Chronicles 16:43

16:43 Then all the people returned to their homes, and David went to pronounce a blessing on his family. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 26:5

26:5 the sixth Ammiel, the seventh Issachar, and the eighth Peullethai. (Indeed, God blessed Obed-Edom.)

1 Chronicles 4:10

4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only ⁵  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!” ⁶  God answered his prayer. ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 29:20

29:20 David told the entire assembly: “Praise the Lord your God!” So the entire assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the Lord and the king.

1 Chronicles 16:36

16:36 May the Lord God of Israel be praised,

in the future and forevermore. ⁸ 

Then all the people said, “We agree! ⁹  Praise the Lord!”

1 Chronicles 13:14

13:14 The ark of God remained in Obed-Edom’s house for three months; the Lord blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that belonged to him.

1 Chronicles 18:10

18:10 he sent his son Hadoram ¹⁰  to King David to extend his best wishes ¹¹  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. ¹²  He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze. ¹³ 

1 Chronicles 23:13

23:13 The sons of Amram:

Aaron and Moses.

Aaron and his descendants were chosen on a permanent basis to consecrate the most holy items, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to serve him, and to praise his name. ¹⁴ 

[17:27]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[17:27]  ² tn Heb “for you, O Lord, have blessed and [it is] blessed permanently.”

[29:10]  ³ tn Heb “assembly, and David said.” The words “and David said” are redundant according to contemporary English style and have not been included in the translation.

[16:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “to bless his house.” Elsewhere when “house” is the object of “bless,” it refers to a household or family. See, for example, 1 Chr 13:14; 17:27. However, since בֵּית (bet, “house”) refers to a literal house or home earlier in the verse and to David’s palace in 17:1, one might translate here, “David went to pronounce a blessing on [i.e., dedicate] his house [i.e., palace].”

[4:10]  ⁷ tn On the use of אִם (’im, “if”) here, see HALOT 60 s.v.

[4:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “and act from [i.e., so as to prevent] harm so that I might not be in pain.”

[4:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “and God brought about what he had asked.”

[16:36]  ⁹ tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”

[16:36]  ¹⁰ tn This is the Hebrew term אָמֵן (’amen, “surely”), traditionally transliterated “amen.”

[18:10]  ¹¹ tn The name is spelled “Joram” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:10.

[18:10]  ¹² tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

[18:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Tou.”

[18:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”

[23:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “and Aaron was set apart to consecrate it, the most holy things, he and his sons, permanently, to sacrifice before the Lord, to serve him, and to bless his name permanently.”