1 Chronicles 17:6
Context17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say 1 to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, 2 ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’
1 Chronicles 21:17
Context21:17 David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! 3 As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, 4 but remove the plague from your people!” 5


[17:6] 1 tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”
[17:6] 2 tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”
[21:17] 3 tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.
[21:17] 4 tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”