1 Chronicles 17:6

17:6 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

21:17 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.”

[21:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”