1 Chronicles 17:7

17:7 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord who commands armies ¹  says: “I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd ²  to make you a leader of my people Israel.

1 Chronicles 18:4

18:4 David seized from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, ³  and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of Hadadezer’s ⁴  chariot horses. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 19:6

19:6 When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them, ⁶  Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents ⁷  of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim, Aram Maacah, and Zobah. ⁸ 

[17:7]  ¹ tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts.”

[17:7]  ² tn Heb “and from after sheep.”

[18:4]  ³ tn Or “horsemen.”

[18:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Hadadezer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “and David cut the hamstrings of all the chariot horses, and he left from them one hundred chariot horses.”

[19:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “that they were a stench [i.e., disgusting] with David.”

[19:6]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the Ammonites hired chariots and charioteers for about 33.7 tons (30,600 kg) of silver.

[19:6]  ⁷ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:6 has “Aram Beth Rehob and Aram Zobah.”