1 Chronicles 18:10

18:10 he sent his son Hadoram ¹  to King David to extend his best wishes ²  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. ³  He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 21:15

21:15 God sent an angel ⁵  to ravage ⁶  Jerusalem. As he was doing so, ⁷  the Lord watched ⁸  and relented from ⁹  his judgment. ¹⁰  He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! ¹¹  Stop now!” ¹² 

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan ¹³  the Jebusite.

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! ¹⁴  As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, ¹⁵  but remove the plague from your people!” ¹⁶ 

[18:10]  ¹ tn The name is spelled “Joram” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:10.

[18:10]  ² tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

[18:10]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”

[21:15]  ⁵ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:15 reports that God sent a plague, while 24:16-17 attributes this to the instrumentality of an angel.

[21:15]  ⁶ tn Or “destroy.”

[21:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

[21:15]  ⁸ tn Or “saw.”

[21:15]  ⁹ tn Or “was grieved because of.”

[21:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

[21:15]  ¹¹ tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.

[21:15]  ¹² tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

[21:15]  ¹³ tn In the parallel text in 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (’aravna’, “Aravna”), traditionally “Araunah.” The form of the name found here also occurs in vv. 18-28.

[21:17]  ⁹ tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.

[21:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”

[21:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”