1 Chronicles 2:23

2:23 (Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, ¹  along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 4:18

4:18 (His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered married. ² 

1 Chronicles 4:41

4:41 The men whose names are listed came during the time of King Hezekiah of Judah and attacked the Hamites’ settlements, ³  as well as the Meunites they discovered there, and they wiped them out to this very day. They dispossessed them, ⁴  for they found pasture for their sheep there.

1 Chronicles 5:24

5:24 These were the leaders of their families: ⁵ 

Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were skilled warriors, men of reputation, ⁶  and leaders of their families.

1 Chronicles 6:65

6:65 They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 7:29

7:29 On the border of Manasseh’s territory were Beth-Shean ⁸  and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, Megiddo ⁹  and its surrounding towns, and Dor and its surrounding towns. The descendants of Joseph, Israel’s son, lived here.

1 Chronicles 7:40

7:40 All these were the descendants of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,000 warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle. ¹⁰ 

1 Chronicles 10:4

10:4 Saul told his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me.” ¹¹  But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

1 Chronicles 11:11

11:11 This is the list of David’s warriors: ¹² 

Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was head of the officers. ¹³  He killed three hundred men with his spear in a single battle. ¹⁴ 

1 Chronicles 12:15

12:15 They crossed the Jordan River ¹⁵  in the first month, ¹⁶  when it was overflowing its banks, and routed those living in all the valleys to the east and west. ¹⁷ 

1 Chronicles 12:38

12:38 All these men were warriors who were ready to march. ¹⁸  They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel by acclamation; ¹⁹  all the rest of the Israelites also were in agreement that David should become king. ²⁰ 

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! ²¹  As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, ²²  but remove the plague from your people!” ²³ 

1 Chronicles 23:24

23:24 These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the Lord’s temple and were twenty years old and up. ²⁴ 

1 Chronicles 25:6

25:6 All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the Lord’s temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king.

1 Chronicles 29:17

29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts ²⁵  and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives ²⁶  I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

[2:23]  ¹ tn Or “Havvoth Jair” (NIV, NRSV). Some translations do not translate the phrase (“havvoth” = “the towns of”), but treat it as part of the place name.

[4:18]  ² tn Heb “took,” referring to taking in marriage.

[4:41]  ³ tn The Hebrew text reads “their tents,” apparently referring to those of the Hamites mentioned at the end of v. 40. Some prefer to emend the text to read, “the tents of Ham.”

[4:41]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they lived in place of them.”

[5:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “and these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers.”

[5:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “men of names.”

[6:65]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin these cities, which they called them by names.”

[7:29]  ⁶ tn “Beth Shean” is a variant spelling of “Beth Shan.”

[7:29]  ⁷ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[7:40]  ⁷ tn Heb “all these were the sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, selected, warriors, heads of the leaders, and there was listed in the genealogical records in war, in battle, their number, men, 26,000.”

[10:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “so these uncircumcised ones might not come and abuse me.”

[11:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “and these are the number of the warriors who were David’s.”

[11:11]  ¹⁰ tc The marginal reading (Qere) has “officers;” the consonantal text (Kethib) has “the Thirty” (see v. 15).

[11:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against 300, [who were] slain at one time.”

[12:15]  ¹⁰ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.

[12:15]  ¹¹ sn That is, March-April.

[12:15]  ¹² tn Heb “and they chased all the valleys to the east and to the west.”

[12:38]  ¹¹ tc Heb “all these [were] men of war, helpers of the battle line.” The present translation assumes an emendation of עֹדְרֵי (’odÿrey, “helpers of”) to עֹרְכֵי, (’orÿkhey, “prepared for”).

[12:38]  ¹² tn Heb “with a complete heart they came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel.”

[12:38]  ¹³ tn Heb “and also all the rest of Israel [was of] one mind to make David king.”

[21:17]  ¹² tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.

[21:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”

[21:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”

[23:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “these were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, according to their numberings, by number of names, according to their heads, doer[s] of the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from a son of twenty years and upwards.”

[29:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “a heart.”

[29:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “with integrity of heart.”