1 Chronicles 2:3

Judah’s Descendants

2:3 The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, ¹  a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him. ² 

1 Chronicles 4:10

4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only ³  you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!” ⁴  God answered his prayer. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 21:15

21:15 God sent an angel ⁶  to ravage ⁷  Jerusalem. As he was doing so, ⁸  the Lord watched ⁹  and relented from ¹⁰  his judgment. ¹¹  He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! ¹²  Stop now!” ¹³ 

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan ¹⁴  the Jebusite.

[2:3]  ¹ tn The name means “daughter of Shua.” Shua is identified in Gen 38:2 as a “Canaanite man.”

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so he [i.e., the Lord] killed him [i.e., Er].”

[4:10]  ³ tn On the use of אִם (’im, “if”) here, see HALOT 60 s.v.

[4:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and act from [i.e., so as to prevent] harm so that I might not be in pain.”

[4:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and God brought about what he had asked.”

[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.