1 Chronicles 20:3
Context20:3 He removed the city’s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. 1 This was his policy 2 with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 28:4
Context28:4 The Lord God of Israel chose me out of my father’s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty. 3 Indeed, 4 he chose Judah as leader, and my father’s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father’s sons and made me king over all Israel. 5


[20:3] 1 tc The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת (mÿgerot, “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת (magzÿrot, “axes”).
[20:3] 2 tn Heb “and so he would do.”
[28:4] 3 tn Heb “out of all the house of my father to become king over all Israel permanently.”
[28:4] 5 tn Heb “and among the sons of my father he desired to make me king over all Israel.”