1 Chronicles 21:15

21:15 God sent an angel ¹  to ravage ²  Jerusalem. As he was doing so, ³  the Lord watched ⁴  and relented from ⁵  his judgment. ⁶  He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! ⁷  Stop now!” ⁸ 

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan ⁹  the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:2

21:2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army, ¹⁰  “Go, count the number of warriors ¹¹  from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.” ¹² 

1 Chronicles 24:18

24:18 the twenty-third to Delaiah,

the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

1 Chronicles 24:2

24:2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

1 Chronicles 3:1

David’s Descendants

3:1 These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron:

The firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel;

the second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel;

[21:15]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Or “destroy.”

[21:15]  ³ tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

[21:15]  ⁴ tn Or “saw.”

[21:15]  ⁵ tn Or “was grieved because of.”

[21:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

[21:15]  ⁷ tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.

[21:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

[21:15]  ⁹ 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.

[21:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “people.”

[21:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Go, count Israel.” See the note on “had” in v. 1.

[21:2]  ¹² tn Heb “their number.”