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 22:14

22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. ¹⁰  I have stored up 100,000 talents ¹¹  of gold, 1,000,000 ¹²  talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!

1 Chronicles 22:19

22:19 Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! ¹³  Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring ¹⁴  the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service ¹⁵  into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.” ¹⁶ 

[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.

[22:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the Lord.”

[22:14]  ¹¹ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

[22:14]  ¹² tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

[22:19]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “now give your heart and your being to seek the Lord your God.”

[22:19]  ²⁰ tn Heb “to bring.”

[22:19]  ²¹ tn Heb “items of holiness of God.”

[22:19]  ²² tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.”