1 Chronicles 21:2

21:2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army, ¹  “Go, count the number of warriors ²  from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.” ³ 

1 Chronicles 21:5

21:5 Joab reported to David the number of warriors. ⁴  In all Israel there were 1,100,000 ⁵  sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers. ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 21:22

21:22 David said to Ornan, “Sell me the threshing floor ⁷  so I can build ⁸  on it an altar for the Lord – I’ll pay top price ⁹  – so that the plague may be removed ¹⁰  from the people.”

1 Chronicles 28:21

28:21 Here are the divisions of the priests and Levites who will perform all the service of God’s temple. All the willing and skilled men are ready to assist you in all the work and perform their service. ¹¹  The officials and all the people are ready to follow your instructions.” ¹² 

[21:2]  ¹ tn Or “people.”

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

[21:2]  ³ tn Heb “their number.”

[21:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Joab gave to David the number of the numbering of the army [or “people”].”

[21:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “a thousand thousands and one hundred thousand.”

[21:5]  ⁶ tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:9 has variant figures: “In Israel there were eight hundred thousand sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were five hundred thousands soldiers.”

[21:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “the place of the threshing floor.”

[21:22]  ⁸ tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive here indicates the immediate purpose/result: “so I can build.”

[21:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “For full silver sell to me.”

[21:22]  ¹⁰ tn Following the imperative and first person prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive, this third person prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive introduces the ultimate purpose/result: “so the plague may be removed.” Another option is subordinate this form to the preceding imperative, but the latter may be taken as a parenthetical expansion of the initial request.

[28:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and with you in all work, for every willing [one] in skill for all service.”

[28:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the officials and all the people to all your words.”