1 Chronicles 22:18-19

22:18 He told them, ¹  “The Lord your God is with you! ²  He has made you secure on every side, ³  for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region ⁴  and the region ⁵  is subdued before the Lord and his people. 22:19 Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! ⁶  Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring ⁷  the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service ⁸  into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.” ⁹ 

1 Chronicles 28:8

28:8 So now, in the sight of all Israel, the Lord’s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: ¹⁰  Carefully observe ¹¹  all the commands of the Lord your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.

1 Chronicles 29:20

29:20 David told the entire assembly: “Praise the Lord your God!” So the entire assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the Lord and the king.

[22:18]  ¹ tn The words “he told them” are added in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[22:18]  ² tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Is not the Lord your God with you?” The question anticipates the response, “Of course he is!” Thus in the translation the positive statement “The Lord your God is with you!” has been used.

[22:18]  ³ tn Heb “and he gives rest to you all around.”

[22:18]  ⁴ tn Or “earth.”

[22:18]  ⁵ tn Or “earth.”

[22:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “now give your heart and your being to seek the Lord your God.”

[22:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “to bring.”

[22:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “items of holiness of God.”

[22:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.”

[28:8]  ¹¹ tn The words “I say this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[28:8]  ¹² tn Heb “Watch! Seek!”