1 Chronicles 29:18

29:18 O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 17:2

17:2 Nathan said to David, “You should do whatever you have in mind, ²  for God is with you.”

1 Chronicles 29:17

29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts ³  and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives ⁴  I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

1 Chronicles 22:7

22:7 David said to Solomon: “My son, I really wanted ⁵  to build a temple to honor ⁶  the Lord my God.

1 Chronicles 29:19

29:19 Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.” ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 12:17

12:17 David went out to meet them and said, ⁸  “If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. ⁹  But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, ¹⁰  may the God of our ancestors ¹¹  take notice and judge!”

1 Chronicles 12:38

12:38 All these men were warriors who were ready to march. ¹²  They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel by acclamation; ¹³  all the rest of the Israelites also were in agreement that David should become king. ¹⁴ 

1 Chronicles 22:19

22:19 Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! ¹⁵  Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring ¹⁶  the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service ¹⁷  into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.” ¹⁸ 

1 Chronicles 28:2

28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. ¹⁹  I have made the preparations for building it.

1 Chronicles 28:9

28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey ²⁰  the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, ²¹  for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, ²²  but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

[29:18]  ¹ tn Heb “keep this permanently with respect to the motive of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and make firm their heart to you.”

[17:2]  ² tn Heb “all which is in your heart.”

[29:17]  ³ tn Heb “a heart.”

[29:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “with integrity of heart.”

[22:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “I was with my heart.”

[22:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “for the name of.”

[29:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “and to Solomon my son give a complete heart to keep your commands, your rules and your regulations, and to do everything, and to build the palace [for] which I have prepared.”

[12:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”

[12:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”

[12:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “with no violence in my hands.”

[12:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “fathers.”

[12:38]  ⁷ tc Heb “all these [were] men of war, helpers of the battle line.” The present translation assumes an emendation of עֹדְרֵי (’odÿrey, “helpers of”) to עֹרְכֵי, (’orÿkhey, “prepared for”).

[12:38]  ⁸ tn Heb “with a complete heart they came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel.”

[12:38]  ⁹ tn Heb “and also all the rest of Israel [was of] one mind to make David king.”

[22:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “now give your heart and your being to seek the Lord your God.”

[22:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “to bring.”

[22:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “items of holiness of God.”

[22:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.”

[28:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for a stool of the feet of our God.”

[28:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “know.”

[28:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”

[28:9]  ¹² tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”