1 Chronicles 4:10

4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only ¹  you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!” ²  God answered his prayer. ³ 

1 Chronicles 12:19

12:19 Some men from Manasseh joined ⁴  David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (But in the end they did not help the Philistines because, after taking counsel, the Philistine lords sent David away, saying: “It would be disastrous for us if he deserts to his master Saul.”) ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 17:6

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ⁶  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ⁷  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

1 Chronicles 22:8

22:8 But the Lord said to me: ⁸  ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, ⁹  for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

[4:10]  ¹ tn On the use of אִם (’im, “if”) here, see HALOT 60 s.v.

[4:10]  ² tn Heb “and act from [i.e., so as to prevent] harm so that I might not be in pain.”

[4:10]  ³ tn Heb “and God brought about what he had asked.”

[12:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “fell upon,” here in a good sense.

[12:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they did not help them for by counsel they sent him away, the lords of the Philistines, saying, ‘With our heads he will fall to his master Saul.’”

[17:6]  ⁷ tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”

[17:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”

[22:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”

[22:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for my name.”