1 Chronicles 4:10
Context4:10 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 5:26
Context5:26 So the God of Israel stirred up 4 King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), 5 and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.
[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.”
[5:26] 4 tn Heb “stirred up the spirit of.”
[5:26] 5 tn Heb “and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria.” “Pul” and “Tilgath-pilneser” were names of the same Assyrian ruler, more commonly known as Tiglath-pileser (cf. 2 Kgs 15:29).





