1 Chronicles 5:25

5:25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors ¹  and worshiped instead ²  the gods of the native peoples ³  whom God had destroyed before them.

1 Chronicles 11:2

11:2 In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel’s commanding general. ⁴  The Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.’”

1 Chronicles 17:10

17:10 and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies.

“‘“I declare to you that the Lord will build a dynastic house ⁵  for you!

1 Chronicles 29:14

29:14 “But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? ⁶  Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours. ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 4:10

4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only ⁸  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!” ⁹  God answered his prayer. ¹⁰ 

1 Chronicles 17:6-7

17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ¹¹  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ¹²  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

17:7 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord who commands armies ¹³  says: “I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd ¹⁴  to make you a leader of my people Israel.

1 Chronicles 19:2

19:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty ¹⁵  to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal ¹⁶  to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father’s death. ¹⁷  When David’s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king’s sympathy, ¹⁸ 

[5:25]  ¹ tn Heb “fathers.”

[5:25]  ² tn Heb “prostituted themselves after.”

[5:25]  ³ tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”

[11:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “you were the one who led out and the one who brought in Israel.”

[17:10]  ⁷ tn Here the word “house” is used in a metaphorical sense, referring to a royal dynasty. The Lord’s use of the word here plays off the literal sense that David had in mind as he contemplated building a temple (“house”) for the Lord. In the translation the adjective “dynastic” is supplied to indicate that the term is used metaphorically.

[29:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “that we should retain strength to contribute like this.”

[29:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and from you we have given to you.”

[4:10]  ¹³ tn On the use of אִם (’im, “if”) here, see HALOT 60 s.v.

[4:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and act from [i.e., so as to prevent] harm so that I might not be in pain.”

[4:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and God brought about what he had asked.”

[17:6]  ¹⁶ tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”

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

[17:7]  ¹⁹ tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts.”

[17:7]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and from after sheep.”

[19:2]  ²² tn Heb “do loyalty.”

[19:2]  ²³ tn Heb “did loyalty.”

[19:2]  ²⁴ tn Heb “to console him concerning his father.”

[19:2]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.”