1 Chronicles 5:26

5:26 So the God of Israel stirred up ¹  King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), ²  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.

1 Chronicles 11:2

11:2 In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel’s commanding general. ³  The Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.’”

1 Chronicles 11:19

11:19 and said, “God forbid that I should do this! ⁴  Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” ⁵  Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 12:17-18

12:17 David went out to meet them and said, ⁷  “If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. ⁸  But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, ⁹  may the God of our ancestors ¹⁰  take notice and judge!” 12:18 But a spirit ¹¹  empowered ¹²  Amasai, the leader of the thirty warriors, and he said: ¹³ 

“We are yours, O David!

We support ¹⁴  you, O son of Jesse!

May you greatly prosper! ¹⁵ 

May those who help you prosper! ¹⁶ 

Indeed ¹⁷  your God helps you!”

So David accepted them and made them leaders of raiding bands.

1 Chronicles 15:12

15:12 He told them: “You are the leaders of the Levites’ families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 21:15

21:15 God sent an angel ¹⁸  to ravage ¹⁹  Jerusalem. As he was doing so, ²⁰  the Lord watched ²¹  and relented from ²²  his judgment. ²³  He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! ²⁴  Stop now!” ²⁵ 

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan ²⁶  the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 23:28

23:28 Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple. ²⁷ 

1 Chronicles 26:32

26:32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were respected family leaders. ²⁸  King David placed them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh; they took care of all matters pertaining to God and the king. ²⁹ 

1 Chronicles 28:4

28:4 The Lord God of Israel chose me out of my father’s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty. ³⁰  Indeed, ³¹  he chose Judah as leader, and my father’s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father’s sons and made me king over all Israel. ³² 

1 Chronicles 28:9

28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey ³³  the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, ³⁴  for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, ³⁵  but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

1 Chronicles 29:17

29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts ³⁶  and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives ³⁷  I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

[5:26]  ¹ tn Heb “stirred up the spirit of.”

[5:26]  ² 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).

[11:2]  ³ tn Heb “you were the one who led out and the one who brought in Israel.”

[11:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “Far be it to me from my God from doing this.”

[11:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “with their lives.” The same expression occurs later in this verse.

[11:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”

[12:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”

[12:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”

[12:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “with no violence in my hands.”

[12:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fathers.”

[12:18]  ⁹ tn Perhaps “the Spirit,” but the text has simply רוּחַ (ruakh) with no article (suggesting an indefinite reference).

[12:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “clothed.”

[12:18]  ¹¹ tn The words “and he said” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[12:18]  ¹² tn Heb “are with.”

[12:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “Peace, peace to you.” The Hebrew term שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) is repeated to emphasize degree.

[12:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and peace to the one who helps you.”

[12:18]  ¹⁵ tn Or “for.”

[21:15]  ¹¹ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:15 reports that God sent a plague, while 24:16-17 attributes this to the instrumentality of an angel.

[21:15]  ¹² tn Or “destroy.”

[21:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

[21:15]  ¹⁴ tn Or “saw.”

[21:15]  ¹⁵ tn Or “was grieved because of.”

[21:15]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

[21:15]  ¹⁷ tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.

[21:15]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

[21:15]  ¹⁹ tn In the parallel text in 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (’aravna’, “Aravna”), traditionally “Araunah.” The form of the name found here also occurs in vv. 18-28.

[23:28]  ¹³ tn Heb “For their assignment was at the hand of the sons of Aaron for the work of the house of the Lord concerning the courtyards and concerning the rooms and concerning the purification of all holiness and the work of the service of the house of God.”

[26:32]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and his brothers, sons of respect, [were] 2,700, heads of fathers.”

[26:32]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “with respect to every matter of God and matter of the king.”

[28:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “out of all the house of my father to become king over all Israel permanently.”

[28:4]  ¹⁸ tn Or “for.”

[28:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and among the sons of my father he desired to make me king over all Israel.”

[28:9]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “know.”

[28:9]  ²⁰ tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”

[28:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

[29:17]  ²¹ tn Heb “a heart.”

[29:17]  ²² tn Heb “with integrity of heart.”