1 Chronicles 6:32

6:32 They performed music ¹  before the sanctuary ²  of the meeting tent until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. ³  They carried out their tasks according to regulations.

1 Chronicles 11:3

11:3 When all the leaders ⁴  of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made an agreement ⁵  with them in Hebron before the Lord. They anointed ⁶  David king over Israel, just as the Lord had announced through Samuel. ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 11:13

11:13 He was with David in Pas Dammim ⁸  when the Philistines assembled there for battle. In an area of the field that was full of barley, the army retreated before the Philistines,

1 Chronicles 12:17

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

1 Chronicles 14:8

14:8 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed ¹³  king of all Israel, all the Philistines marched up to confront him. ¹⁴  When David heard about it, he marched out against ¹⁵  them.

1 Chronicles 17:21

17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ¹⁶  in the earth? Their God ¹⁷  went to claim ¹⁸  a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds ¹⁹  when you drove out ²⁰  nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ²¹ 

1 Chronicles 19:7

19:7 They hired 32,000 chariots, along with the king of Maacah and his army, who came and camped in front of Medeba. The Ammonites also assembled from their cities and marched out to do battle.

1 Chronicles 19:18-19

19:18 The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 7,000 ²²  Aramean charioteers and 40,000 infantrymen; he also killed Shophach ²³  the commanding general. 19:19 When Hadadezer’s subjects saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

1 Chronicles 21:16

21:16 David looked up and saw the Lord’s messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. ²⁴ 

1 Chronicles 22:5

22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, ²⁵  and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. ²⁶  Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.

1 Chronicles 22:8

22:8 But the Lord said to me: ²⁷  ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, ²⁸  for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.

1 Chronicles 23:13

23:13 The sons of Amram:

Aaron and Moses.

Aaron and his descendants were chosen on a permanent basis to consecrate the most holy items, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to serve him, and to praise his name. ²⁹ 

1 Chronicles 24:6

24:6 The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar. ³⁰ 

1 Chronicles 24:31

24:31 Just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with the those of the youngest. ³¹ 

1 Chronicles 29:25

29:25 The Lord greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him. ³² 

[6:32]  ¹ tn Heb “they were serving…with music.”

[6:32]  ² tn Or traditionally “tabernacle.”

[6:32]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “elders.”

[11:3]  ⁵ tn Or “covenant.”

[11:3]  ⁶ tn Or “They poured olive oil on David to designate him as king.”

[11:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Samuel.”

[11:13]  ⁷ tc Some read here “Ephes Dammim.” See 1 Sam 17:1.

[12:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”

[12:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”

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

[12:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “fathers.”

[14:8]  ¹³ tn Or “designated”; NCV “had been made king”; CEV “had become king.”

[14:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to seek David.”

[14:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “went out before.”

[17:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “a nation, one.”

[17:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “whose God,” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”

[17:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”

[17:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “to drive out.”

[17:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”

[19:18]  ¹⁹ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has “seven hundred.”

[19:18]  ²⁰ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has the variant spelling “Shobach.”

[21:16]  ²² tn Heb “and David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.”

[22:5]  ²⁵ tn Heb “a young man and tender.”

[22:5]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”

[22:8]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord was [i.e., came] to me saying.”

[22:8]  ²⁹ tn Heb “for my name.”

[23:13]  ³¹ tn Heb “and Aaron was set apart to consecrate it, the most holy things, he and his sons, permanently, to sacrifice before the Lord, to serve him, and to bless his name permanently.”

[24:6]  ³⁴ tn Heb “one house of a father was drawn by lot for Eleazar, and one [this assumes an emendation of אָחֻז (’akhuz) to אֶחָד (’ekhad, “one”)] was drawn by lot for Ithamar.”

[24:31]  ³⁷ tn Heb “the fathers [i.e., families] of the head [i.e., oldest] just like his youngest brother.”

[29:25]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “and gave to him glory of kingship which there was not concerning every king before him over Israel.”