1 Chronicles 6:49

6:49 But Aaron and his descendants offered sacrifices on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense as they had been assigned to do in the most holy sanctuary. ¹  They made atonement for Israel, just as God’s servant Moses had ordered. ² 

1 Chronicles 13:6

13:6 David and all Israel went up to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who sits enthroned between the cherubim – the ark that is called by his name. ³ 

1 Chronicles 13:14

13:14 The ark of God remained in Obed-Edom’s house for three months; the Lord blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that belonged to him.

1 Chronicles 14:11

14:11 So they marched against Baal Perazim and David defeated them there. David said, “Using me as his instrument, ⁴  God has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out.” So that place is called Baal Perazim. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 15:2

15:2 Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually.

1 Chronicles 17:21

17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation ⁶  in the earth? Their God ⁷  went to claim ⁸  a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds ⁹  when you drove out ¹⁰  nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. ¹¹ 

1 Chronicles 21:8

21:8 David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

1 Chronicles 21:15

21:15 God sent an angel ¹²  to ravage ¹³  Jerusalem. As he was doing so, ¹⁴  the Lord watched ¹⁵  and relented from ¹⁶  his judgment. ¹⁷  He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! ¹⁸  Stop now!” ¹⁹ 

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan ²⁰  the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:17

21:17 David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! ²¹  As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, ²²  but remove the plague from your people!” ²³ 

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. ²⁴ 

1 Chronicles 25:6

25:6 All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the Lord’s temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king.

1 Chronicles 26:32

26:32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were respected family leaders. ²⁵  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. ²⁶ 

1 Chronicles 28:21

28:21 Here are the divisions of the priests and Levites who will perform all the service of God’s temple. All the willing and skilled men are ready to assist you in all the work and perform their service. ²⁷  The officials and all the people are ready to follow your instructions.” ²⁸ 

1 Chronicles 29:7

29:7 They donated for the service of God’s temple 5,000 talents ²⁹  and ten thousand darics ³⁰  of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

[6:49]  ¹ tn Heb “for all the work of the holy of holies.”

[6:49]  ² tn Heb “making atonement for Israel according to all which Moses the servant of God commanded.”

[13:6]  ³ tn Heb “the ark of God the Lord who sits [between] the cherubim which is called [by his] name.”

[14:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “by my hand.”

[14:11]  ⁶ sn The name Baal Perazim means “Lord of outbursts” in Hebrew.

[17:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “a nation, one.”

[17:21]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”

[17:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”

[17:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to drive out.”

[17:21]  ¹² tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”

[21:15]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Or “destroy.”

[21:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

[21:15]  ¹² tn Or “saw.”

[21:15]  ¹³ tn Or “was grieved because of.”

[21:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

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

[21:15]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

[21:15]  ¹⁷ 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.

[21:17]  ¹¹ tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.

[21:17]  ¹² tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”

[21:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”

[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.”

[28:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and with you in all work, for every willing [one] in skill for all service.”

[28:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and the officials and all the people to all your words.”

[29:7]  ¹⁹ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6. Using the “light” standard talent of 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg) as the standard for calculation, the people donated 168.3 tons (153,000 kg) of gold, 336.5 tons (306,000 kg) of silver, 605.7 tons (550,800 kg) of bronze, and 3,365 tons (3,060,000 kg) of iron.

[29:7]  ²⁰ tn On the “daric” as a unit of measure, see BDB 204 s.v. דַּרְכְּמוֹן. Some have regarded the daric as a minted coin, perhaps even referring to the Greek drachma, but this is less likely.