1 Chronicles 9:19

9:19 Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family (the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary. ¹  Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the Lord’s dwelling place. ² 

1 Chronicles 10:13

10:13 So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord’s instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits. ³ 

1 Chronicles 12:29

12:29 From Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, ⁴  there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 22:12

22:12 Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey ⁶  the law of the Lord your God.

1 Chronicles 23:32

23:32 They were in charge of the meeting tent and the holy place, and helped their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, in the service of the Lord’s temple. ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 29:18-19

29:18 O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you. ⁸  29:19 Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.” ⁹ 

1 Chronicles 22:13

22:13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the Lord ordered Moses to give to Israel. ¹⁰  Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹¹ 

1 Chronicles 28:8

28:8 So now, in the sight of all Israel, the Lord’s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: ¹²  Carefully observe ¹³  all the commands of the Lord your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.

[9:19]  ¹ tn Heb “and his brothers belonging to the house of his father, the Korachites, to the work of the task, guardians of the threshold of the tent.”

[9:19]  ² tn Heb “and their fathers to the camp of the Lord, guardians of the entrance.” Here “fathers” is used in a more general sense of “forefathers” or “ancestors” and is not limited specifically to their fathers only.

[10:13]  ³ tn Heb “and Saul died because of his unfaithfulness by which he acted unfaithfully against the Lord, concerning the word of the Lord which he did not keep, also to Saul, a ritual pit to seek.” The text alludes to the incident recorded in 1 Sam 28. The Hebrew term אוֹב (’ov, “ritual pit”) refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits. In 1 Sam 28:7 the witch of Endor is called a בַּעֲלַת־אוֹב (ba’alat-’ov, “owner of a ritual pit”). See H. A. Hoffner, “Second Millennium Antecedents to the Hebrew áo‚b,” JBL 86 (1967): 385-401.

[12:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul.”

[12:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “and until then, the majority of them were keeping the charge of the house of Saul.”

[22:12]  ⁷ tn Or “keep.”

[23:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting and the charge of the holy place and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the Lord.”

[29:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “keep this permanently with respect to the motive of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and make firm their heart to you.”

[29:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “and to Solomon my son give a complete heart to keep your commands, your rules and your regulations, and to do everything, and to build the palace [for] which I have prepared.”

[22:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel.”

[22:13]  ¹⁶ tn Or perhaps, “and don’t get discouraged.”

[28:8]  ¹⁷ tn The words “I say this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[28:8]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Watch! Seek!”