1 Chronicles 1:34

Isaac’s Descendants

1:34 Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac:

Esau and Israel.

1 Chronicles 2:1

Israel’s Descendants

2:1 These were the sons of Israel:¹

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

Issachar and Zebulun;

5:3 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn:

Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

6:38 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.

David Becomes King

11:1 All Israel joined David at Hebron and said, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood!²

16:17 He gave it to Jacob as a decree,

to Israel as a lasting promise,³

17:22 You made Israel your very own nation for all time.⁴ You, O Lord, became their God.

David’s Officials

18:14 David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people.⁵

20:7 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea,⁶ David’s brother, killed him.

21:14 So the Lord sent a plague through Israel, and 70,000 Israelite men died.

22:17 David ordered all the officials of Israel to support⁷ his son Solomon.

23:2 David⁸ assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.

¹tn The groupings in the list that follows, as well as the conjunctions (vav-consecutives in Hebrew), reflect those of the Hebrew text.

²tn Heb “look, your bone and your flesh [are] we.”

³tn Or “eternal covenant.”

⁴tn Heb “and you made your people Israel your own for a people permanently.”

⁵tn Heb “and he was doing what is just and fair for all his people.”

⁶tn The parallel text in 2 Sam 21:21 has the variant spelling “Shimeah.”

⁷tn Or “help.”

⁸tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.