1 Chronicles 1:43

Kings of Edom

1:43 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites:

Bela son of Beor; the name of his city was Dinhabah.

1 Chronicles 2:3

Judah’s Descendants

2:3 The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, ¹  a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him. ² 

1 Chronicles 2:55--3:1

2:55 and the clans of the scribes ³  who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended ⁴  from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab. ⁵ 

David’s Descendants

3:1 These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron:

The firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel;

the second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel;

1 Chronicles 4:18

4:18 (His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered married. ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 12:1

Warriors Who Joined David at Ziklag

12:1 These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished ⁷  from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle.

1 Chronicles 12:38

12:38 All these men were warriors who were ready to march. ⁸  They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel by acclamation; ⁹  all the rest of the Israelites also were in agreement that David should become king. ¹⁰ 

1 Chronicles 18:11

18:11 King David dedicated these things to the Lord, ¹¹  along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including ¹²  Edom, ¹³  Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.

1 Chronicles 23:24

23:24 These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the Lord’s temple and were twenty years old and up. ¹⁴ 

1 Chronicles 26:8

26:8 All these were the descendants of Obed-Edom. They and their sons and relatives were respected men, capable of doing their responsibilities. There were sixty-two of them related to Obed-Edom.

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¹ tn The name means “daughter of Shua.” Shua is identified in Gen 38:2 as a “Canaanite man.”

² tn Heb “was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so he [i.e., the Lord] killed him [i.e., Er].”

³ tn Or perhaps “the Sopherim.” The NAB transliterates this term and treats it as a proper name.

⁴ tn Heb “came.”

⁵ tn Or (if בֵּית [beth] is translated as “house” rather than considered to be part of the name) “the father of the house [i.e., family] of Rechab.”

⁶ tn Heb “took,” referring to taking in marriage.

⁷ tn Heb “kept from.”

⁸ tc Heb “all these [were] men of war, helpers of the battle line.” The present translation assumes an emendation of עֹדְרֵי (’odÿrey, “helpers of”) to עֹרְכֵי, (’orÿkhey, “prepared for”).

⁹ tn Heb “with a complete heart they came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and also all the rest of Israel [was of] one mind to make David king.”

¹¹ tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the Lord.”

¹² tn Heb “from.”

¹³ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:12 of the MT reads “Aram.” However, a few Hebrew mss along with the LXX and Syriac of 2 Sam 8:12 read “Edom” in agreement with 1 Chr 18:11 (cf. 2 Sam 8:14).

¹⁴ tn Heb “these were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, according to their numberings, by number of names, according to their heads, doer[s] of the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from a son of twenty years and upwards.”