1 Chronicles 10:4

10:4 Saul told his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me.”¹ But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

1 Chronicles 12:18

12:18 But a spirit² empowered³ Amasai, the leader of the thirty warriors, and he said:⁴

“We are yours, O David!

We support⁵ you, O son of Jesse!

May you greatly prosper!⁶

May those who help you prosper!⁷

Indeed⁸ your God helps you!”

So David accepted them and made them leaders of raiding bands.

1 Chronicles 19:3

19:3 the Ammonite officials said to Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy?⁹ No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!”¹⁰

1 Chronicles 21:12

21:12 three¹¹ years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords,¹² or three days being struck down by the Lord, during which a plague will invade the land and the Lord’s messenger will destroy throughout Israel’s territory.’¹³ Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me.”

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!¹⁴ As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family,¹⁵ but remove the plague from your people!”¹⁶

1 Chronicles 28:9

28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey¹⁷ the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit,¹⁸ for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him,¹⁹ but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

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.²⁰ The officials and all the people are ready to follow your instructions.”²¹

¹tn Heb “so these uncircumcised ones might not come and abuse me.”

²tn Perhaps “the Spirit,” but the text has simply רוּחַ (ruakh) with no article (suggesting an indefinite reference).

³tn Heb “clothed.”

⁴tn The words “and he said” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁵tn Heb “are with.”

⁶tn Heb “Peace, peace to you.” The Hebrew term שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) is repeated to emphasize degree.

⁷tn Heb “and peace to the one who helps you.”

⁸tn Or “for.”

⁹tn Heb “Is David honoring your father in your eyes when he sends to you ones consoling?”

¹⁰tc Heb “Is it not to explore and to overturn and to spy out the land (that) his servants have come to you?” The Hebrew term לַהֲפֹךְ (lahafakh, “to overturn”) seems misplaced in the sequence. Some emend the form to לַחְפֹּר (lakhpor, “to spy out”). The sequence of three infinitives may be a conflation of alternative readings.

¹¹tc The parallel text in the MT of 2 Sam 24:13 has “seven,” but LXX has “three” there.

¹²tc Heb “or three months being swept away from before your enemies and the sword of your enemies overtaking.” The Hebrew term נִסְפֶּה (nisppeh, Niphal participle from סָפָה, safah) should probably be emended to נֻסְכָה (nusÿkhah, Qal infinitive from נוּס [nus] with second masculine singular suffix). See 2 Sam 24:13.

¹³tn Heb “or three days of the sword of the Lord and plague in the land, and the messenger [or “angel”] of the Lord destroying in all the territory of Israel.”

¹⁴tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.

¹⁵tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”

¹⁶tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”

¹⁷tn Heb “know.”

¹⁸tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”

¹⁹tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”

²⁰tn Heb “and with you in all work, for every willing [one] in skill for all service.”

²¹tn Heb “and the officials and all the people to all your words.”