1 Chronicles 11:17
11:17 David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink 1 from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!”
1 Chronicles 13:12
13:12 David was afraid of God that day and said, “How will I ever be able to bring the ark of God up here?”
1 Chronicles 19:12
19:12 Joab 2 said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me, 3 you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, 4 I will come to your rescue.
1 Chronicles 21:10
21:10 “Go, tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: “I am offering you three forms of judgment from which to choose. Pick one of them.”’” 5
1 Chronicles 23:5
23:5 4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship.” 6
1 Chronicles 28:7
28:7 I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.’ 7
1 Chronicles 28:19
28:19 David said, 8 “All of this I put in writing as the Lord directed me and gave me insight regarding the details of the blueprints.” 9
1 Chronicles 29:19
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.” 10
1 tn Heb “Who will give me water to drink?” On the rhetorical use of מִי (mi) here, see BDB 566 s.v. f.
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “if Aram is stronger than me.”
4 tn Heb “if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you.”
5 tn Heb “Three I am extending to you; choose for yourself one of them and I will do it to you.”
6 tn Heb “made to [or “for”] praise.”
7 tn Heb “if he is strong to do my commands and my regulations like this day.”
8 tn The words “David said” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
9 tn Heb “the whole in writing from the hand of the Lord upon me, he gave insight [for] all the workings of the plan.”
10 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.”