1 Chronicles 11:2

11:2 In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel’s commanding general. ¹  The Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.’”

1 Chronicles 14:10-11

14:10 David asked God, “Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord said to him, “March up! I will hand them over to you!” 14:11 So they marched against Baal Perazim and David defeated them there. David said, “Using me as his instrument, ²  God has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out.” So that place is called Baal Perazim. ³ 

1 Chronicles 15:2

15:2 Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually.

1 Chronicles 17:1

God Makes a Promise to David

17:1 When David had settled into his palace, ⁴  he ⁵  said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace ⁶  made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under a tent.” ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 17:16

David Praises God

17:16 David went in, sat before the Lord, and said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, ⁸  that you should have brought me to this point?

1 Chronicles 19:5

19:5 Messengers ⁹  came and told David what had happened to the men, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho ¹⁰  until your beards grow again; then you may come back.”

1 Chronicles 21:22

21:22 David said to Ornan, “Sell me the threshing floor ¹¹  so I can build ¹²  on it an altar for the Lord – I’ll pay top price ¹³  – so that the plague may be removed ¹⁴  from the people.”

1 Chronicles 28:6

28:6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.

1 Chronicles 29:1

The People Contribute to the Project

29:1 King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, ¹⁵  and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

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¹ tn Heb “you were the one who led out and the one who brought in Israel.”

² tn Heb “by my hand.”

³ sn The name Baal Perazim means “Lord of outbursts” in Hebrew.

⁴ tn Heb “house.”

⁵ tn Heb “David.” The pronoun “he” has been used in the translation here to avoid redundancy in keeping with contemporary English style.

⁶ tn Heb “house.”

⁷ tn Heb “tent curtains.”

⁸ tn Heb “house.”

⁹ tn Heb “they.” The logical referent, though not specified in the Hebrew text, has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

¹¹ tn Heb “the place of the threshing floor.”

¹² tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive here indicates the immediate purpose/result: “so I can build.”

¹³ tn Heb “For full silver sell to me.”

¹⁴ tn Following the imperative and first person prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive, this third person prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive introduces the ultimate purpose/result: “so the plague may be removed.” Another option is subordinate this form to the preceding imperative, but the latter may be taken as a parenthetical expansion of the initial request.

¹⁵ tn Heb “a young man and tender.”