1 Chronicles 11:23
11:23 He even killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet 1 tall. The Egyptian had a spear as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom; Benaiah attacked 2 him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
1 Chronicles 17:21
17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation 3 in the earth? Their God 4 went to claim 5 a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds 6 when you drove out 7 nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. 8
1 Chronicles 18:10
18:10 he sent his son Hadoram 9 to King David to extend his best wishes 10 and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. 11 He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze. 12
1 Chronicles 26:32
26:32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were respected family leaders. 13 King David placed them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh; they took care of all matters pertaining to God and the king. 14
1 tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches for the standard cubit, this individual would be 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall.
2 tn Heb “went down to.”
3 tn Heb “a nation, one.”
4 tn Heb “whose God,” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”
6 tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”
7 tn Heb “to drive out.”
8 tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”
9 tn The name is spelled “Joram” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:10.
10 tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”
11 tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Tou.”
12 tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”
13 tn Heb “and his brothers, sons of respect, [were] 2,700, heads of fathers.”
14 tn Heb “with respect to every matter of God and matter of the king.”