1 Chronicles 12:17

12:17 David went out to meet them and said,¹ “If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you.² But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you,³ may the God of our ancestors⁴ take notice and judge!”

1 Chronicles 28:2

28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God.⁵ I have made the preparations for building it.

1 Chronicles 28:8

28:8 So now, in the sight of all Israel, the Lord’s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this:⁶ Carefully observe⁷ all the commands of the Lord your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.

¹tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”

²tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”

³tn Heb “with no violence in my hands.”

⁴tn Heb “fathers.”

⁵tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for a stool of the feet of our God.”

⁶tn The words “I say this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁷tn Heb “Watch! Seek!”