1 Chronicles 12:22

12:22 Each day men came to help David until his army became very large. 1 

1 Chronicles 17:13

17:13 I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you. 2 

1 Chronicles 28:18

28:18 and for the refined gold of the incense altar.

He gave him 3  the blueprint for the seat 4  of the gold cherubim that spread their wings 5  and provide shelter for the ark of the Lord’s covenant.

1 tn Heb “for at the time of day in a day they were coming to David to help him until [there was] a great camp like the camp of God.” The term אֱלֹהִים (’elohim, “God”) is probably used idiomatically here to indicate the superlative.

2 sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David.

3 tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

4 tc The Hebrew text reads מֶרְכָּבָה (merkavah, “chariot”), but the final he (ה) is probably dittographic – note the prefixed he (ה) on the immediately following word. It is preferable to read מֶרְכָּב (merkav, “seat”).

5 tc The Hebrew text does not have “their wings,” but the word כְּנָפַיִם (kÿnafayim, “wings”) has probably been accidentally omitted by homoioteleuton. Note that the immediately preceding לְפֹרְשִׂים (lÿforsim) also ends in mem (ם).