1 Chronicles 14:14
14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. 1 This time 2 God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. 3
1 Chronicles 17:9
17:9 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle 4 them there; they will live there and not be disturbed 5 anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning 6
1 Chronicles 19:5
19:5 Messengers 7 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 8 until your beards grow again; then you may come back.”
1 tn Heb “and David again asked God.”
2 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.
3 tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.
4 tn Heb “plant.”
5 tn Heb “shaken.”
6 tn Heb “and sons of violence will no longer consume them as in the beginning.”
7 tn Heb “they.” The logical referent, though not specified in the Hebrew text, has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
8 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.